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FOSS CAD and 3D Modeling Software?
Paul server guy writes "I work at a privately funded, open source, manned, return to the moon mission — Yes really, and Yes, we really are going to put man (and woman) back on the moon. Since we are open source, we want all of our tools to be, too. What we are looking for is CAD software that we can feed into Blender (or the like) to do 3D modeling with. Many of the engineers have tried working with Blender and Art of Illusion, but have not been pleased. They want to just draw the parts, then feed them to the art people who will run them through the 3D modelers for videos, illustrations and such. What is your preference?"
Instead, I would direct you to our privately funded project to get to Mars! We are just bringing it all together at this point, can't give you actual numbers of dollars raised, and our website isn't up yet, but man it's going to be awesome!
No, they're right.
The know-how of the original moon landings is all but lost now.
This appears to be an attempt to prevent that happening by using open-source software.
One of the arguments we've heard many times in favour of open-source software is that you can always adapt it, move your data into newer environments and make it live on.
It may take them a long time, they may not even be the ones who end up finishing the project, sure, but using open tools and open formats IS the way to go.
I don't know the meaning of the word 'don't' - J