Well, to go off topic a bit. On subsim/Dangerous Waters forums there are discussions about mods that add playable platforms (RA mod is one of them - if I understand correctly - I did not test it .. yet).
There are long debates there about EULAs 'n stuff and why some mods are legal or not so legal. Somewhere in such a thread I've seen some quotation by some official saying that they reserve the right to add playable platforms to the sim. I am not 100% sure of what i say, but I've seen such discussions several times. Problem is... this sim seems to be dead in the water from further development point of view.
Anyway, mods like RA seem very tempting to both contribute to and also play.