spawnofbill

I'm having an odd issue where the KE-X270 keeps deploying and undeploying uncontrollably, both in the SPH/VAB and in the world.

Plastic grocery bag as a parachute. Come'on, you can't tell me none of you guys didn't do that as a kid!

The third number is the number of Centaur engines. While no two engine Centaur has flown yet the Atlas V design does allow for them, and I believe the most recent update of the ULA pack includes a dual-engine Centaur

I'm pretty sure even Block 0 will be using non-recoverable five segment boosters as opposed to the Shuttle's recoverable 4 segment boosters.

Spaceport still links to a v1.2 version for the Thor.

That may be how the real ones work, but what Dragon01 is talking about is separation motors that literally point perpendicular to the central tank. KSP pretty much requires this due to how in-game physics works.

Dragon01 was talking about Ares V, not Ares I. SLS Block I has a height of 321 FEET, not meters. Ares V was going to be 381 feet, so SLS is actually going to be smaller. http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/588413main_SLS_Fun_Facts.pdf

jesus, which version is which?

But why have just another 3.75m rocket? The point of the SLS is to launch huge payloads, and with the advent of the auto-fairings mod making it size compatible really isn't an issue. I say go for the realistic 5.37m figure.

That diagram also doesn't show the SuperDraco thrusters, or the correct docking mechanism. I hardly think it's reliable. The most reliable data we have is the physical mock-up SpaceX has made, and it has the hatch by the astronaut's feet.

I'm pretty sure the real Dragon is laid out with the hatch at the crew's feet.

Just a quick question, why do you have the Dragon Rider modeled with the CBM port? The real one is going to use the SIMAC based NDS, not the CBM.

2015 isn't a pushback for the human-rated Dragon. 2015 has always been the goal. SpaceX is on track to complete all their CCiCAP goals by mid-2014, and then do a crew launch sometime in 2015. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/01/spacex-crewed-dragon-the-advantage/

.75 seems to work perfectly. One thing I noticed with the DSL is that it can't be mounted in the correct way (basically upside-down, cruise stage attached to the centaur upper stage). Really a minor detail but it would be more accurate that way.

I can't seem to find the "new" mumech anywhere online, besides the new Damned Robotics version.