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    Funniest loading screen slpash sentences

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    On 11/23/2016 at 9:16 PM, Aragosnat said:

    Never Visiting Dres

    I just realize this sentence was based on historical idea... People actually thought the outer planets would never be visited...

    Via NASA historian David S. F. Portree, https://www.wired.com/2015/01/challenge-planets-part-one/ 

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    Patrick Moore, for example, wrote in 1955 [......] that no spacecraft would reach Jupiter or Saturn for generations.

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    Moore declared that spacecraft might never reach Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto: he wrote, for example, that "we need not waste time working out the possibility of a journey to Uranus," adding that the tilted world would be "left to roll along in its icy solitude, remote, unwelcoming, and lonely beyond our understanding.""

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    Why did 1950s planners feel obligated to include crews on board their interplanetary spacecraft? In those days, it was widely assumed that spacecraft would need continuous repair to remain functional for long enough to reach another planet.

    Therefore "crew before probe" was also historically accurate...

    [1.12.x] Shuttle Orbiter Construction Kit | Stockalike Space Shuttle Orbiter! | (Tubes!) | v1.1.8

    in KSP1 Mod Releases

    Posted · Edited by MangoRises
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    I just learnt about "Orbiter-derived station", a non-NASA proposal to turn Columbia into a mother ship during the 1990 round of Space Station Freedom (SSF) redesign. (https://www.wired.com/2012/03/space-station-columbia-1991/ , written by David S. F. Portree). Tried to build it with benjee's amazing parts!

    (In short, it takes the 3,600kg-heavier-than-usual Columbia out of the fleet, than utilize the modules and solar array being built for SSF. It focuses on having more pressurized volume for micro-gravity research by diverting Earth-sensing and space-observation experiments into other unmanned spacecrafts.)

     

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    Launch:

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    Initial configuration: (The belly should be white instead)

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    Assembly complete: (CST-100 to act as a "Apollo derived ACRV". All SSF designs have cupola so I guess it should be in here as well)

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    Further expansion based on the description: (50% more solar power from module attached to nose, docking port at belly. Also I believe extra radiator would be helpful)

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    Orbiter Derived Station

    in KSP1 The Spacecraft Exchange

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    No idea how this thread is the first result Google shows for "orbiter derived station" (1991), so sorry for digging it up.

    (BTW this is my first time hearing about this patent from Philip E. Culbertson so thanks for sharing.)

    Both of these designs are just ideas, made by industry insiders but not contracted by NASA, (And the impression 1993 Redesign Option C gave me is that it was never serious, created just for the sake of having another option.)

    Either way, the 1991 stripped-down Columbia one fascinated me. It mostly uses the modules that went into ISS so it is easy to make it in a modded KSP. I tried to build my own in a 2.7x scale system. It seems very reasonable. The main objective seems to be having more pressurized volume for micro-gravity experiment, Earth-sensing and space-observation experiments are diverted into other unmanned spacecrafts. It does accommodate all the international modules, are have just enough docking ports for some expansion.

     

    All the drawings available online:

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    Launch:

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    Initial configuration: (unfortunately no way to get rid of thermal protection here)

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    Assembly complete: (CST-100 to act as a "Apollo derived ACRV")

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    Further expansion based on the description: (50% more solar power from module attached to nose, docking port at belly. Also I believe extra radiator would be helpful)

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    [1.12.X] Tantares - Stockalike Soyuz and MIR [26.0][18.12.2023][Soyuz Revamp Again]

    in KSP1 Mod Releases

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Carni35 said:

    But as I said, I can't even go to this step. Since the 4 lateral booster from the first stage are gone, my first stage central booster become out of control and doesn't have enough TWR to take me to the upper atmosphere :/

    I've also recently started playing a scaled up Kerbin. I do feel like the core stage has a low TWR after separation. In real life it should be from around 1 to above 2, here it is 0.8 to 1.3.

    I've seen another mod balancing the Soyuz by giving boosters more fuel, so the core burns much shorter after separation. I see that you have excessive TWR on first stage, maybe you can lower the booster thrust a little? For control just use the "surface mounted gyro".

    I also use a different MechJeb ascent trajectory for Tantares R-7 (high flight path angle, high turn shape, aggressive corrective steering when "time to apoapsis" is falling). It would take a 300m/s steering loss but never had problem reaching orbit.

    [1.12.X] Tantares - Stockalike Soyuz and MIR [26.0][18.12.2023][Soyuz Revamp Again]

    in KSP1 Mod Releases

    Posted

    6 hours ago, VaderExMachina said:

    is it a additional mod or part of tantares? wanna try it out, tell me how.

    The Buran is from Cormorant Aeronology. It flies really well during decent if you deploy body flap inverted.

    It actually includes the craft file "CA - Petrel Orbiter" to work with Tantares LV. But I built my own following the drawing here: http://spacemodels.nuxit.net/buran/index.html

    The Energia texture is made by the amazing Drakenex

     

     

    OrbitalPhoenix's Screenshot Settings and Collection

    in KSP Fan Works

    Posted

    On 6/25/2019 at 10:11 PM, KerbalKore said:

    @Orbital_phoenix where did you get the mars base camp style parts?

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    I was wondering the same after seeing the pic, maybe it is an unreleased part? It sure looks gorgeous and matches so well with SSPXr...!!!

     

     

    On 7/14/2019 at 1:33 PM, CoriW said:

    Hey just a quick question, does changing the sunlight intensity affect solar panel output? Asking for both stock and Kopernicus solar panels.

    It shouldn't, right? I believe KS3P is purely visual.

    [1.12.x] The Malemute Rover

    in KSP1 Mod Releases

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Beetlecat said:

    I can't even remember which super-mod this rover is now part of (exploration? MKS?), it's still good to give it a shout-out here. :)

    You mean USI (https://umbraspaceindustries.github.io/UmbraSpaceIndustries/)...?

    This one seems to be independent of the main MKS mods. Malemute, along with the SrvPack, ExpPack, SubPack, and Akita rover, works perfectly in stock (and were updated to 1.6). Its bigger brother Karibou, however, is fully integrated into MKS and needs all the MKS resources to play...:blink:

    [1.0.5] CST-100 Starliner - 3.75m 7 Seat Crew Vehicle! (v0.7.6 Nosecone fix and more!)

    in KSP1 Mod Releases

    Posted

    On 4/9/2019 at 7:53 PM, Kilo60 said:

    Hmmm

     

    Now getting missing part "nose cone fix" unable to load craft?

     

    Anyone have any Ideas why?

    Just discovered this mod, Drakenex's version works fine for me in 1.7.2.

    Also float/airbag from the USI pack still is still a good combination ( https://github.com/BobPalmer/ExplorationPack/releases ). Since the built-in parachute only slows it down to 12 m/s

    [1.9.x, 1.10.x, 1.11.x, 1.12.x] Mk-X Spaceplane Parts

    in KSP1 Mod Releases

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Z3R0_0NL1N3 said:

    Isn't this a little big for its launch vehicles? I rescaled it to 50% and it fits perfectly inside TundraExploration's Falcon 9 fairings.

    I guess this thing is closer to its real life scale... The real X-37 has a wingspan of 4.5m and was launched in a 5.4m diameter fairing... (The in game Falcon 9 fairing diameter is only 3.75m. )

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