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I've been making a script that uses terminal_velocity value using vessel.flight(srf_frame).terminal_velocity (based on the Python version from the docs) and it seems that the wrong values for terminal velocity are being calculated I had it displayed as a separate variable in the console and in the script as well and terminal velocity seems to drop from 7-10 km down to 90 m/s and then hovers around 100m/s until 12km for kerbalx craft that's premade in the game, it went down to 70m/s at 9km and I'm not sure what's causing this I'm trying to use terminal velocity / velocity ratio to calculate perfect ascent speed, but it's really bugging out all of my take offs right now any suggestions?

We all know how well Falcon 9 is able to land by itself now, but before Falcon 9 became a reality there were several designs for autonomous self landing boosters. This is their story

haha no I didn't. Thanks for the notice. I hope you don't get in trouble for playing so much KSP Although admittedly, I do it at work all the time too. I'm a full time math teacher and convinced my principal to give me free reign in using KSP to teach concepts.

This is not really an entry, but more of a summary of the mission and an invitation to others to participate

I wanted to see if fairings made a difference as there was some discussion on Facebook in regards to their importance (or not importance due to added weight) Here's the result of a short and simple scientific experiment:

Hi everyone My math students had to try to use the free DEMO of the game to make it to the Mun and do a soft landing. they couldn't do it and said it was impossible so I made this video to prove to them that it was. So now I'd like to see someone try to return from the Mun and land safely. See if you can

I'd have to say no to the MODs as I don't really know what that one does and it can be done without them Heres a submission from someone who did it with even less using the lander can: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lww1XZpgAa4

Hi everyone, This is my first challenge and being the math teacher I thought I'd do something I'm comfortable with - use math to do something fun. I used cabin only mode to land on the Mun and return back to Kerbin - so I'd like to challenge you to do the same or better. Full video is here with explanations and such. Rules: no map or nodes no cheats no mods other than visual enhancements F2 has to be enabled for the entire trip Can only use panels inside the craft Try to stay in cabin mode the whole time other than EVA Extra challenge: try to do it in a landing can (no instruments at all) There are no points, it's really a completion task more than anything. I know it's hard to be honest about this challenge, so we're going on an honor system - try to follow the rules as this is a lot more challenging than you think. Provide pics or video if you can. Person making it to a different planet and returning safe gets the biggest bragging right.

Hi everyone I've been trying to perfect an SSTO design that allows me to have a simple craft with most dV left. here's attempt # I don't know anymore

thank you!

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Hi everyone Here's a video I made recently explaining how Rapier Engines should be used in SSTO construction and why it's a lot more effective to use these in regular air breathing mode and avoid the Alt mode

This is episode 4. They'll be coming out every week

I always wanted to get into Kolonization mod, but found it too bulky and complex, but this new LITE edition is great to get your feet wet!

Hi guys I started a series using KSP and will explore the history of space flight and its fact/fictions and the most important missions I'm a high school teacher, so this is partially used to teach my students as well EP1: EP2:

I don't know how I missed this mod back in 2013 when it came out, but this is definitely a must have to any serious Kerbanaut that loves using RemoteTech kOS has got to be the best teaching tool I've ever seen to. I'm thinking of even using this in my classroom at some point (I'm a teacher) to teach kids basic coding skills

Hi guys, I'm going to be introducing the game to a new year of students this year, but still trying to work out the kinks from last year as students were too discouraged by the game in comparison to other games I tried like Minecraft (including the Galacticraft Mod which pretty much adds space travel to Minecraft) Thanks for the feedback though. I'll try to give the EDU missions a go, although from what I see there aren't that many and like someone mentioned, it's sad they stopped developing them. I think this game would be perfect for a summer program, especially if you introduce mods like kOS that allows kids to use basic programming to program their launches and teaches kids the idea of coding. Then again, I think Minecraft has advanced so much more in that sense and mods like LearnToMod in Minecraft make that a lot easier to implement and a lot more affordable too. I'm sort of stuck with this dilemma now. I do want to use KSP, but my students are obsessed with Minecraft a lot more and not a single one had a positive comment after their KSP edu experience :/ Two of the girls flat out told me (albeit jokingly) "we hate Kerbal Space Program" because they kept crashing and had trouble understanding the idea of orbits compared to other kids in class. They still loved the experience because cmon,they got to play a game in class, but they just didn't enjoy it as much as when we switched to Minecraft and got to become masters of their own world. I think the overall learning curve is a bit too higher for middle-high school kids and in my opinion, many teens do not have the maturity level to persevere through constant failures that KSP throws at you. I'll see how it goes this year though and I'm kind of excited to do it with them as it's kinda fun to see kids scream "oh noooo my Jebedian died! oh wait, he's fine"

I made a short video while completing one of the challenges here. The videos is about Valentina Tereshkova - the first woman in space.

I think I have 610 now

I've tried my first launch here (semi successfully) and will now try to complete the whole challenge with a planet orbit This was the initial attempt to Minmus: zv4bm3SKF&index=32

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thanks for the links!! I was afraid it was just me lol

This was my recent creation and I'm sure we can do better and possibly make it to Laythe...AGAIN!

Hi guys I've been reworking my old beta designs and realized that literally none of them is good for 1.02 Ion engine hybrid SSTO doesnt do anything Nuclear engine SSTO is not particularly effective and has to be really huge even Rapier engines seem kinda underpowered So through experimentation I ended up creating this. Does anyone have any other ideas for how to SSTO in 1.02?

Hi guys, I've been investigating the perfect ascent path for this new version and discovered it at the end of this video.