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  1. Congratulations XPA members. If you googled this, you are not only funny but thanks for taking a look at my KSP page. I have mods below if you want to install them and fry ur computer.

  2. After three long years of working towards my degree in physics, I am finally about to graduate!!! This coming fall is my final semester of undergraduate studies. Now that my time as an undergrad slave looking at FRB signals is nearly over for a time, I am returning to KSP.

  3. Hello everybody!

    I've been working on a few things lately, and I just learned that I can speed things up if I enslave get some users to help me finish and manage my mods. Partial ownership of the mod will be given, as well as some inside knowledge on future updates and influence on the mods. In particular, I'm looking for people to help manage Cavran Planet Pack and Dwarf Planets Plus. You will be paid about 0$ during the career (welcome to being a KSP modder; if you want money, look at games like Minecraft :) ).

    If you want the job, you must be able to do the following:

    #1: Use Module Manager .cfg notation.

    #2: Have (at least) basic understanding of Kopernicus.

    #3: Have experience in GIMP or Photoshop.

    #4: Possess good writing skills.

    #5: Know how to write science defs.

    Those who want to apply to the job, send me a PM and let me know you're interested.

    If you get the job*, expect to:

               #0: be enslaved and worked to death under pressure.  (naw, just kidding!!)

               #1: Write alot of science-defs.

               #2: Paint up creative and accurate biome-maps in Gimp and/or Photoshop (depending on which you use)

               #3: Help write e.v.e configs to enable clouds.

               #4: Contribute to the ideas for potential new planets in future updates.

    * Only 2 people will be chosen.

  4. It looks like astronomers discovered another "habitable" planet. Unfortunately, Ross 128 is a UV Ceti type star (AAVSO VSX Classification)!!!!

    Ross 128b has a short orbital period and is almost certainly tidally locked, making it nearly impossible to generate a strong magnetic field. Since Ross 128b has frequent, violent flares, by-by atmosphere!

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/11/15/theres-a-new-planet-in-the-neighborhood-and-it-looks-like-a-nice-place-to-live/?hpid=hp_no-name_hp-in-the-news%3Apage%2Fin-the-news&utm_term=.101013a74605

    https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=37981

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    2. UranianBlue

      UranianBlue

      Yes, I look primarily for novae and irregular variables, and I have found my share of UV Ceti stars (GSC 03123-00626 was the first one).

      Ross 128 is actually a pretty old star, about 9.5 billion years old. You're assuming that this star will have as much iron as newer stars like LHS 1140.

      Yes, iron does help to generate magnetic fields. Suppose that the iron composition is 3 times higher than Earth's. That only means that the magnetic field is minimally enhanced by at most one order of magnitude. However, these planets spin about 10 times slower than earth does, canceling out the iron. Considering the CME's generated by this star (which still dwarf any kind of activity our sun produces; when was the last time the sun doubled its brightness as a result of a CME), and the extreme proximity of this planet to its star, even an Earth-strength magnetic field would not have protected this object's atmosphere for the 9.5 billion year age of the system. Unfortunately, @StarCrusher96 would have to make a boring version of Tylo in order to accurately depict this planet in his mod.

      It's time to move onto other planets.

                                                                                   RIP

                                                                              Ross 128b

                                                                              2017-2017

    3. ProtoJeb21

      ProtoJeb21

      I'm still considering the possibility of underground water resivors with the conditions suitable for life. 

    4. UranianBlue

      UranianBlue

      In which case, this thing is just as boring as Mars.

  5. I finally "finished" the two star systems planned for the first release of the interstellar planet pack I've been working on. Now, I have to finish the biome maps. Most Kopernicus developers will agree with me when I say that biome maps are the least exciting part about making planet-packs.

    More star systems will be released in future updates. Right now, I'm only releasing the two I've finished. Here is a list of each body in the system and a brief description

    Delta Cyclonus (closest star to Kerbol):

              Magmus (venus analog)

              Qwerty (ringed terra)

                         Segway (canyon selena type moon of Qwerty)

                         Arval (hilly selena moon of Qwerty)

              Tragon (Duna-like thing)

               Yirga (gas-giant)

                       Weltron (hilly moon of Yirga)

                       Oblon (a canyon world with a thin atmosphere)

    Sigma Kaurus (the other star system)

              Pyros (hot-Jool)

                      Jager (dense moon of Pyros)

              Itron (habitable world with several island continents)

                     Chalk (cratered moon of Itron)

                     Exor (a moon that contains many fratures and a volcano)

              Gigantus (an upper mass L-dwarf (star) that is so cool, for a star, that clouds can exist in its atmosphere) No planets made yet for this system.

     

    If you want more details, you will have to wait another two weeks. Then, I'll release a video describing the whole mod and release the first version! If people start bugging me about release dates or other unimportant things, I'll sneak in an MM patch into the mod that removes Duna :(

     

  6. My newest mod, Dwarf Planets Plus, seems to be a success! Right now, I have about 36 downloads, and the mod has been out for about 28hrs! If one works out the math, at the current rate, I can expect about a thousand downloads in the next month! That's ten times the download rate of my largest planet pack: Eru.

    Here's the link to the curseforge site: https://mods.curse.com/ksp-mods/kerbal/281057-dwarf-planets-plus

  7. made a new system. it will show up in the interstellar mod:

    https://imgur.com/9NJmBbH

  8. Probably just made one of my best moons to date: https://imgur.com/a/0IiJn

    1. ProtoJeb21
    2. UranianBlue

      UranianBlue

      This one's in the interstellar planet pack I'm making.

  9. I finally got my community reputation over 100. Yes!!!

  10. It's been a busy week. I now have 3 mods I'm working on. Two are planet packs; one has all Celestial Bodies completed and only needs biome maps; the other won't be ready until January. The other mod is a Kerbalism replacement for interstellar planet packs, which will also be done around January.

    I would like to thank everybody on their continued patience for these mods. Once I get through University Physics 1, I can work on these things a lot more. When the spring semester comes, along with University Physics 2, you will have to wait. Be patient. If you want these mods out earlier, please contribute with ideas. I am open to "hiring" co developers who have some experience. When I say "hired", the only thing you get is a share of the credit in the development of these mods.

  11. For those of you who didn't get to see the eclipse:

    https://imgur.com/wUynr0n

  12. Attempted to deploy Castle Bravo yesterday.

    It didn't work:

     

  13. Hey guys, I'm a about to release yet another new planet pack! This planet pack will add in a gas-giant orbiting between Kerbin and Dres (Duna is deleted)! The giant planet will have four moons, one of which is an ocean world!

  14. The progress on the Heidon Mod has been amazing!!!!!

    Special thanks to AR3S_TGL for assisting with development and ideas.

    The next BIG update to the mod will come VERY SOON!!!! And we are also working on a new exoplanet mod that will be released in the coming weeks!!!!!

    1. AR3S_TGL

      AR3S_TGL

      Hehe. It's huge I tell ya! @UranianBlue is making amazing progress!

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