AmateurAstronaut1969

@Friznit, I was gonna ask, since you do all the wikis, including Tantares, are we ever going to get wiki pages on Tantares SP?

Better see a Doctor about that!

Yeah I managed to find the WIP earlier in the thread - It looks really really Nice! Can’t wait for the Full Release!

Also sorry, is the latest update released (The Mir parts one or something like that I can’t remember hehe) I was under the impression it was, but I downloaded from the Spacedock link and it appears to still be old parts

Ah perfect thanks

Is there a real names patch for tantares like there is for BDB? I would make one myself before people ask, but I literally have no clue

Awesome Mission and love the Idea! Can't wait to watch this develop further! Thanks

Hehe thanks guys Well it is a fictional concept, but there were real life Shuttle Station Concepts such as Space Station Columbia

Why?

STS 37-R - Space Station Enterprise July 1st, 1989, Pad-39A After Years of Refurbishment and development, OV-101, the Orbiter Derived Station that was once Space Shuttle Enterprise, sits atop the Crawler Transporter awaiting the launch of its first and only mission to Space! Originally, Space Station Enterprise came to be when the US was misinformed about Soviet plans for a large Orbiting Station called Mir. As a response to this, the US began their own Space Station project to show their dominance in space to the soviets. One leading idea was to make a station out of the ET of a Shuttle, however, such a Station would need a basecamp of sorts to provide life support and habitation whilst the crew retrofitted the ET out. That was the only problem with this plan until the idea to use an orbiter as this basecamp came about. Originally though, using an Orbiter was a sneaky plan to make president Regan consider a ‘proper’ station with the threat of Cannibalising one of their precious shuttles. However, the president bought into the idea, and work on the Station began. However the tough choice of which orbiter to cannibalise was looming. Columbia was currently the only one flying, and using her would halt the program. Challenger was needed to relieve the strain of Columbia being the only Shuttle. Discovery and Atlantis were also out of the question as they were America’s new, Advanced Shuttles, lighter and capable of Docking. Destroying them was immediately off the table. Then, that left Enterprise, the Original Shuttle used for approach and Landing tests, the Shuttle that was too heavy to be converted into a spaceworthy vessel, would now go to space to stay. And now we are back in 1989, 8 years after work Started on Space Station Enterprise, prepared for launch, all who worked on her for nearly a decade, hold their breath as the clock ticks down until launch... Launch and Orbit Insertion Enterprise has deployed its “keep alive” solar array, and is awaiting Atlantis on STS 38-R (Coming Soon...?) I hope you all enjoyed this! I put alot of time and effort into it, and I think it came out alright. I’m sorry it kinda came late, but I can’t do much when I’m moving and I still don’t have WIFI, so it was a real pain to get these photos lmao. I might do STS 38-R; I did try it, but failed horribly and the lag was terrible. It might come soon, but don’t hold your breath lmao

A Little Teaser... And yes, I know you are gonna ask why I left the heat shield on - 1, masking it with white conformal decals was just such a pain, and it really didn’t look good, and 2, it still looks cool with it on, and it looks better than it did. So this should be releasing at the weekend as I’m busy moving house etc... but I thought I’d give a little teaser of what I’ve done so far, just so you know what’s up

Alright then, here’s a little teaser... And yes, that is Enterprise on the Pad (It’s only got the White cockpit tiles so you can tell which Orbiter it is in this image lol)

Nononono... This was a real concept, it’s much like SS Enterprise: However, I might do my own take on it, using this as a sort of basis

Okay so I’ve found some free time this weekend, and I’m going to launch either Space Station Columbia or Space Station Enterprise. It will likely be Columbia, but I might have a change of heart. Just checking to see if I’m clear to upload these

Yeah it’s a problem with the parachute mount. The ‘solution’ basically removes the mount from all colour switches, so you won’t be able to get a full CM colour

Hehe thanks guys

Yeah lmao they are very useful! I used them and the science parts to create my LRV Unfortunately, it can’t fold - Many of you may be triggered by this, so look away... Lol, it’s launched on a Saturn 1B, carrying a short centaur, the capture stage, the descent stage and the terminal descent stage (The Ranger landing engines on the ranger probe core). This picture shows the Descent stage After landing, it waits on the moon until the crew land nearby and collect it. Luckily my LSAM can carry 1 to 4 of these bad boys to the surface at once .

@Kuiper_BeltI’m currently taking a Hiatus from KSP for many reasons, but when I come back fully in a few weeks, I have big plans! Would it be okay for me to post a few Shuttle missions here? I was thinking of doing a Pathfinder launch, either to the moon, or carrying some payload, a Block II Shuttle launch, taking some station pieces to orbit, and also some ISS missions. These are just ideas I am probably going to do, but especially the ISS as me and a few others are starting a community ISS project soon. Thanks

Okay so it’s breaking because the “Non shiny one” is the old APAS - you have to remove it has it’s the old port and has been replaced for the new APAS

The Boring Starliner launching upon a Muo V!

The Boring Spaceliner! Also @Kuiper_Belt, thanks for sharing the TUFX Config, I’ll try that later

Well I would personally love a rework of Project EOC! I love that mod

So what are you planning to work on next? I’m interested

Well I’m sorry to say but Alverro doesn’t really want to share them because people he gave them to would share them around without his permission. You could possibly ask him and he might say yes Also I don't really want to answer on his behalf, but he hasn’t answered so far

Cheers man, I’ll be playing around with this later - I’ll be sure to post some screenshots here!