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Specialist290

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  1. I realize I'm a bit late to the game here, but Tang_Titan, I want you to know that your open letter just made my day. I confess my particular condition isn't nearly as severe as yours, but I know the feeling of having your heart set on a particular future, then having those dreams and ambitions dashed seemingly beyond hope by circumstances beyond your own control. Kerbal Space Program struck the same chord with me that it strikes with you, and that to some small degree it probably strikes almost everyone who becomes a fan - the idea that, even if only vicariously, we can cut loose the ties that bind us to this planet and find ourselves a place among the stars.

    At any rate, I applaud your decision to continue your life and education, and I hope you never lose hope in what the future may hold in store :)

  2. Also, I notice something... the mass M of the planet is mentioned. But I do not see the mass of the probe represented. Doesn't that factor in at all?

    For all practical purposes, even in the real world, the difference between the mass of the planet and the mass of the probe body is going to be so immense that the latter can be essentially ignored, unless you're putting something really massive (like another moon) into orbit.

    Additionally, in KSP, the planets are "on rails," so their orbits can't be meaningfully modified in-game without something like HyperEdit.

  3. Welcome to the forums! :)

    As Starhawk mentioned, we moderators have to manually verify a poster's initial posts mainly as an anti-spambot measure. As part of that, until a user has cleared the queue, certain posting permissions are restricted to keep spambots from using dirty dirty exploits to get their message out. The good news is that the bar to clear the queue is very low (only 3 posts IIRC), so you should be good to go with just a couple more verified posts.

    That said, we hope you enjoy your experience on the forums.

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