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KSP currently doesn't allow resource consumption nor plugins to work unless the vessel is active or within the loading distance, which is something like 2.7 km(?). Though I'm pretty sure the Kethane scanning vessel has to be completely active to work. corhen, I'm having a very similar bug, except instead of the bubble scaling like that, instead just a hexagonal grid does which isn't representative of the scanned kethane. My only mods are MechJeb, Kethane, Chatter, and Alarm Clock. I haven't yet tried reloading KSP to see if that fixes it, but it started happening after I was in normal view and zoomed out very far.

May 12, 2012 partial eclipse. I took this from Las Vegas, NV. Using a Samsung Galaxy S2 camera through a Meade 127mm Newtonian, f/8 with light filter (Which is much different than a solar filter...)

Ah, I didn't know about the post-Apollo Nova. Blue, I see you updated the image, but there's one mix up with the Space Shuttle and Ares I. It says the Space Shuttle was tested and cancelled and the Ares I was used. Looks like you moved the purple gradient a little bit out of place. And what do you mean the Iron Giant was never built? How else would they have made that movie!? Also, you should definitely consider adding some other popular rockets to this image, such as Russian Soyuz and some Arianne rockets.

Right, I know that, but I asked: Wasn't Nova supposed to be larger than the Saturn V, and lift more? In the size comparison the Nova is obviously much larger than the Saturn V, but supposedly lifts much less. However, Direct Ascent would require more mass to be lifted, where LOR greatly reduced mass.

As Fuzzy Dunlop said, the Empire State building is way too small and should be a good four times the size of the one in the current image. Also, wasn't the Nova launcher was designed to lift more than the Saturn V? And be much larger? (Which is why it was deemed unpractical and not chosen for the Apollo program, with it's 8 F-1 engines in the first stage...) Nice image, though. I'm suddenly very excited for the SLS rockets, despite being angry at the demise of the Ares rockets.

Uh oh... Um, um... Their version of NIST defined the kilogram using a block of ice which slowly evaporated redefining the kilogram to be much lighter than ours!

Obviously the Kerbol system is in a different universe with a different and much larger gravitational constant. At least that's how I cope with it, when I play and want to stop thinking about this question.

Satellites in equatorial orbit can use an electromagnetic rod to orient themselves, like a compass. However, they may still need reaction wheels as a faster means of rotating, but the reaction wheels will eventually be relieved by the slower acting magnetic forces. However, most satellites simply carry fuel for RCS, they must carry fuel anyway for orbital boosting if they want to stay up for more than a year, and geostationary satellites must carry fuel to maintain their near-perfect circular orbit. Many many satellites end their missions due to running out of fuel or coolant, it's normal.

Ah, I misread the OP. Though, isn't Hubble's resolving power also 0.1"? Is the JWST's only advantage that it has a coronagraph and looks in IR, or will the larger mirror provide significantly less noise to actually be able to take advantage of the 0.1" resolution? I'm honestly much more excited about what it'll provide as far as distant galaxies.

What are you talking about, "a few pixels"? And if 2,048 x 2,048 isn't enough for you, keep in mind that often times in astronomical observation telescopes will take multiple images to create image mosaics for higher resolutions. Also, it will only be a blue or green dot if they false-color it that way since the only colors it will be able to see are orange, red, and infrared. But yes, I can't wait for it to start operating, though I'm very disappointed the telescope won't run longer than 10 years since it won't be serviceable. I hope the L2 orbit is worth it.

Also, a BUNCH of debris is in polar orbit. This destroyed a perfectly good Iridium satellite in 2009 (Though, in this case the Iridium satellite was in polar orbit) Space Shuttle damage More Space Shuttle damage

Slightly modifying SOIs might work well to make n=1 simulations more realistic, but n=1 physics and SOIs cannot be used for Lagrange points at all. Lagrange points go beyond a deformed sphere, and Lagrange points cannot be orbited any which way, like planets can. This image shows just how different the shape of Lagrange orbits are, not resembling any conic at all. As you see, for L1 and L2 points you would need something of an SOI that resembles a bean. I have an image of a different type of L1 orbit but it's in a book so it might take me a minute.

I don't know of RemoteTech being able to do that, I use RemoteTech in my main save. RemoteTech can begin a fire for a set time and a set delay after giving a signal, though. Unless there's something else amazing about RT's control that I don't know. That would be a good idea, everything Geosynchronous and below could be protected while still allowing for Lagrange Points and other types of fun.

There's another issue with using even n=2, it introduces sometimes very significant orbital perturbation, and right now there's no way people want to keep tabs on the orbital degradation of their 30 satellites in a game. It would be a lot of work, and geostationary orbits would be impossible. In real life constant automated monitoring and thruster fires keep satellites in their orbits, KSP is incapable of that. It's not a matter if it could be done, but rather should be done. (And it shouldn't be done.)