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I heard about the idea of using ChatGPT for mission ideas in KSP. I tried this, and it worked ok. Continuing on the topic of space, I asked what might have been done to save the Dyna-Soar program, and it gave good results. It also mentions the lack of development in space stations in the 60s, and whether that was true or not it inspired me to ask about a space station as a result of all the technological efforts of the era. It came up with "Cosmic Nexus," an LEO station built in the 60s and 70s, resupplied by "Voyant" reusable space capsules. Intrigued by where this was going, I presented an emergency scenario: "It is now 1979. On a regular resupply mission, utilizing a cargo variant of the Voyant capsule similar to the Russian Progress, the cargo capsule is meters away from docking with Cosmic Nexus' main docking port. A glitch in the computer causes a thruster misfire, propelling the capsule into the docking port at unsafe speeds. The entire docking module is badly damaged and Cosmic Nexus depressurizes. The only crew to survive are 2 astronauts on EVA and a crew member in a sealed-off portion of the station, who was controlling the remote arm to help the astronauts on EVA. How does the crew survive?" ChatGPT seems to avoid adding to the story and instead gives lists of sound advice. The crew faced loss of communications, power, and a damaged reentry module. It's ongoing, but if it wraps up I think it would make a good story to replicate in KSP. If so, it will have ended up being a much better mission idea than when I asked it directly. I just asked it the names of the crew members and a short bio as if it's a television broadcast. Here's an edited version, for clarity and consistency: Astronaut Profiles: (90% sure Dawson is just Commander Hadfield) Let me know how good of a KSP story this could be. I'm open to any suggestions you have.

Does anyone want to share their incredibly overhyped, wild, probably not possible ideas for missions they want to make, or is everyone going to keep them secret until the release? I for one want to basically recreate the movie Gravity, starting the player on EVA at a space station with a carefully spawned debris cloud in a crossing orbit (I worry a reverse orbit would entail such high speed collisions that the Kraken would be summoned), but I'm not sure my computer would be able to handle all of the debris. So maybe someone else should make that. Someone would have an amazing computer with tons of visual mods and beautiful explosions, though. They would play it and make a video, and I would watch it and it would be glorious....