Transportniy Korabl Snabzheniya (TKS) Spacecraft

[Scruce]

Thanks to those who applied for beta testing, those people will be notified by PM when beta testing can start.

Also, it seems people like the staged option. Good! We will go with that.

[Scruce]

Without further ado, here are the parts of the spacecraft:

This is the Transportniy Korabl Snabzheniya in its complete configuration:

Docking Module (DM) (In reality part of the FGB):

Functional Cargo Block (Funktsionalno-Gruzovoy Blok = FGB):

RCS Block (In reality part of the FGB):

Return Vehicle (Vozvraschaemyi Apparat = VA):

BSO (No idea what it stands for! ):

LAS (Launch Abort System):

And as a bonus, if you don\'t like the FGB, I made a simple DM-RCS adaptor:

[Spoot Knight]

Looks great! Are the solar panels part of the FGB model or are they also optional in KSP\'s case?

[Scruce]

Are the solar panels part of the FGB model or are they also optional in KSP\'s case?

In real life, the solar panels are part of the Functional Cargo Block (FGB), yes. In Kerbal Space Program there is an option if you want to have solar panels or not, in the form of two different spacecraft.

[Guest ThatCrazyPilot]

In real life, the solar panels are part of the Functional Cargo Block (FGB), yes. In Kerbal Space Program there is an option if you want to have solar panels or not, in the form of two different spacecraft.

Why make two parts, if you can just make a separate solar panel attachment?

[Scruce]

Why make two parts, if you can just make a separate solar panel attachment?

That\'s actually what I meant.

[Guest ThatCrazyPilot]

Are you a Russian spy?! How do you know all this?

[Scruce]

Are you a Russian spy?! How do you know all this?

I think that\'s enough Off-Topic for you, time to get back to updates.

[Guest ThatCrazyPilot]

?_?

[NovaSilisko]

You insult the real Buzz, Buzz!

[manuelasa1999]

When you will finish the TKS? im borred to wair

[Scruce]

When you will finish the TKS? im borred to wair

It\'ll be done by Tuesday.

[Spoot Knight]

Nice.

[Scruce]

But which Tuesday?

At this point, I don\'t even know.

http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/Tuesday

[Spoot Knight]

Ahhh. Oh you.

[CAPFlyer]

But which Tuesday?

At this point, I don\'t even know.

http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/Tuesday

Sorry to burst the bubble, but the Tuesday joke goes back much further than Kerbal (even if you didn\'t realize it) -

http://www.warbirddepot.com/aircraft_transports_c47-cfm.asp

The name of the airplane 'Mr. \'C\', It\'s Tuesday', comes from the joke that Mr. Cavanaugh (the museum founder\'s father) used to have this running deal that he\'d take care of something (anything) on Tuesday and then his employees would remind him on Tuesday that it was time to take care of it.

[Spoot Knight]

In that case I think you mean it goes farther back than Orbiter, as Orbiter already dates back earlier than KSP.

[Guest ThatCrazyPilot]

In that case I think you mean it goes farther back than Orbiter, as Orbiter already dates back earlier than KSP.

[Scruce]

Sorry to burst the bubble, but the Tuesday joke goes back much further than Kerbal (even if you didn\'t realize it) -

http://www.warbirddepot.com/aircraft_transports_c47-cfm.asp

The name of the airplane 'Mr. \'C\', It\'s Tuesday', comes from the joke that Mr. Cavanaugh (the museum founder\'s father) used to have this running deal that he\'d take care of something (anything) on Tuesday and then his employees would remind him on Tuesday that it was time to take care of it.

I was very well aware that Orbiter is older than KSP, I was an orbinaut before KSP even existed.

The tuesday joke is actually from Star Trek: Generations, where all of the ships systems were not yet installed. Hence the quote: 'Let me guess, Tuesday?'

Now, enough Off-Topic.

[CAPFlyer]

You can never have too much off topic.... I\'m sure the joke goes way back before that as Mr. C retired in the early 1980s, well before even the first Star Trek movie. It probably could be traced back to some guy asking the foreman in charge of building one of the pyramids if one dug hard enough. For whatever reason, Tuesday seems to be the favorite day of procrastinators.

[sarkun]

[...] early 1980s, well before even the first Star Trek movie.

Kids this days... don\'t know their sci-fi one bit. Star Trek

[CAPFlyer]

Sorry I didn\'t make a full sentence. Yes I know the first movie came out in 1979. Either way, I said he retired in the early 1980\'s. Does it not go to logic that the term came about sometime prior to that retirement? As the film came out in 1979, does it not make sense that it all started for Mr. C prior to that during his 40+ year career?

[Sbowyer28]

When will it be done im tired of waiting

[CardBoardBoxProcessor]

so it is like the original version of a almaz excalibur ?

[Scruce]

so it is like the original version of a almaz excalibur ?

Excalibur Almaz is actually a TKS derivative, so no.