KanadianCerbal Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 No Problem And for the overheating: Thats just inaccuracy of KSP (As is that a Nerva would only need liquid fuel and no oxidizer). For a NERVA it would actually be good to run at full thrust all day long. In a fission reactor you have to cool the fuel elements all the time to prevent meltdown. In a normal power plant thats done by water. In a NERVA this heat is actually used as the propulsion, the liquid hydrogen flows over the fuel elements of the reactor, heating up and providing propulsion, cooling the reactor in the process. You actually have to run a cooling system while a NERVA is shut down to prevent overheat and meltdown, through constantly letting the fuel cool the reactor. If on full throttle the reactor would be fine as the heat gets carried away into space. while shut down it uses its own heat to power its cooling system letting the fuel cool the engine, so technically a NERVA would overheat as soon as it rans out of fuel.And all the fuel that was connected to the circle of a NERVA is contamined and radiates. So don't let your Kerbals touch or even drink any of the fuel that was in a craft which had an LV-N attached Kerbal's drink rocket fuel? well that would explain a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanWieldingMann Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Well that's very kerbal of them.Seeing the changes to the mk2, mk3, and some aero parts, I'm wonder if there might be a megathread at release day discussing reincarnating pre.25 designs into .25. However, the straightened mk2 fuselage parts will more than come in handy with docking. Reducing the clearance needed by docking Gear-side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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