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  1. 55delta
    Re-reading The Martian, so I wonder. Could you send a probe with a food payload to land on Mars without a landing system and still have an ediably intact payload after landing?
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    I feel the need to point out that, although the rover has been cancelled, the latest article pointed to launching prospecting landers. Doesn't mean SLS is eating all the pies. Just seems more like a change from a rover to more landers. Still, I suppose a rover mission is always more interesting than a lander mission, right?
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    The Lens Cap mod. This mods is compatible with all mods that add telescopes. This mod adds a protective cover to protect telescopes from damage from pointing at the sun. This cap must removed manually before use by an EVA Kerbal. Also, to prevent sun damage, the cap must be replaced, also by a Kerbal.
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    "We couldn't figure out the math, so we'll just wing this launch." Here's a few old references: "We will solve the ice build-up problem on our rocket suits with an ice inhibiting system from our contractor Aperture Science."
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    And you would do in-game astronomy with a different skybox? Continuing the project, I have a bit of a problem with right ascension. Seeing as there's no March Equinox, I'm still trying to work out as starting point to measure from. Aside from where the texture ends and starts (which is deliberately not noticeable), I kind of have to select something notable and agreeable as 'start timing here' by the few who're interested. Right ascension, as opposed to sidereal, is measured in time. For the very few who want to fiddle around with this sort of thing, you can find copies of parts and the whole of the skybox from the website of TheReadPanda, under games and Constellations of KSP. The project itself only had one video about a year ago, but the files are still there for download. I'd also like to take a moment to thank Twitch streamer TheReadPanda, for providing the files and being an entertaining red panda.
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    I've been doing research. So, the Yale Bright Star Catalogue recognizes star of celestial magitude of 6.5 and brighter, which is the closest in comparison to what I'm looking to do. I doubt there's any stars in the sky dimmer than that. A bit of advice, skip checking star catalogs and just look up 'star position' in Wikipedia if you want to know how the position of stars is determined. So position is determined by declination to the celestial equator and right ascension. KSP will be easier than RL astronomy in a few ways. The celestial sphere (skybox) only moves as a whole, as opposed to RL star proper motion. Kerbin's equator, celestial equator, and galactic plane are pretty much the same. Also, Kerbin's poles can't move, so it doesn't have precession (so no need for epochs). I'm thinking that at some point I should work out the measurements and trigonometry to take some measurement to figure out how 'far' away the stars are. I'm not a math major, wish me luck.
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    I did make a bit of progress. I found a copy of KSP's default skybox. That should help me find the stars. I still need to research how to classify stars. Ideally, I want to do it the way RL astronomers do, to make the chart easier for general use. Also, although there are a few ways to build a sextant, I need both the scope and mirror. I won't be able to definitively stand on level ground, so I'll need to use the in-game horizon.
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    So I did a bit of research and I decided I want to make a star catalog. It's going to be a bit of a project. I was thinking I'd call it (I like to give stuff code names) Project Ptolemy. Although it makes me think I should call the catalog the Kalmagest, because the accuracy might be subject to debate. Still, could be subject to change if everyone can agree on a superior name. The good news is that I only have a set amount of stars to classify (unless they change the skybox in an update.) But I'm going to have to figure out how to classify each star, as there's no agreed constellations yet and I have to define a reasonably common relative position. I'll have to work on that. Then there's the stars themselves, as I don't yet have a magnitude gage, sextant, or compass\protractor on hand. It'll be difficult and mostly pointless, so should be fun.
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    I see what you did there. Let's try this one. "I think I'll write a product review: 'Took product to the surface of Mars. It stopped working. 0\10'"
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    Sounds like it's possible that someone has done stuff, but it's not on the forums or wiki. Anyway, the view from KSC is, I'm guessing, 3 and 1/2 hours of the space skybox with at least three magnitude-1 stars in likely separate constellations. I'm guessing at magnitude as I don't have a gauge for that. Fortunately, KSC is on the equator, so compass directions are very simple. However, I expect that the skybox is deceptive and Kerbin is not as squarely on the galactic plane as it appears.
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    I will agree that, in a game with a map mode and KerbNet, that it would be more a curiosity than anything else. But so far it does sound like Kerbol astronomy is...uncharted territory. I might consider trying to work out some sort of sky chart or such. However, usually the closest I get to astronomy in RL is staring at the moon. So I would have to do a bunch of research first. Not to mention practicing my amateur MS paint skills and other things.
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    For sextants at sea, I recall it as you put the star you want in the the mirror half of the scope, the adjusted the sextant so star in the mirror is level with the horizon. Then you read off the angle on the sextant, and repeated the process with a second star. Then you check the time, then looked up the stars in the table to figure out where you are based on seeing both stars at that time, at that angle. I'd have to look up what was needed for navigating in space. Still, I thought there was an old constellation thread around here somewhere. Not to mention the question of whether a skybox can give reliable readings. I don't recall if the skybox is fixed to the Kerbol system or the active vessel\camera.
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    I recall someone once in an old KSP-TV stream had once made a sextant to use with looking out a capsule window and get a reading on the stars in space. Has anyone else ever tried this? By extension, is it possible to navigate in KSP using the stars in stock KSP? Like writing up a star table, for example, to tell you where you should be if you can see certain stars at certain angles. Also, outside of just extracting the sky-box outright, has anyone made a star chart for KSP? I'm rather curious to know.
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    "We made a $10,000 bet that we can hit the Mars habitat with the emergency supply probe." "We have made a major breakthrough in our mandate to solve all the world's problems. Humanity will be upgraded."
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    "This study will be unparalleled...as it will be entirely asymmetrical." "To save additional weight, we've removed all engines from the first stage."
  16. 55delta
    "I just wanted to said that I love you guys...What'll you mean, 'You've had enough?"" "Our experiments in giving LSD to astronaut candidates did not shorten training times like we expected."
  17. 55delta
    So KSP has active modding, forum, YouTube, and Twitch communities, continues to receive active development, is available for purchase, and has no online services to take off-line. This mean to the majority that KSP isn't dead? KSP 1.3.0 didn't include whatever the OP wanted for 1.3.0. This means KSP is dead?
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    Does that mean that KSP can die, if the game forums and discussions (like this one) become inactive?
  19. 55delta
    Question: Since KSP isn't an online game, with servers to shut down, can it actually die?
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    "By unanimous decision, the alien voices in my head have decided to close out NASA and end all current and future programs." "What do you mean, you assembled the entire thing up-side down?"
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    "We've always knew what dark matter was, we are just waiting for physicist to figure it out for themselves." "We decoded the alien signal. It appears to be the plans for a new, unknown type of spacecraft. But we've taken advice that we should hold off on building such a craft, as it is considered a potential trap."
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    Is there anyone who can argue against this? Please? Do you mean to say that if the market has a sudden glut of a once rare mineral, they will just as suddenly have no use for that extra mineral?
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    "We're opening an online contest to suggest and vote for a name for the SLS." "After our moderators had to close all discussion threads, we have decided to halt our 'nominate someone to be an astronaut' contest."
  24. 55delta
    As far as I know, back when they were selling tourist seats on the Soyuz, each of the tourists only stayed a week. I won't know if they could keep to that schedule these days. Regardless, I wouldn't send a kid to the ISS. It frankly isn't provisioned for children. When tourists were going to the ISS, they had to go through a series of medical qualification followed by a significant training course. I imagine it involved going through the rather thick document that is all the contingency modes. They also had to agree to participate in experiments with the crew while there. Not to mention a few of those tourists brought their own experiments for their own interests. Not something I would expect of a kid, maybe a teenager if they're real keen. Also remember that you'd have to give up two seats, one for the child, one for whomever is attending them. No body would want them to be unattended, especially if they started to get bored later in the stay. No, even if they could spare the space, the ISS is more a navy boat than a cruise ship. New Shepard is a better place for kids. It's built with tourists in mind, there's room for kids and people to watch out for them, and it's more of a big (if expensive) thrill ride.
  25. 55delta

    uhhhh

    55delta replied to Souper's topic in KSP1 Discussion

    I see they're a scientist too. I would keep an eye on them if I were you.
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