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  1. billbobjebkirk
    Those tube suits are designed that way because, when wearing a bulky spacesuit, human arms are severely reduced in capability, with the gloves especially having little freedom of motion and often causing bruising after extended use.
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    The reason I support the idea of launching a Europa probe on SLS in the early 2020s, is due to the fact that otherwise, there will be a 6 YEAR GAP between EM-1 and the ARM crewed mission!
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    We really need a payload for SLS between 2018 and 2024, so I desperately hope that a Europa mission of some kind gets picked up for the real EM-2.
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    Manned?... No, absolutely not. Unmanned?.... Maybe. Will we actually get that probe to another star within this century? Not a chance.
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    Actually, Von Braun's plans for a Mars landing were part of the original STS program.
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    By all means, take your time!
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    I use 6.4x RSS, FAR, and a bunch of other realism mods, as well as a ton of stockalike parts mods, in order to make a sort of compromise between stock and reality.
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    I made it up, based off wanting to combine the real life Voyager missions and the Voyager program that eventually became Viking.
  9. billbobjebkirk
    Well, if you read the plan that I posted, you'll see that it involves "Voyager" becoming a catch-all term for any space probe that launches on a Saturn V.
  10. billbobjebkirk
    I'm planning for a 278+possibly more run. Could you include some points for unmanned missions to the planets?
  11. billbobjebkirk
    Well, I'll be out of town for the weekend, but as soon as I get back, I'll start trying to make some Tantares Procedural Parts.
  12. billbobjebkirk
    That's another reason that I forgot, in lunar orbit, masscons force you to perform frequent reboosts.
  13. billbobjebkirk
    Is asked how he felt about making fighter plane parts an April 2nd, he wasn't enthusiastic.
  14. billbobjebkirk
    Remember, the Saturn V actually shut down it's central engine during the first stage burn.
  15. billbobjebkirk
    Well, I never finished my submission for the previous version of this challenge (seen in my current sig), so I'll probably be going at it again. EDIT: I'l probably go with the plan I've established here, using .90, 6.4x, FAR, and a crapload of parts mods.
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    If it was in lunar orbit, you would have to acieve lunar escape velocity and earth escape velocity, whereas with the lagrange point, you only have to use a little more time and Dv to go to the moon, and far less Dv for Earth Escape.
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    That's because the picture is in black and white.
  18. billbobjebkirk
    Yeah, if you include the fuel, the SPS is definitely really massive. I was refering to the engine alone, which was light enough that thay didn't switch to a smaller one when Direct Ascent was nixed.
  19. billbobjebkirk
    To add on to this idea, it might be cool if you could select a mission patch for the whole program, then the mod would automatically add the number.
  20. billbobjebkirk
    For astronomical observations, it's good because you never lose the signal. For use as an exploration gateway, it's good because it takes very little Dv to get from L1 or L2 to the Moon or an escape trajectory.
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    That's one reason I like Boeing's mars mission proposal, it gives us an SEP tug that practically begs to be used more than once. My ultimate scenario would be a mars mission similar to the one proposed for STS, but i recognise that that will not happen.
  22. billbobjebkirk
    Actually, unless you mean the engine and the fuel, the SPS was quite light.
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    Yeah, they need to give the pods some resources. I wouldn't take the ablators out, it make the post landing Soyuz look a lot more realistic.
  24. billbobjebkirk
    Oh! Thanks for telling me!
  25. billbobjebkirk
    Any news regarding updating this to 1.0? It's a great mod, and I'd hate to see it just go.
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