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Put a telescope in high sun orbit to look at the planets, astronomer's visual enhancements pack

You need fresh fuel, UF4 or ThF4 cannisters, either part of the craft, or a craft docked to the reactor. Once the reactor is cooled down completely, refuel as you would normally transfer fuel by Alt-Right Click between fuel cannisters and reactor part. Swap fuel by right clicking on the reactor and clicking appropriate button, make sure you have enough space to store old fuel, you can't mix UF4 and ThF4.

If you mean constant drifting at high zoom that's normal. if you mean heavy vibration, that's a known issue with certain parts combinations, see original post. sometimes it can be fixed by switching to another vessel, then switching back to the telescope.

For UF4 and ThF4 fission reactors, you have to EVA and manual shutdown the reactor, wait for it to cool (about 3 days), then Refuel or change fuel type with Kerbal EVA, then manual start the reactor in EVA.

Thanks! that dll is what I was missing. Didn't see the "releases" link at the top.

spaceport is kaput. I grabbed this from github. Is there something I missed that adds the self desstruct functional "MODULE{ name = TacSelfDestruct}"? In the gamedata folder there're just 3 files, they add the part in KSP, but doesn't seem to respond to any right clicking or staging commands in VAB or Launchpad

Got a ton of science on Dres

RLA_Stockalike mod has many excellent 0.625 sized parts.

woudln't need to launch 10 times. If the setup works 1 time, it'll work 10 times.

sounds about right. ninjaripper pulls models from the game's data files. so you get a copy of all the parts in KSP. then you need to assemble it in another app as you would in VAB before sending it for printing. That could be a good thing... you get all the individual parts printed, and you can assemble ships on your desk with some superglue.

if you can manage to pull the mesh from the game, shapeways can print it.

gotta think bigger...

Took a few shots at the Mun and Minmus

Intake has to be directly attached to precooler. octostrut wont' work, radial intakes won't work. Only stack attachment will do. rapier.cfg adds the same mechanism to stock turbojets.

Intake Precooler should reduce engine overheating for B9 engines. to completely get rid of it you have to edit B9aero.cfg file from Interstellar mod, the mod adds ModuleSabreHeating mechanism to all jet engines. Editing the cfg file will only affect B9 engines and won't affect anything else in B9 or Interstellar.

It's working! Not sure why, but reinstalling Distant Object mod seem to fix telescope. Not the best shot, I just lobbed a telescope up high enough to test. You can barely see the Mun near the middle; and Duna just left of the Sun. Awesome!

Found a face on Kerbin

Kerbal Engineer Redux. Information mod, without the automation parts like MechJeb

Still experimental. Lousy range with FAR. mediocre with stock aerodynamics.

Reactors you build in new craft automatically upgrade to the latest tech you unlocked. Reactors on crafts in flight might need a Kerbal EVA "Retrofit". MW Network is fairly simple, launch a few Reactors into high orbit, ~200km. Connect 2 Generators on them and put on 8 or more large radiators, a folding transmitter. Basic UF4 Reactors are best for these, long life and generous power. upgrade 3.25m Angles will push close 10GW of power in orbit with upgraded Solid State Generators. You can do ground beam stations as well, but you lose quite a bit of power through the atmosphere, roughly 30% from sea level to low orbit. I place the relays out at the edge of kerbin SOI, ~65000km, to get coverage on Minmus and Mun. here's good info on Solar MW transmitters https://github.com/FractalUK/KSPInterstellar/wiki/Solar-power-satellites

Crazy mission setup how are you packing 20km+ dV into 57 tones with only 4 stock NERVAs, at 2+ TWR no less?

2 intakes per engine is more than enough to keep them from flame out before 30km. More intakes will add more weight and drag and won't help you much in gaining thrust. You are not getting enough lift at the highest speed you can go at a given altitude with your TWR. Even thought it's close to 3 to 1, that's good for vertical ascent, for horizontal acceleration is not good enough to get you enough orbital speed.

You can try burning the NERVA from ~15km along with the turbojets. That might help you get enough speed to generate lift to gain altitude. Also run fuel lines from the side tanks to the center so the NERVA can draw from those tanks as well. Otherwise the NERVA only draws from center tank. I also recommend reconfiguring your wings this way for some extra lift surfaces.

Started a Road Trip!