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Vaporo

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  1. Well, I am quite familiar with Ludicrous Speed, so I think I have to speak up for this one (Sorry. I just had to do that). Seriously, even at 75 km/s, you wouldn't entirely "skip" the atmosphere, unless you happen to be running KSP at one frame per second (at which point I would congratulate you for getting a ship that lags your computer down to 1 FPS up to 75 km/s). Even if you are running KSP at 30 FPS, 60 being the maximum on most screens, 75 km/s would mean that you would have at least 30 frames of deceleration if you entered Kerbin's atmosphere vertically. Less, of course, on Duna, but still, my point stands. To fully "skip" the atmosphere, you would have to go 30 times 75 km/s, or 2250 km/s, at 30 FPS. At either speed, though, you would be obliterated by reentry heat, g-forces, and just plain old hitting the ground. In any case, Kerbin's atmosphere does way too much slowing as it is. Here's some experiments: http://imgur.com/a/SN5gr With a command pod with a greater drag coefficient. http://imgur.com/a/K0GLn#0 Didn't press F1 fast enough to get screenshots of actual reentry on either experiment. Still, I spent a significant amount of time in the actual atmosphere, just as MarvinKitFox did. In both experiments, I was slowed far more than could possibly happen in real life. So, the atmospheric physics did their job a bit too well as far as I'm concerned. To sum it up, to fully skip the atmosphere you would have to go so insanely fast that you are likely using K-drives or otherwise actively abusing the physics engine, at which point realistic aerodynamic physics would barely slow you anyways. EDIT: Did some more experiments with FAR installed. trying to reenter at these speeds caused KSP to glitch out in some very fun ways, including causing my command pod turn fully around and head back out of the atmosphere without hitting the ground (probably due to the way it simulates body lift).
  2. Year 2126: Amid the Great Snack Crisis, mysterious apparitions begin to appear and ghosts begin to appear. They are generally (and incorrectly) assumed to be hallucinations caused by intense hunger. Three scientists, Werner Von Kerman, Gene Kerman, and some random guy take notice and begin studying the paranormal activity. Year 2126.2: Three scientists are fired from their university. They promptly buy a fire house form the Khostbusters.
  3. Looks to have a bit better statistics to my laptop, which runs KSP just fine. My laptop: i7-3610QM, 2.3 Ghz 8 Gb Ram 750Gb Hdd Nvidia Geforce 630M with 1Gb graphics memory
  4. I always thought it seemed unnecessarily tall, considering the other decouplers. I don't really have any problems with using it in my rockets, the extra height doesn't bother me, but I agree that it should be shorter, if only for aesthetics. It would be kind of low on the priority list right now.
  5. I would rather have the two editors consolidated into a single master editor, containing everything you need to build planes and rockets. This way, you won't need to worry about transferring between the two, which is incredibly inconvenient at the moment (build rover in SPH with random extra part as first part, detach main body and put into subassemblies, attach to rocket in VAB, go back to SPH to add whatever part you forgot on the rover, etc.). For now, though, there is Editor Extensions.
  6. Vaporo

    Mutation

    Pros: The ability to survive in a vacuum for an indefinite duration. Cons: You will probably freeze to death before being able to make good use of this ability. The ability to comfortably survive in any temperature.
  7. I'm surprised that I haven't seen any black hole shots yet. Plus pretty sunrise.
  8. 7/10 Seen you in a couple of forum games. I also put everyone who has and MLP avatar or signature on my list. I don't like MLP signatures.
  9. He refused to speak ever again in the presence of such cowards. Fact: When there's something strange in the neighborhood, you should call Ghostbusters.
  10. Picture from a Cold Titan far from its parent star, I think.
  11. If anything can resurrect the Kraken, it's the Advanced Grabbing unit. (GLITCHES FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!)
  12. I am Sheldon Cooper. You're in my spot. My spot.
  13. Theme songs from 80s action movies like: and and I like theme songs. Movies and shows don't have good theme songs anymore. It's sad. EDIT: And this. Can't forget this lovely melody.
  14. I become invisible, and am therefore untouchable by light. The next poster has insulted Chuck Norris.
  15. Vaporo

    Mutation

    Pros: Master gambler. Cons: Get kicked out of every casino The ability to survive anything and become immune to whatever injury/disease afflicted you. e.g. get shot in the head and become immune to being shot in the head for the rest of your life.
  16. I actually still use Microsoft Office 2000. Seriously. We never upgraded.
  17. When I first played the demo, I was surprised when I didn't have throttle control via the mouse. It was only after I went through the tutorials (which I should have done in the first place) that I discovered how to control the throttle. So, yes. Point and click throttle control. It should be added.
  18. I Hyperedit Moho out to somewhere near Eeloo's orbit. My cold planet.
  19. What is this 'aerodynamics' that you speak of. We don't care about stability.
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