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    Sneak Peak at Bigelow's BEAM on a Kerbal ISS

    in KSP1 Discussion

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    7 hours ago, samstarman5 said:

    I love seeing love given to Bigelow. SpaceX and Virgin is awesome and all, but their primary effort has been to getting into space. Bigelow's been focusing on keeping us in space.

    Did you see the ULA show? 100+ successful rocket launches... and we spent an entire hour talking about Cislunar1000/ACES/XEUS with Tory Bruno. :D

    http://www.twitch.tv/dasvaldez/v/53283711

    Craft and wallpaper downloads!

    K-ISS Kanadarm Edition: 7DOF IR Kanadarm2 capable of "walking" around the station via grapple!

    Falcon9 Boostback + Cargo Dragon w/Trunk. Retractable strongback and pad fashion lighting!

    K-ISS Wallpapers:

    Dragon Wallpapers

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    Shift keys not working in KSP

    in KSP1 Technical Support (PC, unmodded installs)

    Posted · Edited by DasValdez

    On 6/1/2015 at 5:05 PM, sal_vager said:

    Are you using Synergy? It won't pass the shift key to KSP.

    As a necro update, I had this problem during a stream earlier. The fix is to start up the Synergy "window", not just the service... opening the synergy management window then using it's 'Hide" function fixes the lack of shift key. 

    Sneak Peak at Bigelow's BEAM on a Kerbal ISS

    in KSP1 Discussion

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    10 minutes ago, Delta_8930 said:

    Hey @DasValdez What mods did you use to make the K-ISS, Dragon, and Falcon 9?

    Also @RoverDude Can you please set up a download of your KERB? It looks awesome!

    Dragon and Falcon are stock, ISS is just IR, the IR Model Rework, KAS, and Near Future Solar. I have a full stock ISS as well with no Canadarm and more part intensive stock solar arrays, will up[load and post here after the stream :D

    Sneak Peak at Bigelow's BEAM on a Kerbal ISS

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted · Edited by DasValdez

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    I've been working on a bit of a special project, and thanks to @RoverDudewe finished up a bit of a sneak peek tonight. It turned out so awesomely I had to share it here... whew!

    Today (5/12) I'm going to have a few special guests on my Kerbal Space Academy Twitch stream (twitch.tv/dasvaldez)... Engineers from Bigelow Aerospace will be joining me for a live Q&A and Kerbal Demonstration of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) which is currently installed on the ISS IRL and scheduled for expansion in about 2.5 weeks. The Bigelow staff will be around for about an hour answering questions and talking about the mission, starting at 5 PM EDT, while I perform the tasks in KSP.  

    Roverdude knocked out a very Kerbaly KERB... the Kerbalow Expandable Recreation Bubble, complete with IVA, and tonight I was able to deliver it to my K-ISS via a Falcon (boostback and ship landing capable) with a Dragon on top. I have a fully functional Kanadarm2 made with iR + the iR Model Rework pack by @ZodiusInfuser... it's able to capture and berth the Dragon, remove the KERB from the trunk, and install it over on Tranquility Node 3 right next to our Kerbal-sized cupola. 

    Stream and Q&A will be open to the public... I plan to spool up around 3 PM EDT May 12th and the Bigelow guests will join me at 5 PM. 

     

    Tory Bruno of ULA on KSP Livestream

    in KSP1 Discussion

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    13 minutes ago, SgtSomeone said:

    Most 'celebrity' appearances on shows are to promote something. The impression I got was that the purpose of this appearance was to discuss their  new orbital tug-esque upper stage concept/technology. Am I being too cyncial/fanboy in assuming that all of this innovation has been brought about by the disrupter known as SpaceX? And ULA is trying to generate some of their own grassroots buzz?

    I've been building "extensible" infrastructure in KSP since I started playing, inspired by the Von Braun style Space Transport System. I think I originally caught the bug when I stumbled across some art from Drell7 on deviantart. STS style tug missions were some of the first things I streamed on Twitch. :)

    The ACES concept was pretty close to this, and I floated it as one of the show topics to ULA... really, it gave me some cool ships to show off and fly during the hour long Q&A session, which covered everything from Vulcan to cube sats to Tory making rockets as a youth. :)

    Tory Bruno of ULA on KSP Livestream

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    6 hours ago, legoclone09 said:

    I think I heard about this back in February from someone, and I was skeptical. Good to know it will happen! (or were you joking about that?)

    It is a project we are working on with ULA's input. Squad is in the loop as well. Not sure exactly how to label it as "official" yet... not sure if it's "Asteroid day" style or "ULA Official Mod for KSP" style. Stay tuned. :)

    Tory Bruno of ULA on KSP Livestream

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Delta_8930 said:

    Awesome! I'm not sure if I'll even have time to watch it today though...

    Das, will the stream be archived to your Twitch channel?

    Absolutely, will update when the VOD link is ready!

    2 hours ago, Sanic said:

    @DasValdez Will RSS or any part mods be used in the KSP gameplay?

    Sanic... We're sticking to stock for now... at least, until the official ULA mod is released...

     

    Wait, what? :D

    Tory Bruno of ULA on KSP Livestream

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, katateochi said:

    awesome! I really hope that I'm still awake then.

    Excellent, thx Kata! I know it's late for UTC... Mr Bruno live in MST, and I'm EST... we definitely worked around his availability in the even. There will of course be the VODs... I'll update the post with links after the show. 

    Tory Bruno of ULA on KSP Livestream

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    The number of space and science professionals who love KSP continues to blow me away. In a sort of good way... as opposed to a "green smear on the VAB" sort of way.

     

    Tory Bruno (CEO of United Launch Alliance) will be appearing on our KSA Twitch stream. As in, the CEO of ULA... like, "Delta/Atlas Rocket Launch in the Real World ULA".

     

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    Info:

    • What: KSP Livestream w/ Tory Bruno

    • Why: Exploring ULA's future tech plans in KSP

    • When: Tuesday March 8th, at 9 PM EST (9 Mar, 2 AM UTC)

    • Where: http://www.twitch.tv/dasvaldez

    We'll be talking about Vulcan, ACES, and ULA's CisLunar-1000 initiative... while we build them in KSP and use them to perform missions. I've already spent the last couple of weeks on the show creating a new KSP career and building up to the "advanced"/extensible upper stage tech level... so I've got a save with a lot of craft in play I'll be showing off to Mr Bruno, while we compare our KSP creations to what ULA is working on in the real world.

     

    During the show, we'll do a viewer Q&A with Mr Bruno, and as always, would love to have a strong showing from the KSP community. Explosions aside, we want to show the aerospace industry that KSP is more than just a video game. :D

     

     

     

    KSA MAV From The Martian (No spoilers)

    in KSP Fan Works

    Posted

    So, saw The Martian Friday night (no spoilers)... movie was fantastic... but I couldn't wait to get home and start building the craft in KSP. I'm dedicating the next week to building stock and modded craft... first up, a bone-stock MAV!

    Inspired by the Mars Ascent Vehicle as seen in The Martian.

    * Fancy Central Core ladder!

    * Fashionable landing leg design

    * Remote Controlled landing (powered chute-assisted)

    * Carries a crew of 6 from Duna surface to low orbit

    * 4 stages, Landing, Ascent Lifter, Ascent Kicker, Capsule Rendezvous (RCS)

    * Capsule Capable of docking with Hermes

    Missing on-site fueling due to lack of scale-correct stock parts. ;.;

    Craft download available on KerbalX

    Entire Build VOD is available on Twitch - #TheMartian Builds in @KerbalSpaceP - The MAV

    Took plenty of screenshots, and set them up as 1080 desktop backgrounds.... entire album below.

    Enjoy!

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    Aerodynamics Debug [F12] not accurate

    in KSP1 Technical Support (PC, unmodded installs)

    Posted

    the aero display lines are inaccurate and for rough indication only, I know this because I was talking to the guy who made them at the time, and as they are just a debug tool and not intended for use during play there are no plans to improve them.

    So, timeout, aero was "debugged" using a buggy tool? By the transitive property of debugging...

    FailFish

    Any indication as to whether it's just the length, or also the direction is buggy? The directions are often all over the map, even for symmetrical parts, and the flight behavior of the craft seems to support what they're showing, magnitude aside. They often seem to illustrate the weird "sideways drift" tendencies of some aircraft, which sometimes can be resolved simply by reattaching the exact same parts in the exact same locations".

    Kerbal Space Academy @ SXSW Gaming Expo

    in KSP Fan Works

    Posted

    Youtuber Mikes Games stopped by the Kerbal Space Academy booth at the SXSW Gaming Expo and shot this quick video, where I ramble and generally make up stuff on the fly. For a person of my hygiene, I don't screw up nearly as much as one would expect. :sticktongue:

    TLDW: If you can be a sniper, race car driver, or fighter pilot in video games... why can't you be a rocket scientist? Kerbal Space Academy helps people of all ages do awesome things in KSP!

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