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No. There is similar mod for Kopernicus called Galactic Neighborhood that provides the same features and more.

Relatively recently, Roscosmos announced the decision to switch PTK-NP/Federatsiya from flying on Angara to flying on Soyuz-5/Sunkar/Fenix (it has a lot of names), basically a slightly upscaled Zenit with new parts. Since the whole point of PTK is to fly beyond Earth orbit at some point, it kind of needs an SHLV to get it there. So they've now proposed this bizarre rocket that uses asymmetric Sunkar first stages clustered in groups of either 3 or 5, and an utterly ridiculous number of upper stages: http://russianspaceweb.com/superheavy-2017.html The smallest version uses a cluster of 3 Sunkar first stages, a URM-2 second stage, and two stacked Block-DMs as third and fourth stages, delivering 50 metric tons to LEO. The medium version uses a cluster of 5 Sunkar first stages, a URM-2 second stage, a KVTK third stage, and a Block-DM fourth stage, delivering 88 metric tons to LEO. The largest version uses a cluster of 5 Sunkar first stages, a TBD hydrolox second stage, a KVTK third stage, and a block-DM fourth stage, delivering 108 metric tons to LEO. Sunkar is planned to fly by 2022 from Baikonur. The first two iterations of the SHLV require little to no new technology to build and are expected to fly by 2028. The 108 metric ton version is expected to fly by 2033, but seeing as it's not necessarily needed for a lunar landing I doubt it'll ever fly. To land on the Moon, two medium version SHLVs would be launched, one carrying the PTK and the other carrying a lunar lander. They'd rendezvous in lunar orbit.

Either UR-700 or BFR.

This British guy who normally reviews telescopes says it's a Missile Defense Agency satellite based on the orbit and timing. http://scopeviews.co.uk/SpaceXZuma.htm

Europa Clipper will fly first... hopefully. IMO they should really just drop the EUS and continue flying with ICPS. No need for a new mobile launcher, no need to fly Europa Clipper first for safety reasons, and no payload adapter for Orion to fly with DSG parts, so it'd kill DSG. For cargo to LEO they should just fly Block 0 without an upper stage, or build an EDS-like stage. I really, really think POTUS will cancel it in the FY2019 budget. I really hope so, too.

Also, because we reached the finish line first, the USSR mothballed N1.

Nope. P9 is at the opposite side of the Sun from Sedna. Nah, it's fine to talk about a Planet 9 probe on here; it's similar in difficulty and technology required.

I kind of want to wake up early because it's probably one of the last Delta II launches.

At least the Shuttle flew though.....

Wow, I never thought there would be a day when I'd miss the Shuttle.......

*sigh* Apparently NASA has learned nothing about the delays caused by international cooperation from the ISS..... This is really outdated.......

Please, Congress, put SLS out of its misery.......

Just because Centaur CAN lift Dream Chaser and Starliner doesn't mean it's optimal. If you've noticed, the Starliner has had to undergo several aerodynamic changes because the Centaur is smaller than the booster and capsule.

Centaur really isn't designed for payloads like Dream Chaser and Starliner.

No. That's not how planets work, and 1.6 AU is well beyond the habitable zone of Proxima.

@GregroxMun's mod "Revamped Stock Solar System" has a nice Amalthea analog in the form of Ameli.

1. Probably no because rings are really lame in KSP 2. I thought about that, but Jool's moons are so different from their analogues that I'm not sure what a Callisto analog would look like, and I'm lazy 3. Yep. Finally someone that uses my mod! I haven't really been playing or modding KSP for a while because everything got ruined by 1.3.1 and I was waiting for mods to update and then I got addicted to CSGO. I will get back to this mod - I promise.

Interesting. I will keep that in mind for the next version. Yep. Most planet mods are compatible.

The M1, the largest rocket engine ever built and fired. Never flown thanks to budget cuts and the cancellation of the Apollo program and its successors. There is so much that might have been.........

Liftoff NET 29 December https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/spacex-aims-december-launch-falcon-heavy/ The best holiday present of all!

The New Shepard that was re-used was actually the second. The first booster crash-landed and was destroyed.

The Ascent Abort is going to use the returned EM-1 capsule I think. So it won't happen until after EM-1.

Thanks. It's not a very good photo - my 60mm refractor has a better image visually. This thing shows far more. I will probably throw together an adapter at some point. The counterweight bracket is a good idea, but I should be able to just sand the bearings and increase the friction enough that I don't need it.

Afocal shot of the Moon with my homemade 6" f/4.5

I made a new tool for the 8" DK today, this time with pennies instead of tiles. Also, here's a photo of tonight's Moon with the 6" f/4.5. Made by holding a phone up to the eyepiece.