AgentMOO

Retested for .90.

I heard that a couple days ago too. Cool stuff. Jupiter's sounds

"A first evaluation of the data that comet lander Philae sent to the European Space Center before its depleted batteries forced it to go silent will be released Monday" -German aeronautics and space research center

The search for Philae... http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/images/comet-67p/churyumov-gerasimenko?cb=Searching_for_Philae.png

Dusty in here... https://twitter.com/Philae2014/status/533411331937165312

And has been ongoing the whole time.

Google hangout with ESA @ 1300 GMT : https://plus.google.com/events/c78o050l93ub7cm4kcoltjnt424 Could the gyro be used to "walk" the lander around?

Didn't take long to get to the good bit! So it is running. But by no means is it finished (multiple orbits). Looking forward to the next update. It's going to take some time to interpret that data too. Thanks Streetwind.

I watched the live-stream (all of it), and listened to to the lead investigator talk about the instrument. I don't remember him saying it was already active. As for Thursdays press update... I missed it, but I found some of it here. I'll watch it now.

Citation? It could have begun the moment they started receiving telemetry from Philae. However it would take several orbits of varying paths to complete the experiment. I could not find anywhere stating the length of Rosetta's orbit around 67P therefore I can not estimate how many orbits it's done since telemetry was received(if that's when the experiment started). I hope your correct, but again I ask for a citation.

What is CONSERT? Probably the most important experiment. It's the only instrument on both Rosetta and Philae. The orientation of the lander doesn't matter. Indeed the experiment could be done even if the lander didn't land. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONSERT

They should do the CONSERT test before it dies.

Great replica!

Thank you Claw, much appreciated!

Yes riding the bull is the most efficient way, but time consuming. If mechjeb can get it up there with fuel left then you will have "lots" left if you bull ride it. I still test my designs out with a bull ride at least once to be sure though. As for the boosters, if you have to get to orbit right now to defend Kerbal from alien invasion, there is no time to bull ride or even to refuel in orbit. When I designed the craft I was trying to make something that looked OK, had a low part count, could fly empty, could fly full, performed a function, could reach orbit, could come back from orbit, could safely use the runway on it's gear below 130/ms, could refuel in flight, and was compatible with mechjeb at a 15 degree climb. What bothers me about the hidden shock cone on the MKII is that, if it's hidden, how is it getting air? Indeed maybe a future patch will make it useless.

Very nice!

Hyper edit, hehe. I feel guilty enough as it is with the shock cone hidden inside the mkII. I'm doing the booster thing for fun (not a SSTO with > 1 stage). I have found that anything behind the main engine unbalances it. And even with the boosters on the wings I can't quite get orbit with more than 3/4 of a tank left. I'm also trying to lose the boosters before orbit to minimize space debris, so it's expected not to have 100% fuel in the end.

Q:Would you recommend this for use in the schools? A: I would, yes. Q:What's the earliest age/grade would it be useful for? A:IMHO since Kerbals blow up.. around eight or older. The content may upset younger, or more sensitive, children. So... according to this chart grade 3 Q:If you are a teacher, what general words of wisdom would you offer about KSP in the classroom? A:I would start with this.

I've been trying to slap it to a booster system like the one the shuttle had. But I find the 4 rocket style from macross superior, easier to do, and looks better. Stability issues arise trying to balance the weight with the shuttle style (I can get it to work, but only with macro managing the thrust, or with RCS assistance). Thoughts?

Thank you for your kind reply's. This version arose to rescue two Kerbals who were stuck on Mun in a broken MKI. It has many improvements. It can reach a much higher orbit with more fuel left over. The rear mono-propellant tank has been removed because the 15 in the cockpit is enough for docking. It is unmanned, but can carry two passengers. Remove the crew before launch if you want. Be careful of the engine at take-off and I don't recommend moving the wing wheels. As for range, the pictures in my above post show the delta-v stats. They haven't changed much. MKII Download: http://www./download/bc2r6f212cuv52c/Kerbdactyl_MKII.craft

I tried to embed the album as per the instructions given here. As you can see, it was a fail. I'm working on the MK-II, unmanned version.

Thank you! No ones fault but my own, and I'm sorry.

Download: http://www./download/33m2r5islx8olk2/Kerbdactyl.craft

I posted the ship into the ship exchange forum. It was moderated and appeared there. Then, the post title remained but the thread had blank content. So I went here and said HI. The question I posed here could have been more clear I'm sorry, but it was in regard to where the post had gone and then you merged it. Now with Northstars1989's comment, I don't know if it ever was in the forum I thought I was posting in. No ones fault. I'm a crabby old man.