Bill Phil
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Not only does it look good, it makes the parts make sense. No more black and white nose cones, no more unrealistic gimbal long, and the addition of more 0.625 tanks, and buttless engines. That last one is actually kind of cool. The Skipper that's buttless can be used on a 1.25 fuel tank as a first stage engine.
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Well, since I forget to pack parachutes, I would forget these gifts too...
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Even so, they could have built stations if they wanted to. They had plenty of concepts for them.
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Antimatter is the most energy-dense material in the universe. It's the best way to travel at near light speeds. Unless you want to use staged fusion rockets. Plus, there is plenty of materials we don't know of. Like Unbihexium, it hasn't even been synthesized yet!
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Well, AIs are considered a problem because they are unpredictable. Not only that but they can calculate probabilities and can overreact. Extremely. Plus, what happens when an AI becomes psychotic?
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But Apollo massed at more than 100 tons in LEO...
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They're Karbon based. That must be it. It's basically carbon...
Umm... They could be in a biological relationship. Like us and hundreds info bacteria types. Their bacteria just makes them look green, and acts like plants providing food for Kerbals and Kerbaks providing food for it.
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Waffles for the win!
Anyone want to stop at that Space Waffle House on the next orbit?
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I'm 4.5 or so...
I also like to laugh at mod players... *evil laugh*
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Admittedly, flying without SAS isn't that hard. Except for the launch, and even then it's not bad. Plus it is kind of fun because you feel like you're actually piloting the rocket. But my problem really is not the Stayputnik, but where it is in the tech tree. In my opinion, it should be placed earlier in the tree with a reaction wheel. Then the current Stayputnik's location would have an SAS probe instead, maybe a Stayputnik Mk II or something.
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Unless we could somehow produce green hypergolics. But that's a big if.
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Another thing, these parts actually make sense. No, really. It makes sense, now. That black and white nose cone has been replaced by a solid white one. It's useful now! Huzzah!
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Procedural fairings don't make sense at all. It isn't very "lego" like and as such isn't very kerbal. Fairings like KW Rocketry are actually a gameplay mechanic as well. It limits the SIZE of the PAYLOAD.
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Every time my aircraft are flying and I use 4x physwarp, the craft flies higher and longer than normal.
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Yeah. The STS 1969 proposal can be difficult to find. Look up STS 1969, not just STS alone. It might give you better search results.
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The reason for probes now is so you don't risk kerbals. This makes probes much more useful. So why make the first probe, like on Tier 4 of the tech tree, not able to keep up with a Level 0 pilot. I can understand the challenge of no SAS, but why can't they add another probe core at Tier 2 or 1 that has no SAS, and reinstate the Stayputnik's SAS status.
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Well, I hear that better aerodynamics is coming soon. Maybe move some plane parts to the second node of the tech tree. Also maybe put the Stayputnik at Tier 0 of the tech tree, so people that want probes first can have it...
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Well.... Let's see. A few meters a day compared to a dozen kilometers a day...
A one month exploration could possibly give you just as much exploration. If not more. Although I think that a permanent base is needed...
Yeah. Probes can do that too... But they take skilled labor hahah.
Seriously though, I would just like to see people suck it up and send people to space. The chances of your ship screwing up and killing you are less than you getting killed just by driving your car. Especially with multiple craft that could assist each other in-transit.
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Because editing .cfg files isn't my style. I also kind of want to try it out with no SAS... It might be interesting.
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I mentioned 2 total Saturns, I forgot about that last one. And just because I've forgotten more doesn't really imply age, it just implies that I do a lot of research, especially to pass the time. I don't know what you're getting at here though...
The government basically said, not really, of course, but the gist of it is "We beat the Soviets to the Moon, been there done that." And so "they didn't want to do it".
You also seem to have forgotten that NASA has no control over its own budget size. Not to mention what they spend it on...
They didn't do it because of budgets, they cut the budget, and at the same time cancelled those last missions. ( it's all coming back to me now...)
It seems you're getting a bit frustrated or something...
Anyhow...
Lets just agree to disagree if you really want to keep talking. I don't like debating late, and I'm tired right now...
OP:
Hmm...
I would suggest looking up the 1969 Space Transportation System proposal. The space shuttle was only supposed to be a part of the system. From space stations to space tugs it was all there.
Oh. Hmmm.... Then I would try to keep it close for Apoapsis and Periapsis, as well as inclination. The argument of Periapsis is relative to the Ascending Node, which has its own Longitude value relative to the chosen Epoch. I wouldn't care about Argument of Periapsis or Longitude of Ascending Node at all, it's pretty tough to get right. Especially if you don't know your current Ascending Node's longitude.
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Which is the odd one out?
None, really. They all involve button pushing in one way or another.
Personally, I think the world would be a much better place if we had big red buttons and giant Frankenstein switches.
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Hmm... Are you talking about a different G value, OP? That'd be the only explanation...
Anyhow, I mean that some equations have assumptions involved with distances and whatnot. Because 1g is only experienced at a certain distance from Earth's point-mass, and in this mini-planet scenario would be much closer.
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I just think it needs to be moved to Tier 1 or 2 on the tech tree. Plus it is called the Stayputnik. But it can't stayput!
Im not saying that a probe with no SAS shouldn't be in the game, I'm saying that probe shouldn't be the Stayputnik.
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Isn't it random based on save file? If not I would be surprised. Otherwise, that would be a good thing to do.
Waffles vs french toast! Who will win.
in The Lounge
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*Discovers French toast waffle*
Oh my waffle! The best of both worlds!
Oh, and French toast isn't originally French at all...