Bill Phil

Radiation in space already isn't great for you*, so why not add more ( a tiny amount, too). * the Apollo astronauts, despite flying through the Van Allen belts, lived fairly long lives. IE Neil Armstrong, 1930-2012.

Heheh... some nice ideas here...

When a black hole spits it out and says, " Nope!"

I have an idea for a KSP trailer for version 1.0. My idea is to play "In the Hall of the Mountain King" while playing a compilation of KSP stuff. Starting with launches and when it gets more upbeat it switches from launches to crashes. I know 1.0 isn't anywhere near finished, but I think it's good to plan ahead. if you have ideas or wish to build on mine don't hesitate. Thanks.

Guys, guys, guys. Ks. Or maybe Spakes. Spokes? Spikes!!? Oh no...

The Kahara desert. or the Kojave...

Could be propane. If I remember correctly, propane's density is similar to kerosene'a ( under pressure at a certain temp) and has vacuum ISPs in the 370s range, possibly more if you're clever with the engine.

Thanks. Also, wouldn't the sat have to be spinning at quite a large rate? Or will it split and spin like a bola?

I don't use them much, but that's because it's such an annoying engine sound. I also don't use miniature probes that often. Otherwise they're pretty good.

Do you have any experience with coding, modeling, physics, etc. ?

Perhaps if you find the top diameter, you can put it into the equation for a truncated cone and solve for total height. All hail Algebra!

It's oversized, sure. But it's clearly a J-2 analog. 280 SL ISP isn't too far off, actually. The LV-909 has 300 SL ISP. The Dv loss isn't much. In fact, the SL ISP of the J-2 is 200 seconds. The ISP if an F-1 at SL is around 260 seconds. Although, the Kerbodyne tanks should have slightly HIGHER mass ratios than the rockomax tanks. Just because it's bigger, doesn't mean it has a smaller mass ratio, actually, it's the opposite in many cases. They're already insanely expensive...

How is the KR-2L an F-1? It's an oversized J-2 because it needs to fit the 3.75 meter parts mainly for aesthetic reasons. Plus, KR-2L, it has a 2 in its name. I agree with most of this stuff, however. Although the RT-10 thing is a bit weird. But even if you do double it's default thrust, people could still lower it to 50 percent, as in it becomes more versatile as an engine.

A cubesat? Interesting... It would certainly be a good publicity stunt, but that's about it. Unless you did something nobody's done before.... Land on Callisto or any of the Galilean moons. Or maybe a Titan landing but in the oceans. I'm sure you already have plans for what you're doing, though. Come to think of it, what exactly are you doing?

First off, Kessler Syndrome is not a big threat at all. There's so many different orbital paths that it's not a problem for thousands of years, assuming one launch per day of equal size and mass payloads. The boarding parties would be intetcepted, so general space combat will always happen, no matter the scenario. We have very little idea how space warfare will turn out. Aerial warfare started as recon, but evolved into dogfights and bombing missions. No matter the original idea, a new set of ideas on how this arena of combat will pan out is inevitable, so there's no use speculating.

Nope. Scope-complete. Means that everything's there, just not fully. Feature-complete is when everything is ironed out and polished.

I'm indifferent. I don't usually use it unless I'm messing about.

Why not make it reusable? It's a large and expensive piece of hardware. It would serve mighty well as a carrier for payloads, as in a reusable weapons platform. It probably won't be explosive, since if it squishes plastic explosives against the sides, it will be detected and probably is going slower than most K killers.

You clearly stated that it's a vehicle that fires a payload ( which can't be explosive in nature) at a target. It's a weapons platform. An AIM-9 has to reach a certain distance, usually right on the surface of the target. It's a weapons platform, too. It's not a reusable one, though.

But those spacecraft would be automated, and you would want to stop them.

Hmm, Let's see. LV-N Current Cost: 8700 Funds I would limit my use if it were 87000.

Yeah. A deep space reusable tug. That's literally the most effective way to use it already. And it was a concept for NERVA.

Like: Right clicks Jeb. Selects "Do a Dance" Jeb does a dance

That's not a missile. It's a weapons platform. And if it carries a large payload mass, it could be the size of an S-IVB. Although, I was referring to a large slug that's S-IVB sized with enormous velocity traveling towards a space target such as a station... Basically goodbye station. Although, your space dogfighting scenario would probably apply to all craft sizes, from enormous to Apollo-sized. The large ones would probably have an active anti-missile system similar to the already used systems on-board naval ships. The only advantage that has is changing the missile's velocity vector, and splitting it apart, lowering each individual piece's energy. Although, the acceleration would be limited if humans are crewed, so manned "fighters" are unlikely.

This is just the beginning. There's still much to do do,