Rocketscience101

I think some of the best things to do is speak with a recruiter. I to am 17, and am planning on joining the air force. I am going in, because I would never be able to pay for college, and would like the GI bill. And I am going to be honest I am going to be an astronaut. Now let me make this clear, I said I am, not that I will try, am. This is my ultimate goal, and I shall settle for nothing less. Even if I have to throw away millions to billions of dollars, I will become an astronaut. What I plan on doing, and Llez, if you would like, you can follow, is go into the air force right after high school, as an enlisted, working in either aerospace engineer, or pad technician. Neither require you to be an officer. From there I will use the GI bill to go to college. I have not chosen a specific one, but I have decided that it must offer a degree in either astronautics, which is a real field, in fact Buzz Aldrin had his doctorate in it before he became an astronaut, or aerospace engineering. From their I will return to the air force as an officer, and fly their U2 in California. After receiving the 2000 jet hours needed, I will then make my first application in with NASA to become an astronaut. If they do not accept me, I will spend the next 2 years continually flying the U2, but applying every few months, just to ensure that I will get the job. If I do not have it by the end of the 2 years, I will return to college, getting my masters in geology, and astronomy. When I finish school, I will apply to be an astronaut again and again, all the while, I will work were ever I am needed. Not a job at a fast food joint or a supermarket, but a place that I can enjoy working for a little while, until I become an astronaut.

Been there done that, in real life to.

Did you know that when the N1 exploded, it was so big, that the former plains that were the Baikanure Cosmodrone, is now a massive crater, that they built the current cosmodrone on top of.

"Would it help if I got out and push" Scott Kerman, returning from Minmus.

The air force is going to do what the air force does in space. Its not manned it's just designed to save money, by using the old idea of the re-usable space plane to launch satellites. These can be communication satellites spy satellites, and satellite recovery.

You sorta have your facts wrong, the flyby would occur in 2021, the launch window is 2018. This really is the best time, every 3 years the sun goes through a phase of solar maximum and solar minimum. Maximum is when there are a large amount of solar flares that could potentially harm outgoing astronauts. This mission just in the middle of solar minimum, when the sun has a low output of radiation, and little to no solar flares. This won't happen again when a launch window and solar minimum will be in 2031. This is because mars and Earth become at a close approach every 2 1/2 years.

Could it be possible that a species neighboring our own solar system has advanced farther than us technologically. I'm not saying they've visited us yet, but what if they see our galaxy and within their first interstellar mission. I honestly cannot wait to see if this possibility of an Extra terrestrial visit.

As of right now, the American Space program's Orion space capsule without the SLS is without a lifting rocket. It was originally designed to ride the Ares I but that was scrubbed, in the leftover of all the work and even the one test flight, had to be moved into the work with the SLS.

Actually they did test a small model but not with nukes with dynamite.

Well are we already in space, because if we are, I want an antimatter drive. It works very similar to a solar sail, but it blasts antimatter at the sail in small amounts and pushes it forward slowly. You get a ton of ∆V with the downside of a slow acceleration. So you can switch it on and start sailing off and go and begin working on your experiments in the back, or go take a nap.

A real big issue is money, plus it took a massive barge to transport each stage separately to the launch site. Taking those out into the middle of the ocean and bringing a massive crane with you to even get it out of the water, really it is a more difficult task than you think. Even though weight was an issue, that doesn't mean these things are light. What you see at Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center and anywhere else they have a saturn V or model, was the bare minimum so the thing would stay together, without to much weight on them.

Well not exactly volcanic activity, while venus's atmosphere is hot enough to melt led, it isn't exactly tecktonicly active, it is more or less, filled with dead volcanoes and their last lava jets still pooling were they were left, due to the high temperature.

because SPAAAAAACE thats why.

But of course telescopes and rovers have their limits. even though some ground teams are limited to the tools at their disposal, they do bring surface samples back, which can be annalized, and teach us more. The telescopes help map out the destination, the probes give us the basics to go there, and the Manned missions place give us more advanced understanding, which leads to permanent outposts, to place telescopes, and launch probes, and men from.

When you run a Kerbal out of pack fuel around the mun, and then you have to bring an unmanned ship to him.

It was really a tie, even though the U.S. had been to the moon, the USSR had later helped the US with their space station and later ended with the ISS, because the USSR was able to stay longer in space it had been in the lead for most of it. We really don't give the soviets credit were credit is due.

No they would have had to replace the O ring, after the cold weather, it would never have fit perfectly. It was a simple mistake, that cost more than the simple fix, but we learned from those mistakes.

This is what I plan to model my module after. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflecting_telescope Also I need the save file to work for mac, and instructions on how to install it. I have trouble installing the new mods, a save file may be troublesome.

I'd like to point out that the solid rocket motor on Challenger performed well, in fact they had to be destroyed on their own, because they themselves did not blow up. It was a structural failure on the side of the booster, that can also happen to a liquid rocket if not carful. An O ring, around the nozzle had expanded and contracted in the extra cold day of the launch, and allowed flames to jet out of the side of the right booster. If you slow the video down, you can see what happened. It was no fault in the fuel, it was just a mistake made before launch.

I start with a 80-90km orbit. I hope to build I geosyncronized space station. Could someone tell me what geosyncronized orbit is.

All I can think is, space war for Earth is only a little while away, so people prepare for the epic footage from orbiting soldiers.

What I hope for in mission planning, is that you go into the mission control building, and select either spaceplane mission, or rocket mission. Then you get a map of a kerbin, for the spaceplane. Showing you areas you've been, and the three runaways on the planet. You can either select an already made spacecraft, or aircraft, if you want to go into orbit, there is a button in the corner titles orbit, if you want to go to a runaway, saw the second space center, you click on it, and the map will show what you have to do to make it there, or as close as you can get if you don't have enough fuel. For rockets, you can select orbit, and select how high, or click on any of the bodies. It will show you how much delta-v you need to get there. Then you go into the VAB, and build a craft to meet the delta-v requirements. Then after achieving orbit, several nodes are made, to show you how to get there.

There are some mods that help you fly the spacecraft, but add no other flight abilities, some make more interesting craft, or add to the difficulty of the game, some make interesting new parts. The only time I consider it cheating, is when you get a mod, that has an engine that doesn't use fuel, and has super power, you are cheating. So no and yes.

I honestly am not a member to any forum in particular other than this one. I have no social media other than Google+ and Youtube. I have never had to complain to much about this forum. It has helped me when I needed it, and made me see the amazing things that inspire me to work hard, in not only this game but life, so I may one day see similar objects of the magnitude that we see in this game.

My moon mission is simple. Or it is simple for me. 1. First launch unmanned, a saturn V, similar to that, which launched skylab, sends a small orbiting habitat into LEO. 2. A small base, is launched in a shuttle mission, and is docked, the crew spend a week aboard the space station, then returns home. 3. Another Saturn V launches the Trans Lunar Injection stage, and docks it with the station. 4. A small crew of 6 people, from the U.S. Russia, Germany, Japan, Canada, and France, are launched on two Soyuz Rockets. the Japanese built the base, the Germans, the Rockets (Saturn V) Canada, the Robotic arm on the station, France the Suits, U.S. the station, and the crew shipment from Russia, will be the reason for these crews. 5. The entire station is moved into LLO (Low Lunar Orbit) 6. The Crew Moves into the landing craft/Base, to land at the selected landing point. 7. The crew lands the Lander/Base on the Moon. 8. Aboard a saturn V, Apollo 8 style, another three men are moved to the station orbiting the moon, bringing fuel, food, water, and oxygen. And a water recycling device, like that on the ISS. 9. A Lunar orbit Return Vehicle, is sent up to the station, and works as a secondary lander, it carries 3 of the six on the surface, and swaps them out for the new 3. 10. The new three, with the supplies, land and bring the supplies to the base. 11. A unmanned, rover is launched to the base, via a Saturn V, while the first return crew is brought home. 12. While the first return crew re-enters Earths Atmosphere, the rover lands, and drives over to the base. It lands on a modified Lunar Lander, that lands and brings the Rover to the base. 13. Another 3 crew is launched up to the base Apollo 8 style. 14. After they arrive with fresh supplies, three of the original crew return to the station, 1 man remains from both crews on the station, to monitor it. 15. 2 from the original return home, after 3 months on the lunar surface. 2 remain on station to keep it running, and 2 land on the surface with fresh supplies. 16. Repeat step 13-15. Edit- Estimated Cost: to much math, it's a ton of money, but I think it would be worth it to bring countries together. (FWI those are just countries I think will contribute the most, if they provide a key part of the mission, then they get a seat on the original flight.) A moon base has been created.