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Maybe one day I'll be rich enough to commission a full set of Gothic plate armor for myself. Better get back to work on that Aerospace Engineering degree.

I've changed my idea several times. First I wanted to make a Ringwraith costume from Lord of the Rings, but abandoned it because I was taking too long to plan it and I was running out of time to actually build it. Them I wanted to be a Viking (historically accurate, mind you, with real mail, and none of those nonsensical helmets with horns), but that had to be aborted too because it cost too much money to get the mail and helmet. Now my plan is to be the Black Knight from Monty Python. It shouldn't be to difficult, since their budget was almost as small as mine.

Something glorious

Having issues getting the mod to run with Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space, can someone give me a set of instructions? EDIT: I renamed the mod folder to "SooperNeet Satern Fife Partz" so I don't forget what the mod adds, hope this doesn't cause a problem.

Mod parts don't appear in VAB i installed mod folder in my screenshots folder why doesn't it work? btw im using the demo is that okay?

Gemini 4 EVA

Wait, Lunar Orbiter? Is that what's coming? I could have sworn we had that already.

I would suggest having less ablator in the heatshield (no need for a lunar-capable shield when returning from LEO), but since stock reentry is so pitiful as is, it almost wouldn't make a difference in the game. Making the thing significantly heavier is probably the way to go, you just have to make sure a Saturn IB can still lift it.

I'm pretty sure I've just got the regular RSS textures.

OP updated Removed WIP section due to lack of current projects. Moved a few unfinished ships to the new Scrapyard section. Added Das Reboot to Watercraft.

I came here with a problem about the Moon being approximately 90 degrees off on its orientation relative to Earth, but it looks like it's already being discussed. In case you need more confirmation, you can take a look at these images I took (and labelled in MS Paint for your convenience) This image shows roughly what the Moon currently looks like to a viewer from Earth (zoomed in several times, of course). The two main things I noticed were the location of Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms) and the location of Mare Crisium (Sea of Storms) The Ocean is supposed to be right on the edge of the near side but not so far off it as to be mostly out of sight from Earth. The Sea should be about the same way, except on the east instead of the west. As you can see in these photos the Sea seems to be more or less dead center, while the Ocean of Storms can't be seen at all from Earth. Here's a map of the Moon for comparison. After reading some recent posts it appears that a short term solution would simply be to alter the Moon's rotation with HyperEdit, but this is definitely something that should be fixed before long.

Ranger coming in fast and hard, cameras snapping away. Impact occurred a few seconds after these were taken, a little east of the Sea of Fertility.

At this point I'm not even sure if I'm going to finish those, work on them has been stalled for some time now. Maybe it's time I update the WIP section.

Yeah, the photos on this thread were taken in the water, but I didn't use Scatterer at the time, so I'm not sure how the mod would affect the interior.

More Gemini 3 pictures. Oh yeah, is the Saturn hype still a thing or are we not doing it anymore?

@Felbourn I just watched your new Ares episode. I trust you had no major issues with the boat? It turned one year old last Thursday, so it's good to see that it seems to be running fine.

The two ballast tanks in the front and back are the trim tanks. There's another set of tanks in the middle of the sub that are nearly full. They're balanced so that they nearly pull the boat under but still need help from the trim tanks. They provide most of the negative buoyancy during a dive, while the trim tanks help balance the boat as well as adding more negative buoyancy to help it go down.

Mariner 2 at Venus I'm not sure if the Scatterer configs aren't working for it or what, but I sort of expected Venus to be a little more...fuzzy

You know, I think that Real KSC mod works in stock now. The only reason I don't have it yet is because I'm not sure (and too lazy to check) if it works in SSRSS.

Gemini 3 over the western coast of Africa. The mission (I haven't finished it yet) will last three revolutions and have a burn on the second orbit to increase the altitude for the third and final one. Before the flight the crew was thouroughly frisked by the TSA for corned beef sandwiches, although they managed to sneak one on the ship anyway (nice FASA IVA, m8) Second stage of the Titan booster as viewed from the pilot's seat of Gemini. Due to time restraints no attempt at rendezvous will be made on this flight. Also, does anyone know where I can find a working copy of FASA launch towers? The download link on the forum thread is broken, and extracting just the tower parts leaves me with an umbilical tower that is broken beyond belief. Not only does the retraction animation not work (the arm is already retracted when you attach it, although it's rotation is correct), but they just love to break off the rocket for no reason at all. When I launched Gemini 3 I had three umbilical arms, all three fell off before launch.

You wouldn't believe how tedious it got sometimes... I would like to make a late war variant with a larger conning tower and no deck gun, but I think I'll take a break from the craft, I've seen too much of it by now.

Somewhat unrelated question here, but why exactly did Skylab CMs have a white paintjob? To be honest I've never even noticed it before, and I've actually seen the Skylab 2 capsule with my own eyes several times!

Mariner 2 at Venus. This is the only image because the rest of the mission was basically a longer version of my Ranger lunar flyby I posted previously. This was my first interplanetary mission with RSS/SSRSS, and very nearly didn't happen, with a delayed launch, incorrect orbit, and autopilot deficiencies (I guess if you schedule a burn during a transfer window MechJeb automatically moves it up the next window, which was about 150 days away for me). Also, it looks to me like Scatterer isn't working for Venus for unknown reasons. Oh well, I probably won't be back here soon anyway (Bah, who even cares about Mariner 5?)

I'll do you one better. Here's an entire Constellation pack (minus the Mars portion).