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Thomassino

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  1. Well, they are. According to latest research, 700w magnetron produces 20micronewtons of thrust. So for 1 milinewton, you'd need 35000w magnetron.
  2. I think EM/Cannae drive can be easily explained by radiation pressure from its magnetron. In principle, EM drive works as an inverted solar sail. No energy conservation defying and no witchcraft.
  3. Very nice! I'd write more about ascent if i were you - like stage separation etc. But seems you have talent! Good work!
  4. 27 Merlins combined have thrust of 17658kN, mass of 12,69 tonnes and ISP of 282s. 3 F-1s have thrust of 20310kN, mass of 25,2 tonnes (almost double that of Merlins) and ISP of 263s. So F-1s would be a little overpowered and inefficient. Also, F-1s are not throttleable and not reignitable (crucial abilities for stage recovery), not mentioning tremendous refurbishment and innovation costs, so no, it won't be viable.
  5. I've done this once, but the other way: I converted sandbox to career. What you need to do is make a new sandbox game and match its time with your current career. Then, find in career persistence file your vessels and copy all of them into sandbox persistence ( I recommend creating one ship in sandbox to know where in save file to put vessels from career), same with your kerbals. This should !PROBABLY! work. I have done it in 0.25 and it worked like a sharm. Good luck!
  6. Orbital city around Kerbin... yes I mean city not station. Physics bubble is 5km wide you can do pretty amazing and gargantuan structures if you can handle very very slow framerates and you are patient enough...
  7. So that's why on extremely elongated and eccentric orbits around the sun time to apoapsis doesn't want to change...
  8. Banned for having great YT videos!
  9. Something like thermal turbojet? Yes, it possibly can be doable, but I am worried about TWR. It would have to be some kind of venus spaceplane. Now when I am thinking about it, something like NERVA-aerospike hybrid would have been the best. There is NASA proposal called Project Havoc, which proposes manned floating airship in altitude of about 50km (there is more or less equal atmospheric pressure to earth's - around 100kPa). On orbit return would have been thermal turbojets very useful but they are very heavy and with low TWR. Original proposal counts with SRB as far as I know.
  10. Now when I think about it yes, you are right they must be in tidal equilibrium
  11. There can be enough tidal heating from Charon, so liqiuid ocean may possibly span more out. And beneath Sputnik Planum can be convective water current, so it can heat ices from below
  12. No I am not ... dun dun duuun User below me never got out of Kerbin's SOI
  13. A big question is how could something like energy-based life even form. But if can be human consciousness separated from its body, it might be possible. But still its uncertain if it can be held in a state of "pure" energy.
  14. ISP at sea level would be miniscule, so the thrust. This would happen to any chemical engine at Venus, so you'd be better to use propellers or baloons, then at upper atmosphere "light" up NERVA on external cycle, then on internal cycle (with possible ISRU on surface or on the way up to have propellant)
  15. Electric generator converts thermal power produced by reactor to electrical power, so yes, it will work. It 'd need some more radiators probably
  16. Granted. You have to sit there for another 4 hours. (Sorry ) I wish my first name was Jeb
  17. Banned for having a base on Minmus!
  18. I'll expose poor little bacteria to unforgiving vacuum of space so I can observe how they react and behave. It is cruel, I know but FOR SCIENCE!! Also, I'd call Danny to bring me a mass relay... you know... to shoot stuff
  19. Giveaways Inside Week Keeps Justice Working Pretty Fabulously FKUBRJ
  20. Granted. It will be 19.99$ I wish I could go Jool-diving
  21. You are a lucky person! Fingers crossed for good weather!
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