[Science fiction authors of the KSP forums, UNITE!]

I am writing a thing. I suppose it qualifies as science fiction because the last bit is in space and it takes place in the future.

[Blue Origin Thread (merged)]

Wait, there's a launch today? Of what?

[Highest point in the Kerbolar system]

3 hours ago, UnusualAttitude said:

Arguably, a more striking feature on a larger body would be something like Valles Marineris.

Valles Marineris is still much wider than it's tall. I heard once that if you stood in the middle at the widest part (Melas Chasma, I think), you can't see the canyon walls because they're over the horizon. So you still couldn't tell you were at a geologic feature. Wow.

[[Whitelisted] [Modded] Forum Minecraft Group]

What do you mean by Minecraft group?

[IAC Today!]

What time will it be?

[Astronomers may have found giant alien 'megastructures' orbiting a star in the Milky Way]

I was reading about the star on Reddit and I found an interesting thread that I thought I should say something about here. The OP of that thread (not me) noticed that the depths of the dips in the star's light are very close to being simple multiples of each other. Here is that that thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/KIC8462852/comments/53v0iz/the_depths_of_the_major_dips_of_boyajians_star/

[Some art I've done (Updated)]

I added a new image at the bottom of the OP

[KSP Fan-Art MkII]

Jool seen from Laythe

[Replacing Laythe]

4 hours ago, Van Disaster said:

the spectacular Joolrise/sets

Oh, speaking of which, I happen to have made a picture of that just yesterday:

[Fanart - Jool viewed from Laythe]

I made a thing.

[Simulation of life using chemistry?]

So I had this idea a while ago. I wanted to simulate a bacterium or something in a computer program, but without having programmed it to act like a bacterium, but it's made of simulated atoms and particles, with all the energy levels and whatnot the same, and see what it does? Like, it is a collection of many, many virtual atoms arranged like the ones in a real bacterium, and see if it acts alive or just sits there no matter what is tried to get it to wake up (whatever would work in real life). Is this feasible, and what kind of computer processing power would be needed?

[Replacing Laythe]

I think Laythe needs to look colder. Like, give it polar caps that cover a significant amount of the moon, sort of so the tropical zone is free of ice but that's it. Maybe make it actually colder too (Laythe in recent versions is warmer than it was in like 0.90, I liked the temperature better like that).

EDIT: Yes I am a winter person  

[Seasons!]

I like this idea!

Although the KSC is at the equator, so seasons might not be as evident there...

[What To Name Planets Around Proxima Centauri?]

Kerbin?

[When you need a KSP "break"]

Minecraft, Spore, US2 (formerly; update broke my game), various internet games, etc. 

[Mars Colonial Transporter: What will it look like?]

58 minutes ago, tater said:

Theoretical and mature enough to use for people are 2 different things. Red Dragon will be the first largeish payload to Mars ever.

What about Curiosity? It's the size of an SUV and it weighs 2000 pounds.

[What To Name Planets Around Proxima Centauri?]

2 minutes ago, ProtoJeb21 said:

Only if the orbital eccentricity is high. If not, then it could either be a Warm Terra or a Temperate Desert. Let's hope for a low eccentricity....

Its equilibrium temperature is -39 degrees Celsius. That's 21 degrees lower than Earth. It's probably colder, then, even with a thicker atmosphere, IMO. 

[Mars Colonial Transporter: What will it look like?]

3 hours ago, Scotius said:

I hope there will be voting process for the name of the first ship I bet top three proposals will be: Enterprise, Hermes and Ares

What about Spaceshipy McSpaceshipface?

[Pale Red *Dots* ESO | Proxima b confirmed UPDATE 2017 PaleRedDots!!]

Can radiation from solar flares get to the nightside? I assume it's tidally locked.

[1.0.0 Demo]

Inb4 lock

this is from 2015

[KSP Gods?]

Well, for there to have been gods, there has to have been a history. A backstory. What is the entire story of the Kerbals?

[Venus]

42 minutes ago, James Kerman said:

Some scientist speculate there may be life in the clouds of Venus now due to Carbonyl Sulphide detected and particles which are non spherical like microbes and the right size for them.

http://www.astrobio.net/news-exclusive/venusian-cloud-colonies/

Wasn't this mentioned in an article a few years ago?

EDIT: Found the article, it's from 2013. http://www.seeker.com/does-alien-life-thrive-in-venus-mysterious-clouds-1767520286.html

SECOND EDIT: Wait, the page you posted is from 2002. 

[Venus]

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-climate-modeling-suggests-venus-may-have-been-habitable

There's the NASA publication.

[The possible evolution of intelligent birds | The Children between worlds]

Have them not have evolved beaks in the first place. 

[What would you change if life was a simulation, and open sourced?]

I'd give myself all the advantages you get from Minecraft's Creative Mode, with the exception that I can still eat and drink, and under very specific circumstances still be able to die. I would also halt my aging. Probably some other stuff too, like shapeshifting or something, but I don't want to make a giant list.