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  1. KAL 9000
    Thanks! I've always wanted something like this!
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    99942 Apophis (Yes, it is going to hit Earth! Want to know why? Turn the first three numbers in its designation upside-down)
  3. KAL 9000
    Don't you mean "If you can achieve orbit over Earth, you can do it from Kerbin quite comfortably."? Considering Earth is 10 times bigger than Kerbin.
  4. KAL 9000
    Yes. The counting program requested (in Python) : forever = 0; count = 1; while forever == 0 : print(count); count = count + 1;
  5. KAL 9000
    Jool modules are under construction! Hopefully my save upload works this time
  6. KAL 9000
    What calculations do you do?
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    Good points! It would spin once every second, so the panel would see the sun for 0.5 seconds at a time, followed by 0.5 seconds of darkness. Hopefully, it wouldn't overheat completely during the day, because the radiator would get rid of the excess heat at night.
  8. KAL 9000
    The one case where it made sense to send up a Shuttle repair mission was with HST. Basically: Hey, it costs a billion dollars and only the Shuttle can launch it! Why don't we get the Shuttle to fix it without a billion more dollars down the drain!
  9. KAL 9000
    If a supercomputer is several computers linked together that can solve problems incredibly fast, and a quantum computer is faster than a supercomputer, how fast a computer would you create if you linked several quantum computers together like a supercomputer?
  10. KAL 9000
    How about KERBAL? racK-stored-EaRth-orBiting-smALl-satellite.
  11. KAL 9000
    It's going to be spin-stabilized. No reaction wheels or RCS, but the deployment mechanism will spin it up. Well, I'm guessing that an antenna could be miniaturized to maybe 1 cm by 1 cm by 3 cm? Power, probably ~1.5-3W. A small battery provides power in the night, and the solar panel has a passive radiator on the non-photovoltaic side. The antenna is omnidirectional, and would broadcast on any frequency that's accessible and not already taken. Probably not a lot of bandwidth, but you could probably get an image in a couple of seconds and basic data/readings in less than a second.
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    If you haven't already, see the Femtosats thread where I came up with the idea. This thread is for you guys to offer suggestions and criticisms for the idea and its details, as well as to comment on my proposal in general. The SDUTTsat is a tiny satellite. (SDUTTsat stands for Super-Duper-Ultra-Teensy-Tiny-satellite) It's really just a computer chip with a tiny solar panel for power and a small antenna for communications. It could carry small sensors, more antennas to make it a tiny communications satellite, or anything really within the size limit. A Cubesat could release it, or it could be mounted on a tiny rack with springs on an upper stage, to be jettisoned once it reaches orbit.
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    Where is my lab docked? I would like it moved so it's docked on its Clamp-O-Tron Sr., if it's not already. I plan for the normal Clamp-O-Tron to be used by KAS/KIS shuttles. I am also working on my own shuttle and a tug to move modules around.
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    Dang. I like Star Wars.
  15. KAL 9000
    Cool (not that it failed). I hope the deployment sat works this time around.
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    You know, I have an idea for an even smaller satellite! The Super-Duper-Ultra-Teensy-Tiny-satTM! Or SDUTTsat for short. Basically, it's one of those millimeter-sized computer chips with a tiny solar panel and tiny antenna. Because the solar panel can't track the sun (way too small) and the best attitude for catching sunlight changes along the orbit, the SDUTTsat would be released spinning at ~60 RPM so it would never face away from the sun for more than half a second. This would also gyro-stabilize the SDUTTsat, because it's too small for reaction wheels and/or RCS. Not sure what its use would be, though.
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    And that, kids, is why you never let Jeb near IRL rockets.
  18. KAL 9000
    Version 6.2!!! Someone get Doc on the phone, get me to 2081! Also, great idea for a story
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    Bottom of page 5
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    I uploaded the craft file a while ago, could someone re-add my la? Thx.
  21. KAL 9000
    I've already tried this mission so many times (remember that crash) (there was also a literal crash (unplanned rapid lithobraking)), I think I'll just upload the craft file (I don't have the patience of a saint, 5 hours of attempts of a simple mission is enough for me)
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    I took the OP's save (I thought it was up-to-date). No idea why the lab has disappeared, but if someone could fix these different saves and move my module so it's not in the same place as @Ultimate Steve's, that would be awesome.
  23. KAL 9000
    Let's just say they have railguns, fusion power, and Alcubierrie drives. The Alcubierrie drive is several hundred feet in every direction, so only really big ships can have them.
  24. KAL 9000
    Thanks a million!
  25. KAL 9000
    Dres orbital insertion is complete! The crew is preparing for rendezvous with supplies, landers, and base components already in orbit. Screenshots coming soonTM!
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