KAL 9000

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Hello? Is anyone paying attention to this thread? I'd like some suggestions and feedback, please!

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I will! Me want speeders!

What about Nibiru? What planets+moons does it have?

Oh, Saturn's moons stay the same and Earth isn't in Saturn's Van Allen belts. Let's say it's tidally locked so that Saturn is directly overhead over, say, Utah in the USA.

Banned for no reason.

Banned for solving that [CENSORED]-[CENSORED]ed Rubix Cube and using it as a profile picture. And also being Illuminati.

--Fist-bumps imaginary engineer-- WOO-HOO!

Banned for continually changing his/her profile picture, living in the known universe, and disrespecting Scott Manley's infinite Kerbal wisdom.

On the third day of Christmas, my dear Kerbal gave to me: three Hitchhiker pods, two SRBs, and a --attempts to sing, Windows break and 911 is called-- COPY OF KAAYESPEE.

Banned for stealing my Laythe base.

What if Saturn was magically transported to Earth's orbit and Earth and the Moon were moved into orbit around it? How different would life be here?

It's not a rover, it's a lander, like the Venera probes. Poll for what?

You want to know why aliens have never visited Earth? Because humanity's so full of this crap.

Yeah, the Sun's SOI isn't that big.

You're welcome! I think it's a great idea! Oh, really? What power source would you recommend?

Climate change deniers are executed in the KAL 9000 space program, so watch out, Geschosskopf!!!

Mission 2: Aphrodite lander, or VIDESLP-Land.01: Launch Vehicle: Atlas V (not as much boosters (did I just say that???) as NH or MSL) Aphrodite will have solar panels for the cruise that will detach shortly before atmospheric entry. From there on out, it will rely on RTGs (not much sunlight makes it through Venus' cloud cover). The landing sequence timeline is: (After reentry heating subsides) Reentry heatshield detaches 25 km up: Pilot chute deploys; drogue chute cover released 24.5 km up (going at ~500 m/s): Drogue chute deploys 10 km up: Impactors released; drogue chute cuts 9 km up: Main chutes (Apollo-style cluster of 3) deploy; SAS activates and keeps Aphrodite upright 3 km up: Landing legs deploy 1 km up: Main chutes cut 900 m up: Landing chute deploys 10 m up: Aphrodite is traveling at 0.5 m/s 0 m up: Touchdown at 0.3 m/s T + 1 second after landing: Landing chute cut T + 1 minute after landing: Aphrodite deploys its high-gain antenna and tells Earth that it's OK. T + 20 minutes after landing: Science operations begin

No, the Sedna mission (if you meant WISPIE search)

VIDESLP (Venus In-Depth Exploration and Search for Life Program): A comprehensive study of Venus and a search for life, in multiple missions. Mission 1: Archimedes Orbiter, or VIDESLP-Orb.01: Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9, with extra upper stage (Maybe a Star-class booster?) Archimedes will be solar-powered (2 medium-size panels) and probably have an MGS-sized bus. Its science equipment will be: VMLRR - Venus-Mapping Long-Range Radar (Hopefully will get better resolution than Magellan) 1 visible-wavelength camera, 1 infrared camera, and 1 ultraviolet camera 2 spectrometers 1 magnetometer Its job is to perform high-definition mapping of Venus, and find good landing sites for future VIDESLP probes. It can also act as a communications relay for future Venus landers. Launch date: Early 2030s (hopefully)

Ok! I meant specific, though, like WISPIE (search it up on this forum)

Halfway between Olympus Mons and Valles Marineris. They're the two most interesting geological features on the planet, and there has to be some flat terrain there. If not there, then Acidia Planitia (because reasons! (AKA I want to meet Mark Watney))

Post your awesome mission proposals here! We can test them in RSS, give each other advice and critiques, and send them to NASA for consideration.

What about a nuclear pulse drive (miniaturized with nanotechnology)?