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  1. sh1pman
    Even better! Why don't we have Lagrange points... Double-stationary space station would be amazing.
  2. sh1pman
    Is Ike indeed geostationary? I never noticed that. If KSP had proper 3-body physics, you could put a station in L1 point of Duna and Ike, and it would be stationary for both bodies!
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    During summer I thought “We haven’t heard about BFR for ages, can’t wait till Elon gives an update!” Now we have news about Starship development every day. Loving it. And it’s going to get even more interesting from now on.
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    As someone pointed out, the booster looks like a light saber.
  5. sh1pman
    First time I heard about KSP was from that comic.
  6. sh1pman
    I never realized these antennas needed a revamp until I saw it made. I'm never going to like looking at stock antennas again.
  7. sh1pman
    “This guy! This guy right here is now a Production manager! ”
  8. sh1pman
    Kerbals also test their new rockets with full crew on board. If it fails, it was a test, otherwise it’s a mission. Hopefully, SpaceX isn’t going to outperform kerbals in that particular way...
  9. sh1pman
    I’d call it VLADIMR, better chance to receive funding.
  10. sh1pman
    This is how Jeb’s Junkyard and Used Rocket Parts manufacturing process looks like
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    Finally liftoff, stage sep, at T+178 Elon calls for abort and RTLS for radical redesign
  13. sh1pman
    New architecture, meaning steel hull?
  14. sh1pman
    Some photos:
  15. sh1pman
    As well as 68 more essential mods that I can’t imagine playing without...
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    I think that a subscale test version of starship would be the right way to go. Just a shiny stainless steel fuel tank with fins that can be placed on top of a flight-proven S1, with just enough fuel to get to orbit and then deorbit. Allows them to test regenerative cooling, fins, reentry profile, everything else. Much more relevant data than just S2 deorbit. Since it has no payload, they can add a lot of parachutes to land the thing, and actual propulsive landing can be tested with the Grasshopper they’re currently building.
  17. sh1pman
    Remove delta-V calculation from stock, feels cheaty!
  18. sh1pman
    Their CGI guys probably don't know a whole lot about orbital mechanics
  19. sh1pman
    So, it looks like they went for active cooling, removing the heat shield. Their new stainless steel alloy may indeed survive the reentry if actively cooled, but what about everything else? Wouldn’t it fry everything inside?
  20. sh1pman
    Great quote. They do have big wishes . Edit: more about their crazy plans: http://tass.com/science/1037734
  21. sh1pman
    So... S7 Space REALLY wants to top Elon Musk here. Featuring: F9-style reusable rocket, ORBITAL SPACEPORT, nuclear engines, Mars base. It’s all in Russian, but you don’t really need a narrator to understand what’s what. The rocket isn’t shown as reusable, but they’ve already confirmed that their next rocket will use Falcon 9 return scheme.
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    Been there, done that. (Well, not exactly that capsule, but one of them)
  23. sh1pman
    No hypersonic retropropulsive reentry burn? Unpainted steel being scorched much less than white paint during reentry?
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    (Please disregard the green cat)
  25. sh1pman
    I think that every new BFR will be a radical redesign of the previous one.
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