sh1pman

I've noticed that I can't run more than one converter on a 2.5m convertotron without it overheating, no matter how many radiators and TCS I activate. Also, the 1.25m convertotron overheats all the time, there's no way to cool it down with any amount of radiators. KSP 1.4.3, stock.

Don't know if it's been reported yet, but there's something wrong with the swappable converter on Ranger Hab module. I can run both converter types at the same time, even though there's only one bay.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/team-simulates-commercial-crew-flights-to-space-station/

@NSEP stretched, too! It must be really close to the event horizon.

Honestly, all of it seems extremely bizarre, unpractical and half-baked. Even more so than Mars colonization or hyperloop. Like, what if something happens inside one of these tunnels, how do you get out? How does the rescue get to you, if there are other cars on the same track, and moving at 200 mph?

Yea, I was thinking about 12 10kW reactors.

Also, this:

Meaning that 20t reactor can match the power of the entire ISS solar array set. Not bad, a single FH with full booster reuse can lift it up. I'd imagine these reactors are dense enough to fit in the fairing.

??? Legs don't speak...

All part of the Big Plan. I hope he creates a biotech company next, to make better plants or crops suitable for Martian soil. I’ll be the first to apply

Testing right now at 500, no issues so far.

@RoverDude Sup! I like the Anchor Hub, and it's great that it's attachable to terrain, which can prevent bases from slowly drifting around (even ground tether doesn't fully prevent that!). However, it can be easily detached from the ground due to phantom forces (physics hop) when the scene is loaded. So maybe it can be remedied by increasing the staticAttachBreakForce parameter from 10 to maybe 100? Concrete base from KIS has a breaking force of 200. I can make a PR with the fix, if you don't mind.

10 years is E2E BFR prediction by Shotwell. Elon time is half of that, I guess. So the first crew flights can be reasonably expected in 5 to 10 years time.

Take me to spacewhat?..

The atmospheric density at surface level on Venus is 50 times higher than on Earth. Wind is more like ocean waves there. If there’s a 10 m/s wind, you’re going to travel at 10 m/s with it.

Security configuration: featuring a Tesla cannon and combat-ready AI.

The best result would be in gas giant atmospheres.

good times...

Floating (or attached to seabed) launch platforms are going to be a thing when P2P BFR flights start happening. And according to Shotwell, they're definitely going to happen, within a decade or so.

Well, good thing that BFR, once assembled, will be able to get to where it’s needed on its own.

Depends on what kind of competition we're talking about. Vulcan-ACES is certainly more capable than F9, and is close to FH in GTO throw mass. It has infinitely restartable US engines, and can stay in space much longer due to IVF, allowing for things like fuel depots, tugs and long missions in deep space. But of course, from the cost per launch perspective, reusable rockets always win, that's the point of reusability.

BFR will be something like 60$/kg. For SpaceX, that is.

Nope, absolutely nothing changed, you must be seeing things.

It’s just 1.8kg. Why don’t we send 100 of them?