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A 93% success rate is pretty good for a system with so many unflown components, especially that deployment mechanism. I wonder how it compares to the success rate of conventional satellite payloads. It would be a bad marketing synergy to get rid of hinges just as the new robotics DLC drops...

I forgot I started this thread, but I'm glad to see it is humming along! I too am hyped, and I plan to purchase the new DLC after the next few crazy weeks at work calm down.

Did you download the textures?

That was great, now do a Pegasus. Just to start it would certainly need hollow bones...

It’s been a while since I played with KAS but Isn’t there a limit to the mass each kerbal can move? Did you try bringing more kerbals (they will just hang around and provide moral support, also make sure they all have a nearby ladder to grab). If this doesn’t help try asking in the actual KAS thread.

Parallel parking orbit.

That’s incredible!

Well, typically partnering means bringing in other companies that specialize in the secondary aspects of a complex project. It is surprising that their launch provider has only ever built a carnival ride so far.

Sorry to hear about this. I stopped using CKAN long ago, when I realized it was another thing to go wrong and cause issues in gameData. Thanks for your work on this mod, I'll be happy to keep downloading by hand.

If you make moonshine on the moon is it just called ‘shine?

I’m afraid to say that Universal Autocorrect has doomed the professional spellchecker, however, Good writing is an asset for any career, what other interests do you have? My first degree was in literature, 10 years later I went back to school and got an engineering degree. Turns out (in my case) that being a confident writer and communicator is a big asset when looking for a new job.

Fissile. Fastidious. Fungi. The Igsouel species replicates itself by a process of asexual binary fission upon reaching maturity (imagine getting a twin sibling when you turn 20). They are decomposers, like fungi and require large amounts of decaying carbon based matter for food. They are a bit ashamed of eating rotting garbage and so are extremely fastidious at all other times.

For work? Are you inspecting construction?

Ok, I think we have solved the laundry problem. Moving back to weightlessness: I think you are on to something @Spacescifi. Let’s say warp bubbles are a thing, but that the bubble can’t get very big (~20m). Then ships are volume limited and couldn’t even have artificial spin gravity. The only reason magic gravity is so common in visual sci-fi is that it is much cheaper and easier to produce.

It was already named that when they bought it.

Well, Kerbal parts are about 5/8th actual size, so... ~5 m diameter (rounded to the nearest stock size) ~60 m tall

@Spacescifi clearly you are working on some ideas for a story. I'm very interested to learn more about this species that has mastered faster than light travel, yet can't get figure out how to keep a washing machine from spinning the ship out of control (I guess rotisserie chicken is off the menu too) and can't wait 4 hours until they haul up to port?

I think Bezos is more of a collector, remember he scavenged those F1s out of the Atlantic.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/nasas-full-artemis-plan-revealed-37-launches-and-a-lunar-outpost/ Finally some concrete mooncrete details from NASA. What do you make of this schedule? What does the T/V module do? What do all these acronyms mean?

It shows up on my game.

Interesting question! I will assume the antigravity shield is the only fantasy element in this scenario, and that the ship is approaching the planet's atmosphere at orbital velocity or greater. Therefore we must still contend with aerobraking and aerodynamic heating while entering the atmosphere If the ship does not feel the pull of a planet's gravity, then it cannot be in orbit around that planet, Therefore, it must approach the planet directly, otherwise it would just sail straight off into space. A direct, high speed reentry will generate huge negative acceleration, (especially if the antigravity mechanic works by negating mass while retaining the large surface area of the spacecraft). There will also be a lot of heating from air friction. (If the mass of the ship is negated, where does this heat go?) But in this case you have to then use propulsion to direct yourself back at the planet, or go sailing straight back into space.

So you are confirming Starlink sats are just unsold Windows phones filled with krypton?

See nertea’s statement just a few posts up. Interstellar just uses these awesome models for its own parts (can’t blame them, I remix them a bit in my own game), but any issues can only be addressed in the interstellar thread.

Cryo cooling on the tanks?

Well ICBMs are antithetical to reuse of... anything. Whether they do their job or not, you don’t get a chance to launch again. I’d guess storabilty was a bigger design factor than reusability. Does any know the ratio of ICBM:non military rockets built?