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Moar Docking Ports! One more rocket launch put the new docking tube in orbit, as well as two scientific probes which will prove useful in the Jool system. The tube was attached via a series of fairly complicated maneuvers which temporarily split CLOUD-ONE in two. The pilots accomplished the installation expertly. As the transfer window to Jool arrives, the time has come to launch our four passengers and additional pilot in a spaceplane to join the station for the trip.

The Three Moons Of Jool Jool has been observed by Kerbals for thousands of years, representing a suite of mythical characters having powers over such things as destiny, Snacks, and lightning. More recently, observations made with an optical instrument called the Television have revealed three moons orbiting Jool: Laythe, Tylo, and Pol. These were named after three of Jool's children in ancient Kerbal mythology: Laythe, the goddess of life, Tylo, the stoic god of justice, and Pol, the god of allergens. When CLOUD-ONE arrives there, Kerbals will be able to judge how closely their names match their true character.

A Full Tank! The final refueling spaceship pulls away from CLOUD-ONE. The Jool transfer window is approaching, and the spaceship's ten NTR engines are ready. One more rocket launch is required to add a new docking adapter below the communications truss, to which the spaceplane Phoenix can dock. The Phoenix will lift four tourists to the space station, who will brave the long journey through the dark just to watch Jool, Tylo, and Laythe through their windows.

I finished putting together the off-brand launch tower for my Lego Saturn V. It took me three days and a fair amount of skin off my fingertips, with a lot of questionable design and equally questionable part quality, but it is absolutely a proper display stand for the thing. Scott Manley did a video about the same set:

They're really going to fine the alien overlords over the illegal placement of a monolith The fact that it suddenly disappeared without anyone knowing who took it makes this even better.

Accelerating a giant space bat to hit a ball won't save any energy compared to just putting a rocket on the ball. If the pusher plate is in any way connected to the projectile, it will not move the projectile. "You gotta leave something behind." Pro tip: If you ever find yourself asking this question, you need to draw a Free Body Diagram.

Try this: http://www.gravitation3d.com/

I'm gonna play KSP.

He's holding back! I know that thing was recording all the way down!!

I don't think the concept as a whole is new, but it's never been executed with a rocket booster. I think ULA wants to catch the Vulcan engines out of the air? It's been done with film canisters dropped from space, at least.

That's a really cool view of the asteroid surface!

Or perhaps we will put compassionate people in charge instead, and NASA will continue serving to enlighten and unite us alongside its new friends in space.

NASA has a great deal of research on highly specialized areas, from propulsion and aerodynamics to food production and disease research. This research plays a crucial role in getting to Mars, and the technologies developed by NASA will be used on space habitats and to fix our unsustainable ways of living on Earth.

You've probably got the most complicated and meticulously maintained save file of anyone on the forum. It's quite a feat what you've managed here.

Around T-8 minutes, and not sure.

Live in 23 hours.

It might be in the transcripts.

So, flight in...4 weeks, then.

The presenter does not.

Well, it's extremely buoyant! And in one piece, at the very least!

Nice, nice! I can't wait to see the state of the booster!

Can't believe I let myself miss this! I love the little Steam achievement for launching the gnome.

I wonder if they'll still want to use this booster for Crew-2...If the verticality issues are just with the legs, it shouldn't be a problem, but you have to wonder what caused it to slide all the way to the corner and lean like that. I hope they don't get delayed!

Very well insulated, maybe actively heated winter gear and breathing air. You wouldn't want to expose any skin to the air. It would be like a cross between Antarctic winter gear, a diving suit, and a spacesuit. It's about -183 Celsius. Coldest recorded on Earth is -89. Since the pressure is 1.5 atmospheres, there is no need for a pressure suit, the only reason for airtight clothes besides the breathing mask would be to keep the cold air from getting in.