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Yeah I get it. I can easily rendezvous if the orbit of my target is higher, it's like going from Kerbin to Duna, and I get encounters pretty easily there (sometimes at a height of ~20km or even right crashing into the planet) but my case here is that I'm docking with a station that's in a 70x70 orbit, so that's on the extreme edge of the atmosphere. And because the distance is so small, I can't manage to get any interceptions. I tried getting my ship's orbit (the one that's gonna rendezvous) to a 200x75 orbit and the process becomes a bit easier but still difficult. I want a calculation for 2 reasons: one, because I hate making and experimenting with precise maneuver nodes (mostly because I use a laptop pad) and two is because I love to do the maths behind it or in other words, I'm making it feel like if I'm really working at NASA or something ;P @soulsource I will try that and some other stuff I found on Google, and I'll get back to you.

Hey. I'm really sick of having to use MechJeb everytime I want to rendezvous with something because it gets really boring when it's done for you automatically. And I'm also sick of making random nodes until I get a barely close enough interception. Does Hohmann Transfer has a calculation? If it does, how do I do it? I'm mostly using it for LKO docking. I've seen tutorials on how to rendezvous with an object in orbit (and for some reason they don't work out well for me?..) and I'd like to know how to do the actual thing. Where to set up the node, how many orbits I gotta wait, how much adjustments do I need, etc. It'd be really cool if there's a way to calculate all of that and I'd really appreciate it if someone tells me about it. Thank you in advance. (yes I'm sort of a newbie.. well a newbie at rendezvousing and docking in general). Edit: a manual calculation would be better than a program or something that automatically calculates it

Totally agree. You know, some people may have great ideas but, say, lack the skills to deliver it with pictures. I'd love to see people helping each other out by taking someone's ideas and making it a comic or something similar.

I feel you. I got to a point where I was so desperate that I started getting designs from real-life rockets and youtubers. I had good designs (mostly like yours) and still it always went wrong. Turns out it's mostly in how you do your ascent. Yeah as others explained, the trick is mostly in your early 5-10 degrees turn, and also your TWR. I miss the old "gravity turn at 10k meters". I'm not sure about this, but more fins makes it worse. Sometimes 2 are enough. On a side note, KJR really helps so I highly suggest it. No, it shouldn't be considered "cheats" or whatsoever. Lastly, I'm really bad at ascents so if I said anything wrong, pls dont kill me.

Ohh I forgot your thing with Star Trek It's not that I can't tell characters apart but I get sometimes a bit confused. Probably because I'm too dumb.

Knew it ;p I'm an idiot. Hey I should get Universe Sandbox to test these stuff. Thank you for reminding me about it

Yep that'd be awesome. I'm crazy I know but when I got nothing to do I sometimes pick up a paper and start making my own solar systems. I do follow science (which means I don't go full sci-fi) but I made a triple gas giant system xD where I made it as if 2 of them were orbiting 1 and the gravity of the 2 gas giants are stronger than that of the 1 gas giant in the middle so they're sort of tearing it apart. Am I being sci-fi? Cuz if not I'd like to see that in a mod, and again yours would be best because crazy stuff happen near prototypes. EDIT: Ehh well, the tearing apart, part, is uhh probably not possible in KSP, but oh well, I love sharing my ideas

Hey I just wanna say something, since there's a good amount of characters now, I'm getting a bit confused. I used to tell if Bill or Jeb's talking by the color of the boxes, now they get repeated a bit. Can you add new box colors?

Well you can upgrade it then ;P I know it's not that easy but you wouldn't just let go, right? And would the binary-planet thing even work in theory?

Hey, just checking in on this since you've done a pretty great job so far. What's the status of the mod? I'd like to see more planets and more moons and more... everything! Can I suggest something crazy? Since planets are constantly forming near prototype stars, why not make a binary planet system? Or even a triplet! They would be similar to Pluto and Charon but more similar in size maybe?

I totally understand, and thanks for replying (you too @SpaceplaneAddict ) it's quite amazing that you think about it in bed, and yes. the fact that you're telling your own story in your own way is what makes this so awesome. But can I ask the following if you don't mind? Do you use mods or do you rather stick to the stock game? Because I wasn't gonna actually suggest anything about the story but rather a couple mods that "might" make a nice addition

Heh, exactly ;P

Sorry for going off what you guys are talking about but I just wanted to say, how can you be so creative? The story itself, the way you put the images together, the way you take the pictures in-game, and the designs! You're too awesome man. And if anyone here needs a break then it's you. I still didn't finish Jool Odyssey (chapter 4) but I'm sure the ending is awesome. I wonder what the next mission will be! Can I give some suggestions if that's okay? Not necessarily about the missions but in general

See? It's too complicated! ;P

Ah you're right, so clearing the neighborhood is all about dwarf planets (and planets, duh). So Pluto not only crosses Neptune's orbit but gets other dwarf planets in it's orbit?

I laughed harder than I should at this xD So asteroids don't count I guess? And I'm pretty sure Jupiter pushes them out of it's way because otherwise disasters would happen, right?..

I never understood what is meant by "clearing it's neighborhood". Yeah Jupiter faces asteroids in it's orbit, but does it push them away when it's approaching them? And if it does, is that what's meant by clearing the neighborhood?

Yup, that's the best one Hubble took. And the further something is from the sun, the harder it is to see it. Even if it was big, the tiny amount of light reaching it + the planet's albedo would play the bigger role here. Edit: Not to mention the gas n dust and other smaller objects getting in the way.

This is priceless! Such a great job man, hats off!

http://time.com/4184942/planet-9-new-pluto-solar-system/ - http://www.space.com/31671-planet-nine-discovery-explained-infographic.html Have you guys heard about Planet 9? It's quite interesting and the evidences are there. It's explained in the links above, but if you want a TL;DR, the orbits of mostly-dwarf planet Sedna, and 5 more Kuiper Belt objects are VERY similar to each other, as if a source of gravity near them is influencing their orbits. It's been the case for a while but it's only recently noticed how similar the orbits are. It's estimated that it would be approximately the size of Neptune. And theoretically it should be affecting the orbits of gas giants like Saturn, but oddly enough, http://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/saturn-spacecraft-not-affected-by-hypothetical-planet-9 What do you think? Oh, here's a nice picture from space.com that explains it:

Well crap. But let's go full theoretical, what would happen after the event horizon? Only gravity is getting stronger and stronger until we reach the "surface" of the black hole? Also is there a limit to how strong gravity can get? If there isn't then nothing prevents gravity from stopping time right? Oh and since time is relative, why wouldn't it stop at one point and go on at a different one?

So it's just unknown what happens after the event horizon? I mean, the stronger the gravity, the slower the time is, right? So there might a point on a black hole where gravity is strong enough to stop time?

Actually the answer to that is in a black hole, beyond the event horizon. The problem is, even the event horizon itself is basically a theory so it's just really hard to answer such a question in my opinion. But if it does exist, then there is a place somewhere in the universe where time stops. Which therefore would mean time CAN stop in the universe. What happens there? Jeez, who knows. Lots of crazy ideas would start popping up. What if time stopping would cause something else to start? Like a new kind of time that goes backwards for example ;p crazy ideas! Oh, and gravity is mostly known as a distortion in space and time. And gravity exists EVERYWHERE. But if there's no time, then gravity would be a distortion of space only? (assuming matter can still exist in time frozen). But something that makes me wonder, photons traveling at the speed of light experience NOTHING. They don't even experience time. So does that mean time stops at the speed of light? If so then how are the photons themselves are able to move? Gosh my mind is starting to hurt

Nice ;p well they would drink fuel of course ;p on Minmus they'd serve plates of Minmus dirt.. you know, tasting Minmus is a tradition! But in general Kerbin doesn't have seasons so they would have to fly to the polars and celebrate there ;p I wonder what Jeb would do.

Enlighten me.