Why is the entire KCS not bonded to a larger target object. This would avoid some problems with scaling planets and jagged separation lines. (answer is, probably, 'cause unity)
Why is a runway elevated from the ground around it, unlike virtually every runway not in the third world or having some special circumstance (ie in a marsh 'cause NIMBY). I mean I watched shuttle landings at Edwards, and if they messed up landing by coming in early big woop just more dry lake, replace/rebuild the landing gear just like they did anyway. Can't tell you how many craft I've carefully driven off the berm and take off from the KSC flat area grass.
Yes I know KSC(Cape Canaveral) is elevated in a marsh, has water around it and all together is a disaster if you aren't on it. I've heard landing managers complain about it too. Only reason I think its worth having is as a single orbit abort landing strip. Plenty of big military landing fields that don't need ponds to keep wild hogs off the tarmac. (just visualized a herd of wild Kerbeast wandering on to the runway as a Mk3 Shuttle lumbers in...)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Landing_Facility#/media/File:Shuttle_Landing_Facility.jpg
Richard Merritt/Landing Support Manager: podcast talking about the runway and why it took so long to start using it. (spoiler 'cause Edwards isn't elevated in a marsh/woods and alligators) https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/landingsites.html
Grognard childhood memory time: Location: Edwards. The sonic booms from the shuttle are amazing. Sitting in the car waiting for it to come down it sounded like someone slammed a baseball bat into the hood of the car a couple times. This speck appeared a long while later and fell like a brick. Then it fell slightly less like a brick and landed. My family was moving cross country that day and I watched from the top of our rented u-haul truck. Crowd was huge. We didn't even know it was happening that day and as we drove up decided to add to the crowd. I don't think we could see it making descent curves. Think it was STS-1 but i might be mistaken.
