[Bug: Heat shields block fuel transfer.]

FYI, seems a new bug. Heat shields are blocking fuel transfer. Crossfeed doesn't seem to work through heat shields anymore. This makes space station refueling only useful for vehicles that don't have a heat shield.

To reproduce problem, create a new ship. From top to bottom:

1. fuel tank
2. command module
3. heat shield
3. fuel tank

make the tanks half empty. go to launch pad, try and transfer fuel. If that fails as the test fails for me, then redo the same test but minus the heat shield and the fuel transfer works.

Scratch this, discovered issue was I had moved to hard mode. That is a silly setting in advanced. How are you supposed to refuel at stations without having to make ridiculous hoops around the parts that don't cross feed.  Create a large radius radial attachment just so a fuel duct host can cross the heat shield barrier seems really wrong.   If the fuel ducts lines would allow placement across flush surfaces, having heat shields block cross feed would be ok..but the fuel ducts don't work across flush parts.

[annoyed with rotors due to not finding effective purpose]

Rotors would be useful to create centrifugal force in space for long term habitation of astronauts at space stations. 

 

Centrifugal force to simulate gravity  does have a real world purpose. Note, in real life though the ISS nor any space stations have ever done this because the cost $ is high.

[Minmus Breaking Ground discussion]

Can find the big cropping on Minmus just fine, but the small ones that can be picked up allude me.

[Unable to transmit deployed science]

Deployed science on the Mun, silly me put the kit on the far side... 

So now am getting spammed messages that say "Unable to transmit deployed science data from the Mun , deployed science cluster has no CommNet connection to home".

Yet, I deployed a relay satellite that satellite is verified working. The satellite is almost directly over head and still not working.

 

Seems a bug or am i missing something?

Relay satellite "show network" clearly shows a green connected line back to Kerbin when the satellite is overhead of the deployed science.

 

Edit: This is not a bug, just a noob Kerb.. I needed to wait a few more orbits for the deployed science to be in the sunlight. All good now. Relay working!