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  1. Kimera Industries
    Excellent idea! It's added!
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    You know, kerbals with human skin tones actually look a lot better than it sounds. Keep up the good work!
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    Banned for not feeding my cats.
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    Er, as far as I can tell, T.V.A means Tennessee Valley Authority, correct me if I'm wrong. The SLS with its 100% success rate launches a bomb directly into the T.V.A.'s main facility. @TwoCalories wins! Rock-paper-scissors-shoot, anything you wanna do!
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    Indeed. Earth's gravity makes things very hard. So does its atmosphere, but alas, we need that to breathe.
  6. Kimera Industries
    Sounds good
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    Banned by the dwarf planet Makemake because he is actually an admin here
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    None of Elon or SpaceX's designs have been single-stage-to-orbit, as far as I know. There's an excellent Everyday Astronaut video about the extreme disadvantages of SSTOs, and I highly recommend you give it a watch. In the video, he explains why a two-stage setup like Starship is better for reusability and practicality. Elon has commented that a Falcon 9 first stage could in theory get into orbit, but as Tim points out in the video, it would have absolutely zero payload capacity. As soon as you want a large payload, you need to scale everything up by an enormous amount. Now, don't say "But in KSP-" because in KSP the solar system is 1/10 the size of ours and everything is stupidly easier as a result. Not that I'm complaining, but that's just why the "but it works in KSP" argument doesn't work unless you have RSS and RO, and even then, KSP is an optimized model of how spaceflight should work. It works as a game, but not as a practical simulator for reality. Did anyone else see the IRL launch, though? The hot staging was beautiful! And now that they've proven that the FTS works, another flight is probably going to come much faster. Looking forward to IFT 3!
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    Banned for causing Starship IFT 2 to activate the flight termination system.
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    *It was during their wedding* "Come on, guys- just a joke! A little harmless prank is all!" Waking up at 5:50 to watch Starship IFT 2 only to have some fake SpaceX account "stream" it "live" in order to sell cryptocurrency. (Yes this happened to me today) (Yes I am mad)
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    Actually, as far as the Mohole, I think that is where a segment of the underlying megastructure collapsed, resulting in the unnatural deepness. Either that or they constructed the porta-potty over it.
  12. Kimera Industries
    Quick question: will there be any missions involving conflict (and possibly a space battle) with America? How are they doing on the ISS without Russia?
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    Done.
  14. Kimera Industries
    The KSP1 and KSP2 versions have been merged.
  15. Kimera Industries
    Well, I don't have much in the way of lore, but here goes... (Ha I just finished writing this. I did not expect so many words to come out of my hands.) Enjoy! My favorite bit is about the Krakens.
  16. Kimera Industries
    Awesome! Maybe I could try posting this in the KSP2 section as well to garner more attention.
  17. Kimera Industries
    Glad to see you like my vending machine! Really cool build and a unique shuttle idea.
  18. Kimera Industries
    The space-time continuum stops DART in time, preventing it from impacting the asteroid as planned. @Deddly wins! Rock-paper-scissors-shoot, anything you wanna do!
  19. Kimera Industries
    Banned for not giving me a piece of chocolate as extravagantly as possible and then doing a quadruple somersault backflip
  20. Kimera Industries
    Take all the time you need
  21. Kimera Industries
    NASA Accident Investigation Committee Apollo 13 incident Summary: Due to the shortening of the fuel tanks, a smaller weight of fuel was available for the F1 engines. The turbopumps could still get all the required fuel, but the unexpectedly low tank pressure caused them to overcompensate. Insufficient testing failed to reveal this problem, but in all 4 outer engines, the thermometer detected an increase in temperature from the increased fuel flow and throttled down accordingly. However, during testing, the thermometer of the center F1 was damaged. Rushed inspections did not discover this and the engine assumed it was at a nominal operating temperature when in reality the heat was increasing beyond the capacity of its regenerative cooling, and the engine exploded. The Saturn continued nominally for almost a minute, but it had been leaking fuel and losing tank pressure. Eventually, a particularly large concentration of fuel reacted with the exhaust from the other F1 engines, resulting in a large thermal expansion. The loss of vehicle structural integrity afterward tripped the abort system, and the crew was pulled to safety. Conclusion: In any further Saturn V-C launches, special attention will be paid to fuel transfer and engine temperatures.
  22. Kimera Industries
    Posted an update to WoRM... It's a little surprise from the American side, with a little surprise from the Kraken in return. Enjoy! This one is 95% more explodey than usual.
  23. Kimera Industries
    Rock-paper-scissors-shoot, anything you wanna do!
  24. Kimera Industries
    Banned for not saying banned
  25. Kimera Industries

    Here's my newest mission on WoRM:

    It's that little "surprise" from the Americans I mentioned... ;)

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