NASI Director

Hold me back bro! Hold me back!

But then there would need to be two liquid fuel boosters.

That's amazing! What is the part count on this beast?

Here are the people that can make VTOLSSTOs that can go to Laythe and back, and I only just finished my first SSTO. I feel very much outdone.

The pics don't work unfortunately. However, it is fixable. Instead of a website url with the tags, use the actual picture url. For example, one of the pics, http://www./convkey/866d/owuv2srqr62x0g0fg.jpg has two urls: the website, and the image. You want to right click on the image and copy the image URL. It'll look something like this {IMG}http://www./convkey/866d/owuv2srqr62x0g0fg.jpg{/IMG} Just replace the "{" and "}" with "[" and "]"

If paint is applied to a craft, can the craft be shared as stock? Or will I need to label it as a Mod Craft?

I see the Mun. And Minmus. You sneaky person you.

As I play career, the hardest decision is deciding whether I want to return the data to Kerbin and have only limited amount of experiments or if I will transmit it, losing about 60% of the Science!â„¢ but able to rack up more experiments. A common thought went through my mind about Data Storage, Computer Cores, and Drop Canisters. Data Storage -- You can use this like a flashdrive, storing data up to a certain point depending on the data storage device itself. I have reason to believe that Squad is planning to do this anyway because they have a Data Size value on the science menu. However, as time goes on, the data is slowly lost, on top of the fact that you can only store certain data (not surface samples or the like). Drop Canisters -- This is a more tolerant yet less capable version of the Data Storage device above. For long term missions, you can put a little bit of data inside a drop canister, launch it towards Kerbin, and hopefully it will save the Science!â„¢. I say hopefully because the reentry can cause the canister to overheat and lose the data contained within it (The data will still be on the parent craft, however it will be a lot less valuable if the canister succeeds). Like a probe core, these canisters run on electricity and require more electricity the more data is held (the same with the Data Storage devices above).

I made a logo! A bit big to say the least. I was wondering if you could resize it for me to 256x160? I don't have any fancy image software and MSPaint resizes makes it look terrible.

The only time when this has ever happened to me was when I broke the parachute off at 4x Warp. Had to power land but I came in to fast and it broke off.

Don't quote me on this, but I think that there is certain ratio with payload:rocket depending on the type of rocket. To achieve the minimum altitude to orbit for a 10 tonne object, the launcher would be (please don't quote me on this!) a lot more, increasing predictably as the mass of the payload increases. An SSTO would have a smaller ratio than a 5 stage rocket. An antimatter propulsion system would have a smaller ratio than the SSTO, and so on and so forth as the efficiency increases.

I've always found views from Saturn interesting. How cool would it be if we had views like this one day in KSP?

What mean you? It was the least scientific part of it. When the tether went tight, it would've stopped Clooney's momentum and possibly even brought him back in towards Bullock. I think they only added that part to make it more intense for the viewer for them to know that Bullock's last chance had died. P.S. Spoiler alert. P.P.S. Neil deGrasse Tyson even pointed it out, plus several more. It's number 3.

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If your looking for an SSTO, this this thread will be of help. If you're looking for just a regular hypersonic atmospheric plane, then there are several threads that are showcasing them. My advice is to make the plane as light as possible, to not use so much fuel it bogs it down. Also, while solar panels weigh the same as a battery pack (I think), the turbojets and the basic jets generate electricity.

I like the idea! I'm sure with just a little more tweaking it can look like it was built into the craft!

I love everything about this. I love the two man spacecraft, I love the launcher, I love the idea of using seats instead of a command pod. I might have to copy you-- I mean reverse engineer. Does the lander have any torque?

The closest I've ever gotten to Eve was a rover in the ocean (I suck at atmospheric landings).

I tried to do a wheelie, or rather a "leggie" with my Munar lander. This is the result. I immediately tried to right it, by putting on the thrust and using as much torque as possible. Then this happened. There will be no rescue mission.

Can I request a more professionally done logo than mine? Mine was made in about 1 minute in MSPaint. You can see my logo in my sig.

But a great find nonetheless.

It depends. On my potato of a comp, the bigger ladders have lights, animations, and have a higher part count (sometimes) so using them as shrouds can cause a severe FPS drop. I prefer to use Radial Attachment Points when I can.

I found this out from Giggleplex or someone. The radial attachment point makes a great attachment point!

I suppose you mean Eve? Or maybe even Laythe. Eeloo doesn't have any oceans, as cool as it would be.

Let me get this straight: You built a space plane capable of splitting in half and delivering a payload, so you decided to make a Munar spacebus in conjunction with it? Awesome.