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Hehe! If AYY looks like that, judging from the latitude, there should be ice and frost in view. Where's Wilson?

So AYY LMAO is either on a ship, or iceberg or at the bottom of the deep blue. Or perhaps just a tad non-committal. Of course, I'm non-committal too, simply because I don't have (and don't seem to need) a Google account.

Welcome! I simply recommend that you get a computer based on your non-KSP (and non-game) needs; at least if your computer otherwise needs intensive graphics and performance capabilities (such as audio/ video editing, science simulations, etc.). So RAM, CPU, graphics card, bus speeds, disk read/ write speeds may be considerations. However, if your primary consideration IS gaming, there are a lot of games out there which do (or will) require heavy graphics performance in the form of polygon/ triangle computation, etc. I think that whatever you decide upon will, as a side option, be a good choice for KSP, even after Unity upgrades and the addition of new features such as multiplayer. Speaking of multiplayer, an important consideration for games which offer that, is your ISP connection speed and your ping as a function of distance from home (my assumption) to server locations. While I'd not recommend that you move to live at another location in order to drive down ping time, you might want to eventually check out the options you have for ISP offerings and connection speeds ("up and down"). I happen to use very few mods in KSP and my computer is an 8 year old iMac (running the latest OS X) and with only 4 GB of RAM. KSP runs fine for me, but I know that my graphics settings are not maxed. Good luck!

While I have never read the book, my biggest complaint is (since I'm actually watching it on TV) that the content is 1 minute of movie to 9 minutes of commercials and promos of other shows on SyFy. I should have just waited to watch it online without so many commercials. I HATE them. I also boycott the products advertised. Yep.

Its simple: we just deprive them of lysine.

Yes, this is in part what I was referring to. Westmoreland and Crane summarized this thinking.

I think there's probably a lot of stuff out in the outer solar system. We may call it deep space but certainly not deep within the solar system, which is where we are; the exception being within the asteroid regions.

Im actually more interested in development of another kind of VentureStar (or Venture Star): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tNMV-k8HOE However, the Lockheed would be perhaps a nice intermediate step (towards the development of space infrastructure).

Well, some of what you are mentioning IS directly invoking possible religious discussion and you know this. But whatever. Your assumption that possibility of a 'Godlike' being making the universe as a personal plaything is already a skewed bias. For such a being, any number of other, and more useful, purposes would be possible and at least as likely as a plaything, if not more so. This leads to your next statement about sentience. This is an alternative reason for such a being to form the universe(s). Since any sufficiently advanced civilization's power would be indistinguishable from magic, it follows that another purpose for such universe(s) is the generations of not only energy for general use, but specifically for computational power. I'm sure forum-goers here have read about the incredible computing potential of supermassive black holes. I doubt that there is any direct way to cross over or travel from one universe to another, as theoretically they would seem to be closed. However, perhaps there is some kind of quantum entanglement relationship between universes which could be exploited. My own view is that the creation of multiverses and black holes is an ongoing occurrence, ad infinitum. Cheers!

Before the lockdown: a balanced mix of both seems more doable as a transition toward a fully clean energy economy.

Are you looking to find and exploit Lagrangian points?

Nice job! Will a map for KSP v. 1.0.5 be needed? Thanks.

Lots of good books to transform to the screen.

I found documentaries to watch on the events. I also shared these with others I know.

Nice work, Billy! Enjoy something "Unreal". Not that I've seen (in this or similar threads). Its a great idea and a challenge that I hope somebody will accept.

Helium 3. Best source: Saturn's atmosphere. Easy to get? Never. Feasible to get? "Someday."

Cool. My first planes were "self flying". Took off, flew until out of fuel, glided and landed mostly intact or ditched safely into water; all without me guiding them at all (save for SAS). Not very useful without piloting them, but they were experiments. My idea at the time was that such a plane, especially without SAS, would be easier to control. Actually, that was true for some planes and not so for others.

They all have their uses. However, for a specific test I ran, the Whiplash performed best. I periodically (re)make an engine comparison chart. One test involves flying a small probe core fitted with a shock intake, Oscar B fuel tank (smallest tank, oxidizer drained out for jets), (jet) engine and 3 AVR8 winglets. Minimal mass of course. I consider this an efficiency test, literally seeing how far these fly on the limited fuel, full throttle from the rocket launch pad, SAS on. My results (yours may vary); you may find these interesting: Whiplash: 71,731 meters max altitude (plus it has the coolest part animations and thrust particle effects) Panther dry: 31,102 Panther wet: 22,975 Wheezley: 18,877 Goliath: 18,698 Goliath reverse: 15,023 Juno: 13,131 Goliath radial (3 engines): 11,518 Rapier Air mode: 11,377 Rapier Mix mode (auto mode switch): 10,908 Goliath radial (2 engines): 7,679 Goliath radial (3) reverse: 5,400 Goliath radial (2) reverse: 3,600 Wheezley reverse: 2,277 Rapier Vac mode: 1,528 Note: The Goliaths had no shock intake as they have their own built in air intakes, but did have a plain nose cone.

Hello, fellow human! Oh wait. See http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fellow I think you'll find this interesting: http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/lifesupport.php Look in the "Waste Disposal" section, right above the "Hygiene" section.

I call them "crewed" missions.

I think Kerbals would enjoy this music, and we know from the KSP Credits that Squad likes Bungie! Listen to the embedded player at this site. Music by a real space scientist (for those who may have missed such posts in similar threads). Some of the Bungie fans might like the pre-Marty O'Donell and pre-Power of Seven music. This was originally done by Alexander Seropian as MIDIs in the first Marathon game, but now since remade using "real" instruments. http://themarathonmusic.com/about.html

Looking at the OP image, while the COL is actually slightly behind the COM, I wonder if it might be better to rearrange so that the COL is a little further back from where it is now? Perhaps you'll experience more agile control, but that's just a guess. At any rate, I didn't notice other comments addressing this, so it must not be a serious issue. Good luck!

Before I saw your choice, I was going to post about the Bricklin Safety Vehicle: Depending on who you ask, its one of the worst cars ever, but the concept is still cool.

I think Childhood's End inspired "V". I'm curious about how the Childhood's End production turns out compared to the story and to both "V" series (and no rats please).

We find out that Luke is his father's father.