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No need for opening a new thread. http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/74833-Macey-Dean

PeteMatthews, are small, unobtrusive watermarks allowed?

Mining would be great if it was actually useful, and not just to gather as much of something as possible just for the sake of having it. Granted, some of the rare stuff (like emeralds in Minecraft which are present as scarcely distributed 1 block deposits underground) would be pure prestige and that's ok. Kethane is useful for making fuel. Mining combined with creating an orbital smelter/factory to make stuff like new fuel tanks, that would be interesting. Concept of waste could be introduced, as something you should dump or vent.

It would work only if the vehicle would land near a lake and take some of the fluid inside. There isn't enough methane in the atmosphere to support any burning reaction. There's less than 5% near the ground and it decreases with height. Even if the rest of the atmosphere was oxygen, nothing would happen (except near the lakes where methane/ethane fumes are). I don't understand why does everyone think of Titan as an "oil refinery" world. It's basically nitrogen. It atmosphere is purer nitrogen (>95%) than our air on Earth is, where it's 78%. Even if the vehicle would supply itself using a lake, it would probably need to purify the stuff. The lakes must be contaminated with tholins and that's probably not something engines would appreciate.

It's very annoying media hype around something that's utterly stupid and not awesome at all. The Moon is not noticeably larger on the sky, and its glow washes away almost all Perseids. This are the worst possible night conditions for watching meteors, except when it's cloudy, of course. Buy yeah, if you're a douche with an expensive smartphone, you can make stupid photos of white blobs and "selfies" and annoy the hell out of everyone by cramming their news feeds with "supermoon".

But the melody alone is nice, isn't it? It's a remake of an old folk song of my peeps, goes something like: Love is not for trade nor purchase Love is not for trade nor purchase The one who can't love, the one who can't love Shouldn't even try it If the love inside a heart is true and real If the love inside a heart is true and real It won't be washed away by, it won't be washed away by Mur or Drava Love won't by broken by cops nor gendarmes cops nor gendarmes, cops nor gendarmes Neither by leaders It's a loose translation from one of our dialects. The melody (minor scale) and the lyrics are typical for the region.

Or just jump from the ground. At least it worked for me.

It would be fun to slam into Kerbin in a retrograde orbit. Someone needs to do that. It would probably invoke the Kraken.

It can't ignite because there's nothing to react there. It's more than 95% nitrogen on the surface. Satellite, not planet. There isn't any elemental oxygen on the surface because there can't be. It's a world of low energy, inert gas with a pinch of reducer.

Does anyone here like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0_1sl6wINM

Yes, it can be used. It depends on where do you put your periapsis. http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Tutorial:_Gravity_Assist

Given that the pressure is 146.7 kPa and temperature 94 K, disregarding methane, density is around 5.2 kg*m-3. Density of oxygen in the same conditions is 6 kg*m-3. That means oxygen would form a cloud close to the ground, unless there's wind to disperse it. Limits for combustion reaction for methane at standard conditions of temperature, pressure and oxygen concentration are 5-15%. Lower temperatures make methane-oxygen combustion harder to occur, and there's only 4.9% of methane there, so the answer is - no, you could not ignite the atmosphere if you release oxygen from a cylinder. There's one exception. If you try to do it near the lakes of liquid methane-ethane, or while it's raining, therefore in an environment enriched with lower hydrocarbon vapors, the probability of reaction starting after being subjected to a spark or a flame are enormous. Various factors and complex fluid dynamics are determining whether it would be a deflagration or detonation. Diffusion and convection play a huge role in all that.

Did anyone try to use this and Texture Replacer at the same time? I use TR simply because of the ability to change the awful stock skybox. I use Oinker's skybox because it's minimalistic.

OK, now I'm not sad anymore.

Safety matches have everything they need on the match head, binded with some kind of glue. The striker is basically to ignite the stuff by friction. If warm enough, flares could work on Titan because all they need is inside them. They would work just fine.

I've got worse connection than you, so don't be sad.

Hibernation, with temperatures around 5 °C or something similar, with very weak heart and brain activity, that is in development. It is possible. Obstacles are technologic. Total halt of all activity, never ever. Those people who freeze their bodies are naive.

It will never be possible because brain has not only apparent molecular structure, but also ionic pulses which need to work all the time. It's a delicate system, more delicate than the life itself. No matter what kind of cryoprotectant for avoiding ice you use, you'll never ever be able to freeze a person and revive it. You can bet on it.

If you kept the match in your warm pocket, it would have sufficient energy to burst into flames. It contains potassium chlorate as oxidizer and sulfur or some other stuff as a reducer. If you kept them outside in the cryogenic atmosphere, it would probably not be able to burn because it's too cold. I'm not sure, though. After the match coating burns away, the fire would simply stop. There's nothing to react with anymore. Also, Titan's atmosphere is basically nitrogen. It's not methane. It has 4.9% methane near the ground.

They are annoying to me and lots of other people, as I've seen so far. They have literally zero realism in them. Bodies without atmospheres are sharp. Contrasts are maximal. On one end there's a sunlit surface, on the other is the total blackness of the void. Using this mod, I have the feeling I'm orbiting a body with a thick atmosphere. If this is a mod that simulates astronauts's eye cataracts, it's doing a fabulous work.

I'd like to propose something to the creator of this mod. As you know, once the rockets' (liquid or solid fueled) thrust is cut to zero, they don't release any gas. But what happens in reality both with SRB separation and liquid fuel stages? They lose a great deal of their thrust, but they still release something. KSP users can dump the boosters while they're still working, but that often results in them bumping into the vehicle and destroying it, not to mention it's wasteful. I think this would be a nice little addon to your mod.

Two quick questions: - Is this ready for the newest KSP version? - Are there still those ungodly and annoying glows around airless bodies which look like atmospheres?

Why should we care about the people who don't know what IRC stands for? If they're curious, they will click on it or search it on Wikipedia. There's no way anyone will get into IRC just because he or she found out what that is over a KSP forum.

We already have vegetation on Kerbin and it wrecks CPU resources.

Krag, I hope some of the ideas you've made won't be forgotten. Ablate, Ascension, concept of Pock, those are all very nice ideas.