lajoswinkler

First time using RSS because it finally caught up with latest version of the game. So far I'm pleased with it (Scatterer still not scattering atmosphere, I don't need EVE and its clouds, I just want scattering) but I have one complaint. Why were false color maps used for the planetary bodies? I mean if it's real Solar system...

Hm, I was kicked out of other one (I probably can't point out which one as I can't see it anymore) years ago for being supportive of some kid who got harassed. But this group... it's ok. Other than usually being flooded with really stupid posts. Sometimes there's nice screenshots or questions. I haven't noticed problems.

Building. Tsunamis resulting from earthquakes arrive as flood that's relentless and nonstopping, growing and growing and are higher than 10 m only in most severe cases. Normal, multistorey, reinforced concrete building would have no immediate issues with that. Best idea would be to get to the top of the airport tower. Being in a flimsy metal tube that loses buoyancy as soon as it crumbles is a recipe for dying when the water comes, lifts the airplane and smashes it into something.

Hm, I wouldn't say it's not graphic at all.

I was generalizing the problem with the country itself and I stand by my words. I can only hope the problem is remedied decently. He made a mistake and forgot to mention the image he showed was just an example. Probably way too much faith in people. He should've known better.

No reason to think it's sabotage. It has all of the marks of a sloppy work, which is normal there. Soyuz is a remarkably well built and designed vehicle, but it's something we can thank to predecessors who are nowdays dead or very old and "enjoy" pathetic pensions in a "generously" acquired government project apartments (obligatory cheesy carpet wallpapers included ). I'll say again - the only reason Roskosmos doesn't have many accidents is because it is conservative in its approach, and relies on old, working designs with very little innovation. Funding is low, enough to keep the industry go, but people are underpaid for the complexity, importance and their degree of education. If I wanted to go to orbit or come home from one, I'd choose Soyuz because I value my life. However, what amuses me so much is the typical same story that always repeats with Russian federation. They can't possibly admit it's maybe their sloppiness, and instead start squealing "it's a sabotage" over their propaganda outlets (RT started with squealing, others merely report it). It's never their fault, they're perfect in what they're trying to do, everyone else is against them, enemy is everywhere, and it's the reason for all the problems in the country. If I had a millilitre of beer every time I heard that, I'd have a beer belly. Now a scapegoat will be found. Lives will be destroyed and it will all be swept under a rug. Bussiness as usual.

True, but whatever the answer is, I'm pretty sure I could do it with solder. However, as you said, "make it invisible ASAP" was probably the exact thing that was ordered.

What surprises me is how sloppy the sealing apparently is. If I had to seal the hole, I'd weld it or use a composite approach. Even simple soldering would do the trick. This looks like someone stuffed a cotton plug and painted over it, so it came loose after few months.

[Quoted a post that has since been removed] Why should I open a new thread with same topic, just to advertise 4 years of the same group with almost same words? Necroposting is not a breach of rules if it's meaningful. ZedNova is a member of the group who doesn't want new people to come and made a joke that looks serious. He obviously didn't think it through well enough to realize how inconvenient such careless claim would be. The group is fine, nobody has ever been harassed.

Sabotage? Anyone with an access or will to do something like sabotaging a spaceship should know drilling such tiny hole can't pose a problem. I still think it's simply someone's lousy work. People who build Soyuz ships are underpaid. The main reason no accidents occur is excellent conservative design.

Four years and four days have passed since this group has been opened by @Volcanix but the group is still up and running, even after the dreadful Steam user interface update. Here's an invitation link. Most of the time there's someone online. Ask any questions regarding KSP as most people who frequent the group are KSP veterans and will gladly help you.

I'm now more inclined to think the hole we see in the tweet is either widened by drill for some reason, or it existed before due to sloppy work (you can see the drill grinding marks), and became a problem after the impactor compromised the outermost pressure vessel, if there is such arrangement on Soyuz. The hole does not look like it was made by an impactor. Entry holes are small, inner holes are always larger and quite bad looking. If this is the resulting inner hole, the entry hole would be incredibly tiny which makes the impactor even smaller, microscopic. Such impactor would never do any damage besides making a dent.

I don't even know why I made this.

The rover is still working, but it's a long way to go. It's not very fast. All those protective panels are weighing it down even if it's only exposed to 3.47 ms-2.

Oh. I thought I was just suddenly very sucky at launching things. Good to know. On the contrary, that would increase the plasma formation.

This would open room for proper Mengelian genetics (pun intended). Horrible.

Politician's decisions aren't just affecting the stuff it mentions. Its rhetoric directly influences the citizens, and in some cases, as in this one, it has a great impact on the whole world. A claim doesn't have to be a direct order. Just like a gossip can trigger school bullying, spreading disinformation can trigger the gun of a strained society and end up in ethnic cleansing. And such spreading of lies and hatred is also a war crime. [snip]

Surface taken through wide angle lens before rover deployment. Landing was somewhat tense, but manageable. While the outside was baking at nearly 1200 K, insides were kept at 300 K by 12 radiators and two tiny solar panels producing >36 kW each. Lemon reached the mohole, final resting place of Ikar 4. After passing through a rubble pile crater, Lemon will head to the edge of sunblasted surface.

"Sisyphus" performed well right before total overheating. I should've packed bigger radiators. One of the RCS thrusters on its tank got damaged beyond repair, but at this point the whole stage, tank, engine and the heat they accumulated, was dumped, and "Hayabusa" ion engine (KSPX, basically double "Dawn") took over. It took day to chase Ablate down. I do not recommend parking 50,000 km higher than it is or you'll end up being so fast in its tiny sphere of influence there won't be any time to brake. Lemon is in orbit now, awaiting for instructions.

Correcting the inclination took 813 m/s and that was done by the bipropellant. Lowering the periapsis 100,000 km above Ablate requires 5522 m/s, and lowering the apoapsis takes 12433 m/s. Part of that job will be done by the LV-NB engine "Sisyphus" (KSPX) which is a 2.5 m engine which is basically two LV-N "Nerv" engines mashed together.

You can get them in "Making history" DLC and you get to choose from gray and orange rims. I hardly ever remember anyone, so NHF.

Launch was successful. Korolev cross formed nicely.

Issue opened. I have a Github account so I'll use that. Thanks.

Excellent. I just might... I assume you're also in charge of Kerbalism? Can you please check my earlier post with the suggestion link?

This will be the most ambitious payload "Ministry of no better things to do" (MONBTTD, for short) has ever sent to the blast furnace world of Ablate, the sungrazing dwarf planet. Here's Bill Kerman working on thermal insulation of the prototype in the engineering laboratory. Rover was named Lemon because of the initial yellow color which later got replaced with silver. The name stuck, just like the new insulation glue on Bill's fingers. As Kerbol's rays will be hitting the thing mainly from above, top was made white and sides dark, to manage heat away more efficiently. New, metallic wheel tires were used. Most instruments are inside, except the ones that inspect the soil or influence of Kerbol. Rover will be delivered by an ion engine relay probe, but will land on its own, using four monopropellant engines. Launcher is nearly completely made out of stock parts. 5 m first and second stage with four bipropellant 3.75 m boosters. Third stage is 3.75 m and on top is a fourth stage, a 3.75 m liquid fuel tank and a LV-NB nuclear engine. Fifth stage is xenon ion engine powered on the relay probe.