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Vhagar lander blasting off from Vall. The descent stage didn't have enough fuel to land at a more scenic place, unfortunately.

Everyone is building shuttles and I'm just sitting here adjusting COM problems on my SSTO...

Mate, looking totally rad is objective enough Anyway, having never tried SP+ parts before, I'm starting small to get a feel for them. So far the aerodynamics are much less frustrating!

Two of my favourite improvements summed up in one picture: 1) the new terrain shaders are great, and 2) it's easier to make spaceplanes not look like crap

Are you sure those are the correct cordinates? I just see a regular suburban street with a lot of tree coverage.

I thought the revenue is generated based on number of clicks, not number of views? Because I never clicked an ad in my life, except by mistake...

Aliens (from the first two films) are awesome, but their reproductory cycle breaks my suspension of disbelief I'm going to go with the Hanar from Mass Effect, mainly because they actually seem alien and not just like humans with four eyes/three fingers/more body hair/less body hair/a turd glued onto their foreheads.

Forgot to link this: two versions of the Cygnus resupply vehicle in 1:100. They aren't exactly works of art, as they were among the first models I made. Site with pdf files

Standing at a towering 13.5 cm, this Black Arrow model was a bit tricky to build. I spent way too much time fitting the stages together! Sorry for the sub-par lighting though, the weather is crap right now.

I landed on Laythe as the first stop of my Jool-5 mission...but forgot to include a power source for the rover -.-

Starring Lara Kroft Now we just need a bigger obstacle course...

...wow. I can't try it right away, but if there are no major bugs this is the best thing in a while

This description is a trainwreck.

Okay, thanks. I figured it out meanwhile Edit: docked the revised lander to the mothership. Cor Serpentis is now complete and awaiting crew arrival...dis gun b gud.

Quick question, do the Kerbals actually have to set foot onto the surface for it to count as a landing? The configuration of my Tylo lander makes it difficult to incorporate ladders, so does the landing still count if the crew don't actually plant a flag?

I generally start noticing slowdowns somewhere around 450-500 parts, anything over 600 lags significantly. But lowering the graphics quality? NEVAR!!one

Put my Jool-5 mothership into orbit. Now to launch and dock 3 main landers, refuel and it's off to interplanetary spaaaace!

I don't know if theological debate is allowed here...so, INB4LOCK?

Hm. Interesting question...a feather weighing half a gramm would, at 2.5 km/s relative to you, carry about 1,5 kJ of kinetic energy. Wikipedia tells me that's equivalent to 2 Magnum revolver rounds. If it hit you with the pointy end, you would probably end up with a quill-shaped hole in your body. No idea what would happen to the rest of the feather, though. If it hit with its side, there's always the possibility of blunt trauma even if no penetration occurs. (assuming we ignore spacesuits and similar contraptions, instead exposing our brave volunteer test dummy to the elements) Edit: regarding solar sails. 10 g/m^2 is a good approximation of their current area density. Let's say your body has a cross-section of 1m^2, slightly more in a spacesuit. If the impact tears, oh, let's say 2m^2 of sail area out, 50 Ns get imparted on you. For a 100kg astronaut, the resulting velocity change will be 0.5m/s^2. I frankly have no idea what to make of this. Chances are better if the material is tensile because instant velocity changes are bad for humans, and you would want to minimise your body area to, well- rip through the material like a bullet. If the sail doesn't tear, you get accelerated rather quickly and probably get your internal organs reduced to a mush that makes the recovery team vomit in the airlock. So there's that.

Well then...I got ENTJ Extravert(11%) iNtuitive(50%) Thinking(38%) Judging(1%) Which is weird because I strive to be a Perceiving type of person.

Welcome! If you have any specific questions, ask away. We are happy to help=) Also... You're ours now. MUAHAHA

The redesigned Quetzal 6 feels a lot more...Apollo-ish than its predecessor. There is always something magical about the CM reorienting and lander separation. Also, it launches on this bad boy:

M'kay, project Red Haze (the Duna/Ike expedition I teased a couple of posts...er, months ago, is flown and documented. While I sift through the images and think of a plausible backstory for it, here's another tiny probe mission for your viewing pleasure

Hmm, it kinda looks like a train...just imagine how cool it would be to participate in the 0.25 hype with a floating one =P Speaking of Laythe, my 3-man lander is finished (unless it runs into serious problems, which is almost guaranteed). Ascent stage test