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mvronsky

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  1. I'm using single docking ports on 4 sides (It's octagonal). Since the COM is very low for stability reasons, the airship part is detachable. The reason for this is that it bring the temporrary (airship-mdoe) COM up to the level of the docking ports. There, I have a detachable docked engine module and counterweight. My plan is to fly it out to the location using those modules, brake it midair, drop the engine and counterweight, land gently, quickly turn airship buoyancy up and release them, so that the float off. Pictures coming soon...

  2. This times a thousand. A bunch of Gilly sized bodies orbiting gas planets would be fun. Since they don't even need names (some of the real moons of Jupiter have catchy titles like S/2000 J 11), they could be procedurally generated. It would also add new challenges, since some of the bodies have inclined or even retrograde orbits.

    That would be cool.

    You could possibly have to observe them first to target them or see your altitude, or you could just do it on the fly with no measurements. I find landing on low gravity planets ridiculously fun...

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