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R E A L I S M O V E R H A U L Intention: Realism Overhaul is a mod that makes Kerbal Space Program behave more like real life. If you're interested in seeing what it's like to fly rockets in the real world, this is the mod for you! Realism Overhaul does this by combining and configuring other mods, and mod and stock parts to perform as their real-life equivalents. You can expect things to be a little harder, and rockets to be a bit bigger, but the scenes far more epic, and the accomplishment that much greater. Some of the most signfiicant changes include: Engines have real sizes and performance values, and use real fuels. Most of them have limited ignitions and suffer from ullage. Pods are as large as their real-life counterparts and weigh what they should. Propellant tanks have correct dry mass ratios. Solar panels don't produce massive amounts of energy, but they are lighter. Similarly reaction wheels aren't magically powerful anymore (though they still don't require momentum dumping). _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Contributors to Realism Overhaul: A1Ch1, Raidernick, james3838, camlost, JandCandO, Sarbian, marcelocoelhorodrigues, NathanKell, hattivat, batuhan, Ravenchant, bax-, advice-dawgg, jean400, RedAV8R, jedi95, MedievalNerd, regex, Felger, Temeter, Replica17, veskenapper, ferram4, leudaimon, BevolJ, RezzyD, Agathorn, TheKosmonaut, TheVoid2, Theysen, Phredward, ChrisPBacon, Kibbick, Niemand303, AlimOncul, AjentK, pjf, rocketscience, John-Long-Silver, doktorjet, Ippo343, Dragon01, Probus, BryceSchroeder, Bsd0, asmi, Starman4308, stratochief66, StupidChris, OvidHamburg, awang, winged, rsparkyc, PhineasFreak, Zarbizaure, JoseEduardo, ctiberious, SirKeplan, Schnobs, pap1723, ec429, assassinacc, AntiClockwisePropeller, AlphaMike741, olympic1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ RealismOverhaul Wiki P Installation In the current state of the mod's development and future, accurate and proofed-to-be-working installation instructions can be found here: Installation Guide You can ignore the RP-1 part later on that page, if you do not intend to play a career mode. Support No support is granted without providing logs and easy to follow reproduction steps. Also make sure to drop by the official discord server where active users can provide help! https://discord.gg/ZGbR6nv Legacy / Manual Installation (expand) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ D O W N L O A D (1.10) Source Changelog _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Career Mode - Realistic Progression One: If you are interested to take Realism Overhaul to a whole different level of playing KSP, you might be interested in the accompanying suite of mods. It integrates a completely new career system tailored for an early realistic space race and spreading into the modern ages - all at your own imagination and approach. The working installation instructions can be found on the GitHub wiki page. This mod was created by NathanKell and RedAV8R, Contributions by many others. If you were missed in the contributors list at the top of the post, PM Theysen and he'll add you).

Yet another (Down Under) RP1/RSS/RO Playthrough, this time based in Meanjin (Brisbane) on the Australia East Coast. Key Goals Get off the Launchpad Complete Suborbital Science and X-Planes Try to make almost every launch a progression (No repeat missions until full rewards to grind Confidence / Rep, so can only do one "Intermediate" mission before tackling next "Difficult" versions) Get To Orbit Stretch Goals (Please offer suggestions) Complete Light Satellites Open a new Cape York Launch Complex for Geostationary Operations Custom leaders representing Australian and Aboriginal leaders taking the reins Key Challenges I haven't managed this before RP1/RO is Hard and can be grindy Meanjin isn't that much closer to the equator than Woomera (Australian geography is a bit... Weird. Perth is further north than Sydney? Thanks, Mercator Projection!) Mod List: Custom Space Centre (From LaunchSites.cfg) - Also need to do localisations (Still fine-tuning the launch site. Until recently it has been on a bit of a slope, so although the end of the runway is on the ground, the VAB floats above a pond. Slowly moving eastward to try and avoid this, and have re-oriented the runwayto face East properly) Additional configuration Modifications:

Announcing the 0.1.0 alpha release of Simple Procedural Engines. Aerobees too small for you? F-1 slightly too big? Agena more thrust than you need? Then have we got solutions for you! S. P. Engine allows you to create procedural engines from several real-world-inspired families, by setting the thrust and ignition count within the supported range. After tooling a design, you can follow its upgrade path as you unlock further techs, saving many many funds as compared to a brand new design. S. P. Engine is built for use with the Realism Overhaul suite of mods, and in particular has a hard requirement for RealFuels. (That's why I'm releasing for 1.3.1 rather than something more recent; the various Realism mods are still back there.) Currently supported engine families (with mnemonics): A: (Aggregat) Ethanol/LOx booster. B: (Bees) Small aniline/furfuryl/nitric acid sustainer. D: (Delta) Pressure-fed hydrazine/nitric acid upper stage. F: (F-1) Huge kerosene/LOx booster. G: (aGena) Pump-fed hydrazine/nitric acid upper stage. J: (J-2) Large hydrolox upper stage (and later aerospike sustainer). K: Kerosene/LOx booster up to about 1MN thrust. (Like LR79, H-1 and Merlin1.) L: (Lr105) Kerosene/LOx sustainer. Matches nicely with K-class to make Atlas-style stage-and-a-half. M: (M-1) Massive hydrolox upper stage (later also sea-level). Q: Small, throttleable hydrolox upper stage engine. (Like throttling RL10s developed for Lunex.) R: (Rl10) Small hydrolox upper stage engine. S: Small staged-combustion kerosene/LOx upper stage. (Like S1.5400/11D33/RD-58 family.) Several more are planned. Read this far? Download S.P.Engine 0.1.0 and give it a try!

Ive noticed that the hollow interstage stock part used to make the aerobee interstage, the baby sergeant couplings, and now the atlas decoupler have gone missing from the VAB, though i can and have researched them. I only added extra mods to RP1 that are compatible according to the wiki, though i noticed the baby sergeants missing before i added those mods, any ideas why? Cheers

Imagine WW2 never happened, imagine that the Dutch would have developed a far better relationship with their colonies than that did in our universe. Perhaps rather than consistently marrying Germans, the royal family would marry Indonesian royalty, and rather than speaking of the Dutch-Indies, the economic scale would speak of the Indo-Dutch. Regardless, the world is a different place and we find ourselves in 1951 as we start a new playthrough in the north of the Netherlands as we try to avoid the US and USSR tech lines as much as we can since I've already done playthrough with these. Episode 1: Fresh beginnings In this episode, we launch several V2-derived rockets from our new launch complex at Texel Island and discover that film and parachutes do not work well together. Epsiode 2: Bio-breaks In this second episode the Dutch stretch the performance of the V2 and manage to send a hamster to space. It's about bio experiments and many things break, hence the name Episode 3: Orbit In this episode, we finally make it to orbit finish our Kerbal Konstructs work at Texel Island, and finally get our downrange contracts done. Big thanks to @seyMonsters as we are using a lot of his engines. Go check out his work in "a very British space program". I have taken some inspiration and am making configs from the Delft Sparrow project but that will come much later. Episode 4: A Plane Escape Our finances look grim and we take the program we didn’t want to take: planes! Over more than 20 flights we get our space program back on track, but it will rack the nerves and your bandwidth. We'll call it a plane escape. Skip to the end if you just want to see the last rocket of the year and learn why it is called the “Van Speijk” class. Episode 5: Space Planes In this episode, we continue our exploration of low earth orbit with the IRAS program which has a real-life Dutch analogy. We explore the story of the heen-en-weerwolf and return our hamster from orbit. And we have the first woman passing the Karman line. Episode 6: Look at you In this episode, we play with orbital cameras and deploy our first Nautical Navigation Constellation. We continue our search for high-radiation particles and optimize our current fleet of rockets. Episode 7: constellations Comm Sats and spy eh weather satellites are the main topics for this episode. Finally, we have good coverage in LEO! and we scour a lot of science. Stick to the end, because we give a peek view at the new launch complex in the Molukken called Surya base! Episode 8: hello neighbour As we wrap up the Earth observation satellite program, we launch an orbital perbutation experiment and then start sending the Chandra probes towards the moon. By the end of the episode, the Moon has a new satellite. Episode 9: Manned Orbit We complete our communication network in LEO, and have a flyby of Venus, in 2 days! After the US and put the first woman in space despite major issues with our ascent guidance computer. Episode 10: Evolved In this episode, we start with the European Space Agency (ESA) and soft land on the moon. We also show off the new volumetric clouds and HUD replacer changes. Episode 11: Moon cheese Our new European Space Agency (ESA) wastes no time and sends 8 probes to the moon to discover its composition. Half of them soft land on the moon, the other half.. Hugens 4 becomes the first probe to orbit another planet and we start mapping the surface of the moon. Episode 12: Firsts We turn back to Texel where we launch the next-generation spacecraft that can carry 2 astronauts. We have the first spacewalk, rendezvous, and a tedious and difficult first docking. Episode 13: Fly me to the moon In this episode, we land rovers on the moon, but that doesn't turn out as expected. The Dutch put up a prototype space station, man and resupply it and we see two attempts to do a manned lunar flyby as well as an unexpected lunar lander. Episode 14: Lunar manned orbit In this episode, we put the first astronauts in an orbit around the moon, spacewalk with a tether, and add the first international module to our space station: jita kyōei. We also have yet another failed rover, but a successful test of our little lander. Episode 15: First on the moon In this episode, we become the first to put a human on the moon, using a launcher that can only bring 20t to LEO. This mission could have gone wrong on so many levels! The docking fails, ladder shenanigans, we forget to stage the drop tank of the lander, and some advanced parkour when our astronaut runs into major problems but then thinks of Newton's first law. Episode 16: International spacestations After deorbiting our first space station it is time for a fresh one, a bigger one, a better one, a more collaborative one! We will see an unexpected new arrival, upgrades at the lunar gateway, and finally working rovers. That and a secret launch for the Dutch military. Episode 17: back to the moon After our collaboration with the Soviets in Spacestation Alpha, it is time to get our focus back on the moon with JAXA and NASA playing a pivotal role in this episode. We also launch a probe to Jupiter, and test a new spacecraft that has some suspicious activity in polar orbit.

using the aron-100

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Here's a graphical recording of my first RSS/RO/RP-1 play through, mainly as a record of my mistakes so I won't repeat them. Phase one: "I love the smell of RP-1 in the morning" Early sounding rockets. The Stratos Series was initially launched from Lelystad, the Netherlands until I discovered that it has no radio coverage. At Madrid it worked a bit better but only from 3km up. I decided to start over in Kourou.

This story takes place in an alternate timeline. One where the American Civil War never occurred, and the United States Supreme Court never heard Texas v. White in December 1868. This (if I'm correct) makes a state's secession legal. So I've decided to have my home state secede, thus creating an alternate timeline. Then, I had my newly independent state create it's own space agency. This is the imagining of what it might be like. And just to be clear: WASHINGTON STATE, not WASHINGTON, D.C.. I'm not here to argue about the politics of all of this, and I most certainly don't want a moderator involved in it. Questions and comments are open. Note: The spoilers below contain some important notes that will be of interest to readers. Reading them is not mandatory, though. I have no control over that. The Washington Air National Guard is the aerial service branch of the Republic of Washington’s military. It is, along with the Washington Army National Guard and the Washington Naval Militia, a component of the Washington National Guard. It was formed on August 6, 1924 as a state militia, becoming a dual state-federal reserve force in 1933 until 1937. As of 1951, they are headquartered at Camp Murray near Tacoma in the State of Pierce. The Washington National Space Agency is an independent agency of the Washington federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. It was established by the Washington National Space Agency Act 1950 in the Washington Legislature. As of 1951, they are headquartered in Olympia in the State of Thurston with primary operations out of McChord Air National Guard Station in Tacoma, in the State of Pierce. Some notes should be read before anyone starts reading or following the series. Some of them are lengthier than others. It is not required to read the notes, just heavily suggested. The chapter begins here. PRESIDENT OF WASHINGTON: Arthur B. Langlie (R) CHIEF OF STAFF, WASHINGTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD: General George S. Payne ADMINISTRATOR, WASHINGTON NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY: Richard Simons AIR NATIONAL GUARD LIAISON, WASHINGTON NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY: Major General Wallace Seaver DIRECTOR, MANNED SPACEFLIGHT CENTER: David Heath DIRECTOR, MCCHORD LAUNCH STATION: Alexander “Alex” Turner Prologue Washington Capitol, Olympia, November 14th, 1950 Richard Simons strolled into the conference room and set down his briefcase on a vacant chair at the head of the table, and had his aide hand out the materials to the collective of Senators and Representatives sitting in the room, facing him expectantly. Outside the grand windows, it was raining persistently. Rain was extremely common in this part of North America during the non-summer months. Rather depressingly so. But summers were getting hotter and hotter, and wildfires more and more frequent and more and more severe. “Well, Senators. Representatives. My name is Richard Simons, and I have an exciting proposal for you all: a space program!” Everyone in the room promptly scoffed. Space programs? They had more important things to deal with, like national defense, and the economy. They had just seceded from one of the world's largest superpowers, after all, nevermind that it’s been thirteen years. Space wasn’t exactly on their minds. Two Senators straight up left the room. “Gentlemen, the Soviets and the Americans have been playing around with suborbital flights for several years now. Ever since the end of the War, the United States has sent up not one, not two, and no, not three, but four rockets! None of them ever stayed up there, of course, but that doesn’t matter at the moment. We don’t even have the technology to put natural satellites in orbit yet, but it’s something we’re discussing.” Senator Michaels spoke up. “You’re damn right we don’t, mister. We should be focusing on more important issues, Mr. Simons. National defense. The economy. Public utilities.” “Please, Senator, we’ve gotten that taken care of. It’s been thirteen years.” Mr. Simons was, of course, referring to Washington’s secession from the United States on November 11, 1937. “And three days. But these issues are still important to the public. They won’t like it if we waste funds that could better be spent elsewhere on a space program.” “Do you even have a proposed launch center?” This time, it was Representative Russell MacDougal. “We’ve narrowed it down to two possible locations: Camp Murray, and Camp Harmony.” “Camp Harmony? That’s in Puyallup, Mr. Simons. Puyallup’s a town of ten thousand people in my district. People who want nothing to do with your waste of resources.” “I know. When the Japanese were held at Camp Harmony during the War, it supported a population of 7,390 Americans of Japanese descent from across Western Washington and Alaska starting in May 1942. We’ll have barracks, with 50 square feet of space per individual and one small window, a single electrical socket, and a wood stove. These can support our staffers and astronauts. Several mess halls, laundry facilities, and latrines are also present at the Camp Harmony facility. A one-hundred-bed hospital was built in Area D, as well, and existing facilities from before Camp Harmony was established were used by the Army as administration offices and community centers. The place is chock full of workshops.” “And what if something happens? An explosion, say?” “That’s the tricky part. See, all the buildings at Camp Harmony are made of wood. It’s a fairgrounds and a concentration camp, both of which are temporary and meant to be taken down, so what better material to use than wood for that, am I right, gentlemen?” “That doesn’t answer my question, Mr. Simons.” “Ah, yes, I was getting to that. We’ll need one launchpad—” “Launchpad?!” “Yes, launchpad. Don’t worry, only a small one. For now. We won’t be able to do much beyond sounding rockets. Tiny little things. But as I was saying, we’d need a launchpad located fairly far away from the wooden buildings, at least until they are renovated, because any explosion would mean bad news.” Representative MacDougal grunted in dissatisfaction at the thought. “Mmm… I don’t sense anything good coming of an explosion at Camp Harmony. But you said something about astronauts earlier, Mr. Simons, did you not?” “Yes, I did. I must admit that’s more of a pipe dream at the moment, but those astronauts will need somewhere to sleep before missions, and Camp Harmony still has its buildings from the war.” “Why not use Camp Murray? You know, the National Guard—” “—I know what Camp Murray is, Representative. I mean, yes, it will provide essentially ‘free’ security because it’s already a National Guard station and it has sentries. But the truth is, Camp Murray is near an area too densely populated for our tastes.” “What about the McChord Air National Guard Station? Puyallup can’t be the only option… Can it?” “McChord does have a railroad line, that is an advantage, I must admit. McChord would also have this ‘free’ security given to us. But rockets would be flying over 12 miles of populated area. Rockets launched from Puyallup would only fly over 7 miles of populated area, and wouldn’t encounter any settlements beyond farming towns of 100 people at most, thinly spread, until Spokane, at which point it would be well high enough to not pose a significant danger. Not to Spokane, at least.7” Representative MacDougal considered this a moment, then started quietly discussing with his peers. “We’ll give you McChord. It has the railroad so you can order and ship supplies in. Besides, looking at this folder here,” MacDougal said, flipping through it to the AVIATION PROGRAM page, “you look like you want to deal with airplanes, too. McChord has a runway, Camp Harmony doesn’t.” There was a long pause. Nobody said anything. Nobody moved. “Take it or leave it, son. Final offer.” “That’s true, Camp Harmony doesn’t have a runway...” Another pause. “McChord it is, then, Representative,” Simons said as he closed his folder. Administrator Simons and Representative MacDougal stood up and each leaned over the table, giving each other a thorough handshake. The deal was done. Chapter 1: Ad Astra McChord Air National Guard Station, Tacoma, September 6th, 1951 | Program: Tiny Delta | Program Launches: 3 | Total Launches: 3 By February 9th, 1951, Launch Complex 1 had been completed at the Washington Air National Guard’s McChord Air National Guard Station, formerly belonging to the United States Army Air Corps before Washington’s 1937 secession. Launch Complex 1 was built only to support a rocket 16 feet1 in diameter and 32 feet2 in height. The Tiny Delta was the first ever sounding rocket designed and developed in Washington, being an offshoot of the Delta program that was started by a partnership between the 10th Civil Support Team of the Washington Army National Guard and the University of Washington up in Seattle. The ultimate goal of the program was to develop a military ballistic missile, but the Military Department had permitted the Washington National Space Agency to use 10 Tiny Delta rockets per year, just as long as the Army Guard got to keep an extra 20 for their own use. The Washington National Space Agency agreed to this arrangement. It was not ideal, but it was better than nothing. It was composed of two stages: a kick stage, composed of the Tiny Sergeant booster to get it up in the air, and the Tiny Delta missile itself was powered by a leftover Aerobee engine. As there weren’t many in Washington, and since neither the United States nor the Aerojet Corporation was going to provide them to Washington’s space program, the University of Washington was working on a similar engine to replace the Aerobee when the supply ran out, and it would. Fairly quickly, too. The Tiny Delta booster lifted off from the pad with the Tiny Tim booster doing most of the work. Unfortunately, the Aerobee engine failed to ignite, causing it to reach less than 3,900 feet3 in altitude, crashing back down after just a 32-second flight. Another Tiny Delta booster lifted off from the pad on January 23rd, 1952, and was much more successful. The Tiny Tim engine and the Aerobee engine ignited at the same time, and clean separation occurred at T+00:00:03. The Tiny Delta upper stage went on to achieve an altitude of about 20,500 feet4 before it started arcing back towards the southeast. Engine shutoff occurred at T+00:01:05, and power ran out at T+00:01:22. Another Tiny Delta booster arrived at McChord by steam train on June 3rd, 1952. Liftoff occurred at 12:29:23 p.m. local time with the rocket tilted in a southerly direction. After a roughly 1 minute, 30-second flight, the second Tiny Delta crashed into a patchy forest, sparking a blaze. East Pierce Fire and Rescue were called to the scene and swiftly put out the fire after eight hours of hard work. Nobody was injured in the crash and only an abandoned cabin was threatened by the fire, but was ultimately saved. The Tiny Delta program was closed after lots of hard work by the engineers involved. Administrator Richard Simons announced that the agency would instead be focusing on the M-1 missile, and publicly announced the goal of reaching the upper atmosphere by 1956, and outer space by 1958. Administrator Simons also announced that the agency would begin working on aviation no later than 1959. Chapter 1 Appendix 1 16 meters (rounded) 2 10 meters (rounded) 3 1,050 meters (rounded) 4 6,250 meters (rounded)

prolemasses (NASA's Waterloo): The Japanese economy, which had been the second largest in the world, crashed in late 1991. The popping of the bubble would lead to a rapid decline in the Japanese economy, and would lead to the 90s being referred to as “the lost decade” in Japan. As a result of harsh economic realities, to save money, the Japanese space program's budget would be slashed. Part of this involved shelving the manned spacecraft, and delaying Hayabusa [a cargo vessel in this timeline]. NASDA would be put through the ringer, jumping through hoops to keep the program afloat. TimothyC (Boldly Going): The economic impacts of the Japanese bubble in the 1980s have taken decades to shake out [in our timeline], and would generally do the same here. In short, even with an earlier station capability, we the authors have serious doubts that NASDA/JAXA will do anything substantively different than they did [in our timeline]. e of p (Eyes Turned Skyward): ...after almost a decade of dreams shattered by the unexpected financial upset which had broken the Japanese economy, JAXA was becoming more comfortable making its plans based on following where the US was willing to lead. In response to the Japanese economy and space program losing its ambitions in almost every modern alternate timeline, an alien space bat decided to give the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) an unlimited budget and resources for space development. The agency thus became known as JAXA+. The early 2020s saw the debut of the H-Z, a super-heavy launch vehicle capable of carrying 285-485 tonnes to low Earth orbit or 75-150 tonnes to the Moon or an escape trajectory, surpassing rockets such as SLS or Starship. This rocket would enable single-launch space stations and lunar bases, as well as the construction of massive crewed interplanetary missions. It was designated "Z" as it was the ultimate letter. H-Z is an upscaled version of their previous H3 and H-IIA/B rockets, following the pattern of a core stage + upper stage fueled by liquid hydrogen/oxygen, which is surrounded by 2 or 4 monolithic solid rocket boosters. This time, JAXA+ borrowed decades-old plans by Aerojet for the M-1 and AJ-260, the largest liquid and solid rocket engines ever tested. The H-Z first stage uses nine M-1s (manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as the "LE-Z") on the first stage and zero to four AJ-260 boosters (renamed "SRB-Z" and built by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries), with one vacuum-optimized LE-Z on the second stage. (Starship render by The Everyday Astronaut) Launch of VEP-Z (Vehicle Evaluation Payload) from Tanegashima Space Center

I have seen mission reports here that detail the histories of space programs, and so I have been inspired by them to put my own scenario to paper, or keyboard I guess... introducing... The History of a Three-Way Space Race ~~~The Beginning~~~ This Earth in 1940 is split between 3 Superpowers; Kiwet, Copernia, and Sunda. The world has entered a "cold war," driven by the recent invention of Nuclear Weapons, which if used in a full-scale war would cause untold damage. In 1942, Kiwet started a secret program to develop rocket technology that could enable the delivery of nuclear bombs to locations halfway around the world faster than any other method. This program to develop ICBMs would reach a big milestone in 1945 with the maiden flight of the Icarus V rocket. The Icarus V sits on the pad in White Sands awaiting launch Icarus V launchs, the launch clamps unclamp The Icarus V crosses the Karman Line, becoming the first artificial object to enter space The flight of the Icarus V would last less than an hour, ending with it re-entering the atmosphere burning and crashing about 100 km downrange, However, Kiwet's ICBM program isn't as secret as they would hope, as it is infiltrated by spies from both Copernia and Sunda, through espionage, the plans for the Icarus V and other rockets make it way to the other Superpowers, sparking their own rocket programs, and seeding the space race. After many years, the first succesful ICBM would be assembled onto the launch pad in 1951

The first systematic approach at solar system expansion using KSP as a simulator. projekt inspiRE will release soon™; featuring soundbites from Isaac Arthur, nuclear expansion and tension, and advanced propulsion concepts/technologies. Featuring Artemis III (2022 version) and other NASA concepts; from the return to the moon to the settling of post-humans on Proxima Centauri b. Beginning in the summer of 2020, this project was conceptualized, and since then, has gone through 5 major revisions. Throughout those revisions, realism has been added and the goals of the project have been refined: this project features full RSS/RO (Real Solar System and Realism Overhaul). Not only are future propulsion concepts realized, but also future power sources and the ways to manage their heat are explored in depth. Thanks to publicly available NASA presentations and the Atomic Rockets website by Winchell Chung, nearly two years of research was compiled into the project. Obviously, presenting all this research only scratches the surface of what I’ve covered, so I encourage you to explore the websites below. Atomic Rockets - http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/ NASA Artemis - https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram As of November 28, 2022, the project is still in development as I wait for an update to the EVE volumetrics and as finals comes crunching down. I plan on using this thread to talk a little about the research I've been doing in the past year and why I am doing this project instead of being 100% sane (lol). The amount of work I have put into this project shows when some of the scenes blur the lines between reality and simulation; the storyboard Word doc has over 8,000 words and I'm not finished. I'm using this thread to both 1.) make myself accountable and finish the thing already, and 2.) showcase what I have already made to the community without spoiling the project. Trailer has already dropped:

A Brand New Series… Part Tutorial, Part Let’s Play, it is A Very Basic Space Program

UPDATE ON MOD'S STATUS 20/07/24 I do not really have any incentive to develop this mod anymore as I would like to focus on other projects. For anyone looking for a mod that adds similar content, I highly recommend RSS-Origin by Charon_S. It adds a lot of the same content but at a significantly higher level of detail and fidelity and is also highly compatible with other content. Thank you so much for the support I've had for this mod over the years!!! Hi there, and welcome to the Real Enhancements development thread. This mod aims to continue and expand pozine and imkSushi's Real Solar System Expanded mod. I plan to incorperate and restore the majority of objects in the mod My aim is to create a modular experience, so people can download packages based on their interests and their ability. I know this seems ambitious (especially RealStars, that one is going to take a while) RESPOSITORY LINK (outdated): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oCeqlZ4fBs6TNvnN0R57TMqhKbSBVzzO?usp=sharing Github: https://github.com/AR3S-Vega/RealExpansion/releases It is recommended to install RealPatch to fix inclinations, other wise the inclinations of newer objects will be broken Discord Server (because Kopernicus won't give me a channel): https://discord.gg/pWfYbfm Requires: Kopernicus ModuleManager ModularFlightIntegrator RealSolarSystem Skybox requires TextureReplacer Catalog: As i said i wanted the mod to be modular, and you will be able to download each package individually. So if you are less experienced with RSS/RO you can download the NEO package, and if you want a challenge you could download Stars or ExtremeTransNeptunian objects Things i want to add (yeah i stole this image from imkSushi's thread) Current Status: Abandoned Credits: Me ("Our Benefactors") for doing something @Xurkitree for help with Kopernicus and RealAftermath @Noah the Smol and @GurrenLagannCWP (if I have the right accounts :P, most of the discussions have been done on discord) for working on RealHypotheticals pozine for making RSS Expanded in the first place imkSushi for restoring RSS Expanded NathanKell for Real Solar System AndrewDraws for RealExoplanets Gregrox for letting me use his sunflare TSMP for Kopernicus Squad for KSP imkSushi's old thread: pozine's old thread: This mod is licensed by the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

KSP: Latest - OS: Linux Mint Problem: Game crashes when i decouple, no clue whats causing it, but its not an issue without mods,. Mods installed: Realistic Progression + Recommended CKAN Mods (.ckan file included with the logs) Reproduction steps: when i decouple the two decouplers my game just exits. I've included the log file, save file and .ckan mod list for you all. Log: <link>https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18qLFoulDWnTaLFHhwWVwz0ytxeXfI4x-?usp=sharing

BenjisHardwiredLogic Version: 2.1.0 Dependencies: ModuleManager.4.2.3.dll Download: Github - Spacedock - Sourcecode Installation: Simply drag the folder BenjisHardwiredLogic into your GameData folder. Description: Benjis Hardwired Logic… ...is a set of tools to predefine staging actions in your rocket. Launch Clamps can release after a given time (whenever you think the engine is spooled up). Fairings can automatically be jettisoned at a given altitude. RCS and Decoupler can be activated at a set time after launch or prior to reaching Apside. Engines can ignite at a set time after launch or prior to reaching Apside. An engine can also be cut when a set Apside is reached. An Apoogee Kick Motor can either Burn-Out, Circularize or Cut-Off at a set Apside. On-Screen appearing messages for all events can be turned on / off (in VAB and Flight). Check out the awesome flowchart in the pdf provided.

Merry (almost) Christmas! I decided to quickly throw together a mission to Neptune! I was thinking of doing this mission for a while, but I decided to grind it out and get it out by Christmas, so here we are. Enjoy!

I've installed Realism Overhaul for a couple of days.I found that the torque of 'small inline reaction wheel(0.625m)' is awfully small,which is only 0.0001. In comparison,the torque of 'advanced inline stabilizer(1.25m)' is 1,and the torque of 'advanced reaction wheel module,large(2.5m)' is 10 Checking others' post,I found that the torque of the 0.625m reaction wheel in RO should be 0.1. Is that a bug,or a intended torque setting?

After a couple days of research and understanding the Real Solar System files, I've finally figured out how to change the date in RSS DateTimeFormatter. It's not too complicated and just takes a few minutes. The first thing you need to do is go into your Kerbal Space Program file (with your GameData and whatnot) and type into your file explorer's search bar, "persistent.sfs". Depending on how many saved games you already have, there will be the same number of these "persistent" files. Choose any because what this will do is going to affect all your saved games (if you don't want your other games to have a different date, take them out of the KSP saves folder). Once the .sfs file is opened, you need to scroll down until you see "UT" which itself is under "FLIGHTSTATE". Next to UT is a set of numbers. For those that don't understand what these numbers mean, they represent the number of seconds since the start of the game. This is what you need to change to have the save game set to a different date. Now you must figure out the number to replace the current one. Go to this website and, depending if your desired is before or after, put 1/1/1951 (the default date in Real Solar System) in Start Date or End Date. Then put the desired date in the opposite date section. For an example, I will use the beginning of 1942 as the replacement date. Click Calculate Duration and look for the large bolded text saying the number of days in between (3,287 days as per the example year). Now it's time for some quick maths. Multiply the number of days by 4 (as Kerbin days are 1/4 of an Earth day) then multiply that number by 6 and multiply again by 3,600 (found that out here). You now have your replacement number. Go back to your persistent.sfs file and delete the number already in UT and type in the new calculated number (of course not with commas). If your wanted date comes before 1/1/1951, then put a dash in front of it to make it a negative number. When done, save the file and close out of it. There you go. But before you go back in the game, there's one more thing you will need to do. What this is going to do will just make the planets and moons correctly aligned accurately according to the new date. Go into the Real Solar System file that you have in GameData and look for "RSSKopernicusSettings.cfg". Within it, scroll down (but not really because it's close to the top) until you see "Epoch". It will also have a set of numbers next to it. Epoch, in astronomical terms, is a fixed date that is relative to planetary/stellar measurements. The number you will see (-31542641.784) is the epoch for midnight, January 1, 1951. You need to replace this epoch with another that is accurate to your new in-game date. Use this website to find the epoch by typing in the date that you had replace the default earlier (just type in 12:00 A.M. for the time and keep it at GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) as that it the time zone RSS uses) and clicking Human Date to Timestamp. Your epoch replacement (-883612800 for the 1942 example) will be next to Epoch Timestamp. Copy the number (if it has a dash to make it a negative number, keep this) and go back to RSSKopernicusSettings.cfg. Select the epoch number and then paste (Ctrl and V at the same time) to replace it while also deleting it at the same time. Save the .cfg file and close out of it. You've now fully completed the new in-game RSS DateTimeFormatter date. Go to your KSP save game that has the changed date and you can see now that the date is, in fact, changed. Head into the Tracking Station and look to see the different planet alignments. Unless you have a clever eye, and you probably won't be able to tell anyway, but the planets really have moved since you changed the epoch.

Hi there! I've visited the Moon and Mars in RSS/RO. Tell me how was the video:) Also please subscribe to my channel for more videos

Right, so I can't get any engine plumes in my modded KSP 1.2 install which I have kept for realism overhaul with real solar system. So basically, there's no engine smoke/exhaust or plume and that's pretty much it. I hope someone can guide me on what I need to make them work. I first had RealPlume put in my Gamedata folder and then I tried putting the realplume configs in the Realism Overhaul folder into the Gamedata folder itself with no luck. Also I do have smokescreen installed and I have also tried keeping the RealPlume_stockconfig something folder in Gamedata as well. I would really appreciate if someone could tell me exactly which folders I need and where for this to work as I'm really confused. Feel free to ask me for any ingame screenshots or my Gamedata directory if you need to. EDIT: its version 1.1.3, not 1.2

Introduction The Space Shuttle was the first orbital spacecraft designed to be reused, and allowed routine access to spaceflight at a low price. Unfortunately after 2 tragic disasters and mismanagement it never seemed to be that way, and many feel it did not live up to all its original goals. Using Kerbal Space Program's Real Solar System mod and obeying the real Shuttles capabilities, I would like to showcase a different path, through an alternate history where the Space Shuttle is utilized to its true potential. Some of you who are familiar with the Shuttles history may recognize some real-world additions in this timeline, and if they have been adjusted. I hope that you enjoy this showcase and that it might entertain or educate some readers about lesser known parts of the Space Shuttles long history. Mission reports will be in Imgur albums and are dependent on my schedule but I will try to get at least two out every week Background This KSP save using Realistic Progression 1 started out in the 1950s with experimental aircraft and suborbital science rockets. The launch history has mostly followed real world history, running through the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab programs. Over 150 unmanned U.S. satellite launches have been recreated, and highlights of noteworthy missions will be included in a bonus mention at the end of each Shuttle mission report. Mods The entire mod list is quite long although can be installed easily using CKAN. Below is the mods important to the Space Shuttle, with the entire list in the hidden section Shuttle Orbiter Construction Kit reDIRECT Photon Corp. And of course, Real Solar System and Realism Overhaul Credit This project of mine has been in the works for more than 4 months before posting, and everything in it would not have been possible without the work of the creators of all the mods listed above, and the entire RSS/RO/RP-1 team Special thanks to @Stonesmile for help with getting the awesome Shuttle by @benjee10 into RSS More to come

Welcome to this new post, in wich i am gonna narrate the troubles and discoveries of a new worldwide space agency, formed after WW2, wich combines USA, USSR and Europe technologies, in their objective to explore space "in peace for all mankind": they are the International Space Agency, the ISA. Obviusly all in RSS RO RP1.

After months of planning, filming, and editing, it's finally here - Project Andoria! Embark on the largest cinematic video I've ever made.

MARCH 2 ORBIT | Episode 01 | KSP RSS/RO/RP-1