New Kerbol Biome: Deep/Interstellar Space

[MattW93]

Hey everyone,

Not sure if this has been suggested yet, but when I sent my Galaxyprobe out of the Kerbol system in my most recent career mode game, I wanted to be able to do extra science being so far away from the sun. It seems no matter how far away from Kerbol I get though, the experiments only take data from "Space high over Kerbol," just the same as when I had barely left Kerbin's SOI. I would definitely like to see a new biome outside of the SOI of the sun (or maybe a certain distance outside of the Kerbol system limits), perhaps named either "deep space" or "interstellar space."

[pincushionman]

"Interstellar" would be out of scope for this game. But a biome corresponding to the Kuiper Belt or the inner scattered disc would be cool, maybe spawning "icy" versions of asteroids.

[Joonatan1998]

+1

I think Kerbol should also have pole "biomes".

(and jool also)

[Armchair Rocket Scientist]

"Interstellar" would be out of scope for this game.

Not necessarily. The Voyager probes are currently leaving the sun's Heliosphere, and are able to take various magnetic and chemical measurements of how the solar wind interacts with the interstellar medium. If their RTGs last long enough, they may be able to sample the interstellar wind directly. Kerbal spacecraft could take similar measurements of Kerbol's astrosphere. To decrease mission time, such a probe could use a jettisonable ion engine and solar panel stage that lasted until Jool's orbit, or use an NTR to make a high-dV burn as it flew past Jool.