Jay_Em Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I feel that atmospheres will make landings far easier. Parachute-assisted powered descents seem trivial, from my experimenting on Kerbin... the chutes hold you in a proper attitude and you only need to burn to keep your decent-rate down to a safe level. You sacrifice some precision on picking your exact touchdown point, but unless you are trying to set down right next to a specific object it's no big deal. And you save a lot of propellant.This is a good point. Although you'll need two sets of parachutes for landing back on Kerbin.I remember reading something about .18 having another 3 or 4 planets. Is this correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauge Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 This is a good point. Although you'll need two sets of parachutes for landing back on Kerbin.I remember reading something about .18 having another 3 or 4 planets. Is this correct?I've heard discussion to the effect that they want to make the Kerbol system an analogue of the Sol system. But I don't recall actually seeing anything from the devs. In any event, I don't think much more planetary work will be done in .18, other than the polish that Nova mentioned that Moho needs. However, I don't think that even Squad really knows what they want in .18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfree97 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I remember reading something about .18 having another 3 or 4 planets. Is this correct?Here's one I made earlierHowever, I don't think that even Squad really knows what they want in .18.inb4 someone says 'docking' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboRay Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 This is a good point. Although you'll need two sets of parachutes for landing back on Kerbin.Yes, you will. My experimental Duna lander has a single parachute at the top of the ASAS "tower" on the command capsule's nose which I open first to stabilize the craft in a nose-up attitude, then several more chutes (on top of the 1m fuel-tank "outriggers" that also mount the landing legs) that I open in the next stage to provide a slower descent. I can burn the engine at this point to bring the descent-rate down lower, if needed. The landing parachutes are discarded on touchdown, so they don't interfere with the take-off. There is another single parachute on the capsule (tucked away under the ASAS decoupler) in the final stage, if by some miracle I can get the crew home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxcvb55 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Here's one I made earlierIf the Kerbal solar system is going to be analogous to ours shouldn't the asteroid belt be between Jool and Duna? Or has it been confirmed it'll go after Jool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfree97 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 (edited) Confirmed by Nova it's after Jool I think. He made a post which I based that off of, I probably couldn't find it myself, it was something like0.17- Moho, lava planet- Eve, Venus analog-- Gilly, tiny captured asteroid moon- Kerbin-- Mún-- Minmus- DesertPlanet-- Large rocky moon- Gas Planet 1, green-- water moon-- rock moon-- icy moon-- asteroid moonFuture updates:- Asteroid belt- Gas Giant 2, rings-- ringed moon-- moons- Gas Giant 3-- moons- Tiny ice planet-- Tiny ice moon- Gas Giant 4-- moonsPersonally I'm more excited for the outer solar system. I like the feeling of remoteness it has, even though it's not actually that far from home. My favourite planet is actually Neptune so I think I might have to establish a base around the furthest-out gas planet. For now, though, I think Duna is my first target Edited September 18, 2012 by dragonfree97 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koschei Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I think the asteroid belt will go between Duna and Jool just because of the great distance between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deel Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 If there will be gas giants , i can't wait to EVA around its orbit lolBut who am i kidding , i havent even tried to get to minmus yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elven_sword Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 (edited) I'd like that, seeing asteroids fly by while on Duna.EDIT: maybe a future weather effect for duna, asteroids burning up in the atmosphere? Edited September 18, 2012 by Elven_sword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadownailshot Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I'd like that, seeing asteroids fly by while on Duna.They wouldn't be close enough to see. Unless the put Duna in the asteroid belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekku Zakku Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Now THAT would be interesting! XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfree97 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 They wouldn't be close enough to see. Unless the put Duna in the asteroid belt.Even then there'd be very few - asteroids are very small and very far between so you'd only see the bigger ones from Duna unless they came very close, at which point they could be in danger with either collision with Duna or with Ike, and even then only very rarely would you see them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdDoThat Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I'm not crazy about the idea of having the Kerbol System so closely match the Solar System... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt'n Skunky Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I'm not crazy about the idea of having the Kerbol System so closely match the Solar System...It helps to lessen the learning curve if the system is similar to our own. It's not going to be exactly the same, Kerbin has two moons, but the idea is that if it's closer to what people already know, it's easier for them to learn other things.Cheers!Capt'n SkunkyKSP Community Manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NannerManCan Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Here's one I made earlierinb4 someone says 'docking'Just so you know Gilly is going to be the smallest object in the solar system (atleast for this update) only 26 km in diameter. I also heard bop (Jool's smallest moon) is actually slightly bigger than minmus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilotionCR2 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Okay, because everyone is freaking out about it, here are the stats for the NTR:The TWR is greater than 1 for moderate payloads, enough that I was able to use 3 engines mounted radially as a Mun landing vehicle:This single vehicle was able to perform TMI, MOI, Landing, takeoff, and return, and probably could have re-inserted itself into Kerbin orbit as I still had the small radial tanks available.Nova are you using mods or is that new parts(i know about new stock nerva i mean he is on 4/5 page)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_ant Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 MartinVD, Nova has frequently said that he uses mods while testing. I wouldn't count on anything to be in vanilla KSP unless he specifically references it (like the NERVA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearka Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 hm, would it be possible to land on Moho at all? (the far side) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrowstar Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 .Is the description a play off "Mostly Harmless" by Douglas Adams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russian Flame Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 now i think about the kerbol system is almost alike our solar system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elven_sword Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 No ****, sherlock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what-the Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 The patcher has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1fonzo Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 It seems my current motto for KSP will certainly hold true for this update.In the words of me,"Failure is always an option." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt'n Skunky Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Folks, PLEASE, when you quote a post with images, snip the images from the quote. It makes the pages unnecessarily long. Also, we don't need to see the same image over and over and over....Cheers!Capt'n SkunkyKSP Community Manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesium137 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Folks' date=' PLEASE, when you quote a post with images, snip the images from the quote. It makes the pages unnecessarily long. Also, we don't need to see the same image over and over and over....Cheers![b']Capt'n SkunkyKSP Community ManagerI know! I hate when people do that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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