How close can you make it to the sun?

[Rhode_Enterprise_By-Matt]

Hey, I’m Matt. 
 

If you want, you should try and cram those radiators together and send a screenshot of how close you can get to the sun.

 

Have fun.

[Single stage to ocean]

You can actually get to a few thousand meters of sun.

[Rhode_Enterprise_By-Matt]

I have the Beyond Home planet pack, which has a system with 2 suns. So my goal is to try to make it in between the two suns.

(Without burning up of course)

[JcoolTheShipbuilder]

  On 4/20/2021 at 3:52 PM, Rhode_Enterprise_By-Matt said:

I have the Beyond Home planet pack, which has a system with 2 suns. So my goal is to try to make it in between the two suns.

(Without burning up of course)

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You may want heat shields on both sides. Don’t use ablative shields

[Rhode_Enterprise_By-Matt]

Yeah, I’ll put a shield of radiators around the craft, and also have huge heat shields as another line of defense.

[Vanamonde]

  On 4/20/2021 at 3:46 PM, Single stage to ocean said:

You can actually get to a few thousand meters of sun.

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And he/she is inviting people to try it and show their attempts.

[Rhode_Enterprise_By-Matt]

Correct @Vanamonde .  I bet somebody will post soon. I’m working on my own mission now.

Edited April 20, 2021 by Rhode_Enterprise_By-Matt
Grammar correction

[camacju]

https://imgur.com/a/gr3CldN

This is probably the closest that you can go to the Sun without aerodynamic exploits

Edited April 20, 2021 by camacju

[Single stage to ocean]

what you have an energy flow of 400,000+ EC a sec, that can power 50,000 ions at full power. what.

[Guest]

Crikey, that's impressive. I had no idea that was possible. What's your secret? Just massive, massive radiators?

[Rhode_Enterprise_By-Matt]

Wow...

[Starhelperdude]

  On 4/20/2021 at 3:52 PM, Rhode_Enterprise_By-Matt said:

I have the Beyond Home planet pack, which has a system with 2 suns. So my goal is to try to make it in between the two suns.

(Without burning up of course)

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do you want to go to the uganda knuckles barycenter? DO IT xD!

[Rhode_Enterprise_By-Matt]

  On 4/21/2021 at 1:55 PM, Starhelperdude said:

do you want to go to the uganda knuckles barycenter? DO IT 

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Maybe I’ll try it later... with NO Kerbals involved.

Edited April 21, 2021 by Rhode_Enterprise_By-Matt

[swjr-swis]

  On 4/21/2021 at 9:28 AM, Brikoleur said:

Just massive, massive radiators?

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That, and what looks like a highly eccentric orbit, to spend less than 20s near Pe. Gives the pod 75 yrs to cool down before the next pass.

[Rhode_Enterprise_By-Matt]

@Brikoleur yes, you just need a fair amount of /\v, and a small craft with GIANT radiators.

  On 4/21/2021 at 2:16 PM, swjr-swis said:

That, and what looks like a highly eccentric orbit, to spend less than 20s near Pe. Gives the pod 75 yrs to cool down before the next pass.

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Same time 

[camacju]

A secret nobody's probably realized is that my time warp is at 100X which is a lot better for cooling. It's because at 100X time warp the heat calculations are done as if the craft is a single part, massively improving heat conduction between parts.

[Lt_Duckweed]

I think that keeping in the spirit of the challenge would require using 1x timewarp at periapsis.

In 1x time warp, the closest you can get without resorting to exploits is something like 150,000-200,000 km from the surface.

With exploits you can get all the way to the atmosphere: 

 

Edited April 21, 2021 by Lt_Duckweed

[camacju]

I was wondering when you'd turn up. With exploits allowed you can go to -250m on kerbol

[Single stage to ocean]

Thats not true, even with all cheat you will explode around 1000m. Thats Jool. Must have gotten mixed up.

[camacju]

Nah, with stacked service bays you can definitely do a sea level sundive

[Little_Kerbal]

We'll have to try to fly to the sun as well.

[Chryssalid 8492]

This was my first dive bomb into Kerbol.

https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aoo6szyB84IXhiqIXsgLJ4P3RRKn?e=WyKonN

[Rhode_Enterprise_By-Matt]

  On 4/25/2021 at 1:36 PM, Chryssalid 8492 said:

This was my first dive bomb into Kerbol.

https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aoo6szyB84IXhiqIXsgLJ4P3RRKn?e=WyKonN

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Yikes! Exploded! Cool!

[kerbalgod]

crashed

[Tsar_bomba]

Wait do they have to survive?