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Thompberry! And he’s a scientist too!

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For the uninitiated:

 

As for the tourist rocket, oh dear…

KV pods are really, really draggy. Even with a 1.25m pointy thing on top (nosecone, Mk1 pod…) they produce massive drag and will waste a lot of delta-V low in the atmosphere as you fight to push through the transonic drag. They also have no reaction wheels in them, so you need an external reaction wheel of some sort (either a proper reaction wheel, another pod that has one or a probe core) to have any real control. The upshot is they also have their own decoupler so you don’t need a decoupler underneath it, and they also have their own built-in heatshield with ablator which is reasonably heat-resistant- plus that drag is a help rather than a hindrance coming back down. Best to put them inside a fairing though…

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