andrew123 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 http://www.penny-arcade.com/report/article/nasas-jet-propulsion-lab-is-obsessed-with-a-certain-game-and-i-bet-you-can-We should really tell them about FAR and Deadly reentry... .So, do you think NASA should advise the KSP development team? (especially the JPL scientists). . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShroomOfDoom Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Loved this article,especially the following part: There's also a thriving mod scene that's constantly creating new devices and toys for players to tool around with. The game itself is somewhat barebones. It's exceedingly difficult to fly a mission to another planet without the help of the rocket parts and software created by the modding community. Some parts even have built-in telemetry tools that can automatically fire your engines for the proper amount of time and put you on the perfect heading. It might sound like cheating, but hey, NASA's got that mod too.So,i guess NASA is cheating too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew123 Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 If anyone tells you Mechjeb is cheating, you can say, "But... but NASA uses it all the time! You can't expect me to make North Korean Pluto V's without Mechjeb!". . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragoncannon Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I didn't think NASA use MechJeb... I always thought the reason they count down by saying "t minus 10" was to remind them to turn the ASAS on though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tek_604 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I'm not with JPL, but I do work with JPL, on the Dawn mission. And I play KSP with mods too. What I do for a living actually led me to start making my mod, and although progress with other mods overtook my own (well done MC & Kethane!), I still want to see more science, and more "realism"; one of these days, I'll reboot my program again, and start using MC, Kethane, my own mod (!) and RemoteTech (plus MapSat of course).The only thing missing is the ability to spot terminator crossings. If we could do that, then it would make camera mods more realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew123 Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 Doesn't Dawn have an ion engine? Cause that must have a lot of delta-V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tek_604 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Doesn't Dawn have an ion engine? Cause that must have a lot of delta-V.Sure does. Fastest thing in the solar system, relative to Earth, if I remember. Where is Dawn Now?; as I write this now, we are currently travelling at 47 km/s relative to Earth, 19.2 km/s relative to the Sun. Oh! New Horizons is only going at 14km/s relative to the Sun. In your face New Horizons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurja Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Sure does. Fastest thing in the solar system, relative to Earth, if I remember. Where is Dawn Now?; as I write this now, we are currently travelling at 47 km/s relative to Earth, 19.2 km/s relative to the Sun. Oh! New Horizons is only going at 14km/s relative to the Sun. In your face New Horizons How about Pioneer, isn't it still in solar system and going faster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tek_604 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 How about Pioneer, isn't it still in solar system and going faster?Apparently not. Voyager 1 is travelling at 17 km/sec relative to the Sun, Voyager 2 about 15 km/sec wrt Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Apparently not. Voyager 1 is travelling at 17 km/sec relative to the Sun, Voyager 2 about 15 km/sec wrt Sun.The fastest manmade object is the Helios 2 probe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Loved this article,especially the following part: There's also a thriving mod scene that's constantly creating new devices and toys for players to tool around with. The game itself is somewhat barebones. It's exceedingly difficult to fly a mission to another planet without the help of the rocket parts and software created by the modding community. Some parts even have built-in telemetry tools that can automatically fire your engines for the proper amount of time and put you on the perfect heading. It might sound like cheating, but hey, NASA's got that mod too.So,i guess NASA is cheating too...I'm loving this! So my answer to the myriad "Do you cheat?" threads is now, "I cheat as much as NASA does. Which is not at all." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tek_604 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 The fastest manmade object is the Helios 2 probe.True! Was not aware of this! We wondered if someone had done a close flyby of the Sun, although we would have done it just for the speed lolAlso, we had a discussion on this in our office, just after lunch, and came to the conclusion that every is relative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 True! Was not aware of this! We wondered if someone had done a close flyby of the Sun, although we would have done it just for the speed lolAlso, we had a discussion on this in our office, just after lunch, and came to the conclusion that every is relative Fastest in relation to the sun and yes everything is relative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmi Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I suppose the biggest advantage in KSP for NASA is that at least here the Congress doesn't get to dictate them what kind of engines to use in their SLS aka Senate Launch System Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Congress: introducing lag to the US Space Program since 1958. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarLiner Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I WANT a video of NASA playing with it ! It would be awesome if someone from there uses it to explain rocket science (basics parts) and advices player with their knowledge. Now that would be amazing.But I still want to see a JPL man having fun with it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew123 Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 Lol, if NASA did a livestream of a KSP SLS launch and the Kraken attacked... it would be embarrassing, but funny.But hey, it's still more successful than the N1. XD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmi Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Lol, if NASA did a livestream of a KSP SLS launch and the Kraken attacked... it would be embarrassing, but funny.But hey, it's still more successful than the N1. XD.Well at least N1 did manage to get off the pad, unlike SLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew123 Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 True, but the SLS is not even designed yet, and the N1's explosion was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in the history of mankind. In one BBC documentary, they even showed that the probe was stuck into the side of a reinforced bunker... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TouhouTorpedo Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I'd like to see Mohawk McCool Rad Science Dude land a rover on Duna with KAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew123 Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 I might have a friend who could call him, but I don't want to creep him out.You know, stranger just randomly calling to see if you want to play a game or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew123 Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 Can anyone post a sky crane? Because that would be AWESOME! (Plus, we could try to make the SLV). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animalcross Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Try the Kerbal attachment system with Mechjeb's translatron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamedSteak Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 If I ever get an invite to a NASA Control Centre I'm going to accuse them of cheating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmgilbody Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 If I ever get an invite to a NASA Control Centre I'm going to accuse them of cheating.They made and programmed their own mechjeb though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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