The Raging Sandwich Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 5 hours ago, qzgy said: We just guessed the delta-v requirements. We'll send a rescue mission if they get stuck. Is it bad if that's exactly what I do? To be honest, I don't even really know exactly what delta-v is and how to calculate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 2 hours ago, The Raging Sandwich said: Is it bad if that's exactly what I do? To be honest, I don't even really know exactly what delta-v is and how to calculate it. Not really. I do the same. In the worst case scenario, I just pack more fuel than I think is necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0111narwhalz Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 3 hours ago, The Raging Sandwich said: To be honest, I don't even really know exactly what delta-v is and how to calculate it. /\v=Veln(M0/M1)...! Delta-v is the capacity of your spacecraft to change its velocity. I imagine that you've noticed that maneuver nodes are always measured in units of velocity (namely, meters per second)? That's because it's a measure of how much you're expected to change your velocity. The equation above relates delta-v to your exhaust velocity (Ve) and your mass ratio (M0/M1). You might note that there is no variable for thrust there. That's not by mistake. Delta-v is independent of how long it takes to acquire it, which is the only thing your thrust can tell you. The logarithm there is the "diminishing returns" everyone talks about. You get less out of the same amount of remass the more you have. Now, that's not to say that I build with a particular delta-v in mind. It's been a while since I had a delta-v display in the editor. But I do occasionally calculate the delta-v of a craft in situ. Note that both liquid fuel and oxidizer mass five kilograms per unit. Usually I do it with SSTOs, to see if I can go anywhere interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinkAllKerb'' Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 (edited) "does anyone mind if we plane to send a hundred or a thousand voluntar opening a small farm near tchernobyl core,and eat their stuff" (may be one could get lucky ... also you can count me in) Edited April 14, 2017 by WinkAllKerb'' biped are boring ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 "Yes, yes, Alienzzz!!11onenone We already got sick of you!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
53miner53 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 "NO NO NO NOO SHUT IT OFF SHUT IT OFF SHUT IT OFFFFFF..."*bzzzt* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 (edited) "Is it microphone?" "Look! There is a camera! They will watch us on TV!" Edited April 14, 2017 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 *whisper* "So, we don't have any money left? We just sent a colony to mars!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoveryKSP Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 (edited) "Today's launch went extremely well. Even though the second stage doesnt have enough fuel, we just simply press Alt + F12." "Rockets are too expensive, we just use hyperedit" "We just created a rocket to destroy KSC" "We have no worries about putting mens (or kerbals) near radioactive stuff" "We suck at everything, so we just use MechJeb" Edited April 16, 2017 by DiscoveryKSP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
53miner53 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 "Plans? What plans?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinkAllKerb'' Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 (edited) "we at nasa only speak english and will never speak anithing else, and spend all possible effort to speak as much language as possible to help the futur beings, even if we can't promise we're gonna succeed or fail, we're just trying at best, it may just be another step in the universe history at our scale and until next" Edited April 16, 2017 by WinkAllKerb'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 "Was this rcket tested. phht, Bill is an expert engineer, what could possibly go wrong? Oh, it crashed.... I see" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
53miner53 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (To the tune of the batman theme) na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na SPACE SHUTTLE!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinkAllKerb'' Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) "we're gonna use sol sat from akira movie with it's powerfull laser beam to draw the frontier for real on the relief ..." Edited April 17, 2017 by WinkAllKerb'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) "Look, they really believe this..." Edited April 17, 2017 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinkAllKerb'' Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 "UTF-8#q=1700+1900+1700+1900+....+hypothalmo+hypohpyse+lalalalala+cgi+lalal+hdmi+lalalal+alalalal+when+are+they+even+gonna+get+it+....google never heard of that thing at nasa" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Human Person Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) The last stage of our ascent vehicle is the astronaut's EVA-Pack. Edited April 17, 2017 by Physics Student Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 "Cassini is getting back, and it's angry." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55delta Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 "Initially, we were dismayed that our $19 billion budget would be put to national referendum. But we are honored and overjoyed that this great nation voted unanimously to keep it." "In the interest of international safety, the state department has asked us to assist the North Korean military's rocket program." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
53miner53 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Hey, what's this button do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55delta Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 "We will not support SpaceX's ITS because it's an Illuminati conspiracy to sacrifice a million people the secret Mars space dragon." "Our astronauts asked for some clarification on what the controls did, so we had to hold the launch until they read through the manual." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 "The controls are just a mockup. Ship knows better." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Kerman Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 (edited) Anyone post xkcd yet? Edited April 19, 2017 by Benjamin Kerman Added a second one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinkAllKerb'' Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 (edited) ":3 :3 :3 ^^ ^^ A_A v_v :3 ¤/divide A_A t_t what you can't speak like that yet ? " Edited April 19, 2017 by WinkAllKerb'' 'today like limit digest him and her' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
53miner53 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 *points to Earth*"You are here!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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