Moho tunnels

[Mantis Toboggan]

If anyone knows about the Moho tunnels, you may know that strange fields are around them. Could it possibly be that they are the Time Tombs of Hyperion?

[astropapi1]

Ehhhh... WHAT?! Tunnels?

[Giggleplex777]

I think he means Moholes.

[astropapi1]

I think he means Moholes.

Oh. Well, that isn't a tunnel, at all.

[Zeroignite]

Someday I wanna send down a kerbal attached to a KAS tether. Moho is such a pain in the ass to get to though

[CalculusWarrior]

I sent an unmanned probe straight up the Mohole (oh dear that sounded dirty) and it took a few tries to get it to actually hit the bottom. Needless to say, the probe was destroyed, but it's a nice view from down there.

[Brotoro]

Since the Moholes were just terrain glitches (and not intended Easter eggs), how do you know they haven't gone away after the refurbishment of Moho's surface in 0.21?

[Joshington]

Since the Moholes were just terrain glitches (and not intended Easter eggs), how do you know they haven't gone away after the refurbishment of Moho's surface in 0.21?

Maybe the devs like them. Notch said he might not fix the Far Lands in Minecraft because he liked them.

[Captain Sierra]

They were just glitches? Awww. I always found that an interesting feature and wanted to go see one. (good thing I haven't updated my KSP yet, waiting for all my mods to be supported)

[Kerbface]

The Moholes are the 2 mouths of of a giant Spaceworm that feeds off debris by drawing magnetic material in to the rim of it's mouth using bioelectrical magnets.

[Kerbface]

Here's a "documentary" I wrote about it some time ago.

On the scorched rock known as Moho, first planet from Kerbol, strange activity is afoot. Kerbanauts near the North and South poles have reported strange forces attracting them towards enormous holes of unknown depth. The question of the identity of these holes has been a question since they were first discovered. Now, thanks to extensive investigation and examination from probes and unlucky kerbals alike, the secrets of this bizzare state of nature have been revealed.

The giant Mohoan space worm is the largest living thing ever known to have existed. In any case it's a lot larger than the average kerbal. This creature fills the entire height of Moho. With a mouth at each end, it is speculated that the planet may have formed around it. On the surface, it appears to have a rather strange but simple physiology. It has a round mouth, no teeth nor jaw mechanisms and simply appears as a large rocky hole. But scans have revealed a more complex structure. Tendrils extrude from sides of the body, which may have been used to grasp passing peices of material, assisting it in forming it's rocky cocoon. At the base of the mouth, these tendrils reconnect to form strange rings. A bioelectric current is generated and a magnetic charge is generated to pull metallic objects continually towards the more central rings until they are forced into the gaping mineral coated mouth. From there, the objects sink down into the bely of the Mohoan space worm until they reach a point about 5 km down where it seems the trail ends. However, given enough time, the presence of matter here will cause the worm to begin digestion, crushing the item and consuming all of it's material. From there it is presumed that what the worm cannot benefit from eating it ejects into the surrounding rock, making it's trap ever larger.

[stupid_chris]

Maybe the devs like them. Notch said he might not fix the Far Lands in Minecraft because he liked them.

Dude, the Far Lands were removed in the 1.8 beta version Now terrain Just completely stops generating after a certain point.

[Godot]

I sent an unmanned probe straight up the Mohole (oh dear that sounded dirty) and it took a few tries to get it to actually hit the bottom. Needless to say, the probe was destroyed, but it's a nice view from down there.

My god, it is full of stars

[Sapphire]

Here's a "documentary" I wrote about it some time ago.

On the scorched rock known as Moho, first planet from Kerbol, strange activity is afoot. Kerbanauts near the North and South poles have reported strange forces attracting them towards enormous holes of unknown depth. The question of the identity of these holes has been a question since they were first discovered. Now, thanks to extensive investigation and examination from probes and unlucky kerbals alike, the secrets of this bizzare state of nature have been revealed.

The giant Mohoan space worm is the largest living thing ever known to have existed. In any case it's a lot larger than the average kerbal. This creature fills the entire height of Moho. With a mouth at each end, it is speculated that the planet may have formed around it. On the surface, it appears to have a rather strange but simple physiology. It has a round mouth, no teeth nor jaw mechanisms and simply appears as a large rocky hole. But scans have revealed a more complex structure. Tendrils extrude from sides of the body, which may have been used to grasp passing peices of material, assisting it in forming it's rocky cocoon. At the base of the mouth, these tendrils reconnect to form strange rings. A bioelectric current is generated and a magnetic charge is generated to pull metallic objects continually towards the more central rings until they are forced into the gaping mineral coated mouth. From there, the objects sink down into the bely of the Mohoan space worm until they reach a point about 5 km down where it seems the trail ends. However, given enough time, the presence of matter here will cause the worm to begin digestion, crushing the item and consuming all of it's material. From there it is presumed that what the worm cannot benefit from eating it ejects into the surrounding rock, making it's trap ever larger.

Thanks a lot, now I can never go to Moho again.

[kseaner]

The farlands were just moved to 30,000,000 blocks. At least from what I have heard.

[Dombi]

Since the Moholes were just terrain glitches (and not intended Easter eggs), how do you know they haven't gone away after the refurbishment of Moho's surface in 0.21?

It seem they are still there. You can check on the tracking station, if you focus on Moho and zoom in you can see the wholes are still clearly there. Plus I think they actually look different than they looked before on the map view which means the devs want them and might have worked on them in this update.

Anyway I haven't been there on .21 so I can't say if they're still there or if they disappear once you get close to them.

[spaceman1999]

I laughed so hard at "I sent a probe straight up the mohole." but...... shouldn't it be down not up.

[Markarian421]

In 0.20 I made a special lander and landed in the bottom of one. I basically edited the config file for the long conical aircraft tail and made it into a reinforced fuel tank, the "landing gear" stuck out the sides. I also used scaled radial engines (more config file editing). The view gets really confusing since the planet surfaces are transparent when viewed from below.

It took several tries, I had to drop it nearly straight down from orbit.

Now I'm going to have to go see what they look like in 0.21, I haven't seen the new Moho yet.

Edited July 28, 2013 by Markarian421

[msyblade]

That is the furthest up a mohole I have ever seen a living kerbal. (You DO have a live one in there, right?)

[Markarian421]

You're really going to make me say "no, it's a probe?"

[Mach56]

Someone has sent a kerbal to the very bottom of the hole.

[Mr. Scruffy]

Someone should deposit a bunch of explosives down such a hole and use it as a cannon, or something.

[Brotoro]

Someone should deposit a bunch of explosives down such a hole and use it as a cannon, or something.

So...very...kerbal!