Lazor EVA

[Javster]

What if a kerbal salvaged pieces from a ship and built a small rocket?? Wouldn't that be amazing?

[CosmicScientist]

I have no clue what lasers have to do with this but with enough docking ports, you can build a ship from 'salvaged' pieces in orbit.

[KAO]

oh don't worry, it's very much possible. Thanks to KAS, you can modify cfg. code so that kerbals can pick up anything! solar panels, parachutes, lights, beams, batteries, normal panels! it has become a big part of my space program

for example, here's a surface base floodlight I assembled on the pad

[magnemoe]

Is it not an mod who does this, saw an video of an kerbal build an small rocket with an rover seat and other parts to get into Mun orbit.

Function should be stock, give an manned mission far more benefits.

[KerbMav]

Add the implementation of the "snap to" functions of the VAB and we could really build in space instead of docking. I mean we would still launch the parts into orbit and "dock", but instead of using docking ports the parts - or assemblies if possible, had to be - would merge as if built in the VAB, welded so to speak.

To make this easier the connection points would be predefined in VAB, simultanously marking the points the craft is to be broken up into assemblies which then can be stuffed into a space planes cargo hold or tied to a rocket.

[Levelord]

This could open up a lot more interesting missions where a craft failure would not necessarily mean a failed mission. It's like Apollo 13 where the crew had to MacGyver an oxygen filtering system and whatnot.

I can also imagine Mun missions where a lander lands and drops parts of a rover for the Kerbals to assemble on site. It'll like a rover bought from a rover IKEA or something

[Javster]

A few people didn't get what I meant. There is a lazor mod which adds lasers. Kerbals can assemble parts

[Rage097]

You didn't metion anything about a laser mod in your origional post. You said nothing more than it would be cool to assemble parts in orbit.

[DChurchill]

Non sequitur.