Better Science Generation for Spaceplane Hanger craft

[Zeniden]

I think it would be a good idea to bring more focus on the Aircraft Hanger. Manufacturing and testing horizontally launched craft, space capable or not is an important part of discovering the world around us as well as beyond us. Maybe something like Atmospheric testing, Faster than Sound testing or even mock photography of some sort.

Jeff Lovins

Edit: I just thought of another idea relative to this. If adding additional science modules for spaceplane use isn't a viable options then maybe an incentive for playing career mode with the SPH is to add science at certain time intrevals or events such as Landing safely.

Edited December 10, 2013 by Zeniden

[pyrosheep]

i think that the reusable aspect of space-planes will make them popular, once an economic aspect is added to career mode.

Not that your ideas are bad, i mean what's not to like about more science biomes?

The problem lies in the fact that if you want to put something into orbit, you just asparagus/cake it there because you don't care about losing components.

[Kasuha]

I don't think we need a spaceplane hanger. Our spaceplanes can stay on floor.

[a.g.]

Edit: I just thought of another idea relative to this. If adding additional science modules for spaceplane use isn't a viable options then maybe an incentive for playing career mode with the SPH is to add science at certain time intrevals or events such as Landing safely.

In fact, since with planes and rovers you actually spend your game time driving the things around, without possibility of any significant time warp - and especially in case of rovers cannot really travel any significant distance on planetary scale in a reasonable amount of time, awarding science for time spent moving within a certain speed range may be a totally reasonable option. Otherwise a sub-orbital rocket is actually a more time-efficient way to get anywhere on Kerbin.