KGB Macro-molecular reconstruction in polar orbit

[Agent86]

Resequencing the human genome in space, with fuel tanks, one molecule at a time.

All dockings completed without the use of RCS.

[CaptRobau]

That's really cool.

[Garek]

If you actually build DNA from this...wow. I can't even imagine the size that would be Oo

I mean, this has already a decent size and is just an unfinished molecule if I understand you correctly?

[DeltaV_]

That's pretty cool. Enjoy the next thirty years spent working on it xD

[katateochi]

wholly helix!! That's quite a task you've set for yourself!!

Couple of questions;

-why no RCS when docking?

-have you set the render distance above 2.2km or is that going to be a limiting factor?

[lajoswinkler]

Are you planning on making a single strand oligonucleotide? That would be so cool.

[thunderstar]

If you actually build DNA from this...wow. I can't even imagine the size that would be Oo

I mean, this has already a decent size and is just an unfinished molecule if I understand you correctly?

maybe just a part of it, the dna is actually 3 meters long, and if you realize is just a bunch of molecules, 3 meters is huge, now putting it to ksp scale it just hurts my brain just thinking about it

[CalculusWarrior]

As a non-biologist, I'm unsure of the length of DNA molecules, but at that scale might it reach around the planet when done?

[Agent86]

wholly helix!! That's quite a task you've set for yourself!!

Couple of questions;

-why no RCS when docking?

-have you set the render distance above 2.2km or is that going to be a limiting factor?

1 - 'Cause I can.

2 - I'm likely to die of old age before I reach 2.2km. If not, then I'll worry about it when it becomes a problem.

Also, no mechjeb on these machines. Each launch is purely vanilla.

[RSwordsman]

As a non-biologist, I'm unsure of the length of DNA molecules, but at that scale might it reach around Kerbol when done?

Fixed that for you.

I'm unsure as well, but by making each part so big, it's likely in my layman's opinion that it would be "are you frickin' kidding me" scale.

[Luis]

Human DNA has about 3 billion base pairs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_genome). If we very conservatively say that you manage to represent the molecules of a single base pair with a construction 10m long (yours looks quite a bit bigger), the entire thing would be 30*million km. That's enough to reach from Kerbin to the sun and back (http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Kerbin).

[Agent86]

Just out of curiosity, has anyone yet built a craft in orbit that has a 2.5+km length? Does anything *invertebrate-ish* happen?

[Richy teh space man]

Just out of curiosity, has anyone yet built a craft in orbit that has a 2.5+km length? Does anything *invertebrate-ish* happen?

afaik it isn't possible to make something that size, otherwise people would have built artificial rings around planets and moons by now

[Scotius]

I remember someone experimenting with KAS connections reaching beyond 2.4 km. According to this person "Bad Things" happened.

[Comrade Jenkens]

have you set the render distance above 2.2km or is that going to be a limiting factor?

Nothing happens above 2.5km This is evident when you build long ships and half of them is inside the limit and half isn't. They simply load all at once rather than only parts within 2.5km.

[Agent86]

Making progress on the "Triflouroacetic anhydride" molecule. only 17, 472, 549, 813 segments to go!

I also made a video to show how it's made:

And uploaded a copy of the craft to the spaceport in case anyone wants to build themselves.

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/modular-molecular-segment/

[KerbMav]

Interesting choice of "soundtrack".