Actual KSC Astronomy Dept.?

[pendrin2020]

I had an idea that I can't find suggested somewhere else, but I'm sure someone has already come up with it.

I'd like to see a Kerbal Astronomy Dept. they could just add it into the proposed mission planning center. It would help us find launch windows and map biomes without having to go to the internet. As we explore, the data we gather could be added to an interface that assists us in planning.

any interest?

[me3]

Maybe in the distant future we could also use it to discover exoplanets to travel to.

[Esme]

I've been thinking for a while that I'd like to see a functioning telescope in the Science faculty at KSC, so that one could get a rough idea of the terrain on the Mun and Minmus, and maybe even a vague idea of the surface of Duna and Eve before sending probes there. I very much like your idea of an astronomy department that assists with planning trajectories for mission, finding launch windows etc. Pendrin. Thinking about it, maybe a small amount of initial science could be gained by mapping moons and planets with the telescope, too. Not so much that you;d have to do telescopic mapping first, just enough to give a wee bit of a boost initially for those that want/need it.

[TheGeoninja]

This could be implemented after .24 as an additional contract/mission which results in a science bonus if you land in a specific biome which could prove if the Astronomy dept's initial analyze was correct.