Mun Redirect... wait what?

[LadyAthena]

So with the introduction of Asteroid Redirect mission I had this idea.... Jeb and I were flying to the Mun together, chatting away, when Jeb commented on how much the Mun looks like an over sized asteroid we redirected days earlier...

Then I thought.. Huh.. I wonder if its possible too redirect the Mun, or other small Muns... Or at least, alter their path slightly... Anyone try this? I don't have the technical ability to build a ship capable of attempting this...

[Sokar408]

So with the introduction of Asteroid Redirect mission I had this idea.... Jeb and I were flying to the Mun together, chatting away, when Jeb commented on how much the Mun looks like an over sized asteroid we redirected days earlier...

Then I thought.. Huh.. I wonder if its possible too redirect the Mun, or other small Muns... Or at least, alter their path slightly... Anyone try this? I don't have the technical ability to build a ship capable of attempting this...

On the off change this isn't a troll.

Its impossible, as all planetary bodies is in on-rail orbits, meaning they can't be changed. Asteroids are basically just a part procedurally generated in space

[sicarius]

Also, even if the planets weren't on rails, it would be impossible. I believe Scott Manley made a video talking about what mind boggling amounts of fuel that would be needed to move something "tiny" (I believe he used Gilly as his example).

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[Liowen]

This was brought up a while ago on Scott Manley's youtube channel. It would take so much time, fuel, and parts to move one that it would not be possible; even if it were not on rails to being with. Here you go.

[LadyAthena]

Darn, I lost the bet with Jebadiah... /sigh now I owe him a kerbal snack.

[Ruinsage]

Darn, I lost the bet with Jebadiah... /sigh now I owe him a kerbal snack.

I hear he likes duna bars

[Caelib]

Consider the fact that a 30m asteroid traveling at tens of thousands of km/h impacting the moon doesn't change its orbit ... and that is a massive amount of energy.

[Guest]

I hear he likes duna bars

Clever...Clever

[zarakon]

1. The game doesn't allow it

2. To affect even the smallest moon by 1 m/s would require an absurd amount of effort. Maybe all of the rockets ever built by all KSP players combined could do something, but not much.

[EuSouONumero345]

*Almost* ninja'd...

There's a video about this.

And, if you're too lazy to watch the video (I don't know why you wouldn't.)

It's not possible

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

[Dooz]

The Planets Are On Rails There is no way to Alter there Orbits.

[Syphus]

I hear the planets and moons are on rails. Can someone c/d?

[Sirrobert]

I hear the planets and moons are on rails. Can someone c/d?

Concidering every single person in this thread has said the same thing... I think you'd be safe with asuming it is

[cantab]

There is no data for planetary positions in a save file. That should be sufficient to show that the planets are on-rails with their positions determined solely by the in-game time and date and their predefined orbits.

[Cmdr. Arn1e]

Further, Asteroids are technically ship-parts called 'potatoroids' - meaning the claw can connect to them, and this is the biggest bit - the claw will not connect to a planetary surface... so no way to connect, you may as well build a masive upside-down rocket to try and 'push' the planet/moon!

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

This was brought up a while ago on Scott Manley's youtube channel. It would take so much time, fuel, and parts to move one that it would not be possible; even if it were not on rails to being with. Here you go.

But still... it is not completely impossible in theory

[whaaw]

I hear he likes duna bars

i needed 10 sec to get this^^

[NERVAfan]

But still... it is not completely impossible in theory

In the game, actually it is, since the planets are on rails. Even if you modded an engine to have a trillion kN thrust and 100,000,000 seconds specific impulse, it still wouldn't do anything.

[Overfloater]

The Mun???

For starters you should practice on something easier, like redirecting a Gilly!

But if planets/moons were in fact move-able, I'd redirect Kerbin to an elliptical orbit - periapsis below Moho and apoapsis above Eeloo O_O

To do that, the rocket motor would probably need to suck out Kerbin's entire core and mantle... x^D making it just an empty low-gravity cold shell...

[Whackjob]

Take it from me.

It ain't gonna change orbit no matter what you do.

[Guest]

Once Principia is out, you might be able to try (depending on how it's set up), but not in stock game.

[Boomerang]

Take it from me.

http://i.imgur.com/33Gzu4i.png

It ain't gonna change orbit no matter what you do.

Haha, had me for about half a second