Kerbal Rocks

[Uehen]

I posted this on Reddit, but here you all go.

pt.1

http://i.imgur.com/PkyO1Ii.png

pt.2

http://i.imgur.com/t8m8xUL.jpg

pt.3

http://i.imgur.com/naMHU8C.jpg

I think we need more rocks.

[Tery215]

You really caught me on the Rock Container.

It's like science, but in solid form.

[Moss]

This seems like the sort of thing Squad would add if someone had already made a mod of it.

[Wanderfound]

Good idea. Have you mentioned this to Arsonide over on the (soon-to-be-stock) Fine Print thread?

[Seshins]

i think this is an excellent idea - would fully support this mechanic or something similar making it into the main game.

[Uehen]

No, I am still new here.

[astropapi1]

I love these ideas. They make good use of the (in my opinion) under-used asteroid features, and they fit really well with the game's science model.

[Kegereneku]

I'm ok with this idea up to the part where you expect us to get regular money from asteroid mining. (I'm mostly worried about being forced to mine asteroid to make use of the system, not the concept in itself)

Myself I would fuse the "rock container" with "tool container" (from that other mod where you can place strut and part through EVA) to bring bigger sample. Or at this point you could also generalize that as a cargo bay (it was said they were working on a way to negate drag for part inside, so hypothetically you could store rock without fearing to lose it or damage the bay)

If I resume, it ask :

- For the ability of Kerbun to grab object

- Coding new feature for cargo-bay or new part.

- changing asteroid/terrain generation to generate object

Are other okay with this ? Or do someone else see a simpler/more versatile solution ?

[Wanderfound]

I'd also lose the asteroid mining aspect. The economics of such things are a very long way from being practical; asteroid mining is SF, not reality.

Space is for science, not profit. There's money to be made in low-orbit comms satellites and the like, but anything above that is a guaranteed money pit.

[Capt Snuggler]

this is a great idea.

it also makes for nice progression from rocks to asteroids.

Edited October 26, 2014 by Capt Snuggler

[Kegereneku]

"I was bored picking rocks all the time, so I brought a bigger rock."

- Official statement of Bill Kerman after the destruction of the Kerbal Space Center.

[Engineer of Stuff]

Kerbal Rock!