Kron series (Kron 6 end of mission) - temporary halt of program

[lajoswinkler]

28 minutes ago, Cydonian Monk said:

 

I've been using the following patch. Might be some small issues, but none that break the cameras that I've encountered. It definitely fixes the "Hey, where'd my camera focus go?" bug that was present in the 1.1-pre-release version of Hullcam.

 

My issue was not only that shaders weren't visible, but also that the craft wasn't operable. Even if there was another craft next to it, you couldn't switch to it. Ultimatively, it would crash the whole game and nothing would be saved. I'll check the patch, thanks.

[lajoswinkler]

Update. Kaos 3 is one day from Plock flyby - some 282 000 km away. Newest image.

Details of the multitude of objects in Plockian system are starting to get apparent.

 

Hullcam doesn't work, even with the patch. :/

[kunok]

11 minutes ago, lajoswinkler said:

Details of the multitude of objects in Plockian system are starting to get apparent.

I trust you :| but I don't see more than in the other image .

What mod makes that images?

Edited July 12, 2016 by kunok

[lajoswinkler]

23 minutes ago, kunok said:

I trust you :| but I don't see more than in the other image .

What mod makes that images?

There are more pixels here. >:D

 

No mod. I just take a screenshot (supersized screenshotting in KSP config file, factor 2) and then find the glowing dot in the image, crop it and rexize it with just pixel resize.

[Cydonian Monk]

43 minutes ago, lajoswinkler said:

Hullcam doesn't work, even with the patch. 

Bummer. If I'd been using the patch at the time I was having control issues I'd blame it instead. I've not seen the issue you're seeing though. 

There are a couple other mods that use Hullcam code in them, or Hullcam derived code, so an eventual (and "permanent") fix will happen.

[kunok]

39 minutes ago, lajoswinkler said:

There are more pixels here. >:D

That little difference can be pure perspective

 

39 minutes ago, lajoswinkler said:

No mod. I just take a screenshot (supersized screenshotting in KSP config file, factor 2) and then find the glowing dot in the image, crop it and rexize it with just pixel resize.

Clever, very clever.

[_Augustus_]

lajoswinkler, due to Kerbalism, I highly recommend a second, backup lander for Kron 6. 

[lajoswinkler]

Hours before flyby, Kaos 3 is sending better and better images of the dwarf planet and its satellite(s).

[lajoswinkler]

And we finally have Beros in the camera sensor.

[Geschosskopf]

44 minutes ago, lajoswinkler said:

 

And we finally have Beros in the camera sensor

 

Occupy Beros

 

[lajoswinkler]

Karen has almost occulted Plock, but the probe is faster, so it did a little retrograde dance in the sky. Beros is still pixel or two.

 

Higher resolution images are expected very soon.

Edited July 14, 2016 by lajoswinkler

[lajoswinkler]

Beros is no longer a pixel and we can finally see some of its surface features.

 

Kyx emerged from the darkness and is visible in the lower right corner.

[TotallyNotHuman]

On July 10, 2016 at 2:37 AM, lajoswinkler said:

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Bad news: Kaos 3 has two RTG units, both of which are now at 50% capacity because they're apparently breaking down. Also, probe's ion engine has suffered damage and is now 400% overheating. It shouldn't pose a problem.

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How did that happen in the first place and how is it not a puff of smoke right now?!

[lajoswinkler]

35 minutes ago, TotallyNotHuman_ said:

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How did that happen in the first place and how is it not a puff of smoke right now?!

Kerbalism. The engine is fine because its heat output should already be very tiny, so 4x isn't gonna pose problems. Also, it never again did much work.

[TotallyNotHuman]

Oh, so that's what you meant (4x heat output) instead of what I thought you meant (4x the heat threshold). Stupid me 

[lajoswinkler]

Kaos 3 mission report: probe visited Karen and went through Plock's periapsis at 5 km, at 3.4 km/s speed. Complex electrical interactions observed by the magnetometer and the radiowave experiments.

Preparing the images for download.

Edited July 15, 2016 by lajoswinkler

[lajoswinkler]

Camera images of highest resolution downloaded.

Two images of Karen.

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Plock

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Beros in three consecutive stages of rotation.

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Same as Beros, here's Kyx.

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As you can see, Beros and Kyx are way too small to be discerned as anything than lumpy rocks, which they probably are.

 

Kaos 3 zipped by Plock at 3.4 km/s, less than 5 km above the terrain. No special features were seen.

 

The probe measured complex electrostatic interactions between Plock and Karen. As they spin one around another, they mess up their electrical fields.

Surface has been identified as cryogenic volatiles contaminated with complex organic molecules. Atmosphere was not detected.

 

The Ministry Of No Better Things To Do is pleased by the findings. It now considers Beros and Kyx as giant potatos, possibly being beneficial to the Kerbalkind colonization of the solar system.

[Geschosskopf]

52 minutes ago, lajoswinkler said:

The Ministry Of No Better Things To Do is pleased by the findings. It now considers Beros and Kyx as giant potatos, possibly being beneficial to the Kerbalkind colonization of the solar system.

Who would they have hanged if they weren't pleased?

Anyway, job well done!

[TheSaint]

The lack of a video of the high-speed flyby is disappointing. But for this:

6 hours ago, lajoswinkler said:

The Ministry Of No Better Things To Do is pleased by the findings. It now considers Beros and Kyx as giant potatos, possibly being beneficial to the Kerbalkind colonization of the solar system.

You win 1.78 Internets. 

Please keep the remarkably entertaining mission reports coming. 

[lajoswinkler]

13 hours ago, Geschosskopf said:

Who would they have hanged if they weren't pleased?

Anyway, job well done!

The Kerbal civilization does not employ criminal methods. They'd just spend more money on bureaucracy, probably the Department of redundancy department. Also probably diverting the public focus onto something else like the fact Jool is green. That always works.

 

8 hours ago, TheSaint said:

The lack of a video of the high-speed flyby is disappointing. But for this:

You win 1.78 Internets. 

Please keep the remarkably entertaining mission reports coming. 

Sadly, I couldn't do a video because all the details were maxed out, so another program gulping the resources would be too much for my poor lappy.

Instead I did those rotations with Beros and Kyx.

Anyway, I was thinking about Karen's potential landing sites. These seem interesting.

There are probably others as well. Usual approach was visiting both poles and an interesting feature between them. I'll have to pack enough oxidizer.

[lajoswinkler]

Kron 6 is performing well in orbit, so another part will be docked to it soon - the service module.

Rocket is already on the pad. Three Mainsails in the first stage, one Skipper in the second.

 

Launch is tomorrow.

[lajoswinkler]

Service module launched and docked to Kron 6. The ship is already pretty big, and there's still the propulsion module waiting to be attached.

Here are some screenshots.

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Edited July 17, 2016 by lajoswinkler

[lajoswinkler]

The propulsion unit has been loaded on a brand new launch vehicle with seven Mainsails and two Twin boar liquid fuel boosters in the first stage and one Rhino engine in the second stage.

Third stage is one Skipper that will be used for initial kick of the whole assembled ship.

The launch is in a few hours. Propulsion unit tanks are empty.

[lajoswinkler]

Here is the future crew watching the launch of the unit that will push them where no Kerbal has gone before.

 

This is one of the largest rockets I've ever successfully flown.

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Booster separation was very precise.

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First stage also separated with ease.

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I used three fairings because the unit has a radial symmetry based on number 3.

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After the unit was placed into a 170x170 km orbit, the second stage detached and moved away.

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Engineer Bill Kerman will reach Kron 6 and dock it to the propulsion unit.

[xXIndestructibleEVAXx]

man, it's been a while since I've been around here, but I'm back, and I can see that your still going! This is a good thing. Your missions are always so inspiring, and push me to do things that I never would have done on my own. So, thank you, for this wonderful thread!