KSP Hype ?! Maybe the DEVS need to confirm this ... !

[Cdr_Zeta]

Hello,

This looks interesting haha !!

http://www.fuelspace.org/blog/2014/10/27/five-ideas-to-utilize-the-vast-resources-of-space

Just scroll down abit ...

Cmdr Zeta

[RAINCRAFTER]

What. Did. I. Just. See.

[RainDreamer]

Looks like someone just google image "Orbital Fuel Depot" and grabbed it.

Also, what is all this about "free cooling" in the "deep cold of space"? Heat management is such a pain in space due to lack of convection in a vacuum.

[montyben101]

Yep here it is:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/55380-Better-than-asparagus-staging

A quick google search for "orbital fuel depot" gave me this...

[Bill Phil]

First a NASA TV program, then a kid who wants to build a small space plane, and now an article on deep space fueling. *sigh

[Aghanim]

The image lead to this: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/57219-Now-*what*-do-I-do-with-this-thing?p=763844&viewfull=1#post763844

[Sirrobert]

Looks like someone just google image "Orbital Fuel Depot" and grabbed it.

Also, what is all this about "free cooling" in the "deep cold of space"? Heat management is such a pain in space due to lack of convection in a vacuum.

Goes to show you how extremely little they actually researched for this article. If the 'concept' image taken from a game didn't already tip you off

[SeaDog]

Looks like someone just google image "Orbital Fuel Depot" and grabbed it.

Also, what is all this about "free cooling" in the "deep cold of space"? Heat management is such a pain in space due to lack of convection in a vacuum.

And solar energy isn't free since solar panels don't grow on trees in space, and suitable asteroids are not free since they're rarely in earth orbit. Never the less, replace "free" with "potential" and the article has a bit of a point.

[Sirrobert]

And solar energy isn't free since solar panels don't grow on trees in space, and suitable asteroids are not free since they're rarely in earth orbit. Never the less, replace "free" with "potential" and the article has a bit of a point.

Yea, they seem to skip over the parts where you'd have to build dedicated infrastructure

[zekes]

KSP in a science article? 2 Awesome.

[K^2]

KSP in a science article? 2 Awesome.

This is one of these cases where distinction between "Science Article," and "Article about Science," matters.

[Sonny_Jim]

Err, they seem to be missing the part where they say *where* they plan to get this fuel from?

[Voidryder]

While it might be a good thing KSP was referenced (more publicity), but in my opinion this article is just an example of the shoddy, lazy excuses for journalism that unfortunately undermine the very concepts/information they are trying to convey. You would never catch NBC doing such a poor job of fact finding... oh wait...never mind.

[Sirrobert]

Err, they seem to be missing the part where they say *where* they plan to get this fuel from?

It's going to magicly apear out of asteroids. Didn't you see that picture pointing to an asteroid going 'free fuel'?

[Cdr_Zeta]

Hi,

I caught this doing KSP research on resources...if they use KSP as a cornerstone for multi-$1000 projects KSP must be on the right track !

Zeta

[Tommygun]

This is funny, but not totally a surprise.

Just Google anything about spacecrafts and you very often find KSP images.

I guess it is a refection of how popular the game has become.

But still a bit embarrassing for the writer.

On a side note, I wonder how hard it is for a writer or small online magazine to find legal images for an article?

[Redjoker]

This is one of these cases where distinction between "Science Article," and "Article about Science," matters.

You mean "Science", since that article is based on very little of it.

[RainDreamer]

While it might be a good thing KSP was referenced (more publicity), but in my opinion this article is just an example of the shoddy, lazy excuses for journalism that unfortunately undermine the very concepts/information they are trying to convey. You would never catch NBC doing such a poor job of fact finding... oh wait...never mind.

The thing is actually a blog post, according to the URL. So it is more like "An opinion piece of some random person/people on the internet" rather than an actual article. I don't think blogs has often been held to journalistic standards.

Edit: I think the whole website is actually a very well made blog (albeit with quite poor research) about rocket science and the mission to get to space for fuel to help human expansion in space.

Also, the image has since been removed and swapped out with something else on the internet. This time from NASA.

Edited February 15, 2015 by RainDreamer

[Brethern]

The way I see it it was either drop a few grand for a professional artist to create a 3d mockup of what a craft could look like. Or take an image from a game that has some semblance of realism and use that as an example.

[GoSlash27]

Err, they seem to be missing the part where they say *where* they plan to get this fuel from?

Actually, they did mention that. What they failed to mention was how they were going to get the fuel to the tanks.

Best,

-Slashy

[dryer_lint]

Aww. I missed it