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Topic: Kerbal Space Program

squeegee !first/o5zA started this discussion 13 years ago #28,219

fucking christ this shit is cool!

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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 8 minutes later[^] [v] #418,053

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 20 minutes later, 28 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #418,058

@previous (B)
...or an interest in spacecraft and how to transit between two stellar bodies. so far i've put 3 or 4 monkeys in orbit, but have yet to transfer between the earth and the moon successfully. i have hit the moon several times and killed a few monkeys, and lost a few that were ejected outside of the earth/moon system, but i'll eventually land monkeys on the moon.

but right now i have 3 monkeys stranded in orbit with no fuel, and i have to figure out how to rescue them. one of them is the first monkey in space, the other two, i don't know who they are, but probably they'll have to space walk and monkeys will go floating away if you aren't careful.
very dangerous work, this monkey rocketry.

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squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 day later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #418,684

@418,058 (squeegee !first/o5zA)
UPDATE: i know you're all concerned about Bill Kerbin, the first monkey in space, but he's fine. his command capsule, which had no parachute due to a technical oversight, was doomed to crash after re-entry. fortunately it turns out that his EVA boosters had just enough thrust to raise his periapsis out of the atmosphere. unfortunately, as he flew away to safety, two monkeys had to sacrifice themselves to a horrible fiery fate since i can only control one monkey at a time apparently.

I have achieved the ability to rendezvous. not only ship to ship, but also ship to Monkey. no small feat i might add, and has opened up the door to not only rescuing stranded monkeys but also the construction of a space station. So far i've launched a space station core consisting of a 6 way junction, 2 living/work quarters, a command pod, several fuel containers, a solar array, and i'm about to launch a space station service vehicle to help park incoming segments of the station, such as an observation segment and a refueling node for outbound trips to the moons and planets.

but first i'm going to try and park a lunar satellite in preparation for a lunar landing mission with monkeys and a little car to drive around.

Anonymous D replied with this 13 years ago, 19 hours later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #418,774

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #418,797

@previous (D)
will do. have you checked out any mods? there are some great ones.
The most important would probably be, uh, kerbal engineer. it helps with building rockets by displaying all the stats of the rocket as you build it.
it helps to make rockets that are efficient.
also MechJeb, which is kind of an auto pilot. i think it's mostly supposed to help with launches and landings, but you can use it to adjust inclination but that's like the easiest burn of all. i'm not sure how the rendezvous thing is supposed to work, but i do okay without auto pilot.

pictured: the initial space station core, a "stock" item you have to build a rocket under.

Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 3 hours later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #418,841

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #418,857

@previous (M)

> I didn't use mods for Minecraft, and I'm not sure I want to use them with KSP. I prefer vanilla gameplay and constraints
yeah, i just wish i had payed attention during rocketry classes.

> the engineering mod sounds like it adds a missing feature.
yeah, it's super useful, and unless you want to do math then it's the only way to get delta V information. also it has a telemetry module you can place on the rocket that gathers the data in real time so you can see where there's problems or whatever. just tons of data.

> Just last night I was wondering how to check rocket stats without having to view the info window during a test launch.
that'd be the way.


pictured: MechJeb. as you can see it has ascent auto-pilot, which is nice. it's kinda like having a flight computer, you can input things like when to execute rolls, whether to auto-stage or manual stage, what altitude to begin circularization, and other cool stuff.
but yeah, it actually effects gameplay. and eventually it'll have career mode and you'll have limited funds and probably objectives and you'll want to know how to do everything manually. I can see mechJeb making one awfully dependent on it.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #418,865

this was hard to get to. i missed my launch window because i don't know how to estimate one for rendezvous
other than that i had to make a few corrections and a few orbits and i turned off the map and saw this.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) triple-posted this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #418,866

parking is fucking tight. this took a few goes. i won't say i didn't crash into the space station and kill a half dozen monkeys a few times, but eventually we made it

(Edited 25 seconds later.)

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) quadruple-posted this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #418,867

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) quintuple-posted this 13 years ago, 38 seconds later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #418,868

bye bye booster.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) sextuple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #418,875

this is the Space Station Core ready for launch already launched and previously pictured

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) septuple-posted this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #418,876

This is the Shou-Dong 6b experimental crew launch vehicle. it works pretty well, but is under powered in the second stage. but i think i should burn on my first stage longer and try and dump at a higher altitude. the Shou-Dong 6c will have marked improvements

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) octuple-posted this 13 years ago, 26 minutes later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #418,879

this is the Helper Bot 3, which is actually the Taepodong-1, (which is based on the Shou-Dong series of launch vehicles and would have had it's legacy as the Shou-Dong 6c were it not for its radical new design.) what makes it a new class of vehicle is that it's an all liquid fuel setup, no solid boosters on this one. it has fuel lines that let all 6 engines burn, but keeps the main tanks full till you dump the boosters. then you just ride the main stage to apoapsis.
so far no monkeys have flown a Taepodong series launch vehicle.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) nonuple-posted this 13 years ago, 11 minutes later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #418,880

that's right, your eyes don't deceive you, that's Bill-the first monkey in space-Kermin commanding the first space station mission.
he's such a trooper after having also been the first monkey to be stranded in space and rescued.
i guess he has confidence in the program.

Anonymous M replied with this 13 years ago, 45 minutes later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #418,884

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 day later, 6 days after the original post[^] [v] #419,267

another module has been added. the count is now up to 16tons and 5 monkeys. the latest module, a cuppola module, is like a windowed observatory, and was launched with a conjoining crew module. or maybe it's a command module for larger ships, idk, it's cool though.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 1 day later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,479

Update on my Monkey Space Program: i dumped a fuel container and added a second set of solar panels as well as a new crew habitat. EVAs are getting easier and i can move monkey freely between modules. so far i've docked one command module specifically to deliver 3 monkeys to the awaiting habitat modules.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) triple-posted this 13 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,482

docking has gotten much easier now that i have a handle on the docking thrusters

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) quadruple-posted this 13 years ago, 4 hours later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,508

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) quintuple-posted this 13 years ago, 29 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,509

oops, pic

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) sextuple-posted this 13 years ago, 44 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,510

also, hmm, this one was supposed to go higher.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) septuple-posted this 13 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,512

oh man, so close this time

Anonymous I replied with this 13 years ago, 9 hours later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,541

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,550

@previous (I)
well i got tired of satellites, you can't make a 10 mile one. so instead i built a spaceship. it's the heaviest launch yet, but it gets into orbit with 95% of its fuel. This ship can make it to any body in the solar system and back. it also has a 1 monkey lander.

the launch vehicle is ridiculous and required a ton of struts to keep from exploding

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 57 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,551

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) triple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,552

it has nuclear engines and can carry up to 7 monkeys.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) quadruple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,553

ready to rendezvous with the space station

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) quintuple-posted this 13 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,554

@419,541 (I)
it is pretty cool by the way

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) sextuple-posted this 13 years ago, 31 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,559

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) septuple-posted this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,560

this thing flies like a boat. docking will be hard. luckily i don't really need to and can skip it if i want.

Anonymous D replied with this 13 years ago, 17 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,563

So, I managed to get a giant space station in orbit at 235 km up :P

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 13 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,565

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Anonymous D replied with this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,657

@previous (squeegee)

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@419,618 (squeegee)

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 44 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,660

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,687

aaaaaand we're docked. it was like parking a bus on the back of a moving train, i tried for the underside docking collar, but that one was really tricky, so i just went in straight and docked from the nose. time to transport some monkeys to the moon.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) triple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,697

what the game needs more than anything are monkey EVA strut guns to add struts when docking new modules. it would give the monkeys something to do besides plant flags and drive rovers. which of course is pretty bad ass by itself.
but when docking, even though i came in sooo slooowly and carefully, when the "magnetic coupling" or whatever latched on it started to roll around and then went i went to correct its position the modules started wobbling back and forth. i thought it would break apart and go tumbling, but i was able to exit out when it's pendulum like wobble period was at a minimum. when i started back up it was stationary, but not aligned. oh well.

picture: i tried to make the spaceship all 50's like and retro-ish. the fins, i think, on the lander will look proper

speaking of which, time to test the lander's functionality

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) quadruple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,700

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) quintuple-posted this 13 years ago, 52 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,701

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) sextuple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,706

let's hope i do this right

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) septuple-posted this 13 years ago, 42 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,707

see ya suckers

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) octuple-posted this 13 years ago, 52 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,708

fucking monkey pilots!

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) nonuple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,709

on the way at least.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) decuple-posted this 13 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,710

fix'd.
rocket science is easy.

Anonymous F replied with this 13 years ago, 31 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,711

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 48 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,713

@previous (F)
consider it done

Anonymous F replied with this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,714

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 23 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,730

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,731

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) triple-posted this 13 years ago, 18 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,733

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) quadruple-posted this 13 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,734

capture

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) quintuple-posted this 13 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,736

and orbit. monkeys. i launched monkeys into orbit around the moon. i'm so happy.

Anonymous F replied with this 13 years ago, 42 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,739

@previous (squeegee !first/o5zA)

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squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 19 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,742

@previous (F)
thanks ;)

Anonymous F replied with this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,744

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 16 hours later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,995

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 28 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,996

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) triple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,997

well fuck.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) quadruple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,998

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) quintuple-posted this 13 years ago, 11 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #419,999

don't worry rodney. you won't be stranded for long.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) sextuple-posted this 13 years ago, 45 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,000

rescue plans are in the works.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) septuple-posted this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,001

keep going!!

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) octuple-posted this 13 years ago, 39 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,002

oh shit

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) nonuple-posted this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,003

hmm... okay.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) decuple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,004

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) undecuple-posted this 13 years ago, 19 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,005

damnit, pic.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) duodecuple-posted this 13 years ago, 15 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,006

fuck!

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) tridecuple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,007

jesus christ

Anonymous M replied with this 13 years ago, 8 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,009

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,011

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 12 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,012

squeegee was here

edit: unfortunately this guy launched without a minichan flag.

(Edited 1 minute later.)

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) triple-posted this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,013

i should've brought a rover.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) quadruple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,026

headed back to the shuttle.

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) quintuple-posted this 13 years ago, 37 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,027

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) sextuple-posted this 13 years ago, 52 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,028

i can't believe i made this docking

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) septuple-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #420,030

now to figure out how to get back to LEO

edit: i just realized i docked on the bottom side. i wonder if that'll make it uncontrollable.

(Edited 2 minutes later.)

beckyderp !8ElfFaoFao replied with this 13 years ago, 5 days later, 2 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #420,874

squeegee !first/o5zA (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #420,901

still haven't figured out how to get the monkeys back from the moon. right now they are waiting for the moon to be in a better position i think.
in the meantime i've launched a new destination along the same heading as the space station, just a few miles back.
it's a refueling tanker. it's huge, it inserts into orbit 100% full, and weights more than 100tons. it's way heavier than the space station because of the fuel. now that i've got a way for the monkeys to replenish their fuel supply, i can bring them back from the moon, and plan for a trip to Mars.

so far i've sent several satellites, but each has failed to come close enough to an encounter. i think my problem is that i'm waiting too long to make corrections.

the plan for mars will be to orbit satellites, download a mod that gives you scientific instruments you can add that map planetary bodies with radar, launch Mars Map 1, land a couple of rovers, and then send monkeys to mars.

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