[01:26:49] i'm barely ever getting anything useful out of youtube recommendations [06:13:15] hehe don't enter tall grass (raptors) https://techreport.com/r.x/2018_06_25_The_TR_BBQ_XV_proves_that_less_can_be_more/beach2.jpg [07:50:20] the tiny ship is now down to 4.18 t starting mass (with kerbals), and tested to land on duna. i think i could make to laythe easily [10:45:05] well... a sand dune is a fragile thing, so if the grass is gone, the dune is gone quickly [10:46:47] ... but try communicating that to the people whose only mindset is to want to take the shortest path to the beach? [14:51:25] oh boy [15:16:29] … do I *have* to attack people who get into the grass? =\ [15:16:56] yes. them's the rules. [15:53:09] huh... ok whoops. found out there are building biomes, but haven't sit right on them. Forgot to snag em with the sci-jr can thing, but got most everything else. [15:54:08] also.. after launching something, finding it'll fail before it can do a mission, hitting go to tracking station than reverting by accident.. >_< [15:54:40] thank the stars for backup files, even if game hides them [15:57:51] that is a very useful feature [16:00:54] persistent files in backup folder.. I usually just and 'revert' file but.. went too far back [16:34:10] there are sub building genomes [17:06:39] i use [X]Science for telling me whether i missed some biomes [17:07:02] like, when you upgrade buildings it creates new biomes [17:08:48] collecting them is a nice test for rover designs [17:20:41] lol... how to get landed crew report while on the water... [17:21:22] that's possible [17:21:32] actually... [17:21:36] if you have a heavy rover that sinks to the ground [17:21:52] while it'll only net ya 2 RPs, you can just jet a pontoon platform out onto the water.. land a little thing on top [17:22:15] it's not only crew report [17:22:17] somehow it showed up in my archives as being 0 recovered.. was like, how? [17:22:32] also, temperature, EVA, atmosphere, sci jr, ... [17:22:45] a little research, turns out you land a craft on another craft while on the water. It considers you landed on water instead of spashed down [17:23:03] hmm.. [17:23:16] ok.. worth a check. as much of a pain it was to land on the platform. [17:23:17] there's a few tricky ones [17:23:23] like splashed down in the mountains :p [17:23:59] mm... eva while flying low and while flying high [17:24:14] that's easy [17:24:24] flying low is jumping [17:24:33] did some stupid crazy craft to hit some 'above 19km' waypoints.. its basically a highflying hover car thing on rockets [17:24:36] and flying high you can do just on the edges of the atmosphere [17:26:07] Action: JVFoxy drives pontoon back out onto water.. [17:28:14] kit out the rocket pod [17:28:34] basically two mk1 command pods back to back, set of 4 jet engines, fuel intakes [17:34:57] ... ok whoops. [17:35:08] looks like I nearly missed all the science from water too... [17:35:27] I managed to touch the platform but it wobbled, knocked me into the water. [17:35:37] figured, just try something, oh.. nothing sci done from water even [17:36:18] good thing brought bob along to reset things [17:38:38] ugh.. ok forget jet lag on the throttle.. soon as you start moving, air movement starts piling on the thrust more. >_< [17:48:34] ... finallly [19:01:55] I made it! My first Minmus SSTO that was actually lovely to fly! [19:02:17] Black_Eagle, pics?! [19:04:47] congrats [19:14:24] ... tempted to stream a mission....... [19:26:40] lordcirth__ sure! in a sec [19:59:58] Pleiades :) http://bksys.at/bernhard/temp/screenshot81.png [20:02:27] no decoupler [20:02:44] you need to do a partially prpulsive landing [20:03:30] Is there a way to get MJ or KER to display DELTA-V remaining in a booster stage if it is staged right now? [20:04:33] game versions 1.6 and 1.7 currently do that now.. depending on how you setup your staging list [20:05:21] the stock dV? [20:06:15] ya [20:06:15] senray, KER does that by default [20:06:23] Under Vessel [20:06:42] also sorry I haven't messed with KER in a long while [20:07:23] what do ya know [20:07:26] Thanks very much! [20:28:56] Did you see the Pleiades? [20:40:16] darsie: yes o_O [20:40:25] also Althego thanks [21:37:34] lordcirth__ https://imgur.com/K6x6yN3 https://imgur.com/tGaULG1 so that's 2 rapier, 2 nerva and 2 aerospike in the bay [21:38:06] Black_Eagle, nice! [21:43:02] the margins are forgiving, flies nicely and is very controllable throughout the mission. i'm happy [22:19:34] UmbralRaptor: In the screenshot I posted? [22:19:46] yeah [22:28:55] the pleiades are probably the oldest recognized star formation [22:29:46] Why not any larger one? [22:30:16] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmelsscheibe_von_Nebra