[00:19:12] Twitch drives Moon Rover [00:31:07] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+v eriophora' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [01:05:24] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Supernovy' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [02:01:02] just a quick question (sorry I keep bothering people with such questions) but the delta-v requirement to land at the highest point on Bop is low enough to land and return to orbit on an EVA pack right? [02:01:10] what with the huuuge mountain [02:10:01] I was about to say "you can do that on Minmus" But I think perhaps that's only one way. [02:10:06] Maybe it's two-way. [02:23:16] youi can do it one way on Gilly [02:23:20] I believe its close [02:23:30] I was pondering places for fueling/comms depots [02:23:39] and a position that can be reached with ludicrously low delta-v seems good [02:26:54] Minmus is such that you can EVA from 100km orbit, land, and return to Kerbin [03:08:51] uh that again https://78.media.tumblr.com/e7ad45a3e16132f30d21c3107d0f7d74/tumblr_ox616llBrU1wnn8hoo6_540.png [03:19:30] also perhaps return from Dres to Kerbin via Jool for the gravity assists? [03:51:58] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Supernovy' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [05:32:24] mm.... LT-1 landing legs are ... annoying [05:32:41] sorry.. LT--05... [05:34:13] or maybe its just the craft configuration... ugh [05:37:00] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Supernovy' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [05:37:25] lands on one of the pads, gets stuck... [06:01:34] ISS Urine Tank Level: 30% [06:01:55] living up to your nick cringe ? [06:02:21] for eternity [06:02:39] player rage level: 25% [06:02:58] confusion... ~50%.... [07:36:21] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Deddly' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [07:57:39] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o purpletarget|zzzz' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [07:58:18] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Supernovy' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [08:00:51] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o purpletarget|zzzz' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [13:12:12] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o technicalfool' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [13:51:09] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Dman979' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [14:55:32] Last message repeated 1 time(s). [14:55:32] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZJghIk7_VA [14:55:33] YouTube - Mannequin Skywalkers ride to space onboard Crew Capsule 2.0 [14:55:41] I guess you saw that already [15:13:09] Is the SpaceX launch today? [15:13:22] it should be [15:13:48] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPHbqY9LHCs [15:13:49] YouTube - CRS-13 Hosted Webcast [15:13:55] In around 20 minutes is the launch [15:14:28] you mean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsAIoqbUCgw [15:14:28] YouTube - CRS-13 Technical Webcast [15:16:23] I like the hosted more [15:16:25] ;) [15:16:51] I'm gonna run to get a coffee [15:16:58] I need to p [15:27:50] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPHbqY9LHCs [15:27:50] YouTube - CRS-13 Hosted Webcast [15:27:57] CRS-13 launch live! [15:28:08] Action: TheKosmonaut cries when nobody looks at the topic [15:28:36] Each time I watch a rocket launch, I have a tiny wish everything explodes in a spectacular fireworks show [15:28:50] TheKosmonaut: nobody reads the topic ;P [15:29:02] That's why I am always crying [15:29:11] you should stop cutting so much onions. [15:29:30] the video quality is somehow pretty bad [15:29:33] Check yo stagin [15:29:33] is it just me? [15:29:46] SopaXorzTaker: in january we might get to see a big fireball [15:32:04] Mat2ch, tiangong-1? [15:32:19] I hope it falls near my house (with no victims, of course) [15:32:47] No, Falcon Heavy :D [15:32:52] ah :P [15:34:08] T-2min [15:34:15] roger [15:34:53] T-1:30 [15:35:12] SopaXorzTaker: Knowing china's history with dropping rockets on villages, I wouldnt wish fro that if I were you [15:35:26] TheKosmonaut, well [15:35:42] it it doesn't kill anyone, I'd be glad to steal some electronics from it :D [15:35:57] also, maybe there's still some dead astronauts inside [15:36:14] communism nation no acknowledge errors :P [15:36:23] T-0s [15:36:29] LIFTOFF! [15:36:47] Mat2ch, WE HAVE LIFTOFF! [15:36:55] LIFTOFF LIFTOFF LIFTOFF [15:36:58] YAY [15:37:57] MAX-Q passed [15:38:07] I wonder what was torn apart on the launch pad [15:38:24] something about T+4 flipped up over the suppression water steam [15:39:00] T+02:25-28 [15:39:01] MECO [15:39:25] + STAGE 1 BOOSTBACK [15:39:57] I see I'm not the only one excited [15:40:32] see those four fins on the first stage? [15:40:48] They are needed for the flat earth alien truthers to stand on [15:41:29] that is true I designed those grid platforms for the idiots [15:42:03] oh neat, you can see the trail of steam going out over the water [15:42:38] STAGE 1 ENTRY BURN! [15:42:50] no more video downlink from S1 [15:43:00] (it got eaten by the Space Kraken) [15:43:06] wait, that renewed [15:43:17] ... and we see the Mission Control [15:43:27] back to the onboard camer [15:44:01] first stage landing... [15:44:13] ...success? [15:44:26] (please fall and explode, please!!!) [15:44:45] (nope :<) [15:45:06] SopaXorzTaker: there's a montage for that [15:45:36] Stage 2 cutoff? [15:45:43] also, something has broken off [15:46:00] ve2dmn, seen thatr [15:46:02] that* [15:46:12] and Dragon Deploy [15:46:32] ... separation confirmed [15:46:59] bye, spent second stage [15:47:23] aaaand... [15:47:26] Array Deploy! [15:47:50] ... failed? [15:47:59] .. no? [15:48:23] no idea WTF is that [15:48:33] hmm [15:48:58] YES! [15:49:04] SOLAR ARRAYS DEPLOYED [15:49:35] video gets foggy and has visual errors [15:49:41] (probably low SNR) [15:50:03] also, you can see the pathetic attempts to insert the timestamp mark on that [15:51:28] And we that, we have a fully launched debri in orbit [15:51:36] (stage 2) [15:52:46] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o APlayer' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [15:52:55] ve2dmn, it's going to retrofire [15:53:04] APlayer: your timing is perfect [15:53:16] I realized [15:53:19] you just missed the SpaceX launch [15:53:28] fun fact: Elon Musk and Squad are now doing a complex experiement [15:53:30] Returned home at 1546 GMT [15:53:42] I managed to get a glimpse of the solar panels unfolding [15:53:46] They actually let Scott Manley control their rockets [15:54:01] How true is that? [15:54:03] (but he thinks that he's playing a heavily modded KSP) [15:54:08] SopaXorzTaker: I knew it! Scott is a robot! [15:55:57] Humm, is it actually a thing in KSP that a lander can stand slightly tilted on perfectly symmetric landing legs, presumably because it impacted rather hard on one of them? [15:58:05] Also, what were the highlights of the launch I missed? [15:58:28] ve2dmn: Stage 2 never stays in orbit [15:58:31] APlayer: no unplanned things [15:58:46] they dump it somwhere in the ocean. [15:58:57] (And here is the lander I mean: https://i.imgur.com/zsvXSng.png the tilt does not seem to be an illusion) [15:59:00] Lander legs can spring at different distances resulting in a non level lander on level ground. [15:59:13] They even thought about saving it somewhow. But they never explained how. [15:59:28] heavy and expensive. [15:59:32] Match: IIRC, a heat shield + propulsive landing [15:59:48] Does it even have > 1 TWR? [15:59:55] KSP is all messed up. [16:00:00] When empty and no payload, probably [16:00:31] Mat2ch: A parachute and an airplane to catch it? [16:00:42] I mean, the tank and engine on their own weigh next to nothing [16:00:44] Like the roll of film from the 1960s? [16:00:46] It would have to have some kind of heat shield. [16:00:58] It's at orbital velocity. [16:01:09] Unless you kept 6km/s dV left. [16:01:25] The heat shield is not /that/ heavy either [16:01:47] Plus, at least a part of it burns up [16:02:02] Mat2ch, they deorbit the second stage, right? [16:04:03] How many debri in orbit right now? [16:04:28] I know each object is tracted individually (as much as possible) [16:04:46] stuffin.space [16:04:50] not my site, tho [16:06:24] this looks much worse then my worse game of KSP [16:06:34] :D [16:07:39] SopaXorzTaker: yeah, they do [16:08:12] http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=40328 [16:08:18] also known as UNKNOWN LDS DEB [16:08:26] I mean, which satellite could that be? [16:08:26] The second stage should be low enough down that anything there gets dragged down in a few weeks. [16:09:50] correct [16:09:58] but they try to deorbit it ASAP [16:10:43] After I learn how much damage a tiny speck of dust can do to the ISS, I've been wondering about debri (such as the ones created by the collision of 2 sats) [16:11:30] ISS has armor [16:11:53] Not going to be pretty if anything larger than a grain of sand hits it. [16:12:06] depends on the dV [16:12:51] worst case scenario is ~14km/s [16:13:05] Blaank, I wonder if they'd allow me to launch my cubesat into a 180 degree, 35780 km orbit [16:13:20] (retro-geostationary) [16:13:22] They would probably get angry but there is nothing stopping you as far as I know. [16:13:51] Launching from international waters ..... It's perfectly legal I think? [16:14:14] As in you would not be arrested or fined upon entering any country. [16:45:46] ve2dmn, I started watching The Expanse recently and got a minor case of the giggles when a wrench took a walk on EVA. 350 years later and we still haven't solved that problem :D [16:45:50] SopaXorzTaker, fancy seeing you here [16:46:32] SnoopJeDi: magnets! [16:46:52] I was thinking something even lower-tech like a tether :) [16:47:04] Action: SnoopJeDi coughs in the direction of Little Rock, AR [16:49:23] tether... WITH MAGNETS! [16:49:45] (just so it can mess with things) [16:56:13] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o APlayer' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [17:09:39] Tethers are the answer. [17:20:01] I absolutely adore the Dorothy Slippers they use in the show for zero-gee [17:20:11] even though I think mag boots are a lousy meme :P [17:24:11] The Flying Alamo is a pretty nice ship. [17:50:12] so, you can't become a commercial airline pilot if you're HIV positive [17:56:08] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Deddly' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [18:20:39] sandbox: why? [18:21:59] ve2dmn, "The man, who wants to remain anonymous, was refused the medical certificate needed to enter training to gain his licence." [18:22:51] Ok. And what's the rational for that medical certificate? [18:23:05] (just trying to understand. Not judging) [18:23:07] shrug [20:45:32] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Deddly' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [21:25:36] Pilots have to have medical certificates to prove they are healthy enough to fly. [21:25:49] My FIL is a flight instructor, and has to get a medical certificate. [21:25:55] I guess it proves you're not going to die in the air. [21:25:57] or something. [21:33:33] Like I said, I'm just curious what the rational is behind the medical. [21:34:23] I also know that you should not fly if you are sick [21:35:08] https://www.thebalance.com/faq-medical-certificates-for-pilots-282669 they basically don't want you behind the yoke if you have certain medical conditions. Epilepsy, bipolar, psychosis, substance abuse or dependence, pacemakers, diabetes, etc. [21:53:18] Weekly is out https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/168579-ksp-weekly-a-private-space-race/ [22:12:22] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Supernovy' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [22:12:30] Evening, Gentlemen. [23:26:50] Is it cheating if I accept contracts to upgrade my buildings and then cancel the contracts? [23:27:01] from the advance [23:27:36] Appearently Kerbals haven't invented debt, yet. [23:28:11] Well, I paid with reputation a bit, I guess. [23:28:21] lol reminds me of guy who found out that he could mine fuel tank and get more fuel [23:28:24] You can't go negative? You just go to zero? [23:28:38] yep [23:28:50] I actually think that's lame. [23:29:08] My rep dropped from 43 to 42%. [23:30:54] But decreased reputation just increases contract rewards, IIRC, so ... :). [23:37:58] I did not know that. [23:44:54] Can I do a spacewalk for a contract with someone I'm rescuing from that orbit? [23:45:32] "Go on an orbital space walk near The Mun." [23:47:52] Well, I'll find out ... [23:55:27] I'm 99% yes, because they become "part of your team" during the rescue [23:55:33] You get the green envelope notification. [23:56:22] They can space walk. Tourists can't. [23:57:00] Is the Klaw bad aerodynamically?