[00:03:56] <JVFoxy> been pondering something while traveling today: navigation markers in KSP... would people make use of them? I understand there is something of a instrument mod type thing but what of being able to place a marker like a flag but for navigation sorta thing? 
[00:05:37] <darsie> I "cheated" a small ship in an orbit, planned the trip to Mars from there and then flew to that orbit to make it so.
[00:06:10] <darsie> Seemed like something we'd do irl.
[00:09:01] <JVFoxy> was thinking more ... ground based. although, space navigation buoys could be a thing too I suppose.
[00:10:03] <JVFoxy> what go me going on about things was having markers on the end of the runway to help with landing....
[00:16:24] <darsie> You could put rovers with lights there.
[00:16:47] <darsie> But the runway is lit at night, I think. Adn visible in daylight.
[00:17:33] <JVFoxy> nah.. don't need lights on markers.. just a little icon I can see
[00:18:11] <JVFoxy> a while back, I tested it out by putting a wheeled probe at 1km out from the end of the runway, and another at 2.5km out
[00:46:07] <lordcirth> JVFoxy, you mean Waypoint Manager?
[00:51:03] <JVFoxy> hmm...
[00:54:04] <JVFoxy> lordcirth I suppose... though I guess my idea was just places on surfaces. Something you'd have to go out, setup as a kerbal in EVA. Be it a beacon or full on nav facility.
[00:55:10] <JVFoxy> waypoint manager.. just lets you put waypoints where ever with nothing? Just visible as a marker in flight or on map?
[01:24:15] <Eddi|zuHause> what happened to placing flags?
[01:25:33] <Eddi|zuHause> waypoint manager is effectively like mission target markers, something you do while planning a mission before going anywhere
[01:33:24] <JVFoxy> flags as waypoints are ok... though they'll be grouped in with other flags. I guess something of a different flavor. I mean.. suppose you could just setup everything digitally, not even having gone there. Even in midspace if you wanted.
[01:41:16] <lordcirth> JVFoxy, yeah, you can just put a pin on the map, iirc
[01:42:27] <JVFoxy> lordcirth suppose.. but where's the fun of actually going out there, placing a marker. (or building a nav point) ;P
[01:42:57] <JVFoxy> er... weres the fun in just placing a point in a menu as opposed to actually going out there
[01:44:14] <Eddi|zuHause> i don't think that's the right question
[01:44:45] <Eddi|zuHause> where's the fun in playing a computer game as opposed to actually going out there?
[01:45:22] <JVFoxy> meh... people rather everything, right away, easiest way possible...
[01:45:32] <JVFoxy> no work involved..
[10:26:12] <Althego> utánam jöttek a gecik
[10:26:18] <Althego> hehe not here
[12:39:29] <Althego> https://i.chzbgr.com/full/9273433344/hE5B34CD7/
[12:40:24] <Rolf> thats not purebread, eyes arent bread
[12:58:24] <Althego> must be artificial eyes for a blind cat
[13:01:42] <Rolf> lol
[13:03:35] <Althego> mrrrrrrr-pfft the asteroid is depleted
[13:04:05] <darsie> What size?
[14:03:31] <Mat2ch> Sooo, we will really see Crew Dragon fly on 2nd March
[14:03:46] <Mat2ch> and the SuperDraco engines can be used for orbit insertion if something goes wrong
[14:03:48] <Mat2ch> woah
[14:04:12] <Althego> technically for landing too, but probably not intended to be used as such
[14:04:28] <Althego> because they were too lazy to go through the certification for that
[14:11:14] Action: darsie launched successfully. Maybe waiting for the launch time at the launch pad triggered the sound barrier drag.
[14:12:37] <Mat2ch> Althego: NASA doesn't want it.
[14:12:45] <Mat2ch> And they have other priorities, I guess
[14:12:50] <Mat2ch> maybe we'll see a landing later on
[14:12:57] <Althego> they are focusing on the new rocket anyway
[14:13:22] <Mat2ch> or they go for a smaller starship ontop of F9
[14:16:06] <Mat2ch> I mean, it would make sense to create a smaller starship
[14:16:38] <Mat2ch> you get a reusable second stage, can perform landings, etc.
[14:17:00] <Mat2ch> and all without poking holes in the heat shield
[14:58:45] <Althego> hah the event horizon episode i was waiting for (i thought it should have been on previous week) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG58idb6HuA
[14:58:45] <kmath> YouTube - Does Planet Nine Exist? Featuring Dr. Konstanin Batygin
[15:00:43] <Althego> maybe it was. seems somebody related to the guy died
[15:00:56] <Althego> (who makes the videos)
[20:10:53] <Althego> scott
[20:13:18] <Althego> hah i didnt know there was a virgin galactic flight yesterday
[20:14:10] <Althego> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EczI8K1HsiM
[20:14:10] <kmath> YouTube - VSS Unity’s First Passenger
[20:17:07] <Althego> hehe, revive respwn++ https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1099125172257185792
[20:17:07] <kmath> <✔elonmusk> Respawn++ https://t.co/MLAGk38Lkk
[20:28:50] <Scolar_Visari> Sons and daughters of Kerbin: We will bury them!
[20:29:38] Action: Scolar_Visari ponders how many stars there are in this photo https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1902/heic1901aTriangulum.jpg
[20:29:38] <Althego> what if they want to live?
[20:29:48] <Scolar_Visari> Althego: Then my Heavy Tanks will bury them alive.
[20:32:18] Action: Scolar_Visari runs over Allied rocket troopers.
[20:36:29] <Scolar_Visari> Today I read an op-ed which used described a fringe group as having politics beyond the Kuiper Belt.
[20:36:46] <Scolar_Visari> I wonder how many people understood that.
[20:37:27] <Althego> i dont :)
[20:38:31] Action: Scolar_Visari would've also accepted Beyond the Oort Cloud.
[20:38:36] <Althego> wjat scott didnt mention there is also an electron rocket waiting for launchj
[20:38:56] <Althego> bveyond the oort cloud would mean an other solar system
[20:39:08] <Althego> beyond the kuiper belt means only just far out
[21:29:50] <Fluburtur> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/186186471202357249/548979770730217500/DSC_0765.JPG
[22:08:17] <darsie> Nice cooling ribs :).
[22:15:37] <Fluburtur> the mockup engine is on the bell of the motor so it will spin too, will look nice