[09:36:56] I'm getting proficient at landing on Eve: http://bksys.at/bernhard/temp/screenshot170.png [09:37:30] that is the easy part [09:37:38] quite low altitude [09:38:06] there is a whole highlands parts with 2 km altitude with relatively flat terrain, i usually land there [09:38:16] WTH, Jeb crashed into Eve. That fool must have let go of the ladder. [09:38:29] hehe it is high up [09:39:11] and rcs doesnt work on eve [09:39:22] so you cant even dampen the fall with it [09:39:34] He has a chute. [09:40:08] darsie, is that a rock on the coast to the right? [09:40:15] eve its almost too easy to land [09:40:18] thick air [09:40:28] taking off thars anothers story [09:40:43] there is the issue with the heatign during landing [09:41:24] Gasher[work]: Yeah, that must be a rock. [09:42:16] Althego: TBH, I'd like to walk to the sea and take a swim. [09:42:29] So like to land even closer to the sea. [09:44:23] the issue with that is the shores are quite steep [09:44:30] steep as in : 30 deg [09:44:53] and with the high gravity not even an 8 wheel rover has the power to go up there [09:49:52] Hmm, right. This landing (after Jeb jumped to death) I got closer to the shore and while only a little sloped the legs sunk in during time warp. [09:51:41] When sloped, the rocket bends. When time warping, then, the rocket suddenly straightens, aligning with the bent top, thereby burying the leg. With multiple time warps this eventually led to the rocket falling over. [09:52:05] Maybe I can avoid this by chosing to control from the lower docking port ... [09:59:47] I'm sliding at 0.3 m/s. [10:02:54] Nope. I'll just revert to time warping only once. [11:01:34] Nope, still not making orbit. I blame the current atmosphere model. [11:06:13] Mhm, I could try a higher landing site. [11:15:46] Or... more fuel and engines ;) [11:37:04] No! [11:37:07] :) [13:10:22] Yes, I made orbit from 3900 m. [13:17:45] A bit ugly, 100/170 km, 5° inclination, but who cares? :) [13:20:21] Orbit is orbit! [13:20:30] Now send help and rescue them ;) [13:20:43] No, I have a Dawn for return. [13:23:44] With 2256 m/s. [14:03:39] tomorrow will the the first time that code I wrote goes live in production [14:18:48] GlassYuri: nice [14:47:24] Jeb returned the Eve surface sample to Kerbin :). [16:28:37] New Jeb? :) [16:38:53] jebediah kerman, astronaut. a kerbal barely alive. gentlemen, we can rebuild him. we have the technology :) [18:25:24] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptop' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [18:30:27] looks like a clear win for amd now. or is this politics? :) [18:48:41] a solar research station was a bad idea [18:48:51] but i'm going to stick with it. [18:48:58] drag some asteroids there, etc [18:49:34] but first: kerbin & mun research material [18:50:55] i'm going to fly all across kerbin to collect samples, then transfer them to an orbital space plane to bring them to the kerbin station, then use the solar shuttle to bring them to the research station [18:50:59] what could go wrong? [19:14:23] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptor' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [19:18:54] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Raptop' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [19:25:12] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptop' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [20:17:02] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_LxTXbtso0 [20:26:35] thes are the kind of trajectories i end up making: https://i.imgur.com/EYr7kud.jpg [20:27:30] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptor' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [20:27:51] yes, rendezvous in solar orbit is usually hard. takes lot of delta v and time [20:28:20] i can do better ones than this if i didn't have to resupply the station in time [20:29:23] i'm gonna be really low on fuel for the return [20:37:46] 745 dv [20:41:41] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o TheKosmonaut' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [20:47:53] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptop' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [21:13:49] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptor' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [21:37:09] Action: darsie flew once around Kerbin with a Whiplash and landed on the first attempt: http://bksys.at/bernhard/temp/screenshot178.png [21:39:00] 22 km seems to be a great cruise altitude. [23:05:31] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+v eriophora' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net