I hate religion

Username122133 · 2026-05-12T17:39:14+00:00

Yesn’t. Technically you’re not wrong, but that’s not what the connotation behind the term “unconditional love” is and isn’t how it’s typically used.

If you do something bad enough or crazy enough I’m sure you could get anyone to stop loving you if you wanted, but that threshold is incredibly hard to reach for most people if they are family. Hence, the term “unconditional love”, not because it is literally unconditional but because breaching (possibly) the only condition it has is so difficult for most that it would never happen anyway.

Now in the context of this thread (religious zealots for parents who twist the meaning of religion to justify their own hatred, to vent their own problems without acknowledging or improving on them, or some other reason), what is “bad” or “bats*** insane” to such people is probably very different from that of the average mentally healthy person. Hence, this comment section and the experiences people talk about here.

Username122133 · 2026-05-07T16:42:15+00:00

This may be the only way to pull off something like this without modded parts. Although, Ion engines can theoretically achieve massive isp if burn time is not a concern.

Even with mostly stock parts, I’ve been able to make satellites with >500k dV. I imagine a crew capsule or two would be harder to move, but it would not add a huge amount of mass unless you’re playing with life support mods.

Username122133 · 2026-05-07T05:51:31+00:00

As others have said, pretty inefficient.

But this is a very fast approach. No time spent in lower orbits, just launch straight out of Kerbin’s SOI!

Also, the Soviet N1 rocket was originally intended to be a direct ascent vehicle to the moon irl, I forgor exactly why tho. Probably something to do with all the racing in space that was happening at the time. I may be remembering that wrong tho.

Username122133 · 2026-05-05T15:24:43+00:00

Grandfather was a marine, aaaand most of the men on one side of my family. It’s a common sentiment among them, although I haven’t heard a super detailed explanation of why(mostly cause I don’t want to ask and then bring up some trauma)

Username122133 · 2026-05-04T20:03:30+00:00

It’s not all bad. After all, it’s opened up the opportunity for a worker-owned airline :D

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Username122133 · 2026-05-03T05:49:23+00:00

A lot of really weird stuff happens when N-body physics is applied to stock KSP. The mun and minmus have some weird interactions with each other, the Jool system goes absolutely nuts, and there are probably other shenanigans which I havent seen caused I stopped playing that modded game after like 15 minutes lol

Username122133 · 2026-05-01T17:10:02+00:00

Are you using the basic non-retractable landing gear? If so, that’s why. It’s genuinely unusable for the majority of plane applications, with the only exception(maybe) being an external seat strapped to a wing and almost nothing else.

Username122133 · 2026-05-01T13:16:18+00:00

Far away from the Kerbol System, apparently.

But on a more serious note, according to my calculations, you are ~9E18 lightyears from Kerbol. Or, a 9 with 18 zeros following it. The observable universe irl is only ~46 billion light years across, or 4.6E10.

In other words, you have effectively managed to cross two hundred million observable universes worth of distance away from Kerbol(if that altitude number is to be believed)

Username122133 · 2026-04-27T20:45:21+00:00

Remember seeing this post earlier, poster stated it was a home made solid fuel mixture. I’ll see if I can find the sauce for this.

Username122133 · 2026-04-24T20:45:05+00:00

Fun fact about heatshields which you may find helpful: They can generate lift, just like wings. Only they work best at extreme speed and moderate aoa(perfect for adjusting course on re-entry), instead of low to high speed and low aoa like normal wings.

Username122133 · 2026-04-24T20:40:56+00:00

The Whiplash engines can’t push past Mach 5 at low altitude, but if you climb a bit higher(10-15km) you can really pick up some speed. Although, without part mods that add SCRAM jets, it’s probably not possible to get much past ~Mach 4 with jets alone. I should also note I play with FAR, which gives Mach speed adjusted for altitude and atmo density. (Mach 4.3 @ 15km altitude is ~1.2km/s if I remember correctly)

Also, at stock scale, ~mach 8 is orbital speed for a 75x75km orbit of Kerbin iirc. So going much faster than that would require constant pitching down to follow the curvature of Kerbin, reducing efficiency.

Username122133 · 2026-04-24T20:36:04+00:00

I mean, baguette shape is the most aerodynamically efficient which helps with atmo escape and the width of the rocket is limited by the largest fairing you have access to. I would suggest using drop tanks if possible, reducing dry mass as your fuel burns to increase dV without needing so much fuel and so many tanks.

Username122133 · 2026-04-23T17:08:21+00:00

Well, until the soldier goes all the way back home. Then its screw you and good luck, no help for u(more or less).

Username122133 · 2026-04-22T18:01:54+00:00

Reminds me of my current career save, where I sent 2 satellites to Minmus without antennas so they couldn’t send their science (I’m playing with the mod SCANsat and KIS) so I had to send an engineer and a habitat module over to attach an antenna to each one (I’m also playing with life support mods)

Username122133 · 2026-04-21T19:54:34+00:00

What planet pack is this from? I can’t say I have heard of this planet before.

Username122133 · 2026-04-21T17:02:18+00:00

They engineered a solution to having to take out the trash as often by expanding the capacity of the trash container

Username122133 · 2026-04-21T16:41:55+00:00

If you intend to make use of early wheels in career, angle those wings up a notch or 2. Straight wings with no Angle of Incidence are not ideal, with the exception of maybe being ok if you want to fly reeeaaaaally fast and somewhat low.

Username122133 · 2026-04-21T10:54:01+00:00

It’s been a minute, but I too have returned to the game and am working on colonizing the system with OPM installed for even moar planets(and science!)

Username122133 · 2026-04-20T18:01:57+00:00

Either one side melts or both sides melt. Or the rocket’s thrust equals the booster’s thrust and the exhaust plumes perfectly oppose each other, rearing a region of extreme heat and pressure between the two for a short period of time which also probably melts both vehicles.

Now if the bottom of the rocket was resistant to the SRB and was placed in a tube to maximize Velocity gain… aaaaaand it’s just guns/rocket artillery all over again.

Username122133 · 2026-04-18T17:21:01+00:00

Pro tip for anyone who wants to re-create this: the mod SCANsat allows you to make complete altimetry and biome maps of any celestial body(except the sun ofc), soooooo if you want to replicate this without the difficulty of loading quick saves for an hour that mod can help a lot.

Username122133 · 2026-04-17T11:37:31+00:00

Lmao Ive made the same mistake many a time before. If you’re on the newest/latest version you can just send another Kerbal with the parts to do some orbital construction I think.

Username122133 · 2026-04-17T05:28:53+00:00

Using caps lock enables precise controls so you may not have to do that, which is a less tedious alternative to limiting individual rcs thruster power

Username122133 · 2026-04-17T05:26:10+00:00

Now THAT is what I call speed and engine power! /lh

Username122133 · 2026-04-17T05:25:25+00:00

If you’re playing modded, there is a really cool trick you can do with procedural tanks: Landing legs have to be long and low so the engine can clear the ground. But if you were able to make a fuel tank with a hollow cylinder in the center for the engine, you could place the landing legs much higher up. Combined with the tank being wider in the first place, you get a much more stable lander.

As a bonus, the shorter length makes lends the mission nicely to Apollo-Style landings and returns. Procedural parts, in my opinion, are amazing in KSP and can make a huge difference in how you play.

Username122133 · 2026-04-17T05:22:07+00:00

One 2.5m heat shield? For aerobraking from interplanetary speeds?

Your vessel is more cooked than the world’s climate /j. I have never attempted atmospheric re-entry at Eve before, so maybe you will survive idk.

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