It's flying Car time! Elon Musk confirmed my long held suspicion that SpaceX was going to use a Tesla as a mass simulator in the first Falcon Heavy launch. MAJOR ERROR I Made was thinking it would be the new roadster and not the old 1st gen version. (I missed those comments)
Thanks for the awesome car model:
https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/166771-ford-gt-2017-stock/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ACGzbu8LbA
Infinite Dice messaged me recently asking if I'd like to look at the latest release of his Carrier parts mod, and the correct answer was a hearty 'Hell Yeah'.
I mainly wanted to land my rocket assistem STOL cargo plane on the deck, unfortunately while the landing deck is immune to most rocket exhausts, it apparently melts like butter under heat of sepatrons.
Development thread is here:
http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/24845-Boat-Parts-Carrier-Parts-R3
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--qJuMITXR8
Lightsail 2 was launched in June as part of the STP-2 launch on Falcon Heavy, after a few weeks of checking systems out it deployed its solar sail and began attempting to raise its orbit. Earlier this week the Planetary Society declared success - raising the apogee of the orbit higher, even if the orbit on average got lower due to atmospheric drag.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg2Juylb9nY
The Earth-Mars window opened up a month after the venus transfer window, just enough time to build another interplanetary probe. Then it's time to test some new rocket technology, liquid hydrogen/oxygen engines offer higher specific impulses letting me build a lighter rocket albeit a much larger vehicle.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRcYqof4YSk
SpaceX finally proved that Starship's signature freefall and landing maneuver can work as claimed using their full scale SN10 prototype vehicle. The flight replicated the previous attempts by SN8 and SN9 right up to the actual landing where almost everything appeared to go as planned.
I say almost because the vehicle may have touched down a little harder than intended and landing legs failed to deploy. The vehicle eventually exploded on the pad as the propellent tanks ruptured.
Because the SpaceX feed ended we don't have any official footage of the Rapid Unscheduled Second Flight so I'm grateful for the independent videographers who were on the scene to record, and in some cases react to the surprise post credits scene.
Everyday Astronaut
https://www.youtube.com/c/EverydayAstronaut
LabPadre
https://www.youtube.com/c/LabPadre/
NASA Spaceflight
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF9mdMI1qxM
Not literally, but the developers of RymdResa are billing it as a relaxing space based roguelike. Aesthetically it's a world apart from anything else I've seen, with the occasional insertion of contemplations on life, death and existence.
Certainly a niche game, but I always like niches.
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/adventure/rymdresa/?tap_a=1964-996bbb&tap_s=7471-8b12d3
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w-HpfEBFqg
Rockets routinely drop stages on their way to orbit, and you might wonder what happens to these spent piece of space hardware when they fall back?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1wMn8g7lW8
While I'm not anticipating hostiles against the Ulgarak, I do wish to reduce their ability to expand into my space, so we're constructing a border zone which might reduce their ability to move. Or maybe they'll just skip through with alternative FTL tech, we don't know, but I have to try.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Ig0S6nZrg
Universe Sandbox 2 development has continued, and given it's capacity for cosmic fireworks I figured it would be a good thing to look at on the 4th of July.
Early access is available from the developer's website.
http://universesandbox.com/2/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toG9MXYE-Qc