Colony Attempt

[Rhyhof]

Okay, so I'm decided to do a colony, but I don't know where. So, I want you guys to to decide. Either Moon, or Mars, because I'm not an advanced player. So, tell me which in the comments, and I'll keep the progress in the comments, or once they approve Team Titan so I can edit.

 

[DioSpaghetti]

Moon

 

[Rhyhof]

Alright, I'm going to let 2 more ppl vote.

 

[Lemniscate Biscuit]

Alright, I'm going to let 2 more ppl vote.

callisto

 

[Darthan]

Alright, I'm going to let 2 more ppl vote.

I would suggest the Moon first then work outwards:

Captured Asteroid (low gravity colony)

Mars System:
Deimos (low gravity colony)
Phobos (low gravity colony)
Mars (could use heatshields to land)

Venus (Best to use heatshields to land)
Mercury

Jupiter System:
Callisto
Ganymede
Europa
Io

 

[Axiom]

I want you to suffer so Mercury

 

[Rhyhof]

2 votes for Moon, 1 for Callisto and 1 for Mercury, Moon it is.

 

[Axiom]

I vote 3 times for mercury honestly Mercury was a joke, Moon is the most reasonable as it's quite close as acessible

 

[New Horizons]

Mercury

 

[Rhyhof]

Okay, that's all the votes. No more. Moon it is.

 

[Rhyhof]

Habitation Module:

Launchpad

LEO

Moon Orbit

Landing

Another Landing

 

[Axiom]

Habitation Module:

Launchpad

Sorry but what's the TWR on that? you sure you need 1600t of thrust for such a small rocket? the ideal TWR is between 1.2-1.5

 

[Rhyhof]

2.71 TWR, I'm an impatient guy, so I like fast things.

 

[Axiom]

2.71 TWR, I'm an impatient guy, so I like fast things.

I guess, if it works it works. Although....

Spoiler: Secret thing about high TWRs

If you have a high TWR you can start going horizontal faster, which means you can create a more efficient trajectory to orbit. But the problem is that you have to make your rocket really aerodynamic as high TWRs feed drag

 

[mariohobbs]

2.71 TWR, I'm an impatient guy, so I like fast things.

Why not do x2 or x3 timewarp, high TWR is basically throwing away thrust in atmosphere

 

[Axiom]

Why not do x2 or x3 timewarp, high TWR is basically throwing away thrust in atmosphere

Good point, maybe he's really impatient

 

[mariohobbs]

But they are on PC, there are mods that add higher timewarp, they should be satisfied with 25x physics timewarp

 

[Axiom]

what if they're really impatient?

 

[mariohobbs]

They can theoretically mod an even faster timewarp, 1000x physical timewarp

 

[Rhyhof]

Oh, before I enter space, I use my last bits of fuel and boost sideways to make getting to orbit easier.

 

[Axiom]

But normal TWR rules apply

 

[Lemniscate Biscuit]

They can theoretically mod an even faster timewarp, 1000x physical timewarp

VanillaUpgrades has extended timewarp down to x0.1 all the way up to x25. I do plan on making an ExtendedTimewarp mod that goes to 500x physics timewarp, so if you are really impatient you could use that.