Frontier submission - Space station
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In this picture I have 5 docking ports, 4 occupied with mandatory escape pods and 5th is totally free and unobstructed. How many more free docking bays/areas/ports do I need to make to pass this challenge?
What is minimal amount of escape pods to pass the challenge?
In this picture I have 4 RCS engines and one main engine for big changes in orbit. How much more RCS engines do i need to add to pass this challenge?
What is minimal amount of escape pods to pass the challenge?
In this picture I have 4 RCS engines and one main engine for big changes in orbit. How much more RCS engines do i need to add to pass this challenge?
Extra solar panels don't hurt, they are light and small, it is easy to deliver to orbit.
The absence of any information about how much of each stuff must be there and in which shape it should be made - that hurts. Because it is not even hard - it is impossible to guess. Thus i hope you can answer those questions, so we could establish the picture of space station, which totally without any questions qualifies for this challenge - then i can build it.
Building something in orbit and only after it is done finding out that it doesn't pass, because it has too little amount RCS engines or it's docking area is incorrectly made - that would be so a disaster.
The absence of any information about how much of each stuff must be there and in which shape it should be made - that hurts. Because it is not even hard - it is impossible to guess. Thus i hope you can answer those questions, so we could establish the picture of space station, which totally without any questions qualifies for this challenge - then i can build it.
Building something in orbit and only after it is done finding out that it doesn't pass, because it has too little amount RCS engines or it's docking area is incorrectly made - that would be so a disaster.
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The problem is not the number of docking ports; but rather the accessibility of a single docking port. I have seen tiny small space stations where even a giant shuttle would be able to dock, and rejected many giant space stations where due to poor layout only relatively tiny capsules can dock.
It is a more thought out design if there is a docking port with a lot of clearance around. If the docking port protudes out from the rest of the station by half a dozen meters, it ought to be fine.
It is a more thought out design if there is a docking port with a lot of clearance around. If the docking port protudes out from the rest of the station by half a dozen meters, it ought to be fine.
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That new update in rules is so very nice. Now i can use SAS mod and it eliminates long and boring take-offs from Earth to LEO, which is especially awesome for this particular challenge since it has much more than only one take-off from Earth, unlike most of other challenges.
Here is my video with building space station:
Here is my video with building space station:
