light speed mission

[Slicky spaceship]

travel the speed of light- 299 792 458 m / s or more and go plaid

no cheating, legit only

whoever impresses me most gets to name my new space station

 

[SupremeDorian]

"go plaid"? What does that mean?

 

[Slicky spaceship]

"go plaid"? What does that mean?

it is a reference to the movie spaceballs

 

[Slicky spaceship]

travel the speed of light- 299 792 458 m / s or more and go plaid

no cheating, legit only

whoever impresses me most gets to name my new space station

You can cheat while building the ship but only at launch pad

 

[Danny Batten]

This challenge is impossible without cheats.
It can’t be done, not even with ION engines

 

[Pink]

This challenge is impossible without cheats.
It can’t be done, not even with ION engines

Maybe with a flyby of a second sun?

 

[Danny Batten]

Maybe with a flyby of a second sun?

Lol no, not even with a fly by of a second sun

 

[SupremeDorian]

Fastest I've ever gone was about 18km/s on a Jupiter flyby.

 

[Danny Batten]

And even if you did have cheats, it would take months if not years to get to that speed.
And I haven’t even gone in to the game glitching from distance

 

[Altaïr]

Danny is right, this is completely unrealistic. Even a fly-by of the Sun won't get you close to 1% of the objective.
The light speed is REALLY huge dude. That would make you travel from Earth to the Sun in no more than 10 seconds (in SFS, not in real life).

 

[SupremeDorian]

That would make you travel from Earth to the Sun in no more than 10 seconds (in SFS, not in real life).

For anyone wondering, in real life it would take you 8 minutes to go from the Sun to Earth at light speed.

 

[Danny Batten]

The only way I can see this being possible would be to change the thrust of the engine in the files

 

[SupremeDorian]

The only way I can see this being possible would be to change the thrust of the engine in the files

There is no way that I know of to change the power of an engine via file editing, however you can increase the throttle via save editing, however your fuel consumption increases as a result of this, so you need to increase the fuel as well.

 

[SupremeDorian]

There is no way that I know of to change the power of an engine via file editing, however you can increase the throttle via save editing, however your fuel consumption increases as a result of this, so you need to increase the fuel as well.

To clarify, you use the same amount of fuel as normal, you just burn it quicker due to the higher throttle. At least if I remember correctly, I haven't tried in a long time.

 

[Altaïr]

To clarify, you use the same amount of fuel as normal, you just burn it quicker due to the higher throttle. At least if I remember correctly, I haven't tried in a long time.

That's correct, you would need to increase Isp actually. But raising thrust would be a good idea too, to make it shorter.

 

[Altaïr]

Just for fun, I calculated how much fuel you should bring with you to achieve this. I supposed that beside the fuel, the rocket would only have 1 probe, 1 ion engine and 2 small solar panels, so 5.1 tons of dry mass.

I supposed we would use Asparagus staging, as this is the most fuel-efficient technique (that I know) to get a high speed.

Try to think to a number, and check the answer to see how close you are from it.

Spoiler: Answer

You would need 1.484 × 10^(14469) tons of fuel.
Not to mention that the burn time would be far beyond the age of the Universe

 

[Bananas]

Our general view on challenges (inspired by Space stig) is that you shouldn't post a challenge unless you can do it yourself.

 

[SupremeDorian]

Our general view on challenges (inspired by Space stig) is that you shouldn't post a challenge unless you can do it yourself.

This.

 

[SupremeDorian]

Oh boy, I did it! Itotallydidntcheat

I can actually go faster, like here where I reach the fastest possible speed.

 

[Altaïr]

Oh boy, I did it! Itotallydidntcheat
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I can actually go faster, like here where I reach the fastest possible speed.
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With a grasshoper? Congratulations!

But now we can't communicate with the probe: radio signals also travel at light speed, so they can't catch up with the probe anymore.

 

[SupremeDorian]

This took all of about 60 seconds, so I'm exhausted now. lol

 

[Danny Batten]

This took all of about 60 seconds, so I'm exhausted now. lol

Lol

 

[Slicky spaceship]

This challenge is impossible without cheats.
It can’t be done, not even with ION engines

Ok but only with infinite fuel

 

[SupremeDorian]

But now we can't communicate with the probe: radio signals also travel at light speed, so they can't catch up with the probe anymore.

Oh, don't worry about that. It may look like a probe, but it is actually a crew capsule disguised as a probe.

 

[Slicky spaceship]

Oh boy, I did it! Itotallydidntcheat
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I can actually go faster, like here where I reach the fastest possible speed.
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Nice I didn’t think it was possible