Kerbal Space Program, Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love THRUSTERRRSSSS

[blockguy123]

You have to journey to the center of Sol and have burning love with the idol Steve. Then, he awards you with the power of sun.
No, you don't know.

im serious where the forget do I get them i cant seem to find them in the utility unless they extend or something

what are they called?

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[The Big Bad Jellyfish]

im serious where the forget do I get them i cant seem to find them in the utility unless they extend or something

what are they called?

you have 0.18 right?

[blockguy123]

you have 0.18 right?

yessir

[Oasis]

im serious where the forget do I get them i cant seem to find them in the utility unless they extend or something

what are they called?

Photovoltaic panels.

[Extrude]

Their little icon looks nothing like a solar panel because it is retracted, but almost everything on the lower half of the utility section is a solar panel.

[blockguy123]

ah ok

and

i end up orbiting around the sun and its getting very annoying

also

when i try to have a full repetitive orbit around Kerbin, in looks like this:


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inb4heheitlookslikearichard

[Gojira]

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[The Big Bad Jellyfish]

also

when i try to have a full repetitive orbit around Kerbin, in looks like this:


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inb4heheitlookslikearichard

Pictures please, I don't understand what you mean.

[Oasis]

Pictures please, I don't understand what you mean.

He probably means it just falls back to Kerbin. blockguy, you have to shoot for under the horizon once you get high enough.


Also, I have a question. Will a spiraling rotation on a probe maintain a straighter orbit in deep space? Or is ASAS enough?

[J MASTER]

There is no such thing as a straight orbit.

Spiraling will do nothing to the orbit of your craft unless you're thrusting in a direction as you spin.
ASAS is handy if you want to leave something in a stationary position for docking, but you don't NEED it for something that you're just leaving in orbit.

[Gadgethm]

Hallo there.  Just gonna leave this here....

[SpitFir3Tornado²]

There is no such thing as a straight orbit.

Spiraling will do nothing to the orbit of your craft unless you're thrusting in a direction as you spin.
ASAS is handy if you want to leave something in a stationary position for docking, but you don't NEED it for something that you're just leaving in orbit.

I just ASAS everything.

[Oasis]

Hallo there.  Just gonna leave this here....

[img]http://i.imgur.com/3jxjql.jpg[/img

You sir make me jelly.

[The Big Bad Jellyfish]

Hallo there.  Just gonna leave this here....

[img]http://i.imgur.com/3jxjql.jpg[/img

Needs more boosters.
And rovers.

[J MASTER]

Ohhoho.
Now I need to make a refueling station for a Mun rover!