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I doubt SpaceX could put a satellite in orbit with KSP physics. Just the absence of realistic thermal conduction would prevent it. The outer skin temperature ty
by delichon 1y ago
I doubt SpaceX could put a satellite in orbit with KSP physics. Just the absence of realistic thermal conduction would prevent it. The outer skin temperature typically peaks around 300–600 °C during the densest part of the atmosphere. If you calculate those forces wrong the rocket has a bad day. Best case it is over engineered and has a reduced payload. They might as well do their calculations with pi equal to 3.
- 0_____0 1y agoWhat does thermal conduction affect? Is it mostly practical spacecraft construction, or actually related to orbital mechanics?
- bogzz 1y agoThe FAR mod is touted as being realistic; I haven't played it though.
- iso1631 1y agohttps://xkcd.com/2205/ https://xkcd.com/2205/ comes to mind with your pi approximation. Nobody is saying KSP physics is perfect. Until I played KSP, I had no idea how hard orbit was compared with just going up into space (and generally the greater population thinks the same -- they think that sending New Shephard upto 100km is about the same as sending a Dragon into orbit). I had no idea how you move in orbit, how getting from low earth equitorial orbit to Jupiter takes less energy than getting from the same ship to a polar orbit (and even then that the only real way to change your orbit like that is to go out beyond the moon and back), etc.