00:29 <Izaya> Hmm. Who would've thought that launching a fuel tank primarily using the fuel already in the tanks would be cheap and simple.

00:30 <raptop> I'd be worred about the amount that actually arrives

00:30 <Izaya> Aha, that doesn't matter too much :D

00:30 <Izaya> If all I want is a big fuel tank to dump the excess fuel from all the spacecraft that service the station, it's perfect

00:31 <raptop> ah

00:31 <Izaya> Actually filling them for future use will probably involve other rockets that aren't designed so cursed.

00:32 <raptop> heh

00:33 <Izaya> https://social.shadowkat.net/xmpp/upload/-4fNQZXuk5vfsu5U/screenshot5.jpg

00:33 <Izaya> I wanted fuel tanks that didn't obliterate the use of a docking port

00:34 <Izaya> So I put LH2/LOX and LCH4/LOX tanks around a crew tube.

00:34 <raptop> fancy engine flame graphics

00:42 <Izaya> the whole launch stack ends up really tiny [cw ussr-inspired flag] https://social.shadowkat.net/xmpp/upload/-yFFuoNpTRaIJ-np/screenshot7.jpg

00:45 <Izaya> every time I posted a screenshot someone here would make a passive-aggressive remark about it being illegal where they live so now I'm putting a warning on said screenshots

00:45 <Izaya> the glroious Kerbal People's Union will not be stopped, though, their iconography is too strong.

00:46 <packbart> well, they do realize that Kerbals are easily replaced and don't care much about safety

00:59 <packbart> also, isn't Kerbal People's Union a bit redundant? that's like the Human People's Union

00:59 <Izaya> probably

01:00 <Izaya> but I imagine it's along the lines of like when you have a people's republic

01:00 <raptop> packbart: contrast with the Lizard People's Union?

01:01 <Izaya> I didn't come up with the name either way, but I haven't come up with anything better either.

01:01 <raptop> hm

02:56 <raptop> ;mission

02:56 <LunchBot> raptop: You design a series of planetary probes around the paradigm of exchanging reaction mass for ablative lithobraking equipment. A new "rescue-a-kerbal" contract is now available, featuring you as the rescuee-to-be.

02:56 <raptop> oops

02:56 <umaxtu> lol

03:04 <bees> raptop: You heard people like colonies, so you put a colony in a colony. The floating point errors result in floating kerbals.

03:11 <Izaya> I need to add some exterior lights to my station, can't see jack at night.

03:13 <umaxtu> can you do that in vanilla now?

03:13 <Izaya> The base game has lights? :D

03:15 <umaxtu> have to have light parts in order to revamp them. https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/1.11.1

03:18 <packbart> magic lights that don't cast shadows and pass through parts

03:23 <Izaya> Hmm, swapping to map mode and back gives my ships in LKO a blue tint.

03:23 <packbart> with or without the Planetshine mod?

03:23 <Izaya> with

03:23 <umaxtu> modded?

03:23 <umaxtu> lol, nevermind

03:24 <Izaya> have I missed up the configs? this is too blue, I think

03:24 <packbart> Planetshine is supposed to do that. don't know why it would change after map mode

03:24 <Izaya> [obligatory ussr-inspired flag cw] https://social.shadowkat.net/xmpp/upload/V95wnn09kcb7To-Y/2021-12-05T14:24:05-1920x1200.jpg

03:24 <Izaya> oh, it's gone away half way round the planet.

03:25 <packbart> hm, yeah. that whole image is a bit blue-ish. maybe Scatterer?

03:26 <Izaya> ah yeah that's installed too.

03:38 <Izaya> Almost emptied all the LF on the station, but we've got a stable circular orbit at 100km now.

06:04 <Izaya> ttps://social.shadowkat.net/xmpp/upload/gEYUsDi7XZ7Lj-GD/screenshot_2021-12-05--17-02-08.jpg

06:12 <raptop> social.shadowkat.net sounds like a mastodon instance

06:13 <raptop> also, yay for lights and the galaxy

06:13 <Izaya> Pleroma, but yup

06:14 <Izaya> I'm @izaya@social.shadowkat.net I post rockets and bad takes, sometimes both at once.

06:14 <raptop> heh