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Still goofing off with my latest little obsession, Kerbal Space Program.  The latest focus of my attention has been on developing a working SSTO spaceplane in the game that I can use to launch small payloads into space without expending an entire rocket to do it.

For those who aren't familiar with the concept, SSTO simply means "Single Stage To Orbit".  What that means is that the vehicle can reach orbit without having to discard any hardware on its way up.  Most spacecraft use stages to make them more efficient; once a stage runs out of fuel it is discarded to reduce the weight of the spacecraft so it can make more efficient use of its remaining fuel supply.

While it is possible to design a rocket that could do this, an aerospace plane is an attractive option for a number of reasons.  Using wings down low to generate lift to ofset gravitational drag is one, and such a vehicle is capable of self-recovery (aka: land itself at a runway rather than ditch at sea for later recover) and has superior cross-range capability (by operating as an aircraft once back to low altitudes).

I shot a 45-minute video of my first successful design (SSTO-5 'Aurora') performing a complete mission-cycle (lauch, delivery, deorbit, and landing) and it's available on YouTube.  Unfortunately, I still can't upload more than about 15-minutes per video so I had to break it up into four parts.  So here's a link to the playlist.  I'm really sorry about the audio quality.  My microphone and editing software are not on speaking terms right now so it took about four days before I could get something even this playable uploaded.  I'm so sick of looking at this footage :XD:, once I simmer down and get all the bugs sorted out I might go back and fix them all later.

So once again, for those who are interested here is the link to the playlist:
KSP- SSTO spaceplane

Until next time,
Jon


We're Getting Married!!! :iconstarsqueak:

Work Progress- The Fold Space
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Pg. 272 Posted 4-7
Pg. 273 Posted 4-7

Chapter Seven Summary :star-empty::star-empty:

Chapter Eight Posted 4-21

Pg. 274 Posted 4-28
Pg. 275 Posted 4-28
Pg. 276 Posted 5-5
Pg. 277 Posted 5-5
Pg. 278 Posted 5-12
Pg. 279 Posted 5-17
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Work Progress- Fantasies 1
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Work Progress- Fantasies 2
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Coverart Posted 1-17
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Work Progress- Fantasies 3
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Work Progress- The Joolian Chronicals
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Episode one "The Battle of Val's Flight" :star-empty::star-empty:
Episode two "Reprisals" :star-empty::star-empty:
Episode three "The Battle of Jool" :star-empty::star-empty:

Work Progress- Misc
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A New Life- The Next Bend :star::star-empty:
The Commander's Choice- Pt Five-a Posted 5-4
The Commander's Choice- Pt Five-b :star::star-empty:
The Commander's Choice- Pt Six :star::star:
The Commander's Choice- Pt. Seven :star::star-empty:
The Commander's Choice- Epilogue :star::star:

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=star-blazer May 7, 2013  Professional Writer
Congratulations! :squee:

Your beautiful work The Commander's Choice, part one has been selected and featured for my "Lit. Pick of the Day" today! It was suggested by the lovely *nomyai. It will be featured for 24 hours on my page and in a news article with all May's picks at the end of the month.

Thank you for your stunning contribution to the literature community! Keep writing and best wishes!
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:iconwafflestoo:
Aaaauuuugh! Of course you pick the one with the WORST cover art on it :XD: (j/k)

Thank you very much for lofting my work to such heights. :blush:
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=star-blazer May 8, 2013  Professional Writer
:giggle:

I thought the cover art was lovely! (I can't draw, so anyone who can amazes me).

And you're most welcome :tighthug:
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:iconwafflestoo:
Eh, the first one I forced myself to try and use my drawing pad to do the linework... mostly because I feel that I really need practice with the silly thing :XD:

The next one I did with markers on paper and colored digitally [link]

This remains my favorite of the series :D
[link]
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~draccoo2010 Apr 13, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Just love your artwork! I have no words to say how much I enjoy ur stuff. Im a big fan of your artwork. I may share a amazing song to you in return. [link]
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:iconnomyai:
Tag, dude, you've been selected! [link]
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:iconnomyai:
You changed your icon. Nicely done, the details of Sam's "smirk" comes through clearly.
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:iconwafflestoo:
Yup, I was thinking about changing it back when I was doing the lineart for that picture. It felt like it'd been a while and I was due for a change.
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