• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    I know it’s just a webcomic but the KSP player in me hates how the engine bell sticks down past the landing legs

    • Kaput@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      It’s an engine skirt. It lets the lander move around on the surface at low thrust. Think hovercraft.

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      8 months ago

      Hey, landing on the bell is better than those flimsy landing legs. Especially if you are tight on science and not unlocked the moving ones!

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      8 months ago

      To be fair it’s also blowing a sandcastle over on the moon. Where there’s no atmosphere…

      • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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        8 months ago

        I think expanding exhaust gasses from the engine plume dissipating against the surface could do that if the castle was close enough. But then again, I’m not a physicist, just a KSP player

  • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    The first time somebody builds a sandcastle on the moon out of regolith just for fun will be a historic moment for all of humanity.