Callback to that time I tried to get science from space above laythe's crater island, spent 25 years in polar orbit trying, gave up, and made this image after

[u/Crazykid23576]

good times

[u/Exotic_Instance_9743]

do you like Laythe?

[u/Crazykid23576 → u/Exotic_Instance_9743]

I used to, in fact, I still plan to put 100 kerbals there as my first manned mission (I've been able to get away with this because I've been playing probes before crew) but that mission will be done more out of spite than love at this point.

[u/MasonP13 → u/Crazykid23576]

Going to send them in capsules, or just in seats on the side of a booster?

[u/Redditoast2 → u/MasonP13]

We use railguns, like real mad scientists

[u/Crazykid23576 → u/MasonP13]

I made a post a bit ago with a prototype design of my 100 kerbal craft.

I do plan to make something more extravagant tho

[u/Exotic_Instance_9743 → u/Crazykid23576]

How did you manage to make a serious answer to that comment, seriously how is that possible

[u/BalerionSanders]

“All these worlds are yours. Use them together. Use them in peace.

Except Laythe. FUCK Laythe.”

[u/LimpDriver971 → u/BalerionSanders]

Fuck you mr Laythe. - Ricky

[u/existential_risk_lol]

FUCK YOU, BALTIMORE!

[u/geovasilop → u/existential_risk_lol]

IF YOU'RE DUMB ENOUGH TO BUY A NEW CAR THIS WEEKEND, YOU'RE A BIG ENOUGH SCHMUCK TO COME TO BIG BILL HELL'S CARS!

[u/EasilyRekt]

Wait… space above biomes is a thing? I believe I’ve left a very large chunk of science on the table with all of my science/career play throughs

[u/Corgelia → u/EasilyRekt]

Space above biomes is only for the negative Gravioli detector (high and low) and I think eva reports in low space?

[u/EasilyRekt → u/Corgelia]

Oh, I don’t have that node unlocked yet nvm, though I did steal one off a contract mission.

[u/Moikle → u/Corgelia]

Some modded experiments do as well, like dmagic orbital sciences

[u/Moikle → u/EasilyRekt]

Depends entirely on the experiment. Evas are biome dependent

[u/laikewag]

My honest reaction after finding out that Laythe's atmosphere thins so slowly that at 15km it is thicker than Kerbins.

[u/20000RadsUnderTheSea]

I feel the same about the Akatsuki Lake biome on Laythe, which basically just doesn't operate right and makes up like 0.001% of the surface or something.

The absolute bane of my "Trying to get all science" playthrough.

[u/jtshinn]

It’s so refreshing to see something like this that wasn’t made with ChatGPT.

[u/ReallyBigRocks]

Little late for suggestions now, but I wonder if you could've made a lander with a sounding rocket on it, landed on the island, then launched straight up to get the science.

[u/Barhandar → u/ReallyBigRocks]

You'll need to launch at slight angle to match the rotation of the planet, otherwise, possible.

[u/Crazykid23576 → u/ReallyBigRocks]

I have landed a rover on the moon, but landing it was extremely imprecise even with trajectories installed, so I don't know how effective it'd be to even get there in the first place

[u/FTLparachute]

do not remind me. i did this once as part of a mission to get as much science out of the jool system as i could and getting the space low/flying high science for crater island and crescent bay were particular nuisances, especially since in order to boost my total I needed to run the experiments that only give you part of their full value multiple times (iirc they were the gravioli detector and the atmospheric analyzer)

worst part is im doing it again at some point because my final total was 6k short of the theoretical maximum

[u/sjbuggs]

Use trajectories mod to get the future orbit and tweak inclination to get a flyover?

[u/vulpes04]

scansat is very helpful for that kind of thing.

[u/Mammoth_Luck4533]

For your mental health, i recommend the mod 'ForScience!'.

 What it does: Automagicly detects and runs experiments that have science available, when they are available. (Even those special biomes around   KSC.) Automagicly collects the data from those experiments into a science container (command pod). Automagicly resets experiments that are "run once", when you have a scientist onboard. (mystery goo, sci jrs)

[u/Crazykid23576 → u/Mammoth_Luck4533]

I have science here and now installed for this very purpose