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C'mon we gotta head back now (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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P.S. I'm gonna be drawing the new comic live on twitch in about 10 hours from this post (gotta sleep first) if you're interested!

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Maybe those are retractable ones that are just in motion already?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Buzz Aldrin saw the flag from Apollo 11 get knocked over by expanding exhaust gasses https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/ApolloFlags-Condition.html