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[LoSboccacc]

No, those are the altitudes. A biome is the type of ground under your probe (highlands, shores, ocean etc...), and there is a separate science deposit for every possible combination of altitude and biome.

only some some combination are differentiated for experiments: like the crew report is the same science pool anywhere in space near kerbin while eva use different science pool per biome.

[Carnwennan]

I got a magneto-probe from KI into orbit around Duna. Pretty decent amount of science since I used Ike to circularize and got some bonus points from that, and it gives me some info on those negative particle thingies I'm going to need later.

Do those itty-bitty probodyne fuel canisters have any actual use? The final satellite stage was going to use them to tighten the orbit around Duna, but they ran out in a split second even with the smallest engine I had.

[Sean Mirrsen]

The itty-bitty canisters are basicaly useful as padding between toroidal tanks, the actual amount of fuel they carry is pretty low. They're also lightweight and easy to stack. A small satellite can get decent delta-V out of them with an inline 909 engine.

[Vattic]

I realise it's not much, but I landed my first kerbal on the Mun and returned safely .

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Farside Crater:

[alway]

Just downloaded Extraplanetary Launchpads, KAS, Kethane, MissionController, and NearFuture. Time to go nuts. With a fresh career, of course, since having all the science to start with would just be no fun at all.

Well, added FAR to this list, disabled Mission Controller. It's basically impossible to keep a positive balance in combination with unmodded costs for certain mods in that bunch. Like the NearFuture parts, which are several million each.

Also, today I created an amazing monstrosity to serve as my new Kerbin Atmospheric Science Research Vessel.

A bicycle 3-mast ship.

Spoiler: May I present: The Troll Science. (click to show/hide)

I really like the things you can do with FAR's drag model. Now that drag is properly based on exposed surface area, I can actually make awesome aircraft!

[mainiac]

I realise it's not much, but I landed my first kerbal on the Mun and returned safely .

Kudos!  Once you can do that, all you need is bigger rockets and you can do anything.

[Aseaheru]

Err... I am working on a module system outa stock parts for bases... Want to go laugh at them?

[Lightningfalcon]

The Mun landing is a good part of the battle.  Once you can go there and return you know enough that it's not too much more work to do everything else. 

So I've modded my plane from earlier in an attempt to make a SSTO plane that can return and land safely.  These are the results-

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The Sabre MKIII.  Needs to have the nuclear engine on during the last moments of takeoff, and is slow to rise.  It can rise at about a 25 degree angle all the way up to around 13,000 meters, and then it takes some special piloting, going up and then down, pulsing the atomic engine, and turning off the jet engine.   

Highest I've gotten in two runs.   Atomic engine isn't powerful enough to propel the ship on it's own, so it was only good for trying to gain a bit of speed in the low air environment to get airflow high enough for the turbojet engines.   

Back on Kerbin.  Unfortunatly without the engines.   I had a set of four landing lights, and my touch down was going well until there was a small hill.  I had to quickly turn my engines back on and pull up, but all three engines were clipped in the process. 

I made two more models, but I don't have any pictures of them.  One is the longsword series and the other the rapier series.   The longsword could climb the fastest and could take off after only a few seconds, and could then go almost vertical but suffered at high altitudes.   The rapier series' main difference from the Sabre was that I put a bi-coupler by the cockpit so I could put two atmoc engines.  Still wasn't enough. and the added weight made the max altitude ceiling around 23,000 meters. 
I decided to forgo the SSTO designations on all my planes and just called them "High altitude reconnaissance vehicles."  I might even put a sunbeam module on the Sabre and make it an interceptor.  You know, for when the alliums arrive.   
Chances are that the Sabre will be the most accomplished of that whole design scheme.  Tomorrow I'm going to replace the atomic engine, replace it with a regular liquid engine, and replace two of the jet fuel containers with some equivalent weight liquid fuel containers.   I'll also replace the set off circular intakes and another set of ramjet intakes.  If that doesn't work I'll have to go back to the drawing board.   

[Greiger]

Any landing you can walk away from needed more boosters.

That seems like a reasonable design to me.  Should be able to fit another two rocket boosters on the ends of those ram intakes for more 'get to space' oomph, but then you'll be weighed down even more during takeoff.  SSTOs are a delicate balancing act.

[TheBronzePickle]

I wonder how many people take the 'needs more boosters' thing seriously and wonder why they never accomplish anything more than spectacular explosions.
Anyway, what are the limits of asparagus? Is there any point in which you just can't shove more layers on something and have to find a new solution?

[Putnam]

no

[LordSlowpoke]

I wonder how many people take the 'needs more boosters' thing seriously and wonder why they never accomplish anything more than spectacular explosions.
Anyway, what are the limits of asparagus? Is there any point in which you just can't shove more layers on something and have to find a new solution?

16 rockomax boosters for a 70 ton payload make you fly out of atmosphere at 400 m/s and that's not even a ridiculous setup

therefore a setup of one rockomax booster per 5 ton upper stage is optimal, though considering the weight of the rockomax booster itself, 7 tonnes are the actual payload said booster can take at takeoff

so theoretically, if you wanted to launch something that's 200 tonnes, you'd need 40 boosters strapped to it, and then a medium lifter stage so you actually make orbit

quality kerbalspace engineering

[My Name is Immaterial]

The only limit in KSP is your computer.

[BigD145]

I wonder how many people take the 'needs more boosters' thing seriously and wonder why they never accomplish anything more than spectacular explosions.
Anyway, what are the limits of asparagus? Is there any point in which you just can't shove more layers on something and have to find a new solution?

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/56212-1000-Tonnes-to-Orbit

[alexandertnt]

Spoiler: Landing on duna (click to show/hide)

Ended up crashing ~1000 units of spare fuel into Kerbin on the way back, due to overengineerd lander.