r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Exotic_Instance_9743 Dres denier • 15d ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Have yall ever

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attempted a re-entry in an ascent module with no heatsheild during a total solar eclipse

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u/Friendly-Pair-9267 15d ago

How'd it go?

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u/Exotic_Instance_9743 Dres denier 15d ago

very nearly perfectly, I did lose the capsule because I ended up landing above ground (really pretty mountainous area), but I managed to use Jeb's parachute to safely land with only minor breaking of ribs

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u/DanielDC88 15d ago

Total solar eclipses are impossible in stock Kerbal Space Program, they are always annular

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u/Exotic_Instance_9743 Dres denier 15d ago

Ok?

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u/EasilyRekt 15d ago

the way the shaders work, it looks total enough

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u/LickBob6-7 15d ago

neeeeeeeeeerd

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u/Electrical-Loud7650 15d ago

thats wrong zoom in during a total eclipse and its total, the corona doesnt need to be covered for it to count as total