August 20th, 1955 – a few hundred kilometres up and going fast to the right-ish.
Gene says I have to write these things twice a day, but they’re boring!
There’s nothing to write here, because I’m bored!
I’ve been zipping along for 7 days now, and I’m bored!
I can’t even go play outside, because those big solar panels are blocking the hatch. Note to Werner: DON’T BLOCK THE HATCH!
Gene says I have to stay for another 5 days to set some sort of record. What sort of record? Being bored for the longest time? It’s all fun and games the first day, but I have to strap in to the seat to sleep – and it’s not a comfortable seat to sleep in! Another note to Werner: SPACEBEDS!
I can see why they made me do this thing – no way Jeb would have been as patient.
I’m gonna go count my snacks for the 723rd time and then eat one, so I can count them again – I’m not doing those silly puzzles Werner and Gene wants me to, they can do those themselves. Note to self: Bring a book next time.
Signed,
Valentina Kerman – The most bored kerbonaut.
Play note: While trying to set a record in space with Val, I accidentally forgot about the Hab-limit, so she went grumpy. Luckily I could still remote-manoeuvre the pod back down.
Kerbinia Space Agency 
Is it general Kerbinian engineering practice to block hatches? 🙂
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Sometimes with Jeb, yes, yes it is….
This time was more a compromise of a small orbital stage and lots of solar power being needed to stay up for a long time….
Next iteration of the design have already rectified this issue though!
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So, do they block viewports instead? 😉
It sounds like you have invented larger solar panels by now, you can not need that many of those for powering a capsule, can you?
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Nope, next version has unobstructed everything 🙂
And they’re not really bigger, just have better placement really. But you’ll see soon enough.
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Personally, I would just put them on the tank, and not decouple the command pod until reentry.
Btw, our tracking station report another 5 pieces of LEO debris have entered the atmosphere and be destroyed. It seems nature is cleaning out the trash.
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Yeah, first design needed a LOT of panels, ok? They were all over the tank and slightly on the pod….
*suppresses comments about cleaning out trash and Illyriens still present on Earth”…
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Shiny 🙂 Picture 🙂
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Can’t, Val couldn’t get out to take one!
Jeb has taken one of the next one though – maybe another post tonight…
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Either that, or some archieve photo from the VAB
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You’ll get one of the next version – and then just have to imagine it completely plastered over with the large panels….
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