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How much is MASS in Kerbal Space Program?

323 views · Published 18 January 2014 · 20:38 · Indexed 26 October 2026

Channel: caramida9 · 2014 · Gaming

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Have you ever wondered how much your space ships in Kerbal Space Program weigh? ... I mean they do give you a generic unit of mass but how much is that?... Kilograms? Tons?... no one knows... so I took the liberty to do a simple experiment to find out the mass. Knowing the thrust of the engines... and knowing the acceleration of the ship as well as the gravity on the Mun I simply applied the formula:
F-G=m*a ... in our case the engine had a thrust  of 49.5 kN ... g=1.6 m/s/s and a=10m/s/s
therefore
49.5kN- mass*1.6m/s/s=mass*10m/s/s
mass=49500/11.6
mass=4267.24 kg ... and since our ship weighs 6.525 generic kerbal units of mass then 1 unit of mass in Kerbal Space Program is 643.98 kg

yep hope it helps... and happy journeys

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