rose-meta.conf
[env=ORBITAL_SPEED_MS]
description=Minimum speed necessary to achieve orbit (m/s)
help=Delta-v (Increase in speed) necessary to go into a close orbit.
=
=If the rocket cannot achieve this, it will come back down and crash.
=
=Values allowable (discounting gravitational drag, quick burn):
= Earth: 7890.0 (discounting air drag)
= Moon: 1683.0
= Mars: 3535.0
= Cruithne: 1.8 (a brisk walk would do!)
values=1.8, 1683.0, 3535.0, 7890.0
[file:rocket_settings.nl]
[namelist:rocket]
description=Rocket configuration
help=Configure various aspects of the rocket.
=
=See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module
=and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_equation
[namelist:rocket=battery_levels]
description=Battery levels for the rocket - must not be too low!
help=The percentage charged levels of the silver-zinc batteries.
=
=Lower percentage basically translates to a slightly lower
=voltage.
=
=If the levels are too low, we're in trouble.
=
=If the levels are all too high, the batteries may cook!
length=2
type=integer
[namelist:rocket=fuelless_weight_kg]
description=Empty (non-fuel) weight of the rocket
help=The fuelless weight of the rocket (empty, no fuel).
=
=If the ratio of this to namelist:rocket=total_weight_kg is too high,
=the rocket will not achieve orbit (i.e. crash!)
type=real
[namelist:rocket=specific_impulse_s]
description=Specific impulse of the rocket
help=The specific impulse or efficiency of the rocket, expressed as a time
=period in seconds.
=
=The higher the value, the more the oomph per kg.
=
=See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_impulse
=
=If multiplied by standard gravity (~9.8m/s^2), it gives the effective
=exhaust velocity, which is used in the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation:
= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_equation
type=real
[namelist:rocket=total_weight_kg]
description=Total weight of rocket, before launch (kg)
help=The total weight of the rocket at launch, including fuel.
=
=If the ratio of namelist:rocket=fuelless_weight_kg to this is too high,
=the rocket will not achieve orbit (i.e. crash!)
type=real