kerbal_space_program.rb

So there's this game, Kerbal Space Program. You basically create your own space program from scratch. Well, you can control it via TCP, and—using Ruby—we're gonna launch, orbit, and crash our brave Kerbins. You might even learn a thing or two about orbital mechanics and control theory along the way.

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1. > kerbal_space_program.rb
   ~brad_grzesiak/keep_ruby_weird | 2017-10-27 14:30
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   brad_grzesiak wheel bendyworks twitter.listrophy
   

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2. Whenever Brad is
   drinking, you wanna
   make sure you're sitting
   next to him, because
   instead of being
   obnoxious, he teaches
   you orbital mechanics.
   Ashe Dryden
   

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3. Whenever Brad is
   drinking, you wanna
   make sure you're sitting
   next to him, because
   instead of being
   obnoxious, he teaches
   you orbital mechanics.
   Ashe Dryden
   GET YOUR
   ALTERCONF
   TICKETS!
   

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4. PREFACE
   PREREQUISITES
   

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5. PREFACE
   PREREQUISITES
   ▸ Buy KSP ($40 on Steam)
   

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6. PREFACE
   PREREQUISITES
   ▸ Buy KSP ($40 on Steam)
   $24
   

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7. PREFACE
   PREREQUISITES
   ▸ Buy KSP ($40 on Steam)
   ▸ Install ckan
   $24
   

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8. PREFACE
   PREREQUISITES
   ▸ Buy KSP ($40 on Steam)
   ▸ Install ckan
   ▸ Install kRPC on ckan
   $24
   

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9. PREFACE
   PREREQUISITES
   ▸ Buy KSP ($40 on Steam)
   ▸ Install ckan
   ▸ Install kRPC on ckan
   ▸ EMA 550: Astrodynamics
   $24
   

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10. PREFACE
    PREREQUISITES
    ▸ Buy KSP ($40 on Steam)
    ▸ Install ckan
    ▸ Install kRPC on ckan
    ▸ EMA 550: Astrodynamics
    ▸ ME 446: Automatic Controls
    $24
    

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11. PREFACE
    PREREQUISITES
    ▸ Buy KSP ($40 on Steam)
    ▸ Install ckan
    ▸ Install kRPC on ckan
    ▸ EMA 550: Astrodynamics
    ▸ ME 446: Automatic Controls
    ▸ Install ruby correctly #%&!
    $24
    

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12. PREFACE
    PREREQUISITES
    ▸ Buy KSP ($40 on Steam)
    ▸ Install ckan
    ▸ Install kRPC on ckan
    ▸ EMA 550: Astrodynamics
    ▸ ME 446: Automatic Controls
    ▸ Install ruby correctly #%&!
    ▸ gem install krpc
    $24
    

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13. PREFACE
    PREREQUISITES
    ▸ Buy KSP ($40 on Steam)
    ▸ Install ckan
    ▸ Install kRPC on ckan
    ▸ EMA 550: Astrodynamics
    ▸ ME 446: Automatic Controls
    ▸ Install ruby correctly #%&!
    ▸ gem install krpc
    ▸ Write some ruby
    $24
    

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14. SPACE.FAIL:3000
    

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15. PROJECT 1:
    MERCURY
    HOVER
    

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16. MAKE A ROCKET
    HOVER
    PROBLEM STATEMENT:
    

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17. MAKE A ROCKET
    HOVER
    PROBLEM STATEMENT:
    MAKE ALTITUDE CONSTANT
    (AND SUFFICIENTLY >0)
    

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18. MAKE A ROCKET
    HOVER
    PROBLEM STATEMENT:
    MAKE ALTITUDE CONSTANT
    (AND SUFFICIENTLY >0)
    1 CONTROL: THROTTLE
    (ALSO, VARIABLE MASS)
    

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19. PROJECT 1: MERCURY
    SOME MATHS
    F = m⋅a
    ∑
    T − m⋅ g = m⋅a
    T − m⋅ g = m⋅ d
    dt
    v
    T − m⋅ g = m⋅ d2
    dt2
    x
    T(t) − m(t)⋅ g = m(t)⋅ d2
    dt2
    x(t)
    

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20. PROJECT 1: MERCURY
    SOME MATHS
    F = m⋅a
    ∑
    T − m⋅ g = m⋅a
    T − m⋅ g = m⋅ d
    dt
    v
    T − m⋅ g = m⋅ d2
    dt2
    x
    T(t) − m(t)⋅ g = m(t)⋅ d2
    dt2
    x(t)
    Nonlinear 2nd Order

    Differential Equation
    

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21. PROJECT 1: MERCURY
    SOME MATHS
    F = m⋅a
    ∑
    T − m⋅ g = m⋅a
    T − m⋅ g = m⋅ d
    dt
    v
    T − m⋅ g = m⋅ d2
    dt2
    x
    T(t) − m(t)⋅ g = m(t)⋅ d2
    dt2
    x(t)
    Nonlinear 2nd Order

    Differential Equation
    ಠ_ಠ
    

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22. PID
    CONTROLLER
    

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23. P
    I
    D
    CONTROLLER
    roportional
    ntegral
    erivative
    

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24. P
    I
    D
    CONTROLLER
    roportional
    ntegral
    erivative
    

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25. PROJECT 1: MERCURY
    NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
    THROTTLE
    

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26. PROJECT 1: MERCURY
    NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
    THROTTLE ROCKET
    

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27. PROJECT 1: MERCURY
    NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
    ACTUAL
    ALTITUDE
    THROTTLE ROCKET
    

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28. PROJECT 1: MERCURY
    NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
    ACTUAL
    ALTITUDE
    THROTTLE ROCKET
    PID
    CONTROLLER
    DESIRED
    ALTITUDE
    

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29. PROJECT 1: MERCURY
    NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
    ACTUAL
    ALTITUDE
    THROTTLE ROCKET
    PID
    CONTROLLER
    DESIRED
    ALTITUDE
    

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30. PROJECT 1: MERCURY
    PID CONTROLLER
    prev_time = Time.now
    dt = 0.1
    prev_error = 0
    accumulated_error = 0
    while true do
    sleep dt
    curr_time = Time.now
    error = DESIRED_ALTITUDE - current_altitude()
    accumulated_error += error * dt
    derivative = (error - prev_error) / dt
    set_throttle(
    P * error +
    I * accumulated_error +
    D * derivative
    )
    prev_error, prev_time = error, curr_time
    end
    

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31. DEMO
    

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32. PROJECT 2:
    GEMINI
    ORBIT
    Photo courtesy of: SpaceX
    

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33. MAKE A ROCKET
    ORBIT
    PROBLEM STATEMENT:
    

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34. MAKE A ROCKET
    ORBIT
    PROBLEM STATEMENT:
    GO REAL HIGH,
    THEN ON THE WAY BACK DOWN,
    MISS
    

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35. OUR ROCKET
    

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36. First Stage
    OUR ROCKET
    

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37. OUR ROCKET
    Second Stage
    }
    

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38. OUR ROCKET
    Third Stage
    }
    

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39. ORBIT?
    

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40. ORBIT?
    

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41. ORBIT?
    

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42. ORBIT?
    

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43. ORBIT?
    

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44. ORBIT?
    

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45. ORBIT?
    1 foot
    Austin
    Houston
    

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46. ORBIT?
    1 foot
    Austin
    Houston
    d = 237km
    

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47. ORBIT?
    1 foot
    Austin
    Houston
    d = 237km
    h = 4.41km
    

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48. ORBIT?
    1 foot
    Austin
    Houston
    d = 237km
    h = 4.41km
    t = 30s
    

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49. ORBIT?
    1 foot
    Austin
    Houston
    d = 237km
    h = 4.41km
    t = 30s
    v = 7.9km/s
    

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50. ENERGIES
    

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51. ENERGIES
    Get up there
    m g h = E
    g h = E/m
    (9.81/1000) 200
    1.96 MJ
    

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52. ENERGIES
    Get up there
    m g h = E
    g h = E/m
    (9.81/1000) 200
    1.96 MJ
    Go real fast
    E = ½ m v2
    E/m = ½ v2
    ½ (7.8)2
    30.4 MJ
    

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53. PROJECT 2: GEMINI
    OK, BUT HOW?
    ▸ Checklist!
    ▸ 2 state machines: staging & control
    ▸ On each tick, use case-when for each state machine
    ▸ On each state-transition, maybe do a single thing
    ▸ "Pitch over while managing stages"
    

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54. DEMO
    

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55. PROJECT 3:
    APOLLO
    TO THE MUN!
    

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56. LAND A ROCKET
    ON THE MUN
    PROBLEM STATEMENT:
    

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57. LAND A ROCKET
    ON THE MUN
    PROBLEM STATEMENT:
    LANDING SPEED UNSPECIFIED;
    LEFT TO DEVELOPER
    

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58. ORBIT TRANSFERS
    

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59. ORBIT TRANSFERS
    

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60. ORBIT TRANSFERS
    

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61. ORBIT TRANSFERS
    

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62. TO THE MUN
    

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63. TO THE MUN
    

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64. PROJECT 3: APOLLO
    STATES
    1. determining insertion burn delta v
    2. determining insertion burn location
    3. waiting for insertion burn far
    4. waiting for insertion burn mid
    5. waiting for insertion burn near
    6. insertion burning
    7. finalizing insertion burn
    8. transmunar orbit
    9. outer munar orbit
    10.mid munar orbit
    11.final approach
    

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65. DEMO
    

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66. THANK YOU!
    Brad Grzesiak - @listrophy
    CEO, Bendyworks
    

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