Rocketry Cooling Modules and Better Rocket Module Descriptions

[ZombieDupe]

You can hold a good temporary solution to everything on a rocket except cooling. Something that could cool the interiors of rockets using gas earlier on or even liquids later on (requiring rare resources) would be neat. Maybe we could even have a carbon skimming module, but as of right now using oxylite and the exploitative mechanic of it offgassing just delete the CO2 seems like the best option that won't generate extra heat inside the rocket. It would give some options for really confused players on how to handle cooling in rocket interiors.

Also the rocket modules and engines could have more and better information in their description about fuel and oxidiser ratios necessary for launching and reaching further distances. That sort of rocket knowledge isn't common, self-evident or obvious in and of itself without external information.

[AndreyKl]

It is technically possible to automatically cool rocket interior by getting solid or liquid co2 into the rocket (as example) and then pumping co2 gas out. But such automation is going to steal space from already limited module.

Some external cooling would be a nice option, like some pipe-gantry analogue with input and output for coolant, attaches to rocket when it lands. But an radiator array module might be an option as well. Or may be a setting for fittings to pump into/out of external radiators?

[KonfigSys]

with the new update, you can make water pipes inside the module (without any extra module) and pump cold water which is replaceable/refueled every landing.

I also use cold oxygen in the external gas tank.

If you do not carry hot cargo in the rocket bins, the above works pretty well. If you want to make it much cooler a few kg of solid oxygen works well.

Solid oxygen is very easy to get with hi-end supercoolant (or hydrogen cooling at the early stage) and you can autoload solid oxygen also or manually to bins.

[Genry]

Using the gas module, I supply oxygen through the ventilation to the bottom of the living module.
Hot gas destroys duplicates, carbon dioxide kills oxygen escaping from the ventilation.
Let's say we have 3 duplicates on board - 180kg of oxygen per cycle, the whole tank will be empty after the trip.
Never had overheating problems.