Whistler Applied Technologies Laboratories
short WAT Labs
Base Hull: container based torus space station
Length: 500m in diameter
Height: 65m
Mass: about 25000 tons
Drive Type: WPT reactionless Thrusters
Drive Rating: station keeping only
Primary Manufacturer:
Whistler Dockyard Services
Owner: Whistler Services
Faction: Rhodanites (Pulpers)
Launched: Late 2018
Purpose: Reseach Station
Primary Crew: Zuse (AI)
225 crew (mostly scientists)
30 Kerbals
Auxiliary Vehicles:
4x Orbital Sled
Status: active
In early 2018 Whistler Services decided that 4183 Cuno was not the best place to work on new projects and products. It was quickly decided that a dedicated Research Station.
The Construction of Reykjavik Station proved to be heaven send and Whistler Dockyard Services gained more experience of building larger space stations.
Whistler Applied Technologies Laboratories was originally designed as a 175m station like Reykjavik Station, but 'Dane contacts within the Max Plank Society noted that they would be interested in renting space on the new station. Being a German registered Corporation and very interested in working with the premier German Scientific Society, the Board of Directors quickly decided to expand the original design to include additional lab space.
Finished in Late 2018, WAT Labs follows the same orbit as 4183 Cuno, but trails it by half a day. 60 percent of the lab space is used by several Institutes of the Max Plank Society, whit 30 percent used by Whistler and the remaining ten percent by various smaller 'Dane research institutes.
Early in 2019 the main computer of WAT Labs developed an AI, which is very interested in computer sciences and named itself Zuse and began to design and then build an open source computer where everything is open source, from the CPU over RAM to the OS.
Known Vehicle Quirks:
* 'Ze German!': If you cannot speak German, you have a problem on WAT Labs as no one is going to understand you, even if everybody speaks English. External Communications are exempt from this quirk.
* 'Rundfunk': Every sound system on the station only plays WDR2, a German music station.
* 'Open Source or nothing!': All computers, even those not connected to Zuse do not boot if they don't have an Open Source OS installed.
short WAT Labs
Base Hull: container based torus space station
Length: 500m in diameter
Height: 65m
Mass: about 25000 tons
Drive Type: WPT reactionless Thrusters
Drive Rating: station keeping only
Primary Manufacturer:
Whistler Dockyard Services
Owner: Whistler Services
Faction: Rhodanites (Pulpers)
Launched: Late 2018
Purpose: Reseach Station
Primary Crew: Zuse (AI)
225 crew (mostly scientists)
30 Kerbals
Auxiliary Vehicles:
4x Orbital Sled
Status: active
In early 2018 Whistler Services decided that 4183 Cuno was not the best place to work on new projects and products. It was quickly decided that a dedicated Research Station.
The Construction of Reykjavik Station proved to be heaven send and Whistler Dockyard Services gained more experience of building larger space stations.
Whistler Applied Technologies Laboratories was originally designed as a 175m station like Reykjavik Station, but 'Dane contacts within the Max Plank Society noted that they would be interested in renting space on the new station. Being a German registered Corporation and very interested in working with the premier German Scientific Society, the Board of Directors quickly decided to expand the original design to include additional lab space.
Finished in Late 2018, WAT Labs follows the same orbit as 4183 Cuno, but trails it by half a day. 60 percent of the lab space is used by several Institutes of the Max Plank Society, whit 30 percent used by Whistler and the remaining ten percent by various smaller 'Dane research institutes.
Early in 2019 the main computer of WAT Labs developed an AI, which is very interested in computer sciences and named itself Zuse and began to design and then build an open source computer where everything is open source, from the CPU over RAM to the OS.
Known Vehicle Quirks:
* 'Ze German!': If you cannot speak German, you have a problem on WAT Labs as no one is going to understand you, even if everybody speaks English. External Communications are exempt from this quirk.
* 'Rundfunk': Every sound system on the station only plays WDR2, a German music station.
* 'Open Source or nothing!': All computers, even those not connected to Zuse do not boot if they don't have an Open Source OS installed.