Skylab

Yeah, I love the rescue missions. You can just impress kerbals into your space program like the frickin' British Navy in the 1700s.

I never use MJ, but I don't look down on people who do. From everything I've heard, it just doesn't sound very fun to me. Also, I don't know why some people think the stock UI is broken or unusable; I've never had any problems with it.

Okay, I'll try that next time and see if it works. - - - Updated - - - I tried your suggestion and it did the trick. Thanks!

I'm not reentering too steep. I set my periapsis to about 20-30 km before entering the atmosphere on each one of the attempts. Same result every time.

The game is unplayable for me now because of the new chute mechanics. I've made 5 attempts to return a Mk1 capsule (with a heat shield and a Mk16 parachute, nothing complicated) from LKO to the surface. Each one failed. I deployed the chute the second it said that it was safe, but it wouldn't open in time. I have no idea how I'm going to work with this problem. If anyone has managed to get around this, please tell me how you did it. I'll be very grateful.

Thanks everyone, that answered my question.

I'm planning a manned mission to Duna. Does my lander need a heat shield in order to avoid damage to the engine and landing legs, or is the atmosphere so thin that I won't need one?

This is, in my opinion, one of the best space-related movies ever made. Its attention to realism and character development is simply extraordinary.

Have any of you people watched the animated miniseries "Over the Garden Wall"? It's really fantastic.

I'm watching it right now; I love it so far

I would have liked it more if it wasn't full of libertarian bull****.

Okay, now I understand how to do it. Thanks, guys

Does anyone know how to stage a Korolev cross? I'm not sure how to place and angle the sepratrons in the right way.

Flying Lotus definitely sets the right mood for me EDIT: Oh, and also the album Demon Days by Gorillaz is great to listen to while playing KSP as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcTNloetz_8

I built my very first spaceplane. Unfortunately, pretty much all it can do is get to space. I can't get into a stable orbit or land it where I want. Also, this isn't related to KSP, but I had a really funny dream last night where I bought a used space shuttle orbiter at a garage sale, and was using it to drive around town instead of a car. I was going to drive it to work but realized that it was a bit too flashy, so instead I walked there, because I had sold my car to buy the shuttle.

Sorry it took so long to reply, I've been having problems with my internet connection. The equation I've been using is the one on the KSP wiki: I got the value of 1740.09 m/s^2 with ln(4.7/2.7) x 320 x 9.81 m/s^2. I guess gravity and atmospheric drag should account for the behavior of the smaller rocket.

I recently learned how to calculate delta-v, but every time I try it, my numbers are way off. For example, I was trying to send a craft to land on Dres. I calculated the delta-v of each stage and added all the values together, and checked how much delta-v the mission would require, including the return to Kerbin. According to my calculations the rocket would have enough delta-v, but then I wound up running out of fuel before I could actually land. I also tried calculating the delta-v of this much simpler rocket: The amount I got was about 1740 m/s^2, but when I flew it my maximum speed before I ran out of fuel was somewhere around 470 m/s. What am I doing wrong here? Am I missing something completely obvious?

PANCAKES! *ahem*. That out of the way, I prefer french toast to waffles.

Landed a kerbal on another planet (Dres) for the first time. Unfortunately, the spacecraft he came in, and the copilot, were destroyed in the process. So...yeah.

also

Titan, Europa, Ganymede. I'm not at all surprised that Titan and Europa are many people's favorites.

I landed a probe on Duna for the first time

The only problem I had with the movie was some of the dialogue about "love binding people together" or something like that. I thought it was pretty cheesy and didn't really go anywhere. Other than that, I absolutely LOVED Interstellar. It's a great science fiction movie that I think will stand the test of time. I can't believe that it only has a 73 on Rotten Tomatoes.

I'm just starting to fly my first planes, but I don't know how to steer. Can someone help me please?

Beginning my first serious mission to Eve. I plan to get into orbit, drop a landing probe onto the planet, send a manned lander to Gilly, and come home. I think I might even keep the thing in Kerbin orbit after I return so I can use it for other interplanetary missions. I got the transfer stage into orbit after several tries, then docked a lander, probe, and habitation module to it. Right now I'm trying to dock a module with reserve fuel onto it, but I messed up my first try because I put the RCS thrusters too far forward and the thing was too hard to control. [spoiler=]