KAL 9000

Wow, it's been a while since I last posted here! Anyways, Mars 2020's launch is coming up, and NASA seems pretty serious about wanting to return collected samples. They haven't actually announced a plan for returning the samples yet, so it's up to us to speculate . As fellow KSP players, you guys have some experience with orbital mechanics, so I was wondering what you guys think the best way to do an unmanned Mars sample return is? Potential considerations: -Cost -Mass of samples that can be returned -Mission duration -Reliability & Redundancy

WAIT JUST A SECOND! The Kraken Drive... Yes... A reactionless drive unit! Put about four of them on an axle so that they spin it around, turn it on, and eventually, it'll be spinning fast enough that it will produce more energy (if it's hooked up to a generator) than it consumes! PERPETUAL MOTION! A perpetual motion machine can keep you alive past Heat Death! GIVE A KRAKEN DRIVE TO THE INVADERS! THEY WON'T NEED TO INVADE!

Well... that happened. The K in K-Drive obviously stands for Kraken. We should definitely tell the humans. If anyone knows how to fight a war, it's them.

Reported to the moderators for foul language

Is this dead?

"Rest assured, there is a perfectly logical explanation for all of this." --- Bartdon kept track of his towel to Mars and back? Aside from being a BadS, Bartdon Kerman is ONE HOOPY FROOD!

Fitting! Venus is an acidic, burning hellhole!

Now with 50% more efficient hairstyles!

That. Was. Amazing. My only complaint is that the aliens look like My Little Pony characters, but if that's the only mod for it, I suppose it's unavoidable... DEATH TO MY LITTLE PONY!

Off to Eve, eh?

THE HYPE IS REAL

CONTEXT: He's working on a planet-glassing superweapon for the Kerbal Future mod (which I also work on, so I know Stuff™).

Sorry for your loss Those last two episodes were great, though

This is actually not true. My first counter-example: Homo sapiens sapiens