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A few weeks ago, I realised that you could get a relativley fast, but still very efficient probe by using the Fatman nuclear rocket mod.

Didn't that thread have malware'd downloads?

If no one else has 13.3, I'll use 13.2, but I'd rather have 13.3. Ninja'd

But what about: Demo This release is also a demo version of the game and will be until the developers decide to use a new demo version. (See 0.18.3) Released 3rd March, 2012 New on 0.13.3: A Stats Tracking System, so we can collect information of the game for statistical purposes. Bug Fixes: Fixed a bug with symmetry in the VAB. Fixed an issue with the main camera that would create sporadic moments of lag in map view. Fixed a bug that caused symmetrical parts to lose the reference to one of their counterparts, leading to incorrect symmetrical placements. Reverted the Staging logic to the 13.1 system, as the changes made in 13.2 were buggy. Note: 0.13.3 is an additional free version with bug fixes.

I would like to have the old KSP demo for reasons of nostalgia. Also mechjeb for that version of KSP, too, if it existed at that time.

6/11/2213 JUMBOWL SPACECRAFT LAUNCH SUCCESS The Jumbowl spacecraft, KCC-1701, has just finished pre-flight checks and is awaiting orders for scientific exploration. Evian first officer Kirrim Jr. has given a quote on the mission. "I have no idea what will become of this mission. It is a great success for Kerbin-Evian peace, that's certain." The ship is currently docked at Dres outpost for waiting. Here is a picture: I know it's the Defiant from Enterprise, Mirror (not DS9) shhh.

6/8/2213 New spacecraft developed The absolutley MONSTROUS Jumbowl KCC-1701 Spacecraft was launched by the Kerbo-Laythians. It is a new employment of Space-Warp technology, considered to be the succesor to timewarp technology. The JCC-1701 is a Konstitution-Class vessel, designed for further exploration of the outer kerbolar system. An old probe, Voyager K, had picked up telemetry of a blue ringed gas giant. This will be Jumbowl's first destination. The Jumbowl is also equiped with neutronium-decay weapons, as well as a new kind of laser-based weaponry system: the Khaser. Ships crews will also carry hand Khasers with them at ALL times. Trikorder scanners have been developed for further scienctific research. The ship will be launched in 3 days.

NASA astronaut Jebidiah Hyewman gave a quote to the paparazzi yesterday eveneing. "All I have to worry about on my flight, is wheather or not if they had enough duct-tape to hold the spaceship together"

One thing that drives me crazy. Can you make your Kerbal's Eyes derpy (lazy eyed, far apart)? It is SO annoying to see them like that.

This is fing awesome

Dude, you need to release your Kerbal model!

Well, I meant that they would have to survive in dangerous and off-the -book scenarios. And also, it's Altair, the Atari was a joke.

its alternate reality!

MOHO TAKEN BY JOOL The planet known to be used only for scientific purposes, never to be used as a colony, has recently been conquered by Joolians. All of the science teams were driven out of the different Mohan territories, and many Joolian scientists revolted. "We came here for SCIENCE not military!" A certain Jeansgy Kerman shouted during the protest. The citizens were then promptly shown some amazing new technological invention, not a weapon at all, and then all died of shock. An Evian freighter with a damaged communicator was destroyed by the Joolians when bringing cargo to the Dunese colony.

Updated Op!

Alright, ready to upload next version.

Would there be communication-stopping radiation? And it's only a small explosion on a strong craft.

Alright her eis my flaALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

Not a Kerbal story, but It is related to space. What if the Apollo program continued... Selena Trouge is the first woman to walk on the Moon on Apollo 21. July 20th 1969 There it was. A magnificent spacecraft capable of reaching the huge rock that orbited the even larger damp mossy rock. It had finally been confirmed in Lunar Orbit. Selena sat there at her television, in wonder as to how such a thing could be accomplished. An hour or so passed before Selene went back to the television. "The Eagle has landed!" Selene heard. It was so amazing, the sight. A few minutes later, "That's One Small Step Frra Man, One Giant Leap Frr Mankind!" could be heard on nearly every television on Earth. "Momma?" Selena asked. "Yes sweetie?" Her Mom looked away from the Television. "I'm going to go there one day." She smiled, her missing front tooth adorably visible. October 4th 1989 There she was. Apollo 21. The first Apollo Spacecraft to use a drastically lighter vehicle, with less fuel being required due to the addition of the very new, amazing NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications) to the 3rd stage and CSM. It was also the first manned use of the Saturn VII Heavy Lifter. Selena was now 27, and she would be the first woman to land on the moon. She was the mission's scientist. Expert on the Moon. This would be the first mission to deploy a permanate base for future Lunar expiditions. The new "Altair" lander spacecraft would be responsible for landing and deploying the base. 2 of the crew would stay on the surface. This being Johnathan and Chad Gotts, The first twins in space. Selena and Richard would return to Earth. A mere two weeks later, Apollo 22 and 23 would be launched, bringing 20 more people along. It was only two minutes untill launch. Selena could not have been more exited. She thought back to when she was 7. "I'm sorry, Selena. Almost no one ever goes to space." Her mother had said to her on the day of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. She had then become obsessed with space. Especially the Moon. When she was only 10, she had accuratley drawn a Selenograph. The irony is that Selenograph is the actual name for a map of the moon, but Selena did not know that. When she presnted the map as a school project, she was embarassed to find that Selenograph is not "Something you invented, or even named." She kept working. She had studied the Apollo missions as much as she could. She marked her selenograph with the locations of all of the Apollo landings. When she went to college, she majored in astronomy and engineering. She kept her physical capabilities up in the hopes that she would become an astronaut. And a mere two years ago she did. She flew on an orbital mission to Skylab for resupply. When the spacecraft had an oxygen breach and loss of rocket engines, she had the amazing idea of using the escaping oxygen as a de-orbit thruster. She had to manually hold the spacecraft steady using the oxygen valve as a rotation control. She saved the other two astronauts and splashed down saftley in water. And now she is going to the moon. She could feel rumbling in her chair. " Alright, we are go for flight." the radio announced. Selena smiled. "Alright, a few bumps until the Moon." She joked. "Ten" mission control counted down. "Nine." Selena braced herself as the fuel started to vent from the rockets. "Three" "Two" "ONE!" "We have liftoff!" Mission control announced. "The clock is running!" She shouted on the radio. "We have cleared the tower!" *a few bumps later* "Alright, Huston, we've completed all of our flight system checks, over." The Apollo 22 spacecraft was in Low Earth Orbit. "Flight, You are go for Lunar Orbit Injection, over." Mission control responded. Johnothan clicked some switches and prssed some buttons. The computer turned on, and started plotting the LOI burn. "So uh, guys, what are you all going to do during the wait?" Selena asked nonchalantly. "I brought up a GameBoy with me." Richard said. "Since when do you play video games?" Chad asked. He was secretly jealous of the handheld gaming system. "Since I was a little kid. I had an Atari." He said matter-of-factly. There was a beeping sound. "Alright, 10 seconds untill LOI Burn, brace yourself, it's time to see what the NERVA can do!" She was somewhat confused at the men's discussion of video games, the only games she played were Lunar Lander and Asteroids, and thus was curious how he got an entire Arcade cabinet in his house. The four astronauts were then pushed back in their seats. The burn lasted about a minute. "Alright, John, I hope you can dock this thing." Chad said. "Atari Lunar Module Fairing separation complete." Richard announced to mission control. "Uh, Rich, did you just say 'Atari'" Mission commander asked. "Ah, *****" "I mean-" He chuckled "ALTAIR Lunar Module!" John took the controls. "I've got this." He said reassuringly. He tilted the joystick upwards slowly. The spacecraft rotated around. He pressed the KILLROT button to stop the rotation. "Alright." he said quietly. "You've done this in a simulator 13 times..." Selena whispered reassuringly. He activated a burst of the RCS thrusters in a backwards direction, so the craft moved towards the Altair lander. "Aaaaand... DOCK!" The docking probe entered the drouge with a scrape. Richard initiated the Hard Docking procedure. The magnet was activated, the hydraulics pulled the spacecraft together. Cht-Cht-Cht-Cht-Cht-ChtK After some flight systems check, the hatch between the NCSM and the ALM was opened. "Good joob John!" Rich patted John on the back. Suddenly there was a huge explosion. The NCSM was burst far off course with a leaking oxygen supply. "Damn" Chad exclaimed. "It was a nuclear explosion." Richard said "The NERVA?" Selena asked. "...Yes." Richard reluctantly responded. "Huston? We have a problem." Selena yelled on the speaker. "They can't hear us. The ionisation has ruined communications. We are currently on a Lunar Collision Trajectory." John spewed out all of the information the computer gave him. "Can the Altair be powered up?" Selena asked. "Yes." Richard said. They stopped panicking. "Well, Let's get to work!" Selena yelled. "What are you planning?" Chad asked reluctantly. "have you ever heard of Apollo 13? We'll have to do what Lovell did." She responded. "But they had communications with Mission Control, we don't." John said. "You know what? I don't care what we don't have, I care about what we DO have!" Selena shouted. She grew angrier by the second. But soon the ALM was powered up, and she calmed down. "The ALM is undamaged. So is it's cargo." Richard checked and reported. "Well, I guess we'll have to figure a way to make a space tent built for 2 work for 4." Selena said. "What can we do?" She continued. "Wait." Richard said. "That was Nuclear Explosion!" He excailmed. "I need to do a check for radiation exposure." "Alright, but can you do it while we work Rich?" Selena asked. "Yes." Richard got out the Tricorder (Yes, I said Tricorder. NASA named their scanner device the Tricorder for the same reason they named the first space shuttle Enterprise. But in this universe it was the second shuttle and the first one was Constitution and it was OV-100 instead of OV-101 and Enterprise which is still OV-101 it actually flew in space and got re-used and stuff and was awesome.) and did some science scans. For science, you Monster. "Oh no..." Richard was worried. "I am severley affected. You all are fine, but ME? I have a HUGE risk of cancer. I may even die on the way to the Moon." His face was grim. Selena, Chad, and Johnathan did nothing but stare. "How are we going to land?" Chad then asked, changing the dire subject to an only slightly less dire one. "Well, If we wait untill the very last minute, we can then burn the engines full throttle right before we hit the ground." Selena excaimed, remembering her Lunar Lander high scores. "I call it a 'Suicide Burn'" She explained. "Alright, I'll start doing some calculations and computer sims, to see if it will work out." Richard replied. *The next day* "The Moon is getting awfully big in the window..." John said. "Hold on, I'm almost done with these calculations..." Richard scolded. "Alright, I've got a failure rate below 10%. That's as low as the computer can get it." Rich finished. "Ooahh!" He then moaned. "Maybe you should get some sleep Rich..." Selena caringly asked of him."Th-anks..." He replied. "The radiation exposure is really getting to him." Chad frowned. "I fixed the scrubbers for the 'space tents', the new ones weren't supposed to arrive untill Apollo 22, with the 10 more colonists. They should support 4 people for about 3 months." John said. "How'd you do it?" Selena asked. "I took all of the C02 scrubbers from the NCSM and pshed them into here." He said. Selena floated over to Richard, where he was sleeping. "Rich, come on. I know you can make it." She felt so sorry for him. She was the commander of the mission, she should have been the one dying here, not him. "Richard, please don't die on my watch." Selena started to cry. Her tears pooled around her eyes, sticking to her face due to surface tension. She had NEVER seen a person die in her life before. The closest thing to that was her dog, Eagle. He got ran over by Selena's dad while parking in the driveway. Selena came home from school only minutes later. She had ran over to her father, who was crying himself. "I'm so-o So-or-ry." He was sobbing. Selena ran over to her dad. "No. No no no NO!" She had excaimed. "NOOOOOOO!" She had yelled. She had sobbed for what seemed like a week. But her grandparents were still alive on Earth, she had never known her great-grandparents, and she had never had to see a person die before. Or even see a dead person that she cared about. But lying there, Richard almost seemed dead. But he was still breathing. Selena kissed Richard on the forehead. Richard and her had gone to college together, to NASA together, and Richard was her commander during the Skylab Resupply Oxygen Leak Deorbit Burn Incident. Now she was the commander, and she thought she would lose him. After all they had been through. She got a towel and wiped off her eyes. John went into the ALM, followed by Chad. "I know you're sad." Chad said. "We are too." John finished. "But you didn't know him through college, through NASA." She sobbed. She went back to the CM. She sobbered up. "Alright, what is our current status?" "I sent out a camera pod to inspect the damage to the NCSM, The NERVA has burst, and the Service module itself is ruined. Not even the RCS thrusters work." "What about the ALM's RCS?" Selena asked. "They do work." Chad finished John. "Activate them, we need to use them whenever we need." Richard came out of the ALM. "Selena." He said. "Yes Rich?" She responded quickly. "I know why we survived the explosion..." "It was... GOD!" Rich said. "Are you kidding me?" Selena responded to such a crazy argument. "I'm just messing with you." He gave a smile. "It's because it was an overheating burst! It wouldn't have damaged us very much at all!" Selena stared. "I mean, fatally. We've still got a dead elephant here." Richard explained. "So how are you feeling." Selena asked shyly. "I feel a bit better after that nap." He responded. He then remembered that he was going to die soon. "Ahw who am I kidding? I'm going to die soon. How the hell can I be feeling better." He cringed, tears came to his eye. "I... I... I'm sorry I lost you." was Selena's only words. Chad and John stared, they had never seen Selena, or even Richard, for that matter, so emotional. They barley even knew they had a relationship. Alas, they did. In college, they had dated. Selena was working on an update to her Selenograph after Apollo 18, and was swamped with other classwork she had to do. Rich had planned on asking her out to dinner. Rich called over to Selena. "Uurgh, what is it, I've got SO MUCH WORK to do!" She had obviously been tired. "Uuh, I was..." Richard had thought of a way to change his plans, she obviously could not go out today. "Calling to tell you that the president has just decided to begin work on a new kind of spacecraft!" He finished. "It's a new Moon lander for Apollo 20." He said. "Oh, cool, but I'm REALLY busy right now, can you call back later?" She hung up the phone. The next day, Richard put on a suit, got some roses, and went right over to Selena's dorm. He knocked on the door. She had answered it. "Where are you goin'? A funeral?" She asked. She was obviously less stressed, and her dorm had been cleaner than usual. "Actually..." He took out the roses. "I was wondering if we could go out to dinner tonight." He said, matter-of-factly. Selena smiled. She did have a small crush on Richard, but still valued his frienship, and was afraid of being friendzoned (Although she didn't know the actual phrase, the action of "Let's just be friends" from both boys to girls and girls to boys existed even before that TV show did.) "Alright." She smiled even more. They had a wonderful evening, at a neat restaraunt near Cape Kennedy, with the VAB visible out of the window they sat near. The next week, Rich took her out again, and to a moving picture, too! It was the movie, Star Trek: Wrath of Kahn. "I think it was ALOT better than The Motion Picture." Rich had commented after the movie. "Oh My GOD! We think JUST alike!" Selena said, tounge in cheek with how her friends at high school acted around their dates. She chuckled. Their dating went on for almost one year, until they got recruited at NASA, and they deemed it inappropriate to date their co-worker/co-pilot. Selena glanced out of the window. The Moon took up almost all of the view. She remembered when she was in college. She was an amazing artist. Using her selenograph as a reference, she had drawn a picture of the Eagle Lunar Module and Columbus Command/Service Module very close to the Moon. She had shown to no one, though. Richard was feeling slightly somewhat rather extremely depressed. He only had at most a week to live. He'd already gone through several doggie bags. The moon was coming up fast, and everyone was preparing for the pre-landing preparations. "Alright, John..." Selena called into the CM from the ALM. "It's about time to eject the Nuclear Service Module" "Yes ma'am." John responded. He opened up the switch cover, and flipped it. ChrtCHINK! The Service Module was separated, allowing a full view of the crippled NERVA. "Oh no." Richard sighed. "My arithmetic was totally wrong. We don't have enough fuel or thrust to land the ALM with the CM attached." "What do you mean?" Selena asked worryingly. "I did my calculations accounting for the weight of the old style CM, the number I was trained with on Apollo 19, for which I was the backup pilot." Richard responded. "We have to jettison the CM." Chad cringed as he said it. "We won't have enough oxygen without the CM's supply!" John exclaimed angrily in response to Chad. "Listen. I know we're in trouble but we can NOT start pointing fingers at ANYBODY for ANY REASON!" Selena yelled. "Just jett the CM." She commanded. CHtink "huh?" Richard huffed as he pressed the button. "That was odd." He said. "What?" Chad asked. "I was expecting a more dramatic sound." He said. Little however, did they all know, the Command Module was still attached. "Alright, It's time to initiate landing procedures." Selena said. Richard took the controls on the Altair. "Wait." Richard stopped. He looked out of the docking window. "THE CM IS STILL ATTACHED!" He exclaimed, frantically. "WHAT?!" Selena exclaimed. "We have five minutes until landing. What are we going to do?" Chad said, John finished. "I know." Richard said. He put on his helmet. "What are you doing?" Asked Selena. "Saving you all." He finished. Selena realized what he was going to do. He was going to manually pry the CM off of the ALM. "You CAN'T do that." She said. "That's an ORDER." She finished. "I'm sorry, Selena." He went through the airlock before Selena could stop him, and crawled along the ALM. He then made a jump for the CM hatch, where he could jett the CM. He grabbed the handlebar just in time. He got in the Command Module. "I'm doing this for you, Selena." He unlocked the docking clamp, and got out again, pulling the handlebar off of the hull, and used it to pry open the docking hatch. He made it, but he then realized he had gotten snagged on the CM's clamp. He went inside, waiting for his doom. He was going to try to get back to the Altair, but now he couldn't. Then, he realized that there were RCS thrusters on the CM. Very powerful ones for emergency braking on Earth if the CM descended above land. Richard started working on the calculations and timing to try to land with the CM itself. He glanced out the window. The ALM flew past him as it begun to brake. He only had about a minute. He figured it out as best an approximation as he could. He still had hope, even though he was going to die, that he would do it naturally. About a minute later, the ground was comming up extremely fast. He hit the button for emergency landing just slightly too late. CrASH The CM's heatsheild was shattered, the pod was leaking oxygen into space, and Richard was unconcious. He still had his helmet on, but he would not have much of an air supply left. All of a sudden, the hatch opened. A figure in a heavy space suit looked in the pod. Selena saw the unconcious body of Richard and his suit in the CM. She pulled him out, and the frozen water on Richard's visor turned to steam. "Damn. He doesn't have a temperature regulator!" She said to John and Chad, who were standing behind her. She pulled him to the rover, a small, but nonetheless airtight and air-conditioned vessel, and drove back to the ALM. Richard stirred. "Selena?" He muttered. "Am I dead?" He asked. "Not yet Rich." Selena smiled. "Your idea to suicide burn with the CM was amazing, and it has saved your life." "What do we have?" He asked. "We have this tiny rover, designed for three, and a maximum distance of 2 miles before recharge. We have Three scientific RTGs, a few power couplings, some scientific instruments, and Chad got the 'Space Tents' up. Johnathan is working on a way to overclock the science kit to produce enough oxygen to sustain us from regolith soil." After they all got back to the ALM and Base, John was looking at the tricorder. "Hey, wait a minute..." He slapped the tricorder. "Rich, look at this!" "You're not dying! It was a computer error!" Wha- What? I-I am not dying! NOT DONE YET! WHAT SHOULD I WRITE NEXT!?

Roberto does not currently have any plugin knowledge. Also, we are not doing replicas of real things, especially not things that can be replaced easily by stock engines. For instance, A generic pulse Jet is okay, but not a specific (And also complicated to model and texture) RD-0120 Rocket Engine. Sorry Dimovski.

Can you make the Service and Command Module shiny, like how FASA made the Gemini launcher shiny? Also, the top of the Service module has visibly, the tops of the fuel tanks. (According to my Revell Rocket Hero model Kit.)

You could get the guy who made FASA Mercury and Gemini to help with the textures...

Mechjeb can NOT fly the LM Ascent stage, it wobbles like a drunkard. Also, the RCS on both craft are usleless, I know it's more accurate to have lower fuel, but additionally, the capsules have HUGE rotPowers, which is probably why the LM cannot be flown by MechJeb.

MOHO ATTEMPTED TAKEOVER BY JOOL The Joolian Empire has claimed the mostly deserted Moho as it's own, despite the Interplanetary Contract which states that Moho is a forbiden planet. Kerbin and Laythe have declared full-on war on Jool.

Atheists revolt! In response to the Ikian attack on Eve, Atheists all around the Kerbolar system have revolted, with a revolting "Draw Silisko day" In which people would draw NovaSilisko, the Novaslim prophet, which is a huge crime for Novaslims. This was obviously a bad idea, as the Irrational Ikians just bombed the Evian Embasy on the Pointy Pole.