SteevyT

You would not believe how hard it is to get this thing into orbit. The fuel tolerances are kind of low, it also doesn't help that I have to get the lander off of the engine before I can finish getting to orbit. I'll have to make a video of sending it to orbit sometime.

Um....I don't even know.

Here's something old to throw in the time capsule. Note: This picture is from before the mines were removed from the dark side of Kerbin. IIRC, the ship pictured was capable of sending a command pod and SAS on an escape trajectory and return the pilots to Kerbin.

.......GOD DAMMIT!!!! I even put them in there while in Minmus orbit.

Pretty sure this is the best reply in the entire thread. At least, it's the only one that got any response out of me positive, or negative. (To be clear, I liked this statement)

This

Using nothing but control surfaces for propulsion.

As far as RAM goes, get the cheapest 2x4GB kit out there, brand-wise, RAM is RAM and speed above 1333MHz doesn't do a thing unless you are using an APU. Even recording while playing KSP with an insane amount of mods isn't using close to my 8GB. (I have enough mods that KSP alone is over 1 GB) It's easy enough to add more if you find you need it since most motherboards will support 4 sticks.

If you aren't also rendering, just get an i5 series processor, it's the same thing as the i7 just without hyperthreading, which in every game out right now means it will perform exactly the same. Get a k series if you want to overclock (make sure the motherboard supports overclocking too). Although the AMD 6300 is a decent comparison to the i5 in the current generation. As for the graphics cards, you are comparing two cards that are something like $200 apart. Of course the the 7970 is going to be just insane compared to the 7770. I have a 7850 (kind of a happy medium between the two) and it works great in KSP while letting me also plow through more intensive games without issues.

I wonder how much science you would get from crashing a science module into the sun?

578: A nearby neutron star.

See how many I have to stack on top of each other before they start acting like a giant slinky.

I made a chair swing.

I did a front flip.

Didn't the great forum purge also happen this summer? Or was that last summer?

Do you still have the link for that experiment? I kind of want to see the results.

If I can hyperedit the orbiter to the edge of Pol's SOI, I'll try getting it down from there.

launch it! Launch it! Launch it!

I typically have a scene loading time of about 5 seconds, then again, I'm usually using FRAPS, I have so many mods KSP uses about 2GB of RAM, takes 3 minutes to start, and my ships are rarely under 150 parts.

I did this without opening the cheat dialog once. http://i.imgur.com/WlV10YO.jpg (Just doing a link since spoilers don't work)

This could probably either be used for the "Awesome but Impractical" or "MOAR BOOSTERS!" Warning, old, old, old picture.

This is how you Jeb.

I put an RCS tank (or several) on most of my rockets. Less than half of my rockets end up actually having RCS thrusters on them due to oversights.

Thank you for getting "Come Sail Away" stuck in my head.

I build a large craft just to discover my computer can't handle it's awesomeness.