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Well done ExoMars! See you in Mars! I had a bad feeling about this launch but oh those russians...

I am watching livestream. Do you notice that everything seems to be different than NASA launching? Different somehow. Maybe it is European style vs. American style. Anyway, go for Mars.

My tower height is 117 m. I docked small parts on Minmus surface, that wasn't so hard. But as I increased height of my tower it become unstable. So in the end I have to make it one piece smaller. Nice challenge thank you.

"To keep the engines from draining the payload, I simply lock the contents." I have been playing this three years and I didn't know that...thanks Val, that really helps!

I have orange tank inside cargo bay and when launching it will detach from docking port. And when I add couple of struts it will remain still but then the fuel is emptying when using engines. Not from port, disable crossfeed ok but from struts? How do you tie that orange tank steady?

Look at this picture. Russian rocket launch, picture took in Finland. With northern lights! http://www.taivaanvahti.fi/observations/show/49008

My time: 16 min 05 s. Rocket mass 1253 t and it has deltav 15936 m/s. I have been working with upper stages but I can't get more speed of this. Maybe I need to add more boosters to improve. But I like "small" rockets... I'm using Mammoth with large tanks, then Mainsail - Vector - LVT45 - 487S. Top speed 14325 m/s.

Two plans: A. Long acceleration, top speed achieved later, more deltav. B. Shorter acceleration, top speed achieved earlier, less deltav. I am trying plan B, I don't know if it is a right way. I still have quite small (1253 t) rocket and I can make it 16 min. It is very hard to make better time.

So I made a huge rocket, 3242 t and I got WORSE result! In paper it looked good, deltav 17653 m/s but it took so much time to accelerate that my smaller rocket (700 t) did it faster (about 19 min). So automatically bigger rocket is not better. So I continued planning. Now I have 1252 t rocket (deltav is 13997 m/s) that takes 16 min 53 s to hit the Mun. I have to little throttle down in atmosphere so the rocket doesn't explode. Pictures later, planning tomorrow more.

Maybe there should be categories for vessels. For example under 1000 t "small rockets" and >1000 giants. I can make it 19 min under 1000 t. If I just make it bigger I can reduce time but it is not fun anymore.

So I was there on 31 th October (launch was one day delayed). I was on Saturn V center and I looked the launch with small binocular. I took no pictures becouse there is not so much time to do all the things. Becouse it was the smallest version of Atlas 5 it was very fast climbing. Some clouds prevented visibility, I didn't see the rocket all the way. Kennedy Space center visitor complex is worth visiting. I spend there two days and still there is something that I didn't explore. Space shuttle Atlantis is great, but there is not so much light. I took better pictures in Air and space museum in Washington D.C where Discovery is. I live in Finland Europe and I have a word for all American people there in Florida: I had one of my best vacation there, not only becouse of those space things but becouse of people. I have never met so friendly people. I would like to come back some day. I was that man bicycling everywhere on Cocoa Beach and Merritt island. Maybe you saw me? That was fun!

That launch is midday, so maybe Playalinda beach is not a good site to watch becouse sun is on the same direction that launchpad. I think maybe Saturn V center is better place, launchpad is to north-east, sun is no problem. Does this make sense?

Thanks for info. It would have been great to watch when the first satellite from Finland would be launched to space but thanks to Falcon accident the exact date is unknown. And by the way, it has the same name than my surname - AALTO. Well, any launch is ok.

After shooting rockets to space in Kerbal I decided to go watch launching live on 30th october. Once in a lifetime maybe, I have to fly from Finland to USA. I have read that Playalinda is the best place to watch the launch. Anyone been there and watched? I booked a hotel on Cocoa beach. I have plans to rent a bicycle but maybe distance is too big. Car is ok but I like biking. I you have some tips to me please let me know. Anyway, I'm ok to go!

There were onboard small mushroom lab by finnish students.

If the capsule survived what happen when it hits a water? Totally destruction?

Upper stage leak? Capsule flies away and engine is still working.

Space flight are full of failures. Let's hope that the reason for this will be found and problems will be solved. Still, I am sad.

Foxster I like your ship so I made couple modifications and I got mass 4,44 t. No fins, no heatshield, and when landing there is no fuel tank! It goes down with only parachutes and barely survive. But the engine is intact! And because the seat is down a kerbal can just walk there.

Try to see them in daylight. It is possible, I will try.

I am just wondering where are rich people who have a fire to support spaceflights? I mean if someone have let's say billion dollars, what that man can do? Launch own satellite to orbit, maybe to the moon or further. Or buy own spacex crew capsule? Or support Skylon project? Will someone spend hundreds of millions dollars to something like that? If I had a billion dollars I would. Would you?

Payload bay is 2.1 m × 1.2 m. Just to put a an astronaut inside. Would it be possible an astronaut in spacesuit would be launched to orbit, he makes a space walk, taking some pictures, and then he would return to earth. One orbit round is about 90 minutes, small enough to do everything this. Would an astronaut survive from g-forces and re-entry heating?

Higher! 59622 m. In 26 s there is no more rocketpower, but still in four seconds the ship goes 20 km. I'm going crazy what to do, more power to last stage - more mass and worse result. Two sepatron stages - it doesn't go straight up. I have tried (almost) everything, i just can't beat that 60 km barrier.

My result is 40931 m. With nose cones I got 5000 m better altitude than without. Last stage is only mainsail rocket.

Inigma space shuttle now on movies! Check it out....