CornHuskerKenny Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) Kerbal Space Program was mentioned by the Official White House website in a post about the astronomy night that Squad was invited to."Squad, the developers of the game Kerbal Space Program, will launch a public campaign through Kerbal Space official channels for a girls-focused video production contest in early 2016, which will reach Kerbal Space’s user base of more than 1 million people. The contest will highlight incredible feats in space travel by women, and demonstrate how girls and women are solving some of the hardest challenges in astrophysics and space exploration. Winners of the campaign will earn prizes for themselves and their schools."So a new contest coming about women and space exploration, discuss!Source:http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/10/19/fact-sheet-white-house-astronomy-night-president-obama-announces-new Edited October 20, 2015 by CornHuskerKenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkaboy Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Hey, that's pretty cool! I knew adding the female kerbals was a huge step in the right direction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotengineer Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 So, I guess the POTUS doesn't know that the only female Kerbal doesn't have a glass faceplate on her helmet (in the menu screen)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retread Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 So, I guess the POTUS doesn't know that the only female Kerbal doesn't have a glass faceplate on her helmet (in the menu screen)?The ONLY female kerbal? My save is populated almost entirely by female Kerbals, since that's all that seems to spawn for rescue missions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMatt Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 That's dead good, well done folks - always been impressed with the attention Squad put towards education editions and the like.Katie Mack & Emily Lakdawalla are two astro-physics lady people off the top of my head who may prove inspirational / educational / worth approaching for advice / collaboration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Don't derail the thread please, we know Vals helmet glass is too transparent, endlessly calling attention to it isn't going to get it fixed any sooner.Now stay on topic, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMrBond Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 The ONLY female kerbal? My save is populated almost entirely by female Kerbals, since that's all that seems to spawn for rescue missions.That's a bug with the Asteroid Day DLC apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaran K'erman Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) Hey, this is still good for Squad! Edited October 21, 2015 by DuoDex Removed political discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
problemecium Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) Yay for SQUAD. Edited October 21, 2015 by DuoDex Removed political discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I have to say that as an outside observer it's great to see something this positive issued from the U.S. White House.Happy landings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wissx Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 A good sized comunity being mentioned by the White House WOOT WOOT. It should be a program used in school! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Augustus_ Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 A good sized comunity being mentioned by the White House WOOT WOOT. It should be a program used in school! They're probably gonna use it to campaign for STEM.Seriously, every year everyone hypes about STEM. They haven't even implemented it in half the nation.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Shutesie Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Am I understanding this right? Only girls will be able to participate in the 2016 competitions? Or can all genders participate, but they will highlight more females than males. If its like that, then I'm down. I'd love to win something for my school by doing something that I love. Kinda requires that I get good at the game first though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wissx Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 My School is not behind. Really good public schools.... Also even with KSP in schools 1/2 of the kids will be messing around with it like killing kerbals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwind Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Am I understanding this right? Only girls will be able to participate in the 2016 competitions? Or can all genders participate, but they will highlight more females than males. If its like that, then I'm down. I'd love to win something for my school by doing something that I love. Kinda requires that I get good at the game first though...Well, when the contest rules are released "in early 2016", you will know for sure It's still a couple months until then though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon0009 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Wow I thought getting invited to the white house was just a one time thing.KSP really has grown from a simple game with only one objective to...well, this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 They're probably gonna use it to campaign for STEM.Seriously, every year everyone hypes about STEM. They haven't even implemented it in half the nation....They haven't implemented Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in half the nation? Huh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Off-topic political discussion removed, stay on topic people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klesh Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 The ONLY female kerbal? My save is populated almost entirely by female Kerbals, since that's all that seems to spawn for rescue missions.It's a bug, here is the fix:http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/124383-Rescued-kerbals-are-all-female?p=2241103&viewfull=1#post2241103 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Third moderator intervention for politics, three strikes and this thread is out. Locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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