Preface: "They also serve those that stand and wait.", John Milton Everyone talks about  those magnificent kerbals in their flying machines. What about those who stay behind building the machines, kerballing the bureaucracy, or sliding a cold one across the bar? These are their tales. The stories about how they put Jebediah, Valentina, and the rest up there, among the planets and the stars. Table of Contents: Chapter 1&2 First Small Steps Chapter 3 Why Chapter 4