Random Facts About KSP

[Pigbear]

Did you know you could climb the flagpole at KSC?

Post your random facts too! I find it interesting!

(And so might others. )

[Scotius]

There is a memorial for outdated, first ever space capsule behind the VAB. Go and pay respect to this little trailblazer.

[ShachonianX]

In the old days of KSP (as seen in old KSP videos by KurtJMac), they used to be a Crew tab in the VAB. It didn't do anything, and never did. Currently it doesn't exist anymore.

[The Jedi Master]

There is a memorial to the late Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, somewhere on the Mun. If you'd like a hint, highlight: It's placed at the latitude-longitude coordinates of the actual Apollo 11 lander.

[rryy]

Minmus has an inclination of exactly 6º, and both of the moons of Kerbin along with Kerbin itself have 0º eccentricity around their parent bodies. Gilly has a surface gravity of 0.049 m/s^2. Ike has an inclination of 0.2º and has a mean anomaly of 3.14. Kerbin has a radius of 600 km and Jool 6000 km.

All from memory, no wiki used.

[Giggleplex777]

There is a memorial for outdated, first ever space capsule behind the VAB. Go and pay respect to this little trailblazer.

I remember Joesph.

[Tada]

Minmus is kinda light green color

[Dombi]

Pol's name is likely due to it's resemblance to a grain of Pollen.

[thepielord]

in a really old version of the game there used to be another KSC on the mun

[Canopus]

in a really old version of the game there used to be another KSC on the mun

Oh yes i remember that.

You can climb the latter of fuel tank near the launchpad.

[Custard Donut (In Space)]

Minmus appears to be made of some kind of crystal, if you zoom out far or go into map-mode you'l see Kerbol shines through it, my friend ZEnON told me about it.

[ShachonianX]

in a really old version of the game there used to be another ksc on the mun

picture needed.

[Canopus]

picture needed.

There is a video:

[WhiteWeasel]

I know of two easter eggs on moho: (Highlight) Each near the north and south poles.

[rryy]

You can stand on the Neil Armstrong memorial on the Mun.

[3_bit]

those tiny cubic struts? NEVER EVER use those. They ruin EVERYTHING if you have any of them on your ship and dock. I've lost entire ships to them. I think they ought to be called "The Kraken's little angels"

[Pigbear]

What are they?

That was direct at the thing about moho.

Edited June 4, 2013 by Pigbear

[RocketPilot573]

All the planets and moons in KSP are about 10 times smaller than their real life counterparts, but the gravity is still the same.

[NuclearWarfare]

If you hold shift on a ladder while pressing one of the WASD keys, your kerbal's head will look in the direction corresponding to one of said keys. If you do this and click space, your kerbal will dive in that direction.

W= Up

A= Left

S= Down

D= Right

[Nao]

You can double click on the windows to get closer to them in IVA. I reeaaalllly hope some youtubers start using this, and stop trying to look around from the seat only.

[RedKite]

The universe moves around you, the ship stays near to the origin, implemented to avoid floating point rounding errors if my memory serves me so just remember as your rocketing through space, your rocket is moving the universe

[TheDarkStar]

What are they?

That was direct at the thing about moho.

They are (highlight) two pits, several kilometers deep and very wide.

[Killerblonde]

They are (highlight) two pits, several kilometers deep and very wide.

The deep pits at the poles? That's all I know of.

EDIT: I see what you did there. (highlight) Look I can do it too!

[Mediosthenes]

If you encounter the Deep Space Kraken hard enough to remove the solar system from map view, all of the digits of the altitude meter line up.

Before about 0.18.4, Modular Girder Segment XLs were

[joppiesaus]

A structural pylon has a impact tolerance of 999, but it really breaks off easily.