Daffs

Just an idea (non coding/editing), Mr Overfloater has several SSTO's with large cargo bays built like this, he just struts the wings with an X join between each wing. There's a video on Youtube. (don't know if I'm allowed links so search '[KSP] Astroliner VIII "Nova" SSTO - construction' it's at 10:54 in the video).

At last we see Jeb's backyard. Love it! So does this explain why they are all related... "We all sorts of things"

I had test the Escape Launch system landed on the Mun. This was before I realised I could set the thrust limiter and fuel to zero...The most chaotic take off ever! We survived....we learnt

Nothing wrong with that in my eyes. I do it all the time, otherwise I'd be trying to build rockets with stages to fit precisely into the test requirements. I don't have a calculator or that kind of patience This is KSP! Slap it together and see if it works!

Scott Manley is the Chuck Norris of KSP. The Asteroid's lined themselves up

I right click on the part in the VAB/SPH, lots of stats. Still not sure what they are for. I just pile stuff on top of each other and hit launch. Space is good, screams/explosions are bad. Simple!

I thought they were evolved Tic-Tacs

True. He agreed to giving them the design providing they called them Starfury.

After playing KSP I now wonder how the dropship in Aliens does "drop" in the manner that it does at the start of the film. KSP has taught me loads and enhanced my sci-fi reading (book a week) so much, I now know what they are talking about when they mention Delta V, mass, orbits, transfers, launch costs etc. A few basic things I thought I knew about space flight have been exposed by KSP and with additional reading things are much clearer now. I surprised nobody's mentioned the best of the lot....Armaggeddon (nuff said)

Oh switching from VAB to SPH has caused me no end of symmetry issues in the past. I've had this where whole sections have doubled up on top of each other. I think I just started again as I couldn't unattach the root part anymore (complete mess). I did launch for a laugh and ended up with half my craft buried at a 90degree angle in the runway, when the physics kicked in my plane just rained out of the earth.

Watch the youtube/Scott Manley Video's on doing all the science in two launches. I didn't do this but I found the idea of a science lab / refueling depot in orbit around the mun/minmus is a great idea for reaping the science from all the biomes. His lander was good too. My only other trick that gets me lots early on is to orbit Kerbin and gather EVA reports on different biomes, with a handful of goo's this can bring in the early points.

Mine follow the simple rule of balance. Time thinking up a cool name VS Time building a successful craft. Therefore all "cool" names have crashed and burned. Successful missions have been: 'yet another SSTO' 'a silly one' (star destroyer SSTO) 'Big one' (Asparagus rocket) 'nuc 2' (First nuclear design craft...featuring two engines) 'nuc 6' (Second design...guess how many engines ) 'Bah' (Crew transfer rocket when someone fogot to crew the lab) 'Liq Lander' (probably the most sensible and heavily tested ship designed for Laythe and return) 'SM Lander' (....erm Scott Manley Lander You might think you know better, but you don't and he's always right)

In a hardcore game (no reverts, perma death) then yes I'll add a sequence to the abort button to recover the kerbals from a rocket. Except for planes they tend to go wrong FAST, I've tried abort sequences but the plane is usually the wrong way up, parachutes rip off etc...Just don't put your veterans in those....Maybe I'm just terrible at building them (three deaths due to landing gear being miss aligned )

I ticked off the last planet in my bucket list with Eeloo. Eeloo will be known as the eater of Solar Panels...Lander crashed into orbiter just after decoupling, which is what you get when you don't put RCS on board. Then my lander lost a panel due to a poorly EVA'd kerbal . V pleased with my ship design for this as I've basically used the same ship for one way contract missions to Duna, Dres, Moho, Eve and all their moons.

Visited Dres and Moho, landed right next to the hole. Only Eeloo now to cross off the bucket list.