Dman979

I like the idea, but I have some suggestions: 1. You might want to consider working with @adsii1970 to create a "news" logo to put with it. 2. The top graphic looks like it could get in the way. Also, try moving the mission timer to the top left, the title to align with the bottom right (above the ticker), putting the graphic next to the title, and some information (say, mission goals, or staging events) in a rectangle from the top right to the title. Finally, the video could go from the top left to the rectangle, with the timer overlay.

Ok, but Wednesdays never work for me, at any time.

April 2 is not a Wednesday. I will probably be able to make the April 2 date, but I'll have to check my calendar a little later.

No, Wednesdays will never work for me.

@legoclone09, if we could stick to using prefabricated boosters it would be easier on my install. I think you should make the capsule and appropriate life support modules, and then we can mate that to a booster, if we decide to do that.

So, we could theoretically open up more launch positions for new members. @ZooNamedGames, what do you think?

I was thinking RCS, but there's a 1kN engine with infinite restarts.

So, guys, let's not sit back on our laurels too much. We got a lot of support from this last launch, and now that we've identified some bugs we can fix them in our next launch. I heard the idea kicked around up top about a solar escape probe. That might be a bit too ambitious. What about a lunar impacter or lander? We could do that fairly cheaply, and a lot of the ride could be done at 5x acceleration. To make it a bit more complicated, we could put some instruments on it, and run them from a new station (Science Officer) or from Payload. We could also do calculations for a specific target on the lunar surface, and mid-course corrections. To keep ∆V costs down, we could do a suicide burn instead of a lunar orbit first. We also wouldn't need to worry about having remote control- like @NathanKell said, a Communotron 16 (32?) will give us all the range we need. Alternatively, we could launch one of the client payloads. So, what do YOU think?

I like them all! Good work, @adsii1970! Am adding it to sig now.

well, we can always hyperedit it back in.

you happen to be correct, becuase I am online... @Kuzzter?

I don't know the first one, but the second one reads to me like "The Times, They are a' Changing" EDIT: Looked it up, and you are doing "Riding to Jool."

Thanks! Now you have to post the notes... See @SpaceplaneAddict.

Have fun with this! We are the pride of the planet, and a Program of great renown, Our names on the pages of history, from Day One on. If you think our launches will fail us, while into space we go, just watch our contrails heading higher while the band plays Gary Kerbal! Outer space is the place for me, it's every single Kerbal's dream. No job on Kerbin can claim A kerbalnaut's glory and undying fame. We know joy when fun duty sends us away far from home. Our planet's flag shall wave o'er us carr'ying back the image of home. "It matters not where they are going, science and fun are soon to be known" surely you'll cheer as we launch away and the band plays Gary Kerbal Chorus Then "Hurrah!" for our brave friends who lead us into the night We'll research and mine in Science's cause and shine our lights, and when the mission so'er and we've splashed in Laythes' atoll we'll perk up our heads and get out of our beds as the band plays Gary Kerbal! Chorus

Well, I'm not really sure who gave your post a one-star rating, but I can assure you that they are an anomaly. Welcome aboard!

right you are! @ZooNamedGames?

is not here, either. Aperture Science?

When you spend a few hours on a sunny Saturday sitting indoors, looking at a screen while someone else is playing the game and calling out information to other people who are watching the same guy. On a different note, the Real Space Program had it's first launch today.

No, we were aiming for a simple launch first. To make GTO would have required a LOT more ∆V than the probe was designed for.

oh, yeah! @adsii1970, you promised more mission graphics that would blow us away! I can't wait!

Correction: no. @Choctofliatrio2.0, you really should build your payload in Realism overhaul in order for us to be sure that it will work.

Hey Clifton, you forgot the pictures! We got it into a 170km by 170km orbit, then @MysteriousSteve's install crashed. Clifton took over, and guided it to a 200x200 orbit, where it'll stay.

@Majorjim Yes, that was an issue that we didn't know about. It will be fixed for the next launch. @sardia, yes, there is a video here, and we'll try and get one on youtube, too.

Highlights: 18:30 UTC everyone was online 18:45 first launch clamps released 18:55 reset the launch because PAO was having trouble with thte stream. 19:30:10 Liftoff! 19:37:50 Confirmed stable orbit

@Majorjim: Dman979, NathanKell, The_pazter, MysteriousSteve