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Thanks! I was thinking for Black Arrow (see what I did there) but I guess it does look like the Gemini/Titan too. Nope, just Stock Replacement Assets. It's actually really cool because it does not lag my game at all.

Chapter 15-Back to rockets! Before Val's next step, Experimental-3 was rolled out of the SPH. Val gave it a flight around the KSC, testing it's aerodynamic stability. Without the miniaturized "kick" booster, Val noticed that the aircraft was a lot lighter. She pulled quite a few sharp turns and then proceeded to swing around and land at the airstrip, happy with what the flight showed her. Val steadied out and landed uneventfully, the tires screeching on the runway and the smell of rubber spreading for a few hundred meters. She then proceeded to taxi up to the Vehicle Assembly Building side door. Experimental-3 was pulled inside, and Val's newest idea was kicked into progress. Jeb and Val were talking to Bill inside the VAB. "Val, I know this isn't like me, but I overrule you and you can't fly this mission." Jeb told them. Bill looked curiously at Jeb. "If you think Experimental-3-L is dangerous," He said, "Don't. I've put some of the best Kerbals on the job and I am supervising the lifter myself." "Jeb, thanks for caring, but this is my idea. I'm flying it." Val replied. Jeb shook his head at this. "I still override you Val, sorry about that. I'm going on that mission." Experimental-3-L had been put on a thrown together suborbital lifter. It lifted off after being stress tested. Val stood at the top of the VAB. She watched as her craft, carrying Jeb, lifted into the skies above Kerbin. She muttered something about the KSC's systems before cursing under her breath. It wasn't about not being the first spaceplane pilot, it was about risking Jeb's life. She turned her radio off mute, listing into Jeb's conversation with Mission Control. "Experimental-3-L, you're rolling a little. Cancel that roll." Gene instructed him. "On it." Jeb, sitting in the capsule, looked around at the fairing encasing his craft. He lightly touched the controls, taking the rocket out of its spin. Val didn't notice anything abnormal on the ground. She was looking at a line on her right arm when a yell from Jeb cut the relative silence. "I'm losing her!" Jeb shouted. "She's flipping!" Soon Experimental-3-L began to tumble. Jeb initiated the abort procedure, only to realize there was none for this flight. Gene, Val, Mission Control and the rest of the KSC could only watch in horror as the rocket bent and snapped in half. Jeb fired Stage 2, hoping it would clear him from the mess. When it did, he staged that too. Having huge issues controlling Experimental-3-L, Jeb was about to give up and eject. But he had a surge of motivation, and brought the damaged aircraft to a landing. He taxied under his own power to the other historic aircraft. After inspecting the damage, Jeb sat on the wing of his near-deathtrap and slept. Taking the next step to establishing a better space program, SinkComm-2 was designed and attached to a "Black Sparrow". 3 days after Jeb's flight, the Sparrow took flight. It was the first spacecraft without a fairing in a while, and it didn't look bad at all. The rocket's first stage, only meant to do a small portion of the work, flamed out at 8 kilometers up. The second stage did most of the work, kicking SinkComm-2 into space. The third stage did the rest, putting the spacecraft on a GKO intercept. After waiting roughly 4 days for the right opportunity, SinkComm-2 circularized and entered orbit 2.863 Million Meters above the KSC. Then after playtime, it was time to clean up the mess Jeb made.

That would be an awesome mod. And it's quite an honor to inspire someone's craft! It looks good too! Chapter 15 will unfortunately only be coming out next week (Got a science fair, hope my Physics project wins)! DMSP Out for now.

Would be hard to do. My next video is already pretty set up so maybe when that one is done?

I've been wishing the exact same thing! Also, thanks for always reading my chapters. It means a lot to know someone reads.

Chapter 14-Towing and Crashing with a Safe Landing. Interest in Val's flight program was increasing across Kerbin. It was quite an ambition, they said, To fly deathtraps into space. Val thought the same, so she was sticking in the atmosphere for now. Her next goal was to develop a good glider that was also stable at high speeds. So, the Experimental 2A was born. "If I get back, drinks are on me, boys!" She told Jeb and Bob, both waiting to see what happens. Bob wanted to know if that thing could fly. Jeb wanted to see it do one of three things: -Crash in a fiery explosion, -Fly perfectly and do some tricks or... -Smash into the tugplane. Val did have second thoughts about stepping in, but she knew if she died that she wouldn't have to pay for those drinks. Jeb fired up the engines. Bob watched the computer screens in the back. The engineering team lined up by the SPH. Val's heart started beating really fast. She was noticing that Experimental-2A was extremely unstable on its gear. Come on, she thought, Pull up! Jeb lifted his craft into the air, and Val did the same. But the gear on back tire 2 failed, and the aircraft lost balance and the cable snapped. Jeb shot away, and Val braced for the end. Luckily for her, once again, only the nosecone came off. Jeb looped around and landed, asking when she would have the drinks ready. Using a more updated version, Experimental-2A was hooked up to DMSP's Gull Seaplane. "The slower takeoff speeds might help" Linus said. "But don't take off too fast or this thing will drop like a rock." Bill and Bob watched from the side as Jeb started the Gull's engines. "It's working!" Val screamed. As Experimental-2A lifted off, ground crews cheered. Jeb couldn't see it, but he could feel Val piloting her own craft in the controls of his. Only 2 minutes later, Jeb prepared the drop. "See you on the ground!" He yelled. The wire swung loose from Experimental-2A and Jeb pulled away to give Val a good view of the landing strip. Val began to notice that she wasn't gliding as well as she had wished for. Eventually her downward velocity was greater than her forward velocity, and the plane started to drop. Like a rock. Val braced for impact for the third time in two weeks. Val ejected at the last moment, her emergency chair puffing up and landing her about a hundred meters from the wreckage. Val sighed and walked back to the Astronaut Complex, feeling ready to give up. But giving her program one last chance before it vanished, Val worked hard and the Experimental-2B was rolled out the next week. By far the best looking thing in the program, Val was slightly afraid to be flying it. If it crashed she would probably be fired. She took a deep breath and sparked the jets. Soon Experimental-2B was beginning to climb. It was incredibly stable and only needed light touches to stay steady. Val leveled out at about 800 meters and began the acceleration process. She flipped a few switches in the cockpit, and hit the red button on the throttle stick. Experimental-2B was soon past 250 m/s, and by the time the solid booster was empty, the aircraft speed record had been broken. Val pitched around and prepared for landing, and this time, it was a soft one. Passing the cheering crowds and ground crews, Val taxied back to the parking lot. Val parked next to her other success, Experimental-1A, and called a close to the Experimental-2 program. Then she hopped out and ran back to the astronaut complex. Year 21: A Binary Odyssey was not to be missed!

@xEvilReeperx Please, a new download link would be great! I need to try out this mod!

Alright, sure! It would be great to have something like that!

Hi all. I've been experimenting with lifting bodies lately, but since I am a lot better at constructing rockets, have failed to make something that works successfully. After doing some research past the widely known X-24, I thought that maybe some of you could recreate these in KSP? Some photos as references (there are some incredibly high quality ones online, the low quality ones are the best for the forums): M2-F1: M2-F2: HL-10: M2-F3: X-24A: X-24B: Thanks a lot for looking. If I make any progress myself, I'll post here. Some of these builds may be featured in my Mission Report. That's all for now, good luck building, and have fun.

Yup. Check it, Chapter 13-No More Benzene? is up and running!

Chapter 13-No More Benzene? Muna-7 set out a few days after the Rene Target Spacecraft. It launched on a Standardized Benzene lifter, which was still holding as most beautiful rocket. Soon it was obvious that the spacecraft was coming short. Muna-7's boosters dropped lower than expected, and the first stage didn't even propel the payload to space. The second stage ignited a few seconds before starting to descend, and it began circulation and got the apoapsis to over 80,000 meters. The third stage got Muna-7 to orbit. How Muna-6 made it is a weird question. Gra-Vity Kerman was sick that day so that may have played a role in the near disaster of launch. Within the hour, Muna-7 was on its was to the Mun. Up in Medium Kerbin Orbit, TriSat-1 propelled itself to High Kerbin Orbit. Only a few minutes after circularizing, the satellite started to tumble. It was out of energy. Oops. Seems like we will need a repair mission... Back at Muna-7, the Third Stage didn't even preform half as well as Muna-6's did. It was ditched once it was empty, and Muna-7's internal rockets kicked in. A nice landing site was chosen among the rocks, and Muna-7 settled down after about a day and a few minutes after leaving the KSC. Muna-7 used new experiments to discover that Kerbin and the Mun had similar chemistry. The discovery of Ammonium Ions and Sulfuric Acid up there shocked scientists, but soon the scientific community settled down. Successful mission, but it marked the end of the Benzene Lifter's short service life. Val was more than capable of test flying. After recovering from Topspin-2, she decided to devote all of her time to experimental spaceplanes whilst Jeb was assigned to Flatspin-3. The test of Experimental-1A was totally successful, being accelerated to glide speeds along the runway. Val parked it and moved on to Experimental-1B. Yes... Experimental-1B... When later polls were taken, most thought this was Jeb's idea. Surprisingly, the mature Val was the one who made this deathtrap aircraft. Not that unexpected, the spacecraft broke up and Val ejected from the capsule. No photos were taken of the ejection, but an eyewitness report said that the canopy blasted off, and Val tumbled out in a Plexiglas 'capsule'. Kerbals looked on in fright as Val tumbled across the runway, barely dodging the canopy that had fallen back. Medical Crews scrambled, fearing the worst. But Val broke through the already shattered capsule and dusted herself off. Concluding that there was nothing wrong with her Mentally of Physically, Experimental-1C lifted off with Val, reaching 200 Meters before gliding to a soft landing by the runway. Experimental-1C then had two tiny SRBS mounted to it, and lifted off, Val yelling in excitment. Soon she ditched the empty boosters and began the glideback procedure. She swooped in low near the VAB, and decided to land by the parking lot. After loosing the nosecone, something immediately went wrong... Luckily, the impact was only at about 9.4 m/s, so the historic Experimental-1A wasn't damaged at all. But Experimental-1C ended up in the Pool. The whole thing was caught on tape by Jeb, who actually was snacking during the process. Val climbed out of 1C, swam, and then walked across to 1A. She righted it by jumping on its right wings. Then she used the Right-Left propulsion system and taxied to a new parking spot. Maybe one of these would one day go to space. Only time will tell.

The next video is about heading back to the Mun again! Wow, sounds difficult. One of my original Duna ships was single launch, the others were assembled with rockets. DMSP:ASOASP got chapter 12 added. Did you see it? Otherwise when I get back to my home computer.

Thank you!

"Ok, now we start the memory removal sequence. Set to 7:00 PM Czech Time." Yes it is! It was totally Gene who said it! On another note, I really can't get enough of the Benzene Class Lifter. I really want more of it! Oh yay, new page!

What are you talking about? No satellites are gone! It was just light from Venus hitting a reflective weather balloon and refracting off swamp gas! "Jim, grab the tranquilizers, he knows!"

Chapter 12-Cosmic Obliteration. "What do you mean they're gone?" Gene asked, getting more and more agitated. "Yep. Everything." One of the controllers responded. The KSC was in a frenzy. A solar storm had been detected a few hours ago, and satellites had been turned off. Right after it was over, Radio Operators turned their radio dishes to the skies to regain contact. And there was nothing but static. Every single satellite was gone. Even Pioneer 5, which had been millions of kilometers away. "What do we do?" Wernher asked Gene. After pondering for a moment, Gene replied: "We keep going." So Muna-6 was built from scratch. Strapped on a brand new Benzene class lifter. Probably the best looking rocket yet, many were sad to see it go. In fact, when surveys were taken later, 96% of KSC staff liked this rocket. It didn't take long for it to reach orbit. The first burn put Muna-6 into a high elliptical orbit. And then it shot up to the Mun. Muna-6 was a new lander design, and since all the old ones had failed, it was necessary for something larger. The transfer was uneventful, and landing went as planned. Stage 3 flew away, leaving Muna-6 to fend for itself. The rocks were new for the mission controllers, but since none were in the way, the kept coming right on the landing site. Kerbin held its breath. The KSC staff were turning pink. [Command initiate: 2 Meters reached. Engine shutdown. Landing Confirmed] It was a madhouse. Parties broke out across Kerbin, and Mission Control was going insane! Even Gene was jumping with the rest of the staff. Scientific operations started, and data flowed back as soon as the Radio Antennas picked Muna-6 up. The mission was declared a outstanding success, with everything from the Lifter, Transfer stage and even the Radio Antenna working far better than expected. The Benzene lifter was seen again, this time the Iodobenzene Variant. It was more than enough for low kerbin orbit. Some were wondering what the payload was. It was the Rene Target Spacecraft, heading to LKO to provide a docking place for Topspins 3 and 4. It was soon in orbit, and deployed two makeshift satellites to try to fill up the orbital gap. TriSat-1 and CubeSat-1 deployed and went off in search of glory and wealth. And then CubeSat-1 was left behind. Oh well.

Hello modders. I was thinking that maybe one of you could make a stockalike Falcon 9 with the Landing Pad One in the pack too. I think that a lot of players (and me) would enjoy something like this. Thank you for considering!

I did It's so Classic! This is literally the fifth time I have put this video on the forums Gonna watch it once more and then hit the hay. Nope, I watched it twice.

Everyone who's reading, I've been very busy IRL, and I have cleared out some time this weekend or on Friday to work on the next chapter. Hang on! I also was busy with It's So Classic!

I'm literally copying from the thread I just made. My last video was the "To Ike!" video I made. It was ok, but the quality wasn't that good and the music was not synced. This time, I hope I did better. I chose "Classic" by MKTO because I feel like we've all swung around the Mun at one point, so this video will probably relate as Classic. Well anyway, here is is!: Enjoy, and if there's anything to point out, do! It will make the next video better. My copying skills are incredible. Cinematic skills... Eh.

My last video was the "To Ike!" video I made. It was ok, but the quality wasn't that good and the music was not synced. This time, I hope I did better. I chose "Classic" by MKTO because I feel like we've all swung around the Mun at one point, so this video will probably relate as Classic. Well anyway, here is is!: Enjoy, and if there's anything to point out, do! It will make the next video better.

We're also now accepting requests! Title change!

Holy... Well, the general population is sure to notice that... Goodbye conspiracy theories and theorists.

#19 Sometimes... There's nothing in our KIS box. No pipes, no wrenches, no bases, NOTHING! The other escape pod must have had them and this one must have had all its stuff left on board. Val's freaking out. No one knows we are alive. Heck, wasn't there some movie made about this? "Evestranded" or "Evesick" or something. Starring Merk Kerman. We just have to hope that our 20 days of food are enough to escape off this rock. On another note, we tracked a pile of debris to about 24.9 Kilometers away from here. It seems like they're parts from one of the large cargo carriers. Probably Jool Expedition 2. What a disaster that was. It's a miracle that right now, all 9 of them are safely at home. I hope our luck will turn out the same.

Really? I don't think I've ever seen something like this before. WAIT [Edit] The Martian. *Brain Re-setting due to computing faliure*