KAL 9000

Gentlekerbs... We can rebuild her. Make her better... stronger... faster... The world's first bionic Kerbal...

#SoonTM

That's odd... The interference sort of looks like words! Who's this 'Gregmore' Kerbal?

SOMEBODY CALL GHOSTBUSTERS! OR A BADS SECRET AGENT! A PLATYPUS! SOMEBODY!

JAI ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT 0555382-C ACCIDENT TYPE: SPACE VEHICLE: RAPID UNPLANNED DISASSEMBLY: ITS UNIT 001 FATALITIES: KARSIE KERMAN REPORT: Vehicle Rapid Unplanned Disassembly (RUD) caused by Rapid Unplanned Lithobraking (RUL) into Booster Bay off the east coast of the KSC. RUL was caused by a Rocket Flip Incident (RFI) common among rockets due to the Kraken (The Kraken totally does NOT exist) Unusual Atmospheric Phenomena (UAP). Yeah! Totally UAP! Anyways, RFI may have been avoided, even with UAP, if attitude control had been better than it was. A suggestion: Enlarge the control surfaces and/or add RCS to the booster. IMMEDIATE CHANGES: INTERN RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGN SLIP-UP IS FIRED LONG-TERM CHANGES: ITS DESIGN IMPROVED END REPORT

Evil Jeb: I can't get a lock! Both Jebs: This kerb is good! Only a Jeb can outfly a Jeb!

A giant, booster-powered SSTO!

A giant, booster-powered SSTO!

I'm working on a Fontanes mission patch now.

Wait a minute, I just realized: The pixel art mission patch I designed is displayed at the top of the Laroque orbital assembly post! Did you actually use that as the mission patch? Cool!

Hey @Just Jim, just two nitpicks from the Spelling and Grammar Police: 1) You keep calling Kerbals "Kerbins" 2) It's not spelled "thru", it's spelled through "XXX" is the incorrect spelling/word, XXX is the correct spelling/word Thanks for listening to this rant

So BOODIFUL!

No, Angelo's just half Tony Stark, half Elon Musk

I've lived in a computer my whole "life"!

Cool!

After the conclusion of the Bravado program, what's next for HSP?

Completely off-topic, but I'd just like to say that, at this point, the Fourth Wall has been broken, pulled apart brick by brick, ground into dust, and finally, nuked from orbit.

Yeah! It has 1.0! Nah, that would be Idiot Similarity Index (of which Earth has the highest)

That's so... Kerbal.

Yep, it's gotta be the Kerbol system. In all seriousness, though, this system and Proxima b are a monumental discovery. Now, if we find life in Europa's subsurface ocean, my life will be complete.

"The only thing that's impossible is impossibility!" -Someone I can't remember "Eat your heart out, thermodynamics!" -What someone will say if a working perpetual motion machine is invented "It's like the laws of physics just went out the window!" "And why shouldn't they? They're so inconvenient!" -A crew member and Q, Star Trek: The Next Generation

-200? Why, you little [CENSORED]! I have 908 on the forums right now, thank you very much! And I did test it! It never did that during testing! And I think Stage 2 needs more fuel. Can you Tweakscale up the Procedural Tank so it's taller? Thanks .

Narkat washed his hands and left the bathroom, walking along the circumference of the station until he found the conference room. Upon entering, he found that everyone else was waiting for him. The Acting Chairkerb (because Geltrix was at Jool) said, "Mr. Bobford, what took you so long?" "Sorry, sir. I had to use the bathroom." "Well, that's understandable, then. You've gotta help me! These Kerbals are idiots, even for bureaucrats!" Indeed they were. One was drooling, and another was trying to pick his nose, without realizing that Kerbals don't have noses! "I now call this meeting to order! First item of business: How much fuel do we need for missions this year?" --- "Fifth item of business: The Traveler program's budget. The program has been giving us valuable data, but with concerns raised about the RAIR's failure rate by Mr. Alphons, the program's future has fallen into uncertainty." And thus, the meeting went on. Questions were raised, arguments had, but what was the result of the discussion? "Mr. Bobford, your team will receive funding to build and fly two probes of the new design. If any probe fails in its mission, the program is over. If not, you will receive more funding to continue it."

New idea: @TheEpicSquared, add enourmous control fins to the first stage. And bring the Procedural Interstage Fairings up so that they connect, it's messing up the aerodynamics. Like, Tweakscale those Big-S wings and elvons to make 'em ginormous!

Traveler 05 made it to Winooze uneventfully. Traveler 06 had a RAIR failure. But now, it was time to introduce Traveler Version 2.0! Narkat hoped the Board would approve his suggestion for the new probes that would have planetary landers, but with the possible cancellation of the program, that wasn't important right now. The meeting was at FRI (Federation Research Initiative) headquarters, which was a space station orbiting 5,000 kilometers above the surface of Kerbin. The onboard MechJeb unit was now firing the SSTO shuttle's RCS to match rotation with the station, which was spinning to provide artificial gravity. "10 meters and closing, 0.5 meters per second relative, alignment 5 by 5," the computerized voice announced. "9 meters... 8 meters... 7 meters... 6 meters... 5 meters... slowing down to 0.25 meters per second relative... 4 meters... 3 meters... slowing down to 0.1 meters per second relative... 2 meters... 1 meter... CONTACT!" There was a *THUMP* as the docking ports quickly rotated the servos and extended the pistons that would keep the two craft locked together. Metal plates moved into position, making an airtight seal. Power and data cables plugged in to their counterparts, and pipes joined up. The access hatches on both docking ports opened up, and Narkat floated through. The docking area was in the center, so the spin produced hardly any "gravity" there. He climbed down a latter to the "wheel" and found that the "gravity" was a comfortable 1G. He found an intern waiting for him with some koffee. "Ah, Project Manager Bobford. The meeting is starting soon, do you need anything?" "Yes, actually. Oh, and thank you for the koffee, but I'm fine. I'm not Gene." "What is it you need?" "Where's the bathroom?" "Third door on the right. Can't miss it." "Thank you." Will they be able to secure the survival of the Traveler program? Will the Board agree to the new probe design? Will Narkat be able to relieve his bladder? Tune in next time to find out!