KAL 9000

Yeah, will do today! A new batch of screenshots is coming up!

My idea would be to have a flyby probe to start. You have a cylinder of equipment, with an antenna on the front and a docking port on the rear, and science equipment and cameras attached to the sides.You send it into LEO, then dock a fuel tank onto the back. Dock radial fuel tanks for Asparagus staging on the sides (maybe 6 or so), and dock a nuclear thermal rocket on the back. Have some chemical rockets get it into interplanetary space (don't want to irradiate Earth), and fire up the nuclear thermal rocket. Use Asparagus staging for maximum efficiency, and once the burn is complete, undock the thermal engine and put it on a course to crash it into the Sun or Proxima Centauri (don't want to irradiate Proxima b, either). The probe is now at ~0.2 c, and would flyby in like 20 years.

For those of you that don't know, we've confirmed an exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth (other than the Sun, duh)! What's amazing is that it's super close in galactic terms, is roughly the size of Earth, and orbits IN THE FREAKING HABITABLE ZONE! What are your ideas for how we could explore it?

New episode today?

Guid: 038362d3-de38-483f-a45b-4500ab0c7006 Name: Salt Flats Launch Facility and Static Test Site --Nothing special about the Salt Flats in Utah, just that the flat terrain and distance from the nearest civilization/city (Salt Lake City) would make it a good launch site for SSTOs and rockets-- Latitude: 40.473 Longitude: -113.610 Altitude (Above Sea Level): 1287.7 meters Construct at the current time in the save, then gradually turn it from a tracking station/RemoteTech relay into a launch site. Thanks!

Something went wrong (and it wasn't Jeb's fault!) -Story - Part 4- "This is Bill, checking in for launch." "Roger, beginning systems check on Arrow SSTO." "Guidance?" "Go." "EECOM?" "Go." "Power?" "Go." "Engines?" "Go." "LOL?" "Go." "ROTFL?" "Go." "DANK-MEMES?" "Go." "NYAN-CAT?" "Go." "All systems go for launch. Arrow, tower has granted you clearance, please proceed to Runway 09." "We only have Runway 09." "Oh, yeah. You're go for takeoff." "Roger, T Minus 3...2...1... T! Z! Space!" "Roger!" "All CR-7 RAPIERs on air-breathing mode, holding S." "Roger." "Takeoff! Altitude is gaining!" --5 minutes later-- "Coming up on the 15 km mark." "Roger, Arrow." "Engine 4 failure! I'm losing power to right engines!" --The Arrow has 6 engines, 3 CR-7 RAPIERs on each wing. Left engines are 1, 2, and 3, and right engines are 4, 5, and 6-- "Engine 6 failure! Engine 5 failure!" "Right wing breaking up!" "Breaking up!? Kraken!" "Language, Gene!" "I'm losing control!" "Bill, you are authorized to eject!" "Roger, ejecting now!" --I have EVA parachutes installed-- "My parachute is open!" "Arrow is going down... And it's hit the water. There goes 500,000 roots..." Mortimer: "Aaaaah! Mommy!" "I'm at 10 meters... 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Bleh! I swallowed some seawater! Activating suit life jacket!" "Roger, Bill, the KSS Rockomax is on the way to pick you up." "This is the captain of the KSS Rockomax, launching recovery VTOL." "Bill, activate your suit's transponder beacon! The recovery VTOL is on the way!" "We see him! Bill, grab the rope and attach the clip to your suit!" "Done!" "We're bringing you up." --Later, at the KSC-- "What happened, Bill?" "Structural failure on the right Big-S Delta Wing. The failure broke off fuel flow to the engines and caused the wing to come apart." "Hello? WinterOwl Aircraft Emporium? Yes, one of your parts failed, which intern built the Big-S Delta Wing? Jodovey? Fire him, please."

Thank you, @Snark. How do you guys like the screenshots? Bill is going to launch into orbit in a habitat to assist with the KIS/KAS part of construction.

Screenshots are here! Dres Mission Modules

Karibou. It's a mod that adds parts for exploration rovers, and I meant that I was building the rover with that mod. So, yeah, you could build one for Kerbin. Also, I'm back!

Oh, crud. Well, looks like I can't post screenshots today, because I forgot I planned to go on a camp out today, and I obviously won't bring my computer. I'll be back tomorrow, though!

Oh, ok... so you're doing Proxima b?

Chapter 4?

0 (Start over). The new round begins!

Granted, but you have to give the likes to non-like worthy posts. Oh, ninja'd and forgot a wish! Ok, you do have something to do, but that thing is even more boring than nothing. I wish I could meet the Kraken.

Banned for flying an outdated plane.

Granted, but you accidentally shoot yourself. I wish that people would stop yelling at each other in my Dres mission thread.

Non-ship modules designed: -Dres landers -Karibou rover -ISRU module -Science module -Those modules will land on Dres -Non Dres-landing modules -Crew transport (to & from Kerbin and the ship while the ship is in LKO) -Dres communications satellites -Dres mapping satellite -Emergency escape pod

10/10 IMAAAAGINAAAATION (SpongeBob)

Cause I don't want to. What is the purpose of life?

void bestIdeaEver { for(int n = 0; n < population; n++) { if(populationDatabase.get(n).playsKerbalSpaceProgram()) { populationDatabase.get(n).set("God Mode", true); } } matrix.defenseSystem("disable"); } OK, now the code I'd put in and run would be: bestIdeaEver();

Read "Forgotten Space Program"

We switch to Minecraft, I TNT cannon the hill and claim it, then build a bedrock dome around it.

0/10 JEB! NOOOOOO!

Banned for not giving Jeb his snacks (you know how grumpy he gets)

Cause you didn't study in Language Arts in school. Why am I an evil AI?