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I've used various methods depending on the size of the rover and where it's landing. I usually make the rover part of the rocket's fuselage, so there is a section with wheels. For atmospheric planets I just drop it with loads of parachutes. My favorite way though is to have a lander with a docking port at the bottom and attach it so that it can drive up and re attach itself to the lander after being used, and the lander can take off with the rover and land it somewhere else. This works especially well on low gravity planets.

Definitely this: (Manned Eve Return. Way back in 0.23). And no, those mods did not make it easier. HARDER, if anything. Haven't tried it again since...

I always change my inclination while still at Kerbin if possible, or somewhere in Solar orbit when crossing the AN or DN for that planet. Much less dV! I once spent almost an hour to set up my Eeloo encounter to arrive with a perfect trajectory (while my ship was still at Kerbin). Turns out maneuver nodes are really touchy at these distances...

Wait, they compared a planet to Coruscant?!? I guess we've found aliens then!

Ok, it is technically owned by Kazakhstan, but it is managed by Russia.

Who is he? Donald Trump. Errm, I mean Darth Plagueis. Since the EU is no longer canon, all we know about him is that he had the power to cheat death, and that Sidious thought he killed him. We don't know the true extent of his power. He could have saved his consiousness in the force or something like that, and then wait for the inevitable fall of the Empire, and at that point he jumped at the chance to take control (maybe by taking control of someone else's body). Another option could be a secret apprentice of Sidious, as already mentioned, or it could be Sidious himself, who performed an 'essence transfer' right before death. I hope it is one of these, so that technically the lineage of true Sith Lords isn't broken when Sidious dies...

Except Russia leases it from Kazakhstan, so that land is still owned by Russia... Wasn't there a Soviet space station, the Salyut 3, that had a gun which they fired? I think it is the only weapon to be fired in space (that we know of).

Well, of course they were built in a much more DIY and cheaper manner than Western aircraft, but that does not make them worse.

Meh, while I agree they don't have a shining safety record, as long as you avoid stuff like elevators in old buildings or theme park rides it shouldn't be any more dangerous than any "developed" country. I'm sure there are areas in most countries (Western or not) where you shouldn't go if you value your life or rights. Anyway, why did they actually block the elevator in the first place? Surely if they were going to do maintenance on it they would have noticed something while working?

'Wait. Why am I here again???'

Jump out of a spacecraft during re-entry.

Then he would indeed be named Werhner Von Buran instead of Von Braun. What if the Soviets landed on the Moon first?

Yantai, China.

I wonder what would happen if a jet engine as large as the one in that photoshopped picture of the KLM MD-11 (where the fuselage is the jet engine) was made. Would it disintegrate immediately? Explode? But that definitely looks like something a Kerbal would do. This: (It's obviously fake, but whatever)

I remember reading somewhere about a guy in East Berlin building his own plane to escape to the West, and I think he managed it. However he was not just a random guy, I think he was an engineer of some sort.

Only in terms of length... Its weight and wingspan are much smaller. And plus, don't you think sending an A380 sized plane in space is awesome? I don't see why this should be the case. Unless it lands exceptionally fast, there is no reason it shouldn't be able to land at most major airports. I guess it depends on how good it's braking systems are. However, looking at its small wings, it seems a high landing speed is inevitable.

Pluto's moons cause more tidal effects than expected, causing your ship to crash into the surface. Manned mission to the surface of Venus...

It would be fun as well if we could expand the search to planets from other sci-fi or fantasy movies/books whatever! I wonder if it is possible to find a gas giant with life, like Bespin from Star Wars!

'Darth Saruman tells Harry Skywalker, 'You shall not pass'.'

The Force...

I once read this interesting theory about aliens, that basically there could be hyper-advanced aliens that know about Earth and its life, but they just ignore it. I think it was explained like this: "The life of the aliens is so different to ours that they don't see a point in contacting us, in the same way that we humans have no interest in "communicating" with ants or worms for example, also because it's not really possible. For all we know, Earth could be some "nature reserve" part of some larger organization, like a Galactic Republic or something. For example, ants don't know or care which country they are in, they don't realize there are more intelligent beings that technically own their territory, they think their ant hill is fully under their control. In the same way, us humans could be part of something we don't realize even exists" (Not directly quoted, just more or less what I remember put in my own words) It's quite an interesting theory, even though hard to accept.

The funny thing about the M-CCCP plane is that apparently it is one of the few aircraft registered win the Isle of Man, hence the 'M' prefix. By the way, I think the USSR was actually the only country to include the name of the country in the registration of its aircraft, as all registrations started with CCCP-.

Are you saying you don't like Jar-Jar? Come on, everyone loves him. Anyway, my theory has always been that they just live in huge underground cities, because they don't like sunlight. It is actually 'supported' by in-game evidence. This is the last sentence on the in-game description of the Sun: ' This is especially important to keep in mind considering the effect shiny objects have on the average Kerbal.'

Wait a second... aquatic goofy species, with vast underwater cities... THE KERBALS ARE GUNGANS!!! I should have known all along... Kerbin is Naboo, and it's not Bill Kerman, it's Jar Jar Bill!

Then there's this: