Just Jim

This is not about the atomic bomb, but I remember seeing not too long ago something about medium bombers during WWII making sure they didn't come in and drop their load too low and caught in their own bomb-blast.... guess it doesn't take a nuke to make bad thing happen if you're not paying close attention.

Magnificent!

OK, I give up, it is clear you are set in your belief. Time for this ignorant, arrogant, negligent, old man to shut-up. Have a great day.

So your implying I'm worse than the folk that just shot up Paris??? Seriously??

Apologize??? No.... I am not going to argue any more, and I am definitely NOT going to apologize! Apologize for not supporting a scientific theory? There are no absolutes in science, and asking for me to apologize for not supporting your absolute proves to me you do not truly understand the scientific process. What do you propose next? Have me burned at the stake for not believing the earth is flat? Because only a few hundred years ago people KNEW it was flat, and at the center of the universe, and it was heresy to say or believe otherwise. Respectfully, asking me to apologize for not believing what you believe sounds just as dangerous. That's not how science and scientists work. Scientists propose theories, which most of the time other scientists disagree on, and it's no different in this case. What you want is absolute compliance to your belief, which is something I will not bow down to. I am going to go play KSP and respectfully agree to disagree.

Krakatoa erption: In the year following the eruption, average Northern Hemisphere summer temperatures fell by as much as 1.2 °C (2.2 °F).[10] Weather patterns continued to be chaotic for years, and temperatures did not return to normal until 1888.[10] The record rainfall that hit Southern California during the “water year†from July 1883 to June 1884 – Los Angeles received 38.18 inches (969.8 mm) and San Diego 25.97 inches (659.6 mm)[11] – has been attributed to the Krakatoa eruption.[12] There was no El Niño during that period as is normal when heavy rain occurs in Southern California,[13] but many scientists doubt this proposed causal relationship.[14] The eruption injected an unusually large amount of sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas high into the stratosphere, which was subsequently transported by high-level winds all over the planet. This led to a global increase in sulfuric acid (H2SO4) concentration in high-level cirrus clouds. The resulting increase in cloud reflectivity (or albedo) would reflect more incoming light from the sun than usual, and cool the entire planet until the suspended sulfur fell to the ground as acid precipitation Tsunamis were clearly responsible for most of the fatalities at Krakatau. However, ~4,500 deaths (over 10% of the total) have been attributed to falling tephra and hot pyroclastic flows. The amount of tephra generated is thought to be about 20 cubic kilometers, or twenty times that of the destructive Mt. St. Helens eruption in 1980. Near Sumatra, the Sunda Straits were clogged with so much debris that it looked like solid ground. Relief ships were unable to reach coastal communities like Telok Betong for weeks. Over the ensuing months, storms and high-tides would disperse thick banks of floating pumice beyond the Straits, into the Java Sea and Indian Ocean. Ships thousands of kilometers from Krakatau would report huge fields of this floating debris for months after the eruption. One such accumulation floated 8,170 km, until it reached Durban, South Aftica in September, 1884. About 2000 of the corpses in southern Sumatra had severe burns, indicating that they had been scorched to death, peresumably from pyroclastic flows. Although the behavior of pyroclastic flows and surges over water is poorly contrained by direct observations, the evidence suggests that they can travel great distances over open water. One compeling feature of the Krakatau eruption is that the pyroclastic flows appear to have travelled an incredible 40 km across the Sunda Straits, where they remained hot enough to cause the burn-related fatalities on Sumatra. These same flows, however, were also recorded by several ships located at greater distances. On August 27, the Louden (see above) was located ~65 km north-northeast of Krakatau when it was struck by severe winds and tephra, and the W.H. Besse was located at ~80 km east-northeast of Krakatau when it was hit by hurricane-force winds, heavy tephra, and the strong smell of sulfur. At these greater distances, the pyroclastic flows were at lower temperatures so that the ships and crew survived.

I did not say I denied man-made climate change. I said man has little to do with it. Perhaps I need to be more specific. Man has had an impact, sure. But one large volcano erupting can pump thousands of times more toxic crap in the atmosphere in a couple days than man can in a couple centuries. Man is infinitesimal compared to nature itself. If a volcano erupts, or a cat-5 hurricane forms, or an earthquake causes a massive tsunami, all of which will drastically effect the environment and climate, how did man cause it, and how will he stop it? If the gulf stream shifts, how did man cause it, and how is man going to stop it? No, I am NOT in the pocket of big-oil, or whatever you want to call it. And even if I was, how is it any different than handing over a bunch of cash to a politician or whoever that claims to be able to "Stop the climate from changing", (if you'll just re-elect me)???? Does anyone realize how rich y'all made some of these folk???

This is how I brought one in yesterday. AoA about 25 degrees, all engines off, upper and lower airbrakes deployed. No problems.

I saw something similar not long about the Little Ice Age, just a few hundred years ago, that sounds similar. Had nothing to do with man, apparently the gulf stream shifted and suddenly Europe was in a small ice age. What I found interesting is the few years prior to this event was a period of rapid warming, similar to today. Then suddenly, Wham, the northern hemisphere turned cold. While I don't deny the climate changes, this just supports my belief man has little to do with it. The climate has never, ever been "stable". It's constantly changing, and will constantly change. And I refuse to listen to junk science about "Stopping Climate Change". Can't be done. Unless you can cap a raging volcano, which can change the worlds climate in a matter of days, you can't prevent the climate from changing when and how it wants.

Don't beat yourself up... this comes up every 3-4 days on the steam forum. I swear it's the same troll re-posting over and over...

Oh, yeah... duh!!! My bad hehe Here ya go

This is my first entry. She is completely stock 1.0.5, in my career game, and meant to shuttle tourists into low orbit. Later I'll refit her with a docking port so she can transfer passengers and fuel, but I don't have docking ports yet in this career game. For now she can make me free money shuttling tourists. Oh, and I can't believe I stuck the landing on her maiden test flight. Honestly wasn't sure how it would go, but she handled fine coming in, and had a little liquid fuel to spare. I don't know how to post an album, but I think I have all the screenshots you'll need.

I wouldn't change a thing!!!

Over 600 hours and still think haven't see it. I think it's a hoax... lol...

I already have seen a couple, one for repositioning a satellite, another for sending a rover on a survey mission.

Actually, with the recent discoveries on Encelidus, I wonder if NASA isn't already designing a submarine!

Ahhhh, I went back and read the change log. Hidden Fun stuff..... So this may involve more than just finding Easter Eggs??? I like the sound of that.

Man the boats, mates Thar she blows!!!!

First off, has anyone else playing a new career game been watching their milestone awards? You can see them with the little contract button in the top right corner. There are all sorts of new ones, and one I got today was quite a surprise. Today I finished the early career grind and finally got to making some jets with the new engines. And came up with a couple decent ones; one of which I flew over to the old island airbase. And much to my surprise, I got a milestone award for "finding an old airbase on an island", or something to that effect. Makes me seriously wonder if there are milestone awards for finding other cool stuff.

That makes sense!

I with you all. I'm about a week (game-time) now into a new career (moderate-custom), and just opening my tier 5 techs. In spite of the decline penalty, I think the contracts have been much better, especially the surveys and temp scans. Before you had to fly halfway around Kerbin to do some, now they're much closer to the KSC, and actually do-able. So far so good!!!

I had the same thing happen. Made quite a bang, but no damage to the upper rocket either.

Based on your avatar, I'm going to guess you're from Gallifrey??? If so, then 10/10

I actually like the idea, and think it's somewhat realistic to real life. You get approached by a company time and time again with a contract offer, and you constantly turn them down, eventually they're gonna take their business elsewhere, and your reputation is gonna a hit. Life isn't fair, and now neither is mission control.... and I think its awesome!

I just saw Chatterer (my personal favorite) has also been updated to 1.0.5