James Kerman

Greetings and welcome to the forum, @Pit_2. I spent a year playing before I learned to dock (mostly due to a psychological barrier I built up around it) but I decided, one day, I'm going to learn how. Two days later I actually managed it and now docking is a necessary and routine part of my space program.

Wrist Banned.

Yes it does snow but over on the eastern side of the country. There are even alpine resorts (Thredbo and the ironically named Perisher) for skiing although they only open during winter. We Aussies take great pride in our deadly fauna and I am complaining that you forgot to mention; the Great White Shark (Same as Jaws but real), the blue ringed octopus (tiny, cute and deadly poisonous) and Russell Crowe.

I would hazard a guess (assuming no bugs) that you may have too low thrust to weight on your upper stages? Does your speed increase consistently or do you see it slow down or reverse during ascent? If you are using an information mod in the VAB check atmospheric TWR.

Greetings and welcome to the forum, @Speleonaut. I also have young kids (who generally like to crash into the facilities in the game version) and I am intrigued by the EDU version (but know nothing about it) so I hope you also post your review here in the forum.

Congratulations and good luck with your resolutions.

Greetings and welcome to the forum, @AsUReKINGe. I can only find old info (and can't test it) but this may help: https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/features/how-to-take-screenshots-on-the-xbox-one-and-share-them-676134

Greetings and welcome, @Norfolk nChance.

Another option is to use the ScanSat mod to make your own maps.

Greetings and welcome to the forum, @Capbo. In addition to Vanamonde's excellent guide I would recommend to any new player to install an informational mod like Kerbal engineer redux, DMagic's basic mods or mechjeb, so that you get metrics during your build and mission. This game has the steepest learning curve for a new player and if you have figures on Delta V and thrust to weight ratio in the VAB and on mission it makes it much easier to understand and correct shortfalls. It is also useful to have a Dv map of the Kerbol system (I used to add 10-25% at first, particularly if you are flying missions "by hand"). My experience was wasting a lot of fuel on my first Mun landings. At first it is best to cancel your horizontal motion before descending but understanding the concept and execution of a suicide burn is worth learning once you become more experienced (I quicksaved a lot). The game rewards patience and dedication so don't be discouraged if you fail because when you succeed it feels great.

Welcome to the forum, @Fraktal. I'm not a space-plane guy but I have read that the Mk2 Bicoupler is one of the draggiest parts in the game and the Mk2 parts are generally more difficult to work with. Luckily @AeroGav is one of the masters and has created a tutorial on the Mk2 parts:

greetings and welcome to the forum, @PhysicsBoy. Never.

Greetings and welcome to the forum, @dr.phibes. While I was too young for Apollo 11, there's more grey in my beard than black and my boss believes I'm semi retired. ...I have to ask - What is puggy-sitting?

Greetings and welcome to the forum, @AngryBadger. For me the blowing up or RUD (rapid unplanned disassembly) is a feature. Don't hesitate to post questions if you have troubles - the guys and gals here are happy to flood you with information and advice.

Greetings and welcome, @Grizzlitn. That's a fine looking replica.

Welcome back, Mate.

Only in Straya, Mate. As a young man I used to do east/west across the country and deliver to remote places however the unsealed roads (gravel) are generally in ok condition. Still, a deflator would have been useful because I've had to dig myself out of a bog a few times (once at 44°C) and it *ruins your day. *insert your own expletives here.

I've been a truck driver for 20 years and never seen anything like that but it would be illegal under Australian laws (danger to pedestrians/infrastructure). I don't think they are touching the axle/rim or you would rip off the front ones as soon as you turned. My guess is that it might be an aftermarket energy recapture system - braking with strong magnets and injecting the power back in when you put your foot down however the systems I have seen have been fitted inline with the driveline. Perhaps truck training wheels?? Edit: I showed the image to a car mechanic and he disagreed and pointed out that the "struts" look too weak to be used in energy recapture.

Greetings and welcome to the forums, @RapidGrayWolf. Great to see another Aussie here, Mate.

Greetings and welcome to the forum, @Alex Silvermane.

Greetings and welcome to the forum, @DfA-DoM.

I managed to see it, but I only had my phone so the image quality is very poor. It looked way more impressive than it appears here.

@PB666 You would not be the first person to shudder when considering my logic. The comment you quoted was simply my personal opinion (I am not well educated but I always try to learn more) and your posts have expanded my thinking, although it will take me a few days to fully understand them. @Diche Bach I know what you mean, Mate. As I've been reading about the topic I have come across many theories that seem to fly in the face of conventional thinking including, but not limited to; Australia was the cradle of humanity, the Kow swamp People artificially altered themselves (what could you do artificially that would produce the biggest teeth ever found in a hominid?) and that they regressed as a result of climate change.

As far as I know there are no known Neanderthal remains found in Australia however the Denisovans were in Asia and the origional Australians have a high percentage of Denisovan genes (4% to 6%). There is a controversy over two finds here (with various theories proposed): Mungo Man and Woman - 2 skeletons that were unearthed in the late 60's/early 70's, are gracile and date to at least 42,000 years ago. The Kow Swamp People - 40 skeletons that date between 10,000 and 22,000 years ago but have features more like homo erectus. Interestingly, Mungo Man (Mungo Woman was cremated) and the Kow swamp People seemed to share similar burial ceremonies (Ochre, shells and other artifacts included in the graves).

Very interesting articles. It seems these migrations were aided by falling sea levels. It looks to me like this "Southern Group" was moving from wetter conditions to a more arid climate, possibly avoiding or quickly moving through true desert regions (as at Jebel Faya - i.e. lack of archeological evidence during intense dry times) while the "Northern Group" stuck to more temperate conditions. I've often read that the DNA evidence pointed towards a small original group moving out of Africa, followed much later by other excursions but I'm starting to think that there might have been many concurrent migrations, with the routes being dictated by cultural adaptation to different conditions.