James Kerman

My first interplanetary landing was on Ike (career explore mission) and I managed to land on an ore patch without a survey. I thought "this is cool, I'll fuel up, hop over to Duna, get the science and come home" .... this was a stock install with no mods so I didn't know how much TWR or DV I needed. In the end I just made orbit and pushed all the way home with the EVA jetpack. I think it took 6-8 hours IRL even with a lucky Mun assist. Now I use Kerbal Engineer Redux and research new destinations.

I concur with Kiwi - it's pretty hard to drink yourself cool on a 45 degree Celsius day over here (Aus). On topic, I have read a thread where Nova had an idea for the monoliths and other anomalies to reveal another planet (Duna SSTV signal). I think this would have made one of the best easter eggs in any game I'd ever played. Imagine if the planet was occupied by the alien overseers of kerbal civilization...

I have used transfer windows but who wants to wait 3 years? I mostly brute force where I want to go and then I get out and push when I inevitably run out of fuel.

...Bada** Aerospace...

Greetings All, I can still remember my first Kerbin orbit. 3 days of failure followed by the most amazing sense of achievement I've ever felt playing a game. Worst moment was accidentally clicking space centre instead of reverting after turning Jeb, Bill and Bob into paste on the Duna surface. Cheers, James