aRottenKomquat

I'm not sure what kind of hosting environment these forums run on, but with Let's Encrypt out now there's not much reason to not run HTTPS everywhere.

Are you actually encountering out-of-memory errors? Modern operating systems are extremely lazy about deallocating unused memory if the system is not under memory pressure. Hence, RAM usage can be artificially high because a bunch of it is not actually being used anymore but was never freed because nothing needs it.

Most people try to avoid the Kraken. You're actively trying to summon it!

I am so bad at delta-V... I just unlocked the new science lab module. I'm pretty sure this didn't exist the last time I played KSP. Anyway, I built a new Minmus lander loaded with science, scientists, and this lab, and sent it to the North Pole of Minmus. Well I get most of the way to the ground and my final stage has completely run out of fuel. No chance of landing, no chance of returning. I decided to at least watch the crash. The lander impacted at about 60 m/s, bounced a few times, and somehow survived with no damage... Given Minmus' low gravity, I was able to use the reaction wheels to rotate it and park it upright, so I "did science" and set the lab to work and figured I'll send a rescue mission later to recover the scientists. So I finally turned my attention to the Mun. At this point I've only done flybys, no landings, because Minmus is so much easier to deal with, but I have big boy rockets and modules now and need more science. My first attempt failed miserably when my staging somehow got set up totally wrong, and my command pod separated during liftoff when I tried to eject my SRB's. I have no idea how I managed that. My second attempt failed because my transfer stage and lander stage ran out of fuel while burning into a transfer orbit to the Mun. The third attempt failed when I successfully landed on the Mun, did a bunch of science, but was unable to reboard my vessel because I missed one ladder space while building the rocket, and Jeb's jetpack doesn't work well enough in Mun gravity to boost him to the command pod like I could on Minmus. Also, when I started the EVA Jeb fell off the command pod and broke all the solar panels on his way to the ground so even if he could re-board, I'd probably run out of electricity on the flight home. And the lander barely has any fuel left, once again I underestimated dV and I doubt it could make it back to Mun orbit. I am now taking a couple days' break from KSP to let my frustration subside.

I shouldn't have staged at all, all I needed to do was throttle up. But after jumping and jetting Jeb up to the command pod, my brain was in full "Spacebar to go up" mode.

Huh, I can't believe I didn't already have an account here... So I picked the game back up for the first time in years. Last time I played was beta. It took me a bit to not blow up in the atmosphere while launching but I finally got there. After a few orbits and a flyby of each of Kerbin's moons, I sent Jeb to Minmus to land and gather some science. It went perfectly. No problems launching, got my orbital plane aligned easily, set up the best transfer orbit I've ever accomplished, and landed on Minmus on the first try without toppling over. My face was as ecstatic as Jeb's. I activated all my science sensors and then sent Jeb out to do a soil sample. I jetpacked him back into the command pod (I didn't have ladders yet), and was patting myself on the back for a mission well done. I did a couple quick checks on the map to figure out my rough launch trajectory, and then hit the spacebar to ignite my rockets and leave Minmus behind. Then I watched in horror as my rocket didn't ignite. Instead, the command pod separated from my engine stage and crashed to the ground a couple meters away. I facepalmed so violently I'm sure I woke up the entire neighborhood. I'm considering changing the stage button to something other than the spacebar.