Cassel

1. Stock only is fine (maybe add bd armory) 2. Make official servers with reputation and trolls are going to be banned like on forums. 3. Servers should be on squad side 4. Make it turn based... when everyone on game are ready to warp they press button and game is warping for day, week or whatever they all agreed.

Maybe they have found Earth-like planet orbiting Sun-like star? They did found few solar systems with Sun-like stars and one of them had Jupiter-like planet.

Procedural wings, structural parts and adapters YES! Some procedural fuel tanks could be good idea, but not engines.

What about Zubrin's idea for Mars Direct to get fuel from Mars atmosphere?

I would love to see more planets.

Why people watch videos of other people playing game?

I have another idea for archievements... what if kerbals would be able to make selfies to send them to facebook profile of player?

Agree, that's why I said about exploration as scientific mission. I can't imagine schools on Mars, while teacher may go crazy like this one guy in Nat Geo series, he opened airlock and killed few people. If there would be any visits or tourists on Mars then airlocks are going to be guarded by armed men just like we guard borders. To make sure nobody is going to do crazy things, like they do on Earth. It is impossible to control large society in so dangerous environment without cameras 24/7, drugs to reduce aggression or some psychological checks every week. It wouldn't be fun place to live.

People wants to visit exciting places, each one of them once in their life time. But nobody wants to build house in exciting places... can you imagine how exciting are vulcanoes, mountains, rain forests or Antarctica? Many people wants to go to those places, but who would want to make their home under vulcano or on top of the mountain? For cities and homes people are searching peaceful and safe places, both Mars or Moon are not safe. Nobody would want to have children in pressurised, small space, just like nobody wants to build house on middle of desert or on south pole and rise his children there. Concept of city on Mars is fail. Exploration mission to study Mars may work.

May I ask stupid questions, why it was impractical? Why 9m is better? And what is next smaller practical diameter?

I said that "ending of game" should be optional, if you want to continue endless contract based game play, like it is working right now, it should be possible. I like idea of statues.

Maybe there is gold on Mars? That is only way it could make people want to go there.

Does career game have finish condition? I would like to see credits and "the end" while I finish it. It could be made in way with little change of contracts, some of them can be milestones for finishing career mode. If we visit and study every planet there could be "end game" or option to continue endless contract based game. It should make sense if career mode would not allow restarting missions. If you crash and lost funds they are lost, but if you finish mission then it is great achievement, one step closer to finishing game. When you are out of funds it is game over and you have to start new career. With no revert mission option we could have new mechanism of simulations in career mode. They can be done very simple by just making flight that doesn't take any funds from account. If I crash I lose nothing, but during "simulation/test flight" I can't finish any mission, it is only for testing things.

In first image it looks like space shuttle, but without wings.