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Granted. Unfortunately, the human body isn't meant to go that fast without protection, and you find your skin has been ripped off your muscles rather quickly. And violently. I wish to not ever have to see that corruption happen.

Discoverer XIV has been launched and recovered.

Well, I'm just flying now. Discoverer XIV. And that completes Discoverer XIV.

And Discoverer XIII has been launched and recovered.

And I'm on a roll this morning. Discoverer XIII. This completes Discoverer XIII.

I finished the 1950s in the Historical Space Race challenge (shameless plug). The last flight was Luna III, which is the first gravity assist of the Moon; the satellite launched North and then came up and around the Moon from South to North, taking shots of the far side of the Moon as it was lit up by the Sun. Of course, I had to get a lot closer to Mun than historically, primarily because the Mun's SOI is far less than the actual Moon's. Also, had I not gotten that close, I would have risked being ejected into solar orbit.

And Luna III is in orbit. That completes the 1950s.

A lot of luck, really. She landed in the dark. Sideways. At ~8 m/s. On a freaking incline. Sometimes you just get lucky. Keep in mind, though, that anything above 2 m/s would have qualified for the hard landing; I simply came in that hot because there was no light to see by, and I had to guess using the altimeter at the top of the screen. And I had to fast-forward almost an entire day just to get enough light to take a picture for the challenge requirement. On that note...Luna III. That completes Luna III, as well as the 1950s. Here are the decay dates of the satellites launched in the 1950s: Sputnik I: 4 JAN 1958 Sputnik II: 14 APR 1958 Vanguard I: Sometime in 2198 Luna I: Unknown. Last contact 1 JAN 1959 Discoverer I: 17 March 1959 Explorer VI: 1 JUL 1961 Luna II: Unknown. Radio signals sent to Earth 14 SEP 1959, but no further information given Luna III: 29 APR 1960 The first launch in the 1960s was Discoverer 13 on 11 AUG 1960. Therefore, I will be cleaning up several of these satellites to remove them from orbit prior to first launch in the 1960s.

All kerbiloids are cheaters.

You could use MechJeb's Ascent Guidance feature. Just set the inclination and circularization altitude, make sure you turn Autostaging on, and let the computer do the job.

You necro'ed this thread. Cheater!

And I put Luna II on the Mun this morning.

Luna II And that completes Luna II.

I have updated the rules for this challenge. People now have the option of doing sandbox if they wish.

I spent 2 hours in the VAB attempting to put together the Thor DM-18 Able III rocket used to launch Explorer VI into orbit. I have the right part packs installed, but the packs don't have all the parts. But...I got it done

Explorer VI is in orbit.

Explorer VI And that completes Explorer VI.

What you have at Dropbox is the player log file. There should be a separate crash file at the link I pulled out of the log file.

The log file indicates that the crash information resides in the crash file at: C:/Users/Psycho/AppData/Local/Temp/Squad/Kerbal Space Program/Crashes Any chance you could post that?

Have you tried verifying the steam install?

And if you take a look a bit more closely at that shot of descent over the grasslands, you'll see the shadows from the trees aren't all going the same direction. In fact, it looks like there is light on both sides of the scene, pushing shadows from the outer edges into a center point.

Granted. Unfortunately, for him to see you have to give up your eyesight. Permanently. I wish @ColdJ wasn't blind.