Scarecrow71

@Dirt Diver Ok, I'm taking a stab at the crash report; someone a whole lot smarter than I am may have to come in here and validate this OR give you better advice. However, I see the following line in your error file: Write to location 000001BDA47FFFE8 caused an access violation. This tells me that it might be a permissions issue with your machine. Are you running the game as the administrator on your computer? That is, when you launch it, do you get the following screen (or a version of it): If you are running as the administrator on your machine, you should get this pop-up box and you should click "Yes". If you aren't getting this pop-up, youjust need to: Right-click on the executable icon on your desktop Select "Run as Administrator" I'm not sure if that's the same for Steam, but it may be why you are having an issue. If that's not it, then I'm not sure why you are getting an invalid address write error.

I have updated the challenge rules slightly. There are 2 missions, one Soviet and one American, that are effectively the same mission: Korabl-Sputnik II Mercury-Redstone II Both of these missions are to simply put a living being into space (other than a human) and recover the craft. Korabl-Sputnik II is a full orbital flight, while Mercury-Redstone II is sub-orbital. KSP has no mechanic to send anything living other than Kerbals up, so you can't really test a dog or a plant or a primate. And these missions are so similar in scope that doing both is redundant and a waste of time. Therefore, if you are doing both the Soviets and the Americans, you are required to only do 1 of these, and it is your choice as to which one to do.

I feel like I'm the only one doing this. Is this challenge just not catching the attention of anyone? Korabl-Sputnik II has been launched and recovered.

Korabl-Sputnik II And that completes Korabl-Sputnik II.

Because everything has to fit in the universe. So you are small so you can fit. Why is the restaurant at the end of the universe?

Nope. TUBM is an avid collector of stamps.

Banned for banning the pork banner

Not using secret cheat codes? Cheater. And a liar; everyone uses them!

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.