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Alexei Kerman was not paying attention to the instructor. As the instructor, Akayev Kerman, had spent fifteen years researching advanced aerodynamics at the most prestigious schools in the Soviet Union in order to reach a level high enough to teach cosmonauts and was very prideful, this made him mad. "Alexei!" Akayev yelled, but his frown turned into a cruel smile. "Do you have something you want to share with the class?" The other cosmonauts chuckled. As long as he isn't punishing me, they thought simultaneously. Alexei looked up from his desk. He had not been taking notes, but why should he? It was just hypersonic shockwave compression again. Besides, for the last month he had been working on something else. Instead of notes, his desk was covered in graphs, charts, and scribbled math equations. Akayev had caught him off guard. "Um, can you say that again?" Alexei said. Akayev smiled, and as the class caught on they smiled too. "I said, do you have something to share with the class? Or do you think that just because you were the first kerbal to perform an EVA in order to fix a broken radio transponder that you are exempt from the rules?" "Uh-" "Rules are rules! And rules must be followed all the time, not periodically!" Akayev's yelling was heard in the adjacent lecturing halls. Spittle flew out of his mouth, and some of the cosmonauts remarked at the trajectory. His message didn't sink in, though. Alexei grabbed an armful of papers and dashed out of the room, shouting "Of course, periodically! It makes sense now!" Akayev sighed. Alexei already knew the subject forward and backward, he was aware of that. But, let one slip and the rest will follow. He got back to teaching the class. <><><> "Grigory! Grigory! When did Duna 2 launch?" Alexei came charging into Grigory Kerman's office. The head of flight operations was startled, but not surprised. He knew Alexei well, and besides, he had nothing to do besides review the schedule, and after last month he never wanted to see a calendar again. "Duna 2? Let me check." Even though he had vowed never to so much as touch a schedule again, he shuffled through his filling cabinet until he found last month's plans. Besides, he concluded, when he had made the vow last night he had had more than a few shots of vodka. He came to this conclusion by the fact that he didn't remember how they had gotten the pumpkin on top of the flagpole. While Grigory searched, Alexei picked up a couple of the various model rockets in the office and flew them around the room. Grigory looked up from his papers. "Hardly six days ago. Is your memory that bad? You were there with me when it launched," he said. "Neeyyoom- um, I've been busy. Thanks!" He stopped an R-7 from crashing into Salyut 1 just in time and left. "You haven't been half as busy as I have. What with Korolev 10 and all, the last week has been quite the hassle. Oh kraken, scheduling the accident investigations alone-" Grigory was interrupted by the sound of a hastily-replaced rocket tipping over onto the floor. Alexei had vanished in a flurry of graph paper. Grigory sighed and pulled a bottle of plastic cement out of a drawer. This was what, the third time with that particular ICBM? <><><> "Should- just- be able to catch it!" Alexei panted as he ran through the space complex. As he nearly flew past research and development, the scientists got some interesting data on sonic booms. Namely, that kerbals can't run that fast. But they sure can try. He burst into mission control looking at a cheap stopwatch. "Hurry! Start recording radio data from Duna 2!" The chatter ceased as kerbals turned and looked up. "Do it now!" A quick-thinking scientist flipped a toggle on his console and a reel of tape next to him began spinning. He pulled out his headset so that the room could hear. For a couple of seconds, it was the usual background noise for a probe about to pass beyond Kerbin, where Duna 2 currently was, but then it changed. From the nondescript white noise came a sudden burst of complex tones and reverb. Then, as quickly as it started, static again.

Great job! Very funny, I love it. I also love your plan for the style of the thread as it progresses.

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I think in the future I definitely will go with Tamiya because I've heard great things about the fit and detail but for my first kit I've settled on an Airfix beginner's kit, a Spitfire. I've heard it's sort of a tradition in the UK. I'm sort of psyching myself up (down?) for it to look bad so that I won't be too disappointed by the result. Is there a scale modeling thread on this forum? Do you have a link? I couldn't find it. I've definitely heard great things about Tamiya. My plan is to get familiar with simple planes, then start making my favorites.

"Is that John Carter?"

"Congress has accepted our request for more funding to buy HOTAS setups for mission control."

I knew I was going to have to fix the ladders, but thanks for reminding me. How fast? I've clocked ~32 m/s on Kerbin. (It's using BG propellers but I have spares in a cargo crate just in case.) I think it performs about the same on Laythe.

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Today I asked Reddit and watched a bunch of Youtube about how to get into model building. I was thinking of picking up a 1:72 WW2 fighter from either Tamiya or Airfix.

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I'm currently working on an electrically powered boat with the intent to send it to Laythe for a circumnavigation, any tips?

"Our next launch will not be delayed."

"Ha! In your face, Mars rovers! In just one day, I've collected more samples than all of you combined!"

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I tried making one too, and it is indeed surprising just how well it works! Of course, KSP is far more forgiving than real life...

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Also, a fair warning: since I just moved, my computer is in storage and will probably remain that way for a few weeks.

"Attention passengers, this is your captain speaking. I have no idea how we landed on Mars, but consider this an opportunity to earn some extra miles!"