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Eeloo likes to eat my probes. Seriously, I had to avoid naming them "Eeloo anything" until launch, as the VAB tends to rebel. So my latest one uses a "Brute power" approach, and I'm not going to muck around with it.

As well as checking out the new space center, I'll be able to write the second part of this little story.

I think it will fall to the moders to learn and adapt, and program in the unlocking sequence into their mods.

I may be considering something...... Also, Just did some experiments. Landed an SRB plane on the Nth try. But now, the Infiniglider One has reached a stable crusing altiude, and angle. (Completely by chance, or divine providence.) I should be getting to sleep now, but the ashes are on, and I want to see how far this goes. Maybe it's one of those nights to leave the computer on. Edit: It seems to be going around it a huge circle... Another Edit: Confirmed. A big, infinite circle... Welcome to Kerbal Space Program

Exameters? I'm surprised it even bothers to go that big, that's incredible. Keep going, see if you crash into the edge of the universe. I too like the faces. The outer two look like they have accepted their fate by the last pic, and are enjoying becoming the furthest out kerbals ever.

It makes a really good size comparison. Jool is pretty big. I'd love to see Kerbol in it.

Well done with the lithobraking! Great job.

Hearded about it on XKCD. The comic reminded me of a moon lander game that had been around ages ago, that I'd never beaten, so I jumped on google and checked it out. It was a lot more than what I expected. It still takes up too much of my time really, but there's so much to do on it!

Today, a sight that strikes fear into the hearts of civilisations far more advanced than the kerbals. We're being invaded! Ahhhhhh! The truth: Enemy Kerman. (There was a little green man inside.)

Just putting it out there, I hope the new SPH still has a corrugated roof. The current one is really funny to walk on.

Dres reminds me of a on old lego space set at my grandparents place, with its craters, and undulating terrain. My mission missed the canyon, (blame Jeb,) but was a short drive away from a nice crater.

These are my ironsides. I invented them today. They will help my kerbals go to space. There's a really thick atmo as well. You'll need a better lander.

When you see this on Facebook: And your brain immediately breaks it down into its kerbaly components before even recognising it as Curiosity.

Take your time, mate. But remember, we're looking forward to see the rest. (I've waited months for webcomics to resume before, so no big deal.)

I consistently see puffs of smoke above the rocket as I launch, and thought this was an atmospheric effect. Could it actually just be this glitch?

With this: The Tenor 8 capsule. Yes, those are all ASAS units. I don't know why. Toroidal fuel tanks are inside. My first rockets were called "Testers" and basically were the result of me adding more SRBs to go higher. I aimed for the Mun. When I managed to hit it, I knew it was time to buy the full game. The Tester evolved into the Tenor, and several versions were tried, before I could land on the Mun without killing a kerbal. The mission was a direct ascent: No orbiting Kerbin, I just waited until the Mun was overhead, and pressed go. I still get the craft out every now and then, for special occasions.

Suggestion: replace the numbers with the kerbals' names, via copy and paste.

Do it with the Kerbal? They've got 500 delta V.

Works for me, but I seem to be stuck at Tylo. Maybe I need to go get a mouse..

I like it.

It surprises me how many do this.

Parachutes are a mod, by Vanguard technology. I reckon something like this will be what I attempt next. You could lift several with a skipper or mainsail. Maybe I'll aim for the Mun...

I like the revision to a home on Laythe. Much nicer.

Author's note: This was initially written in anticipation of version 0.21, and as a possible backstory to the new space center. With the next version breaking saves, many space programs will be ending, to start anew. Here is a little tale, about what might have happened in one such space program, to bring about such a restart. I hope you enjoy. It was 4:00 am. Still several hours to the morning sunrise. The first of several in a Kerbin day. For some reason, former astronaut Bob Kerman was struggling to stay asleep. His mind just wouldn't still itself. A light flashed on a computer on the opposite wall. New infomation from the Jool System probe! Carefully, Bob climbed from the bed, careful not to disturb his wife, who was asleep, unlike him. He waited, as the system loaded. **************************** New Data: Surface probe 5 Files: [images] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 [Magnetic survey data] 1 [chemical spectroscope data.] 1 2 3 **************************** 'Surface probe 5, that'll be from Pol!' Thought Bob, as he loaded up the images. Hopefully they would not be blurry this time. The images were fantastic! The colours so awesome, the mountains so strange. "Such strange geology. If only I could go there," though Bob, with sadness. "If only there was a way." ........ For many years, the Kerbal Space Centre represented the dreams of all kerbalkind. Join the space program! You could be sent anywhere, from a distant planet, to the mountains a few kilometres away, in whatever the engineers came up with. It was a place of wild experimentation, and great adventure. It is now closed. Kerbals have not been to space for years. ..... A few rooms away, Bill Kerman was also awake. But he had a reason. Jebediah had asked him to do him a favour. It turns out that the toy solid rocket boosters now sold by Jeb's Junkyard and Spaceship Parts were being used by children in misguided attempts to get into orbit. Lauching your sister's Karbie doll into space was one thing, but the dangers of launching yourself was quite another. Many parents of Jeb's young customers were a little less than impressed when they heard Jeb's plans to solve the problem. Jeb: "One free parachute with every three boosters sold!" ......... So there was Bill, making sure the new model of boosters would just sparkle a bit, and fly around the room. Completely sure. He sat on the computer, crunching the numbers. 'Maybe if I use another twenty, I might just clear the atmosphere....' As far as anyone can remember, young kerbals have been obsessed with shooting things into the sky. And Jeb, still very much a public figure, longed for the days when kerbals would jump into rockets, and go flying of to places unknown, without even looking first. Bill was confident that one day, Kerbals would go to space once more. The space program had been very successful. There had been losses, sure, but in just a few years, kerbals had vistied the Mun, Minmus, Duna, Dres, and Moho. There had been stations, Mun bases, shuttles, even SSTO stunt planes. But there was still so much planed, so much yet to acomplish. But one tiny little problem put a stop to it all. Something so small, and trivial. The funds ran out. You see, the King of all Kerbals had died. This was not your ordinary kerbal death, where the body goes 'poof' but the spirit lives on, and they're back and happy after a few weeks. The king had been a father figure to the race for several hundred years. His spirit was exhausted. In the search for a new monarch, (Jeb wasn't interested.) all the space program's sponsors got distracted. And there was a "Been there, done that" additute to the whole thing. We put men on Duna. We landed a Rover on Eeloo. We've even got probes that have left the solar system. What more is there to do? In his will, the King had included funds and a site for a special palace, for the heroes of the space program. (Gene Kerman had insisted it be equipped as a second mission control.) So that's where Jeb, Bob, and Bill were now, with several others. Krackentoa island, half a planet away from the former space centre, monitoring probes. Bob finished entering in instructions to the surface probe. They were simple, drive here, do some tests there, the built in AI would take care of the rest. Then it was time to try and get some sleep. Bob crawled back under the covers, and closed his eyes. ..... *KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK* "Bob! Wake up! I can't believe it! Wake up!" It was Jeb! He burst through the door. Bob sat bold upright. Bob: " Jeb? What's happend?" Jeb: "I was just on the phone to Gene, and they are going to reopen the space centre!!!" Jeb does a double fistpump. "We're getting a new VAB and everything. It's so awesome. I've got to go tell Bill!" And with that, he dashed of down the hall. All this commotion awoke Bob's wife. Milly (more than half asleep): "What did Jeb want? Wait, did I just hear something about a new space centre?" Bob doesn't say anything, but a faint smile crept over his face. As he remembers. The first spaceflight. Deploying the first Mun satellite network. His time with Milly on Space Station One. His voyage to Moho..." Finally asleep, he begins to dream. He sees himself on Pol, jumping over the mountains... Menwhile, a few rooms away: Jeb: "Bill! Bill! You gotta hear! They're re-opening the space centre!!" ..... ____________________________________ Part two will be here after 0.21 is released. P.S. Suggestions, criticisms, comments welcome. I'd love to improve! Part Two is on the next page! So turn it over!

Modified my last launch vehicle, adding a booster pair and reconfiguring. Was aiming for 160 tones to orbit. Sadly, somehow I introduced an instability when it was almost working, and had to abandon it. AlSo, moved my Jool system probe on to a very important destination, the moon Laythe! It will probably be there for about a year becuase I'm going to fly to Eeloo to get lots of data for my kerbals. Also, decided to write a short story about the change over to the new space centre design in the fanworks. Which, naturally, will need to be completed when the next version is out.