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Now go clean up all that debris. (just joking ) Well done! I'm impressed that you managed to do all of that and return in one piece.

NEW GOAL: We will try to count to 100 starting from 1. 1

I don't disagree. I would love to be forced to learn about trans-sonic, supersonic and hypersonic aerodynamics. I think it would be fascinating. But indications so far is that we won't be getting it. Sorry to pour water on the hype train boiler

Recruitment drive Mission: SUCCESS! Aircraft: NaN Year 1963, Month 3, Day 30 and onwards Efforts are now under way to locate and recruit the suitable candidates for future missions to space. Highly motivated and skilled men and women from all walks of life apply for the limited number of positions. Competition will be tough, and only the most appropriate candidates will be selected. Final selection will take place much later, but for now, testing and training begins immediately.

There was even this one crazy guy who strapped some wings and wheels onto an asteroid and glided it down for a perfect touchdown on Kerbin

I never tried FAR but there used to be a thread dedicated to proving that this common notion isn't really true. @tetrydstook craft submissions and usually got the oddest things working with very few tweaks. I think it was this one:

I recall that they did say they weren't going to overhaul the aerodynamic model, but that was a long time ago. Who knows... maybe some of the delay was to implement a more realistic system. I'm not counting on it though

Snack Supplies-1 Mission: SUCCESS! Craft: Hot-dog stand 1962-03-19 Having lost all funding due to multiple recent failures in its space programme, the CSP begins selling fast food to passersby. The side business is lucrative enough to just about keep the space programme running, but they will have to take it much more slowly and avoid overly-ambitious tasks like orbital satellites for the time being.

Refight of the X-10. Re-attempt at hypersonic high-altitude level flight. Mission: SUCCESS! Aircraft: X-10 Plane 62-03-04 (YY-MM-DD) After a long, cold and stormy winter, the first attempt of the new year was in the early spring. Dropped once again from a repurposed old bomber, the previously-flown X-10 quickly got up to speed in the upper atmosphere, exceeding a staggering Mach 6 before making a long, slow turn to bring it around for a perfect landing. The data gained from this flight will help in designing future re-entry vehicles that are capable of handling the unusual aerodynamic properties at such high speeds and altitudes.

I haven't been fully keeping up on Starship. Months and months ago, there was a lot of talk about Booster 4 and Starship 20 going for an "orbital" test. All that they were waiting for was regulatory approval. Didn't they get approval? Why haven't we seen any more test flights?

X-5: attempt at hypersonic flight in the upper atmosphere. Mission: FAILURE Aircraft: X-3 Plane 61-05-26 Just after takeoff, the plane abruptly veered to starboard and entered a death spin, ripping the fragile fuselage apart and crashing town to Earth in a shower of debris and flames. An examination of the wreckage shows that a mouse had chewed through some important linkages and that there was nothing Warren Barber could have done to save himself or the plane - he had lost all control over the craft. Public support for the X programme is at an all-time low, and protestors have started arriving at the gate.

It was 18th March, 1961 and Dumphrey Kerman steered the prototype aircraft onto the runway accompanied by the upbeat and slightly off-tune rhythm of a marching band that had only had three days of practise. Everyone who was anyone was there for this glorious day in the bright spring sunlight, accompanied by a considerable number of nobodies who had somehow snuck into the invite-only event. After the dazzling success of the X-1 mission just days earlier, the crowds had gathered to get a glimpse of the much-hyped successor; the X-2. The press had also found their way into the area and many of them were trying to piece together some answers to questions that had thus far gone unanswered. How did they build this X-2 in just a few days? Why did it look identical to the X-1 but with the '1' clumsily scribbled out and the number '2' written next to it in chalk? Why did this supposedly brand-new plane appear to be used? Why did it cost so much more than the X-1? For now, these questions would all remain unanswered. All eyes were on the airstrip as the X-2 prepared for takeoff. The mission began flawlessly as the plane rocketed upwards for this high-altitude test. Incredibly, and not at all by design, Dumphrey took the X-2 right up through the upper atmosphere and off into space. The atmospheric engine unsurprisingly failed in the vacuum of space and the plane hurtled back down a few minutes later with an unconscious Dumphrey unable to arrest the descent. The flight ended in tragedy, and the accountants breathed a sigh of relief in the knowledge that the smoking wreckage meant they would no longer have any explaining to do. X-2: High-altitude test flight Mission: FAILURE! (18 = Engine Failure (Space)) Aircraft: X-12 Plane 3/18/61

Nice, thanks for the graphic and the source. So these are the figures up to 2019. According to Wikipedia, the latest figures are: 2020: 104 successful orbital launches 2021: 135 successful orbital launches 2022: 174 successful orbital launches

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Or you can just () Scoe is three open brackets to four point one pairs of parentheses

Scoe!

2) An urgent meeting is called to discuss who is to blame for: a) the existence of a nuclear reactor at a rocket launch site b) designing said reactor to be dependent on an Internet connection

Get well soon!

In obedience to @Ryaja: this post contains a scoe. Scoe. See?

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I have played this game before, years ago. But I forgot all about it. I now lost. Again.

That means you're losing, @Dman979

M e t o o. .

:ELUR WEN Having to post backwards is now only necessary on the first of the month.