Dean Harper

I don't like reverting or quick saving. If I send them to their deaths, they stay dead (I'm so, so sorry Jeb ). With that in mind, I don't like leaving men behind either. If they die they'll probably get a probe with their name on it, but if they are alive and stranded I will do whatever I can to get them back. That's why I've never put boots down on Eve. I know I can get them there safely, but I don't know if I can get them back. As for multi Kerbal missions, I'll either send a one man mission with a lander capable of returning to Kerbin or I'll have one man go down and one stay aboard the return vehicle. I don't like leaving vital pieces of equipment unsupervised. From what I can tell, they don't mind long periods of isolation (I assume they spend their hours/days/weeks of downtime trying to figure out a rubix cube or something), so I have no issue with sending them out alone.

A real reason to have a network of communication satellites. Maybe something like needing line of sight with either the space center or something with functioning communication devices that can relay the info back. I find it a bit unrealistic that my Mun probe can transmit data through a moon and a planet back to base.

I spotted a similar phenomenon on Ike. Coordinates in case anyone wanted to see it: 12° 31' 31" S 276° 54' 46" W

My first rocket in career mode was the Galileo Mk I. The Galileo series was focused on manned orbital observation of local celestial bodies. It was eventually discontinued in favor of the Pioneer series (manned missions to the surface of other worlds) and the Beholder series (unmanned probes)

They say a picture is worth 1000 words. When I was going through the screenshots of a recent mission, I realized how far I had come: I was just trying new things, building what I considered the "next step" to what I was already doing. I never really planned it, but I ended up with an orbital fuel station capable of giving my space planes the power to visit other celestial bodies. When I finally landed on Minmus, I stopped and realized that I had become, at the very least, good at KSP. (The first two images are from my Mun mission. The third from Minmus. Just figured I'd mention that out now before anyone decided to point out the slight differences in the plane from one photo to the next)

My first Mun landing? Well, I don't count the various probes or rovers I put there (or tried to put there). No, what matters is the first time I put a man up there. That man was Bill Kerman (Jeb was involved in a horrid accident some time earlier). Getting there was easy enough, but landing became something of an issue. Bills lander was a tall rocket with struts at the bottom and was quite top heavy. This wouldn't have been an issue had he not landed on a steep hill. His ship tipped over and started to slide. It stopped (eventually), allowing him to perform a Mun walk. After climbing back in he had to try taking off, but that was going to be a bit of an issue. By extending and retracting his landing gear he managed to pop his ship into the air, giving him a very brief window in which to take off without scraping his ship along the Muns surface. He gunned it and pulled up. It was close, the rear of his ship missing the ridge of a nearby hill by only a few meters, but he did it. After reaching a safe altitude he changed course and headed back home. Amazingly, he had enough fuel (and luck) to manage a landing within 5 kilometers of the launch pad.

I put my first Kerbal on the moon today! Unfortunately, his ship tipped over on landing. But with a little bit of creativity (retracting/deploying the landing gear to pop the ship in the air, RCS to adjust angle) he was able to get it upright. More unfortunately, he didn't have enough fuel to achieve orbit. After attempting to return to Kerbin his ship fell to the surface of the Mun. Most unfortunately, the Kerbal statue I built out of spare parts was far too unbalanced to get into orbit. Debris from my numerous attempts currently litters the sky. There will be no memorial to honor this mans sacrifice.

Just bought KSP last week and I'm already in love with it. It's tough love of course, and many Kerbals have died so that I can learn the basics (especially the ones in my space plane program). I'm thinking about putting a memorial in orbit to honor them. I normally prefer action, but after finding my heart pounding as I landed my first rover on the Mun I realized this could be as exciting as any shooting or fighting game. My only real disappointment so far is the lack of any sort of Canadarm (which would be really useful for clearing up all the debris I left in orbit). Well, I'm off to lurk some more. Scratch that, I'm off to try and build a space station. Lurking can come later.