thunderstar

designing lifters, i can spend hours designing a lifter that works like a charm, can lift huge payloads, and then never use it again

don't exactly remember, i just remember that i downloaded 0.13 from somewhere and then everything started

there is no limit, while most of my rockets get to 12-17 km/s i desgined some that can go up to 30km/s or more

already been said, but, i would recomend to not use a lot of nuclear engines, while just having one with that tiny amount of thrust seems like it will take forever, it greatly improves efficiency, so less nukes is better

this is a proper space lab

Not fail but almost, or it really changed the mission, my biggest lifter second stage engine exploded after staging, so i had to use third stage instead, made it to space but i doubt i made it to my original destination

if you somehow make kerbals get fat i will love you forever

why you're playing older ksp versions?

just watched it, i love it! pixar movies get better and better, also the songs are very catchy

i know its amazing, the level of detail it amazes me and the performance even more, but if they want to make ksp in outerra, will mean make the game from scratch, they'll have to redo everything so it will take the devs at les other 3-4 years but it will be awesome nevertheless

also the Shenzou's orbital module can work as a totally separate spacecraft, the astronauts could use it as a lifeboat for example in case the heatshield is damaged, in fact the orbital module has its own propulsion system if im not mistaken

calm down guys, he didn't even finished saturn IB there's a long way until skylab

1-3m? but they say they're going to land on it

keep trying! its hard at the beggining, but you'll do it, for example i already managed to make a 450 tons to LKO rocket, was hard but fun!

how about big payload rockets?, i was like you, didn't know what to do next, now i enjoy designing, exploding, redisigning and fliying huge rockets that can carry bigger payloads every time, i had a concept of a 1000 ton payload to LKO today, but explodes at the launchpad, current record is 346 tons

you're exceeding your ship structural capacities, its very common with large payloads, use more struts, or some mods can help you, something like kerbal joint reinforcement, or KW's super strong struts

The tecnology for doing that has existed for decades, a plan for a mars missions comes up nearly every year, but the "real" mars travel is at least past the mid 2020's, first they have to finish the orion and the SLS, thats estimated for 2017, but it could get posposed until 2019 or 2020, then there will be the manned missions to LEO, to the moon, maybe and asteroid capture in lunar orbit and then, they will start working on a mars mission, so it a long way until there

fractured heatshield, only that? they deserve to hit earth's atmosphere with just spacesuits,

good lord!, just image how huge this is, i don't think it fits in the VAB

yeah i am not a huge fan of the modern skybox, but i also don't like a starless skybox, its too creepy for me, something between the two would be awesome

well, make a ship capable of killing that velocity and we'll see

thanks, it works now this mod saves me tons of RCS

it would be better if they give back that tenous atmosphere to Moho

there's no reason for making a 5 billion year satellite, maybe a 5 million, but in 5 billion years nothing will be orbiting earth, as earth won't exist anymore around that date

because they want shorter burns, but yeah, and orange tank with a 3-5 ton payload and a nuke can have up to 12,000 m/s of Dv, but with two nukes it just gets merely 9800 m/s