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Probably because it mixes challenge with satisfaction in just the right way. I've got hundreds if not thousands of hours into KSP and there is always something new to attempt or mod to try. I got my 1st successful mun landing return done in a far fewer attempts though.

What is the most expensive ship/station/probe you've crashed? I just lost a 1.5 million station and 20 Kerbals. I was trying to use an engine cluster to boost into a more warp friendly orbit. Unfortunately it was a bit unstable, folding over and burning retrograde. IT ended up entering the atmosphere where it burned up.

I got deadly reentry. Other then some bad test crafts its the only reason I have lost kerbals. I generally don't worry about their safety because most of my designs are tried and true at this point.

Probably parts they left out of the rocket.

I prefer to use a small kethane tank and convert it into larger fuel tanks, to me it seemed more efficient for the weight/space. If it stays in place once its on the surface you could always attach disposable thrusters on to it. Pop them off when it lands. Lots of ways of doing that. If the size is a problem you could having dock ports attached to decouplers, so you could add the thrusters in orbit and dump the ports and thrusters once you have landed.

Haven't lost anyone yet. Almost lost one when a kerbal got flung off my space station into the atmosphere, was able to rescue him just in time.

I have had some weird oscillations tear parts and kerbals off my station, even destroy entire stations. Retracting doesn't help in this situation.

I use Mechjeb for information and tedious tasks. Like sending up 30 different segments to a Space Station, its a time saver. Other things are better handled manually. Docking for instance is far more efficient if you do it manually. I don't need Mechjeb, but it makes the game funner for me.

I like to strap 16 into rover seats which are bolted to a girder. Saves a lot of space and cuts down on parts. I guess they keep each other company. About as well you would expect from people stuck on a log ride for 7 years.

Mine is working fine, I have already flown to the Mun twice today.

I like the new parts they added, new connecters, a couple new tanks.

There is no hype, this game is fairly well proven as it stands now.

I have a ring of debris in LKO, its visible as you leave or return from the mun and of course I have to pass through it every launch. Its been growing. Another time I had a rogue eva kerbal who used up all his monopropellent take out an entire solar array on a station. Just smashed it to pieces. He survived to orbit for another day.

Its already the best game I have played in the last 10 years. But there is so much more they could do!

Unless something goes really wrong and the kerbal ends up floating through space I will make a serious effort to rescue them.