DisarmingBaton5

You know that white radial engine? Only engine your space program should use. Ever.

0.17 was my start. I was a forum lurker for a while.

Jet engines would be impossible, and rockets impractical, meaning you would need to glide rather than engage in powered flight. Eventually the Kraken would take hold People have aerobraked with spaceplanes, but that's not really "flying."

Very nice. Have you thought of a Me-262?

Eeloo is the best target for your first interplanetary mission and return. Remember to use parachutes for landing!

I need to get this mod. Seems like orbit is a challenge again!

Pushed. Derailed threads happen. Press button to have a 50/50 chance of either infinite knowledge or enduring a headfirst reentry on EVA (and surviving, if only barely).

I'll go to space tomorrow then. I name my planes after polearms generally. EX: pike, harpoon, javelin

GUN has lost a probe! .................... ..........._/....... .........[]......... .........||[][]}.. ........^.......... Transmission lost November 20 at 16:10. Entire port side destroyed and partial damage on starboard side (photovoltaic damaged, engine bell severed) reported as the probe was sighted via telescope. The spread of damage suggests a collision with fragmented debris or shrapnel. We suspect the USSR as the insurgency does not seem intelligent enough to accomplish orbital rendezvous and debris collisions are rare. The USSR is the only other nation with a currently active large space program after USA became inactive. Projectile/debris that caused the damage has not yet been sighted.

*Unless the taxi driver is a specialist in the topic. *Yup *Never trust an uncle spawned from the internet. *Usually *Unless it's Harv's dev blag *...why? Anything you see on Wikipedia that has not evidence elsewhere can and should be disregarded. Anything else [on Wikipedia] is almost always ok.

Make a girder lance and ram it! Just don't hit any planets... Seriously, do. I rammed a medium-sized piece of debris that was lingering around my station recently by ramming it with my CM. It worked surprisingly well.

..................... __.................. \..\__________. /../...{}.....}.... ........[].....[].... SAMs are ready.

Interesting... Very interesting...

15 escort jets sent to supplement the predators over Utah and Colorado. ............................. ..|\_______,--._....... ..>_____===__}..... ............*......*.......x15 These are seen over Utah: .............................. ...._--*^\................. .....\.......\................ ......\.......\............... .......*-_.../............... ............\ \............... .............\ \.............. ..............\ \............. ...............\ \............ ................\ \........... .................\ \.......... ...................*..........x4 They impact, eliminating ~5 billion insurgents. The insurgents continue to march on CA. GUN inquires all nations about the nature of these "telephone poles". 8 recon probes sent to synchronous and polar orbits to scan for evidence of a launcher. .................... .......\_._/....... .........[]......... ..[][][]||[][][].. ........^^........x8 Ah, true. The plans, however, have been isolated and sent to the Moon/Mun to eventually become white.

............................ .............^............. .........../....\........... ...........|....|........... ...........|_ _|........... ........../|....|\......... .........| |.G.| |......... .........| |.U.| |......... .........| |.N.| |......... .........| |....| |......... .........^^^^^......... ............................. Introducing the GUN-3! A heavy lift rocket with solid boosters. And the GUN-4, a similar rocket using liquidfuel boosters: ............................ .............^............. .........../....\........... ...........|....|........... ........../|_ _|\.......... ........./ |....| \......... .........[ |.G.| ]......... .........| |.U.| |......... .........| |.N.| |......... .........| |....| |......... .........^^^^^......... ............................. Both are successful. The GUN-3 brings a comsat network to polar orbit in one launch and the GUN-4 brings a nuclear payload to the Moon (Mun? which is it) where it detonates only meters above the surface, creating the crater that shall be henceforth known as Gun Crater. EDIT: The OP needs an update DOUBLE EDIT: More turrets set up at home.

4/10 tl;dr for a lot of people

Photovoltaics.

10/10 that's been around awhile, has it not?

..............^.............. ............/....\............ .........../.[*].\........... .......;*|........|*;....... .... ~...|........|...~..... ..../.....|...G...|.....\.... .../......|...U...|......\... ../.......|...N...|.......\.. ./........|........|........\. /.........|........|.........\ |_____ |........|______| ..........|........|.......... ..........\...^.../.......... ...........\..||../........... ............\.||./............ .............\||/............. ..............\/.............. New bomber! Preliminary bombing run launched on the cloning facility using 265 bombers. Aftermath: 60 bombers (300 crew) destroyed. 1,000,000 BOB units destroyed, total now estimated to be ~834,011,000,000. However, our "spy" payload tells us that production of BOB units is up to 15 units/sec. They must be destroyed! Back home (location seeeekret ), turrets are set up using designs stolen from the cloning facility. ............................. .....___................... .../......}======[... ..].......[.................. .[______}.....[_}=<.. .............................. The turrets have been improved, allowing for explosive 50mm rounds as well as a small anti-tank emplacement under the main barrel. We proceed to build a new launchpad: ...[X] ...[X] ...[X] ...[X] ...[X] ...[X] ...[X]________________ ...[X|..........................----___ ...[X/....................................----___ ...[/................................................----___ .../............................................................----___ ../_____________________________________________---------_______________________________________ Oh yes, bigger rockets are coming to a GUN near you! EDIT: Ninja'd! Due to CA's decisive victory, GUN was able to negotiate to acquire intelligence about the machinery at the Nevada facility. GUN has used the plans from the artillery mounted there to further upgrade its own, and has claimed exclusive access to the cloning facility plans in exchange for: -30 nuclear warheads to CA -30 nuclear warheads to USAF -10 suborbital rockets to CA -10 suborbital rockets to USAF -52 bombers to CA -53 bombers to USAF -8 escort fighters to CA alliances have their benefits!

............................. ..|\_______,--._....... ..>_____===__}..... ............*......*.......x30 30 Escorts standing by for the USAF

Accepted! GUN sends a repurposed rocket with a simple camera payload to the top of the Nevada Mountain. ............................ .............^............. .........../....\........... ...........|....|........... ...........|_ _|........... ...........|....|........... ...........|.G.|........... ...........|.U.|........... ...........|.N.|........... ...........|....|........... ...........^^^........... ............................. Reports come: roughly 834,012,000,000 BOB units sighted, and it appears that the plant manufactures 10 units/sec. Heavily fortified with autonomous turrets: ............................ ....___................... ../......*======<. .|.......|................. /______\................ ............................

GUN rushes to the aid of CA with three nukes on USSR ............................ .............^............. .........../....\........... ...........|....|........... ...........|.G.|........... ...........|.U.|........... ...........|.N.|........... ...........|....|........... ...........^^^........... ............................ x3 Next set up a patrol of jets ......................................... ....................|.................... ...............__----__............... o=====[__\''""''/__]=====o ................*..*..*................. ..........................................x46 ............................. ..|\_______,--._....... ..>_____===__}..... ............*......*.......x78

Name: DisarmingBaton5 Faction: GUN (Great Ubiquitous Nukes) Testing our first suborbital nuke: ............................ .............^............. .........../....\........... ...........|....|........... ...........|.G.|........... ...........|.U.|........... ...........|.N.|........... ...........|....|........... ...........^^^........... ............................ Success! The orbital variant testing: ............................ .............^............. .........../....\........... ...........|....|........... ...........|_ _|........... ...........|....|........... ...........|.G.|........... ...........|.U.|........... ...........|.N.|........... ...........|....|........... ...........^^^........... ............................. Also a success! Now to start threatening people... EDIT: Requesting alliance with CA and USA in order to destroy the USSR.

Looks vaguely like Skylon. Good job!

This is one of the key concepts of spaceflight. What he said.