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    It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and reality of tomorrow.

    Robert Goddard
    (Oct 05, 1882 - Aug 10, 1945)

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    1. Atlas2342

      Atlas2342

      It's amazing to think that the Moon is so close yet so much that we still don't know...

       

    2. adsii1970

      adsii1970

      Yes, you're absolutely right. So many of our "facts" are really just educated guesses. I'm always fascinated when I am reminded about how much we don't know.

    3. Dman979

      Dman979

      Neat article. But don't go reading the comics.

      DOH! I meant comments.

  2. With the new changes in KSP (1.2), is Kerbal Joint Re-enforcement really necessary? I've deleted the mod and things seem to be pretty tight. What's your opinion?

     

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    2. monstah

      monstah

      My huge modlist has been diminishing. I'll admit I never used KJR much, but now I won't even consider it

    3. adsii1970

      adsii1970

      @monstah: I deleted it this  morning. My list of mods is down to 46; the ONLY two mods I will download in the near future are OPM and Kopernikus - but those will have to wait until I upgrade to a new laptop.

      Most of the mods I have are basically parts mods...

    4. monstah

      monstah

      @adsii1970 I dislike part mods; they turn my save hostage to the parts.

      I'm currently using around 15-20 mods (used to be 60-70 around .90), and the only ones I'm waiting to come out are FAR and Strategia! I must say I'm pretty satisfied with 1.2 :) 

      (I don't have a RSS install, however. I've wanted to play one for some time, but really lazy about it...)

  3. Have no idea what happened. Cannot see any craft in the SPH nor can I save any craft there.

    Can load craft from the runway, not understanding this at all.

    1. Dman979

      Dman979

      Bug report? Bug report.

  4. I have a question for all of you out there...

    Should I wait until all the mods are available that I use in the Kerny Kerman series or work around the ones I still need?

    An inquiring mind wants to know...

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    2. Dman979

      Dman979

      IIRC, most of the thread was saying to start early. Did you get any helpful tips about what to emphasize and what to speed over?

      The Marxists were great. Loved watching their

      I'll take you one better.

      Image result for buster keaton

    3. Just Jim

      Just Jim

      I think it depends on what mods you're working around. I'm waiting on 2: OPM/Koperikus and Texture replacer. I could work around OPM, but I just made a bunch of new suits, so I have to wait on Texture replacer.

      And I'll call all of these great comedians and raise all of you a... Duckfather!!!  :sticktongue:

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    4. adsii1970

      adsii1970

      Yes, it did. I just replied to the thread and am thinking about assembling it as a two course spread. I don't like the idea of popping into manned spaceflight without any sort of pretext. Many of the comments were really moving and I could sense the passion of many about space exploration.

      The only problem is the disconnect most have between space exploration and spaceflight. These go hand in hand and in my mind, you cannot have one without the other.

      Oh, and got you back...

      ddn072211adcomedyGa_981059a.jpg

      Jebediah needs a sledge-o-matic!

      Mainly Fengist's Maritime Parts mod. I could go forward right now in 1.2 but would have to recall my ships. I currently have five out right now... with two crewed with 10 Kerbals each. I do have 1.1.3 on the desktop, so I could still do it in the previous version and simply wait for the mod.

      OPM is later down the road in my narrative. I will say that 1.2 has some really nice things going on, although most of my aircraft fly pretty crappy now.

       

  5. Hey, folks -

    Hang in there with me. I am having to take a trip out of town for research purposes. I'm sorry I have not been on line as much here lately, but when you teach one online class that has 73 students and two regular classes with 45 each, the job demands can get a little rough.

    I'll be back next week... and will even share a new chapter of Kerny with you then!

    1. Dman979

      Dman979

      Research is cool!

      As a US History teacher, was Grant drunk at Shiloh? My teacher said yes, but I disagree with her. What's your view?

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    The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

    Marcel Proust
    ( July 10, 1871 - November 18, 1922)
    French novelist

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    It's a pity I flew only once. A space flight is like a drug - once you experience it, you can't think of anything else.

    Gherman Stepanovich Titov
    (Sept 11, 1935 - Sept 20, 2000)
    Soviet cosmonaut and second man to orbit the Earth

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    Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.

    Edwin Powell Hubble
    (Nov 20, 1889 - Sep 28, 1953)
    American astronomer

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    Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

    Carl Sagan
    (Nov 09, 1934 - Dec 20, 1996)
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, and author

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    1. monstah

      monstah

      'Morning, dude :) 

    2. adsii1970

      adsii1970

      'Morning. On my third cup of coffee this morning, so feeling great!

    3. monstah

      monstah

      Same here :D 

      Had a helluva week at work, arrive today to find out that a file I sent yesterday had a problem and will have to be re-generated for like, the third time, and the people who are to receive and evaluate it aren't doing business today... So, coffee and reading is on our menu for the day.

  10. It's been a delight seeing you on the forums and watching what you do. Best wishes for your future endeavors.

  11. The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.

    Alvin Toffler
    Oct 04, 1928 - Jun 27, 2016
    American writer and futurist

     


    1. monstah

      monstah

      Being where I am right now, I think the next major change mankind needs as a whole is sociopolitical :( 

      ...Learning to play the ukelele? Seriously?


  12. I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

    Elon Musk
    ( Jun 28, 1971 -                )
    Canadian-American business magnate, investor engineer and inventor.


    1. Dman979

      Dman979

      You post one of the quotes every day, don't you?

    2. adsii1970

      adsii1970

      Not every day. I figure why not... :D

    3. Dman979

      Dman979

      My turn.

      We need to have people up there who can communicate what it feels like, not just pilots and engineers.

      Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.

      (Jan 20, 1930 -                 )

      American engineer, astronaut, author, and second man on the moon.

  13. Starting later today, I will not be on the forum until Monday, August 22nd. I'm going camping and want to unplug myself for the entire weekend. :D

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    2. ZooNamedGames

      ZooNamedGames

      August 22nd? It's the 26 :/ ...

    3. adsii1970

      adsii1970

      I was so stressed and needing a break I didn't know what today's date was... :confused:

    4. Dman979

      Dman979

      That is absolutely OK.

      Did you have fun?


  14. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.

    Albert Einstein
    Mar 14, 1879 - Apr 18, 1955
    Theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity



  15. There is no way back into the past; the choice, as Wells once said, is the universe or nothing. Though men and civilizations may yearn for rest, for the dream of the lotus-eaters, that is a desire that merges imperceptibly into death. The challenge of the great spaces between the worlds is a stupendous one; but if we fail to meet it, the story of our race will be drawing to its close.

    Arthur C. Clarke
    Dec 16, 1917 - Mar 19, 2008
    British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host



  16. "Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth."

    Jules Vern
    (1828-1905)
    French novelist, poet, and playwright


    1. igor290506

      igor290506

      LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

       

    2. Dman979

      Dman979

      "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. And then quit, because there's no sense making a damn fool of yourself."

      W.C. Fields

      (1880 - 1946)

      American comedian, actor, and juggler


  17. Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.

    Socrates
    (469 B.C. - 399 B.C.)
    Classical Greek philosopher



  18. “Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.”

    Dan Brown
    ( Jun 22, 1964 -        )
    Author



  19. In an era when the nation's collective imagination is no longer captured by space, real science sometimes has a smaller budget than science fiction.

    Peter Kendall
    (1953 -       )
    Film art director and set decorator


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    2. ZooNamedGames

      ZooNamedGames

      Considering the movie "Avatar" costed almost as much as the entire mission to launch the Curiousity rover to Mars, this sadly looks true.

    3. adsii1970

      adsii1970

      What about the Twentieth Century Fox budget for Rogue One? What NASA could do (or waste) that!

    4. ZooNamedGames

      ZooNamedGames

      My point exactly. It costs almost as much to replicate alien worlds as it does to visit them.


  20. “It is a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.”

    Alan Shepard
    (Nov 18, 1923 - Jul 21, 1998)
    American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts



  21. The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!, I found it!", but "That's funny..."

    Isaac Asimov
    Jan 02, 1920 - Apr 06, 1992
    Author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University



  22. If we are to send people, it must be for a very good reason - and with a realistic understanding that almost certainly we will lose lives. Astronauts and Cosmonauts have always understood this. Nevertheless, there has been and will be no shortage of volunteers.

    Carl Sagan
    ( Nov 09, 1934 - Dec 20, 1996)
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, and author



  23. Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

    Louis Pasteur
    Dec 27, 1822 - Sep 28, 1895
    French chemist and microbiologist


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