StrandedonEarth

Nice little lander, but I don't see a 'chute. Was he planning on staying there?

It only cost over 2.2 megafunds to put on the pad. I did eventually complete the mission. The reason it fell apart on the pad is because I took it apart and put it back together so many times that some struts got lost/de-symmetry'd/messed up. As it happened I forgot the lab, so I ended up with a 2-part fairing when I finally got the mission successfully launched.

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There ain't no such thing as a free launch. A ride on a flight-proven booster, OTOH.....

If you google image search for "Swiss Cheese Model" there'll be examples for pretty much every industry. I had to scroll awhile to find that generic one, so you can probably find one more specific to your industry, which is...?

Excellent post. Too bad I can only give it one 'like'

When all the holes line up, there'll be pieces to pick up.

6/10, nasty looking, but bringing a knife to a gunfight?

But it's not cookies! (hmm, ninja'd, but this will still work...) So... no cookies?

Kamloops

If you watch the video, once the initial massive fireball clears you can see the payload fairing (and presumably the payload inside; trailing a cable) fall off the top of the strongback and explode in a fireball of its own Op-Ed: http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/09/we-love-spacex-and-we-hope-it-reaches-mars-but-we-spacex-to-focus/

Nice choice, but I thought you'd throw out something more like this... I like my classic and heavy rock, like the Beatles, The Who, The Rollling Stones, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, AC/DC, Metallica, etc... This is the video that got me into Linkin Park. Not the best video quality, but a masterful job of synching music to action:

I went looking for a specific Thomas Edison quote and found a whole page of them, most of which apply to this thread. This is the quote I was looking for: I also consider myself an idea person, although precious few of my ideas have seen the light of day. OTOH, on a few occasions I have come up with efficient and effective ways to get a task done, and basked in the kudos that followed. Don't get discouraged if you can't seem to form things to your expectations. As a teenager, some 30ish years ago, I was frustrated in woodwork because I couldn't get the wood into the shape I wanted, and pretty much gave up. Fast-forward 20 years, and I was helping a friend do some framing, and things seemed to click. Now, with a few tools and scraps of wood, I can easily slap together something that fulfills a purpose, with my biggest project being a play fort for my sons. It may not be pretty, but it does the job. Step aside, Art, it's (as my brother said) "It's a work of Paul!" Which comes around to another thing which I've had to learn over the years: realizing when something is "good enough." I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and perfection can be difficult if not impossible to achieve. My wife would get annoyed by it, but eventually learned to embrace it when she saw some of the results. But the flip side is that perfection can be time-consuming, with the potential to waste a lot of time fiddle-flapping around trying to make perfect something that is already good enough. This is an important consideration in a factory setting with production quotas, as there often isn't time for perfection. I have heard that one reason the Americans were able to push back the Germans in late WW2 is because they had more tanks. Not better tanks; not better-built tanks, just more of them. American tanks may have broke down more often than German ones, but there were always 10 more Shermans to bring up the rear. Because the focus was on pumping out more tanks, not finely crafted works of art. What I'm trying to say is, don't worry if your first efforts aren't perfect. Just worry about getting things "good enough," and worry about perfect for later efforts, if it's even possible. Kod knows, KSP isn't perfect, but it's good enough for thousands of hours of enjoyment (except maybe on XB1).

Surrey

Oh my, a lightly but perfectly toasted marshmallow. It must be trans-s'more-grified

So, connect it to the current contract notification system, although that doesn't have archives... yet

It was just supposed to sit there and look pretty,,,,

Yes, a popup when an on-rails mission crashes would be nice. It's easy to miss the yellow text that goes away after a few seconds, so an actual popup would be great. Twice I've had orbiting craft orbit into Gilly, without knowing until I noticed I had a KIA kerbonaut in the Training Complex

The first mod I ever used was either Navball Docking Alignment Indicator or KAC. Since then one form or another of KE comes in handy, KIS/KAS has its uses, and Throttle Control Avionics is a Kodsend for when things get asymmetric.

Lt. Jean Rasczak: I need a corporal. You're it, until you're dead or I find someone better. - Starship Troopers