StrandedonEarth

Call of Duty: Ghosts. Don't remember what difficulty, but it wouldn't have been 'easy'

The F9 is continually evolving, and the F9H hasn't even flown yet. It's entirely possible they'll stretch the second stage tanks for the F9H some time down the road. For now they just want to fly that bird and see how it performs with known components.

Yesterday I sent up a Crew Return Vehicle and an orbital tanker to refuel a heavy tug/lab vehicle back from Dres and bring the crew home. The tug was then sent on its merry way out to Duna to push the crew there back home. The million-credit-lifter that lifted the tanker and CRV was de-orbited for recovery this morning, but it met its doom against the cliffside of Mt Kerbin. That would have been worth around 500kfunds if I recovered it intact! Next, I sent up a small, Klaw-equipped tanker to rescue Kirbald from where he mysteriously appeared in orbit, then upward to give some gas to some other empty lifters so they could be recovered. One was another million-credit lifter (Leviathan), but it was on older, unperfected model that broke apart when the chutes opened. The last target was a small lifter where the upperstage failed during the circularization burn, ripping off the lifter's probe unit. The lifter was all that was left in orbit. Despite being a rookie scientist in a capsule with no probe control, Kirbald was able to Klaw the small lifter and gently push it into the atmosphere, where it successfuly landed and was recovered for a measly 176kf. You can see his capsule stuck to the side.

Yes, CRS missions allow enough, if not plenty, of margin for landing attempts.

Me too!

I'll try launching my most un-aerodynamic monstrosities, and see how long they fly before ripping apart. Like this Eve mission here...

Yes, that's why you won't see the ISS in the middle of the night. You might be in the dark, but the ISS is not in Earth's shadow yet. I've seen it fade out in the middle of a pass as it moves into darkness

The new aero. I've never had much luck with spaceplanes, and I haven't bothered learning with the new aero on the horizon. Kerbal clamber will be nice. I was disappointed when i stuck a ladder at the end of a truss and the little bugger wouldn't climb onto it, but just fell down.

Dropping straight down is still tricky because the moon still rotates. Then again, I heard Laythe is tidally locked to Jool, but it would still rotate a little. Watch out for that! I like the Trajectories mod for landing predictions.

I don't remember when my first flight was, but I know I was flying in and out of the Haida Gwaii (then known as the Queen Charlotte Islands) since I was 4 or so. This would have been in the early 70's, flying into Sandspit in a 737, then jumping to the tiny mining town of Tasu in a Beaver or Otter. Plenty of turbulence along some of those mountains. My last flight would have been Toronto to Vancouver, over 10 years ago. I love flying, and came close to getting my glider pilot's license in the late 80's, but my name never came up for that air cadet camp (I was on the alternate list). Unfortunately, flying is a hobby that's too rich for my blood.

I nominated Kzanol, the thrint, from Larry Niven's World of Ptavvs, who left some equipment on Pluto

At any rate the copilot could move the control surfaces faster than the passengers could move from one end to the other.

Riiiight, I forgot. Every crash landing automatically becomes a colonization effort.

Nice design. Now how's he gonna get home?

Gonna have to blow off another Kentucky mountaintop to mine enough coal for this thing! Quick everyone! To the coal mines!

Set off the smoke alarm while my roomies are sleeping, leave for work...

That little green men don't come from Duna, er, Mars

Too much Tetris = waking up seeing tetris pieces on my blankets. Too much work = dream of tires hanging from a monorail running through my bedroom Too much KSP = Hangin' with Jeb, wondering why the rockets always blow up on launch.

"I'm picking up a high concentration of number 4..." Edit: it's a hockey reference

You guys are getting me very tempted. I have one question: If I buy it and download it, will I be able to install it on more than one computer, mine and my son's?

The Cupola would be a good score. I would think the solar panels would be good to salvage too, although I'm sure their rotary joints (SARJ) would be at the end of their lifespan. Edit: I'm thinking more in line of pure salvage, not repurposing for a Mars mission

Houses, not motorhomes.... FunHouse even