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Alright I'm going to be honest, I'[m hooked on both the KSC Exteneded mod as well as the newly created KSC Harbor mod but I noticed a few things out of place.. So being a bit of an engineer, I decided to move things around a little (Graphically to give you an idea of what I have as a suggestion/proposal to the mod makers of tthese two mods.. First up, let's start with the harbor.. Now the harbor while small is quite good, and in fact i like how it's designed.. feels plike a port but maybe a bit too small (Might want to wident it out.. but the main stickler I had was in fact the placement (and I saw this happen with KSC Water Launch Sites mod.. and this really involves safety more than anything.. If let's say a rocket were to explode during a liftoff or was already every low in the atmosphere when it coomes apart the debrris has forward momentum and will be carried in the direction cof travel.. and seeing these two points made me think.. about the ground crews at these facilies.. I don't think anyone Kerbal or human wants to have flaming debris raining down on their heads (or hae you ever seen that one Delta II Rocket launch thathappened back in the 1990's where the rocket explodes some 30 seconds into flight.. the debris had to go somewhere and it came raining down on the base (Luckily the people wer ein a concrete blockhouse but still it was a dangerous situation (Just look up Delta II Explosion on Youtube and you'll see what I mean... So the proposed idea is to put either th harbor of the launch sites for water based vehicles to either the north or the south of the base in line wihth the VAB.. reason is if a rocket were to explode well then the debris would hit the beach or the ocean to the east.. reducing damage.. even an inclined launch or a polar orbiter would not have an issue.. so just move these to a location in line with (or better yet slightly behind the VAD and you're good. Now let's add a 2nd Runway.. (A cross wind one!) Now while KSC (kerbal) has a single runway it's alway lined up with say the 270/90 headding.. and in fact this is normal for a vheicle like a shuttle or an aircraft to land on.. But let's say that you have a createor make a weather mod that makes the wind change.. or you have a flight that is coming in from off the nclined orbit.. you got to have a second option.. and the current KSC (Kerbal) has a lot of real estate.. so how about we throw in another runway one that isn't set up to the 270 heading but rather a bit off wind.. The end result is that you can add in a second flight line and thus more hangars.. and eeven if you miss the mark if you have enough energy for that dead stick landing you can always try for the second one.. Take a look at Edwards AFB or any airport there are always at least 2 runways and one of them is cross wind.. (Only the smallest locals sometimes only have that runway.. So yeah time to throw or rather build that 2nd runway on the base.. The little details..a lighthuse would be nice. All harbors (or a vast Majority of them come with one thing.. a navigational beacon..(Read as .. a lighhouse.. a beacon for ships to spot and in fact when the harbor gets moved you could always add in a light house..or a buoy or something.. something to let the ships at sea where to go. After all look at Port Canaveral in relation to the real life KSC (Kennedy) but in this case I decided to throw a tiny lighthouse slightly in front of the harbor but behind the "Flightline" of rocket pads.. that way again no flaming debris comes down on Joe Kerman Keeper of the lighthouse.. Finally Tying it up with roads..(andtraffic Jams (and maybe a racktrack for the folks who love motor sports) Now kerbals love to drive as much as they love to bgo into space.. or go out boating and even just simple up flying.. and in fact to go from a to be you have to drive.. or walk.. So why not add in a few roads? After all if Jeb wants to go from the Estrnaut complex to the Harbor eh's not going to hoof it there, it would take half the day, so let's drive him there in a prive car.. Also the administrtor of the program needs a plce ot park.. and ther eis a parkinglot in front of the administration building. So yeah let's tie all of this together with simple two lane roads.. The End result I cam up with is this: https://imgur.com/gallery/EeYYV4n And absolutely the final thing..Did I miss anything ? I'm a stickler for deatils and feedback.. and in fact to the folks of both KSC Extended and KSC harbor I hope you guys can give me feedback on this proposal I mean the KSC peninsula is a large space.. Or maybe someone wants a new rocket base so they can start KErin World war 3.. complete with Missile silos.. Or maybe a military base for those fighters.. I mean with Kerbal konstructs and the other mods that are at our disposal, the skys the limit.. not to mention the sea air an even wpace.. Okay guys feel free to give feed pack. Space-Coyote