As you may notice, this thread is dated two years older than the posts within it; due to a graduation and employment-induced hiatus, I've had to abandon the original plan to maintain continuity with my previous fic, Flight to Independence.
Unlike the earlier fic, this one starts in the von Braun days, so at least you won't have to suffer through justifications of an Inexplicable Technology Reset.
This fic will operate on a combination of significant amounts of headcanon and rocket science; the Kerbals may be more humanized and less stupid than you're accustomed to. I would especially advise you not to pester me for getting the parts manufacturers "wrong"; DMagic's science fanon, however, is used as default.
1.7.3 install, no DLCs, heavily modded and held together with duct-tape, could provide info on request.
Overall program progress