Introducing the Kerbal Space Program!

[MrWalrus123]

I was looking through some KSP pics on google images when I found an image of a Kerbal X on a Pad (pre 0.17) I noticed it was on the Orbiter forum So I thought " Someone must of done something with the two games!"

But I was wrong

Instead I found a post on the Very Old Orbiter forum from 2011, and there was a post, from Harvester.

He stated that he was working on a new game called Kerbal Space Program...

http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=22998

[Aethon]

I used to lurk on the Orbiter forums, which is where I first heard of KSP. As long as we're being nostalgic KSP historians, I'll leave this here.

http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=20494

Edited September 3, 2015 by Aethon

[Mitchz95]

Wow, nice find!

[RocketBlam]

"Some of mine have been positively pant-wettingly tall. And there have been explosions aplenty. just one thing: can we have time accel on the next version?"

Hehe.

[cantab]

And to this day the developers prefer to make their big announcements on other people's forums.

[Esme]

That's very interesting - I tried to get the hang of Orbiter about a year before I came across KSP, and failed utterly. I recall thinking to myself that I wished there was something still with realistic physics, but esaier to actually get going with, and then a year later, I stumbled upon KSP 0.23. Harvester, if you read this - thank you! - I do intend to give Orbiter another go one day, but for now I've got my hands full just trying to get Kerbals to Duna. And there's so many fun things to do in KSP and so little time for games in my life... :-}

[problemecium]

Weird that the pictures in the first post all seem to be from later versions o_O

[Archgeek]

And to this day the developers prefer to make their big announcements on other people's forums.

Now now, we both know the Orbiter thread is from before there existed a KSP forum site.

[Endersmens]

Now now, we both know the Orbiter thread is from before there existed a KSP forum site.

Harvester posts to that thread quite frequently....

Seriously, he posted there like 2 days ago. I think he posts more frequently there than here.

[Skorpychan]

Makes sense to me. I always wanted to get into orbiter, but it was missing something. KSP's building and assembly stuff IS that something.

[peachoftree]

Harvester posts to that thread quite frequently....

Seriously, he posted there like 2 days ago. I think he posts more frequently there than here.

Also if you want dev replies to devnotes, don't bother with the forums, go on reddit.

[Archgeek]

Also if you want dev replies to devnotes, don't bother with the forums, go on reddit.

Aw, but I don't have any cake.

[Red Iron Crown]

I used to lurk on the Orbiter forums, which is where I first heard of KSP. As long as we're being nostalgic KSP historians, I'll leave this here.

http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=20494

Am I ever glad that this isn't what KSP ended up becoming. Sounds like Space Agency, which is fun but much more shallow than KSP.

[Starwhip]

I used to lurk on the Orbiter forums, which is where I first heard of KSP. As long as we're being nostalgic KSP historians, I'll leave this here.

http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=20494

Wow. The difference between that first draft and what the game is now is astounding.