A Game I Haven't Played For Years, and How It Has Affected My Life

[BeefTenderloin]

So it's sort of strange to be coming back here, but I feel like I might as well pop in to just sort of give a thanks to Squad for helping set me down the path that I'm currently on.

I've always had a sort of passing interest in space like any young boy, but when I got KSP (Just after the Mun was added) it really actually drew my interest to aerospace.

I played the game pretty solidly for a year then began to lose interest in the game, but didn't lose my interest in Aerospace.

I'm now, in 21 days, going to university to study an MEng in Aerospace Engineering.

So thank you, KSP, for helping set me down this path. To those of you who were where I was all those years ago - you can make your way into aerospace. Study hard, learn your maths and your physics, take your academics seriously and you'll manage it.

[Aegolius13]

That's awesome.  KSP and similar games seem like a great way to get people (young and old alike) interested not just in space and space exploration, but in logical thinking, problem solving, etc. 

I have a bit of a similar story, though not to quite that degree.  I also very into space as a child - I was spellbound by a children's book called "Adventures in the Solar System."  My mind was blown when I saw the movie Contact.  But I was never that into the actual technical details of how we go about exploring space.  And in general my interest kind of receded, and I did not go into a STEM field.

But after playing KSP for six months or so, I find myself reading up on the latest SpaceX flights, perusing Wikipedia articles on the Apollo Program and how all of the equipment worked, trying to figure out how the @*&$ a Hall Effect Thruster actually works, wondering if the EM Drive is for real, etc.  I don't think any of it will end up being more than hobby, but it's very cool to pick up an interest back 20 years later.  

[BeefTenderloin]

Went through my post history on here and found this 

[Pecan]

Woohoo!  Nice one