How did you learn to play ksp?

[Dafni]

I learned a lot of the basics from the twitch stream channel of DasValdez, the Kerbal Space Academy, and I picked up some advanced building techniques from the channel of EJ_SA. I can recomend both channels, to beginners and more advanced players as well.

I learned many many things from reading and participating in the forum here too,

Edited May 2, 2017 by Dafni

[SupperRobin6394]

Loads of expolotions , K.I.A. Kerbals and a lotttttt of damage.

[BLUESTREAK]

Stacks of trial and error to begin with. Seriously, pushing random buttons to see what happened. ("Ah ha! Spacebar makes the launch clamps fall off!"). Trial and error to a first suborbital hop ("...should I be getting reentry effects on the way up?") and trial and error to first orbit.

This was the point where the stupid space game I'd picked up for a distraction became a serious space game, and I picked up a textbook on orbital mechanics.

Orbital rendezvous followed, and then munshots.

Explosions followed.

This was the point where I went online and signed up for a distance learning course in undergraduate maths and astrophysics.

Mun landings followed.

Several years later, degree nearly done, I have still not sent a Kerbal to Duna and returned him safely to Kerbin.

I may have to study at postgraduate level for this...!

[Tau137]

1. Play the game, keep failing

2. Watch Scott Manley

3. Play more, read articles on orbital mechanics

4. Research and install essential mods. watch a lot of youtubers for learning and new ideas

5. Play the game, get some hands-on experience using what you have learned (see above)

6. Enjoy!

 

[Sarxis]

I grew up playing all sorts of flight sims, as well as some of the first iterations of space flight simulators.  Then years ago, I found Orbiter, a free solar system space flight simulator: http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/

KSP and Mechjeb make setting up orbits and transfers quite smooth.

[qzgy]

Combination of youtube videos and screwing around till I figured it out myself. Can't really remember the exact ratio of screwing around to youtube videos.

[purpleivan]

Mostly self taught, although I did check on the forums for advice on how to orbital rendezvous before I attempted my first of those.

I've had a strong interest in spaceflight since I was a kid, so had a solid understanding of the basics.

For my first Munar landing I followed the approach of Apollo, first by sending a probe there to see what the surface was like. I then followed that with, with a trip to Mun orbit with a CSM, then tested rendezvous and docking of a LEM and CSM in Kerbin orbit, before finally sending my little guys off for a Mun landing.