Things to do and find on Kerbin?

[GeneralShaw]

Hey! I'm looking for stuff to find/do on Kerbin. I've flown aircraft across oceans and landed at the North Pole, but what else can I do?

Edited August 27, 2018 by GeneralShaw
Added a question mark. :)

[KerbolExplorer]

You could search for the many Easter eggs on Kerbin 

[Sharpy]

Install Extraplanetary Launchpads and restore Kerbaikonur to its former glory. Launching missions *without* the entire KSC infrastructure - assemble rockets on site, fuel them up with ISRU, get kerbals inside through means of (self-made) gantry tower, and launch missions from the entirely self-made launch site.

[Blasty McBlastblast]

Here are some ideas 

for aircraft:

• make a craft with very low landing speeds that will allow you to land anywhere to do science; for example try to land on the mountain tops west of the space centre.
• make a high speed, high altitude, long range craft with only low tier parts.
• build a reliable cargo plane that can deliver other vehicles to remote places, make sure it flies well both empty and full.
• fly a aircraft under the R&D walkover.
• replicate a real world aircraft using stock parts
• launch an orbital rocket from an aircraft flying at high altitude

for rolling vehicles:

• go for a long drive, maybe even all the way around the planet! enjoy the scenery, relax, take in the views, and meditate on what it means to be an overland explorer.
• make a train! rig up a towing hitch and haul as many carriages as you can, be careful going down hills though!
• perform some stunt work by creating ramps to jump your cars off of.
• use a truck to deliver a rocket to an impromptu grassland launch site, and then find a way to stand the rocket upright for launch.

feeling aquatic:

• make a boat and set sail across the seas, yarr! 
• create a submarine to explore the limits of the ocean.
• launch a rocket from a submerged submarine.

for rockets:

• test your skills by doing a powered landing on the roof of the VAB, no aero parts allowed! no reaction wheels also for extra challenge.
• grassroots rocketry challenge: assemble a rocket on the space centre lawn, fuel it, load the victims pilots, and launch! 
• destroy every KSC building with pre-aimed rockets in a single launch

[KerbolExplorer]

2 minutes ago, Sharpy said:

Install Extraplanetary Launchpads and restore Kerbaikonur to its former glory. Launching missions *without* the entire KSC infrastructure - assemble rockets on site, fuel them up with ISRU, get kerbals inside through means of (self-made) gantry tower, and launch missions from the entirely self-made launch site.

Or use hyperedit to teleport the rocket to the launchpad

[Sharpy]

2 minutes ago, KerbolExplorer said:

Or use hyperedit to teleport the rocket to the launchpad

c'mon, could as well mark the contracts as completed through debug menu. Where's the fun in that?

[pandaman]

There is a lot to do on Kerbin if you want to...

As for specific locations...  Find and plant flags at all the anomalies and Comms dishes for starters.

 

[Chel]

Also try to find The Barn. It's still hiding out there... somewhere...

[GeneralShaw]

I think I'll make a giant cargo plane and deliver a self-sufficient rover to explore the North pole.

Spoiler

I'll purposefully land near the UFO so I can pretend to do testing or whatever.

Plenty of good ideas here when I get bored of the arctic rover!

Edited August 27, 2018 by Val
Spoiler warning

[Triop]

I ran out of things to do on Kerbin in sandbox so I started a career.

Now I'm daily flying and driving all over Kerbin doing survey contracts for money, fame and science.

Doing it for months and still loving it !

Stay away from space 

On 8/27/2018 at 2:49 PM, The_Cat_In_Space said:

Also try to find The Barn. It's still hiding out there... somewhere...

Spoiler

 

Edited August 28, 2018 by Triop

[KerbolExplorer]

On ‎8‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 9:46 PM, Triop said:

I ran out of things to do on Kerbin in sandbox so I started a career.

Now I'm daily flying and driving all over Kerbin doing survey contracts for money, fame and science.

Doing it for months and still loving it !

Stay away from space 

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Is the barn made by kerbal konstruct or another mod or is it actually in the game?thought i doubt its the last one

[Triop]

2 hours ago, KerbolExplorer said:

Is the barn made by kerbal konstruct or another mod or is it actually in the game?

Those are 3 questions that I can't answer.