Sources of Inspiration.

[Zed]

Hello, everyone!

I thought I'd make my first major contribution to the community by providing you with some sources of inspiration to give you guys plenty of ideas for future mods, patches and add-ons. I'm sure you guys won't mind, no?

Websites:

http://davidszondy.com/ - An EXCELLENT source of inspiration and entertainment. Its "Tales of Future Past" section is full of articles and pictures about what the people of yesteryear thought the future would be like. "Future Space" is the section you guys should go to for KSP ideas, really. But check out the whole site. Very witty, very fun and very intelligent and insightful. Highly recommended.

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/index.php - Atomic Rockets is the ultimate source for writers of Hard Science Fiction - Which is Science Fiction that is meant to be as realistic as possible. Great for all the technical information you need for a game like Kerbal Space Program.

Movies:

Silent Running

Apollo 13

Event Horizon - Not for the faint of heart.

Doroga K Zvezdam - "Road To The Stars". A Soviet Russian film made in 1957 about the future of space flight.

Space Cowboys - Never seen it and I know little about it, but whatevs...

2001: A Space Odyssey

Anything space-related, really.

Video Games:

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri - The MOST brilliant and underrated computer game of all time.

Space Colony - Not the best game out there, but it's pretty fun and has plenty of good stuff for Hard and Soft SF fans.

Moonbase Alpha

I'm sure there's more stuff out there, but this list should be good for now. Have fun!

[gabmaia]

A great source of "realistic" (c'mon doing a whole series in 0G CGI is damn expensive!!!) inspiration for all the partmakers and modders out there is the series Defying Gravity. It's a great and totally underrated show wich was -sadly- cancelled in the first season, but has a great view of near future space exploration...

[Zed]

I should check that out! Thanks!

[RoboRay]

Books? Yes, those heavy, quaint, papery things: "The Case for Mars" and "Entering Space" by Dr. Robert Zubrin.

[SpaceNavy]

Video Games:

Moonbase Alpha

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aeiou

Lol, couldn't resist.

How about Apollo 18, Armageddon, Star Wars/Trek, etc.

Really you can get inspiration from anything.

[Zed]

There's also Fantastic Planet, but that is Soft Science Fiction to the point where it's just goo. Still great for ideas for surface anomalies and other Easter eggs, which there should really be more of.

[LaydeeDem]

What about Contact? (Book and Movie)