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Kopernicus is dying, spewing out exceptions in an unending torrent until you close down the game. It's never going to load.

However, I can also see from the logs that you've put mods into the Steam copy of KSP. This is A Bad Idea- Steam breaks modded KSP very regularly, especially when mods with DLLs are involved (Kopernicus is one of them). My suggested fix is this:

  1. Copy your save games to your desktop for safekeeping.
  2. If you used CKAN to install your mods, make a modpack and save it to the desktop (CKAN > File > export modpack). If not, keep that screenshot of your GameData folder handy as you'll need it later.
  3. Delete all mods from KSP, leaving just Squad and SquadExpansion inside GameData. (Don't worry, you'll reinstall them later!)
  4. In Steam, right click KSP > Properties, then disable Steam cloud for KSP.
  5. Completely uninstall KSP using Steam.
  6. Completely reinstall KSP using Steam, then verify the files (KSP > Properties > Local files > verify integrity of game files). This should get a fresh, working copy of KSP.
  7. Open the local files (right click KSP > browse local files), then go up one folder level and grab Kerbal Space Program (C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program) and copy that entire folder.
  8. Paste KSP somewhere outside of Steam's control, anywhere will do. Rename this new copy so you know what it is (e.g. KSP 1.12.3 New Horizons/OPM), then reinstall your mods into this new copy using either the CKAN modpack you made earlier or by hand, and put your saves back into the saves folder.

You should now have a fully functioning copy of KSP and the problem should be gone. You can create as many copies of KSP as you like, on different versions and with different sets of mods in each copy; CKAN makes it easy to manage them, keep them updated and can even create new copies in a few clicks, though there's nothing stopping you from doing it all yourself (it's just a lot more work).

If you still have this problem after reinstalling everything, the first exception I saw for Kopernicus was related to New Horizons, so try removing that mod and see if it persists.

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