The Secret lore of KSP

[Admiral Fluffy]

I didn’t make this, I just think it’s cool.

now to disappear for another few months/weeks
 

[Vl3d]

Yeah, love the video! There's also a lot more context related to individual characters in the KSP1 short promo videos on YouTube.

 

[CrazyJebGuy]

I've always thought the "Kerman" surname was everywhere in the game because it's to do with spaceflight, like how a lot of surnames come from people's jobs, even if we don't really use that anymore, there are still tons of people named 'Smith' or 'Miller'.

This doesn't really explain tourists though, so either they get "Kerman" as an honorary title while in the space centre, or there's a caste system, and among other castes, the 'Kerman' caste (probably the highest) is the only one rich enough to afford or participate in space travel,  or maybe there are laws limiting the other castes from it. I like the first explanation a bit better, but both are plausible.

 

The 'seemingly inexhaustible' line seems like pretty weak evidence for cloning. Imagine earth, there are over 200 people born every minute (and I refuse to believe only one is a sucker), I don't think I could bomb through that many kerbals if I tried.

The lack of buildings? Not sure. I know one of the crew/eva reports (i think flying low in grasslands) says "I think I can see my house from here".