What did you do in KSP1 today?

[ayana]

No landing legs for the new parts? No problem.

[Felsmak]

No landing legs for the new parts? No problem.

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Just like old times!

[cantab]

No landing legs for the new parts? No problem.

What gets you that green info text at the top?

[XyllyX]

Made a stock bomber, I love it (even though it was yesterday)

Features an opening payload bay

15 Bombs

And sleek form factor

Edited April 9, 2014 by XyllyX

[ayana]

What gets you that green info text at the top?

VOID, a really, really useful mod.

Edit: have another improbable bad idea.

Edited April 9, 2014 by ayana

[Alymon]

I completed my first successful manned Duna trip!!!

I thought Jebediah was going to be lost in space forever, but I managed to get a good intercept after about 57 years of orbiting.

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[TicTacToe!]

Had no inspiration to go to space, so I did what any logical person does... built a crane.

Jeb is happy.

[Technical Ben]

There was a Class E asteroid approaching Kerbin, with periapsis below 77 km, so it was time to put the Asteroid Wheel into action. The Asteroid Wheel is my heavy asteroid tug, designed for intercepting Class E asteroids and hauling smaller asteroids to other planets. With 506 tonnes of mass and 11141 m/s of delta-v, it certainly can get its job done.

http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/jltsiren/ksp/asteroid_wheel_4.jpeg

Launching the Asteroid Wheel is always hard. As the ship rotates at an accelerating pace during the launch (hence the name), I can't really control the inclination of the initial orbit.

http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/jltsiren/ksp/asteroid_wheel_5.jpeg

This time my initial orbit was 90° off the target, but that's why the ship has so much delta-v.

http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/jltsiren/ksp/asteroid_wheel_6.jpeg

I intercepted the asteroid outside Kerbin's SoI, with about 2/3 of fuel left. It was a relatively small Class E asteroid, with only 1690 tonnes of mass. Now I have about 1040 m/s left to steer the asteroid wherever I want it to go. In my intitial docking position, three of the four arms actually stretched far enough that engine exhaust would not hit the asteroid in any case. In some other orientations, all four engine clusters have a clean line of fire.

I've got one of those... well, the size down. I'm sending a massive fuel tug with a (hopefully) flexible fuel feed to refuel the tug for some pushing. Then get it on an equatorial orbit.

[jmiki8]

I made a prototype semi truck which utilizes the new Claw:

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[pauix]

I've made a plane with the few aerodynamic parts I've been able to unlock and I've sent it to the Runway island. Despite the thing being almost impossible to control without SAS, it managed to land in one piece:

[Koltronn]

MOAR science spam! Captured my first asteroid in career mode, the claw has already paid for itself in science.

[agent 902]

i put this monstrosity in duna orbit after building it last night. It was a preaty rought yourney involving in a kerbal got lost from the ship on an EVE. He got back to it fortunatly

http://i.imgur.com/KmNFtpT.png?2

[Codey737]

Shhhhh don't tell the guys in accounting,they might get a bit jealous.

Who need solar panels when you can get hidden energy? And if you get close enough you can grow a second head!

[Kerano]

Finally completed my Asteroid Family Portrait.

Now with 100% more backstory!

Edited April 10, 2014 by Kerano

[KvickFlygarn87]

Fix up my mods, start a new career and do 2 launches, first one to orbit, second one to Mun.

[Ravenchant]

In KSP? Nothing. But in real life, I finally spotted the ISS! And totally inadvertently, too- just walking to the store late in the evening, thinking about having to do something against the flour moth infestation in our dorm- and a bright, moving speck shows up. Looked at Spot the station later to verify. Best feeling of the day!

[KerbMav]

Set up a rendesvouz with a Kethane tanker and the space station, due in five orbits or 1day+ - I will take it and launch other things in the meantime.

New Eve lander is up in orbit and waiting for a transfer window - KAC tells me one year plus ... will look into my maneuver nodes if I can find an earlier one at higher costs.

Designed a new Mun lander Kerpollo style making full use of the new engines power.

[Aragosnat]

Found out that indeed one can have multiple CLAWs on one ship and all that can be manuvered and attached will. Benifits is that E Class roids are now easier to turn due to increase anti-fish/snake wiggling:

An that 3 claws might work better then trying to get 4.

[Dispatcher]

Guess how this ended:

[Liowen]

I didn't do anything in KSP, however I get the chance to do an oral presentation demonstrating some. So I figure I will demonstrate how to get to the moon (Mun) using my small amount of rocket surgery that I have, and my PHD in BS to fill in the gaps. Gotta love those college classes LOL. I am going to go for humor as well as informative, so yes there will be things blowing up....like there is anything else in KSP.

[Commissar]

well, I learned how to lift big things without asparagus staging: use a bigger rocket. I core the first stage with a 5m rocket, rated at 10K trust. 4 boosters, 3.75m, titans. payload is 180t, powered by the new 3.75m engine, more because of how short it is than any other reason.

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Edited April 10, 2014 by Commissar

[cantab]

Guess how this ended:

On the roof of the VAB?

[Kialar]

I successfully captured an A-Class Asteroid. It is now in LKO and suffering investigation by Bill and Neilkin Kerman.

Then I decided to capture an E-Class Asteroid. With the same design that I used to capture the A-Class thingy.

I have to say, that I really, really misunderestimated the mass of this E-Class monstrosity. The thing has 3000 or something tons.

I barely managed to capture this beast in Kerbin SOI (24.000.000 x 82.000.000 km nearly polar orbit). Every movement results in a change from orbit to escape trajectory.

And the whole operation was done while the ship and the Asteroid began swing around like a latin dancer every time I turned on the engines.

That. Was. Not. Funny.

And now Jeb and Bob are stuck there with not a single drop of fuel left. The vessel is totally dry.

Getting this baby into a stable orbit will require some (for me) serious tinkering.

I think, I have to return to the good old principle of adding more boosters.

What have we learned so far? Big, heavy Asteriods are big and heavy.

[Redwizard000]

Made a failed attempt to land on Duna. Too much force on the parachutes opening tore the ship apart We salute the three brave Kerbals who lost their lives (I don't remember their names...) in the tragic event. They gave their lives for Science!

Launched the first stage of Minmus I, my new station orbiting Minmus. It is my first launch with the new rocket parts... damn they are powerful!

[Whackjob]

Getting a feel for the new parts.