101+ reasons why we are not NASA

[Yuri Kargarin]

77. We build giant jousting rovers using the I-Beams

78. We use those rovers to joust our craft on the launch pad

[zekes]

234834) We don't check our data

[kodack]

We are not NASA because we are not primarily administrators and engineers.

How about a "we are not JPL" thread.

[leax256]

79. We have no females

80. our average kerbalnaught lifespan is 5 min

[mushroomman]

1 - We build manned ICBM's

The Mercury missions were done on top of ballistic missiles.

Anyway...

81: we drop kerbals down mysteriously deep holes in order to determine how deep they are.

[TheAndrewTaco]

81- NASA does not exist on a planet where the only life exists in a small research laboratory, and astronauts are more or less cloned for use.

82- We launch nuclear projectiles into the sun to "see what happens"

83- There is nothing else in the universe other than an absurdly small star system with absurdly small planets and absurd aerodynamics.

84- We design massive warships to defend ourselves from the wrath of the Magic Boulder.

[TheCanadianVendingMachine]

85: We go to the Mun every other day, sometimes Duna

[planetexplorer12]

86: We send someone in a rover telling him that he's on an important mission, and then get a plane with untested railguns to fire at the rover.

[ruiluth]

86: We exploit the fact that the EVA physics haven't been updated in a while

87: We build rockets reinforced with external struts rather than simply use strong parts

88: We are forced to use cookie-cutter parts

89: Because we are forced to use cookie-cutter parts, we don't fine-tune our delta-V budget

90: It only takes 4500 m/s of delta-V to get to LKO, but it takes OVER NINE THOUSAND!!! to get to LEO

91: We have two moons we can visit

92: We visit our two moons just to test our new experimental designs that haven't ever flown before

93: We launch to orbit befor testing any parts at all

94: We use nuclear thermal rockets

95: We don't use ion thrusters

96: We launch probes without any science instruments

97: We send Kerbals on 5-year missions in a capsule only a couple inches larger than themselves

98: We almost never balance our RCS correctly

99: We launch SSTOs on a regular basis

100: We often overshoot and have to turn around

101: Our RTGs never decay

That makes it 101 reasons why we are not NASA

Edited May 22, 2013 by ruiluth

[BFGfreak]

102: Discovers a way to destroy the universe. Proceeds to go ahead and copy it anyway just for lolz.

[AmpsterMan]

103. Math is not nessesary

[M5000]

104: We're more interested in how rockets go down than how they go up.

[razark]

... we are not NASA

We aren't?

1 - We build manned ICBM's

A. Redstone: Used to launch Mercury. Was a modified Short Range Ballistic Missile.

B. Atlas: Used to launch Mercury. Was an ICBM.

3. Titan: Used to launch Gemini. Was an ICBM.

D. Saturn I: Used to launch Apollo. First stage was a Medium Range Ballistic Missile, surrounded by 8 Redstones (See A).

No budget constraints. No political bullcrap. No program getting cancelled halfway through. No ground testing. No paperwork. No research. No material failures. No bidding on contracts. No systems testing. No worries of integrating Part A by one contractor with Part B from another contractor, running with System C by an agency in another country, all controlled by software from yet another contractor. No worrying about getting parts on time. No worry on not having parts in stock. No worries about crew health. No worry about the crews' Garn levels. No worry that the oxygen tank might explode. No worrying that the radio won't let you talk between two buildings. No kerbals hanging lemons on the training simulator. No simulator for training. No training. No hatch blowing early. No torque meter to check that each screw is installed just right. No crew selection. No crew getting bumped for having measles. No pissing contest with the another country. No paperwork. No micrometeorites. No congressional committees when the rocket fails. No two year wait when a kerbal dies. No weather constraints. No public relations. No 1201 alarm. No trying SCE to Aux.

Edited May 22, 2013 by razark

[CaptinKornflake]

1.1. We build manned ICBM's to blow up stuff (and the person inside)

[Flixxbeatz]

76. We "accidentally" destroy things.....

106. We "accidentally" things.

[PDCWolf]

107. Our spaceplanes travel at multiple times the speed of sound without burning. (x43 and x51)

[leopardenthusiast]

108: We kill people in absurd ways just to amuse ourselves. Much like Mars One, actually.

[CalculusWarrior]

109. We Single Stage To Orbit, not because it's cost effective, but so we can brag about it.

568. When we encounter a transfer time of several hundred days during interplanetary travels, we experience annoyance of having to wait a minute or so, and disregard the certain death we've guaranteed our kerbonauts.

40 685. We slap our cargoes on the largest available rocket; no matter if it's overpowered, we want to get to space today!

-68. We sacrifice huge amounts of time and resources to rescue a single kerbal who has been stranded on another planet for several thousand days.

4i+7. We often leave kerbals behind on other planets 'accidently' because they annoyed us on the trip over.

114. The acronym of our space program is KSP, not NASA

[Dictator Dan]

114. The acronym of our space program is KSP, not NASA

Totally imagined some NASA guy reading that, ripping off their headset, storming off, shouting obscenities, and the ISS crew just being like 'Uh....Earth....hello? Anyone down there?'

[llamatoes]

115. I have no qualms about sealing a Kerbal in the equivalent of a mercury capsule for two years.

116. I actually get stuff done.

[joppiesaus]

117: We put randomly kerbals on SRB's

[Activity]

118. We build a super heavy launch vehicle, just to find out it explodes seconds after launch. (N-1?)

[Akalaël]

119 : We built a super-extra-XXXL heavy launch vehicule, just to find out it explodes BEFORE launch.

120 : We have PhysiX !

[rodion_herrera]

...not because it's cost effective, but so we can brag about it.

Isn't that what Apollo was all about? *snicker*

-RODION

[Tw1]

121: Lag is an important constraint when it comes to craft, base, and station design.