101+ reasons why we are not NASA

[Frannington]

573. We try and we fail. We adjust, we try again...and we fail again. But then we tweak, fettle, try again, and then we succeed.

We learned that lesson from you humans. We learned that sometimes we have to take financial and personal risks for the benefit of our species. Skylab. Hubble. STS.

But you...you seem to have forgotten that.

Come up here and meet us. We might not even exist, but what do you really have to lose?

[LABHOUSE]

574.We actually do stuff and don't get cancelled by congress.

[Skyler4856]

We forget the solar panels

[razark]

We forget the solar panels

I don't forget them. Mine just get damaged during launch.

Which is nothing like... uh...

Well, nevermind then.

[cantab]

We consider girders ideal for lithobraking.

[RobotsAndSpaceships]

30. We de-orbit space stations to see how "cool" they look

This one is great.

[asdfCYBER]

577. We don't care about exploding NERVA's at the KSC

[cantab]

578. We let a nuclear reactor meltdown just to see what happens.

I suppose that makes us the Russians...

[Guest Fyre Flare]

579: We aren't apart of the Illuminati.

[Overfloater]

580. We send men to distant worlds, then forget about them for the sake of new projects.

[Technical Ben]

581: NASA spends decades making sure the most solid and robust 1950s computer gets launched so it never hits an error. We send the equivalent to a cheap Android phone knock off that crashes during launch due to having too many Angry Birds games installed.

[megatiger78]

1337: we are less flammable.

583: we don't think science needs survivors.

[LABHOUSE]

584:We can go to distant worlds with just one stage.

[Kulebron]

586: We can't do this with an asteroid: (hmm should we submit a feature suggestion?)

585: But we can do this:

587: NASA does not want even to try. They want to divert asteroids away from the planet.

Edited October 27, 2014 by Kulebron

[cantab]

If a boat is downrange, we still launch.

(And yes, I know Orbital Sciences isn't NASA.)

[Prof. Endwalker]

588: We act like everything can be 'Reverted back to Launch'. Millions die. Get sued. Don't pay. Riot ensues. Get captured. Work off murders via labor. 20 years later: Load up KSP. Update 41.34 included facial expression creator. Finally.

[Hydrazine_Soup]

589: We ALWAYS go against the odds.

Edited March 5, 2020 by Hydrazine_Soup

[Bioman222]

600: We skip 11 reasons.

[Engineer of Stuff]

900: We can make rockets, and launch them the same day.

[Mr_Brain]

592: We consider high-velocity lithobraking/lithobreaking a valid means of slowing down on landing. Especially on manned missions with the most famous astronaut.

[CelticCossack51]

110011: We are the only space program, but we still land on the mūn in 20 minuits