You Will Not Go To Space Today - Post your fails here!

[ravis788]

I was digging around in some of my old videos from .18 or .19 I don't remember, but here is my first Laythe Landing(bottom line....TOP HEAVY!). This may look familiar to some of the members from before the Forum "redo".

P.S. my screen name was different then.

Edited December 7, 2013 by ravis788

[gustomundo]

I remember I was delivering the Cupola module (With brave Jentop Kerman inside) to my space station. The launch was going well, so I started reading the sticky notes inside the module. After a while, out of the corner of my eye, I caught the navball spinning around. Before I could even do anything about it, I crashed into the ocean.

[kola2DONO]

Well i have alot of fails when i collided with my own debris, one time i even got hitten by the debris left behind the last time i tried to do that mission (but failed)

I'm going to see if i find any pictures

[kola2DONO]

Why the heck did i ditch thoose parachutes?

[rollatorwieltje]

Jeb was stranded at Gilly, so a rocket was made from some spare parts left from previous missions. A command seat with RCS and a nuke engine.

Using the rover lander from the previous mission + new command seat module to get back to the still orbiting fuel tank.

It worked!

Except that the command seat broke when the shutes fully deployed, sending Jeb in a +/- 500 meter freefall... At least he died on Kerbin

[Smidge204]

Unfortunately imgur decided to ignore order, but I think you get the idea;

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The launch was going well

That right there should have set off some alarm bells

=Smidge=

[Rainbow-Dashie]

I launched the second part of my Duna mission ship, and the launch was so perfect, and the rocket so efficient, i didn't have to use the 2nd set of boosters!

Set up a rendevous, got to within 200m of the rest of the ship, forgot that my second set of boosters were still attached to my ship... hit space to decouple the payload from the rest of the ship and the boosters fired up... you can see where this is going

[SRV Ron]

Problems with bracing caused the pitchover issue;

Once fixed, success.

And orbit.

[Benjpalmer]

...I don't think I can use asparagus staging yet in Career.

EDIT:Eventaully managed to solve the problem via a makeshift launch clamp made of vertical decouplers and girders.

Edited December 9, 2013 by Benjpalmer

[Bobbydylan]

Except that the command seat broke when the shutes fully deployed, sending Jeb in a +/- 500 meter freefall... At least he died on Kerbin

Bwhahahahah.... that pretty sad. To come sooooo far...

[SDIR]

Oh god...just finished a rescue mission on the Mun where a lander is too low on fuel to return...and the rescue vessel returned with only 7 m/s left over... pics soon.

Edit: Here they are.

The rescue craft is arriving at my Mun station Unity 2 to refuel before attempting the rescue mission.

A successful touchdown by the rescue craft, only 200 m from the stranded craft

Just enough delta-v to bring the lander back...without sending ANOTHER rescue craft to refuel it.

Edited December 10, 2013 by SDIR

[Commissioner Tadpole]

Fails? I've had several!

(In case you don't know, the rocket is spinning out of control)

Congratulations, you have seen 3/4 of my KSP playthrough.

[federicoaa]

Spent hours making a two part ship, trying to get into orbit both stages, and after some time learning how to rendezvous and couple, found out that the C-O-T were in the wrong position. So, abort mission, back to the VAB, rotate the C-O-T and launch again, then realize I forgot to add the RCS tank to the main module.

For the love of Kerbol Jeb, think before launching!

[kepova]

I give up already:huh:

[numerobis]

Fails? I've had several!

Let me introduce you to my friend the strut connector.

[annallia]

I believe this is attempt #8 to send a new version of my general purpose tug into space...

First I had launch clamp failures, then I replaced the SRB's with liquid fuel boosters then I suddenly had problems with the docking port sr not wanting to stay connected to the rest of the rocket, then I removed the sr (after strutting the hell out of everything it still wouldn't stay put) and restrutted everything and finally got it to space... only to find I screwed up on the fuel lines *flips table*

[makinyashikino]

Oh man, I have had my fair share of fails, but I never take pictures of them!

Here is an example of some... Slight structural failure just after launch. And don't hate me because of Mechjeb, I only used it for checking my Orbit and ÃŽâ€v.

The dangers of landing on your Münar injection stage! After carrying on the balancing act just long enough to plant a flag for a photo, my rocket promptly fell down, shattering into pieces.

[MGCJerry]

Everything today was a complete and utter failure. The only thing that worked right was that the fuel was flammable...

[Whackjob]

Today, class, we observe a shear point.

Questions?

[astropapi1]

I blame the launch clamps.

[Speeding Mullet]

Today I discovered that Geofvin Kerman cannot get off a jump seat on a rover travelling at nearly 62 m/s to fix a broken wheel for Aldlie, who is trying to jump the crater. Aldlie was rubbernecking when he impacted the ground off a 'prejump' and basically disappeared.

[3mon]

Just tried to land on Gilly at 0º 0.º All was going peachy, then suddenly i realize i'm stuck in a fixed point in space, 5.808 meters above. The meter reads 4,7m/s, but it's all lies lol. I can burn fuel and move the ship, but it's useless, the thing's center of mass is like fixed in space.... And there goes my latest mission lol.

I would post a picture, but the scenario is actually pretty damn uninteresting

[Sirrobert]

Just tried to land on Gilly at 0º 0.º All was going peachy, then suddenly i realize i'm stuck in a fixed point in space, 5.808 meters above. The meter reads 4,7m/s, but it's all lies lol. I can burn fuel and move the ship, but it's useless, the thing's center of mass is like fixed in space.... And there goes my latest mission lol.

I would post a picture, but the scenario is actually pretty damn uninteresting

If you move fuel around, you shift the center of mass. I wonder what would happen than

[3mon]

Well i actually wasted half of my tanks trying to get out of there lol. I guess that should have moved it too. The center of mass i mean... well and the ship... you know

Also, another fail, i quickloaded and i was in solar orbit again doh!

[bptrav]

I was trying to build a huge fuel tanker today that could bring 4-5 full orange tanks into orbit. It didn't go well...