"You know you messed it up when..." thread

[Pachi3080]

i'll start.

you know you messed it up when Jeb seems to be scared

[Ford_Prefect]

when you notice you forgot light/landing legs/(deploying) solar panels/ASAS.

[CosmicX1]

when you realise that you're coming in to dock with your space station at 30m/s...

[Scotius]

When you realise you forgot to place batteries or RTGs on your probe-controlled ship...just before it plunged into Kerbin's shadow.

[LeonG17]

When you realise that you forgot decouples for the girders on the bottom on your rover meaning that when the rover lands, it lands on the girder being stuck there with its wheels just spinning...

[Atanar]

When you realise that you forget the parachutes on your return vehicle (many people do it seems).

[MyNameIsNotPa]

When you realise that you forget the parachutes on your return vehicle (many people do it seems).

When you realize you forgot THE return vehicle.

[Katve]

you know you messed it up when you activate SRB 100m before docking

[LeonG17]

When the vessel falls apart while being hold together by the launch clamps.

[Mephane]

When your ship suddenly turns heavily sideways after few kilometers, because you forgot a single fuel line to an engine on the side.

[Ford_Prefect]

If you can relate to this

[Echostatic]

You land on Laythe, only to find you left a RCS thruster between the capsule door and the ladder...

Edit: Also, when you spend a lot of time getting a rover onto Duna, only to land and realize you used solar panels that have to be deployed. You know, the ones that hate atmospheres... Done that many times :/

Edited June 8, 2013 by Echostatic

[Procyon]

The Explosion that occurs when you hit the stage 3 indicates a slight problem with your staging setup because stage 2 lights off.

[Jodo42]

If you can relate to this

This. This needs to be a thing.

[paleorob]

When you botch the landing, quickload, and find youself back at the launchpad.

[Markotiks]

When you just finished docking and forget that unlike the VAB, you do not need to use the shift button to zoom out. Sent my Space Station cartwheeling. (Palm to forehead)

[Pachi3080]

When you Press Ctrl + Z in the VAB to correct a simple mistake, and you end deleting the whole ship.

[Spaceisbeautifulul]

(True story incoming)

When you built an elaborate Vall lander in orbit, then realize you forgot the landing legs.

[Black_Tomcat]

When you decouple your rover at Duna to realize to see the pod decoupling, but not the chassis.

[Agent30632]

When you look out a window in IVA and see an engine

[Echostatic]

When you Press Ctrl + Z in the VAB to correct a simple mistake, and you end deleting the whole ship.

...The VAB has an undo?

[Pachi3080]

When you look out a window in IVA and see an engine

LOL! I laughed so hard for this...

[magnemoe]

When you realise you forgot to place batteries or RTGs on your probe-controlled ship...just before it plunged into Kerbin's shadow.

Note this is more fun if you are about to do the burn to get into orbit around Mun or other places.

Will not comment on all the probes I have launched for mapping kerthane and has to little battery capacity to map all of the dark side leaving an stupid horizontal band on half of the planet.

[mushroomman]

When you look out a window in IVA and see an engine

You know you're screwed when you look out the viewport and see this.

from the fails thread.

[General Rarity]

You try to land a Kerbin 1-seat orbiter on the Mun... and you still have the first stage when you crash land into it...