If KSP didn't inspire this.....

[engraverwilliam]

They should have used KSP for the telemetry animation!

[leforian]

Their port and starboard boosters lasted for what seemed like forever before stage separation.

[Pachi3080]

is that KW rocketery?

[samstarman5]

To be fair, they have been launching these since before KSP started, but I can definitely say I am feeling inspired to build this in KSP.

[babbo]

I was looking at the rocket on the launch pad, and then it hit me. They use rocket clamps.

[Bunsen]

Their port and starboard boosters lasted for what seemed like forever before stage separation.

There are two reasons for that. One, they don't use propellant crossfeed -- the outer tanks are only feeding the outer engines, and the center core lasts longer because it runs at reduced throttle for much of the time. Two, real rockets tend to have higher propellant fractions than Kerbal hardware (about 0.88 for the Delta IV CBC), so they can generally burn longer per stage. The fact that it's burning LH₂/LOX, which gives really high I_sp, also helps with that.

[LaydeeDem]

implying KSP is the first rocketry simulator ever.

[Festivefire]

That used to be one of my primary launch vehicles using KW, now i tend to just use 4x symmytry and crossfeeding boosters.