Kerbinauts will not want to be strapped in their seats for a year or two. Please ...

[Anton P. Nym]

maybe they have a billiards table back in the structural fuselage you know nothing about!

Of course they don't! That's where they keep the Munshine still.

-- Steve

[m4v]

Well, they don't have to stay inside the capsule, there's plenty of space outside!

[Pixel of Life]

you mean like knowing that every drop of water you drink most likely was at some point in history already pee?

That, and assuming they are multicellular organisms like we are, there will be hundreds of thousands of skin cells falling off them, every single day. These mix with the air and, well, you know what will happen.. It's not nice. That is what I meant by "breathing each other".

[mellojoe]

Of course they don't! That's where they keep the Munshine still.

-- Steve

SHHHHHHH!

*AHEM* No such thing exists. We, Kerbals, are a simple people. We don't have this moonshine.

[The Jedi Master]

My theory on how they do it? They are told "tough bleep, deal with it" and thrown in the capsule. They might be lucky enough to train by being stuck on Crater Island with Bob (most annoying person in the program). If Bob isn't available, then...

[justadude]

Please do not apply human psychology to Kerbals. They are aliens and thus their needs may be very different from those of ours.

I, for one, am certain that, after watching the videos, that Kerbals simply pile up in hugh piles whenever they are relaxing, resting or sleeping (Yes there are huge piles of Kerbals all around Kerbin and the KSC simply lying on top of each other. Occasionally one squeezes out and another joins the pile).

The strut, in fact was an invention to counter the most common complaint at the KSC: The Pods are two big and no one can pile up. More struts fix this problem and soon the solution was applied to other problems, like boosters!

Could be true...(and is in my game)

[Itchylol]

Kerbals cannot physically or emotionally feel

[MockKnizzle]

Kerbals are like cats: they absolutely love squeezing themselves into the tiniest box they can find.

[DJEN]

Nice Idea Gus,

but there is one mayor flaw in your theory.

Kerbals have evolved in a very different way than humans.

Because there are no femal Kerbals, i would prosume that they have no gender at all and reproduce themselve by mitosis.

If you keep that in mind, then you will understand that they have no problem with a smelly Kerbal next to them, because it is more or less the same stench than they would produce.

You win thousands of internets.

[FlamedSteak]

We don't have the budget for a Hitchhiker, besides there is tons of space outside of the capsule.

[Gus]

Geez, if you guys used your imaginations to build roomier spacecraft instead of coming up with excuses...

I think I'll stop there.

[Troll]

[Dortmunder]

Is all the pressurized space on the ISS considered "living space"?

[Gus]

Is all the pressurized space on the ISS considered "living space"?

Well, yes, in the sense that you don't immediately die.

Edited August 1, 2013 by Gus

[Tw1]

besides there is tons of space outside of the capsule.

That was my approach too. EVA exercise is compulsory.

[Bacterius]

Maybe empty fuel tanks can be repurposed into living quarters by the crew on long interplanetary trips instead of being discarded.

[Scorpi15]

Maybe empty fuel tanks can be repurposed into living quarters by the crew on long interplanetary trips instead of being discarded.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/35611-WIP-v0-1-Wet-Workshops-Live-inside-your-fuel-tanks%E2%84%A2 It's already been done, by no other then Nova himself