The Friendliest of Cold Wars - Career Mode Duel

[simland]

The Kerasian Agency vs. The Plus One Space Program.

2 differing ideologies, 1 common goal...SCIENCE!

Kerbins will be lost, flattened and stranded as we inadvertently reenact a number of the high and low points of the cold war era space race.

Some actually make it home with tales of epic heroism and shoddy manufacturing. Their words, echoing in the halls of legend, until they are hurled once more into the abyss with an even smaller budget.

This first leg of the race is a 2 part series. The follow up will be posted on Wednesday, 11/4. (SPOILER ALERT: Things don't go as planned.)

[simland]

The epic conclusion to the first leg of the space race is now up. Tom Hanks would be proud. (Citation Needed)

[KerasianSpaceAgency]

Despite the “loss†in the first leg of the space race, the Kerasian Space Agency has made significant strides in scientific advancement and space exploration for Kerbin. Our agency wasn’t the first to orbit the planet. The other space agency may have orbited the Mun, but that has not deterred KSA’s mission to send a Kerbin to land on the Mun, Minmus and send probes to explore the farthest reaches of Kerbol system (using methods more efficient than Plus One’s first Mun trip almost killing their Kerbinaut). We ask for the continued support and patience of the Kerbin Congress and people in the name of scientific progress and discovery for all.

Edited November 9, 2013 by KerasianSpaceAgency

[simland]

Has the Kerasian Space Agency turned it around? Will KSA pass up The Plus One Space Program on the way to Mun? (Only if it is a race to see who impacts the surface at explosive velocities. -Jebediah Kerman) Do dogs lay eggs?

Join us once more as we continue to ignore patch notes, avoid video tutorials, forego mission planning, and fully confirm our lack of engineering degrees.

[simland]

We continue the second space race with a major set back for the Plus One Space Program. The door is open for the Kerasian Space Agency. Will they capitalize? Or will they continue to sacrifice Kerbins in the name of science?

[KerasianSpaceAgency]

Sadly my engineers continue to be thwarted by the whole "Physics" thing...

Soon though, I promise all of Kerbal-kind that we will go to Minmus and beyond! Right after we fix our whole "rocket explosion" issue...

[simland]

The 3rd Leg of the Space Race takes off. KSA moves into the fireworks industry and the POSP suffer a huge set back.

We are joined by the "Armchair Astro-not" who provides a "special" take on the race.

[simland]

We hope you enjoyed the blow to the Plus One Space Program collective ego. Over 30 Minutes of hard work lost in overconfidence. Now, the door is open, the stage is set, Kerasian Space Agency has inline reaction wheels and the bell tolls for the Plus One team.

Who will win the 3rd leg? Will anyone save Jebediah? Spoiler: don't watch the end of the video if you don't want to know.

[simland]

The Space Race takes a week off for Thanksgiving so the Plus One Space Program takes to the sand box to scratch that Kerbal itch. For the first time ever Plus One steps into the Space Hangar. Proving that you don't need an aerospace degree to get abominations to fly.

[KerasianSpaceAgency]

Simland and I have had a lot of fun (sadly at the expense of several Kerbals) making these space race videos. Our progress certainly leaves much to be desired since most of our attempts (ok, my attempts) seem to end in disaster.

With 0.23, this gives us a chance to restart the race, and I plan on giving the race an actual structure and I wanted to see if the community wanted to weigh in on what we do.

The plan is to set up a points system. For each celestial body, 1 point would be given for the first encounter, 2 points for the first successful orbit, 3 points for the first landing on a body, and 4 points for the first landing and return (of at least one kerbin, not necessarily all of them). Game time will be used to see who was first. Reverting back from a crash will not be allowed!

Bonus points will also be awarded. These points are temporary. 2 points are for quickest transit. 2 points are for cheapest rocket design. 3 points are for the highest number of Kerbals transported to a body and back.

I wanted to get other people's thoughts on if other objectives or scoring should be added. There will be a public google spreadsheet tracking our progress, scores, and milestones, on top of the usual videos of me crashing.

[simland]

As we finish up the 0.22 race, we have Episode 7. We start gaming the system and reach out to Mun and Minmus for massive science gains.

[KerasianSpaceAgency]

Hey everyone! JJ here from the Kerasian Space Agency! Rich from the Plus One Space Agency and I have had a lot of fun bringing this space race to you. We have finished up our .22 space race with two last episodes!

both programs (finally!) leave Kerbin and head to the Mun and Minmus.

In honor of NASA's MAVEN launch, we get ambitious and head to Duna in

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The space race concept will be back for version .23! The next race will also expand well beyond scientific unlocks, but probably will contain a similar amount of Kerbal sacrifices on the launch pad. I've upgraded my mission control mic so Jeb will hear the panic in my voice much clearer than simple heavy breathing.

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