Kerbal name origin?

[HAWK0987654321]

Is this where the name came from?

(at 2:30)

http://youtu.be/RqAUiUDyFlY?t=2m30s

[Sirrobert]

Thanks for the dose of nostalgia

[tg626]

Kerbal miles... hmmm.

Supposedly, the creators of the game used to cobble up creations with bottle rockets and called them "Kerbals", but maybe this is where THEY got the word from to begin with?

And THIS was a GREAT reboot... too bad it didn't last.

[Jon Tash]

Damn, I still remember seeing that episode as a kid. Thanks for the nostalgia!

[Felsmak]

I always watched that when I was little. I dreamt of having one of those huge cannons they fired at each other at the end.

[HarvesteR]

'Kerbal-miles', wow.

That's just a coincidence, admittedly a very surprising one indeed, but the name 'Kerbal' was invented as a random cobbling together of syllables, as far as I remember.

It actually used to be spelled 'Kerbo' back in the day, but over the years it evolved into 'Kerbal' as we know it.

There isn't much else to the origin of the name I'm afraid.... That was quite a find though!

Cheers

[Wallace]

Here is where it comes from, the Kerbo Log. I assumed the word Kerbo came first, then Kerbal is derived from Kerbo.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/8995-I-have-found-it!!-THE-ORIGINAL-KERBO-LOG!

edit: seems I've been ninja'd by the official explanation

Edited July 21, 2014 by Wallace

[NecroBones]

Wow, great find! Even if it's coincidental. Some great nostalgia, for sure!

It actually sounds to me like Daffy Duck is saying "Kerbo-miles" instead of "Kerbal-miles", but it's hard to tell for sure.

[quasarrgames]

I always loved loony tunes. thanks

Also, i hate to burst your bubble, but i thought it was TURBO miles, not KERBAL miles.

[Sirrobert]

I always loved loony tunes. thanks

Also, i hate to burst your bubble, but i thought it was TURBO miles, not KERBAL miles.

That does sound alot more logicall

I'm suprised you guys even know what it is he said there though

[Wallace]

I think I've had a few flights follow similar paths to what he draws in that diagram too...

[NecroBones]

I feel Daffy's pain. I put my rockets in reverse on the launchpad all the time.

[Whirligig Girl]

Is this where the name came from?

(at 2:30)

http://youtu.be/RqAUiUDyFlY?t=2m30s

I smiled, then realized it's "Turbo-Miles".