Would you ride your own rocket?

[huell3]

Sure, individual parts with 0 failure rate are a boon.

Since .24 my rockets are simpler, thanks to boosters being dirt cheap, I won't have problems with asparagus stage misconfiguration.

Plus I just finished my station/ship nuclear thingie. It even has some sort of shielding, if you count fuel tanks and ample space inside.

[panzerknoef]

On the first launch would be tricky, i never man a craft before i know it's as safe as i can possibly make it. If i can however fly it after all it's testing is done, then sure, why not. There are a few of my own rockets i would most certainly ride though, the ones with a perfect safety record on it!

[Ralathon]

I'll echo what the others have said. My most reliable design? Sure, I'd ride that for a quick trip to the ISS. My bargain rocket that runs purely on SRBs and prayer? Hell no.

One thing that I do want in the rocket when Im riding it is a computer. I play with Realism overhaul and I use a kOS script that is optimized for all standard rockets to minimize aerodynamic stress. While I'm certainly capable of flying those things into orbit manually, I'd feel a lot safer if a script is doing the steering while I'm screaming at the top of my lungs.

[Richy teh space man]

I think I can safely say, hell yeah.

[zekes]

YESYESYES CIRA IV IS SAFEST ROCKET EVER! I'll take my whole house with me too, I can lift 300 tonnes up there! I could even take it to Laythe...

[TheDarkStar]

I'll do it if the other choice if standing underneath the rocket when it blasts off. Anything short of that is probably not a good enough reason to sign up for a mission that has a high chance of ending with explosions.

[thylordroot]

Absolutely not. My rockets are prone to rapid unplanned disassembly.

[RSwordsman]

Well 0% random failure would be cool, but if I had to be the one to pilot it (from IVA view no less) I would very likely die.

[TechnicalK3rbal]

The rockets I build now, yes. The rockets I built when I first got the demo, no.

[CaptainArchmage]

Yes, I have done enough testing to trust them.

[syfyguy64]

I'm gonna die eventually, never remember or even have the ability to think afterwards, so what the hell.

[SpacedCowboy]

Jeb says WHAT!?! I'm already signed up!

[SlimeCrusher]

Yes! But first testing it alot unmanned, then slowly advance going sub-orbital and then orbital, i don't wanna find myself on orbit with my door jammed, my engine broken and having barely enough fuel to deorbit

[ansaman]

I would only ride the most time-tested designs if I had had proper training for any problems and if there was a means of rescue in some situations. I would not ride any new design especially if it was complex, nor would I undertake any unique mission.

[Dooz]

My rockets are generally reliable I would ride my Minmus shuttle.

[katateochi]

If it's one that I'd put Jeb in, then I'd probably be happy flying to Mun or Minmus in it. Not so convinced about going interplanetary in my own creations thou, still having life support teething issues and I think I'd rather blow up than starve to death in space!

[Aphobius]

Would you ride your own rocket?

Really? What is this forum turning into?

[LordFerret]

After sufficient testing (and training ), yes.

[Zilentification]

For the chance to go to Space I would ride almost anything.

[Motokid600]

Do I get a revert button? Then no..

[cantab]

Sure. Since it's the *first* rocket it's just going to be chute, pod, little fuel tank, engine, for a quick up-and-down hop. Only hazard is getting the staging wrong and opening the chute on launch, and that's why I've got a liquid engine not an SRB.