Debate - Kerbin or Laythe?

[CalMacDa]

This debate covers many grey areas of these two life keeping planets. Is Laythe habitable? Is it safe? Why is there almost nothing on Kerbin? Which would you rather live on? Well, let's debate these topics. Let's quote each other and crush the others arguments. Let's have a nerd debate about KSP...

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

[problemecium]

I haven't experienced Kerbin, so I don't know. ;P

[zekes]

Laythe is breathtaking - and it's so close to Jool's moons, and Eeloo, would be a wonderful place to live. But Kerbin has KSC, and trees.

Me though, I'd pick Duna - it's a weird planet but a secure one - Ike is a good bouncer.

[Illumia-Star]

Laythe. ESPECIALLY with EVE and Better Atmospheres, have you seen it?!

It looks awesome.

[Felsmak]

I have never been to Kerbin.

[Whirligig Girl]

I think "Experienced" Means in-game.

So "Given what you know of Laythe and Kerbin, which would you rather live on?"

I'd like to live on Laythe.

[Engineer of Stuff]

Kerbin

Laythe is just white ground and blue water. Sure, Laythe is beautiful and the view of Jool would be awesome, but I would find it boring after a while. Kerbin is so much more diverse than Laythe.

[Commander Jebidiah]

Laythe the ease of launch things to orbit.

and IRL you'd be able to mine resources for feul and rocket parts aswell as 4 other nearby moons to visit and the fact that Eeloo is close you could have snowball fights about three times every jool year.

[Rithsom]

Definitely Kerbin. Sure there's oxygen in Laythe's air, but there might be lots of poisonous gases too. Well, there might be poisonous gases in Kerbin's air too, the Kerbals never take off their helmets...

[HafCoJoe]

Well there are ups and downs of both.. Living on Laythe would make it trivial to visit any of the other moons of Jool, but it would mean going anywhere else would be more difficult. And then there's the long debated radioactivity of Laythe's surface... What happened to that thread anyways?

Anyhow, It'd be kinda cool if someone made a mod that swapped Kerbin and Laythe.

[Renegrade]

I'd rather live on Kerbin. If light is sufficient on Kerbin for life, it's only about 3.91% sufficient on Laythe, once you take out the #lolsolar from stock... Plus I've heard rumors that Laythe has toxic gasses as major components of it's atmosphere plus it was supposed to be a high-rad environment..

[Slam_Jones]

Kerbin for the summer home.

Laythe for the winter home.

The best of both worlds

[dryer_lint]

Kerbin. Laythe is cool but it'll get boring fast, while Kerbin is diverse and covered with life. Now excuse me while I go listen to "Pale Blue Dot" and convince myself I'm right.

[Bill Phil]

I'd live on laythe, even with the poisonous gases. A pressure compartment, and a beautiful view...

No, neither. Laythe Orbit. Or does that count as Laythe? Well, I could see Laythe's beauty, and the Joolean moons. But who could forget Jool itself!

[CalMacDa]

Have taken a rover across Kerbin. I drove for hours and hours and made it half way to the pyramids anomolie. I crossed the straight that doesn't make you go all the way around. Kerbin is beautiful and diverse, but Laythe offers something else. 4 moons and Jool. They are different. If I actually had to live on one, it would be Laythe. It's almost a split decision though!

[Duxwing]

Kerbin! I value being near its intelligent life, space program, and beautiful biomes much more than I do being in the barren, hostile Joolean system.

-Duxwing

[Voyager55]

What's with all the Laythe hype? It's a radioactive wet sandball. While Kerbin is an earth analog which i'm sure has plenty of life and cities (Modeling, animating, and implementing all of them is certainly not in the best interest of KSP's framerate) Go to the beach of Kerbin if you want to experience Laythe..... you'll eventually get bored and want to go somewhere else and you'll remember how lucky you are that you're not trapped on Laythe.

[Stotty]

Laythe, every time. Those lovely islands and those views...

[Remkeau]

Also, Laythe is too cold, it's nice oceans probably aren't even water if they are liquid at the temperatures you can measure there

[Madrias]

Personally, Kerbin. Sure, I've sent rockets to Laythe and Eve, but Kerbin's the most likely livable of the three.

However, if I had to pick a world to live on, and they were all equal for survival (In other words, you could go outside, take off your helmet, and not die. Also that radioactivity/warmth/water are all in normal ranges), I'd actually rather live on Eve. Laythe's got a great view, sure, and Kerbin's like Earth, but whenever I take a rocket flight anywhere, I always find myself wanting to make a stop in Eve orbit, just for another glance at the vivid purple planet.

[Raptor9]

Laythe, for nothing other than the beaches with the view, lol

[Rolanvorxariat]

Kerbin. as kerbin is the Earth analog, there has got to be cities and lots of other things like animals and intelligent life, while for laythe, it might be nice for a monthlong vacation to visit the colonies/resorts (On future terraformed laythe). Even though Laythe has the views, such as jool hanging in the sky, i would choose kerbin for my regular life. Life on a permanent Laythe colony would get boring and depressing quick. I just got back from the INTEGRITY laythe colony, and at first, it is really cool and interesting, but i tell you when you get further on, The funnest thing to do will be to browse the Internet, partially because KSC sent tons of Comsats around Laythe.

Edited January 4, 2015 by Rolanvorxariat

[smartech]

I cant wait for the day when we'll be able to truly colonize the Kerbal system. Imagine landing a large supply ship on Laythe, unloading a small base to let you do small repairs (re-tile fuselage after re-entry, re-attach fallen parts?). Make a small runway, upgrade it with lights for night landings, then make a larger runway. Make an assembly building to launch rovers. Bring a terraforming (Kerbin-forming) machine, gradually gets green, some water evaporates as it gets warmer and there is more land with trees etc. Maybe then Laythe will be more interesting. Right now for me the only interesting thing about it is how to get there and back with the least amount of delta-v.

[longbyte1]

Dang it, I broke the tie. Now it's 15-16.

[hazarada]

the view aside, the radiation from jool would be pretty brutal, no thx.