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[Sean Mirrsen]

Kerbal space program is 4X.
Exploring, Exploding, Exploding and Exploding.

FTFY

Also, oops:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

It seems that in order to fly on Duna, my lander would need bigger wings.

[forsaken1111]

My interplanetary transfer unit should be quite useful if the docking system works as advertised. I haven't done anything with the docking plugin yet, does anyone else have any experience?

My plan is to have an IPT unit in orbit which I rendezvous with. I dock to the IPT and its NERVA engins carry the payload to the other planet/moon then 'release' the payload into orbit and return to Kerbal.

[ank]

I've tried to rendezvous 2 craft just to see if I could, but it seems almost impossible.

Does anybody have a method or mod for rendezvous?

[forsaken1111]

I've tried to rendezvous 2 craft just to see if I could, but it seems almost impossible.

Does anybody have a method or mod for rendezvous?

Mechjeb can time a launch to rendezvous with an orbiting craft. I haven't tested it out though, and the documentation suggests it only works in a certain orbit. I'm eagerly awaiting some improvements to mechjeb for things like changing orbital inclination and automatic transfer orbit burns, craft rendezvous, etc. I love the game and love playing spaceships but I can't do this stuff manually. I can get to orbit and so a munar transfer, but that is about the extent of my manual skills.

[Peewee]

Remember to add a kethane pump or two if you want to actually move kethane around with it. 

That's what the square thing sticking out from the top is. If you add more than one, it gives 'invalid part configuration' or something.

[PTTG??]

I like naming some ships almost as flying them. Consider, for instance, this vessel:

The main lifing portion is an array of six Heavy Areonautic Rocket Devices. These lift a central atomic rocket planetary transfer system, a "Utility Craft: Kerbal System", designed to provide transfer orbits to the inner kerbal system. Finally, the payload, a one-meter deorbiter and lander, the Eve Arrival Spacecraft.

My space program devision lists names by combining the acronyms, starting with the lowest-numbered stage.

[ank]

Have anybody found kethane outside of Kerbin and it's satellites?

It would be really useful to have refuelling station stations on the other planets.

Working on a spaceplane capable of going another planet without dropping anything. not much luck yet.
should i give up, and make it staged?

[forsaken1111]

Have anybody found kethane outside of Kerbin and it's satellites?

It would be really useful to have refuelling station stations on the other planets.

Working on a spaceplane capable of going another planet without dropping anything. not much luck yet.
should i give up, and make it staged?

The kethane plugin was released for .16, before the other planets existed. They may not have any kethane due to this

[Graknorke]

Have anybody found kethane outside of Kerbin and it's satellites?

It would be really useful to have refuelling station stations on the other planets.

Working on a spaceplane capable of going another planet without dropping anything. not much luck yet.
should i give up, and make it staged?

The kethane plugin was released for .16, before the other planets existed. They may not have any kethane due to this

Seeing as kethane is generated randomly, I don't see why it wouldn't generate on new planets either.

[LoSboccacc]

Spoiler: mostly harmless (click to show/hide)

I cheated a bit to get there (nova punch and stuff) but seems totally harmless.

a variant of the space cthulhu destroyed the lander before I got a chance to test the surface.

[sneakey pete]

well, my lander is just fine, but the rocket i put together for it to get to orbit keeps exploding. Needs a redesign.

[forsaken1111]

Loving the cowling and rocket systems from the core pack.

Does anyone know of a good deploy-able solar panel which works with the electricity plugin?

[Chattox]

What are the most popular mods/add ons right now? I'm intrigued.

[forsaken1111]

Did some experimenting last night with first stage powered by rotary/jet engines. Marginally successful... my heavy lift rotary module was able to raise a payload to 10km with a relatively small amount of fuel and then detached to allow the second stage rocket to continue on. I'm not sure how useful that is though.

[alexandertnt]

Did some experimenting last night with first stage powered by rotary/jet engines. Marginally successful... my heavy lift rotary module was able to raise a payload to 10km with a relatively small amount of fuel and then detached to allow the second stage rocket to continue on. I'm not sure how useful that is though.

From my experience, if you need that little bit of boost for your rocket to get more fuel in space, jets are a quick solution.
The only real issue I have had is when using launch stabilizers, and the jets take off too slowly, so the rocket sort of drifts into them, exploding.

Also, that yellow bit poking out of the launch pad tower-thing is really annoying for wide rockets. Some of my rockets just implode the second physics is enabled because of it.