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[BanzaiCat]

I should have thought of asking Neil deGrasse Tyson about this game when I saw him last week.

[Jarhead0331]

I should have thought of asking Neil deGrasse Tyson about this game when I saw him last week.

A lot of controversy surrounding that cat these days.

[BanzaiCat]

I should have thought of asking Neil deGrasse Tyson about this game when I saw him last week.

A lot of controversy surrounding that cat these days.

Yeah, though I don't recall him doing a lot of quotes in his speech. He stuck with a basic 'science in schools needs to be better' approach and highlighted it with some of his own history (though I suppose that could have been fabricated as well).

[sandman2575]

The release of the new Buzz Aldrin game reminded me of this game, so I decided to jump in and see what changes were implemented over the last few months.  I really like the new economy mode!  Well done! 

Same here. The buzz about BASPM (yes, pun intended) inspired me to load up KSP for the first time in well over a year. The game has progressed a lot! The career mode was all news to me.

Spent last night building a SR-71 mock-up space plane (which I cleverly named the "KR-71"). Thing looked sweet but was barely air-worthy. This game taps into my inner Lego-building-7-year-old like none other. (Never got into Minecraft.)

Don't think I'll take the dive on BASPM, although the price is certainly right. Just seems too dry compared to KSP. Not being able to actually design anything is a deal-breaker for me.

[Nefaro]

The release of the new Buzz Aldrin game reminded me of this game, so I decided to jump in and see what changes were implemented over the last few months.  I really like the new economy mode!  Well done! 

Same here. The buzz about BASPM (yes, pun intended) inspired me to load up KSP for the first time in well over a year. The game has progressed a lot! The career mode was all news to me.

Spent last night building a SR-71 mock-up space plane (which I cleverly named the "KR-71"). Thing looked sweet but was barely air-worthy. This game taps into my inner Lego-building-7-year-old like none other. (Never got into Minecraft.)

Don't think I'll take the dive on BASPM, although the price is certainly right. Just seems too dry compared to KSP. Not being able to actually design anything is a deal-breaker for me.

I've been tempted, but still putting it off until the economic & pilot training side is also feature complete.  The economic facet interests me as much as the launches and space travel so I want the 'new car' smell in it's full glory when it's near completion. 

Already had some fun with building rockets and manually landing on Minmus before, but I may actually use MechJeb for some stuff when I make my return.  Mods like that are practically essential for reaching other planets in the system, due to the fine timing calculations required.

[RooksBailey]

Spent last night building a SR-71 mock-up space plane (which I cleverly named the "KR-71"). Thing looked sweet but was barely air-worthy. This game taps into my inner Lego-building-7-year-old like none other. (Never got into Minecraft.)

I hear you on that!  I used to love to build model rockets and launch them when I was in college.  This is the closest I have come to that fun experience.   :)

Don't think I'll take the dive on BASPM, although the price is certainly right. Just seems too dry compared to KSP. Not being able to actually design anything is a deal-breaker for me.

I actually sort of like the more "dry" approach of BASPM.  Not as a substitute but as a compliment to KSP.  The only thing that tempers my enthusiasm for BASPM is the fact that we are currently limited to the 50s-70s.  I look forward to the day when we can play straight through to the present day and beyond!

I've been tempted, but still putting it off until the economic & pilot training side is also feature complete.  The economic facet interests me as much as the launches and space travel so I want the 'new car' smell in it's full glory when it's near completion. 

Already had some fun with building rockets and manually landing on Minmus before, but I may actually use MechJeb for some stuff when I make my return.  Mods like that are practically essential for reaching other planets in the system, due to the fine timing calculations required.

I also want the pilot training/guidance stuff in there ASAP.  That is the thing that always keeps me from playing KSP for long.  I always get to a portion of the game where I need to do some precise maneuver, something that requires me to run off to the forums or Youtube and locate some sort of "how to" guide or video, which also requires a "how to" guide to understand the steps and terminology contained within.  ;D  It becomes very frustrating and tedious.  That is pretty much when I lose interest.  The game desperately needs some automation so that less scientifically inclined players can still make it to the Mun and other planets without taking a self-taught course in astrophysics.   :) 

[steve58]

KSP is BETA than ever.

New features, highlights, etc here.

KSP 0.90 has been released...and as to why it went from 0.25 to 0.90?

What happened to 0.26 to 0.89? Why did you skip straight to 0.90?

We're going to call our first Beta version KSP v0.90.0 (zero-ninety-zero, or oh-ninety-oh if you live across the pond), to make it clear to everyone that KSP is nearing a state of completion. Of course, that doesn't mean we plan to do exactly 10 Beta patches to reach 1.0. It could be more, it could be less, we can't tell. If we run past 0.99. the next version could be 0.100.0, or we could change the system a bit, and increment the revision numbers instead, depending on how much we feel a release has added. In a way, Beta updates really are more like revision patches actually. We'll keep announcing new releases as we have always done in any case, so just hang around the community and you'll never miss a release.

[steve58]

Squad has announced that the official Kerbal Space Program 1.0 release will be on April 27.  O0

...this Kerbal forum thread has an unofficial list of 1.0 features.

[ArizonaTank]

Squad has announced that the official Kerbal Space Program 1.0 release will be on April 27.  O0

...this Kerbal forum thread has an unofficial list of 1.0 features.

Wow...it has been in beta so long....  Glad to see it come out.

[steve58]

...and KSP 1.0 is now live.  Current price is $29.99, going up to $39.99 on May 1.

https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/en/

[Shelldrake]

Also available from GOG.

[Yskonyn]

Whole night spent in it and I love it!  O0 O0

[Staggerwing]

The dev's logo



always reminds me of Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp...

[Freyland]

What is the final goal of the game? I get that it is fun to build and fail, but I am fuzzy about what exactly happens once you become capable of space exploration.

[Huw the Poo]

What is the final goal of the game? I get that it is fun to build and fail, but I am fuzzy about what exactly happens once you become capable of space exploration.

There's a career mode.