1957, February 1, Illyrien Space Center,
Control: All right Jeb, the camera’s are ready. This is the moment we have all been waiting for, for so long. You are free to descent to the surface.
Jeb: Roger, exiting the LEM now.
Jeb: This is one small step…. argh!
Control: …
Control: … Jeb?
Jeb: Jeb here, this damned airlock.., it is pretty bad, so I ended up falling to the surface.
Control: Copy that yep, we, and the world, are happy you reached the surface.
Jeb: The world? Hello world!
Jeb: Control, I am going to set up the remote camera. Talk to you later.
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Well, a giant repeated step for Kerbalkind 😛
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I am very surprised that we landed that closely in time. I had expected a much larger difference then barely two weeks.
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You had expected me to be way behind, had you not? 😛
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Indeed, I understood that KSA worked on crewed space missions, and building op some experience about that, but I had the sense KSA was struggling with building heavy launchers. Even more then I had, when I choose my Lunar Orbital Depot plan.
That monster was a bit of a surprise, I would have to say
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Yeah, my original plan actually called for something closer to Apollo, but once I realized how far out in time that was, I started experimenting.
The key was the F-1 engine, without it, there had been no way for me.
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I think I am going to have to try that engine at some point.
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Nah, it’s not worth it – you shouldn’t pursue ANY bigger engines really, absolutely not, bad idea, yep…..
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