Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is a sandbox spacecraft simulation game for Mac or Windows. Players build, launch, and pilot spacecraft and airplanes through a fictional 6 planet star system.
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Duplicate parts but place them in a separate stage?
This is relevant for building asparagus staging rockets. Basically each asparagus-stage should be ejected separately, so they should be on a separate stage, but for consistency and quick building they ...
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Why won't my rover drive on Duna?
I just landed my first rover on Duna, but it doesn't want to drive around! This same design zips around Kerbin like a tiny science race car, but just slowly slides down the very gentle hill it's ...
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How can I undo ending a flight accidentally?
So I had this awesome station orbiting Tylo with a lander and crew there already so that I could (hopefully) perform the landing the next time I played. So having had enough for the day, I proceed to ...
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Two mods use different versions of the same DLL. Which one do I use?
I'm setting up (another) modded install of KSP, and I'm including both the B9 Aerospace pack and the Firespitter airplane parts pack. However, they both use Firespitter.dll in order for some of the ...
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Kerbal space program number binding
Basically i want to be able to press 2 (or any number or key) and have my all solar panels deploy instead of having to activate them all one by one with many annoying mouse click.
How do I do this?
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After orbit occurs… things freeze up.
I've been sending probes into deep space, but once I get so far(I use Time Warp), the command pod has no electric charge and the stage lock is locked(pink). I have solar arrays on my probe, but it ...
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Is anything outside the solarsystem where Kerbin resides?
So, I wanted to recreate the Voyager and see how far into space I could launch a probe.
As it stands now I've gotten past the highest orbit of the outermost planet (Eelo) and when I quit the game ...
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How do I orientate the navball properly with a probe?
I have designed a rocket with a plane on the top. It looks a bit like a Christmas tree topper and hence a bit silly, but it works. However, once I get it into orbit, left is right, up is down, and in ...
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How can I see the FPS in KSP
It's probably a very simple question, but I couldn't find the key to show the frame rate in KSP.
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Controls locking up while in space
I am trying to launch a space probe which involves quite long periods of waiting at times to be able to raise apoapsis maximally. Sometimes during these waits when I try to start up engines again (or ...
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Where can I find information about previous Kerbals?
So I've recently started playing Kerbal Space Program, with disastrous results: the survival rate of any Kerbal entering any of my ships is currently 1 survival for every 30 deaths. My question is, is ...
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Rover uncontrollable in low gravity
I've built a rover with the new rover wheels. It works great on Kerbin, but when I bring it to a low-gravity world like Minmus it is uncontrollable. When I accelerate, the back goes up. When I try to ...
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How can I use Jool to put a spacecraft into a solar polar orbit?
I'm trying to use Jool as Ulysses used Jupiter to insert itself into an extremely inclined polar solar orbit with a fairly modest amount of delta-V (direct solar polar insertion from Kerbin escape ...
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My spacecraft was built backwards; gimbal always lies
I put a probe into orbit and is now on a Kerbin escape path, but it has a really annoying quirk; the engines are mounted to the "top" of the probe so the gimbal always seems flipped 180°. In order to ...
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What's a reasonable control setup for a controller in KSP?
I can bind this and that axis to whatever in Kerbal Space Program for sticking my rockets, but my binds always feel clumsy and inelegant. Is there a good "standard setup" for using a controller (i.e. ...
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Can I activate engines on spent stages?
To avoid cluttering my sky with bits of engine and fuel tank, I had the thought to strap some solid fuel boosters to stages pointed retrograde and activate them during staging in order to deorbit ...
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What factors decide if an engine overheats or not
I made some strange observations regarding engine overheat.
When you place 4 RT-10 solid-boosters radial around a 5th, the outer boosters will overheat and explode before they are burnt out while ...
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Can the locations of easter eggs be found in the game files?
The official KSP wiki lists several easter eggs - objects which can be found on the surfaces of the various planets.
Can you find the positions of these objects somewhere in the game files?
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What are the key design principles when building a space plane?
I want to build a single stage to orbit (SSTO) space plane. I have a design right now that I know is capable of making it to orbit, but only just. There isn't enough fuel or monopropellant to ...
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How fast do I need to be going to kill my Kerbals?
While crash landing on Kerbin, I managed to slow myself down to around 10m/s before hitting the water, and they still died.
How fast do you need to land to kill a Kerbal and does anything else (like ...
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Can I transfer my saved game between platforms?
I've been playing KSP on a Mac, but I'd like to transfer all my save data over to a Windows PC. Is this possible? If so, where are the files and what do I need to transfer?
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What is this pink target?
Having set another satellite as a target, I have this pink marker on my navball:
What is it?
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Can I change command module?
I've built a pretty good/enormous first stage rocket that's pretty reliable, and I'd like to use it to put different payloads in orbit. The only problem is I can't seem to switch out my command ...
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How do I clean up this space-town?
After having some successful and (primarily) not-so-successful rendezvous in space, the area around my nascent space-base is full of detritus. Ending the missions responsible for littering didn't ...
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How do I avoid collision with the launchpad tower?
I keep losing boosters to the launchpad tower. Is there any way to place my rocket further away from it?
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How do I rendezvous and dock with a ship in orbit?
I've been watching video tutorials and doing some Googling, but I just haven't been able figure out exactly how you're supposed to rendezvous with a ship in orbit. I always either end up somewhere in ...
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How do I activate custom action groups?
I've created an action group to deploy my solar array, but now I'm safely in orbit, I have no idea how to actually do this. What do I need to do?
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Where's a good spot to land on the Mun?
The Mun appears to have quite a varied surface. Is there a particularly good spot for a first landing, i.e. where the ground is level and smooth?
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How can I change focus without firing up the throttle?
I can use tab to change between foci, e.g. if my focus is Kerbin and I hit tab, focus shifts to the Mun. However to go back without cycling through every celestial object requires pressing shift +tab, ...
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Am I able to remap action groups after I've launched?
Action groups have become useful for things like extending solar panels, ladders, as well as toggling engines. I know how to set them up in the VAB, but I want to know if I can change action groups ...
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Is there a way to activate the abort sequence from the keyboard?
Version 0.18 introduced action groups, including a dedicated abort group. This can be activated using the pop out button next to the altimeter, but I'm wondering if this can be done from the ...
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How do I extend landing gear?
I'm trying to test a lander, but it keeps smashing into the ground and exploding without the landing gear extending. The process is clearly not automatic, nor is it programmable as a stage. How do I ...
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What is the difference between a stack decoupler and a stack separator?
So what is the functional difference between a stack decoupler and a stack separator? Why might I use one over the other? In what cases would I want to choose the TR-18D Stack Separator over the ...
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Can I transfer Kerbonauts from a capsule to Hitchhiker Storage Container without taking an EVA?
I've been constructing a space station, and up to this point, I've been using autonomous launch vehicles to put unmanned sections into orbit. But now it's time to have a permanent presence in orbit.
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How Do I Use Docking Clamps?
I've built the following ship, which is capable of taking me to the Mun. However, with some careful piloting, I can make it into a stable Mun orbit with a bunch of fuel still left in the ...
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Possible Graphics Driver Problem
I considered asking this question over at Super User, since it may be a hardware problem, but since it's specific to one game I came here.
I have the game Kerbal Space Program. It's fairly ...
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Will my parachute fail if I'm going too fast when I deploy it?
I was going to put a whole back-story for this question here, but thought it'd be better as a Google+ post instead, for reasons that should be obvious to anyone who reads it.
So, during high velocity ...
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Can't end a flight when using MechJeb
So after it was suggested in chat, I decided to download and try the Mechanical Jeb plugin. During my trials so far with MechJeb, I've been setting up my staging such that the MechJeb module is ...
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Can I escape Kerbin's gravitational pull?
In Kerbal Space Program, I finally managed to build a rocket that would actually do something other than explode on the launch pad.
So far I've been fairly consistent in making it into orbit. Sadly, ...
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When should I start a trans-munar or trans-minmus injection burn?
I've completed a few successful missions to Minmus, and have always had more than enough fuel to return safely to Kerbin; however, I feel that I could perform the transfer burns better than how I'm ...
