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Sordid:
Ever wanted to one-up NASA? Prove to them how bad their rocket designs were? Make spectacular oversized fireworks? Or just blast a trio of hapless astronauts into deep space? Ever thought, how hard can it be? Well, now you can find out, with...

KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM

KSP is a game about making your own space program. You're set loose upon a space center complete with a vehicle assembly building and a launch pad, a bin full of rocket parts, ground personnel composed entirely of yes-men who build and wheel onto the launch pad anything you design no matter how crazy it is, and some astronauts to die in crew your creations. You can build anything from simple rockets to intricate multi-stage launch vehicles.

Since the game is still in development, there are only a handful of parts and no objective other than what you set for yourself. Even in this state, though, it is incredibly fun and addictive. You may have heard of Orbiter, a spaceflight simulator. This is nothing like that; as another forumite put it elsewhere, the difference between Obiter and KPS is like the difference between making to-scale miniatures for architectural design and playing with LEGOs, only the LEGOs have rocket fuel. Still, it is highly recommended to pay attention to the tutorials.

Website: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/

http://www.youtube.com/v/LIv47m6kjjY

Edit: Update!

http://www.youtube.com/v/B2WwO6e7peE

On Fire For Christ:
I've been playing this game.  It's pretty fun but obviously needs a lot of work.  I have just managed to get a rocket up to an altitude beyond 1.1 million metres, but I don't think I have enough lateral speed to get into orbit, the current time of this flight is 21 minutes.  Now I'm still climbing at 500m/s, but decelerating, the next version of this game definitely needs a way to speed up time. 
It also seems to have planned a money system, that is not in effect yet, this would be good to get more of a learning curve, and reward achievements. 
I find it pretty hard to steer a rocket that can roll, it often becomes hard to tell which way is "up", Some kind of distinguishing features on the rocket parts would help
More parts and a way to place the wings/fins more precisely would also be good.

jaypee:
Holy crap, this is cool. I'm going to have to check this out once I have some free time.

Sordid:

--- Quote from: On Fire For Christ on Jul 12, 2011, 03:05:57 PM ---I don't think I have enough lateral speed to get into orbit, the current time of this flight is 21 minutes.

--- End quote ---

Useful info, so you don't have to try and park your ship into orbit by just eyeballing it:
Planet is only 600 km in diameter, atmospheric effects are negligible above 40 km. Orbital velocity at 100 km altitude is 2245 m/s.

On Fire For Christ:
is there any way to tell if you've achieved orbit?  other than just waiting

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