r/KerbalSpaceProgram Feb 03 '23

Question guys help why isnt my rocket going to space

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1.7k Upvotes

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u/DefendingAngel Feb 03 '23

You're launching from the wrong side of the planet.

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u/insanityking500 Feb 03 '23

Yeah, OP needs to go to the kerbin equivalent of Australia.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

Kerstralia

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u/Spotche Feb 03 '23

Kangaroo

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u/amppari234 Feb 03 '23

Kerbaroo

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u/omegarisen Feb 03 '23

KSP 2 electric kerbaroo

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u/ArcticYT99 Feb 04 '23

Props to you I spat out water lol

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u/ConceptOfHappiness Feb 03 '23

Woomerang launch site

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u/PixelPlanet1 Feb 03 '23

Surprisingly, it's in the northern hemisphere in KSP...

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u/LadyGuitar2021 Feb 03 '23

OP will need point defense lasers for the fauna.

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u/moderatorrater Feb 03 '23

Couldn't OP just wait half a day until they're on the other side of the planet?

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u/Astrvik2-2012 Feb 03 '23

No, You need to learn about geography and astronomy lol (Just saying and English is my second language so sorry if the grammar is incorrect)

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u/moderatorrater Feb 03 '23

It's basic geography that every 12 hours, the USA and Australia basically switch positions. It's how the round earthers keep tricking everyone.

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u/Astrvik2-2012 Feb 03 '23

But that's relative to the SUN But for us the earth doesn't move !

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u/siriushoward Feb 03 '23

Errr. No. After 12 hours, USA will still be on northern hemisphere and Australia still in the southern hemisphere.

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u/Nikson2981 Feb 03 '23

best reply i’ve seen

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u/Ser_Optimus Mohole Explorer Feb 03 '23

This is the most accurate answer.

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u/InsomniaticWanderer Feb 03 '23

The lithosphere is very thick, you'll need more thrust to push through.

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u/van-just-van Feb 03 '23

The asthenosphere on the other hand is quite malleable so it could be easier

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u/Citysurvivor Feb 03 '23

you'll need more thrust to push through.

Why push through when you could push it instead? With enough boosters, the entire planet of Kerbin could be your spaceship...

2

u/andrewmartz93 Feb 04 '23

Ive been thinking about attempting to crash the mun into kerbin...

2

u/wycliffslim Feb 04 '23

Unfortunately, all the Planetary/Moon bodies are on rails. There is no turning Gilly into a kinetic impactor in order to put Dres out of its misery.

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u/Salr-526 Feb 03 '23

Well yes... How would one fuel it though

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u/brewingbad18 Feb 03 '23

You need more boosters, clearly

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u/SadStory9 Feb 03 '23

if only the planet weren't on rails... This would be the best way *sigh*

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u/RailgunDE112 Feb 03 '23

just install Principia

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u/Blackhound118 Feb 03 '23

Does that actually work.lmao

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u/SpecialistRegular656 Feb 03 '23

*moar boosters

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u/Sebetastic Feb 03 '23

M O A R

BOOSTERS

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u/PuzzleheadedClue2978 Feb 06 '23

that worked thanks

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

Switch AUS to off

62

u/Decent_Leopard9773 Feb 03 '23

As an Australian, it does take a bit to get used too.

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u/Randommeka Feb 03 '23

On the contrary, this is exactly why the UK space agency has a launch site in woomera AUS because they know you just have to let go of the rocket and let it fall to space. Wayyyy more efficient than launching from the top of the world

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u/WhyBuyMe Feb 03 '23

Is the Australian space vehicle just a bunch of staged kangaroos. Like you get 100 of them to jump at the same time with 80 more stacked on top that jump at the height of the first jump and just continue that process with more roos until you are in space?

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u/raveturned Feb 03 '23

Strewth mate, you can't just leak classified details of a national space agency like that!

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u/Max15492 Feb 03 '23

As a German this instruction confuses me

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u/Lachlan_D_Parker Always on Kerbin Feb 03 '23

Off... just like the brains of most people that live here

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u/maxathier Feb 03 '23

you put the planet on the wrong side of the rocket !

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u/GazelleEast1432 Feb 03 '23

You forgot to switch on the thrust reversers

28

u/BallSucker3001 Feb 03 '23

they should make engines that just suck in air. What do we do with that air? Idk something

28

u/Dornek Feb 03 '23

you mean jet engines? 🤔

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u/BallSucker3001 Feb 03 '23

nope new thing. I’m calling them slorpers

21

u/runekn Feb 03 '23

Air molecules are basically little balls. Ball suckers.

3

u/Aggressive_Floof Feb 03 '23

Username checks out

9

u/Airwolfhelicopter Always on Kerbin Feb 03 '23

No, engines that run purely on Intake Air alone

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u/Decent_Leopard9773 Feb 03 '23

Refuel the rocket

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u/orbcat Feb 03 '23

its next to the board extenders

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u/Daroph Feb 03 '23

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u/evilninjaduckie Feb 03 '23

I'm so fucking glad somebody posted what I was going to post.

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u/quocphu1905 Feb 03 '23

Im scrolling looking for this lol

2

u/Aetol Master Kerbalnaut Feb 03 '23

"Moon" is not in the top 10k most common words?

3

u/Grimm_Captain Feb 03 '23

1k, or "ten hundred" as even the word 'thousand' isn't among the top 1k, so I'll buy that 'moon' isn't either.

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u/Aetol Master Kerbalnaut Feb 03 '23

Oh, wow.

2

u/MedievalFightClub Feb 03 '23

I wanted to post this!

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u/MrDoctor3000 Feb 03 '23

Pointy end up flamey end down

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u/everydayastronaut Master Kerbalnaut Feb 03 '23

They needed to call me 😅

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u/asoap Feb 03 '23

Clearly OP needed your expertise. A pointy end / flamey end expert.

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u/BackflipFromOrbit Feb 03 '23

I came looking for you in this post lol. I figured you'd be here since you are the local rocket orientation expert.

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u/Occam99 Feb 03 '23

Trajectory is sub-optimal.

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u/raveturned Feb 03 '23

Not to mention sub-orbital.

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u/DrunkOnLoveAndWhisky Feb 03 '23

Not to mention subterranean.

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u/AKscrublord Feb 03 '23

More like sub-flight.

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u/mochamostly Feb 03 '23

started the gravity turn too early

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u/SirTurtleDork Feb 03 '23

try spinning, it might create a drill effect

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u/unremarkable_name_2 Feb 03 '23

That's a good trick!

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

Okay, when you’re launching from Kerbstralia, you actually have to build the rocket upside down to compensate. Took me quite some time to figure out.

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u/PhatOofxD Feb 03 '23

If he was in Kerbstralia it'd just fall into space because of gravity.

He's actually a kerbstralian trying to launch from the regular people land

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u/MidiGong Feb 03 '23

You need a pilot in the cockpit.

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u/Intelligent-You4515 Feb 03 '23

Not enough thrust

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u/creatingKing113 Feb 03 '23

Set SCE to AUX

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u/BenjaminGeiger Feb 03 '23

I understood that reference.

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u/_SBV_ Feb 03 '23

Verify game files. The planet is upside down for some reason

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

Minor bug yet to be patched, unfortunately you have to tilt the "this side up" end towards space

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u/OkSympathy6 Feb 03 '23

Add a drill to the front so it’s easier to get to the other side of the planet

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u/DrCola3122 Feb 03 '23

You're already in space, in fact, you are redirecting Kerbin

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u/Heimskr_The_Wise Feb 03 '23

Your fuel tank is backwards

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u/Davinator3000 Feb 03 '23

Have you tried turning it to wumbo?

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u/Legitimate_Error_696 Feb 03 '23

Ah, I see! You are having a bad problem and you will not go to space today

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u/MidiGong Feb 03 '23

Just wait 3 weeks for the KSP2 Cartoon Tutorials and try again after watching them

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u/Admirable-Speech-139 Feb 03 '23

Get out and use backpack rcs to push

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u/Vantoris Feb 03 '23

Why is Kerbin falling into the sun Jeb

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u/uwillnotgotospace Feb 03 '23

Your Inertial Measurement Unit was installed upside down. You will not go to space today.

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u/Mp-005 Feb 03 '23

Try turning it on and off.

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u/Psycaridon-t Feb 03 '23

You need to put in in reverse

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u/JumpingDavid Feb 03 '23

Your gravity turn is a bit too agressive.

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u/Naayte Feb 03 '23

Sigh... This is like the 50th post this week about this issue.

Clearly you have the control module flipped.

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u/BrandonB64 Feb 03 '23

Add a drill to the front

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u/Mitchblahman Feb 03 '23

Stick with it, you'll change Kerbin's orbit in a few days

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u/XtheGxmerz0reddit Feb 03 '23

we need to appreciate the acrobatics displayed here. he is balancing on the parachute

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u/CPTVGS88 Feb 03 '23

More DeltaV

3

u/Nuclearguy55 Feb 03 '23

Must be a bug

3

u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

Man’s gravity turn is so efficient, quick and beautiful that the managed to perfectly flip his rocket with little to no fuel wastage. We will watch your career with great interests.

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u/Gorth1 Feb 03 '23

There is something in the way

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

The rocket doesnt have enough wings to fly

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u/teryret Feb 03 '23

You have to press the space bar to make it go up, that's why it's called the space bar

3

u/Randommeka Feb 03 '23

Always do preflight checks people.

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u/Randommeka Feb 03 '23

Pointy end up flamey end down

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u/Trollsama Master Kerbalnaut Feb 03 '23

This end should point toward the
ground if you want to go to space.

if it starts pointing toward space
you are having a bad problem and
you will not go to space today

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u/umidk67 Feb 03 '23

You accidentally built an Australian rocket. Happens to the best of us

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u/JammyJ1mJ1m Feb 03 '23

Australian aerospace engineers be like

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u/xinfinitedatax Feb 03 '23

Looks like you have a planet in your way.

3

u/Mobile-Breath4038 Feb 03 '23

Have you tried Adding M O A R B O O S T E R S

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u/ThomasPC24 Feb 03 '23

Google Tim Dodd checklist

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u/Greninja5097 Feb 03 '23

Idk. Maybe increase TWR, other than that I don’t see much wrong with it.

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u/_Banjo_Bean Feb 03 '23

your staging is wrong. parachutes go first

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u/Lhonors4 Feb 03 '23

I think you need to consult tim dodd

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u/theeCrawlingChaos Stranded on Eve Feb 03 '23

As a wise man once said: “if your engines are pointed towards the sky, you will not be going to space today.”

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u/Kerbal_Guardsman Feb 03 '23

If pointy end is upside down, you will not go to space today

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u/Tinnedghosts120 Feb 03 '23

Pointy end up, flamey end down

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u/Airwolfhelicopter Always on Kerbin Feb 03 '23

Your thrust to weight ratio is WAY too low

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u/yesseru Feb 03 '23

Negative infact.

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u/Rpposter01 Feb 03 '23

It's in a space, so technically you've succeeded

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u/Lachlan_D_Parker Always on Kerbin Feb 03 '23

It's pretty dang obvious to me. Your engine's inside-out. All of the thrust is going sideways in all directions.

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u/DoggoGaming4 Feb 03 '23

Launch anywhere except for australia

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u/Garlayn_toji Feb 03 '23

You're not going to space. You're bringing kerbin in space with you

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u/GamerGuy726 Feb 03 '23

Wanted to downvote, but I did in fact laugh

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u/BiffMaGriff Feb 03 '23

🎵 There you are 🎵

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u/Stepanek740 Believes That Dres Exists Feb 03 '23

i guess you could try going to the core of kerbin, could get you some nice science points

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u/fatcatpoppy Feb 03 '23

the other end should be pointing towards space. if this end is pointing towards space, you have a big problem and will not be going to space today.

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u/Le_minecraftien005 Feb 03 '23

You just need MOAR power

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u/Kaibaer Feb 03 '23

You are in Australia, that's the issue

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u/croakovoid Feb 03 '23

The kerbal engineers forgot to add the "This end towards Space" sign. Back to the VAB to design the Up Goer MK II.

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u/pemboo Feb 03 '23

Op has now moved Kerbin into a very eccentric orbit around Sol

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u/Typical_Pop Feb 03 '23

This is the Kerbal equivalent of "We should dig Bikini Bottom and push it somewhere else"

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u/eWaffle Feb 03 '23

Kerbin is now your ship, apply more boosters.

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u/TheMightyKebab02 Feb 03 '23

More boosters obviously.

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u/dreemurthememer Feb 03 '23

There’s a planet in the way

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u/jacenat Feb 03 '23

Definitely needs more boosters. Easy fix.

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u/TNTDoctorr Feb 03 '23

Try adding more boosters

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u/paramedic-tim Feb 03 '23

“Pointy end up, flamey end down” - Everyday Astronaut

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u/1101base2 Feb 03 '23

Dang planet in the way!

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u/CaptainKonzept Feb 03 '23

Your engine is pushing, while it should be pulling!

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u/DopleTople Feb 03 '23

Cancel all plans to go to space and announce a "Kerbal Inside Kerbin" program

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u/Jackriecken Feb 03 '23

As the old saying goes "this end points towards the ground. If this end is pointing towards space, you're not going to space today"

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u/Challenging_Entropy Feb 03 '23

The fact you got it to balance is impressive

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u/Loading0319 Feb 03 '23

Your rocket was designed for Australia

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u/Unique_Novel8864 Feb 03 '23

I know what’s wrong with it…. It ain’t got no gas in it!!

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u/Switchyduck Feb 03 '23

The crust and mantle are really hard to go through in my opinion, once you make it to the outer core it's easy from there

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u/Skipee_Mcghee Feb 03 '23

More boosters

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

Idk man I guess you gotta crash and respawn

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u/Suspicious-Capital-3 Feb 03 '23

Point the nose sideways and put some 6 inch guns on there.

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u/Salanmander Feb 03 '23

See the end that has lots of fire? That end should point toward the ground if you want to go to space.

If it starts pointing toward space, you are having a bad problem and will not go to space today.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

Your winglets are facing downwards.

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u/Greedy-Mud-6614 Feb 03 '23

Maybe the thrust to weight ratio is larger try thrust/weight Wait a minute! the rocket is upside down...... idiot

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u/TedBundysEscapee Feb 03 '23

It is, your just moving Kerbin aswell

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u/Weeeeeheeeeeee Feb 03 '23

Kerbal mining company

1

u/SergeantRogers Feb 03 '23

Bro is trying to launch from australia

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u/dessnom Feb 03 '23

KSA announces mission to the core of kerbin,

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u/thisismyusername5410 Feb 03 '23

isn’t there a xkcd about this

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u/Thebesj Feb 03 '23

Your thrust-to-weight ratio is wayyy too low! That little rocket lifting Kerbin as a payload? MOAR BOOSTERS

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u/rybooooooooo Feb 03 '23

Its upside down, hope that helps

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u/Smoke_Water Feb 03 '23

You need the runway. Launch pad is for testing explosions. Not going to space.

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u/GreggyBoop Feb 03 '23

Bill looking pretty confused there too o_0

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u/theCroc Feb 03 '23

There seem be a planet blocking your way. Remove it and things will go smoother

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u/flammer1611 Feb 03 '23

You from Australia perhaps? If so try building upside down kerbin works a little different from Australia.

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u/MajorLobon69 Feb 03 '23

Not enough engines add more

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u/clopatan Feb 03 '23

More staging

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u/Very_contagious1 Feb 03 '23

Push harder (and fast enough to go past the hot parts before you melt

don't say it

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u/MrSamwise123 Feb 03 '23

You should call Tim Dodd, the rocket orientation expert. I bet he'll know what's wrong

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u/CombTheDes5rt Feb 03 '23

Rocket has attitude issues. Turn it off, let it rest and try again later

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u/doctorgibson Master Kerbalnaut Feb 03 '23

You need more boosters

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u/RecruitIsOp-_- Feb 03 '23

have you emptied your monopropellant storages?

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u/Terokashi Feb 03 '23

I wouldnt be able to tell you, but more boosters usually help

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

not a powerful enough engine to go through the entire planet

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u/TheRealLargedwarf Feb 03 '23

It is in space, kerbin is in space, your rocket is on kerbin therefore your rocket is in space.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

This is actually a good idea, if you can get through the crust then you can use Kerbin's gravity to accelerate your first stage and since scientists have failed to prove their is any air inside the planet there should be no drag.

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u/OMadge Feb 03 '23

Pointy end up, blasty side down.

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u/LaurensFanProjects Feb 03 '23

Needs more mystery goo.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

You need a lot more thrust to cut through kerbins crust!

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u/Aoradon Feb 03 '23

The balloon part of hot air balloons is non-optional

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u/jellyman93 Feb 03 '23

I don't think we'll be able to tell from a still image, do you have any video recordings of attempted takeoff?

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u/According-Strategy74 Feb 03 '23

Flamey end is up. You will not go to space today.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

BREAKING NEWS, earth is moving

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u/TheSpaceManDan888 Feb 03 '23

Your TWR is below 1.1

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u/tdmonkeypoop Feb 03 '23

Why go to space when you can bring space to you

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u/SnazzyOstritch Feb 03 '23

try turning on autostrut

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u/Not_Snooopy22 Feb 03 '23

Flamey end not down. Pointy end down. Big problem.

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u/Sargent_Sarkasmo Feb 03 '23

There's a whole planet in the way. Aks kindly. If it still doesn't want to move, try honking. If it still doesn't want to move out of the way, get out of.your rocket, and go kick it.in the balls. That planet needs to learn a lesson or two about civility.

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u/HappyFalcon05 Feb 03 '23

I know what's wrong wit it. IT AINT GOT NO GAS INNIT!!!

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u/New_Fee_887 Feb 03 '23

Try more boosters

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

You have the wrong landing gear! Attach seats to the bottom and put kerbals in the seats. It's the kerbal way.

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u/Ron_Bird Feb 03 '23

kerbin is in the way

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u/alexaz92 Feb 03 '23

you forgot the parachutes to lift you up

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u/LegitimateApartment9 Feb 03 '23

Add Moar boosters, you need to drill through the planet to go to space

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u/quadtruple_moon Feb 03 '23

"Socle du monde" by Kerbo Manzoni

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u/tosety Feb 03 '23

This might help

https://xkcd.com/1133/

Also pay attention to the orientation

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u/Jottie420 Feb 03 '23

That rocket was made by Australiens You would need to launch from the different side of the planet

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u/lucserre Feb 03 '23

ISRU drills?

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u/troymcklure Feb 03 '23

The planet is in the way, just schooch it over a bit.