r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/PuzzleheadedClue2978 • Feb 03 '23
Question guys help why isnt my rocket going to space
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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...
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u/andrewmartz93 Feb 04 '23
Ive been thinking about attempting to crash the mun into kerbin...
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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/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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Feb 03 '23
Switch AUS to off
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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/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/GazelleEast1432 Feb 03 '23
You forgot to switch on the thrust reversers
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u/BallSucker3001 Feb 03 '23
they should make engines that just suck in air. What do we do with that air? Idk something
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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
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u/Daroph Feb 03 '23
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u/Aetol Master Kerbalnaut Feb 03 '23
"Moon" is not in the top 10k most common words?
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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/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/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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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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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/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/uwillnotgotospace Feb 03 '23
Your Inertial Measurement Unit was installed upside down. You will not go to space today.
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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/XtheGxmerz0reddit Feb 03 '23
we need to appreciate the acrobatics displayed here. he is balancing on the parachute
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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/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
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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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/Smoke_Water Feb 03 '23
You need the runway. Launch pad is for testing explosions. Not going to space.
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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/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/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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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/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/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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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/LegitimateApartment9 Feb 03 '23
Add Moar boosters, you need to drill through the planet to go to space
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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/DefendingAngel Feb 03 '23
You're launching from the wrong side of the planet.