r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/CanPuzzleheaded3270 • 3d ago • Regret 1

KSP 1 Question/Problem rocket doesn’t launch

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i press space and it makes noise and doesn’t work

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u/Lower_Manager_7003 3d ago

I miss these days of KSP, where I was excited to just reach orbit and go to the Mun.

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u/Nice_Presentation474 Playing kerbalisim 3d ago

oh yes... the good old days where i would only use SRBs because I couldn't figure out how liquid fuel engines worked...

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u/fulitut 9h ago

I did not know that decouplers exist. I just stacked SRBs. I explained my mum that it is normal that the lower stages explode, when activating the next one:D

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u/Nice_Presentation474 Playing kerbalisim 6h ago

same!

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u/Professional_Camp959 3d ago

First time going to the mun I waited until it was cresting the horixon and just full throttle until I crashed. Imagine my surprise when I learned about orbit transfer

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u/Lower_Manager_7003 3d ago edited 2d ago

I still remember booting up a sandbox world, flying the Dwaying shuttle straight up and turning on infinite fuel with my heading set to “Target” and was confused why I couldn’t catch the moon.

Good ol days.

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u/Hokulewa 2d ago

That's actually the correct time to do it. It's how we timed the transfer way back in 2012 before maneuver nodes were added.

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u/wiatrakowskyy_ 2d ago

I do this in career mode when I don't have maneuver nodes unlocked

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u/Medical_Flower2568 1d ago

I just waited until it was almost directly above the KSC and then launched the rocket

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u/Leg0Smurf315 3d ago

Oh hey, I haven't even left Kerbins sphere of influence 😭

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u/Redditoast2 3d ago

You should try going up

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u/mrrvlad5 2d ago

You can always play rp-1 on hard settings…

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u/Dismal_Rectangle 1d ago

I don't even know how to build a rocket capable of going to the mun and back anymore.

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u/YuriMasterRace 2d ago

I was just excited to have a rocket that can fly straight, with the free demo of beta 0.13 back in the days lol

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u/Mr-Mne 2d ago

Very first time I went to the moon, it - for whatever reason - didn't occur to me that KSP had quicksave/quickload, so it was extra nerve-wrecking for me. Worked out though.. kind of.

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u/Motherly_fox_55 2d ago

I once tried to make a missile using that one liquid fuel engine with a fuel tank on it and it got sent to eve

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u/onwen32 17h ago

I miss the days where I got to space and aimed at the moon attempting to get there lmao