{"id":3231,"date":"2013-07-07T14:31:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T14:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2013-07-07T14:31:33","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T14:31:33","slug":"kerbal-space-program-a-game-to-create-your-own-space-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3231","title":{"rendered":"Kerbal Space Program &#8211; a game to create your own space program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/kerbalspaceprogram.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Kerbal Space Program<\/a> is<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>s a multi-genre game where the players create their own space program.<\/p>\n<p>In KSP, you must build a space-worthy craft, capable of flying its crew out into space, without killing them. At your disposal is a collection of parts, which must be assembled to create a functional ship. Each part has its own function and will affect the way a ship flies (or doesn&#8217;t). So strap yourself in, and get ready to try some Rocket Science!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/kerbalspaceprogram.com\/about.php\" target=\"_d\">features include:<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Vehicle Assembly Building and the Space Plane Hangar allows players to build spacecraft out of any imaginable combination of parts.<\/li>\n<li>Fully-fledged, Physics-based Flight Simulation ensures everything will fly (and crash) as it should.<\/li>\n<li>Take your Kerbal crew out of the ship and do Extra Vehicular Activities<\/li>\n<li>Fly out to Moons and other Planets<\/li>\n<li>Procedural Terrain delivers detailed terrain at a vast scale. The Kerbal Planet is 600km in radius!<\/li>\n<li>Mod-enabled, allows players to create new content and modify the game.<\/li>\n<li>Ship systems. Keep an eye out for engine temperatures and fuel levels, and try not to explode.<\/li>\n<li>Build ships with multiple stages, and jettison parts away as they burn out.<\/li>\n<li>Full control over the staging sequence allows for complex ships and advanced functionality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The program can be purchased in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kerbalspaceprogram.com\/kspstore\/index.php?c=18\" target=\"_d\">KSP Store<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/kerbalspaceport.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Kerbal SpacePort<\/a> sells add-ons.<\/p>\n<p>Several videos about the software can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/KerbalSPOfficial\/videos\" target=\"_d\">Kerbal Space Program\u00a0 YouTube Channel<\/a>. For example,<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hUjGW2htpR4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kerbal Space Program is s a multi-genre game where the players create their own space program. In KSP, you must build a space-worthy craft, capable of flying its crew out into space, without killing them. At your disposal is a collection of parts, which must be assembled to create a functional ship. Each part &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3231\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kerbal Space Program &#8211; a game to create your own space program<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-simulators","category-software"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-Q7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10546,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10546","url_meta":{"origin":3231,"position":0},"title":"Kerbal Space 1.0 gets raves","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"More positive reviews for the Kerbal Space Program\u00a0(see earlier post): *\u00a0Kerbal Space Program review: A playful masterpiece of space exploration - The Washington Post \u201cKerbal Space Program\u201d is the kind of game one\u2019s never finished playing. 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