{"id":3996,"date":"2013-08-16T05:54:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T05:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3996"},"modified":"2013-08-16T05:54:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T05:54:11","slug":"the-kerbal-space-program-conquers-jpl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3996","title":{"rendered":"The Kerbal Space Program conquers JPL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I previously posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/kerbalspaceprogram.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Kerbal Space Program<\/a>, a game which has a whimsical interface but uses realistic physics for its rockets and orbital mechanics: <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3231\" target=\"_d\">Kerbal Space Program \u2013 a game to create your own space program &#8211; Space-for-All<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article describes the game and why it &#8220;is getting more and more attention recently from the space geek community&#8221;, including places like JPL and SpaceX:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/moonandback.com\/2013\/08\/13\/kerbal-space-program-the-spaceflight-simulator-that-conquered-jpl\/\" target=\"_d\">Kerbal Space Program: The Spaceflight Simulator that Conquered JPL: \u00a0<em>Program is Praised for its Orbital Mechanics and Newtonian Dynamics<\/em> &#8211; Moonandback<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video tutorial on the game:<\/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\/tgPr4q5tj-Q?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>I previously posted on the Kerbal Space Program, a game which has a whimsical interface but uses realistic physics for its rockets and orbital mechanics: Kerbal Space Program \u2013 a game to create your own space program &#8211; Space-for-All. This article describes the game and why it &#8220;is getting more and more attention recently from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3996\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Kerbal Space Program conquers JPL<\/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":[16,40,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests-and-games","category-simulators","category-software"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-12s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11397,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11397","url_meta":{"origin":3996,"position":0},"title":"Kerbal Space Program &#8211; A visual history of &#8216;career mode&#8217; from John Walker","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"John Walker,\u00a0founder of Autodesk, Inc. and co-author of AutoCAD, has posted a big\u00a0Screenshot Gallery\u00a0obtained\u00a0from\u00a0running Kerbal Space Program\u00a0and learning a whole lot about rockets, orbital mechanics, and other aspects of spaceflight :\u00a0New: Kerbal Space Program Screenshot Gallery -\u00a0Fourmilog: None Dare Call It Reason. 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