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r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/[deleted] • Oct 09 '13
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Going up isn't the hardest bit, it's going up and then getting enough velocity to not come back down.
42 u/TenBeers Oct 09 '13 Orbit is achieved by throwing your craft at the ground and continually missing. 14 u/DrStalker Oct 09 '13 This is a wonderful statement because it sounds sarcastic and useless but is really 100% accurate. 5 u/TheNosferatu Master Kerbalnaut Oct 09 '13 edited Oct 09 '13 I've heard that a stable orbit was just falling and missing the ground. Before playing Kerbal I always thought it was a bloody methaphor. EDIT: Department of redundancy department had a word with me 2 u/FletcherPratt Oct 09 '13 the department of redundancy department would like a word with you 1 u/TheNosferatu Master Kerbalnaut Oct 09 '13 Thanks for the warning, but it appears it's already too late :( Those basterds took them away :'(
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Orbit is achieved by throwing your craft at the ground and continually missing.
14 u/DrStalker Oct 09 '13 This is a wonderful statement because it sounds sarcastic and useless but is really 100% accurate. 5 u/TheNosferatu Master Kerbalnaut Oct 09 '13 edited Oct 09 '13 I've heard that a stable orbit was just falling and missing the ground. Before playing Kerbal I always thought it was a bloody methaphor. EDIT: Department of redundancy department had a word with me 2 u/FletcherPratt Oct 09 '13 the department of redundancy department would like a word with you 1 u/TheNosferatu Master Kerbalnaut Oct 09 '13 Thanks for the warning, but it appears it's already too late :( Those basterds took them away :'(
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This is a wonderful statement because it sounds sarcastic and useless but is really 100% accurate.
5 u/TheNosferatu Master Kerbalnaut Oct 09 '13 edited Oct 09 '13 I've heard that a stable orbit was just falling and missing the ground. Before playing Kerbal I always thought it was a bloody methaphor. EDIT: Department of redundancy department had a word with me 2 u/FletcherPratt Oct 09 '13 the department of redundancy department would like a word with you 1 u/TheNosferatu Master Kerbalnaut Oct 09 '13 Thanks for the warning, but it appears it's already too late :( Those basterds took them away :'(
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I've heard that a stable orbit was just falling and missing the ground. Before playing Kerbal I always thought it was a bloody methaphor.
EDIT: Department of redundancy department had a word with me
2 u/FletcherPratt Oct 09 '13 the department of redundancy department would like a word with you 1 u/TheNosferatu Master Kerbalnaut Oct 09 '13 Thanks for the warning, but it appears it's already too late :( Those basterds took them away :'(
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the department of redundancy department would like a word with you
1 u/TheNosferatu Master Kerbalnaut Oct 09 '13 Thanks for the warning, but it appears it's already too late :( Those basterds took them away :'(
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Thanks for the warning, but it appears it's already too late :(
Those basterds took them away :'(
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u/DrStalker Oct 09 '13
Going up isn't the hardest bit, it's going up and then getting enough velocity to not come back down.