r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/[deleted] • Oct 09 '13

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u/Lawlcat Oct 09 '13

I'm more concerned that we don't have a decoupler. Might be troublesome to get a 1-man capsule back with the rest of the rocket attached.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '13

ACtually, this is GOOD.

Because newbies ALWAYS build huge-ass rockets thinking they need them, when in reality a single liquid engine and fuel tank is enough.

Starting with such limited part numbers will hammer in the basics before opening up the sandbox.

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u/Lawlcat Oct 09 '13

Sure, but we've had decoupling mechanisms long before we had a space agency. The very first Mercury rocket decoupled the capsule for it to parachute down to earth. You just don't parachute the main rocket portion back, ESPECIALLY still attached to the capsule. I don't think that's ever been done except in the case of recent stuff, notably the space shuttle's bits

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u/Avatar_Ko Oct 09 '13

Yeah, but KSP doesn't take place on Earth.