Tag Archive: Kerbal I

Feb 26 2014

#001: Rocket Test

For the first launch of the Kerbal Space Agency, the basic technology for firing a rocket needed to be tested. Could this device indeed create enough force to thrust this unwieldy payload into the sky without blowing up? No one really knew what to expect but everyone was hopeful things would go as planned so the program could continue to move forward.
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Feb 19 2014

The Founding of the KSA (leading up to 2/18/14)

Although united under a world government for almost 60 years following the Great War and enjoying a time of peace and prosperity, many kerbals continued to remain focused on rebuilding a world that had nearly faced destruction. Scientists continued to cast their gazes upwards to the heavens, but found little support from the kerbs around them to break free of gravity and venture out into the unknowns of space. Then, just 5 years ago, a kerb named Drew Kerman decided that needed to change. It was a long, arduous process to fight government oversight and establish relationships with companies willing to part with money to fund the venture, but the Kerbal Space Agency was officially founded on September 29th of 2013. It would spend the next several months working on the technology required to begin even contemplating the idea of actually reaching space.

This summary leads up to and covers the events of and between Mission Dispatches #1 and #2.

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