Sep 19, 2019 03:12 AM
Elon Musk plays it. (Not just on his computer but in real life!!!) So do the engineering geeks at NASA and the European Space Agency.
https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/game/...e-program/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerbal_Space_Program
It's a computer game that's basically a very detailed physics engine, in which you design and fly spacecraft on various missions. You assemble the rockets, plan the science, the telemetry, the life support. The strength of materials is similar to real life as are the orbital mechanics. (Translation: things blow up and crash.) You design rocket engines, pick rocket fuels, design structures, calculate interplanetary trajectories and try to figure out how to land your vehicles on planets with and without atmospheres with all kinds of gravity.
Edge magazine's review said, "The magic of Kerbal Space Program is not just that it manages to be both a game and a simulation, a high-level educational tool and something that is fun to simply sit and tinker with. It's that, in combination, these qualities allow for a connection with real history and real human achievement... Its ultimate promise to the player is not that you'll crack a puzzle that has been set by a designer, but that you'll crack a puzzle set by reality."
https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/game/...e-program/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerbal_Space_Program
It's a computer game that's basically a very detailed physics engine, in which you design and fly spacecraft on various missions. You assemble the rockets, plan the science, the telemetry, the life support. The strength of materials is similar to real life as are the orbital mechanics. (Translation: things blow up and crash.) You design rocket engines, pick rocket fuels, design structures, calculate interplanetary trajectories and try to figure out how to land your vehicles on planets with and without atmospheres with all kinds of gravity.
Edge magazine's review said, "The magic of Kerbal Space Program is not just that it manages to be both a game and a simulation, a high-level educational tool and something that is fun to simply sit and tinker with. It's that, in combination, these qualities allow for a connection with real history and real human achievement... Its ultimate promise to the player is not that you'll crack a puzzle that has been set by a designer, but that you'll crack a puzzle set by reality."