Boosters and Spacetape - A Kerbal Space Program Podcast

We've hit a crossroad. We came back to celebrate KSP2, but it's not quite there yet. Maybe we jumped on the bandwagon too quickly. Maybe we're too long in the tooth to report on another development of a game. Or maybe we need to focus a little less on just KSP. We discuss our feelings about the show as it stands currently and ask for some feedback on where we go from here. 0:07:58 - Critics critiquing... again 0:27:40 - Unannounced hiatus 0:35:53 - The Proposal 0:47:27 - Mator and the outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda www.davidd.photography/ BST Social Links: Twitter (https://twitter.com/bspacetape) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape) Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

As promised, we took an opportunity to look back on KSP1 and share our memories and experiences throughout Kerbal Space Program's initial development. We reminisce about the early days of KSP1's first release, our KSPTV experiences and our early hopes during KSP's beta builds. 0:05:10 - Personal Progress 0:17:24 - Kerbal Space Program 1:13:55 - That's not science, Digi! and Outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Music also by Paolo Encarnacion - soundcloud.com/bahamutod/ksp-metal-theme-song-extended Special mention - Felipe Falanghe and Floating Point Studios: www.floatingoriginstudios.com Balsa Promo - www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qj8wNqBLMM&t=112s Host Links: www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda www.davidd.photography/ BST Social Links: Twitter (https://twitter.com/bspacetape) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape) Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

In this episode Digi, Mator and Aki discuss the upcoming KSP2 Science Mode update and what we believe to expect. Aki mentions the OSIRIS-Rex mission extension that will see it become OSIRIS-APEX and Digi does not dissapoint with his not-science questions. Aki also carries on the running A.I. theme with an Olive Garden commercial. 0:08:03 - Personal Progress 0:18:58 - Kerbal Space Program 0:59:17 - Real Space 1:15:31 - That's not science, Digi! 1:22:35 - Outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda www.davidd.photography/ BST Social Links: Twitter (https://twitter.com/bspacetape) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape) Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com Olive Garden credit: www.soundbox.la Digi's craft files: TBA

Digi returns after a period of time away so Mator and Aki catch him up on recent discussions. TheReadPanda is absent for this recording. We discuss the recent KSP2 v0.1.3 update as well as the seemingly contraversial 20% discount that is currently on offer for the game. Mator manages to view three rocket launches on one trip and we wonder the future of private ventures after the news of the Titan sub. We end on a high note with Digi's not-so-science science. 0:01:26 - Personal Progress 0:25:03 - Kerbal Space Program 1:00:40 - Real Space 1:19:41 - That's not science, Digi! 1:26:31 - Outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda www.davidd.photography/ BST Social Links: Twitter (https://twitter.com/bspacetape) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape) Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com Other music used in this episode: Harold Faltmeyer - Top Gun Anthem Our Tune - Romeo and Juliet Happy Kids - AShamaluevMusic

Digi is away for this episode, but Kofeyh returns to fill the space. We have a deep discussion about the different ways early access was handled by Kerbal Space Program and Kerbal Space Program 2. Mator covers the latest rocket launches and Moon lander progress in our Real Space section, and we also return to Artificial Intelligence and how it's used in modern astronomy. 0:03:02 - Personal Progress 0:18:28 - Kerbal Space Program 1:02:02 - Real Space 1:13:14 - Sudo Read-Ed (Artificial Intelligence) 1:23:14 - Outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda BST Social Links: Twitter (https://twitter.com/bspacetape) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape) Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

While TheReadPanda is away we drag Kofeyh back into the podcast to talk about his experience with Kerbal Space Program 2. We also discuss Nate's post about the issues with announcements and the backlash from the community. In our Real Space section we take ourselves back to 2016 when Aki, Digi, Kofeyh and Newbius Maximus went on a trip to Esperance to see the Skylab Wreckage. And, as always, we are left with heads-in-hands after Digi runs through his not-so-science questions. 0:03:32 - Personal Progress 0:18:37 - Kerbal Space Program 0:52:33 - Real Space 1:09:46 - Kofeyh and the Kommunity 1:38:03 - That's Not Science, Digi! 1:45:32 - Outros Episode Links: 1. Dev Update - https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/217382-parts-and-circumstance/ 2. Esperance Museum - Skylab Remains: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/skylabs-remains 3. Nullarbor Plain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullarbor_Plain Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda BST Social Links: Twitter (https://twitter.com/bspacetape) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape) Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

Digi is away to celebrate Mother’s Day, leaving Mator, TheReadPanda and Aki to run the show. Despite the lack of interruptions and questionable science, the episode still runs on as usual. We end up discussing the KSP1 mod Kerbal Environmental Institute and the differences between Career and Science modes. We cover some more upcoming features of the next KSP2 patch. Mator brings up the Fomalhaut asteroid belt and Read brings some good news about the Voyager space probes. During Read-Ed, we digress off onto a big tangent about Artificial Intelligence. 0:03:10 - Personal Progress 0:15:41 - Kerbal Space Program 0:38:57 - Real Space 0:54:29 - Read-Ed 1:06:14 - Outros Episode Links: 1. Kerbal Environmental Institute (https://spacedock.info/mod/834/KEI) 2. KSP2 Science Update (https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/217158-a-taste-of-science/) 3. Fomalhaut's Asteroids (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/webb-looks-for-fomalhaut-s-asteroid-belt-and-finds-much-more) Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda BST Social Links: Twitter (https://twitter.com/bspacetape) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape) Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

All four hosts are back together again. Aki compares the frame rates of Kerbal Space Program 2 v0.1.2.0 between two PCs that are 10 years apart in age with interesting results. Matoro covers his media experiences with the Starship launch and his interview with Victor Glover, the pilot of Artemis 2. TheReadPanda brings an interesting discussion about the Moon lander contract for Artemis 3. Digi, of course, brings his own science to the show. 0:02:49 - Personal Progress 0:18:13 - Kerbal Space Program 0:37:39 - Real Space 1:02:54 - Read-Ed 1:21:47 - That's Not Science, Digi! 1:27:15 - Outros Episode Links: Matoro's Starship Launch GIF (https://twitter.com/DavidJDPhotos/status/1650637919470714882) Matoro's Starship Money-shot (https://twitter.com/DavidJDPhotos/status/1649869628896604160) Starship Launch - concrete chunks (https://youtu.be/ZDn_p-7kUYM) Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda BST Social Links: Twitter (https://twitter.com/bspacetape) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape) Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

Mator is away for the Starship launch, leaving Digi to run the show. We cover Patch 2 of Kerbal Space Program 2 (v0.1.2.0) and realise some parallels between the development of KSP1 and KSP2. TheReadPanda brings us down to Earth with a reality check on the future of space-faring propulsion methods. Digi leaves us checking our own reality with his (not so) sciency questions. 0:04:58 - Personal Progress 0:17:06 - Kerbal Space Program 0:51:50 - Real Space 1:09:46 - Read-Ed 1:24:42 - That's Not Science, Digi! 1:28:47 - Outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda BST Social Links: Twitter Facebook Instagram Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

Aki returns for this episode and makes an apology for the previous stalling of the podcast. He also explains how the new format of the show will be from now onwards. CKAN for Kerbal Space Program is given some hype and we discuss some of the more unusual experiences with KSP2. The Real-Space sections goes wayword with some future ideas for the International Space Station and Mator announces some rather big news regarding Artemis 2. Because the recording happens to fall on April Fools, Digi actually tries to deliver some real science... 0:04:47 - Aki's apology 0:14:11 - Personal Progress 0:25:34 - Digi's KSP2 Rover Woes 0:28:03 - Kerbal Space Program 0:48:20 - Real Space 1:16:36 - That's Science, Digi! 1:24:01 - Outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda www.twitch.tv/matoro Social Links: https://twitter.com/bspacetape https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

With Aki and Read absent, Mator and Digi are joined by a guest: LinuxGuruGamer (The Mod Father!), who is a prolific modder, mod saviour and mod janitor of Kerbal Space Program. Linux talks through what it means to be a mod-maker/mod-maintainer. The hosts also discuss the very welcomed KSP2 0.1.1.0 patch. 0:05:00 - Personal Progress 0:18:46 - Kerbal Space Program 0:39:19 - Real Space 0:51:42 - Guest Spotlight 1:29:25 - That's Not Science, Digi! 1:36:44 - Outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/linuxgurugamer Social Links: https://twitter.com/bspacetape https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

Mator, Digi and Read run through their thoughts on KSP2 after the Early-Access release. This is the first episode where Aki is absent from the team, but does not escape the editing. Read offers concerns over what the Starlink project might mean for the future of outer-space while Digi brings in a new section to the show... 'That's not science, Digi!'. Finally, Mator announces some future changes to the show as all four hosts try to find a way to form a recording routine. 0:03:45 - Personal Progress 0:11:50 - Kerbal Space Program 0:40:00 - Real Space 0:47:57 - Read-Ed 1:05:34 - That's Not Science, Digi! 1:11:11 - Outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda www.twitch.tv/matoro Social Links: https://twitter.com/bspacetape https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

The team is finally back together to talk about KSP2 after 2 years of being away from the microphones. Early Access is about to drop and we wanted to talk about what we know so far, and what we hope to see in the release. We also share our fondest memories of KSP1 in this special off-line episode. 0:05:00 - Personal Progress 0:25:36 - Kerbal Space Program 0:57:40 - KSP2 0:40:00 - Real Space 1:42:51 - Read-Ed 1:54:15 - Dad Jokes with Digi! 1:57:27 - Outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/digitalpsychosis Social Links: https://twitter.com/bspacetape https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

Only Mator and Aki are present for this show. Read was feeling under the weather and Digi was unable to attend a mid-week recording. But we could not delay the episode any longer as it was our last chance to record in the year 2020. We discuss what the the Kerbal Space Program 1.11 update will bring and share our excitement for this release. KSP2 is delayed until 2022 and we share our thoughts on that as well as the most recent Dev Diary from Intercept Games. Mator shares his experience with the most recent rocket launches and who will be the first members to walk on the moon. Aki discusses the sad news of the Arecibo Observatory collapse. 0:08:13 - Personal progress 0:22:41 - Kerbal Space Program 0:46:48 - KSP2 1:05:04 - Real Space 1:31:53 - Outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/digitalpsychosis Social Links: https://twitter.com/bspacetape https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

Kerbal Space Program celebrates 9 years in the making and we look at some of the facts Squad shared since releasing Kerbals into our care. Our overview of KSP2 news covers the way Kerbals will look and behave when the second version of this great game is released. Mator covers off some of the recent Space-X launches (and some that didn't launch!), which sends Digi and Aki off onto a rather stranger tangent... 0:07:01 - Personal progress 0:34:05 - Kerbal Space Program 0:48:29 - KSP2 1:10:36 - Real Space 1:32:13 - Outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/digitalpsychosis Social Links: https://twitter.com/bspacetape https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

An episode is squeezed out just before Aki returns to the UK and it seems the pandemic hasn't caused a lack of news for both Kerbal Space Program and KSP2 this time. Version 1.10 drops for KSP and we go over the new features while the KSP2 slot is taken up with an inevitable discussion about the new Intercept Games studio. Mator runs through the Crew Dragon Demo-2 launch in our real-space segment while Aki get the other hosts to guess the RPM of the fastest known spinning object. A community questions has us discussing which launch/mission in history we would like to be a part of. 0:05:05 - Personal progress 0:17:13 - Kerbal Space Program 0:49:01 - KSP2 1:01:20 - Real Space 1:28:14 - Community Questions 1:37:40 - Outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/digitalpsychosis Social Links: https://twitter.com/bspacetape https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape Contact: boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

We decided to leave the record button on after closing out the KSP content and this is the result. Our after-parties leave us discussing non-KSP related general gaming news and other material (including crock-pots!). Topics covered are the new pricing for Twitch in Australia, Steam Licencing, Fallout 4 Creation Club headaches, a streamers culinary best friend, and current and wishful game remakes! Warning - this episode contains strong language!

The pandemic continues to hinder our sanity as well as the release of fresh information, so we return to the Making History expansion for an overview of what the DLC provides. We discuss some things we'd like to see in KSP2 before moving on to our first listener email since relaunching the show. The Real Solar System mod is discussed as a result, and we also cover some communication mods that we've been using in recent play-through's of Kerbal Space Program. We revisit some questions from the last episode in the real-space section and The Read Panda brings the Theia Theory, which covers the most popular idea on the formation of the Moon, to his Space History Corner. 0:06:54 - Personal progress 0:25:24 - Kerbal Space Program 0:44:11 - KSP2 0:56:10 - Community Spotlight 1:20:52 - Real Space 1:44:41 - Outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/digitalpsychosis Social Links: https://twitter.com/bspacetape https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

Perhaps our most wayward episode with the longest intro to date! We get immensely side-tracked during our intro segment, but it should still be good entertainment. We’ll blame the lack of new KSP contact, thanks to the current pandemic. Skip the first 30 minutes if all you want is Kerbal Space Program news. Although not much has happened for KSP 1 or 2 in recent times, we still have a good go at discussing some of the past and upcoming features. We cover off on what update 1.8 ‘Moar Boosters!’ brought us for Kerbal Space Program and we also talk about our thoughts on the latest KSP2 dev update. In real-space we spin some facts on the Mars Helicopter while celebrating NASA bringing back the ‘Worm Logo’. TheReadPanda talks about the space-stations that ‘never were’ in his History Corner. 0:03:37 - Personal progress 0:33:00 - Kerbal Space Program 0:41:37 - KSP2 0:58:08 - Real Space 1:35:51 - Outros Music was created by Popskyy - www.popskyy.bandcamp.com Host Links: www.twitch.tv/thereadpanda www.twitch.tv/matoro www.twitch.tv/digitalpsychosis Social Links: https://twitter.com/bspacetape https://www.facebook.com/bspacetape https://www.instagram.com/boostersandspacetape boostersandspacetape@gmail.com

Perhaps our most wayward episode with the longest intro to date! We get immensely side-tracked during our intro segment, but it should still be good entertainment. We’ll blame the lack of new KSP contact, thanks to the current pandemic. Skip the first 30 minutes if all you want is Kerbal Space Program news. Although not much has happened for KSP 1 or 2 in recent times, we still have a good go at discussing some of the past and upcoming features. We cover off on what update 1.8 ‘Moar...