Kerbal Space Race

Boldly going where no Kerbal has Gone before

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We are very happy to announce to ze people of Kelpogart ze success of our first Intercontinental launch trajectory. Ze brave Kerbal, Bill Kerman has almost successfully circumnavigated the globe in the brave ship Notus Mk.1.0.

Ze ship shined on the launchpad with its new Side-Mounted Solid Rocket Boosters, credit of mein own Dachlandian ingenuity.

As you can see, ze SRBs worked magnificently, propelling the craft upwards.

After ein short trip, ze craft reached ze lower atmosphere, perhaps a bit earlier than expected, over ze Kermmunist nation of Gerin. 

Brave Bill Kerman marks the historic landing site by planting a Kelpogartian flag straight into the sand of Gerin's eastern desert. I hope zhey will mind too much.

-Wernher von Kerman

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On behalf of the KERBAL Tech program as a whole, I'd like to introduce our senior executive scientist, Dr. Wernher von Kerman. Some of you may recognize his name from the trials of Dachlandian War Prisoners. He has graciously offered his services to KERBAL Tech, and Kelpogart, in a move completely unrelated to the previous announcement, has dropped all charges against him.

I look forward to seeing what Dr. von Kerman has in store for our program.

-President Kerman

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Sitting proudly on the launchpad, crafted out of the finest spare rocket parts, leftovers from the Great War, The Aeolus Mk.1.0 awaits launch. As does the eager Jebediah Kerman inside, eager to attempt reaching the upper atmosphere of Kerbin. Taking with him only a clipboard and a camera, Jebediah's mission is to research for the progression of KERBAL-Tech.

As the rocket lifts off, the team of scientists back in the lab cheer with relief that nothing has yet exploded that was not intended to.

Despite the repeated warnings and orders not to exit the craft by Mission Control, Jebediah insists on a need to stretch his legs in the momentary weightlessness as the craft reaches apoapsis in Kerbin's upper atmosphere.

The Aeolus deploys its chute, and is once more captured in photograph by the KERBAL-Tech Observatory in the mountains near the launch site.

Upon landing in the mountains, Jebediah Kerman uses his camera, designated for research use only, to snap an iconic selfie, before the crews arrive to bring the craft home.

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Here President Kerman signs the historic document forming KERBAL Tech, a Aeronautical research group run by the countries of The United Federal Democratic People's Kingdom of Omark and Kelpogart. 

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