Kanthes

I can just imagine your mum going:

Kerily? Kerily, what are you doing with the dog bowl.. Kerily!?

I bet it doesn't help that professional players are often young adults without a lot of life experience. I guess the same goes for sports too!

NOW, NOW THEY FEEL OUR PAIN, MY EUROPEAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS!

Thank you for the reply! The program is far from completely realistic from what I've gathered, but I have already learned so much about space travel from it. The whole concept that performing a burn in space isn't as much about changing where you are, but changing where you will be is absolutely fascinating to me, and it's gotten me to think lots about how it actually works in real life.

Last I heard, there are thoughts on bringing an educational version of the game into classrooms, as a entertaining way of bringing space-travel into the schools. What are your thoughts on it? Is it a positive thing, creating more interest, or is it a negative thing as it's not as realistic as textbooks?

Do you, or anyone in your team play Kerbal Space Program? What are your thoughts on the game and how it affects interest in orbital mechanics and space-travel?