Recently stumbled over this indie game about developing a space ship to "direct" three "astronauts" of Kerbal nationality (game nationality basically).
You build your own spacecraft with some limited tools, but there are already some user files that other people have created for the game. Additionally, as it is an alpha release, there is a lot of development happening to it, as it has just reached 0.8.5 version number.
Additionally... who doesn't like SPACE EXPLOSIONS?!
Apart from creating your own spacecraft (in a limited way) and flying it with three green men in it, it is interesting game to experiment with how gravity can work in space. For example, why NASA and other space agencies always slingshot around planets and the speed vs. strength of gravity problem.
The website to download the program is as follows: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/
Post your results of your spacecraft and see if you can make it go around the fantasy world! I would post up pictures, but I first need to figure that out (for now)
You build your own spacecraft with some limited tools, but there are already some user files that other people have created for the game. Additionally, as it is an alpha release, there is a lot of development happening to it, as it has just reached 0.8.5 version number.
Additionally... who doesn't like SPACE EXPLOSIONS?!
Apart from creating your own spacecraft (in a limited way) and flying it with three green men in it, it is interesting game to experiment with how gravity can work in space. For example, why NASA and other space agencies always slingshot around planets and the speed vs. strength of gravity problem.
The website to download the program is as follows: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/
Post your results of your spacecraft and see if you can make it go around the fantasy world! I would post up pictures, but I first need to figure that out (for now)