What does Kerbal Space Program teach you?

In Kerbal Space Program, students set goals, build rockets, evaluate mission results, change designs, and try again. Students learn that small differences like this mean greater fuel efficiency and the difference between reaching mission goals or crashing and burning.

How accurate is KSP?

The orbit simulation is quite accurate, including how to change inclination, raise/lower orbits, leave a planet, and approach a new planet. The staging is somewhat accurate. The use of fuel, acceleration, mass, etc. are pretty accurate.

Why can’t we talk about the science of Lagrange points in Ksp?

Of course you can’t talk about the science of Lagrange points and halo orbits in KSP because it is based on patched-conics and 2-body orbits as lamented in: Are patched conics (and by induction, KSP) “useless” for simulating ion propulsion?

How accurate is the Kerbal Space Program simulation?

Kerbal Space Program is somewhat of a medium fidelity simulation. It manages a few things quite well, and a few things not as well. Let me try and give a list (which might be a bit out of date): The orbit simulation is quite accurate, including how to change inclination, raise/lower orbits, leave a planet, and approach a new planet.

What are death spirals in Ksp?

Death spirals or “dances of death” refer to a pair of stars that orbit so close that tidal forces will slowly rob them of orbital energy, causing a slow but inevitable path to a merger, often with spectacular consequences. On the scale of KSP gameplay time though, they would appear in a close but stable orbit.

What is the best space flight simulation game?

Kerbal Space Program is an independent spaceflight simulation game, which has become quickly popular due to being (kind of) precise at simulating actual spaceflights. But how precisely?