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Scott Manley

Astrophysicist and space YouTuber

How we know it's theirs

The 2013 r/KerbalSpaceProgram AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 99 posts and 1479 comments from u/illectro, dated 2012 to 2024, most often in r/KerbalSpaceProgram, r/starcitizen and r/ScottManley.

Best moment

A redditor posted in r/EliteDangerous

"Hello" is a banned word because it contains "Hell", which is banned for no apparent reason either. The word filter is a ridiculous idea.

u/illectro replied

That's why I say 'Hullo!' Because nobody would ever ban Hull

More moments

A redditor posted in r/KerbalSpaceProgram

Open Letter to Scott Manley

So, I decided I would write a little internet letter to u/illectro , and I figured I would share it with you all ^_^ Dear Scott (u/illectro), Your videos are some of the greatest KSP videos I have ever seen, even considering that Kurt got me into KSP when I browsed his playlists…

u/illectro replied

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When I started playing KSP I had it in my mind that manually flying a rocket into orbit was probably beyond the skills of a human without computer assistance, KSP surprised me by showing that it is a learnable skill. I thought that Rendezvous, docking and landing were all the kinds of things that astronauts needed to train for years to manage, I never expected to be able to figure them out and do them on a daily basis.

And amazingly so do many of you, some of you might have got some help from me, or some of the other great tutorials, but in truth you are all doing this on your own. You're all amazing, able to do things that I once thought were in the realm of autopilots and superhuman pilots.

So thanks to everyone that plays KSP - Fly safe.

(even if you think I'm overrated, I don't mind I grew up in Scotland, I have a very thick skin.)

Excerpt

A redditor posted in r/KerbalSpaceProgram

So I was playing around with HyperEdit and I accidentally the Sun...

u/illectro replied

When the Mun comes between the Sun and Kerbin we get a solar eclipse, when Kerbin is between the Sun and the Mun we (should) get a munar eclipse, When the Sun is between Kerbin and the Mun we get the Apocalpyse.