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I've begun reading the Bible. I don't own my own so I'm reading those provided by the house I'm staying at, which are in contemporary English. I've only read the Bible very briefly previous times, but I honestly miss the more difficult language. Having all the context and references to past passages explained by footnotes, it's not like the story makes any more or less sense to me as a linear story.

So far, what I've gotten from it is that Jacob did wrong and made out like a bandit because God liked him better than Esau for some reason, and the women introduced thus far are generally catty or otherwise make life miserable for the families they're introduced to. I'm up to Genesis 37 so far.

Is there something I'm missing in locations being named after people, or vice-versa? Practically any time anybody is born it mentions that the name sounds like some Hebrew word, is something similar happening with people and place names?

Fuel is very heavy. Besides the cockpit and other crew areas, fuel is easily the heaviest part of any vehicle in stock KSP. For planes, adding fuel is often a losing game unless you also add a bigger engine or more engines, which means more fuel tanks due to the way parts are attached, so on.

I made it to the north pole of Kerbin and back with just two mk1 fuel tanks and the "Wheelsey" engine, got back with around 3/4ths of my fuel left over. I'm curious how far you were trying to fly if you needed more fuel than that.

The very first cockpit has a strong enough reaction wheel to keep most small rockets straight. I just turn on SAS and let the game keep the rocket straight for me. As soon as I researched vectoring engines there was basically no reason to use solid rocket boosters ever again, and I haven't had a rocket tip over since. Aerodynamics are tricky, especially as you lose stages and fuel (thus changing the center of mass) so unless you actually want your rocket to stay in the atmosphere for a long time I wouldn't bother.

Airplanes are harder than rockets but not that hard. The main thing is having enough wing area, having large enough control surfaces, and keeping the center of lift just barely behind the center of mass.

I only suggest this because it sounds like you haven't, but I recommend just looking up a guide instead of directly asking people. I wouldn't have gotten anywhere without a bunch of diagrams and videos explaining how to make things.

Even with a rocket weighted to be heavier on the bottom,

If the center of mass is close to the center of thrust (i.e. where the engines are) then that just makes it more unstable in flight. If it tips over even a tiny bit, the thrust from the engine will put a lot of torque onto the center of mass, causing it to tip and somersault out of control.

I mean, random turning on the runway is still an issue, but landing works just fine now. I haven't tested extensively, but wheels have only given me issues when driving a car with physics warp on.

How fast were you going? Sounds like you were going too fast for the landing gear to handle the impact force. You should also be slightly pitched up when you make contact with the ground instead of flat, so as to not overstress the forward wheel(s) or even flip forward over them.

I wasn't looking at the moment of impact, but I'm guessing it was between 100 and 200 meters per second. Also, using the very cheapest tier 1 plane parts, so the landing gear wasn't that great.

Collosal entertainment failures really have an "it's the journey, not the destination" thing about them. I don't care enough about Cats to ever watch it unless somebody else is paying, but man am I gladdened for what a funny story it's made.

Edit: Just kidding, it's still playing so I want to see it tomorrow. I hope my theater still has the unfinished cut.

I think I'm a bit depressed

If it makes you feel any better, your info, PMs and advice have helped me feel a lot better throughout my treatment. I don't fully understand your troubles with finding a job just because I don't know your story, but you're still helping at least one person even if you're not doing traditional doctoring.

I'm tired of smokers in my life whining about the inconveniences of their habit. You wanted to look cool or fit in or whatever you thought smoking would get you. Nobody else wants to breathe in your money wasting, so either quit or nut up and stand 10 feet from the entrance like a considerate adult.