UNITY PROJECT ROUND-UP

KSP has been celebrating the success of their first manned space-program; the Unity project. What is perhaps the most amazing feat of the entire chapter is the zero-death count - not one Kerbal was lost during the dawn of Kerbal space flight. That's not to say there were no near-misses. Jeb's capsule was nearly destroyed during the first attempt of a manned re-entry. And Bob Kerman almost didn't come home after his capsule ran dangerously low on fuel. But what counts is that every single Kerbal sent up beyond our atmosphere made it back home safely.

That was largely thanks to the rigorous testing of all the launch vehicles before they were cleared safe for Kerbal flight.

'Unless we were one-hundred and ten percent sure that these things would work correctly, we didn't even consider making them Kerbal safe,' said Gene Kerman. 'Some vehicles, like the Falcon rocket, were more of a case of a correct ascent over fears of rocket safety. That's to say, the rocket was always going to work as long is it went up into the air correctly. A slight over-pitch would cause the whole damn thing to tumble. It can be that delicate. I just gotta say that it's a good job budgets are not a great concern at the moment.'

Below is a round-up of all the Unity flights. It is still unsure what will happen to Unity Twenty-Five, but we are informed that it will be made as a monument to the success of this project and put on display at the Space Center.

In total, four variants of launch vehicles were used for the project. The Sprite and Falcon were derivatives of the initial rocket development projects. However, the Osprey was an entirely new concept developed at the KSC and will (probably) forever be the most powerful rocket built by the KSP. During the mid-phase of the manned Unity vehicles, a contract was made with KW Rocketry to continue the rocket development. The Arke was the initial release and fell into the same class as the Osprey, although it was a little more powerful.

From top to bottom the Launch-Vehicles are as follows: 

Sprite, Falcon, Osprey and Arke 

And so Project Unity has drawn to a close. Jebediah, Bill, Bob, Charlie, Tomdun and Lanmore have paved the way for future Space Travel, proving that anything is possible. Every test required to demonstrate a successful Mun landing has been carried out with flying colours.

The initial photograph of the crew next to the Unity spacecraft

Rest easy, astronauts. For the real test is about to begin...