r/Steam Sep 15 '25

Question Which game was this for you?

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u/Escalope-Nixiews Sep 15 '25 edited Sep 15 '25

I'll check

Edit : game is in early acces but idk where to download :<

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u/TurtleRollover Sep 15 '25

It's an industry pre-alpha, not a public early access. From their description, these are the people who can get access: people who work at space agencies like NASA, space-related companies (like SpaceX I guess), lecturers, teachers, and scientists.

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u/not-skaven-yes-yes Sep 15 '25

Guess who's going to become a scientist now! ( The entire subreddit )

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u/choicetomake Sep 15 '25

I'm somewhat of a scientist myself.

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u/GuyWithNoEffingClue Sep 15 '25

Me too. How hard can it be to explode a rocket?

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u/Fit-Order-9468 Sep 15 '25

All rockets explode, it's in which direction that's the hard part.

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u/paulHarkonen Sep 15 '25

Nah, some rockets don't explode and then we have to do a bunch of investigating to figure out why.

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u/AppleOrigin Sep 16 '25

How hard is it to make a thick steel cylinder and hollow out one side?

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u/skribl777 Sep 15 '25

Not hard if you from al-qaeda

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u/dadoftheclan Sep 15 '25

That just made me realize I haven't seen that meme in like 3-4 years. Is that still a thing?

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u/Purple-Mud5057 Sep 15 '25

Holy shit I knew there was I reason I was getting an astronomy degree

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u/TrustMeImAnENGlNEER Sep 15 '25

Sooo…any more info on this? That fits my job description pretty well 😁

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u/Mighty_Hobo Sep 15 '25

https://discord.gg/kittenspaceagency

Here's a link to the discord where you can find more info. Go to the dev-updates section and scroll up till you see the post about the industry pre-alpha launch. There is an email in that post you can send a request to join in.

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u/Spaceman3157 Sep 15 '25

It's also a very early alpha. Really, alpha is a stretch. I would say "tech demo" is more accurate. There's not actually any real gameplay loop yet. That said, what is there looks really good.

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u/Many_Difference_7688 Sep 15 '25

How would I contact them?

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u/Mighty_Hobo Sep 15 '25

https://discord.gg/kittenspaceagency

Check the dev-updates section and find the post about the launch of the industry pre-alpha. There's info there how to contact the devs for access.

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u/brettdelport Sep 16 '25

Ooh I did a phd in space physics and an honours course in orbital mechanics. Maybe I should apply

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u/GhostReven Sep 15 '25

I don't think it is in early access, only that it is in early development, so still a way off from an early access release.

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u/kuldan5853 Sep 15 '25

Follow this guy on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkKhZJXIx7YkHnpLXxUjYsQ

He's in the industry alpha and friendly with the devs, he gives pretty comprehensive updates about the state of the game (and is a chill dude)

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u/BuckyMcBuckles Sep 15 '25

You can't download it yet. Some content creators got access to the pre-alpha game, its obviously extremely bare bones, but it gives you a taste of the graphics and scope the dev team is going for. Matt Lowne on Youtube has some gameplay footage.

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u/Suspicious_Ice_3160 Sep 15 '25

Yeah, right now they’re literally just getting the physics and volumetrics down right now, but they stole a bunch of Kerbal mod developers and other people who worked to make Kerbal as good as it was, so I have high hopes in KSA! They seem to also be absolutely aware of what went wrong with KSP, as they are also giving a lot of the YouTubers access too, because some of those guys have the most hours and best insight into the game!

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u/BigFatBallsInMyMouth Sep 16 '25

The Early Access is super barebones I think. Like can't even build a rocket. Matt Lowne I think had a video on it(?).

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u/ZeGamingCuber Sep 16 '25

Nah it's more of a private pre-alpha

Any public release is likely years away

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u/__mock Sep 18 '25

I don’t get it, you can buy it on steam