Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[BigD145]

There's a lighting mod, I just forget what it's called... It makes nights brighter with a key press.

[Djohaal]

While our kerbscientists figure out how to make the urist lifter bigger, here's a secondary mission I ran.

Selene III

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Launched with the Urist I lifter, this probe aimed to do an altimetry study of the mun.





End of the gravity turn, the mun is right in our sights.



Circularization burn.



Transfer window.



Arrival at the mun.



The probe after lifter segment detached.



That is no.. oh wait it is the mun.



Fully deployed probe



Scanning projection on the surface.



A few days later, fully scanned munar altimetry, although we missed the caps.

Not pictured here was also the fact we scanned the entire mun for kethane too.

Shortly after the mission, a new discovery shook the astronomical community. What was previously thought to be a smudge in the telescope lenses, turned out to be a whole new moon that orbits kerbin. The discovery of Minmus opened new potential for space exploration.

A probe mission - Minmus I was deployed.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The probe with the moon behind it, apparently it is tiny. And green. Kerbin scientists are almost sure it is made of pistachio ice cream.



The orbit path and scanned hexes.



Altimetry data.



The possibility of unlimited supplies of pistachio ice cream spurred up investment, and a space habitat and training compound was assembled. - This showcases the "pre-welded" parts from station science. Clockwise from top-right we have the cyclotron, critter bay and reserach lab itself. -


 
Say hello to our two new recruits, GreatWyrmGold and Froggy Ninja Kerman! They were voluntarily chosen to be the first kerbals to step on minmus!



Another picture of training. Apparently the hardest part is learning to not open the "Space" hatch when in orbit. A combination of snack rations and electroshocks however ensured all kerbals have learned the safety procedures to not accidentally decompress the modules.



Here's the prototype minmus lander.

Stay tuned for the result of the minmal mission!

[Djohaal]

Pistachio Program, flight I

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The new and improved Urist III heavy lifter features 3 heavy 2.5m engines coupled with fuel tanks and two heavy boosters placed on a cross pattern. It should be enough to get our brave Kosmonauts into space, for the great mystery of the giant pistachio ball awaits.



Gravity turn.


In orbit, with the protective shroud removed. The "Radish-XL"  lander can be seen as we perform the first Hohmann burn.



The wait and approach with minmus was the most tense moments. Our Kosmonauts firmly beleived that minmus was only a splotch in the lander viewport.



View of the minmus approach.



While in orbit, our brave kerbals made the most astonishing discovery.



Their surprise after finding out minmus DID exist.



Landing approach.



Steeady.



The Radish has landed!



First report after landing.



As Froggy Ninja left the hatch, his first words while setting foot on the new moon were: "ICE CREAM!"



A small step for a kerbal, a giant leap for all kerbkind.



Doesn't seem very appetizing.



Obligatory mission flag being plopped at the site.



Zoomed-out view of our landing site, the lander is a tiny pixel in the ridge. I really love the sense of scale KSP terrain gives

Shortly after our kerbonauts got busy doing !!science!!



Seems compatible with minmus being made of ice cream.



The mystery goo also seems to think minmus is tasty.



Sadly however our built-in laser spectrometer says otherwise. No absorption bands for pistachios or milk.




After collecting many samples our Kosmonauts packed their things and detached the Radish.



Departure shot.



Minmus orbital burn, those flat engines are really handy for making compact landers.



Home sweet home.



The return module of the Radish detaches, the lower part of the lander contained life support supplies and fuel for the trip back home.



Re-entry at last.



After twelve days in the depths of space, our kosmonauts sure seem relieved to have made it back.

All in all the mission yielded some 490 science. Now I am faced with a fork. Should I invest in more missions to minmus for more science, or should I attempt to ressurect the fiasco space station program?

Suggestions?

[GreatWyrmGold]

Froggy owes me $20 twice over. Sadly, money is not implemented yet.

I'd be interested in both knowing where you got some of those systems (like the flat engines and the semi-conical life support) and trying to resurrect the space station.

[Djohaal]

The semi-conical life suport is not a life-support per se, it's just the lower half of the radish crew module. It's part of homegrown rocket parts. The flat rocket is part of near future propulsion mod.

Broccoli II

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

To save on payload, and also because of risks, Broccoli II was launched uncrewed.



Urist III lifter.



In orbit, with panels deployed. Service module is doing final burns for a stable orbit at 194km.



Decoupled from service module.

To haul the crew up (and back) from the new station, a new small crew launcher design, the Koyuz, has been proposed. It is under early testing. With a capacity of 3 kerbals, it'll greatly ease the transit of research crews to Broccoli II.



Parachute test.

[Djohaal]

Koyuz I

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Employing a slightly modfied Urist I launcher, Euchrejack, jeb and bob made it to orbit.



Circularization burn



Koyuz fully deployed.



Rendevous



Steady...



Properly docked and operational with Broccoli II.



After a few weeks in orbit the first fruits of our kerbonauts science efforts. They stayed in orbit for 15 days, as supplies allowed, then headed back to kerbin.



Decoupling the return module of the Koyuz.



Glorious re-entry.



Safely at sea.

[Rabid_Cog]

PTW

And posting so Djohaal feels less guilty about triple posting.

I'm seeing mods here that I have never really seen in action, its pretty cool.

[Aseaheru]

Shoving this in, and those images look good...

[Djohaal]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Super fun time I and II

So I decided to add some propellers to a stayputnik.



IT FLIES!!



And lands. Reasonably well even.



The next logical step. SCIENCECOPTER!



Flawless landing.

Argos I - Aka let's probe that purple splotch.



Featuring the new, ultraheavy Urist III-b launcher.



The second-stage boosters really add delta-V to this baby!



Another glamour shot because these new particle effects rock.



The fully deployed service module burning its way into eve.



Eve arrival



Solar panel deployment on the Argos probe.



The new multispectral scanner seeing all that there is to be seen.



Scanning pattern that our 90-degree orbit performed. Eve has a much slower rotational period than kerbin.



The x100 kethane scanning pattern looks cute too.

Total science: 400 delicious sciences!

Kubble Space telescope



Deployed using another Urist III-b the fully serviceable kubble space telescope will bring kerbal astronomy to new heights.



Another Koyuz being lifted to service the new telescope and install the final elements. Our three brave kerbonauts this time:



PirateKitty, EuchreJack and GreatWrymGold!



Rendevous.



Safely berthed.



PirateKitty doing the EVA mission. Don't mind the fact he accidentally tore apart the solar panels.



Inside the Kubble, installing the final modules.



The MK I processor in place, alongside several one-use experiment modules!



Departure...



The first calibration image was aimed at the surface of kerbin.



Not long after, our kerbscientists decided to aim for more ambitious targets, such as the Jool munar system.



So apparently Jool and watermelons are quite alike.

And that's all for tonight! If you are wondering, this awesome telescope comes from the CactEye mod. Google it up! 

[Djohaal]

Last attempt.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Munar lander.



Munar lander in-transit. Crew: EuchreJack, Greatwrym and PirateKitty Kerman.



Small step for a kerbal.



WHERE IS MY CHEESE?!



Return can in orbit. Yes it made it.



Service and command modules ready for return to kerbin.



Slightly phallic shipment.



Deep Kerbal 9 space !!science!! station.



"The City" advanced nuclear-powered helicopter probe for eve exploration.



The city's lifter was affectionately nicknamed "Tweety"



the probe's service module employs a highly advanced lensed hall thruster array for mobility. Over 5k DV on this baby! It currently sits in extra-kerbal orbit awaiting for a transfer window to eve.



Some new science from Kubble.

Currently i'm starting work on a minmus base, now things will get interesting!

[GreatWyrmGold]

I got to the Mun! One more mark off my "Places to go before I die," including places like "the Leaning Tower of Kiza," "Laythe's first colony," and "with our luck, the inside of an exploding rocket".

On that note, would it be practical at this point to send a probe of some sort to Joolian SoI, ideally also crossing Laythian influence at some point?

[Djohaal]

While our probes await a transfer window I got busy deploying a minmus base. Some pics.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Base so far.



Acute part shrinkage sydrome. (APSS)

Thanks to APSS bug, a total of THREE towers of power randomly shot into orbit due to noclip after reload, until I figured it was KW rocketry's fault. And I'm not bothering naming my missions anymore as interest on this thread is dim. 

[Iituem]

Actually, I'm watching this thread a lot, I just haven't commented. 

[QuakeIV]

Same.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I'm watching and commenting on everything I see. Who got sent to the Minmus base?