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[Girlinhat]

The way I understand it: Ket is less than 1/10th the weight of fuel/oxi.

In other words, when you convert Kethane to Fuel/Oxidizer, you actually generate more mass.  If you carry X amount of fuel, then carrying X Equivalent Kethane would actually be a lighter load.

[tryrar]

SUCCESS!!!
Greetings from the Mun!


After many tries, I've finally landed Kerbals on the Mun! Next step is to Explore(re: mess around) for a bit, then take off, dock with my command ship, and return to Kerbin

[Girlinhat]

Unrelated, has anyone yet made their whole ship into a rover?  I want to see a massive crawler on the Mun.

[Dutchling]

How would you even get that on the Mun?

[Twi]

Unrelated, has anyone yet made their whole ship into a rover?  I want to see a massive crawler on the Mun.

How would you even get that on the Mun?

Docking, perhaps? Build it in segments etc etc

[Girlinhat]

How would you even get that on the Mun?

Asparagus and Mechjeb, most likely.

[Dutchling]

How would you even get that on the Mun?

Asparagus and Mechjeb, most likely.

Ah. With 'whole ship' I assume you meant it would be single stage or something.

[Girlinhat]

Oh, no.  It's just that people keep deploying rovers.  I want to see the whole ship be a single rover.

[Sirus]

How would you even get that on the Mun?

Asparagus and Mechjeb, most likely.

Asparagus = Mod?

[PanH]

I don't know how to land on the Mun other than crashing in it

[Dutchling]

Try Minmus first. The glaciers are perfectly flat and very easy to land on.

Also, F5 = quicksave, F9 = quickload.

You need those to land

[Putnam]

How would you even get that on the Mun?

Asparagus and Mechjeb, most likely.

Asparagus = Mod?

try searching "asparagus" in the thread

[Dutchling]

Or watch this: not porn

[Girlinhat]

How would you even get that on the Mun?

Asparagus and Mechjeb, most likely.

Asparagus = Mod?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1enUEy2lKYA

The individual 'dropping side-pairs' tend to look like stalks of asparagus as they shed, a thin engine with a large tank on top.  It's a way of adding more stages to a rocket, using the same fuel to go higher due to being able to shed mass more easily in low atmosphere.  You get high thrust early, but once you get into space you can ditch all your booster engines and end up with your core rocket still fully fueled.  It's a fantastic way of putting a completely fueled ship in orbit, minus the booster rockets.

[Dutchling]

It's how at least one of SpaceX rockets works, or is going to work.

Even since I use it rocket's are a lot easier to make.