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[WillowLuman]

18 year single launch grand tour with landings:

http://m.imgur.com/a/19USo

All hats off.

Game = beaten

[miauw62]

fps: 1-2
time to LKO: 7 min
time to LKO (actual): 30 min

Heh

[Oliolli]

...I'll just go land on Minmus...
...maybe practice orbital docking as well...

[Putnam]

Question: Is it possible to land on the Sun? This is assuming reality warping levels of save editing and such (turning off temperature preferably) of course.
               Or is the game fully hard-coded to splode' everything on contact with it no matter what?

http://i.imgur.com/bZ0oWut.jpg

[Girlinhat]

Question: Is it possible to land on the Sun? This is assuming reality warping levels of save editing and such (turning off temperature preferably) of course.
               Or is the game fully hard-coded to splode' everything on contact with it no matter what?

http://i.imgur.com/bZ0oWut.jpg

Goddammit Bill...

[Glloyd]

Question: Is it possible to land on the Sun? This is assuming reality warping levels of save editing and such (turning off temperature preferably) of course.
               Or is the game fully hard-coded to splode' everything on contact with it no matter what?

http://i.imgur.com/bZ0oWut.jpg

I love how they actually assigned a scientific value to a soil sample from the sun. Unless that's something you did.

[forsaken1111]

Question: Is it possible to land on the Sun? This is assuming reality warping levels of save editing and such (turning off temperature preferably) of course.
               Or is the game fully hard-coded to splode' everything on contact with it no matter what?

http://i.imgur.com/bZ0oWut.jpg

I love how they actually assigned a scientific value to a soil sample from the sun. Unless that's something you did.

I think thats just the base value for a soil sample and the sun has no multiplier. Most planets have a science multiplier for various types of experiment.

[Sensei]

The way science works, there are default values...

Anyway, that surprises me. I tried to land on Jool for shits and just went through the surface, exploding when I hit about -200 meters despite going 2 m/s with a bunch of parachutes.

[LordSlowpoke]

the sun was probably not really edited since what... its creation i guess? therefore that's doable. jool was designed with you being unable to land on it in mind.

[Vattic]

Not long landed a joint science and rescue mission on Duna. Heaviest lander yet and first rover. Just need to drive it 12km, get Jeb back, return to orbit, rendezvous + dock with the rocket in orbit, and get back to Kerbin. Fun .

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

That's heavy... I am in the process of doing the same procedure, but I'm betting on not having to use a rover, and made an ultralight lander I hope to get really close to Jeb... I also used aerospikes on mine, since they work better in atmosphere? Haven't tried yet, need to wait a few months on a good alignment...

Best of luck for your mission. I've not tried the aerospikes yet. I mostly took a rover for fun, but it might be essential with the distance. Might try and get a bit closer with the lander.

That is one nice looking lander!

Did they make it home?

Cheers. I had to go to bed just after I made the post so I won't know until I'm done with work.

@Vattic is that based on one of Scott Manley's designs? He made one that's mighty similar I believe.

It's not knowingly based on any specific design, but I've been watching a lot of his and other's videos and lurking on the KSP forums since the latest version which has greatly influenced my builds.

[BigD145]

Remember mechjeb folks: don't pick a ground target that is breakable when landing. It will land you on top of it!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The big kethane rig was there before. It was an easy landmark to aim for. Boom happened.

Pick somewhere a few minutes away.

[Eric Blank]

I wasn't aware Mechjeb could actually land effectively.

[jocan2003]

I wasn't aware Mechjeb could actually land effectively.

If started from a very low eccentricity orbit it can be VERY accurate up to a meter so yeah, act accordingly.

[Siquo]

Something's wrong with my mods. Mechjeb is lacking autopilots, KAS and Kethane stuff aren't showing up, only KW rocketry seems to be working...

[LoSboccacc]

May be a stupid question but is that a career save?

Mechjeb unlocks gradually now