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[puke]

What would happen if you brought another Kerbonaut and took the craft back?

Would you be able to recover the SCIENCE?

I believe so, I'm sending up a two-seater now, with the intention of flying back both ships.  I suspect Jeb will respawn?  Or does that not occur in career mode?

[Descan]

The three Immortals (Bob, Bill, Jeb) are respawning in Careering mode, da.

[puke]

What would happen if you brought another Kerbonaut and took the craft back?

Would you be able to recover the SCIENCE?

Yes, so... did just that.  Brought a heavier two seater to minimus, and stocked this one with four labs and 8 goo containers.  Brought an extra pilot, and flew both ships back to Kerbin.

Was pretty pleased as they were both racing back on slightly different trajectories.  Landed the larger rescue craft.

Original ship with my replacement pilot explodes when it hits the atmosphere under time acceleration.  F***

[Carnwennan]

I've gotten a little better at working with FAR. Once you're out of atmos it's really all the same.

My first Mun lander failed hilariously when I made the landing gear too stubby and the rockets hit the surface first and exploded. The rescue craft ran out of fuel on the return trip and the rescue rescue craft ditched the spare command pod intended for the stranded pilot before rendezvous. I had to switch the pilot into the rescue rescue craft and condemn Jeb to eventually intercept with the Mun again and fly out of Kerbin's sphere of influence. The rescue rescue craft landed fine and Cormon Kerman later managed a Minmus landing with an improved version of the original ship.

[BigD145]

THE KRAKEN

Black screen. Altitude was 666666. Can't even see Kerbin Command.

[BigD145]

The Kraken ate the ship destined for Dres.
It was only a few days away.

[stabbymcstabstab]

Aye, the Hell Kraken Nastie Beastie, She is many a Kersailor has been lost to her 666 tentacles.

[Siquo]

UPDATE: I tested it, you can transfer neither goo nor material samples. Crud on a cracker.

Well Fuck. I just spend two evenings if not more on a Minmus lab, lander, hopper, and kethane mining facility all in one.

At least I got better at manual docking...

Edit: So if I get this straight, the Lab is only good for if you don't plan on returning home? But you will need to sacrifice your kerbals, because it doesn't work with AI or probes?

[MagmaMcFry]

UPDATE: I tested it, you can transfer neither goo nor material samples. Crud on a cracker.

Well Fuck. I just spend two evenings if not more on a Minmus lab, lander, hopper, and kethane mining facility all in one.

At least I got better at manual docking...

Edit: So if I get this straight, the Lab is only good for if you don't plan on returning home? But you will need to sacrifice your kerbals, because it doesn't work with AI or probes?

Exactly, the lab module needs two people inside it.

[sneakey pete]

Seems kind of pointless to me. Due to my play style, i'm not leaving kerbals stranded on a planet. (at least, not until you have to bring along the requisite life support systems), so i'm better served using the extra mass bringing more stuff.

[BigD145]

It's still okay for sending some experiments with a wee hair more science points, but physically returning to Kerbin is by far the best and the lab helps more in that than in sending data wirelessly. No more milking that antenna and solar panels from a distance.

[Eric Blank]

I find the lab is a great storage container for data from lander experiments on Minmus' surface. I packed surface samples, material bay and goo can data from the lander into the lab after each voyage to the surface; 30 or so items in all on board now. Sometimes I forgot to reset the science lab and goo cans, or take crew reports from the surface, so I missed a bit of science I'll have to retrieve once I have a rover to send up. Maybe a 100-ton behemoth with a lab on it. Still, a ton of science once I transfer it all into the kerbin reentry vehicle and plonk it down on Kerbin. With all the kerbals on board, of course.

[puke]

How do you fine tune your aim for interplanetary travel?

I find that I cant actually aim at a specific body until I enter its sphere of influence.  So, if I want to shoot for Eve I can make sure that I have an "interaction" and take my best guess, but I cant actually aim at the planet until I enter it's area of influence and can see where I am headed in relation to it.

Am I missing some feature that makes this easier?

[IronTomato]

I always just hover over the periapsis node to see the periapsis altitude, once the maneuver has been adjusted to hit the sphere of influence. See what makes it go up or down, and fine-tune accordingly.

[Graknorke]

How do you fine tune your aim for interplanetary travel?

I find that I cant actually aim at a specific body until I enter its sphere of influence.  So, if I want to shoot for Eve I can make sure that I have an "interaction" and take my best guess, but I cant actually aim at the planet until I enter it's area of influence and can see where I am headed in relation to it.

Am I missing some feature that makes this easier?

Maneuver nodes predict your course perfectly, apart from atmosphere-related-effects.