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When landing on the Mun, is it more fuel efficient to slow a bit all the way down or to burn hard at the end? When landing on the Mun, is it more fuel efficient to get into an orbit first or just come straight at the Mun and burn before you hit? (And if you understand the Physics, why?) Thanks JMG
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Hi I was just wondering if I'm using the inflatable heat shield correctly, I'm trying to descend to the surface of eve but as soon as the heat starts to build up my craft starts to flip end over end. I was just wondering if anyone had any tips or advice on keeping my craft straight?
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Good Evening all, hope you're having a pleasant night. I was wondering, in all of your opinions, what is the optimal altitude above the Mun that you should start your landing descent?
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Throttle stays locked in the off position when attempt landing burn. Engines still gimbal and I still have control of RCS and SAS. Anyone have an answer? -
Inspired by Nova's images of the new Mars like plannet and some posts refering to the August 9th Mars Curiosity landing I decided to branch from the KSP fantasy world and check out some NASA videos on the subject. Now for all of your viewing pleasure I present the most Kerbal thing NASA has ever attempted. The Mars Curiosity Rover: - $2.5 billion US dollars - 8 month transit time - Powered by plutonium - The size of a mini cooper - 4 Stage untested powered descent with a "Sky Crane" to lower the rover the last 21 feet. (I repeat "Untested") - Oh and one more thing.... The landing is done completely in the dark under computer control. In short one of the coolest things NASA has created since Tang. I hope this inspires some new part designs from the community. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=146903741
