That's one small step for Kerbalkind, One ridiculous leap for Jeb (7 pics-Minmus)

[Margaul]

So after my last post, I decided to combine a test of the nuclear engines on my Skycrosser and a long term Minmus exploration mission with an oversized lander and a rover. I left Jebidiah on the command module and landed my exploration team. Well, we all know you can't leave Jeb alone to run circles in space, so I decided to land him anyway, sans spacecraft.

The first picture is shortly after disembarking from the command module. Jeb has started his jump at ~ 31Km up.

I burned retro and got the lander site where Jeb could see it. I switched between the map and Jeb until I had a decent trajectory

After a good 9 or so minutes of freefall, I started burning again to get his fall strictly vertical. I got Jeb within a couple of kilometers from the primary landing site, so I was pretty pleased.

Right before touchdown, Jeb got a great view of the landscape

Jeb touched down with about 20% of his fuel left, and planted his flag. Named the site "Jeb's Resting Place" Not his final resting place, but probably his most awesome (to me anyway)

Macsy came along and picked him in the Skyroller to bring him back to camp

After the drive back, the shadows were getting pretty long and the Minmus evening was getting close, so I let the boys camp out till the next afternoon before taking a group photo

All in all, even though a trip to Minmus was setting my sights lower than I normally do for space travel, this was probably one of the most fun missions I've done in awhile. I totally recommend jumping down to Minmus to anyone who is looking for something a little different to do.

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Margaul the Magnificent, Slayer of the Elevator Boss, AKA Prince Ali, and the guy who always has his finger on the "talk" button.

[JJJacksonTyler]

Welp. I took this picture myself a few days ago...and my friend just hAAAD to add this caption. I made it to minmus, but my lander legs took too much force upon impact as I was distracted, eating a bagel. So with the lander flipped, my Kerbal went a little crazy after 65 days upon the icy surface.

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Edited June 15, 2013 by KasperVld