A new player's adventure to the moon and back (including burning kerbals)

[Waervyn]

Soooo, I bought KSP 2 days ago and absolutely loving it. Here's my first adventure!

I decided to try to land on the moon! After about 200 quicksaves I even managed!

Unfortunately, all the corrections I was doing while landing used up most of my fuel. So my poor little astronaut needed to stay on the moon for a while.

In the meantime...I wanted to rescue the little guy. However, my command pod only had space for one astronaut. I thought I would just try if I could put a command seat on my rocket to bring him back (bringing a dead body back to Kerbin is better than no body!). Unfortunately I didn't take screenshots of the travel to the moon with that rocket. Nor the meeting (I did manage to land within 700m of the flag I planted...after about 20 quicksaves of crashy goodness).

On the way back, Bob wasn't entirely sure if everything would be alright with an astronaut on top of his rocket

Turns out they're fireproof

Once I was going through the atmosphere...I realised something awful...the chair I put the astronaut in...was on the part of the rocket that would be separated from the pod, which would ruin the entire idea of the mission. So I thought...either they both make it, or no-one makes it. I was basically hoping the parachute would hold the entire rocket and slow it down enough, instead of just the pod.

Success!

Touchdown! Even though Bob still wonders if the other astronaut is still alive from the atmosphere burning or not.

It took me a while to find out how to get the astronaut of his chair...and once I did, for some reason the rocket tipped over. But here's a nice shot of the rescued and the rescuer, both traumatized by the entire experience.

That was it! Hope you liked the musings of a 2nd day player. Hope to have many more adventures!

[Geschosskopf]

Brilliant! Several nice things to know there I might make use of in the future. Your 1st trip to Mun seems to be going better than mine. I've still got to rescue Jeb, who's stuck in Munar orbit .

[Tw1]

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Edited June 17, 2013 by Tw1

[Tw1]

Nice! Good solution with the seat.

Yeah, reentry heat isn't in yet.

Fun times.

Geschosskopf, good luck with that rescue! Practice rendezvousing to craft around Kerbin first, it takes a little to master it properly.

[Werwolf]

Ouuchchhh my sides hurt... that is so Kerbal it hurts.... lmaooo, good job man..you're a perfect fit for this game...