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WOOOHOOOO!!! Thank you!

If that's all, oh my. Let's post and see...

Hello, I'm new here and figuring out how to insert an imgur album into a post. I want to master it here rather than mess up a specific thread. I saw the instruction in one of the forum welcome posts: "You can also embed full Imgur albums to the forum by setting the tags around your Imgur album code ( http://imgur.com/a/szz8j#0) ". I can embed a single picture from my imgur account. My problem is that I can't seem to find the right imgur code to insert for a whole album. I use the text that imgur gives me when I select "Embed album", though I strip off the stuff before the http and after the last slash. Here's what imgur gives me: <iframe class="imgur-album" width="100%" height="550" frameborder="0" src="http://imgur.com/a/chTvF/embed"></iframe> Background- I'm an old guy who has never joined a forum before, so I haven't done this stuff anywhere. Here goes: [imgUR]http://imgur.com/a/chTvF/">Javascript is disabled. View full album Nope, that didn't work. I get the imgur error image. With or without the slash after the 'F'. Maybe: Nope. Doesn't work with or without the s (I put them in there from the example). I know that stand for Uniform Resource Locator but I don't know what might be meant to be in there. How about using everything imgur gives me when I select "Embed Album"?: Nope. I think I'll sit and mull it over for a while here. If someone can see what I'm doing wrong I would appreciate the information.

Doh, and of course Mechjeb reports the delta-v of the lander stage as if it will be docked to the carrier while thrusting, so the number is too low. Moving fuel from one to the other won't change the total reported dv since they use the same type motor.

Here's my MOR entry: and the equivalent direct mission entry: I used the heavier 1-Kerbal capsule with the heat shield for re-entry even though the rules didn't require it. The carrier plus lander was 4.53 tons at 75x75 Km and the direct was 3.44 tons. During the MOR mission I transferred leftover fuel from the lander to the carrier after returning from landing, and then used all of the remaining Monopropellant for 220 m/s of the 284 m/s TKI burn. This made up for the apparent 596 m/s total delta-v deficit of the MOR design. Both are all stock except for Mechjeb and do not use asparagus. I have to go and try to attach a whole album in the Noob section now, as I can't seem to get it right.

Also, I think the winning entry will have 2 Kerbals since you can just add another pod and double the multiplier, but you don't double the mass since things like the motor(s), decouplers, etc. do not have to be doubled. So I did a third design that aims for points. Hey, I might be able to post now. Let's see: Did that show? 24.79 tons, 2 Kerbals no aparagus. 16.1? Tavert's entry is spectacular and I cannot see a way to beat it. If this shows I'll post the comparison missions. I have screenshots of each mission step, next I have to figure out how to post an album.

Hello, I just joined and can't seem to post pictures until I've got three posts but I have really enjoyed comparing the different architectures for Munar land and return mission. Here's my take: The direct mission is far superior to the MOR mission for the delta-V's involved. Numerobis looked this a few pages back. My first two entries use the one-man capsule, with one direct mission (requiring about 2800 m/s from LKO to Mun and back to Kerbal) and one using the same capsule with a 1-man probe for landing, which takes about 1380 m/s from the carrier. The mass of my direct capsule and stage in the LKO parking orbit is 3.44 tons. The mass of my MOR mission at the same point is 4.53 tons. Why so much more? the lander has to have a 1-man pod (.6 tons), docking port .02), motor (.1) and the fuel for a dv of 1380 ( I used the .5625 ton tank since for the dv needed a bit more 4 of the little toroidal tanks) for a total mass of not less than about 1.3 tons. Not having to land saves the carrier one .5625 tank, but you have to add a docking port, 3x of the attitude rockets (total .15t), and one monopropellant tank (.235) so you only save about .1 ton. Weight increase at LKO: about 1.2 tons, MOR can't win. For chuckles I ran the numbers and I think the MRO would break even if the lander weighed 430Kg dry +220Kg fuel=650Kg. Lighter than this and MRO wins. Or if the carrier capsule weighed about 800Kg more. Or the lander dv was more than around 3500 m/s instead of the actual 1380. I hope I'm not too wordy here. I'm itching to attach pictures. Now for my third post...

Hello, I joined the forum today. I purchased KSP for Christmas and think I am getting the hang of it. I greatly enjoy how easy it is to quickly try different design approaches. Let's see if I can successfully post a message!