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Departing for Jool With all system checks completed and in the green, the Magellan 4 make ready to depart Kerbin on their way to Jool. There is no turning back now, as they will be beyond the reach of a rescue mission should anything go awry. Nevertheless, the crew forges ahead, determined to go where no Kerbal has gone before and unlock the mysteries of the Joolian worlds. The Jool transfer burn is split into 3 parts due to the anemic 0.16 TWR of the Trinidad with full tanks. The 1940m/s delta-V needed to achieve a Jool encounter is provided entirely by the outermost saddle tanks - they have enough fuel to complete the Kerbin departure burn as well as a mid-course correction, but will be jettisoned shortly after arriving in Jool's SOI. OOC: This is my second KSP video and it took me many hrs to cut over 2 hours of gameplay footage into this 6 min video. Any comments/feedback is welcome. I will probably do a few more videos but not every time I update.

I think I will have to try something similar to this. I've been meaning to learn Python but I can't motivate myself to start because I can't think of any fun project to do. Automating rocket launches in ksp will be just the ticket. Fantastic thread, looking forward to more!

I don't have a "hammerhead" rover, you must be thinking of someone else.

You mean this rover? here you go: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6lbyildn8p92vn7/MPL Rover %2B Skycrane.craft?dl=0

ALL HAIL THE KRAKEN DRIVE!

I will try to help you via PM. I'd like to keep the thread on-topic tho.

Cetera's suit mod. They are awesome!

Lots of great shots here! It looks like you have quite a lot going on in your career! If you're going to post more than 6 images in a post, I'd recommend either embedding an imgur album or putting the pics inside spoiler tags.

We'll go with yes

Here is my entry. 679 m/s with a simple mk1 capsule. The hardest part for me was planting the flag at the bottom of the arch. Val had a mishap when her ship tipped over on landing. Couldn't get it off the ground without explosions all around.

The Crew Arrives With only a day left before the transfer window, activity is ramping up at the KSC. Spirits are high, as the Magellan 4 board the Lynx crew transport SSTO. They are thrust back into their seats as the 4 RAPIER engines ignite. Soon the Lynx lifts smoothly off the runway and begins the climb to orbit to meet the waiting Trinidad flagship. This is the inaugural flight of the Lynx and the vehicle performs admirably. The protective heat tiles keep the blazing inferno on the outside of the ship and orbit is achieved with plenty of fuel to spare. Likewise rendezvous and docking proceed without a hitch. The crew transfers over to Trinidad which will serve as both their home and lifeboat for the next 6 years. Leatha undocks the Lynx and makes preparations for re-entry. Meanwhile, the crew of the Trinidad check out their new digs! Commander Jeb goes for a spacewalk to inspect all ship systems prior to departure Full album link can be found here: http://imgur.com/a/iqu2o

Two minor feature requests: 1) Remember previous camera settings - When I deactivate the camera view by pressing backspace, the view defaults to a highly zoomed out view. I then have to zoom in with the scroll wheel to get back to a useful viewpoint. It would be nice if the mod could remember your previous camara state (angle, zoom, focus etc.) so that when exiting Hullcam view it returns to the 3rd person view you had before. 2) Docking cam set as target - If I use set as target option on the right click menu of a docking port, I no longer get distance or relative velocity readouts.

this is a cool idea.

Found these videos on their youtube channel delving into the process to build a demonstrator rocket using a linear aerospike. So it looks like they have a team of at least 6 people working on it. Hopefully they don't run out of funds before then!

Musk stated that they found a "better way" to do Mars landings. Any ideas what that might be?

If all goes well, I will get both low and high orbit science, since I will park the flagship in orbit. I will also get 1 biome landed science from the probe. Is there another type of science data from suborbital on non-atmospheric bodies that I'm forgetting about?

Thanks @Mikki! I did think about a Kerbaled Tylo landing, but decided to go with a probe lander for simplicity and weight. Thats why this is a Jool 4.5 mission and not a Jool-5. Someday I will build a crewed Tylo lander!

Hi @Mikki Do you Is the cryosleep pod supposed to reset radiation accumulation to 0% or is that a bug you've managed to exploit? Any upcoming posts in the mission log or is it finished for now?

Are you using the cryosleep mod or not? If not, are you MAD? But seriously, can I get some more pics of Eggyolk-1 in good lighting along with description of features?

Four days before the Jool transfer window arrives, the crew selection for the Magellan Mission has been finalized! Crew bios Lt. 1st Class Valentina Kerman (Pilot/Navigator): A graduate from the Krunze Polytechnic Institute, Valentina (or Val) has a serious need for speed. Always wanting to be on the cutting edge of space exploration, Val joined the space program when she heard Jeb had become stranded after the first Mun landing. Val was sent on a hastily planned rescue mission, and was then herself stranded when it was realized her craft didn't have enough juice to return home. After a 2nd rescue mission successfully brought Jeb and Val home, Val went on to pilot the highly successful Tombaugh Lab long-duration mission to collect surface science data from Minmus. When off duty, Val can be found joy riding in any number of high speed experimental aircraft. Cap. Jebediah Kerman (Pilot/Commander): The original steely-eyed missile man, Jebediah Kerman was born to fly. At a young age, Jeb cobbled together a ultralight aircraft from scrap machinery on his parent's farm and was soon terrorizing the neighbors cows and buzzing grain silos. After graduating, he became one of the founding members of the Kerbal Rocket Corps, which eventually became the Kerbal Space Program. He pioneered the use of the gravity turn and was the first Kerbal to land on the Mun (as well as the first to require a rescue). More recently, Jeb has taken an active role in recruiting and training new cadets. He has personally rescued numerous kerbonauts stranded in orbit by rival space agencies around Kerbin and Minmus and trained them in proper spaceflight procedures. Jeb was the natural choice to command the Magellan Mission. Mission Specialist Danma Kerman (Scientist): A veteran of the Tombaugh lab expedition, Danma was ecstatic to be selected for the Magellan Mission. Danma has dual PhDs in geology and chemistry. She pioneered use the laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to study the chemical composition of the Minmus and Munar regolith and she believes the technique can be adapted to study the surface composition of the Joolian moons. Danma has also taken up astronomy as a hobby and constantly annoys the radio dish operators with questions. Mission Specialist Elirine Kerman (Scientist): Elirine is the youngest and most junior kerbonaut selected for the Magellan Mission. She was chosen for expertise in hydrology and exo-climatology and was the first to discover the cloud layer of Laythe. She is a qualified pilot and has been training extensively to fly the Laika SSTO down to the Laythe surface to investigate the atmosphere and oceans firsthand. The KSC also hopes she will be able to combat crew boredom on the long outbound and return legs of the mission based on a statment from her application: "I also know lots of magic tricks that will dazzle and amaze anyone watching." The crew poses for a photo-op during a hastily-thrown-together training exercise.

Are there any albums of the parts in this mod? Looked in the OP but didn't see any. Imgur album embedding may be to blame?

how about this:

Color me intrigued. Have you seen what @Mikki did with his Duna mission?

Just tried this and wow is it fantastic. My planes are actually fun to fly now! I have other options in between a 1 and 20g turn and also my wings don't constantly rock back and forth! One question I had - is there a way to have the view snap back after free look? In my version (2.1.2) I have to manually drag the view back to where I want it.

Here's my entry: http://imgur.com/a/g7sCx. First forum challenge I've done so far and I quite enjoyed it! I went slightly heavier than most people so far, opting for the Mk1-2 capsule to carry 3 crew. Design was a bit tricky, it took forever to get the SRB staging right. Thought I would have enough delta-V to get back, turns out I didn't Selected images from the album: