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I haven't had much time at all for KSP2 since the snow melted but I managed to find the time during the rainy weekend to submit an entry in the weekly challenge. I sent this probe to visit Jool and all five of its moons. If you look closely, you can see that all three inner moons are visible here. Happy landings!

This is my Val level submission. Here is the probe, Loupe, named after the jeweler's device. Here's the craft trajectory showing Tylo-assisted gravity capture at Jool. The above trajectory did take more dV to set up than I would normally use. Normally, I would do the correction burn deep in interplanetary space and it would cost on the order of 10 or 20 m/s dV. But the trajectory prediction across SOI boundaries bug hits here, too, so I had to make the adjustment just after entering Jool's SOI. I estimate that the maneuver still saved on the order of 1000 m/s dV. This shot shows Jool and all three inner moons. And here we are near Tylo performing the gravity assisted capture. Matching inclination with the inner moons. And setting up a rendezvous with Vall. (pronunciation rhymes with ball, call, fall, etc) And here we are at Vall. And here is Loupe visiting Laythe. Leaving Laythe, we planned a close pass around Jool and an assist out to Pol's orbit. Here's the close pass to Jool. And entering Pol's SOI. A visit to Pol. After leaving Pol's SOI, I performed an inclination burn and got a surprise - an immediate rendezvous with Bop. And, finally, the probe is put into orbit around Bop. That was a very fun mission! Happy landings!

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In wonderful old forum threads. Try this. https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/profile/71402-whackjob/content/ Happy landings!

I definitely want proper scanning as well. Somewhat realistic orbital surveying is great gameplay. Persistent maps that are built up over multiple passes are very satisfying. I don't mind abstraction around a lot of things, but this is one area that I hope gets more realism than stock KSP1. Scansat is a great mod and provides much better and more interesting gameplay for me than the KSP1 kerbnet. Happy landings!

Of course there are no discrete SOI's in real life. Nonetheless 'patched conics' is a pretty good abstraction. Good enough that it was used for the Apollo program. Happy landings!

Sweet! And that, gentle reader, is how we do that. Happy landings!

I long ago adopted the practice of always testing hatch and ladder setups on the pad before launching a mission. I had a ladder problem on Eve's surface once. And several obstructed hatches when I first started playing. Happy landings!

I was poking around a bit to find some posts I remember from the 'old days' and found this thread discussing the Oberth Effect. Just in case anybody wants a cool rabbit hole to explore. Lots of great discussion in there. Lots of math, too. Happy landings!

I think what's going on is a misunderstanding. Probably because I type too much when I get going. Your ejection trajectory in the 'Parallel Lines' pic isn't parallel to Duna's orbit. It is mostly downward, but it is angled to the left in the pic rather than straight along Duna's orbit line. I believe that's why your correction was so large. The longer orange line that is goes all the way from top to bottom along Duna's orbit line should be ignored. Only your ejection trajectory needs to be parallel. I have grabbed your pic and drawn where the trajectory should be for an optimal transfer. That greenish yellow (yellowish green?) line shows where the trajectory should be. So it should look more like this. Anyway, I hope that makes sense. With that, you should be able to make the course correction much smaller. Happy landings!

Thanks! That is, indeed, the one I use. It works great for me. Remember that the calendars between KSP1 and KSP2 are different by a year because there was no year zero in KSP1. I find that the movement is less jerky when I zoom in to the maneuver somewhat. When the orbit is a small circle on the screen, it's hard to get the maneuver where I want it. I spend a lot of time zooming in and out when planning a maneuver. Happy landings!