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On 11/21/2019 at 9:54 PM, Togu said:
Hi,
As already announced, the second mission. This time only the STS 2a, for the 2b I would have had to completely rebuild my shuttle to have enough lift for the landing. And I did not want that for the time being.Good job on this mission, too! The sats aren't exactly equidistantly placed, but I'm going to take that as precise enough
Curious though - is there a reason why you chose this deployment method (the three maneuvers 120° apart, which caused the not-exact spacing)? Other than that, I have to admire the precise landing again 
Congratulations!
On 11/27/2019 at 3:55 AM, Fraus said:but in the meantime here's another spoiler for a future mission post
Do I see a sort-of-Skylab?
Michal.don
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Hello there, time for a new round of reviews!
On 11/13/2019 at 6:42 PM, MarkoeZ said:STS-5-8 Commander Run!
Oh my, this was very interesting indeed! From the video thumbnail, I was wandering how you managed to pack the ring segment into the shuttle, and I certainly did not see this one coming!
Very good job sir, here's your badge:
Congratulations!
On 11/14/2019 at 8:52 AM, ZZetho said:STS Duna 1
Shuttle in a fairing, haven't seen one of those for quite some time! And using the support launch for stuff you forgot to take with you, htat's a properly kerbal way of doing things
On another note - I didn't expect aerobraking at Duna would be possible with the outpost exposed to aero forces like that, but I was mistaken, it seems. No objections on my part, very well executed mission, good job!
On 11/14/2019 at 9:38 PM, Togu said:Hi,
I'm still new to the forum, but I would like to participate in your challenge. I flew the STS 1 mission. Hope it is alright that I am the 1a and 1b flew together.Hello, welcome to the challenge!
It's perfectly fine to comlete the 1a and 1b missions in one go. Great to see another STS-resembling shuttle around here, and apart from a bit of wobbling duriing the ascent, your design seems to work pretty well! Also, I was surprised to see the quite steep reentry, but it brought you just where you needed to be to execute a perfect landing. Very impressive, considering this is your first entry here, congratulations, here's your first set of badges (of hopefully many more to come
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On 11/15/2019 at 2:10 PM, TM31D2475 said:Aight, so here's my STS-1 redo, I'm going for the Commander level
And this time, you nailed it perfectly! Nice flight and a pin-point landing, definitely commander-worthy, great job!
Michal.don
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4 hours ago, Fraus said:
Back at it with STS T-2, RTLS Abort
Alright, it seems you chose to do the missions in order, thanks!
There is only the slight issue of not leaving atmosphere, but since you got pretty close, and the mission looks fine in all other aspects, I'm willling to overlook this detail and call the mission successful. Good job!
Regarding the STS T-3 - yes, RCS tanks are considered as fuel, they can't be included in the probe/lander. The two small tanks are the only means of propulsion allowed.
Michal.don
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27 minutes ago, TM31D2475 said:
I'm asking if I could restart my entries since I made some changes to
AquilaAquilla after that (and I think noone acknowledged it's existence)Thanks for the link - I see that you completed the STS-1a mission, and were awarded the appropriate badge. If you have a new shuttle design, you can either start from STS-2, or complete the STS-1a again - up to you.
Michal.don
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20 hours ago, TM31D2475 said:
Hello everyone, it's @Cormorant - Mayflower. So after
months of extreme procrastinationbeing busy with all my RL stuff, plus that I lost the other account (of which I'm still recieving emails from), I feel like it's probably about time again for this, so @michal.don, is it ok for me to restart my entries from here?Welcome back! To be honest, I don't remember exactly which missions you completed so far - could you please send me a link to your most recent one? Of course you can then continue with the next one.
9 hours ago, Fraus said:Do the test flight missions have to be in order as well??
Well, since they are sort of "bonus" missions, I think it's not neccessary. But so far, everybody completed them in the order they are in the OP. Are you interested in only a specific one?
Michal.don
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On 11/8/2019 at 9:29 PM, Jestersage said:
Would you verify if this can be used for the challenge?
Just for the protocol - absolutely fine by me. And good point, I should update the subassembly for the current version.
On 11/10/2019 at 3:30 AM, Fraus said:I have absolutely no idea how I'll find a use for this right now, but its a WIP, It's been done before on the KSP Reddit but this is something I've been meaning to do for far too long.
I'm soooo looking forward to seeing this one fly....
Michal.don
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Alright, sorry for the slight delay, but I'm finally ready. So, let's get to it!
On 10/30/2019 at 7:13 PM, Ozelui said:My submission for the LOP-G missions.
And the first entry I get to review after my holiday is an impressive one indeed! Good call makng a video report, the robotics stuff does look very good in action. I have to admit, I did not try all the functions of the new parts yet, but after seeing this, my urge to properly play KSP grows significantly
And the "crawler arm" design that moves around the whole station is a great piece of engineering!
The overall design of the station is very nice, too. I have no objections to any part of your mission whatsoever, so, a well deserved commander badge for you, congratulations!
Looking forward to seeing the announced 1.8.X redesign!
On 10/31/2019 at 9:23 PM, MarkoeZ said:STS-4/4R Commander run!
Alright, the first mission requiring orbital rendezvous out of the way - congratulations on completing that one! Also, nice robotics touch with the docking boom, I really, really have to give the robotics a proper try. And of course, good job on the runway landing from an inclined orbit - not an easy thing to do
Again, no objections on my part,
so a new commander badge for you:
Congratulations!
On 10/31/2019 at 6:27 AM, Fraus said:For the missions outside of kerbins SOI, or in general, are droptanks allowed once in orbit on the shuttle? And if so, would it be acceptable if they’re engines on them, more or less as boosters?
Oh, I missed this question.... But as @sturmhauke said, droptanks/boosters of the LV can go with you to LKo and beyond. The rules don's specify when you have to drop those, only that you drop them eventually. For example my, design for the Duna missions dropped the ET almost after the departure burn to Duna, so no problem with that.
Hope that clears your question,
Michal.don
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I have to admit, the jet lag hit me harder than I expected, so I did not manage to get to the extries yet, but I'll at least share a few images from my holiday. If you're interested, they're in the spoiler:
SpoilerI spent the last three weeks in Vietnam.
We spent a few days in the mountains, some of these in great weather....
...some, not so much.
Ha long bay is a must-see...
...as is the temple in Hue.
We've visited ancient places of worship,
the most notorious tourist traps,
tried (lots of
) local food and beer,
lived in the smallest alleys....
...in one of the biggest and busiest cities,
and witnessed beautiful sunsets on empty beaches.
(And here is your challenge manager, unsuccessfully trying to prevent said jet-lag during a five hour wait in Dubai
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I'll hopefully adjust to my regular timezone soon,
Michal.don
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Hi guys,
so I am back home, tired, jet-lagged as hell, but with many great memories and interesting experiences
I was watching the thread when possible, and I am glad to see many new faces, as well as a few comebacks. I'll have a closer look at the entries when I get a full night of sleep, now I'm just stopping by to say hello to you all and thank@4x4cheesecake for doing an awesome job, I really appreciate it
Michal.don
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15 hours ago, DunaManiac said:
STS 5-8 mission in the works, I've launched the first two modules. I will be finishing it tomorrow.
Good luck with your missions! I'm curious how the station will look like!
1 hour ago, Rover 6428 said:Hello! I would like to participate in this challenge! I want to do the STS commander first.
Hello, welcome to the challenge!
Just to clear up some (possible) confusion - the "Pilot" and "Commander" aren't different missions, just different difficulties of each mission. You have to begin with STS-1a, but it's up to you whether you decide to go for the "Pilot" or "Commander" set of requirements. I hope I was clear enough for you to get what I meant....
Anyway, good to have you here, good luck with your first mission!
And one bit of (sort of) important info - tomorrow I'm leaving for three weeks for a holiday - my first real one this year - and @4x4cheesecake was again very kind to agree to take over the challenge for the time I'm gone. So, all the entry-checking and badge-awarding will be done by him, I'll just check the thread from time to time, when I encounter decent internet connection (which might not be too often)
So, I expect all of you to be on your best behavior, and have fun flying shuttles!
Michal.don
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On 9/25/2019 at 10:45 PM, DunaManiac said:
Good job on the rescue mission, and the runway landing! That's one of the trickier aspects of shuttle flying....
Mission complete, looking forward to seeing the next one
Here's your badge:
Congratulations!
(Oh, and I can't wait to be able to "like" again, so many rep-worty posts here.... )
Michal.don
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On 9/19/2019 at 11:43 PM, DunaManiac said:
STS 3 "Can you see me?"
Well, you made the MMU part a bit easy on yourself - making the solar arrays kerballed?
Can't say I really approve this, but since the rules don't specifically ban this, there's not much I can do On the other hand, a nighttime landing on the island airfield is an impressive feat, so these two kind of balance each other, and you certainly deserve the badge
Congratulations!
On 9/23/2019 at 12:21 AM, Kerbolitto said:Successfull landing on Bop (who cares) and Tylo (really ?) !
Too bad the "likes" are disabled for the moment, another great part of your mission!
Michal.don
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Alright, a few new flights, let's go get them:
On 9/13/2019 at 10:04 PM, DunaManiac said:P.S Quick question, do I need to do the commander level of STS-2a to go to STS-3?
No, any completion of the mission enables you to go for the next one.
On 9/14/2019 at 10:14 PM, DunaManiac said:All right, I am going to try doing STS-2a commander rank before moving on to STS-3. but do that, I need to completely redesign my shuttle.
Well, if you picked up the MulletDyne fuel pod instead of the formerly-orange fuel tank, you'd have qualified for the "flight director" badge....
Still, congrats on a successful cargo run!
On 9/15/2019 at 9:32 PM, Kerbolitto said:The High-Thrust ShOrPa is ready, extremely high and dangerously low TWR on demand !
Well, that's certainly something I'm going to watch as it unfolds, good luck my friend!
Michal.don
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17 hours ago, Cormorant - Mayflower said:
Well, at the bottom, you can see the craft file, pure stock, which was posted while the mission was in progress.
Ah, my bad, I did not notice that. In that case, here's your first badge:
Congratulations!
16 hours ago, Kerbolitto said:This really means a lot to me as I spent hundreds of hours trying to learn about SSTOs before switching to space shuttles ..!
In return I can say that this is by far the best challenge I've participated. I've learned a ton of stuff about lighter and sleeker designs. It really pushes us to create and adapt our payloads and missions around a standard cargo bay at the center of a winged space device :p
Well, if you think about it a bit, most of the shuttles here are basicly SSTOs strapped to a booster on steroids - all that practice did not go to waste
Glad you are enjoying the challenge, I hope to deliver some more content for you all to enjoy!
9 hours ago, DunaManiac said:Coming in with the STS-2a mission.
Nice job again
A "commander" level landing, but unfortunately, only a "pilot" badge this time - one sat is lacking for the A-league Maybe there is a slight redesign with a bigger cargo bay coming?
Anyways, congratulations on a second successful mission!
9 hours ago, DunaManiac said:By the way, my shuttle does have 2 modded parts
In that case, I'm taking back the first badge I gave you, here's the proper one instead:
2 hours ago, Kerbolitto said:I'd quote Buddha : "The less you have, the less you have to worry about"
.. After a quick reflexion, he doesn't sound very Kerbal.
I would have never expected to hear the sentence "Buddha doesn't sound very Kerbal" in my life, yet it kind of makes perfect sense
Michal.don
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Alright, we have a few new entries here, so, let's take a look at them:
On 9/9/2019 at 2:15 PM, Cormorant - Mayflower said:So, ummm... this took a LONG time, much longer than expected, but anyways, here's my submission to STS-1
Well, designing a proper shuttle takes time, so no worries there
The shuttle looks like a mighty one, and capable of going pretty far, especially with the dual-rocket launch system. I suspect though, even when they look cool, the tilted tail fins cause a fair share of your reentry instability - you seem to go into a flat spin, which is caused by insufficient vertical stabilisers 99% of the time (in my experience) - maybe a slight redesign could help you a lot there
You managed to meet all the mission objectives though - I'm not just certain if there are any modded parts in your shuttle and launch system, could you clear that up for me to award the correct badge? Thanks!
On 9/9/2019 at 3:37 PM, Kerbolitto said:What about creating an " STS What ? " mission, with very little requirements but flying to various / unusual places at once ?
Well, if you put it like that... There actually is a badge for doing unspecified crazy/impressive stuff with the shuttle, and the more I think of it, the more I realize that this is indeed a worthy mission.
So, for the third time in tho almost two years od running the challenge:
I award you the Skunkworks badge, wear it proudly and don't stop being awesome
Congratulations!
On 9/10/2019 at 10:42 AM, Speeding Mullet said:WAAAAH I missed this until I was browsing through the thread and checking in. Seems like this might orient around base building as the missions progress. Count me in (at some point)!
No worries, there is no hurry, the mission will be available for a long time
Yes, there will be some sort of infrastructure building involved in the Minmus missions, I'm already curious about the designs that will appear here. But you have a good point, I should edit the challenge title to be a bit clearer about the new missions.
On 9/10/2019 at 10:42 AM, Speeding Mullet said:Also did I see that there is some sort of super mission planned?!
Yes
I already wrote some "little" spoilers some time ago in the thread, and some people got a pretty good idea what it will be about. And then life got in the way and I still did not finish the mission, so.... But, hopefully, soon
On 9/10/2019 at 11:44 PM, DunaManiac said:After looking for KSP Challenges I stumbled upon this. I realised that I haven't built stuff like this in a while, so I decided to tackle this challenge.
Welcome to the challenge!
It seems the first mission did not cause you too many problems, and you even got the reentry right enough to get you to very close proximity of the KSC - bravo! There seem to be some minor difficulties, but a slight modivication of the design will probably get it all right.
Just one minor thing - I get that screenshots look better with the UI turned off, but it makes it difficult for me to udge what's going on. For the next report, could you please make at least a few of the important ones with the UI turned on, so I can see the orbital parametres etc? Thanks!
(Oh, and I assume that the shuttle is stock, f that's not the case, please, let me know!)
Congrats, here's your first badge:
Michal.don
46 minutes ago, ZZetho said:Mission Report for MINMUS STS-1
trying for commander with this one.
ah, a new entry, just as I was typing....
You, sir, certainly got the commander level this time!
It seems that your split-shuttle design makes it quite easy to adapt it for different payloads, we'll see how far it will get you
Good job on the mission, here's your badge:
Congratulations!
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11 hours ago, Kerbolitto said:
I've just finished my last mission, had this idea since a long time ! I hope you'll enjoy it, I took some time to legend the pictures and post moAR screenschots ! : D
This is pretty awesome, I have to admit that
It seems your shuttle has no real limits to where it can go Just a heads up though - some of these things may appear in some of the upcoming missions, so you might have to go to some of these places again, if you want the badges.....
Michal.don
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2 hours ago, ZZetho said:
i think there was 7 flights in total.
imgur really messed it up.
oh wait there's a rearrange button, oops.
Yeah, imgur is pretty well known for making an utter mess in your albums...
Thanks for the screenshot, that's all I needed, here's your badge:
Congratulations, and happy asteroid hunting!
Michal.don
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30 minutes ago, ZZetho said:
Mission report for STS 5-8.
the pictures are really out of order for some reason, sorry.
Alright, I admit, I'm really confused by that one, I can't even tell how many flights happened
(It's more than four I guess?)
Would it be possible to take a screenshot of the whole station, and then somehow label what was added in which mission (for example in MS paint)? Thanks!
About the badges, you go to "Account settings" (upper right corner), then "Signature", and paste the badges there
Michal.don
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6 hours ago, ShuttleHugger said:
I am eyeballing the deorbit maneuvers; mostly I'm having some issues with accounting for the effects of the rotation of Kerbin between when I set the maneuver node and when the maneuver occurs. At this point I can hit the desert basin north of the Dessert Launch Site, but I just need to gather a few more datapoints to be able to nail the landing.
I don't want to include jet engines on my shuttle as I'm going for a reasonably accurate recreation of the IRL shuttle program, and it was glide-only. Otherwise I'd definitely consider it.
Well, the deorbit procedure (the where and when to burn) varies greatly from shuttle to shuttle. But if you are successful in aiming for a general area, the landing is just a question of time - and trying. Once you try it several times, you learn the characteristics of your shuttle and learn what to do if you are a bit short/long. Then comes the first runway landing, and in a moment, you'll be able to land from any kind of orbit, don't worry
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On 8/31/2019 at 12:36 AM, ZZetho said:
Mission report for STS 4 with shuttle Smol
That's either a pretty small shuttle, or a monstrously huge external tank (or, possibly, both
)! But as thay say, if it works..... Nicely executed mission, here's another badge for you:
congratulations!
9 hours ago, ShuttleHugger said:My submission for the STS-1a Pilot rank, with my space shuttle Columbia
Welcome to the challenge!
Judging by your nickname and avatar, I think we have a new shuttle fan here
Regarding the mission - I don't have any objections, you certainly met all the requirements, and then some more. A bonus payloas, a functioning robotic arm - I'm looking forward to see more of your shuttle in the next missions for sure!
About the cockpit clipping - certainly not against the rules, and it's a creative solution to the balance problem, that certainly did not cross my mind. Just wondering, does it cause any excessive drag issues?
Anyhow, here's your first pilot badge (for reaching commander level, you'll have to master runway landings):
Congratulations!
Michal.don
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On 8/24/2019 at 9:22 AM, ZZetho said:
fixed it!
Good thing the sats were over-engineered then
In that case, here's your badge, congrats!
And on to your STS-3...
On 8/23/2019 at 7:34 AM, ZZetho said:Mission report for STS 3.
Very nicely designed telescope (I especially like the huge solat panels!) and flown mission, the only thing preventing me from awarding the commander badge is indeed the orbit inclination. Other than that, very good job!
21 hours ago, Cormorant - Mayflower said:Final touches in progress...
Before wasting a load of time trying to figure out how the shuttle survived your average RyanAir landing, only to find out that "rigid attachments" were more powerful than expected
Welcome to the challenge!
Looking forward to seeing your entry here soon
Michal.don
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4 minutes ago, sturmhauke said:
Oh I started using Restock, those are just Nervs with different art.
Ah, that explains that
Just wondering - how does the stock d-V calculator handle the rotating engines? Is there an issue with the calculation, or does it work fine, regardless how the engines are rotated?
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On 8/20/2019 at 10:17 PM, sturmhauke said:
Here is my Mun STS-1 mission!
Wow, it seems that during my absence I forgot the size of shuttles some of you fly here
The engine pod design seems to be working fine, I'm just curious - what engines are those? I don't recognize them, are they from a mod? Regarding the missions, there are no complaints or questions on my part, very good job!
On 8/22/2019 at 8:35 AM, ZZetho said:Mission report for STS 2a.
Well, in this one, I do have some complaints. While the sats are placed equidistantly, they are not placed in a geostationary orbit (which is the important part here). So, I can not award you the badge for this mission. However, if the sats have enough juice in them, they could just raise the orbit by themselves. If that's not the case, I'm afraid you'll have to refly the mission. Sorry. I'll wait with the STS-3 review until this one is sorted out
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I have to admit, my first thoughts were "OH-MY-GOD-SHUTTLES-ARE-GOING-TO-LOOK-AWESOME!!!"
yeah, and then we also have some other stuff there.....
Curious though - is there a reason why you chose this deployment method (the three maneuvers 120° apart, which caused the not-exact spacing)? Other than that, I have to admire the precise landing again 
Shuttle Challenge v5 - The STS thread [Stock and Mod Friendly] - MAJOR CHALLENGE ANNOUNCEMENT! - 30.3.2020
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I'm not sure where you are going with this question, and because I'm curious, I'm going to say "go for it"
Yeah, I thought so...
My go-to method for deploying geostationary constellations is goinf for the first maneuver at the same time, and then spacing the sats using 4 hour orbits, and circularizing one every orbit... But his one works too, there's just some adjusting to do... Looking forward to seeing the next mission! 
Michal.don