steedcrugeon

@Araym Thanks for your response, its clear and concise and puts me at rest tat BALDUR-Ex3 is capable of undertaking its first mission

So having dabbled at stations I'm now trying my hand at a longer range Science vessel the BALDUR-Ex3 (Ex1 is and interstation crew transport vessel currently docked at MIDGARD-1 awaiting modifications as presently it can only just get to Minmus and back, Ex2 is an interstation cargo transport originally planned for shipping Mulch and Supplies between MIDGARD-2 which has no argoponics and MIDGARD-1) This vessel is planned to take a test mission out to Minmus in the coming months, it's intended pilot is on his way back from Mun presently. It will sport a crew of three, One pilot (command) and Two scientists to man the MPL. I Was pleased that I managed to get this >100 tonne beast into kerbin orbit wet, it has a drone core so the ship can operate in an unmanned capacity if required. However I was relatively lucky in that I had to keep juggling the fuel around from the USI central storage tanks into the Engine nacelles. Admittedly this will get tedious but its a minor glitch which can be sorted should there be another configuration of the Ex3. With my current limited science I have opted to propel the BALDUR-Ex3 using 4 LV909's I have two skycrane engines (configured upside-down in fore-and aft positions) to provide me with retrograde thrust so that I don't have to re-orientate the vessel. My question is was it a good choice to use the LV909's ideally I was thinking the aerospike would have been better but I have yet to unlock it. Thoughts and feedback greatly encouraged.

My first two proper attempts at statons: MIDGARD-1 Permanently manned Kerbin Orbital Station. designed for a little Scienceing and Crew rotation stopover for the yet to be commenced MIDGARD-3 (a planned Minmus orbital station) Build gallery here: http://imgur.com/a/xuilS And this is MIDGARD-2, a temporarily manned Mun orbital, science station. it still has its lander attached in 'delivery' configuration, the ducking and auxiliary arms still have their delivery stages attached as there was a great deal of surplus LFO. Presently the TYR-Mn001 mission crew is embarked and you can see their return vehicle docked to the station.