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I use the trajectories mod to figure that out, though it does not take lift into account so it will be inaccurate to a degree. I've landed in the hills to the west of the KSC and rolled into the R&D complex, overshot and went past the island runway and turned the shuttle around while using all extra fuel to get back to the island runway, and landed but broke the runway in the process!

Nope, I'm here instead! Maybe @SpaceX will appear next...

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When I get home, I'll build a section that will hold monoprop and have a bunch of sr docking ports, and lift it to orbit for someone to haul to Laythe. It will have an inflatable heat shield docked to the front port as well. I am currently terrible at orbital rendezvous, and I don't think I will have the time today to bring it out to Laythe, so I will leave it at a similar orbit to the tugs. edit: and I will check on my planes as well. Edit 2: apparently McAfee doesn't like tinyUploads. I can't launch it, but I will post a .craft for someone to launch it. edit 3: Here it is: https://kerbalx.com/53miner53/Docking-Port-Set

You actually can do a form of cruise control on rovers with alt+w, but that just holds throttle and doesn't use brakes at all, and relies on using the standard controls.

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Not this time! @adsii1970 maybe?

nope! @munlander1. Again.

@XB-70A I was thinking of doing something Saturn-Shuttle based later on for longer range missions! You beat me to it!

Which one did you delete? Either way is fine, the Laythe one was more of a boat anyway because of a lack of wings after the re entry disintegration at 4600 m/s, and launching them to LKO is easy and actually what it was designed for! I need to figure out how to fit a heat shield to the design anyway, and changing the whole design for a better mounting for the heat shield would be easier than fitting one on the existing design with the docking port. edit: almost forgot each had 2 kerbals in them, Jeb and Bill on Laythe, Bob and Val in LKO. All of them revive after a while though.

Ok then. The mission had other problems too. The design had trouble getting to 350km, (I think it would work better if I went to LKO first, instead of going directly to 350km), I accidentally took a whole orange tank of oxidizer with me, so I should change that to use the LV-N I added for this mission more effectively, actually fit 3 comm satellites in the payload bay, and not fail the landing.

I would like to contribute a telescope for STS-3. KerbalX Link

STS-2a is complete! https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0eMT8zRijNmNWE2d3A5NlhEMnM(Pics) I stalled it during the re entry. And during the glide to the continent so I could actually land it. I used all remaining fuel trying to regain control using thrust vectoring.

@Hotaru I would assume that the asteroid has to ride the shuttle back because it would be awesome. Maybe attaching wings with the claw would help with the extra weight.

I think I went a little overkill with my shuttle, because it has 4 kickback boosters, 2-8 hammers(depending on TWR requirements), 2 mainsails, and 4 vectors, not even including the OMS.

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Screwball! I don't appear here much! @munlander1. He seems to be every second or third post.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0eMT8zRijNmTHpLcjFFd1ZJOUE The Fuel Tank mission pics have been uploaded.

TBH, I use liquid fuel boosters for the main boosters on Columbia, with SRBs to bring the pad TWR up.

Ok then. Thank you both!

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My first attempt at the fuel tank to orbit mission: total disaster, broke the launch pad and the tracking station, needs more thrust. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0eMT8zRijNmZVlkakQ2RnFKZFE Edit: Second attempt: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0eMT8zRijNmTHpLcjFFd1ZJOUE I got it to orbit, apoapsis~116,900, periapsis ~116950, re-entered and undershot the runway, landed in the hills to the west of the KSC, and rolled all the way there to park next to R&D.

The base looks great!