DeepSpaceDutch

I started my second take on the Jool-5 Mission, during my fist attempt a few brave Kerbals died of food and oxygen starvation on Tylo. Launching the crew lander Docking with the drive stage Starting the long, loooonggg burn spread out over 4 orbit and a fews week I spy with my huge Kerbal eye, something starting with the letter L Dumping the drop tanks. Ditching that much mass got me almost 900m/s of Dv in return! The Joolian system is so pretty

Nice, short and very well narrated!

Seem to remember someone mentioning it on a forum somewhere, but I did not pay any attention. Then around 1,5 years ago I stumbled on a Scott Manley tutorial video and I knew this would consume me. I must have watched every Scott Manley video, afterwards I did not even bother with the demo. The upside of all the Scott Manleying was that I had a pretty good, but basic, understanding of orbital mechanics. I seem to remember getting into orbit within the first few hours. Back in those days the Mun was far, far away and really scary!

"Hey I'm me" No no no...you got that wrong buddy, I am me! (and welcome, not-me!)

Today I prepared for and started the Jool-5 Challenge

I finished the orbital fuel depot of the KethEx Corporation in orbit around Kerbin, next steps in this career is filling it up with fuel extracted from Minmus and then getting ready for the Jool-5 challenge The last piece of the fuel depot was the second of two huge fuel storage units; Circularizing the orbit; Land ahoy! Getting Bill out to get some KAS struts in place It's difficult to see, but he's enjoying himself! Open for business!

What about a moon orbiting a moon that is orbiting a moon? mmmhhhh EDIT: did not read the post above...durrrrrrr

I launched operation S.M.A.S.H, getting 2 stranded Kerbals down and putting a C Class potato in the dessert: The S.M.A.S.H craft has 8 chute-packs, each having 4 chutes Potato in sight! The big asteroid catcher has the 2 man lander can, but in the excitement of the ARM package I forgot to include any way for Jeb and Bill to come home Deploying chute packs Chute packs attached, long de-orbit burn commencing Luckily everything behaved friendly when I entered the atmosphere Yeah baby! I was quite nervous about the effects of the chutes opening Deploying chutes and ditching the S.M.A.S.H craft Approaching 500m radar alt, hopefully no xplosions when they deploy fully Mmhhh, crap Hold on, we're still ALIVE!! Or are we??!! WE ARE!! ALL HAIL JEB!

Same here! The only thing that happens semi-regularly is when I'm approaching my docking target and time-warp until I'm quite close the pro- and retrograde vectors to the target go crazy. But rebooting the game fixes that and it doesn't happen that often at all.

Today I completed in-orbit construction of the InterSolar Fuel Corporation's - Big Rig "Billy", this monsters mission will be fuel runs between my KethEx Inc. - Minmus Kethane Extractor and the KethEx Inc. - Orbital Fuel Depot around Kerbin. It can deliver 23040 units of LiqFuel, 28160 units of Oxidizer and 350 units of Mono-propellant in one trip. The final craft seems to be very sturdy and stable, but lets wait until the first fully loaded precision docking for the final verdict Launching the mid-ship docking adapter; These multi-port dockings require a steady hand. Having the target in a 0 degrees inclination orbit and pointing North makes it a lot easier to line everything up Launching the 3rd and final piece, an exact copy of the first module. The only difference is in the action groups making it able to select FWD and AFT thrust correctly Easy does it... Great Succes! 8 correctly docked ports, 1 stable craft! And on to Minmus to pick up the first load At the same time construction of the KethEx Inc. - Orbital Fuel Depot is also coming to an end. Today we launched the second to last piece, a critical part that has to be installed before the first Big Rig visits to drop off huge amounts of fuel; the docking module. Night launches are not desirable, but when orbital mechanics dictates a night launch than a night launch it is! Catching the last of the days sunrays A brave kerbonaut on his way to install the KAS struts Almost done, just one big fuel depot to go and optionally (as in, if I feel like it ) some extra solar trusses

I'm continuing construction of the KethEx Corporations first RoidBase, aptly named "Kerbin 1"

The humble beginnings of the KethEx Corporation's first RoidBase Orbital Refinery

Done! filler filler

I don't go as far as creating complete websites for my made-up organisations and companies, but I am starting to role play a lot more lately. In my current career save I have; KASA - The original government agency responsible for program like Kercury, Kemini and Kapollo. Currently operating the Konstellation program to the inner and outer planets and of course asteroids, getting science and redirecting asteroids. KethEx Ltd. - The first commercial space business, buying redirected asteroids from KASA that are in LKO, setting up an KethSat network around the planets and moons, building Keth Extraction vehicles and huge orbital refineries and fuel depots. A lot of cooperation with KASA and InterSolar Fuel; KethEx oftens invests in KASA deep space missions and in turn KethEx can put some HitchHickers Class KethSats on the mission craft to be deployed en route or at the destination. InterSolar Fuel - Builder of really huge fuel transports, actually a spin-off from KethEx and they are truly the experts in building big craft with multi-port docking. Clients are KethEx and of course KASA. Tug Inc. - In the market for a space tug? Interplanetary or just a small micro-tug to move trusses around? Tug Inc. is the place to go!

When watching the webcasts of SpaceX launches I now actually know what is happening And it feels pretty awesome to be honest

Haha very recognizable! This is exactly the reason I turn off all engines when I'm on the final approach during docking

Yesterday I continued where I left of earlier this week ( http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/29533-What-did-you-do-in-KSP-today?p=1093159#post1093159 ), getting my intrepid Kerbals from Gilly, via Eve, back to the homestead of Kerbin; The long burn out of Eve's SOI And a lovely view during the Kerbin Aerocapture Detaching the Gilly Lander from the Science Package/Transfer Module (forget to take screenshots of the splashdown into the Kacific Ocean) After the Gilly Lander made a safe splashdown it was time for the Science Package to deliver it's precious cargo of Science points When the parachutes deploy the Transfer Stage was released for a controlled crash into the water With the Science gained during this mission I have now unlocked everything I need for a Class D Asteroid Catcher, next project is a huge Asteroid Base/Orbital Kethane Refinery

Today Jeb and Bill traveled retrograde in relation to Kerbol for the first time. The first mission of the Zeus Program and a flight of many firsts, including a flyby of Eve, dropping a lander/probe on Eve, getting an encounter with Gilly and having our brave Kerbonauts use the Gilly Lander for the first time to get their little green feet deep into Gilly powder... Burn Baby Burn, the 2 NIRVA's pushing us out farther and farther That's one purple ball.. "It's getting a tad warm in here.." Probe away! Slowly descending through the ominous clouds of Eve, shortly before discovering we're directly above the toxic ocean of Eve.... Unfortunately the probe did not survive this toxic liquid for long But undeterred Jeb and Bill get on with it, getting it onto Gilly that is! And that is were they remain, until at least Thursday when I have time to fly them back

My first (well, in this career) manned mission of Eve and Gilly

Starting a new career save with 23.5. First went to the Mun! And then we went to Duna and Ike, also during this mission we dropped of two HitchHicker Class KethSats for the KethEx corporation

Hear hear!

Got the Claw on my first D Class roid! And after a lot of burnin' and aerobreaking got it in a stable orbit; In the meantime I'm slowly starting development work on the first KerbRoidBase using a C Class roid;

Well...I can't freaking wait

Hi Rune, how did you deliver those vertical orange tanks to the surface?

After succesfully landing my huge and incredibly unstable fuel depot on Duna, involving multiple flips, a parachute breaking off and discovering on the way down it was severely underpowered;