Tylo

[Sirad]

Hello then. First i have to excuse for my bad English. its not my Native Language.

Ill now tell ya about the last Mission to Tylo.

The Goal was:

- Fly to Tylo in one Shot, NO ISRU, Stock Parts. Land there. Roam there and get Back in one Piece.

The only Installed Mods were Mechjeb and KJR. KJR for the obvious 'DE-Noodling', Mechjeb for Proper Planetary Transfers and DV display.

First i'll Tell you about the Mission Crew.

From the Left to the Right:

Jebediah Kerman, Carchell Kerman, Sigtris Kerman. You see Carchell is quite Happy, she just came from the Mission briefing.

The Ship Consists of 3 Parts.

1. The Main Propulsion Ship. This one has the Task to Push the other two Modules to the JOOL System and after the Completion of the Mission get the (remaining, if) Crew back to the Orbital Station around Kerbin

2. The Maneuvering Ship. This one has the Task to Bring the Lander from HIGH Tylo Orbit to a very LOW Tylo Orbit to save Fuel aboard the Main Propulsion Ship. The Maneuvering Ship is fully ION Propelled and has a external command Seat (one of the things needed to attain a proper 'thumbs up' from JEB for this mission) This Ship is the one Equipped with RCS and Monoprop for Docking and such.

3. The Deorbiter and Reorbiter Module (3 Stages). The De/Re-Orbiter has as a needed Addition a Rover aboard. The De/Re-Orbiter has NO RCS/Monoprop

4. The Orbiting Stage consisting of: Brute Force, (and some Boosters)

 

The Main Propulsion Module. 6 Radially mounted Nuclear Engines and the Fuel Tanks are Stages as they deplete from the Bottom to the Top.

The Maneuvering Ship. while Towing the De/Re-Orbiter it has ~2.200 Dv

The De/Re-Orbiter. ~3000 Dv for Landing in one Stage and 3100 Dv for getting into Orbit again.

Now the Rocket Lift's off. The Boosters are not Really needed, this Ship is Capable to fulfill the desired Mission, with just the Original Starting weight of 999.9 Tons, but without Boosters Jeb would never entered the Ship. He mumbled something about 'its not explody enough now' so we strapped Booster onto it.

Heading for Space

Separation of the Boosters

Separation of the 1st Stage.

Straight upwards for a very High Orbit.

Separation of the Fairing.

Circularizing to high Orbit

Separation of the 2nd Stage

In my Eyes, a beauty.

Getting to a Higher Orbit (1000 km)

Now we Found a Transfer Window to JOOL for ~ 2000 Dv. Thats Ok.

Burning towards JOOL

This Time i was very Lucky to get a Catch worth ~600 Dv from Tylo for only 15.4 Dv.

Burning the Remaining DV for a High Orbit around Tylo

In High Orbit Around Tylo

This is now the Reason Jeb wanted to Fly this Mission. He Floats over to the Maneuvering Ship and takes Seat.

Decoupling the De/Re-Orbiter ~ Maneuvering Ship Combo to get to very Low Tylo Orbit via Ion Drive. This took quite a While to Circle down but this wasnt too tedious. Sigtris remained aboard the Main Ship and had to wait until both come back.

You see Jebs Face ? Thats it.

Now they both made it to Low Tylo Orbit.

Decoupling the De/Re-Orbiter from the Maneuvering Ship to Land at Tylo. Jeb Stays aboard the Ion Ship and is pleased with the Great views from that Seat.

the High Deorbit Burn. This one Carchell did without the Help of the Computer---

Now Carchell has to (nearly) suicide burn down to the Ground. The Lander has plenty Dv left so there is no need for high Level of Adrenaline.

Landed. 138 Dv left.

Everything is fine and nothing got damaged while Landing. we have a go for getting out and be the First Kerbal who sets Foot on Tylo.

Carchell Kerman is the First Kerbal on Tylo.

Pride.

Now afterwards she have to pay the Price for being the First Kerbal on Tylo. .... Gather Science. The Landing Spot was quite bad chosen so the Time runs. she needs to be Back aboard the Ship until the sun Sets and the Deep Freezing cold of space kills her in the open Command Seat.

ain't it fun eh ?

100 km Off from the Landing Site the Navigating help disappeares and the Desired Biome not reached so far.

3rd Biome: Mara. ~200 km off the Landing Site.

Landing Site

And drove here for the 'Highland Science'

she is still laughing. (meanwhile i just nearly got to smash my Keaboard, this was 14-real-Hours  Rovering.) Oh this is really the most tedious thing one can do in KSP. anyway, science is in Real Life a tedious Grind too.

To the Right

after ~ 400 km the Lander comes into sight.

1.5 Ton Rover gets Jumpy at 0.8 g and ~15 km/h. would be fun if this were happening on Kerbin(or earth).

To the left

soon she made it.

only a few metres left.

Back at the Lander.

now after thaaaaaat long time Rovering, where is your smile girl ?

She barely made it right bevore Sunset. This trip generated so much Science the Scientists may get Ecstatic if we get Back to Kerbin.

Now Takeoff to Low Orbit.

climbing up

Separating the 2nd Stage.

This is what was left over at Tylo. a abandoned Rover and a Lander that fell to parts.

she made it to low Tylo Orbit and now waits for the Maneuvering Ship to get picked up.

docking in the Darkness.

Docked. Now spiraling the Orbit up to meet with the Main Ship.

Jeb is pleased, because Calculations showed that there is Plenty of Fuel left over for something special.

Docking with the main Ship. Sigtris is quite pleased because both made it back alive. Jebediah took Sigtris aside and said something about a special trip. So Carchell and Sigtris changed places.

Changing the Capsules

After a re-dock of the Tylo 3rd Stage to the bottom of the Ion Ship, Jebedia and Sigtris were heading of to Bop.

found a good transfer Window.

Now the Combined Tylo Upper Stage and the Ion Ship is Landing in absolute Darkness. This was a Computer aided Landing

Now after Dawn Sigtris noticed about this very Special Place Jeb mentioned.

'This is your reward for waiting all the Time without anything worth seeing.' Jeb said.

Planting a Flag on the Dead Krakens Head. This is the Revenge for Countless Rover Accidents happened while Gathering Science on Tylo..... Jes. Dig it in.

Afterwards they took off heading back to Tylo Orbit.

The combo barely made it.

Redock at the main Ship , enter the main Capsule and and Jettison the 3rd Tylo Stage.

moving around.

after jettison the Tylo Ascent Stage, using the Remaining Xenon to Push the main Ship out of Tylo High Orbit. The Maneuvering Ship is now Useless.

getting into a circular Jool Orbit.

Now Jettison the Maneuvering Ship

waiting for a good Transfer and

finally burn towards Home.

Due to the usual 'Jeb-A-like' calculation for the Trip to Bop, there was not enough Fuel left over for a 'normal swing to Orbit' at Kerbin. Jeb was giggling while the ship that completely lacked any Heatshield tried to Aerobrake at 3.700 m/s in Kerbins Atmosphere. They had to Circle down several Times.

like that.

finaly they managed to keep up with the Kerbin Orbital Station. The Science had to be delivered here. At Tylo they gathered Science worth 100 Years of research....

Docking at the Station. After a good Snack and the Transfer at the Station they left and deorbited quite the usual way. nothing to mention here.

Edited December 22, 2015 by Sirad
awful syntax and grammatic...