Doing It Constellation Style

[Death Engineering]

21 hours ago, Willer Kerman said:

Hello, I'm interested in participating in the challenge, but I have a question about the rule below.

 

I'm going to make my application using mods, but none of those I use have a capsule with a capacity of 4 kerbals, so I wonder if this rule is mandatory.

FYI.. you can use the Soviet-esque tucked in under a stock capsule to increase crew capacity without blatant clipping.

[Willer Kerman]

Hello, here is my entry for Constellation Munar Sortie. 

 

First, the Ares V launch with Altair Lander:

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Booster recovery: 

 

 

 

Ater, the Ares I launch with Orion Spacecraft:

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Crew: Jeb, Bill, Bob, Valentina, Elon and James

 

Booster recovery:

 

 

And, finally, docking: 

 

Continuing, the main mission:

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Trans-munar Inserction using the Ares V second stage: 

 

Munar insertion burn using Altair: 

 

Undocking and land near Mun Arch: 

 

Exploring the surface: 

 

Liftoff: 

 

Approach and dock: 

 

Return burn: 

 

Bob's spacewalk: 

 

Finally, the land: 

 

 

Science recovery:

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Mission science recovery: 604,7

• Magnetometer scan on surface of Mun;
• Temperature scans on surface and orbit of Mun;
• Gravity scans on surface and orbit of Mun;
• Seismic scan on surface of Mun;
• Laser scan on surface of Mun;
• Surface sample , EVA report and Crew report on Surface;
• Pressure scans on surface and orbit of Mun;
• Ship recover.

The Altair Lander has powered by 3 Fuel cell's. Life support to 3 days.

The Orion has a life support for 28 days, and can be expanded to 280 days.

 

Craftfiles:

• Ares I - Orion
• Ares V - Altair

 

Modlist used during the mission: 

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Background Resources (BackgroundResources v0.13.12.0)
BetterTimeWarpContinued (BetterTimeWarpCont 2.3.11.3)
Champagne Bottle Redux (ChampagneBottleRedux 0.3.9.1)
ClickThrough Blocker (ClickThroughBlocker 0.1.7.1)
CommNet Constellation (CommNetConstellation 1.3.1)
Community Category Kit (CommunityCategoryKit 4.1.0.0)
Community Resource Pack (CommunityResourcePack 1.1.0.0)
Community Tech Tree (CommunityTechTree 1:3.3.6)
Custom Barn Kit (CustomBarnKit 1.1.19.0)
Distant Object Enhancement (DistantObject v1.9.1.1)
Distant Object Enhancement default config (DistantObject-default v1.9.1.1)
DMagic Orbital Science (DMagicOrbitalScience 1.4.2)
Hide Empty Tech Tree Nodes (HideEmptyTechNodes 1.1.0)
HOYO CSM (Using 1.3 version on KSP 1.7)
Kerbal Alarm Clock (KerbalAlarmClock v3.10.0.0)
Kerbal Changelog (KerbalChangelog v1.1.4)
Kessler Syndrome (KesslerSyndrome 1.3.0.2)
KSP Craft Organizer (VAB/SPH tags + craft searching) (KspCraftOrganizer 1.5.5)
KW Rocketry Rebalanced (KWRocketryRebalanced 3.2.6.1)
MagiCore (MagiCore 1.3.1.5)
MechJeb 2 (MechJeb2 2.8.3.0)
ModularFlightIntegrator (ModularFlightIntegrator 1.2.6.0)
Module Manager (ModuleManager 4.0.2)
Near Future Solar (NearFutureSolar 0.8.15)
Near Future Solar Core (NearFutureSolar-Core 0.8.15)
Oh Scrap! (OhScrap 1.6.1.1)
Procedural Fairings (ProceduralFairings 1:1.5.0.5)
Procedural Parts - MainSailor's Procedural Textures - Complete Texture Pack (MainSailorTextures-Complete 2.0.0.0.1)
Procedural Parts - MainSailor's Procedural Textures - Essential Textures and Flag (MainSailorTextures-Essentials 2.0.0.0.1)
REPOSoftTech-Agencies (REPOSoftTech-Agencies V1.5.4.0)
ReStock (ReStock 0.1.3)
ReStock+ (ReStockPlus 0.1.3)
Science Relay (ScienceRelay 5.1)
ScrapYard (ScrapYard 1.1.2)
StageRecovery (StageRecovery 1.9.1)
Surface Mounted Lights (surfacelights 1.12)
TAC Life Support (TACLS) (TACLS v0.13.12.0)
Toolbar Controller (ToolbarController 1:0.1.6.20)
Tracking Station Evolved (TrackingStationEvolved 4.1)
Transfer Window Planner (TransferWindowPlanner v1.6.3.0)
TriggerAu Flags (TriggerAu-Flags v2.9.3.0)
TweakScale - Rescale Everything! (TweakScale v2.4.1.0)
UnKerballed Start (UnKerballedStart 1.0.6)

 

It was more than 4 days of planning and execution. The capsule with capacity for 6 kerbonalts is from the HOYO CSM mod which, despite being for 1.3, I am using in 1.7.

 

Pontuation:

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Launch Vehicles (+10)

Ares I (+5)

Ares V (+5)

Stage Recovery 1 and 2 (+7)

Orion (+6)

Crew Safety (+4)

Life Support (+25)

Commnet (+10)

 

Mission Pontuation:

Objective (+20)

Kerbin Orbit Rendezvous (+8)

Accurate Altair (+7)

Fuel Cells (+2)

Descent Module (+4)

Kerbin Departure Stage (+3)

Altair Orbital Insertion (+3)

 

Total: 119 Points

Science points: 604.7

 

 

Can i use the badge? 

It was a fun mission to build and do, an exeptional challenge and full of surprises. Any questions just ask.

Edited April 21, 2019 by Willer Kerman
Adding Life Support information

[Jestersage]

This is more for the build itself than the challenge, but would my Fogin RX1 satisfy the requirements?

[AmateurAstronaut1969]

Is this Challenge still open?

I’m thinking about giving it a try on my new science save (Once I’ve completed the Community tech tree) just for the fun!

[Terminal Velocity]

welp this sucks (i have to use infinite fuel because I cant be bothered to install realism overhaul for RSS and i dont think RSS is even allowed anyways)