Tales of the default space program

[Emperoreddy]

Kerbin’s first space program, default, is alive and well. 

 

After Jebadiah Kerbin became the first Kerbal into space and into orbit. The space agency started taking on science and tourist contracts. 

 

The first true test of the agency was a mission that saw the return craft overloaded with too much science on top of a passenger pod. A shallow rentry left Valentina piloting a craft that simply did not want to stay pointed correctly as it entered the heaviest portion of the atmosphere. 

Out of option, Valentina put the craft into a death spiral, which somehow spread the heat evenly across the craft, allowing it to safely slow down and pass below 20k. 

With crisis averted, and fresh funds and science in the bag. The VAB was upgraded and default began planning its biggest mission of all. A flyby of Mun. 

Lots of science was loaded onto the Mun 1, and with Valentina at the helm, the ship is currently on a free return course to the Mun and back.