Gemini to the Mun - and Other Missions.

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                                                                                Gemini to the Mun

                             Mission Report, Story and Events Concuring Gemini XVI, the KAS Mun Landing

 

 

Prolouge:

It is May, 1968, and KAS's Kerbollo program is falling backward. New intel has shown that the Krussians have developed a rocket capable of sending one Kerbal to the surface of the Mun.

The Krussians had the early lead, however, ever since they conducted the first rendezvous and docking, they were now leading the competition. This new rocket developed by the Krussians would be a fatal blow.

It is 3:43, and Martin Kerman storms in the mission controll building, shouting "keurekea!". Everyone looks over and see him holding the plans to the previous Gemini project. "What is it?" asks Gene Kerman. Martin responds, and says; "I know how to send you to the Mun".

 

The Mission:

It is June 26, 1969, and a Kitan II missle awaits launching on the pad. The Kerbal engineers look intently on the launchpad.

 

Stafford Kerman and Young Kerman are going to launch soon enough, and seem to sweat profusely.

 

 

The Kitan II Missle Awaiting Launch

 

Stafford: "Mission Control, we are in the rocket"

Mission Control: "Copy that. Don't sweat to much though, you might slow down the rocket!"

Young: "Nah, we sweated enough already. We just had to fill the Klorida Everglade"

 

The rocket was ready, although a truck that had sent the upper stage oxidizer the other day had an unpalnned rapid disassembly of the tire, senting the fuel crashing into the (empty) Gene Kerman Pawn Only Chess Klub, which was a lucky break for Gene, who had 118 Klubs to handle.

 

Mission Control: "Ignition!"

The Kitan II lifts off!

 

Staford, Young  : "Woah!"

Mission Control: "Tower Clear"

 

The two collective astronauts said little on the ascent to parking orbit, although a phone call apeared, from Korolev Kerman, stating that parking orbit was full. Undettered, KAS continued with the mission.

The launch went by smoothly, although the Gene Kerman Only One Hole Golf Klub complained the noise was too loud, and asked a passing engineer to "turn down the noise!".

The Kitan II launch vehicle as seen zoomed in from a Learjet (owned by KAS' founder, Jebediah Kerman,

who also was the second Kerbal to Orbit)

As the Kitan-Gemini craft was in orbit, Young reported that there was no ships in the nearby area, and claimed that parking orbit wasn't full.

Here is the radio transmission:

Young: "Young to mission control, parking orbit is empty"

Mission Control: "Copy that."

 

One of the pictures Young took while in parking orbit

 

Transmunar-Munar Orbit

Mission Control: "Mission Control to Gemini, you are go for TLI"

Young: "What the hell does TLI mean?!"

Staford: "Just burn!"

Young: "Yeah, but what does TLI even mean!"

Mission Control: "Mission Control to Young, TLI means Trans Munar Injection."

Young: "I don't even have a needle! The acronym doesn't even match- AH!"

 

At this point Staford burned the rest of the Kitan II stage, and then the rest was done by the modified adapter module.

Gemini after Munar orbit injection, taken from Young's Hasselbald 16mm cameras, in one of the 16 palnned EVAs of the mission

 

At Perimune, Staford insisted that he do the Munar injection burn, although Young was more experienced then Staford at piloting. Mission Control radioed Young Kerman Jebedias' Book called "How to Understand Mission Control Slang and Other Things". Young insisted though that he would rather had "53 More Things to do in Zero Gravity", a book that was not better selling than "The Hitchkerman's Guide to the Galaxy".

After Injection burn though, either Young or Staford aciddentaly dropped some snacks on the radio antenae, and no transmissions were heard. Only after the burn to a sub-orbital trajectory did the antenae function once more.

 

Munar Landing

So devoid of essentials was the module, that landing legs were forbode

 

Unfortunately, after landing, Staford's camera malfunctioned, and only a handful still were on the Hasselbald camera film.

Here are the radio transmissions from the surface:

Staford: "Well, here we are!"

Mission Control: "Well, that is one trip!"

Young, in the Command Module: "Did the Krussians say that parking spaces on the Mun aren't free?"

Mission Control: "In that case, that will be 1 Kerbuck"

Staford: "And one Kerbal step on the Mun!"

 

Back to Kerbin

The trip back to Kerbin was as eventful as the rest of the mission. EVA 13, of 15, was to be planned during sub-orbital flight. This EVA was to be brief, although Young, and the rest

The repaired Hasselbald camera was also another first: the first ever untethered camera. The timer took this picture of Young riding Gemini, during EVA 14 of 15.

 

of Mission Control was quite anxious. Although Camcot Kerman, a physician, was interested in the physical and mental effects of the EVA. She was promptly thrown out the front door of Mission Control, and sent to the nearest mental detention facility.

Meanwhile, in the KSC, news had spread of a propellant theif, and an investigation was started

A cop car, in pursuit of the propellant theif, passes by a bystander, who was also a journalist. He was the first to report to the public of the propellant theif.

After 50 minutes, KSC patrollers find a clue. The fishy smell of hypergolics! Within the next day, they find the culprit, Walter Kerman, who claimed that it wasn't fuel propellant, but instead a snack enchancer. He was arrested on the spot, as a quick inspection of Walter's moustache showed he was guilty.

Meanwhile in low Munar orbit, Young and Staford found themselves in a serious, serious situation.

The tank was empty.

The only option was to use the RCS to accelerate the craft into a Kerbin sub-orbital trajectory. However, for some unkown reason, some propellant was stored in the reentry part of the craft. Mission Control was already sining off, but Staford and Young's plan was just getting started. They took one of the pipes from the spare suit, plugged it in the fuel tank cap. It took some time, but after some Wherner Brand™ duct tape, they managed to fit it. Then, they took one of the umbilical cords, and connected it from the pipe to the adaptersection of the Gemini Space craft. Then, to start the pumping, they had to ironically dump some fuel. The only way to do this was to puncture one of the tanks. They took one of the sharper Mun rock spamples, and puncture some of the fuel tank. Soon enough, the fuel was pumping, and with some more Wherner Brand™ duct tape, they were on their way.

In an interview after a month after the event, Staford said that "It was so stressful, I thought I was going to drown in sweat!"

 

Staford, after the ingenous repair, peeking through happily back at Young. The picture is among the most famous ones of the mission

Kerbin Reentry

Young's camera took this picture during reentry

 

On their way back to Kerbin, the Krussians saw on their radio a craft. The Krussians already knew that the Mun mission was failed, however the ship looked rather similar to the reported Gemini launch. Soon, they managed to contact the craft, and Gemini was now in contact with Moskow. Kouston was so far unaware of this, but they noticed in the (newely patched) patched conics that the Gemini craft was gone.

 

Reentry was nominal, and Young took several pictures during reentry, such as drouge chute deployment.

Young and Staford. There were only two film slides left after this picture.

Back at home, Young and Staford became instant celebrity. Many Kerbals fell at the sight of both Kerbonauts. It is said that one Kerbal fainted while he was fainted. However, the two Kerbals were back home at last!

 

 

 

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Edited October 13, 2018 by AVeryNiceSpacePenguin

[Kerbinchaser]

Nice little one-page mission report! I love it!

[Chel]

Looks really cool! 

[AVeryNiceSpacePenguin]

Here is one of the photos of Stafford and is marvelous contraption :

Edited October 12, 2018 by AVeryNiceSpacePenguin

[AVeryNiceSpacePenguin]

This *might* get me banned, but here is the prequel to this Mission:

 

                                                   Merkury - Redstone

                                       The events concurring the first space flight of KAS

 

March 18, 1961

 

The paper arives at the front door of the mission control building, as it would usualy go. It would be there waiting, maybe with some milk in some glass beside it, laying dormant, and laying doormant the mission control facility. But today was the exception. The headline was striking: "First Kerbal to Orbit! Krussians win again!". 

Edeny Kerman, recruited by the Krussian Space Agency (KSA), had orbited Kerbin once, and returned back home safely.

The Krussian K-7 Kolniya rocket, on it's voyage to space

Jebediah Kerman (Founder of Kerbinal Aeronautics and Engineering) and Wherner von Kerman were shocked by the news. So far the Amerikan Air Force was the only way of acquiring rockets, and had been stubborn in giving them a rocket. This was the ultimate down-fall of the rocket blockade. The K-7 launched, and sent the first Kerbal into orbit.

There was no way but kongress after this. Kongress gave Jebediah some money to start the civilian space agency, KAS.

 

Second Steps, June 14,1961

Gus Kerman: "All systems ready, rocket systems running nominal"

Mission Control: "Roger Roger"

Gus Kerman: "All right! Start 'er up!"

Mission Control: "Copy that- wait, we see some anomaly on the left side of the rocket!"

Gus Kerman: "What's wrong?"

Mission Control: "We have fuell tank leak! Just stay where you are Gus!"

Gus Kerman: "Well if i'm leaking, I might as well launch!"

Mission Control: "Hold your hors-"

 

This point, Mission Control, and a crowd of Kermans where worriedly looking at the rocket, not on the launch pad, but in the air. The bullet slammed through the air, and went, and went, and went. It burned its engines for a full minute and a half, before cutting off and sending the craft on a ballistic trajectory.

The Redstone rocket, awaiting launch

Gus Kerman: "Whooo! I'm in space. It is strange here."

The Redstone Rocket, leaking fuel, and launching with Gus at the helm

 

Reentry went by less fiery than the Koskod experienced; But this entry marked the point at which Gus Kerman was history, and many press Kerbals (many fainted seeing the rocket lift off, fearing that KAS would lose Gus) saw his entry (not far away), and celebrated at the now safe Gus.

 

The Merkury pod, symbolic in its escence, yet oddly dumb in its engineering

 

Gus Kerman would go on to do many test flights for KAS, especialy in aviation.

 

The paper arrived at the doorstep of mission control. This time, it did nothing, as it did for many months at the centre, but not because of mundane politiks, but becuase they knew what the news was: "Gus Kerman, first Amerikan into space!"

 

Fiction

[Chel]

How might this get you banned? It's a great story, how anybody would try to ban a good writer is beyond me

[Kerbinchaser]

@AVeryNiceSpacePenguin

why would it get you banned? I don't see any inappropriate words or anything...