Fluffy crocodile Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 So i’m wondering, what is the best way to create a maned mission to jools moons. For example, should i do apollo style or a big old lander? I am also wondering the must fuel efficent way to get into a jool orbit. Also how much delta v is required to get to jool, land on laythe and return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FleshJeb Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Welcome! Apollo-style could mean a few things: If you mean a two-stage lander, then maybe for Tylo and Laythe. For the other three, it's not necessary. If you mean a lander that detaches from a mothership, lands, and returns to the mothership (and refuels for the next landing), then yes, definitely. The most efficient way to capture at Jool is a gravity brake using Tylo: https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Tutorial:_Gravity_Assist#Gravity_brake A tutorial on Reddit Delta-V: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chel Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 A really useful mod for calculating dV is KER (Kerbal Engineer Redux). It displays all kinds of useful information, and is basically a must-have. It will really help with your plans in the Jool system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbinchaser Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 There's also this: And as Cat said, KER is a must-have mod. It doesn't affect performance and it's so incredibly useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chel Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Lo Var Lachland said: There's also this: And as Cat said, KER is a must-have mod. It doesn't affect performance and it's so incredibly useful. Why thankyou! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbinchaser Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 11 minutes ago, The_Cat_In_Space said: Why thankyou! You bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRS Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Just saying, if you're MAD, you can simply EVA in orbit, then land, did that to Pol, and Gilly of Eve, because i'm MAD, doing so to Bop is possible, but i never did it because i'm not MAD enough, Vall is like Mun, but a little harder, since its high G of 0.235 while Mun is like 0.16, Laythe needs a fairly big lander, Tylo can be done with less than 3 ton lander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Big nuclear motherships are always fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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