I Survived the Mun- mostly...

[Bob's Guardian Angel]

An interesting mission story for all of you.

I decide that my first mission in 0.20 was to reach the Mun. I built myself a new lander craft (completely from scratch).

So I was orbiting the mun and had made my orbit path almost vertical for a good touchdown.

The Skipper engine I used as my transfer and correction stage ran out of fuel, so I pressed Space to decouple it.

It didn't detach!

I set the LV-909 on my lander stage to maximum throttle, but we were still dragging several tons of dead weight.

I braced myself as we hit the Mun...

and we bounced.

The rocket's bottom half exploded as the top shot into the air.

I had the foresight to exit the cockpit (the only part to survive, which was odd because it has an impact tolerance of 8)

and jetpack down.

The cockpit landed 200 meters away.

We planted the flag anyway.

Thorvald Kerman is still waiting on the Mun for a rescue. What do I do next?

[PrivateFlip]

Send a rescue mission immediately! (or quickload , probably to late now)

[Dictator Dan]

http://i.imgur.com/ectqP.gif

All jokes aside, a 2 man lander can, have one kerbal exit before launch and send a rescue mission, or drop him a rover and let him explore the Mun.

[Bob's Guardian Angel]

My setup so far is a lander can that I vacate plus one probe core. I kill the pilot in the lander can and use the probe to fly the rocket to the Mun.

[FlamedSteak]

I didn't know they had lights on their helmets? How do you turn them on?

[Dictator Dan]

L toggles helmet lights.

[Bob's Guardian Angel]

For the most part, I'm meeting some significant roadblocks- the Daytripper II that I'm using to mount the recue mission inexplicably hangs a right and crashes spectacularly within 10 seconds of liftoff. So should I use a stock launch vehicle or no?

[Bob's Guardian Angel]

Quick update- rebuilt the vehicle from the ground up! It is now supposedly less likely to explode.

Aw, we lost the protective cone. That's alright, we can still make it!

Oh firetruck no.

[Bob's Guardian Angel]

SUCCESS!

Thorvald was rescued, but now we have another couple of Kerbals on the Mun. Great. Next up my job is to send down a scientific base and some rovers for them.

Here's the picture.

Edited May 29, 2013 by Bob's Guardian Angel
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