The Advanced Skycrane Delivery Module / Trans-Rover

[Mirage23]

The current KSP program required a mass lunar (or otherwise) transport vehicle. Among that came the requirement of the Advanced Skycrane Module (ASM).

Requirements:

-Advanced Rover/Transport Vehicle: Lunar Base-1 needed an advanced rover that could double as a transport for 6+ Kerbins across the lunar surface.

-Advanced Skycrane: Capable of delivering larger vehicles or modules

-Advanced Heat Shield to protect all the components.

After hours of work and a successful Kerbin test flight (Classified) the Advanced Trans/Rover which can seat 8 was launched to the lunar surface to support the Kerbin mission.

The following is the mission results for the Lunar portion:

The ASM and Trans/Rover achieve lunar orbit and begin decent.

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Main engines fire to slow decent.

The new heat shield and engines are discarded as they are not needed on the Mun. The Parachutes are disabled and the Main thrusters on the ASM prepare to fire.

ASM thrusters fire and bring the large TransRover to a slow decent, preparing for disconnect.

TransRover successfully deposited as the ASM departs the local area crashing approx. 15km away due to low gravity.

The TransRover conducts a night mission and then rendezvous with the Lunar base. The crew members of Lunar Base 1 are now able to conduct full scale lunar missions.

Follow on mission to UNK Planet is being planned for the unit.

The new requirement is now focus on a vehicle to take the unit to another planet or moon.

Edited June 24, 2013 by Mirage23