The four-man crew of Gallivant Horizon, KSP's most advanced and capable interplanetary ship, began exploring Duna. Gallivant Horizon executing a braking burn to enter Duna orbit. Note that the lander docked with the ship's bow has a large heat shield (constructed from a Rockomax adapter, and overlapping structural panels). The game doesn't really require this, but I find it hard to believe that the lander's engines could survive an unprotected tail-first meteoric reentry through Duna's atmosphere. The ship was accompanied by a rover and a habitat module with their own transfer stages. Like the manned lander, each is protected by a heat shield. They are delivered to the surface by parachute and expendable sky-crane. The lander standing on Duna's surface. Note the habitat module standing the crest of a hill in the background, 332 meters away. The rover made a much more precise landing, touching down about 25 meters from the manned lander. Alan and Bill Kerman conducting geological research, a few kilometers from the landing site. Aleksei Kerbolev standing beside the habitat module. All of the astronauts in my career game have "real" names, and about half of them have the surname "Kerbolev," rather than "Kerman" (I edit the persistent.sfs file, as necessary). Scott Kerman pulled "Collins Duty," remaining in Duna orbit aboard Gallivant Horizon.
