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Uh, "fly a ship to each of Jool's moons" Needs more clarifications, do we need to enter it's sphere of influence? Achieve orbit? Land? It could mean a lot of things.

I love this idea. And in theory, it's perfectly possible too; It should be as simple as replacing the model and texture, something already done by NecroBones with Color Coded Canisters to make the stock tanks look nicer: (using ModuleManager) http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/104660 Since it's just cfg files, I imagine someone could write that up easily. If you want to look into doing it yourself (or anyone reading this), that might be a good place to look.

Update 2: Calling ground control (bigger update) A good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. -Lao Tzu Days to next Moho Transfer: nil I've been having some problems. It's like someone slathered my rockets in Kraken food and he was VERY hungry. For one, our rockets simply wouldn't lift off. Either that, or they simply exploded. Here's my first Endurance Class Rover rocket lifter. oops I tried to fix it multiple times, but the rocket wouldn't budge. It was like something was holding it in place. Ironically, the exploding stopped as soon as I got rid of Kerbal Joint Reinforcement, so that happened. Guess i'm gonna have to make do with Noodle Rockets! It eventually (see: after many attempts) got to Low Kerbin Orbit, ready to be sent out as soon as the Moho Transfer came, along with Discovery. Fast forward 24 days. The Moho Transfer is here. Discovery and Endurance begin their burns (Endurance pictured) endurance beginning it's transfer burn with it's transfer stage Discovery went first, then Endurance. I went with an ineffecient transfer out of inexperience and me wanting to get there as fast as I could. After the plane change half-way through the orbit, they arrived. encounters Endurance arrived first. Due to an unknown error, it got to orbit, but it doesn't have enough fuel to land. Actually, it might, but it's a ridiculously tight margin. It's possible a refueling mission may be required to land it (either that, or clever lithobraking. I was going to ditch the skycrane anyways, eh?) Then, Discovery arrived. I accidentally timewarped too much. Well, I suppose I can quickload for that... *forgot to quicksave after getting endurance in orbit* ...And I had to get endurance into orbit again, with the same fuel loss results. Curious. In the end, I got Discovery (without said fuel loss) into a 100x100 km 90 degree inclination polar orbit, scanning. There's no mistaking it, Moho looks like a giant, moldy meatball. (We already knew that, no surprise there.) discovery: orbiting moho There's just one problem. Linus Kerman: There's always a problem, isn't there? According to ScanSAT, moho has NO water. At all. Not even 0.01%, it's all 0.00%. It looks like if I make a base here, it will need regular water shipments. Perhaps there will be a way to get some through alternate means, but it looks bleak on that front. I suppose it was to be expected, after all it is a giant meatball orbiting really close to the sun. This truly will be a challenge. But I didn't do it because it was easy, did I? "So, can I go there now?" -Jebediah Kerman Okay, Jeb. The next mission will be manned. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Things you want me to try to do? (I'll try them, if I can fit them in somehow!)

I have the feeling this moment will go down in KSP forum history. 2 years from now, there will be a poll.. "Do you remember Green Iron Crown?" And we, WE, the members of the forum today will be able to honestly click "yes"

I would; but I haven't used it before. I think Karbonite has more community-made add-ons, but I can't say for sure.

Did some stuff for Scorched Kerbin (link in sig), and will update it with chapter 2 tomorrow (with screenshots) (pro-tip: Moho has no water, at least not with the mods I use. Looks like "self-sustaining" might not work out, I might figure something else though.)

Hm, are you adverse to using resource gathering mods (Since they'd essentially make it very easy, since you could just refuel?) If not, I might recommend Karbonite. Here's a (heavily modded) mission report of someone doing exactly that, visiting every planet/moon. the mission's done, but as I recall the writing isn't. http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/93963-Avalon-A-mission-to-every-planet-and-moon-Investigation-Via-EVA

Thing is, now your reputation is tanked, and I believe I remember reading one of the devs saying (I can't remember where) that running out of reputation would be a losing condition (and even if it doesn't become one, it still affects your contracts). Still, with this, who NEEDS contracts? You can get science with science modules (and you don't even need to do that if you've already maxed the tech tree) and this gives you funds. I mainly avoid career since it needs balancing, so i'll just wait until they balance it out a lot, and hopefully most exploits like this will become useless (or dangerous)

I imagine this is why: "Basically I want to fulfil a satellite and space station contract at the same time." - from the OP As I understand it, he wants to have the probe to have the crew CAPACITY needed to fufill the space station contract (as it doesn't actually need the crew members inside), while also having a probe contract being completed. Quite clever, but i'm not sure if it'd work (that's the question)

Hm, that's what I thought. I guess I just need more TWR, or lower my relative speed to Moho beforehand, perhaps? Thanks! I guess lithobraking (see: crashing) might be the best option at this point Hopefully my scansat probe will fare better (I might actually run a few tests..)

Hm, i'd imagine having a kerbal on board, regardless of whether he is in control would break the contract, but I don't know for sure. Also not sure if having space for a kerbal would break the contract either. This calls for SCIENCE!

Well, here's the gist of it. I'll be going towards Moho at 2500 m/s, no biggie. I start my circuralization burn as I would, say, for Dres or the Mun. (no aerobraking, obviously, it's Moho) The maneuver node says I need 2400 m/s or so, and I have 5000 m/s in my tank according to kerbal engineer, so i'm good. ...Except when I finish the burn, I have just 500 m/s in my tank. What gives? That's 1600 m/s gone into thin air. This is annoying, considering I need more delta-v to land, and I have no idea where it's going. Am I doing it wrong? Is there some trick? I use the maneuver node and execute it normally, if it was t -1 minute i'd start at t- 30 seconds and end at t+ 30 seconds. Do I need to do it differently for Moho? I'd like to know before I try to get my scansat into orbit (which has a tighter delta-v margin) I may consider lithobraking using my skycrane to try to land the rover... Help? EDIT: Picture of the rover, with KER readouts, in case they might be relevant (I don't think the exhaust is hitting anything, i've tested it before)

With beta 0.90, the VAB was massively improved. A new menu, advanced sorting options, splitting of engines/fuel tanks, etc. But one feature I hear nobody talking about is the custom menus in advanced sorting options. Does anyone use them? I use them to sort my modded parts, but that's just me. (They also go across saves, so that's nice.) Do you find them useful? A hassle? Share your thoughts!

7/10, seen ya around, mainly in forum games.

Irony is great. It's brilliant. It's the stuff humanity is made of. It's the human condition to say something that directly contradicts anything else, and do it, and be FUNNY. While this could be considered an extention of the joke thread, irony covers all sorts of bases (visual, and just words), so it could be just about anything. As long as it's ironic. So, how about sharing your irony here? It could be funny, serious (okay I don't see how irony could be serious), or perhaps involving the metal: Iron. I'll start: The extrovert subreddit is private. (the introvert subreddit isn't, though.) (mods if this should be in forum games, feel free to move it, but there's not really any scoring system, or game element, and people could discuss irony, so i figured it best here)

Perform an expedition (using probes, or kerbals, either is fine) to the Northern Sinkhole/Mohole on Moho. (source: http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Moho topography/biomes)

Hm, the statistics seem to be vastly skewed to males... According to the Alexa Ratings, this seems to be true even for non-forum goers: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kerbalspaceprogram.com Well, there you go. (I'm male)

Is it just me, or is kerbal parkour/acts of acrobatics already possible? Picture a running kerbal (or at least, whatever kerbals do to move, cause that's not running, that's more like.. waddling, like a penguin), on a structural platform with a large jetpack apparatus on his back. He leaps off. It now reveals he's on Minmus (or the Mun). Cue a dramatic shot of him leaping over a frozen river. He ignites his external jetpack. It launches him up. He ditches the external jetpack, and starts to use his EVA suit's instead. He performs a steady burn to start slowing down after floating for a while. He ends by landing on a platform at the other end of the river, unscathed, and ready for the next launch. He has a maniacal smile on his face. He is the BadS. He is the Jeb. +rep to someone who does this and makes a video of it, cause that'd be freaking AWESOME.

False, I have. (by the way xkcd is this webcomic: http://www.xkcd.com/) The user below me has posted a KSP craft file on the forums.

Fun fact: While not an official site by SQUAD, Kerbal Stuff's header is 186, 216, 85, the exact RGB representation of #BADA55. While SQUAD might not of made it intentional, there's no mistake Kerbal Stuff did. Picture with relevant portions prioritized (using 30 seconds in MS paint, because it loads marginally faster than GIMP) EDIT: And today, I learned that I am not an artist.

This might also help: http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Tutorial:How_to_get_to_Eve The wiki's tutorial might help. If you land, I doubt you'll be coming back any time soon. Eve's atmosphere is ridiculously thick, and I think it's near to Kerbin gravity, so landing on Eve isn't really the problem, it's getting OFF again... You'd probably be best just dropping a science probe there, and leaving any crew to orbital science (and possibly going to Gilly), but if you don't care if your kerbals take an *ahem* Extended Vacation, then you could land one there for the extra science from crew reports. Not that I condone stranding kerbals for who-knows-how-long in that purple living Kraken-land.

A flag. Serious answer: Rovers, (or, as Danny2462 put it, faster rovers) Or, perhaps, a "bare minimum" vehicle for getting back to orbit, perhaps as escape pods?

In short: using patched conics is REALLY GOOD. Otherwise, you're just making educated guesses, and unless you're doing advanced math to figure everything out, you're not gonna get exact results. Whether that's alright or not, depends on your play-style. I imagine it'd be nigh-impossible, or at least frustrating to go interplanetary without patched-conics, simply due to the sheer accuracy needed, though knowing this game, i'd bet people have done it. edit: There's no way in heck i'd consider going to high-accuracy areas, like Eeloo, Dres, and Moho, without patched conics. Duna, Jool and Eve? Maybe. If you're completely crazy. (cue nicely formatted imgur albums on people doing just that)

Kerbol Star Organizations or whatever it's called is unrealistic, just look at Minimus and dune! Translation: "Kerbal space program is unrealistic, just look at minmus and duna!"

Heh, does a VTOL of 100 kilograms count? No? Okay, i'll go back to exploding things. User below me has landed on another planet (Mun and Minmus are moons, so they don't count) in KSP.