geek180

I just realized that although I installed the ALCOR mod last week, I've yet to see it appear in my inventory and can't seem to find it in the tech tree. I've only unlocked about half the tech so maybe i'm just not seeing it in the tree, at what point does it become available? Thanks

You know what, I was actually in the middle of time accelerating when I noticed the dropping altitude. I went back to 1x as soon as I realized what was going on and that's when I attempted to correct the issue. I didn't realize acceleration stopped RCS, but if it does, then there goes my main suspected explanation. What the hell happened then??

Hmmm I think RCS was on for most of the time since I needed to reposition to 0 degrees to circularize the orbit, it was after that the ship began falling. I am using Mechjeb (mainly just Smart ASS), I suppose it's possible MJ was sending some sort of signal to fire RCS but I'm not sure why it would be firing retrograde like that. No environmental mods installed.

Last night I launched the first section of a Munar orbital lab/refuel station. I got the thing into orbit around kerbin, stupidly quicksaved, and then as I was prepping for my maneuver to the Mun, I noticed both my Ap and Pe altitudes were dropping quick, Pe got all the way back into the negatives. I was on a crash course. I attempted a trajectory correction, which got my altitudes back up to normal (they were around 120k and 70k) but then as soon as I stopped the burn the altitudes started dropping again. It was past bedtime at this point so I just quit and I haven't had a chance to mess with it since. Any ideas why I wasn't able to maintain altitude? I've put rockets into Kerbin, Mun, and Minmus orbit many times, and as far as I could tell, I wasn't doing anything wrong. This vessel was a bit larger than most of my other ships, do I need to get my Ap even higher than 70k for larger vessels? Also, I spent over 100k on this launch. I only get a few hours of play time per week, I don't have time to go through contracts to earn back the money to try again. Is there a way to cheat and give me some money for a do-over? Thanks for the help!

Wow can't believe all the responses! What a great community! I've been at work all day, so obviously I haven't been able to tinker with this any further. I will try a few more things when I get home, but I truthfully don't expect to have success (my lander is really low on fuel, and too heavy for the RCS to have a significant effect). It's fine if I can't succeed because my next goal is to get a mobile processing lab/refueling station in Munar orbit and research all the biomes like that. This was all an unmanned mission, and will serve as a good lesson in lander design for me.

I have a lander with low fuel, but lots of mono, and a 3rd stage rocket in orbit around the Mun @ 11km. I can get the lander high enough to intersect with the rocket's orbit with my current fuel level, but nowhere near a full orbit. Is it possible to dock like this? I've tried many times but can't seem to get the timing right and the intersection is pretty brief. I'm about ready to give up on the mission, unfortunately the only mission objective was to return to kerbin with the Science Jr. module. Any tips would be appreciated.