Bill Phil

The problem isn't the person. It's the person's needs and the missions needs. The Mercury spacecraft was about one tonne in mass for orbital missions. You need a heat-shield, life-support, a pressure suit, a container, a retro pack, etc. A minimum mission would probably be about 500 kilograms or more.

So, kind if like the DC-3 shuttle concept? Except with an expendable upper stage?

There was very little military purpose for Apollo. It was a race to show which country is more capable than the other.

Hmm. Interesting. Although that's only when not time-warping. To have gravity during warp, it would need to be on rails.

Kerbiloid, what's your point? Please enlighten me.

What kind of printer? Either way, kool!

The Saturn 1, 1B, and 5 were all dedicated space launchers. The Saturn 1 was the first ever...

In order for asteroids to have gravity, they must be on rails. Which would defeat the purpose.

The Dv to deorbit is about as much as the velocity difference of the two trajectories at that altitude. Or, the Dv to circularize from your transfer orbit. It's still much larger than what you would need for a graveyard orbit. Something around 1.5 km/s...

There is no prototype. Not in stock at least.

Editing .cfg files is cheating in my book. If it's not in the default stock, it doesn't make much sense.

French toast! I, am, your father! -Darth Waffle, Breakfast Wars

Going to the moon =/= landing. Maybe I should have specified. Going to orbit the moon. Yes, it would require developments. But even so, they could have planned for a Gemini lunar-orbit mission in 1966, and if they had devoted resources to a lander, they could have landed in mid to late 1967. The mission would be similar to Russia's "Podsaka" except they don't EVA to the transfer craft. And from then on it would be similar to the N-1 lunar landing flight after the rendezvous in orbit.

I've never done a gravity assist with planets. Interesting.

That'd be a very specialized lander, though.

Nukes don't burn fuel. They hear up propellant. So... Burn on doesn't apply here.

Go to Moho and Dres. Then go to Jool and Eeloo. But don't sit around and wait. Just go! That's what I do. Burn for escape into a similar orbit as Kerbin and then make a maneuver node to go anywhere.

If NASA had used EOR and the Gemini capsule docked to a Centaur, we could have gone to the moon in mid to late 1966. For cheaper.

Rocket bay can mean anything from the VAB to a completely different construct. In the OP the suggestion is that the rocket bay has 2 parts. That could mean only two parts available in the VAB, or only two parts in a new building that acts as an inventory. I'm sorry. I need more context!

A tech web is probably a much better implementation of technological progress. You can have a certain number of categories that overlap in cool ways. The first node should have a Mk1 Pod, the Stayputnik Mk1, and a collection of parts similar to the starting tech currently in use. Although the RT-10 should be replaced in that node by a smaller 0.625 meter SRB that's about a tone in mass, and based off of the Delta IIs SRBs. The RT-10 should come later on. Maybe in the propulsion technology category of the tech web. Or something like that.

Rocket bay? Maneuver node removing? Are you trolling or not? I can't tell. Anyhow, 0.90 is a big improvement, but it still needs to be touched up.

It's hard in the beginning, but later on it here easy. It's so hard in the beginning because of a lack of aircraft. The survey contracts will be your only hope for the first half-hour or so. And it becomes a huge grind-fest with rockets. We need aircraft early on to balance it out. Plus, the Survey contracts could be a bit easier, by removing the altitude limit ( still in the atmosphere though) and making the survey automatic. Sometimes you're going too fast to right click the Command Pod, and find the crew report button, and click it. It should be automatic.

Well, considering I just landed on Ike with my Duna Orbiter's transfer stage... Not that surprising. I finished the Explore Ike contract and got the first half of the Explore Duna contract. If only I added parachutes...

I'd be fine with a better aerodynamic model and a more realistic and logical tech tree. Starting with aircraft. And maybe a 0.625 SRB. I call it the RT-5R, it's radially mounted and has no connection node on the top. Based on the SRBs used by the Delta II.

*Discovers French toast waffle* Oh my waffle! The best of both worlds! Oh, and French toast isn't originally French at all...