Malekh

Well after some testing, waiting with yawing over at all, until after 30k is definitely a bad idea. It uses way more fuel, I simply don\'t build up enough speed. Starting to turn at around 12,5 seems about right (mind you that\'s not a full yaw to 90, just a gradual slow yaw), and I think I\'ll actually have enough fuel now. I\'ll post my rocketship in the showcase if I\'m successful soon *fingers crossed* Any other ideas and tips are much appreciated!

I have a craft that\'s very near the fuel limit for getting to the mun and back, I just need to eek out a little more efficiency, so what\'s the optimal route? As it is, I head towards 90 when I get over 12kish m and I am at full 90 at around 50k. I set up for the minimal possible periapsis at 70k, and then burn for the mun when I see it rise. I end up on a direct landing path to the mun, I don\'t go into orbit around it first, and then I do a full burn around 20-25k up from the surface of the mun (which bring me VERY near to the surface), and then do a slow decent. Now is there a more fuel effecient way to do it? Is a longer, slower burn to slow down on the moon landing better than a full burn? Anything I should be doing differently? Is there a way of taking off from the moon that guarantees that I don\'t have to retroburn to hit Kerbin?

Oh cool, thanks for the link. I was looking around to see if anyone had already made one, but didn\'t find it. ???

Great work in here! I\'m a bit unhappy with the current KSP desktop icon, so I started making one of my own. I\'m not the greatest pixel artist, but here is what I came up with: The above image is 64x64, so it\'ll probably be downsized to 32x32 on your desktop. The actual .ico file should be attached to this post if anyone else wants to use it. I thought about doing Jeb as the icon, but decided on the above, which is closer to the original icon.

Hi all! I got the game yesterday and with the help of some tutorials went into orbit around Kerbin after a few tries, and today I managed my first Mun landing and safe return! Incredibly enough on my first try with that craft. I uploaded a small folder with snapshots from the trip: My first Munlanding (oddly enough Bob doesn\'t seem to be terribly excited to be on the Mun) the next challenge I\'ve set for myself is to design my own Mun rocket. So far I got one into orbit around the Mun, with a little more fuel I should be able to land and make it back to Kerbin, so that\'s also progressing well. And eventually I guess I\'ll look into the mods. *waves*