In my attempt to create an interplanetary cruiser using the large B9 mod parts which i will use as a mothership for a grand mission to Duna, i set up my first experimental kethane refueling station on Minmus. Stage 1 was launching a recon probe to find high deposites of kethane on the surface. After a successful lauch it was placed into a low orbit finding a nice deposit on mimus' midlands. The open flat ground was also perfect for futher expansion and landing of space planes which I work out how to make them! Stage 2 was launching two modules consisting of the drill/refinery module and the Fuel storage modules. Both modules only had minutes of testing on the launch pad before they were shot up to the sky resulting in 1 storage module being lost due to it lack of electricity. After this hick up, and an engineer losing his job, the next module landed next to the drill facility with no hickups. With large solar pannels and battery reserves it also acted as an electricity hub if required. Stage 3 was testing and refueling. After successfully converting that green gassy goo into rocket fuel i launched my standard Mk2 lander on minmus great plane and then the south pole for some science. With little to no fuel i nursed the lander next to my refinery module and successfully refilled the empty tanks allowing the Lander to return to kerbin. All in all a successful day of flying. Gathering over 2K in science i unlocked the large B9 parts and construction of the cruiser will begin shortly. After construction, testing re-entry vehicles and science transmission modules will be required before the elite of Kerbin's science facility will strap in for a roughly 3year rotation of Duna.
