kBarin

Wow, good thought! Not very realistic perhaps, but good! Should be easy - I'll try to do it. The only thing - it won't stick to the bus, as it's only other parts that get attached to the command module. So I'll have to make an extra attach point on the rear of the bus. Won't be difficult.

I heard there are some problems with physics with such an approach; I'll see what I can do. Also, I wanted the vehicle to be independent of the command pod, so you could separate it on the other planet, drive it, then return to command pod and take off.

Yes, you just have to edit CrewCapacity value in part.cfg.

UPDATE! LiAZ-677 is now powered by Carts plugin (therefore, requires KSP v0.16+). Now you can really take this baby for a ride! The wheels happily turn, the lights shine, and the size is now (roughly) consistent with Kerbals' height.

I'm talking about track prints, not monoliths.

Try to find it yourself! ;-P But if you really wish... It's on the near side of Minmus, right in the center of it. I wonder if there's more?

Recently I've found something that looked peculiarly similar to giant track prints on Minmus. Signs of alien activity, perhaps? The small figure at the lower right of the last picture is Bill (or maybe Bob).

Lol, I\'m glad you liked the idea, guys. ;P It dings when the stage with the command module activates. Usually it\'s the same stage as the parachute, but you can assign it anywhere else, of course.

I know what you mean, and it would be really great! Recently I had some ideas about it too. I hope you do it sometime.

I would make this possible if I could, but it requires some coding, and I know next to nothing about it. Besides, it\'s not currently possible to have EVAs, so I decided not to bother.

With a BANG! Just kidding... you can attach a parachute on top of it.

Recently Kerbals have been fascinated with the idea of space elevator. While most of the scientists rejected it as being 'not possible at the current level of technological development', Kerbal engineers decided to prove again that the sky is not the limit. Luckily there were some old elevator cabins being replaced at VAB at the time... Features a mandatory 'Ding!' at landing! 8) Yeah, I\'m sorry it\'s just a command module, not that kind of space elevator...

Nice idea! When we get animation support, I guess you could do animated robotic hand with a scoop and a broom to collect samples.

I really hope we\'re gonna see some ker-women at some point.

To everyone who thought that the 'backstory' in the original post was truth - I\'m sorry, I thought it was obvious it was not. This buses were always broken-down and barely driving, but at the same time had some 'cosy' feel to them. So they became somewhat iconic to us, probably no less then The Magic School Bus for Americans. In fact, this WAS a sort of a school bus for Russian kids (that is, there were no school buses in SU, but some kids had to take bus to school). So I saw this pictures and thought: 'Why not recreate this in KSP?' Glad to hear there\'s still some of them in working condition somewhere.