N_Danger

A material science experiment was sent to the Mun Arrival. Some samples start the journey back Arrival at Kerbin A scanning satellite was sent up On station

Readied up a new Mun fly by mission And I seem to be on a streak for using the LES. The crew didn't have far to walk back Much better. The next try. The second stage engine fails to restart for the Trans Munner injection burn. The crew is amused. Didn't want that D/V reserve anyway. The vessel is on a free return trajectory so I shouldn't need much. Derster goes for a space walk. We make it back just in time. Only one meal left and 2 kerbals. It could have gotten awkward. And a perfect landing is had

Please point to me which manned space flight mission in real life(using rockets. I see you X-15) used nothing but the input from the pilot to control the vessel. From lift off. KER with the information read outs is just that a mission control center would have access to during flight. That said using mech jeb helped me to learn how fly without most of MJ's various auto pilots, eventualy (I still use an auto pilot for ascent to orbit). So any use of an auto-pilot, from personal experience, will help with learning how to fly with out them. In fact you have to know when to take over from the auto pilot when circumstances require it.

I tried to do a Kerbaled Mun flyby The first attempt. Jeb " You sure are luckily , not everyone gets to use the LES system on their first flight" The next attempt. Jeb " You sure are luckily , not everyone gets to do an second stage engine out abort on their second flight" We will try again later.

Val is sent up on a long duration mission An upgraded vehicle has enough life support and power for 3 days. And a safe return is had. A material science experiment was launched. On orbit collecting the data. After which the samples are returned from orbit.

A busy day. First up a Minmus Fly by is sent up After Minmus the sat heads for a solar orbit LES staging and hardware was tested Jeb is the first kerbal hurled at the heavens. And Jeb is the first kerbal to have a safe return after being hurled at the heavens

I sent up a Mun Sat Arrival at the Mun After collecting the science and then circularizing the sat is now a data relay.

Or attempt to rendezvous before impact, fix it (I think that kind of contract completes when the repaired condition is met) and then GTF to a non-impact orbit. You would need a lot of D/V and luck.

I have been having issues with every game I started (computer turned off at the power switch because it locked up in the VAB screen issues) recently and finally after much mod trouble shooting , I started a game using Simplex Kebalism as the main driver for play. The main Goal will be a manned, self sustaining, base at Duna. The first orbital sat

I restarted my career save after some issues with the first one. First orbital flight and EVA Val is happy to be going home Happy Landings were had

I started a new career save. Jeb goes sub orbital becoming the first kerbal in space. Got a contract completed too. made a …. Thing to complete a contract. I just upgraded the VAB!!! NOOO!!! Thank goodness . (Now the site director goes and changes his pants)

As Bej said, Scansat . There are several new scanning instruments added by the mod to find biomes even at low tech levels. The map and overlays are good too. I use them to target LZ's near biome borders when landing a rover. It is then just a short drive to the next biome.

Time for the just landed rover to pull over and camp On the next days journey a sand dune is scanned... followed by a blueberry patch. After visiting the lowlands and midlands we are heading to the highlands and later to some craters. Caught air and flipped then exploded. (Remember everyone. Speed kills)

Once more with feeling, A rover was launched to Duna And coasting to Duna Arrival And the rover waits until dawn to set out after charging up

I sent my rover to Duna There was an anomaly

Drove around testing a rover

Went to Dres Very close flyby. And now just 32 years until an encounter with Edna.

After many game years the Jool probe arrives We only have enough d/v to fly by Lathe Two years after that the Lindor probe preforms a capture burn. And the tour starts with Talos, then Huygen, Then to Riga Leaving Riga we get a transfer to Kiel Aden is where the last bit of science collected by the spacecraft And finally a pass by Huygen to raise the AP prior to parking the space craft in an orbit to act as a second relay.

Launched a probe to Jool And 60 game days later, launched a probe to Lindor

A relay sat was launched towards Lindor Capture burn. After which the vehicle journeys out to a high AP for an inclination change And on station ready for the exploration satellites to follow.

A trip to Duna was arranged for Jeb, Val and Bob Th e crew settles in for a long coat to the course correction after the transfer burn Once the crew arrives at Duna there is much aero braking. The crew rendezvous with a prepositioned lander. Perhaps I should have put more parachutes on. But a landing is made and Val and Bob pose for the camera Time to go Rendezvous with Jeb. Arrival at Kerbin Final activities before entry. And many happy landings were had.

We aero-braked around Duna to deliver an end to end test of a new lander. The intention was to pre-position the next lander with a full fuel load and wait for the crew on the next launch window. To save fuel areo-braking was required. 5 passes dropped the AP to 450 km Then the landing sequence was tested As was take off from Duna to orbit

Put me in the Maneuver Node just to get a sense of when and how long to burn to circularization bucket. And it does let you be frugal with the delta V. But the last seconds are manually done to fine tune the AP.

Finished up the Rover trip to the highlands. Ike set. Drove through a bit of dust And arrival at the highlands 90 km later

Ok this time I am sending a rover to Duna that will work after landing. For real this time. The vehicle is in cruse mode after solar panel deployment Arrival at Duna. Hi Ike! EDL The rover visits the remains of the sky crane and plans are made for it's journey to the next biome And we get about halfway there today