N_Danger

I needed to go to Duna for a collection contract and sent a kerbaled mission. First the lander is sent. Then the crew in a service module 4 days later. Then a big adventure. We rendezvous successfully but are about 500 m/s short on d/V to get back to Kerbin. And home at last. We even have an explosion to celebrate re-entry

Replaced the broken crank set on my bike and went ahead and put on a new bottom bracket while I was there. Pedals go on tomorrow. I'm waiting on a new rear cassette and chain to come in and then I can finish up.

Tested stuff for an up coming mission. Used the cheat menu to test ascent options for landers. The ladder test did not go well for Jeb And while testing ascent options things took a turn. Unsafe, inefficient but the most kerbal by far. I think I'll use it.

This is doable. An Apollo style orbiter and Duna optimized lander would work. Moar boosters as needed to make it in one lift.

Sent some kerbels to the Mun's north pole. We are at 10 meters AGL There are some great views up here "Hey look at our shadow on the side of that cliff" And we have successfully completed the mission. And we sent an impactor to get the science from a deployed seismometer to complete a contract.

I found these threads quite helpful back in the day.

Duna. It is a different color than most of the other dull grey bodies. The views are fantastic. The red and orange landscape is a wonder to behold. Minmus would be it if I liked green.

I had to rescue a kerbel in an orbit around the Mun. We ditch the core before coasting out of the atmosphere. Sight seeing is done while waiting for the intercept burn. The target orbit is 10.6 km X 4.2 km and I want to rendezvous with the target while it is climbing up to the AP of it's orbit. And there is an eclipse happening on Kerbin here. "Stop playing around and get over here!" We also collected our scan data from Laythe with the semi-broken satellite.

I had a launch window open up for Duna and I need to practice multiple launches in the same window. I also need to scan and map out Duna and Ike for future missions. In addition both carry a better relay antenna. First to launch is the Ike mission. Trans Duna burn. The next day we launch the Duna mission. The Ike mission arrives first and conducts a burn in Duna's SOI for capture at Ike. Collecting high orbit science over Ike. Capture burn. And on station. 4 days later the Duna Mission arrives. And on station passing over Duna's south pole.

I unlocked a SCAN sat module that will scan for anomalies so using a new medium lift vehicle I put a satellite up around Kerbin, Mun and Minmus to find them. And then I had taken a contract to land on Edna and I had a satellite around Dak. It wasn't designed to land but what the heck I sent it over. 2 km AGL 100 meters 10 meters. ~1 m/s decent rate Touchdown! We are balanced by SAS and the two solar panels touching the surface. And now back to orbit.

I see KSP has having a long life. For one there are Mods. For me personally, KSP 2 will have to wait a bit and it will be awhile before I buy it.

I had a launch window for Jool and told the engineers to come up with a plan for a grand tour for the Jool system. This is what happens when you leave them unsupervised. With care I think I can get to Jool with my solar panels by controlling my orientation and remembering to fold the panels when maneuvering. Arrival at Jool. And a time warp incident at Tylo caused me to squander enough D/V that I had to cut down my plan to a fly buy of Tylo... Shortly after that I staged without checking my orientation or stowing the solar panels, so I lost one one but I still made it to a Val fly by And then on to Laythe Where we go into orbit for long term study.

It was a busy day in KSP today. Sent a satellite to Minmus. On station at Minmus. Next was a routine rescue. My name is.....Tim. Then I sent my rover to Duna. Arrival at Duna and prep for EDL. And a serious error was noted in the design as the twitch engines did not have the thrust turned down and I pogoed because I couldn't control the the thrust levels fine enough. And then.. I cras..... Wait what? Nailed it. All apart of the plan. Asteroid scan And Blue berry scan

I did some test driving. Power to transmit all the science. Check And the anomaly is still there.

I went to Minmus to clear up some contracts. Bob gets his second star with this EVA Time to go back home. And good chutes all round. Next up it was Mun contracts including a world first to bring back a space craft from the Mun. Since 3 kerbals were close to leveling up a 3 person Mun Direct Mission was tasked to the engineers. Things may have gotten out of hand. But it goes fast. Three kerbals, Three flags. This is just after the burn for Kerbin. Yep the heatshield is working. So far. And a successful mission was had by all.

I had a contract for a satellite around Dak (which orbits Edna). The only encounters I could seem to get were high delta v captures on the order of 3 km/sec. Challenge accepted. I used a very aggressive launch profile. BBQing at 40 KM altitude. Trans Edna burn. We arrive at Edna and begin the capture burn. Several orbital maneuvers later we encounter Dak. Sunrise on Dak. And wow Dak is lumpy. I have a 10.9 KM PE and I'm at 2200 meters AGL. And had many failures attempting to get a satellite around Kerbol in the correct orbit trying to use Eve slingshots. I was trying to avoid a multi-year trip out beyond Jool to get the cheapest Delta V inclination change.

Everyone plants a flag. Who cares if only one counts, each kerbal has to get that selfie with a flag they planted.

I had a contract for a Molniya orbiting satellite. Then I rescued a couple of kerbals

I had several contracts for Minmus including a rescue. After arrival Phil undocks and heads down. I landed just over 500 meters away from the stranded kerbel. The closest landing yet for me. The kerbel zipps over Science is done and flags are planted before heading home. Welcome aboard. The service module deorbited the lander( for impact science) then headed back to Kerbin. And happy re-entry's and landings were had by all.

I clip things all the time. But I get reminded all the time that it summons the the Kraken.

I had a orbital survey contract for Eve that required bringing back the science to Kerbin. The space craft consisted of an Eve transfer section, Kerbin transfer section, EDL/Return capsule section and Science Instrument section. The Eve transfer section is conducting the departure burn here. Eve arrival. Some how my contract showed the orbit part completed so I decided to just do a flyby. I gathered up the required science and collected it in the return capsule. Then I detached the Science section. Eve departure. A plane change is done. 2 course corrections later and 3 and a half years of mission time we arrive back at Kerbin. 6.2 Km/Sec at interface. That worked out to be about 260-270 points of ablator burned up. And we get the science back.

I set out to rescue 3 kerbals with one launch. LKO rescue complete. HKO rescue complete. LMO rescue complete. Now to head for home. . . What do you mean we are going to run out of gas? (I had some sloppy rendezvous and wasted a bit of delta v) Launched a rescue mission to rescue the rescue mission. And the kebals are happy to be on the way home again. And back on Kerbin. A new quality statement is born "Rocket Rescue, We do it the hard way"

I gathered up all my Mun contracts and sent Jeb an Phil off to complete them. A total of 4 contracts to complete on this mission. Arrival at the Mun Touch down confirmed! Phil surveys his work before he takes off. Now to rescue a kerbal. We have to get close to almost everything. But mission accomplished Less than 60 seconds to re-entry and everybody's Happy! And a good omen before it gets warm And everyone enjoyed the sunrise on the way down to Kerbin.

Yet another rescue mission to LKO. We had a hold on the count down to get Jeb out of the vehicle. After that it was a prefect launch. The second stage ignition. "Yes, Seeing plasma and bits of the burning heat shield flying off is perfectly normal" A beautiful day to be rescued. And I moved a satellite around.

In the new "rollback" campaign I rescued a kebal. I used a new rocket Phil was happy he could get taxi service out here. But when he gets to KSC he may not like the bill