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I prepositioned an un-kerbeled lander in Mun orbit. And Hilke goes to meet up with it and then try to get a Mun Stone. And she returns to a lovely sunset near the beach.

Allister Reynolds- Revelation Space, Blue Remembered Earth and Revenger are good starts to check out his work. I second the David Drake series mentioned. Stephon Baxter has done some interesting hard sci-fi too.

I tested a new 2 seater capsule and service module. I had a tourist on board. (The marketing department assured the customer that the opportunity to participate in this historic test flight was at no extra charge) And I finally rescued a pilot after collecting 3 engineers and 2 scientists on rescue missions. And happy landings were had by all.

My first science station built at Duna over several launches and 2 launch windows. My first real complex interplanetary mission.

I sent some tourist on a Mun flyby.

I had to send a rescue mission for the rescue mission.

Coming back after a break I sent Jeb to Minmus. I then sent Val to the Mun. Turns out I made a slight miscalculation and so when Val took off for the trip home, she was stranded in a 15KM x 18KM orbit with 83 m/s Delta Vee left in the tank. So we had to send a rescue ship to bring her home.

Rockets here too. I really can't fly well and rockets are a means to an end. The savings for managing SSTO's is not worth it for me. And really all I'm here for is the mission planning and execution, damn the cost.

There maybe more water than we think. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190501141056.htm "In two of the five particles, the team identified the mineral pyroxene. In terrestrial samples, pyroxenes have water in their crystal structure. Bose and Jin suspected that the Itokawa particles might also have traces of water, but they wanted to know exactly how much. Itokawa has had a rough history involving heating, multiple impacts, shocks, and fragmentation. These would raise the temperature of the minerals and drive off water. To study the samples, each about half the thickness of a human hair, the team used ASU's Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (NanoSIMS), which can measure such tiny mineral grains with great sensitivity. The NanoSIMS measurements revealed the samples were unexpectedly rich in water. They also suggest that even nominally dry asteroids such as Itokawa may in fact harbor more water than scientists have assumed." As for heat, how does a warship take care of it? If you are able to take care of waste heat in a warship, you can do the same with your manufacturing processes.

I would think 3 D printing and ISRU would allow on site production of most items at the operational area, whether that's an asteroid or a planet, using local raw materials. The traditional thinking of logistics being just haul everything there can then have less of an impact. You would want to cut out as much 'shipping' as possible because of the long travel times and the possibility of interception.

It is a Radio Plasma Wave Sensor(RPWS) experiment from @DMagic's Orbital Science mod. It is a mod with different science parts and experiments. One of my first mods installed in a playthrough . In my experience you will want to turn down the science gain in career to balance out the additional parts for a good playthrough if you use this mod.

I launched a rescue rocket contract for a stuck Kerbal. And put non-contract satellites on orbit around the Mun and Minmus for science.

I had some satellite contracts to fulfill. And I worked through the Tourist contract backlog.

Val went to the dark side of the Mun. And Rocket Rescue had its first customer. One happy kerbal EVA's over to the ride home.

For me at least. I'm playing Career in JNSQ for the first time(which is rescaled by 2.7) and the 1st level VAB in career only allows 30 parts.

Sent a probe to the Mun using 30 parts, Some day I will get around to testing the 1.25 m fairing splashed down at Kerbin per contract. On our way to the Mun, Fly by complete.

I sent Jeb up into orbit for science and experience. And I had the first launch of the Tango 3. (Don't tell the paying passengers that.) One of them was named Billy-Bobmy Kerman. And a balancing act was preformed.

I made a thing to test a poodle splashed down at Kerbin. I launched a satellite into Polar orbit. And finally I sent some tourists on a sub orbital joyride.

This is a fun one to do.

I started a new JNSQ campaign. Went for a career with a reduced science gain. (And since I hate farming KSC and Kerbin for Science I gave myself a bonus of science points before starting .) Jeb with the first Sub Orbital flight. And Val is the first kerbal in orbit. EVA isn't unlocked yet so more to come.

I quickly sent the newly recovered Jool 1 Probe to Vall. After scanning down Vall I headed to Laythe ditching the Nuc along the way. And with the last of the D/V I get into a polar orbit around Laythe.

I launched a huge relay sat to Jool. And recovered my Jool 1 probe that was lost due to lack of communications with KSC.

The D/V is about 6500 m/s with nuclear engine and a t/w of 0.3. I don't have the patience to use ION Prop.

I maneuvered The Jool 1 probe from Pol to Bop. Then we went to Tylo. And shortly after the departure burn from Tylo, the satellite lost comms and/or power before it could transfer to Vall. I blame the time warping 160 days for the cheapest transfer to Vall. Solar panels collect power but the battery doesn't charge and there is no probe control.

I went to Jool. Time for a long coast to the course correction. Jool looks really good up close. Now it is time to scan down Pol. And after that, head to Bop.