darkwolf

The follow up mission was a full success. Here\'s a series of images of my first fully successful return mission. Lift-off... Gunning straight for the Mun. All I am doing is aiming slightly below it\'s orbit to meet up at the apoapsis. That\'s the actual interplanetary lander. With it\'s 8 tanks and small engine too heavy for kerbin, but once in space it\'s got an incredible range. Breaking on approach to the Mun. Slowly ascending towards the surface. I am trying to negate all lateral movement. There we go, touchdown. It was a bit hairy as I slid down the slope for a bit but eventually I came to a halt. Blasting back home, again, I am gunning straight for kerbin, getting rid of all the unwanted extra weight. Breaking before re-entry. (not really needed, but what the heck, I had so much leftover fuel) And there we go, we\'re back home! I presume I could save a lot of fuel and weight if I\'d actually work out proper orbits instead of doing the brute force approach. The only elegant thing about this mission is when I meet the Mun at the apoapsis of my launch trajectory. The rest is just aiming and firing.

Eureka! I\'ve finally made it to the Mun savely! (Without leaving a crater or various broken bits) This is my Mun rocket, the XIP_MUN_03. Rather excessive I admit. It can accelerate up to 7600m/s, more then enough power to get me anywhere in the solar system. And here we are on the Mun, with 2 full tanks and plenty of RCS Fuel left as well. Did I make it back? Well. That\'s the thing. It should have been no problem, but after waiting for like an hour (I was working, so thought let\'s fly back later) I must have accidentally hit shift which tipped the whole thing over. S:| The next mission however will include the return flight. The rocket is very stable at all stages which makes the approach easy. I went for a straight approach, no complete orbits. I met the moon at the Apoapsis of my launch trajectory and landed right there and then.