silent_prtoagonist

Just out of curiosity, have you thought about trying to implement your service module with an external module? i.e. ASAS, RCS, and some regular fuel all combined in one package.

VERY NICE! :thumbup: And with a much smaller LV than mine, too; I\'m impressed.

Very nice, this would be an amazing system to explore. I only hope the actual system turns out this interesting (assuming this doesn\'t end up being the official system). I like the move of Tiberius to Jumiper, too. A Venus-like moon is much better than a Venus-like planet, imo Looking forward to the Space Engine version.

Yea, this is the first time I\'ve tried them and I\'m really pleased how well they worked out. Very stable and the same impact tolerance as fins. I think this may become my default system of choice until we get real stock landing legs.

Ok, did it this time in 4:00:00 exactly. Most of the savings was in correcting my path at the Mun, although I burned a lot more fuel, which meant a slightly slower return trip. Pics http://imgur.com/a/FoNuG#0: Pre-dawn launch After TMI and the loss of many stages... Trans Munar orbit Initial intercept (still missed by a lot...) Slowing down Touchdown Burning for home On our way Hitting the atmosphere (not quite so fast this time) Home in time for supper

Yep, 100% stock. I\'ll try to get some pics later tonight, I was actually just doing a test flight to see if my staging was right and then got carried away, so I didn\'t bother taking documentation.

To the Mun and back in 5:56:32. Arrival and departure speeds at the Mun were both over 2 km/s, but I missed the Mun by a couple hundred km and had to spend 2 hours putzing around before I could land, so under 4 hours might be possible. Hit the admosphere coming back at over 4.5 km/s and pulled 69 Gs

I\'d say lander engine, since it\'s partially recessed. Lander engine you\'re really concerned with overall length, where as an upper stage engine can be as long as you like (within limits).

There are many interpretations of the meaning of the Holy Beeps, who are we to say which is true? Maybe they\'re all true... :hailprobe:

In my eagerness for the release of 0.14, I lost faith, I began to doubt the Probe. But the Probe spoke to me, through His prophet Jebediah, and gave me hope once again, that we shall be reunited with the Probe, that we can join together in His Holy Orbit, and persist there for all eternity! :hailprobe: The Probe then commanded me to make holy pilgrimage to the site of His temple on Kerbin, now long deserted, and by necropost awaken once again the holy Hailing of His people! Hail Probe! :hailprobe:

I\'m tempted to see what she\'ll do if I turn those boosters into another full stage, but I think my computer needs some time to recover...

Oi, that was a lovely slideshow, but I got 52 tanks into orbit successfully. A ring of 8 stacks of 6 surrounding a core of 4 (separated by two rings of radial decouplers to make enough room) for 4+8*6=52. All payload stacks had an LV-T45 separated by an rcs tank and a decoupler on the bottom. Upper stage consisted of another 8x6 ring of tanks surrounding the payload, with LV-T30s as well as plumbing into the engines on the payload. First stage consisted of a ring of 16 stacks of 6, again with LV-T30s and plumbed into upper stage. Finally, 16 liquid boosters of 3 tanks and an LV-T30 not plumbed to first stage. The flight was a slideshow until I dropped the boosters and first stage, so I just shot straight up, reaching an apogee of about 85km. Then I pitched over with the upper stage, dipping down to about 65km before reaching orbital velocity. Final orbit was 107.8x108.6km. After separating upper stage and capsule, I did some docking practice (not pretty, I miss Orbiter\'s docking mfd ), then de-orbited, landing in the ocean east of KSP. Score: 6*10=60 6*20=120 6*50=300 34*100=3400 50 for Orbit 60+120+300+3400+50=3930 Image Album On the pad: After first stage sep. Didn\'t dare take screen shots during the slideshow portion: Upper stage sep after final Orbit insertion: Final orbit: Docking Practice: Deorbit burn, leaving behind an impressive debris field: Chute opened within sight of KSP, although I was well over the horizon at splashdown:

Success! With a five-stage monstrosity that bears a striking resemblance to the Burj Kalifa It's actually quite a bit of overkill, I could probably put two or three satellites in an escape trajectory without sweating it. I had a smaller design that probably could have done it, but then I got one-more-stage-itis and this was the result. Already at escape velocity and still a whole 'nother stage to burn Payload sep After return stage burn ...and finally fell victim to the dark side landing bug >