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I think I'll try to bring it home, the heat shield + lander can, parachute, science junior and the service bay is just over 3 T and i unlocked a bigger and better parachute. I'm playing right now! Gonna try to send my scientist to the Mun now, I've got about everything I need to do planned so just send me a message on discord if you want to.

It was somewhere around 1k delta V, i tried flying it back to recover the funds but it did not go well. So i'm just gonna go with the same rocket and add the science stuff and fly to the moon with my scientist on board. https://www.dropbox.com/s/3orl3wwq9rqfosp/Rescue Mission.craft?dl=0 this is my new rocket, gonna board my scientist here and go to the Mun. Will probably do some tweaks to it and see if it has enough delta V. It's the same rocket I used to the mun for the rescue mission, but this time i added the barometer, thermometer, science goo and the science junior. I'm not sure where to place the science junior so we'll see what im gonna do about that.

I managed to land, but it was 90 km away from the kerbal hahaha. I had some real issues with the limited probe control and I saw that my science ship was actually in a VERY bad spot on the moon, so it's basically impossible for me to save him. BUT, since i did manage to land, and I could have saved tons of fuel if i didn't try to land as close as possible, I now know how to build a proper Moon rocket. So I will go to the save where I've got my scientist on earth and I'll build the same rocket but with more science stuff, then fly to the Mun again

https://imgur.com/a/vach9V7 Right now I'm on my way to the Mun, let's see how this goes!

Hello and thanks for your input! Now what I did was unlock a bunch of new parts, and what I'm gonna do is actually send an unmanned probe to the Mun with a Mk1 lander can attached with a service bay under which has the OKTO for SAS. So i will have a stabile unmanned probe on the way to the Mun with the lander can so I can fit my scientist in there with all his data and send him home. Now I'm pretty happy with the amount of science I got done so my number one priority is rescue. What I'm gonna do is ditch all of the science stuff and just send a really light rocket up there to make it as easy as possible for me. I'm also using the rockomax x200 fuel tank one my landing stage for extra fuel, since I ditched all that other stuff. Now hopefully all I need is one really powerful rocket to launch me into orbit and on my way to the Mun, since I unlocked those huge ones. EDIT: Actually I'm not so sure my 1,25 meter heat shield is big enough for the lander can to safely return, so I might as well add a few thermal plates on there to dissipate some heat. EDIT2: https://imgur.com/a/zcS7Aje Here's my lander, it has a lot of delta V it seems like. Now just ignore the fact I forgot the lander strut I'm about to attach those

HAHA yeah I know! But at least I made it, which is a big achievement for me. I'm one step closer! I'm gonna unlock those new rockets now and try to make a 3 stage rocket where the 2nd stage will have a tiny bit of fuel left for actually landing on the Mun. @Geonovast I have enough science to unlock 4 things and I think about this; heavy and heavier rocketry, landing, and advanced flight control. This will give me the MK1 landing can, a better heat shield, better landing feet, and better rockets. With this I'm sure I can get to the mun and back.

Yeah well I decided that I'm gonna go back to my save before departure and do it right instead of sending a rescue mission. I mean a rescue mission would be fun! But also a bit too risky I guess. But I do have like 440 science I can spend on anything I need to get to the Mun and back. So I'm gonna get some new rockets now first of all and try to make them as efficient as possible, then fly again.

https://imgur.com/a/whB7kFJ I LANDED ON THE MUN, I DID IT!! Now the only problem is as I've been told a billion times before is, I don't have enough fuel to get back. But that's fine! I will either go back to my old save and improve my rocket, or i will fire a new rocket to save my scientist. Anyhow, I managed to land and I know I'm sideways but I still landed so heck yes.

Damn this is motivational, and you know what you are right. I actually feel proud now. By watching a few tutorials I can actually build my own space ship that can launch itself into orbit around kerbin by taking advantage of gravitational pulls and shooting yourself out there at a speed around 2250 m/s, and then proceed to launch myself out of orbit and into a new orbit around a new planet. Pretty crazy huh? Also just now i sent a probe to the mun cus i wanted science, but then I saw that i didn't get more than 5% back from transmitting it so i had to fly back to kerbin, and I did. But i forgot that i wasn't planning on actually landing on kerbin again so I didn't have a decoupler or a heatshield under my probe but somehow I managed to throttle full speed towards my retrograde vector (or whatever its called) to just barely speeding down through my descent through the atmosphere and somehow I landed my probe without smashing it to bits. Crazy how much you can learn in just a couple of days when you put your mind to it. These past few days have been a steep learning curve, and my next move is to land on the mun and plant my heckin flag!

Yikes. This is a whole lot information to swallow at once but sooner or later I'll figure it out. Thank you a bunch for the help, and I would appreciate a video! For now I'm just gonna take it easy, maybe make a simple probe and do some fly bys of the moon and minmus to earn some more science and some more funds, without risking my dear scientists life. Have a good night man! Thanks a lot again.

Alright I read ya captain. So what you just said about the aerodynamics of my new rocket makes a whole lot of sense to me. Now I just went back to my original save to get my science back, to try something different. But if you manage to figure something out with the twin boar engines just let me know and I'll research those again!.

Well, then I got no clue what I can do. I need extra fuel and I got no idea how I can launch myself into orbit faster, while at the same time using less fuel. I guess the only way to do that is to actually unlock a better engine?

Amazing! If you could land the rocket I designed then I'm 100% we can get it to the mun and back to Kerbin with loads of remaining fuel with some of the stuff I just unlocked. EDIT: I think I overdid my newest rocket. I had an apoapsis of over 400k meters by the time my twin boar rockets ran out of fuel.

I unlocked both of the next tiers of rockets so I'm currently trying out the rockomax x200 fuel tanks + the mainsail engine in the middle and also i got 2 of the twin boar rockets on the side. So this thing is going pretty damn fast right now, but it's using alot of fuel tho. Maybe you could help me design a rocket with these engines and fuel tanks I unlocked? Maybe If I keep the original rocket i sent you, and for the launch stage I add the huge rocket and save the middle one for when im in orbit, then fly to the mun and use my remaing last stage and fuel to land and re-entry on kerbin? https://www.dropbox.com/s/aifuhuuysg295rh/MunLander.craft?dl=0 here's a link to my newest rocket @Geonovast. Those two twin boar rockets are working so good that my antennas and solar panels actually exploded before I even got into orbit so yeah, this could be the way to go?

I unlocked both of the next tiers of rockets so I'm currently trying out the rockomax x200 fuel tanks + the mainsail engine in the middle and also i got 2 of the twin boar rockets on the side. So this thing is going pretty damn fast right now, but it's using alot of fuel tho. Maybe you could help me design a rocket with these engines and fuel tanks I unlocked? Maybe If I keep the original rocket i sent you, and for the launch stage I add the huge rocket and save the middle one for when im in orbit, then fly to the mun and use my remaing last stage and fuel to land and re-entry on kerbin?

I can't do this dropbox thing. I uploaded the ships file to dropbox but I can't share it anywhere as far as i can see https://www.dropbox.com/s/aifuhuuysg295rh/MunLander.craft?dl=0 This link should work, let me know if it is of any use to you! Never tried dropbox before.

Thank you guys, I just set up a free trial on drop box and I will give you my ships file ASAP. By the way, I can unlock heavy rocketry and get that skipper engine. It has about 3 times more thrust than my current ones if that would help me.

I could do that, although I do not know how. If you could tell me how that would be greatly appreciated. is it located in the files of the game or can i somehow find it in-game?

Yeah I just don't know what to invest in. I can upgrade like 2 things or 3 at max. I could get some docking stuff but honestly I don't feel ready for that yet lol. Seems so hard. I could get the space exploration thing for 90 science + that next step. https://imgur.com/a/0chO7M7 I basically copied this rocket from Scott Manley on youtube so it should have enough fuel. If i can do everything right from launch to re-entry I should have enough fuel. I do not unfornetaly, I've heard delta V mentioned many times, and I do believe it has something to do with launching and fuel efficiency and actually getting into orbit? Anyway, I'm still looking to research something for my 400 science that could possibly help me land on the mun and return, but I still haven't gotten any answers as to what I should upgrade. Edit: I do know that you can actually orbit the Mun, without decoupling to the landing stage before running out of fuel, I just can't fly well enough for that to happen.

Okay LOL I'm such an idiot hahaha. Well that's embarrassing, no air on the mun, right... I'm pretty sure the fins are not necessarily needed but I have upgraded my VAB so I could have them on just for more stability while I get into orbit. A problem I have is when i reach orbit altitude I usually go around 1300 meters per second which is nowhere near fast enough. I can't seem to get an efficient orbit around kerbin to launch myself out to the mun without wasting all of my fuel. Also, under that science junior and the box I can open to put my science stuff in, there's one of those rockets that are only good in space. That's the one I plan on using to land on the mun. Do you have discord by any chance? So maybe we could talk there while I'm also in game.

The parachutes on the science junior is just in case I need them for landing on the moon with my science stuff. And if I would use those i just cut them of before i go back to kerbin, then i decouple all that stuff and bring the pod down. So they are just for safe measure I guess

Thank you so much! I did send you a PM so just message me whenever.

Hello! https://imgur.com/a/DMelUvh If you click this link you will see my ship. I added a few more antennas and a little more solar panels to it. It has all the basic science stuff, a cockpit and some other stuff. I got the fuel tubes on the bottom there so that I can detach the two rockets to the side and use the main one with full fuel when i get around orbit, then when that gets out of fuel i have a small rocket with landing gear for landing on the mun. If you look at one of my previous posts there's a imgur link to my science tree and I have 400 science but no clue what to upgrade.

I see, thank you for your reply. At the moment I am on my way to the Mun to try and land there. My idea is to orbit the moon so that when I get out of the far side of the moon and gain contact with kerbin again, I will attempt to do my landing on the near side of the moon. Now I actually just have to manage to actually land on the moon, cus last time I exploded. it's really hard! And my other problem is, even if i DO managed to land, I am not sure I am able to get back to kerbin. I have enough fuel to orbit the moon and fly back to kerbin, but im not so sure about the landing part.

I will definitely do that. Also, I posted the screenshot of my science tree. Could you maybe tell me what would be smartest to invest in? I only have 400 science but I was thinking about getting the space exploration stuff and then the one that gives me that mobile science lab.