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    THP - Chapter 4: Odysseus I With all of the prototype Hyperion I launches done, the time has come to finally launch the complete vehicle to orbit on Odysseus I mission. As with the prototypes, the first complete Hyperion I is rolled out to the pad, waiting to test all of the systems for the first crewed flight on Odysseus II. Meanwhile, two kerbals observe the rocket from a short distance. Jebediah Kerman, Kerbin's most experienced (and daredevil) pilot in its astronaut corps, and Bob Kerman, a newbie scientist, chat about the vehicle in front of them. These two kerbals are set to be the first kerbonauts to fly the Hyperion I to orbit, on the next flight. Mission Report: This mission was harder to upload due to larger amount of images taken for this longer mission. Uploads might be coming less often, because of this reason, just a little FYI.
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    THP - Chapter 3: Hyperion I-Y: High Altitude Abort With the Pad Abort Test done, all that's left before an all-up test of the Hyperion I rocket is a High Altitude Abort Test of the Odysseus spacecraft, for future crew safety purposes. The Hyperion I-Y, a modified Hyperion I prototype with a complete first stage (stability wings) and a dummy second stage (with no engine and full fuel tanks), is rolled out to the main launchpad for its flight to near-space, ready to test out its abort capabilities. Mission Report:
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    "Hey John, why the hell is the Moon split open in that weird square crack right there?" Everything looks great in this chapter, I see the "boost motors" thing has been fixed!
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    Name the next one “There Goes Gravity”. (You should get the reference)
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    THP - Chapter 2.5: Odysseus Pad Abort Test Although the Hyperion I rocket is mostly safe, sometimes things can go wrong on the launch pad or during flight. A test of the LES, or launch escape system, is required to make sure the crew can get away from the launch pad and vehicle in a hurry if required. Mission Report:
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    From what I can see, it looks like the Restock 3.75m fuel tank parts scaled up to 5 meters.
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    Yes, you can, Kuiper_Belt has done a Saturn-Shuttle mission before on this thread, so it's completely fine.
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    THP - Chapter 2: Hyperion 1-X After the static fire of the Hyperion I First Stage, the prototype of the launch vehicle is rolled out from the VAB to the launchpad, ready to test its systems and trajectory on a normal flight, with the flag of KASA in the background. Mission Report:
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    If you didn’t know, the “boost motors” you mention are used to separate the S-IVB from the S-II, not help relight the J-2 for TLI, that job is done by the APS modules, the cubical boxes on both sides of the bottom of the stage. Also, there are only two boost motors on the Saturn V S-IVB, and three on the Saturn IB. Just a small thing I noticed, but everything else is great!
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    Well, I do like the Hunger Games, and the lander is mocking the actual Altair lander, so I’ll add that to the list of names I have.
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    Leave your suggestions here on what you think the lander's name should be, and feel free to report something you don't like or don't understand, I will try to reply to the comment and fix what ever you reported!
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    Phase I: Kerbin Testing Program and First Mun Landings THP - Chapter 1: Introduction/ First Stage Static Fire (I had a little bit more free time on my hands, so I went ahead and did the first chapter today) Since the Adventure Program that landed the first kerbals on the Mun 45 years ago, kerbals have been stuck on Kerbin since. KASA, Kerbin's main space agency, has been sending probes to different planets instead of risking kerbals to explore them (and the government doesn't want to admit that they underfund the agency), but this eventually got boring for the kerbonauts (whose numbers had been reduced to 5 to save funding), who wanted to fly in space again and went on strike against KASA and the government of Kerbin. To solve this problem, the president of Kerbin announced that KASA would be starting a new program, to put kerbonauts back in space and return kerbals to the Mun, permanently. Named the Hyperion Program, it will be extensive, exploring many destinations after the first target of the Mun. The kerbonauts and the KASA employees were overjoyed by this, happy to work on something more than simplistic probes and start designing the vehicles that will fulfill this mandate. These vehicles will be designed to be upgraded over several missions, increasing reusability and payload to orbit. The rocket that will return kerbonauts back into space is the Hyperion I, capable of sending 3 kerbals to Low Kerbin Orbit, and back. The crew spacecraft, launched on the Hyperion I, named the Odysseus, will head to the waiting lander launched on a Hyperion IV, a super-heavy lift launch vehicle that will launch the cargo of the Mun missions, including the afford mentioned lander. Once docked, the stack will leave LKO by the second stage of the Hyperion 4, called the Kerbin Departure Stage, and head to the Mun. At the Mun, the Iliad lander, will land on the Mun, and return to the Odysseus crew spacecraft in Low Munar Orbit. Afterward, it will be ditched into the surface of the Mun, and the crew will return to Kerbin with the spacecraft's engines. Hyperion I First Stage Static Fire The vehicle that will return kerbonauts back to space is the Hyperion I, capable of sending 3 kerbals to Low Kerbin Orbit, and back. Before the first prototype can be launched, however, the first stage engines of the rocket need to be static fired. (After being told my previous TUFX profiles for 'Go For TLI' looked "bad", I modified the configs and made it a little more pleasant to the eye) Mission Report:
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    The Hyperion Program: Kerbalkind's Return to Space Inspired by the Constellation Program Hello, and welcome to a new project that I am doing called the Hyperion Program, where after a long hiatus, kerbalkind returns to the Mun, and more. This is a stock part series, therefore it requires less time and effort than my more time-consuming series, 'Go For TLI', which was too much to keep up with schoolwork. Expect more frequent uploads than 'Go For TLI' for the time being, because of the reasons stated in the last sentence. The Hyperion Program will be more story-focused than my last series, although I'm not the best writer to grace this earth, so keep that in mind. Special Thanks: All of these ideas for my upcoming vehicles and plans didn't just come from me, they also came from things I have seen on this forum. @Kuiper_Belt's Shuttle Adventures, which is my original inspiration for this series. @Jay The Amazing Toaster‘s Kanawai: Ares to Mars thread. @AmateurAstronaut1969's ETS Space Station Freedom thread. @TheSaint's The Scrape of Things to Come. @track's One Giant Leap alternate history thread. @Angel-125's To the Mun!, Shuttle Launch System, and Commercial Space Ventures threads, for the cool mission ideas. And finally, me, for slapping myself enough times to stop being lazy in my free time to do this. I will update this original post to keep up with the current missions happening, so make sure to check the Mission and Vehicles List to get a more close-up view of the vessels of the program and a brief summary of the missions. Also, use the Chapters List if you want to quickly go to a chapter if you don't want to scroll through the pages. Chapter List: Mission and Vehicles List: Note: 1. If the text is slanted, it means that a kerbal is speaking from in-universe. 2. If the text is in (parentheses), it is a note from me, describing something from out-of-universe.
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    Wait a minute, something seems off here...
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    The first Hyperion Program post will be on Tuesday or Wednesday, as I will be out of town this weekend.

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    ET Refueling Missions 6-8 - The Last Few - March 1986 Submitting the post here isn't working for some reason, so just go to the main thread instead:
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    ET Refueling Missions 6-8 - The Last Few - March 1985 After this post, as stated in my status update, this series will go on a hiatus until summer, when I will be free from schoolwork and stress. I will be starting a smaller series that will take up less of my time, so I can still upload something to here. Thank you for understanding. The Aquarius Program: Post 4 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ETRM-6 ETRM-7 ETRM-8 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ With this post done, I will see you guys back here in the summer, see ya.
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    After this next post of my series, "Go For TLI", it will be on hiatus until the summer, when I will have more time to work on it. In the meantime, I am starting a smaller project, the Hyperion Program, about a stock space program to send kerbals back to the Mun to take up less time, so stay tuned for that. Thank you for understanding.

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    Here's a Sneak Peek of the Next Aquarius Program Post... The Titan IIIE second stage has received a better paintjob, and Centaur R has a bit of livery on it now. (The post is coming out tomorrow or the next day, hopefully)
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    The next post of 'Go For TLI' should be coming on Tuesday at the earliest. In the meantime, I will be starting a smaller project in stock about a space program to return back to the Mun, inspired by the Constellation Program, so watch out for that. By the way, sorry for my absence with this for a month, I have been busy with schoolwork and the ACT's being actually tomorrow, so I haven't had the most time to work on this project, so that's why I'm starting the smaller project to take up less time during the rest of the school year. 'Go For TLI' posts will start to ramp up when the school year ends at the beginning of June. Thank you for understanding, if anyone actually reads this.
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    Space Shuttle Destiny has successfully completed her first mission on STS-1 in an overall uneventful maiden flight, and landed at the KSC Runway after a few orbits of Kerbin. @Artienia Here is my Imgur album showing the mission, and with this mission done, I am applying for the April Fools special badge:
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    I will hopefully be the second one to get the April Fools badge, as my second attempt at the STS-1 mission will be posted tomorrow with my Shuttle 2 bootleg, stay tuned.
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    That’s what I was thinking
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    Well that's good to hear, because I might have already gone and built it: Note: The tanks on the side are expendable, making the shuttle partially reusable, like the original shuttle.
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    @Artienia Would a Shuttle 2 Concept-like shuttle count for this challenge, before I start to build one to reattempt this? Here's what it looks like by the way:
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