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AURORA 3 - YEAR 3, DAY 392 Back to Minmus... CREW COMMANDER: Stamon Kerman MEV-2 PILOT: Adburry Kerman MISSION SPECIALIST: Coremy Kerman Early this morning, the crew climb to the top of the launch tower, ready to board this historic mission. The rocket they will ride is the most powerful in use, and will propel them further than any Kerbal has been in a long time. The expedition they take is an expedition halted by the disaster of Minty 4 over a year ago. Maybe not that long ago, but long considering how quickly Beyond advances. While the Eve III is quite a reliable rocket, many are still wary about the mission. After all, the Tendagurensis Rocket was a completely reliable launch vehicle and it exploded. But engineers reassure the public that this mission is completely safe. What exactly will this mission though? Well, it starts here, on Kerbin. The standard rendezvous and docking practices take place, and then the real fun begins. Soon after, the full Aurora Spacecraft will prepare for the TMI burn. Once this is done, it waits for just over a week until Minmus encounter. Then, after orbital shenanigans are done, the crew of two head down to the surface, spend a little over a week there, and perform surface science. Not just our standard science experiments, but also experiments that can be deployed on the surface of Minmus and remain there for further research from ground teams. Effectively, the crew will be setting up a camp site on the surface of Minmus. And during the surface stay, a total of two EVAs will be done, one after landing on Day 1, and one midway through the mission on Day 4. After that, all that has to be done is return to Kerbin. However, the crew won't just re-enter the atmosphere like a Mun mission. Because of the Habitat being used, the crew will have to put the habitat back into Kerbin orbit, and then head back down to Kebin's surface like any normal mission. It's not all too complicated really. Now, back to the present. All of Kerbin holds its breath, as the countdown slowly reaches zero. "T- 10, 9, 8, 7, 6..." "Ignition sequence start!" 4... 3... 2... 1... ... "Liftoff! Liftoff on Aurora 3, carrying Kerbalkind on it's way back to Minmus!" - King Kerman (Announcer) The boom of the Eve III's engines can be heard all across Cape Kerman! Kerbalkind is actually on its way back to Minmus! Crowds watching the launch cheer and root for the spacecraft almost like a sport. However, the spacecraft moves fast, and just as quick as the loud boom came, is faded away. Aurora 3 was now streaking through the skies above the ocean, completely silent to an observer. To the crew however, the spacecraft was as loud as can be. It rattled and rumbled the capsule like there was no tomorrow. And pushed back into their seats, the vibration of the spacecraft is felt throughout their entire bodies. But, being Kerbals, they smiled the entire way up without a care in the world. "We are approaching SRB cutoff in 3, 2, 1, SRB cutoff." - Chris Kerman (Engines) "Rog, KSC. Separating SRBs now." - Coremy Kerman "Stage 2 separation confirmed... and ignition!" - Coremy Kerman "Aurora 3, all systems are good. You are go for orbital insertion." - Gene Kerman (CAPCOM) "Roger, Gene! Coremy, keep an eye on the engine." - Stamon Kerman Aurora 3 enters orbit successfully! No explosions this time. Immediately, well, I'm sure you know the drill. Rendezvous burn, dock, etc. Arrival at AMH "Hard dock confirmed with AMH!" "Roger that, Aurora 3. T- 24 minutes until TMI maneuver." The crew open the hatch to explore what will be their home for the next three weeks. Although limited in time, the quick check shows everything in the habitat is as it should be, so they get back into the command module a prepare for TMI. After said 24 minutes pass, mission control utters the eternal words... "GO FOR TMI!" The burn continues with no issue, and before you know it, Aurora 3 is off to Minmus! The crew settle in for their long mission, which will enter the record books as the longest mission in history not going to a space station. Kerbin slips away beneath the spacecraft However, we can't show you the rest of the mission yet, as back on Kerbin Kerbalkind prepares to head off to another far flung destination...

Jeb died as he lived. In a fiery explosion.

With Tylo, you don't have to capture immediately upon encounter. You can use its large gravity well to get into an orbit of Jool (which I assume you know), and then once in Jool's orbit try to get an encounter with it again.

The project continues, with our finished downtown! A few things I might want to change later on, but overall I'm happy with the way it turned out. Also, I finally have a name for the city: Urbanrow. I think it's a very fitting name for such a city. Urbanrow in its current state.

Thanks! I’m glad I’ve inspired you to play a Soviet campaign. It’s challenging to design spacecraft in that style, but really fun too. As for your questions, the mode this save is on is sandbox, as I like to play with the infrastructure buildup without the grind of career, and the mod for the Kerbal heads is @shaw’s amazing mod texture replacer.

Alright, by soon I guess I meant a month. Time really slips by, doesn't it? *** CHAPTER 8: SETTING THE FOUNDATION YEAR 2, DAY 120 - DRUZHBA 1 Crew: Bardok, Spokoynyy, Alisa For 60 days the cosmodrome may have seemed completely silent. But inside, it was the perhaps busiest place on Kerbin. Workers for both the CKR Space Program and the Korolev Design Bureau (KDB) have been working hard day in and day out on the CKR's newest manned spacecraft: the Druzhba Spacecraft. The Druzhba Spacecraft is capable of carrying three Kerbals into orbit at once, complex rendezvous maneuvers, and even has the capability to dock to other spacecraft! The CKR hopes to use it in future manned missions to the Mun and Minmus. The rocket, called the K-8 Druzhba, has had a... complicated design history. Originally the rocket was going to be a standard K-8 Grom. But simulations showed that the rocket would be too top heavy, and go crashing into the ocean after the gravity turn began. So, instead, a whole new rocket was designed. The rocket, while sharing some of the core design design choices of the K-8 Grom, is much more it's own thing now. However it's still similar enough to be part of the K-8 lineage. And, guess what it includes now. That's right, a Launch Escape System (LES)! The LES is designed to fire it's motors away from the rocket, carrying it to a safe distance to deploy it's parachutes. Originally, the abort systems on our spacecraft would just be the landing retro-rockets, which could hopefully pull the command module away, and then the Kerbonaut onboard would possibly be able to jump ship manually. And, according to simulations, this would probably work only about 60% of the time. Not good odds. This increase of safety aboard our spacecraft will hopefully carry on to the future, providing more reliable spacecraft for long term missions. Only time will tell. Anyways, where were we? Oh, right. Off with the mission! "Engine ignition, and liftoff on Druzhba 1!" - Gen Kerman "Go for booster sep." - Gen Kerman "Roger, booster sep." - Bardok Kerman The spacecraft fairing separate, revealing our glorious machine! "Druzhba 1, you are go for orbital insertion." - Gen Kerman "Shkiper reignition successful! We are on our way!" - Alisa Kerman Stage 2 is ejected, and Druzhba 1 is now floating freely in orbit! The crew look down on Kerbin in awe, and stretch their legs in the increased space inside the spacecraft. Due to complaints from crew during the Zapad and Zakat missions of the very little leg room during their missions, engineers added a little extra habitable area sort of like another module, and the crew can move into and out of the area at will. Also, this extra habitable area doubles as an airlock! Instead of carrying around that bulky inflatable airlock, Druzhba flies with an airlock built into the spacecraft! Maybe it's still not all that practical, but it's better than that crappy inflatable one. Now, back to the mission. Once in orbit, Druzhba 1 will perform several tests of its systems. The first of these tests will be a test of its monopropellant systems. This will require the spacecraft to fire it's thrusters, forward, back, up, down, and side to side. This is done on Flight Day 2. Que the montage! Once done that, Druzhba 1 will perform an inclination change to align with Minmus's orbital plane on Flight Day 3. This will really just be a test of how well the Druzbha's engines behave on orbit. Que montage again! "Inclination change proceeding smoothly, mission control." - Bardok Kerman Oh, I guess there wasn't much of a montage there. On Flight Day 3, Bardok steps into the habitat/airlock, and upon opening the hatch, his breath is taken away from the completely unobstructed view of Kerbin. "Looking down at our planet, I've had an amazing realization. A realization that make shake our entire world view. I'm in space, and those losers aren't! Haha, I win!" - Bardok Kerman While on EVA, Bardok has to make a visual inspection of the spacecraft. Make sure everything stayed in place and what not. Everything looking good, he takes a chance to look out towards the Mun. Someday, he thinks to himself. Someday I'll be there. Maybe he will. Only time will tell. After about 15 minutes on EVA (the longest yet!), he makes his way back aboard Druzhba 1. He says that it was sad stepping back inside the spacecraft, but hopes that his EVA experience will not be his last. His optimism is paying off though, as the CKR sees him as a valuable pilot in the future. Druzhba 1 spends another three days in orbit, collecting data and photographing Kerbin. However, as missions do, it eventually comes to an end. Druzhba 1 faces its engines retrograde, and begins its journey back down to Kerbin's surface. "Mission control we are beginning our de-orbit burn. Ignition of the engines was successful." - Alisa Kerman Druzhba 1's main command module now makes the trip back alone, as it was the only part of the spacecraft meant to return to Kerbin. "Chutes deployed successfully." - Alisa Kerman "And a perfect inflation! Prepping landing retro motors." - Alisa Kerman And like that, Druzhba 1 safely lands in the deserts of Kerbin! Rescue teams are quickly dispatched to their location, so they should be back at the cosmodrome in a few hours. Druzhab 1's success means that future missions are coming, and continued testing of the spacecraft may finally prove capable of the Mun and Minmus flight it was meant for. All we have to do is see where the program goes. *** YEAR 2, DAY 130 - MUNA 9 While the crewed division was quite busy with Druzhba, they at least had a plan with what the payload looked like. Muna 9 was the exact opposite. The payload was in a constant development hell, and coupled with the current cosmodrome expansions, issues piled up high. Engineers, scientists, and even janitors were throwing around ideas for what the actual lander should look like. The lander had 500 different designs thrown around, some cheaper and more realistic, and others so outrageous and bizarre that nothing short of mining out every resource on Kerbin would make them possible. In the end, a "little" two stage lander was picked. The probe will fly to the Mun, do some science experiments, pick up some surface samples. and then return back to Kerbin after a day on the surface. Pretty straight forward... on paper. "Liftoff on Muna 9, on its journey to and back from the Mun!" - Gen Kerman "Clean booster sep!" - Gen Kerman Muna 9 enters LKO with no error. But the journey's not over yet. Mission control immediately gets to work setting up the spacecraft's TMI maneuver, and before you know it... "We are go for TMI!" - Gen Kerman We are go fo- hey! I was gonna say that! Muna 9's deep space tug stage finishes up the burn, and Muna 9 enters the coast period. The probe will be put on hibernation mode to save energy on the way there. "We are go for our MOI burn." - Gen Kerman "Roger, re-igniting LV-909s." - Kris Kerman Muna 9's de-orbit burn "We are 700 meters from the surface, continuing suicide burn." - Gen Kerman "Contact!" - Gen Kerman Muna 9 is now standing on the Munar surface! However, the job is STILL not done, as now Muna 9 has to collect science. A lot of it. It's brought practically the whole suite of science experiments, and most importantly Mun rocks are picked up. Many Mun rocks. Scientists back on Kerbin simply drool at the thought of having their very own Mun rocks to pick at and study, and if money was still a thing in our society, we're sure these rocks would go for millions. After a day on the Munar surface, the upper stage of the lander is separated and fires it's engines, beginning its long journey back to Kerbin. Interestingly, engineers wanted to launch the spacecraft into a retrograde orbit. This was essentially a stress test of all of the lander's systems "Ignition of the ascent stage engine. We're on our way home!" - Kris Kerman "Kerbin return maneuver in 3,2,1... re-ignition of ascent stage engine, we're on our way back to Kerbin." - Gen Kerman The return capsule has quite a fiery re-entry, entering Kerbin's atmosphere at speeds of over 3,000m/s! "Chute deployed, and we are back home!" - Gen Kerman Yes, after 4 days in space, Muna 9 returns with the very first samples of the Munar surface! Recovery teams quickly circle the spacecraft, pick it up, and carefully extract the load of samples the spacecraft collected. These will be handed to R&D immediately, who will study the rocks and further distribute them to other labs around Kerbin. The data collected from these rocks will give us further information into not just the birth of the Kerbin system, but the birth of the entire Kerbolar system! It's an exciting for the CKR Space Program, and more exciting are certainly to come. *** YEAR 2, DAY 148 - YEVA 1 Kerbalkind once again prepares to extend its influence even further than the Kerbin system. This time, we have our focus set much closer into the Kerbolar system. Her purple majesty, Yeva. Many have speculated what may be waiting for us on Yeva. Some say that, due to it's purple color, it may be very similar to Kerbin. Couple this with the fact that Eve is a similar size to Kerbin, Kerbals who suspect this may not be too far off. Yeva 1 is pretty much a sister probe to Duna 1, but with... oh, no, it is the exact same probe. With the exact same launcher. Hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. "Liftoff on Yeva 1, carrying Kerbalkind to the planets!" - Gen Kerman Is this just me, or is it kinda funny to see the hammer and sickle on the side of a building meant to look like NASA's high bay assembly building. Yeva 1 finds itself racing a comet on liftoff. Yeva 1 firing its engines for orbit Once in orbit, ground teams immediately begin preparing for the burn to Eve. This is easier said than done. At the time of launch, the Mun was positioned in such a way that it would always get in the way of every burn we did. And its position was annoying enough that we couldn't use this to our advantage at all. In the end, spamming skip orbit enough got us a good position for a maneuver. And now... We're off to Yeva! "Setting probe to hibernation mode. Good luck, Yeva 1." - Gen Kerman *** YEAR 2, DAY 160 - MYATNYY 8 Myatnyy 8 will follow the exact same mission profile as Muna 9. Nothing else to add. The interesting thing about this mission is more the destination itself. The past few missions to Minmus have shown that Minmus itself is an interesting place. Despite not having an atmosphere, Minmus does in fact have weather! However, the exact way this happens is quite a mystery. Samples of both Minmus's "clouds" and surface ice will be collected, and scientists on Kerbin will use this data to understand more about Kerbin mintiest and most mysterious moon. Launch Sequence Once Myatnyy 8 enters orbit, well, you know the procedure. "Go for TMI!" - Bobak Kerman Myatnyy 8 begins the coasting period of its mission. I will tell you all that I did not get any pictures of the whole orbit process around Minmus, as at this point I was just so sick of the mission. I already had to redo it twice, so I gave up on screenshots and just flew the craft. But I did get pictures of the landing, and that's the cool part. "We are beginning our descent down to Minmus's surface, I need all controllers on standy in case anything goes wrong." - Bobak Kerman "1km up, speeding up suicide burn." - Kris Kerman "Almost there..." - Bobak Kerman "Contact! Myatnyy 8 is standing on Minmus's surface!" - Bobak Kerman After a quick celebration in mission control, work begins on running the experiments on board the spacecraft, as well as the collection of samples on Minmus's surface. After a day on the surface, the ascent stage fires its engines and Myatnyy 8 begins its journey back to Kerbin. Another success under our belt! Myatnyy 8 is quickly recovered, and the mission comes to an end. Myantyy 8 has brought back perhaps some of the most important data in spaceflight to date. However, our engineers and scientists have one more idea for Munar and Minmus exploration, and they expect it to fly sometime late in the year. You all will have to wait to see that. *** YEAR 2, DAY 180 - DRUZHBA 2&3 Crew: Dzhebediya, Bob, Bill; Valentina, Stadun, Derdas We always talk about the capabilities of the Druzhba spacecraft, now it's time to put them to the test. Druzhba 2 and Druzhba 3 will be a test of rendezvous and docking. The spacecraft is, after all, equipped with a docking port. Once docked, both spacecraft will spend a week in space together. Dzhebediya and Valentina will also perform an EVA together, much like Zakat 3 and Zakat 4. Afterwords both Druzhbas head back home one after the other. It's a pretty straightforward mission. Also, due to the expansion of the Kerbal Cosmodrome, pieces of the spacecraft no longer have to be sent to the Dessert Cosmodrome for launch. All of our rockets can be sourced right here. It really streamlines the whole assembly process, as well as save a lot of fuel for the spacecraft during rendezvous. Granted, the changed inclination would be good to do further stress tests on our spacecraft, but really it's better for the engineers this way. The Dessert Cosmodrome is better for satellite launches, anyways. "Liftoff on Druzhba 2!" - Gen Kerman "LRBs depleted of fuel, separate now Druzhba 2." - Gen Kerman "Clean sep, Baikerbanur!" - Bill Kerman "Ignition confirmed on stage 2." - Bill Kerman "Alright mission control, starting our coast to apoapsis." - Dzhebediya Kerman "Rog, Druzhba 2." - Gen Kerman "Druzhba 2 orbital entry established. Good flight!" - Gen Kerman "Alright, thanks Baikerbanur! Tell Druzhba 3 that we can't wait to meet up with them." - Dzhebediya Kerman "Will do." - Gen Kerman With Druzhba 2 in orbit, it's now Druzhba 3's turn to liftoff from the Cosmodrome. "Woooo, I love that feeling mission control! You gotta send me on more missions!" - Valentina Kerman "Clean booster sep, mission control!" - Derdas Kerman "Good to hear! And Druzhba 2 reports that they can in fact see your contrail from liftoff!" - Bobak Kerman "Orbital entry established, Druzhba 3." - Bobak Kerman "Rog, Bobak." - Valentina Kerman With no time to waste, Druzhba 3 immediately gets to work setting up their rendezvous with Druzhba 2. Inclination changes, rendezvous burns, the works. Before you know it, they're already at the spacecraft. Slowing down at rendezvous. "Approaching Druzhba 2." - Valentina Kerman "Docked! Miss me, Dzheb?" - Valentina Kerman "Tease me all you want, I still hold the title for farthest flying Kerbal." - Dzhebediya Kerman "For now." - Valentina Kerman Dzhebediya and Valentina face off outside their spacecraft. For the next five minutes, the words "I'm" and "better" were exchanged in that order continuously. Dezhebediya and Valentina boarded back into their spacecraft after a very mature discussion, and Druzhba 2&3 stayed in orbit for the next week. During that time, much of Kerbin's surface was photographed, and the crew played a game of Linkor, perhaps one of the best board games the CKR had created. It's not a very eventuful mission otherwise. After the week is over, both Druzhba 2 and 3 separate and go their separate ways. Druzhba 2 on re-entry, with the airlock module burning up behind it. Druzhba 2&3 with their parachutes deployed We've proven long duration spaceflight, and we've proven that two spacecraft can dock together in orbit. But what if we did... both at the same time?

God, I couldn't even tell you. I downloaded KSP from the private division website, but if I had it on Steam, I'd probably be too embarrassed to say.

I've begun working on a city called the Mass Urbanization Project (MUP). The goal of MUP is to make virtually every ounce of the map covered in some sort of building. The map being used is the Islands map. One challenge I'm setting for myself is to have the city easily accessible to public transport, both from the inside and the outside. This includes metro stations, buses, and a train into the city. I'm going for a very futuristic look for the city, almost like a lot of Synthwave drawings. Downtown with a space elevator (middle-left) Progress so far. Islands Map (image credit of Elvenkind on Steam Community) On the inside circle of highway is where I will put high density residential, commercial, and office zones. This is pretty much the beating heart of the city. On the outside will be various industries, from vanilla industry to oil, ore, and farming, with the occasional outcrop of high density residential so people can get to their jobs. My computer will probably explode trying to run this project, but it's worth a shot.

It looks cool! However, I do ask everybody to keep discussion about development of spacecraft too a minimum. DM me if you have to share what you've been working on. This is, after all, a mission report, not a discussion thread.

10/10 Also a forum gamer (looks like you're taking back the sub-forum). Also, I haven't really been hanging around forum games much recently. Kinda got bored.

That is a hell of a lot of infrastructure. How much has all of this costed in total? Cheap-ish I imagine, If you’re building everything off world.

8/10 I follow them, but I haven’t really seen much of them other than that.

This looks cool!

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We have returned.

I have been out of school for the entire week sick. I had a fever on Monday, and I've had an extremely itchy throat and constantly stuffed nose, and a headache that simply won't go away. It's even getting in the way of my sleep, as whenever I'm sick I often just stare at the ceiling in the middle of the night confused about my situation. And by the time I'm able to fall asleep, it's 6:30 and my alarm goes off.

The idea I have for this thread is that somebody shares an article from NASA.gov or other space agency websites that piques their interest, share the link, and provide a quick summary. After they share their found article, people can discuss about it below. I think it's a pretty good idea. I don't think if a thread like this has been done before or in the recent past. I just read this article, and it was pretty interesting. https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/science-enabling-technology/digging-deeper-to-find-life-on-ocean-worlds/ The article talks about a study NASA researchers did for a potential lander that could be sent to Europa. The lander itself would be more of a communication platform, while the actual scientific vessel would be a drill that uses heat to dig below the surface. Once in the subsurface ocean, it will start searching for microbes that pass by the probe. This article does get me excited for future exploration of the Solar System, as well as give me hope that we'll finally answer the most fundamental question in Human History: are we alone?

Even if it's true, I find the whole argument dumb. It's not like anything would change. Oh, we live in a simulation? Always have and always will. Even then, I find the whole idea backwards anyways. It just seems like it was made up by people who don't want to except the fact that humanity ultimately doesn't matter in the story of the universe. It's a coping mechanism. The idea that were the only life in the universe and that we alone only matter is a trap humanity needs to escape from.

I live out in Nowhereville, Delaware Valley, and once I remember hearing a shrill scream from the woods. I immediately ran inside, and to this day I still rarely go outside at night. However, I recently figured out what the shriek was. A fox. I have been petrified by this moment for 6 years only to realize that it's some animal I see all the time. Maybe it's not an exciting mystery, as the solution was simple, but still. A mystery nontheless.

“Boring!”

I really like this idea! However, we have no need for an orbital refueling depo YET. Emphasis on the yet. But I will keep this idea in mind for future missions,

It's been ten years since the end of the Second Great Kerbin War. The country of Bismarck, after two attempts at world domination, have finally been subdued, and it's fascist politicians replaced with politicians focused on better international relations. However, after the war, much of the world laid in ruin from the horrible battles. Out of the ashes though rises a new age of technological innovation, and with this new innovation comes advancements in technology and science. To further these devlopments, the new Kerbin United organization has set up the KSRO, aimed at advancing Kerbalkind into the future and yada yada yada whatever. I'm sure you've heard the whole thing a million times. It's all anyone can talk about. Now, I personally believe this whole space program thing is a political stunt. It's not meant to "aid Kerbalkind in technology" or whatever. It's simply a distraction from the actual issues of the world, and a waste of time and money. We haven't even fully recovered from the war yet! Many of Kerbin;s cities still lie in ruin, the economy's whack, and our leaders are frankly incompetent. And Bismarck's politicians weren't replaced, they were lined up on walls and executed. While they had committed terrible war crimes, committing a terrible war crime back is not the way to go. At this point, it's puppet state for Victoria and Bonaparte. What are these places you ask? Well these are the countries of Kerbin. They're really the big guys of everything happening on the planet. And the living conditions in these countries are absolutely awful though. Bonaparte is a stones throw away from becoming a third-world country, and Victoria's two seconds from becoming a total surveillance state. Anyways, space program, space program... ah, yes. Where's all this technology coming from? Well, the KSRO isn't starting from scratch. Rocket technology was developed by Bismarck during the war. A horrible machine of destruction called the KV-2. Picture of said machine Granted, this was the machine that ultimately led to the downfall of the new Bismarckian conquest. Well, there were several other factors, but still. Adoofus Kerman, dictator of Bismarck and starter of the war, made this machine his passion project. And it scared the very life out of the allies... when it worked. Sure, parts of the Victorian capitol Lundun were destroyed, but this rocket had more failures than successes. Frankly it's a miracle its engineers weren't executed by Bismarck. Now, I'll tell you more about the story leading up to our first launch later. In fact, the first launch vehicle is still being built. There's a lot of story to tell, and a lot of my anger with this "new era" to be unleashed. For now, you all have a nice day. You can bet I won't have one. I have to write for this stupid agency.

Thank you, man! I can’t believe I forgot to respond. Sorry about that.