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Will this have parallax continued support?
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United Space Flight Agency - Failures, Mun maps, and a big announcement
B0lt replied to B0lt's topic in KSP1 Mission Reports
That was... an experience I have a back log of like two or three chapters that will come out weekly (I need a break from ksp) And since I heard the license for the forums is going out soon and what just happened I will also be working on backing up all of my posts in case of a grand migration -
Nope! It's me! (Hooray) still grinding halo...... ...and wondering how @Kerbalsaurus is doing?
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Nope! Just me playing Halo for too many hours straight..... Wondering what @Kerbalsaurus is doing
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United Space Flight Agency - Failures, Mun maps, and a big announcement
B0lt replied to B0lt's topic in KSP1 Mission Reports
Chapter 10 - Failures and Mun maps Year 2 Day 305 A heavier Selene probe was readied on a Heracles IV booster with parachutes attached to the SRB's (Heracles IV(PSRB)). Unfortunately due to the way the SRB's separate there was no way to attempt booster recovery, netherless Selene VI presses on. Though 3 minutes into the flight Selene V ran out of battery and ended up crashing into the surface deeming it the greatest failure. Year 2 Day 312 Deciding to go back to what works and keeping things heavier that 1.5tons to a better booster that is in the works. Another Selene lander was readied. 5 Minutes into the flight an orbit of 141, 751m x 130 860m was confirmed. 26 minutes TMI was confirmed. Though right before landing, it ran out of fuel, crashing into the surface. year 2 day 233 After these two major failures the publics view of USFA was not good. Hoping to at least gain the love from the scientific community, a spectra altimetry probe was readied to go to the Mun. 5 minutes and 43 seconds later an orbit of 134,097m x 133,110m was confirmed the most circular orbit to date! 35 minutes into the flight, a much more precise TMI burn was confirmed. 3 hours into the flight a minor course correction burn was done so that Spectra III will arrive at the Mun on a polar trajectory. 3 days later (I missed) a polar orbit of 287, 132m x 263, 540m was confirmed. Spectra III will now begin to build an altimetry map year 2 day 238 Five days after spectra III spectra IV was readied to also go to the mun. 4 minutes in 30 seconds an 152, 902m x 135,247m. 27 minutes into the flight tmi was confirmed. 6 hours into the flight an orbit of 263,681m x 208,370m. Visual map Altimetery Biome A major announcement. Year 2 Day 240 Walt Kerman has announced the Iter program which will put Kerbals on the Mun by the end of year 3 and Minmus by year 4. My posting schedule is going to change to once a week because I want to take more time to improve the quality of the series, to those who have followed along this far thank you for the support, it means the world to me -
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Wonder if there is an updated estimate on the release date?
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United Space Flight Agency - Failures, Mun maps, and a big announcement
B0lt replied to B0lt's topic in KSP1 Mission Reports
Chapter 9: Maps, and Polar Orbits Year 2 Day 262 Another Selene lander stood atop the Heracles V ready to (once again) land on the mun. This will be the last of what the Mun lander team calls ML mk1 because there are new technologies and ways to improve the current lander design. 5 Minutes and 32 seconds orbit was confirmed. 1 Day 5 Hours and 21 minutes into the mission touchdown was confirmed (This time there were no explosions). The USFA was beginning to get the hang of Mun landings. Year 2 Day 267 Jeb was once again selected to try out a more maneuverable Viator space craft strapped on a Liquid Methane Variant of the Heracles IV Booster (Heracles IV/M). 7 minutes into the flight an orbit of 323, 235m x 155, 192m was confirmed. Jeb was able to hold positions of Prograde, Retrograde, Normal, antinormal, and radial in and out using the newly installed Orbital maneuvering system before it ran out of fuel. 3 Day's later it was decied to scrap the EVA because of some patchwork issues with jeb's suit and then the whole mission. Overall the mission wasn't exactly what the engineers were hoping for, the new Heracles IV/M booster was lackluster to their expectations and so was the "improved" Viator space craft. This resulted in a reviewing of the Kerballed aspect of spaceflight. Year 2 Day 276 Another Heracles IV was rolled out with a new OctoSat with a Radiar altimeter to gain altimetry data of Kerbin. The flight profile will attempt to go into a polar orbit, which is something that has never been attempted before. After a very instable and stressful flight the OctoSat was placed in a polar orbit and began its scan of Kerbin. Year 2 Day 291 Another Heracles IV was rolled out with another OctoSat with a multispectral scanner to create a complete map of Kerbin. Both this satellite and the other OctoSat are apart of a new program named Spectra. The goal of this program will be to map out every celestial body. This program is essential for finding a spot for a Kerballed Mun landing. Altimetry, Biome and a visual map of kerbin Altimetry map Biome map Visual map I love ScanSat! I will be slowing down my posting schedule from 3-5 times a week to 1 or 2 times a week. -
United Space Flight Agency - Failures, Mun maps, and a big announcement
B0lt replied to B0lt's topic in KSP1 Mission Reports
Chapter 8 - Three missions, three milestones. Year 2 Day 225 After a long break researching new technologies, the USFA needs to get back into the swing of things, so they decide to warm up by sending Jeb into orbit again.5 minutes and 41 seconds orbit was confirmed. One day later, after finishing the preparations, Jeb was ready to step out into space. He then spent the next 15 minutes shooting out jets of pressurized nitrogen, and proving that Kerbal's eye's don't explode if they go out into space. Day 232 Jeb returned back to Kerbin a hero. One day later (Year 2 day 233) the selene III probe was readied on the launchpad and readied to make history. 6 minutes and 12 seconds Orbit was confirmed. 34 minutes into the flight, Mission control realised that the orbital burn wasn't actually complete and a fault in telemetry data has put Selene III on a sub-orbital trajectory and there is nothing they could do but wait and hope that this would not damage the vessel. Fortunately the vessel survived and started its TMI. Roughly one day later orbit was confirmed again around the Mun. Mission control was nervous because the lander only had 600m/s of detla V remaining. But even still they tried. And failed. At 8km the lander stage ran out of fuel. Though the mission was a failure Selene III transmitted pictures right before impact, showing that in fact the muns surface was solid. After this great embarrassment the higher ups started to review the entire Selene program and came to the conclusion that the Heracles III series of rockets just wont cut it. They needed more. So they went to the only Kerbal that has designed a functional rocket to see if he could make a better one. And of course, Werner von Kerman would deliver. Year 2 Day 243 The even mightier Heracles IV stood on the launch pad, its first ever mission will be an ambitious one, with the goal of landing on the Mun. But Whrevener vaun kermans confidence radiates in the mission control room. 13 minutes and 50 seconds later an orbit of 204, 835m x 184, 172m was confirmed. Less than an hour later TMI was confirmed. 1 day 5 hours and 23 minutes orbit around the Mun was confirmed. After staying in orbit and testing landing systems, Selene IV was given the go for landing. And 50 m above the ground the engine ran out of fuel. Mission control stood with baited breath hoping that the lander was still going to make it. And touchdown was confirmed! The mission control erupted into cheers and Kerbals rushing to go change their underpants. This feat renewed Kerbals awe for space travel. Even president John Kerman shows excitement for what the USFA has planned next. -
United Space Flight Agency - Failures, Mun maps, and a big announcement
B0lt replied to B0lt's topic in KSP1 Mission Reports
Year 2 Day 84 Even though Valentina wasn't the first to ride the Viator, she would be the first female Kerbal to go to space (and by extension in orbit) the only thing she had to say about it was "Take that jeb!" 5 minutes and 40 seconds an orbit of 120,055m x 112,246m was confirmed. Valentina will now stay in orbit for 6 days to test prolonged exposure to zero g's fortunately the "onion" re-entry capsule is quite roomy. 3days 14minutes, mission control decided that there was enough delta V in the Viator to go into a higher orbit of 352,020m x 281, 563m orbit. Day 6 hour 7 minute 16 Valentina was cleared for re-entry. Day 6 hour 8 minute 14 splashdown was confirmed. Year 2 Day 91 One hour after Valentina's historic flight the first Selene probe (Which is really just a glorified CubeSat) was readied on the launch pad. 1 minute into the flight the rocket starting to tip over sending mission control into a frenzy. Quickly Gene Kerman (Guidance Officer) realised that the faring is too heavy and quickly sent a command to separate it saving the flight. 5 minutes 5 seconds orbit was confirmed. 51 minutes Trans Munar Injection (TMI) Starts. Roughly 1 minute later TMI is confirmed. 1 Day 2 hours and 32 minutes into the flight the first pictures of the Mun started being received. Year 2 day 93 The FOOPE program is back! year 2 day 98 Another Selene probe was readied this time with the goal of orbiting the Mun. Ten seconds into the flight the guidance systems failed (I forgot to turn on SAS) and the rocket started to tip over, thankfully Gene Kerman (Guidance officer) was once again able to restabilize the rocket. 5 minutes later an orbit 160,577m x 124,077m was confirmed. 26 minutes in, TMI starts. 51 seconds later TMI is confirmed. Day 1 Hour 5 Minute 23 an orbit of 160, 973 m x 16, 864m was confirmed. Selene 2 will now begin to photograph the Muns surface. With the money gained from these missions the USFA will take some time off to upgrade its facilities and improve on current technologies. -
Right I'm sorry I'm pretty sure @Mr. Kerbin will help fix this conundrum