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What if you're trying to launch a small interplanetary probe? I think Isp > TWR in this case.

It's the Crashy McSplodey!

Some advice: fairings are supposed to protect the payload from Kerbin's atmosphere, so you jettison them once you leave it.

[edit: reuploaded to imgur] Mission 29 Payload: Nebula-2 (Mk. 01a) Description: Enhanced version with large ASAS, lights, and RCS. Mass at launch: 17.990 t Launch Vehicle: Bottle Mk. 02-2S Boosters: 2 RT-10 solid rocket boosters First stage: Rockomax "Skipper" liquid engine (with extended tank) Second stage: Rockomax "Poodle" liquid engine Mission objective: Launch into LKO and serve as a docking target for Nebula-3, then safely return to Kerbin. Pilots: Bill, Jebediah, and Bob Kerman In orbit: Mission 30 Payload: Nebula-3 (Mk. 01a) Mission objective: Dock with Nebula-2, then safely return to Kerbin. Pilots: Hermy, Guslas, and Shepsby Kerman Rendezvous with Nebula-2: Final approach: Docked: [image not found] Nebula-2 undocked from Nebula-3: (Splashdown locations: Nebula-3 in the west, and Nebula-2 in the east)

I like the idea of the "transformable" lander.

I don't perform roll maneuvers but that is an excellent idea.

Nice to see that my thread was an inspiration to someone!

Kerpton = Crypton (Future Media), who made a computer program that happens to be my favorite singer. Aero-Space Development Agency = based on the Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency and the NAtional Space Development Agency of Japan (which existed before JAXA)

I saw and liked the shout-out to the Orbiter community.

I think that's the Merlin engine used on the Falcon rockets.

[edit: reuploaded to imgur] Mission 28 Payload: Nebula-1 (Mk. 01) Description: A three-Kerbal spacecraft which uses the Bottle second stage for orbital maneuvers. Mass at launch: 16.300 t Launch Vehicle: Bottle Mk. 01 First stage: Rockomax "Skipper" liquid engine Second stage: Rockomax "Poodle" liquid engine Mission objective: Achieve LKO then safely return to Kerbin. Pilots: Bill, Jebediah, and Bob Kerman The new "Bottle" launch vehicle. Nebula in orbit with solar panels deployed: Upper stage jettisoned: Passing over KSC: About to land: (Note: From this point on, the "success/failure" status of a mission will not be displayed. This is because I just want to show cool missions/my gradual progression through KSP. Okay, what really happened was I did this mission before with one Mk16-XL parachute. I was going to land in the mountains, and the parachute broke as it tried to fully deploy, leaving the capsule to tragically crash into the ground. So I restarted the entire mission. I also don't want to see the entire mission fail on a high-stakes mission such as a manned interplanetary voyage or the construction of a munar base. If I fail, I will restart the mission either from the beginning, or from key points in the mission, such as the time before landing on another planet - think of it as the setting of "respawn checkpoints". Yes, I acknowledge that real spaceflight is very risky and has no "quicksave"/"restart flight" button.)

The satellite designs are pretty cool, nice log.

Do actual space agencies intentionally strand their astronauts in orbit? Yeah. I don't think so.

Unless the TWR at full thrust is too high, resulting in exceeding terminal velocity.

I thought they would be better due to low specific impulse loss at low altitudes.

I like the Mun due to its relatively easy accessibility from Kerbin (you don't have to wait many days for a transfer window).

Is it possible to reach solar escape velocity by doing a slingshot fly-by of Jool?

[edit: reuploaded to imgur] Mission 27 Payload: Wish-2 Description: Similar design to the Dawn-1 lander. Mass at launch: 0.388 t (with heat shield); 0.293 t (without heat shield) Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 04 First stage: C7 Toroidal Aerospike Rocket Second stage: JKJSPC LV-909 liquid engine (w/ extended tank) Mission objective: Land on Duna. A first-time experimental use of the aerospike engines: About 60 days later: Parachute has been deployed: Fully deployed: Heat shield has been jettisoned: Touchdown on the surface of Duna: (Landing location) Mission successful

I would consider 6 asparagus cores surrounding the main core "aesthetically pleasing".

I second that statement. I also want the ability to add long turquoise pigtails to my Kerbal.

Normal KASDA flag: Mun landing: Minmus landing:

[edit: reuploaded to imgur] Mission 26 Payload: Kujita-7 (Mk. 02) Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 03a-5C (5-core) Mission goal: Land on Minmus and return safely to Kerbin. Pilot: Jebediah Kerman Approaching Minmus: Initial orbit around Minmus: [image not found] Descending: Climbing down the ladder: Planted flag: Jumping 10 meters into the vacuum: Leaving Minmus: Flag location: Heading back home with about 900 m/s of delta-v (due to the lower d-v requirements for landing/taking off from Minmus compared to the Mun). I didn't want to test the 3-core Onion Stick and find out I didn't have enough fuel. (Half-way between Minmus and the Mun) (Re-entry) (Landing location) Mission successful

[edit: reuploaded to imgur] Mission 25 Payload: Kujita-6 (Mk. 02) Description: A version of the Kujita capsule designed for moon landings. (with the SAS replacing the ASAS) Mass at launch: 4.030 t Launch Vehicle: Onion Stick Mk. 03a-5C (5-core) Mission goal: Land on the Mun and return safely to Kerbin. Pilot: Jebediah Kerman The OS-03a-5C was the heaviest variant of the Onion Stick launch vehicle. The first pair of boosters cross-fed to the second. (In LKO before Trans-Munar Injection) (Leaving Kerbin) (Jeb performing the orbital insertion burn) (Kujita-6 into a low Munar orbit) Prior to de-orbiting: Powered descent: Kujita-6 has landed on the Munar surface. [image not found] Jeb climbing down the ladder: The flag has been planted on the Mun. Jumping in the low gravity: Launching from the surface: On its way back home: What was left behind: (Approaching Kerbin) (Capsule separation) (Re-entry) Jeb landed on the southwestern rim of Kerbin's crater. Mission successful

And what would that be?

Using hyperedit isn't much of an achievement.