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Use Eve to help ;-)

The next trick is to copy the MESSENGER probe and use repeated flybys of Moho to reduce your solar apoapsis gradually to reduce your needed dV to brake at Moho.

This is a good idea but if you take time doing the docking orbital mechanics will mess you up. You'll end up having to reorientate a few times as you get closer.

Just because it lets you do something with part-clipping turned off, you could still make a logical decision that it doesn't seem "right" that you should be able to do it

Maybe it should be related to transmission power/type of antenna. Rovers and landers wouldn't have quite as high-gain a transmitter setup, but satellites can. That way you get the situation like we have around Mars at the moment with MRO and Odyssey relating data from Curiosity and the MER rovers at a higher data rate.

Works fine... that's odd. Is that line higher up in the other pod parts? Wonder why that's causing an issue. Thanks!

So... any ideas? I haven't got Crew Manifest installed, and my config file for the part looks fine.

Quick question, is "propulsion" the right name for one of the folders in KSPX? There isn't one in the original game, seems to be called "Engine"? Edit: And "control" too? Is that not "command"?

I'm getting this bug too, if anyone has any other suggestions? The part itself has the correct number for the crew amount, but when I put it on my station it tells me I can't board it, and that it has a crew of 0 out of 0.

If everybody linked up their addons, we could have a one-stop-shop flight computer for KSP. To do anything. *giddy*

Post of the year.

Oh god this stickying so badly.

Indeed. So we're going to have to either: 1) Use more fuel for retrograde burning, 2) make a number of passes to slowly reduce apoapsis (takes aaaages), or 3) Some combination of the two.

If you don't mind using mods, MechJeb's landing module is essential for aerocapture/braking as it gives you a predicted AP depending on where you put your PE in the planet's atmosphere. You may need more than one orbit for greater precision. Also, if we eventually get G-loading/heat sensors for crew survivability, it may be better to do it over a series of orbits instead of one big aerocapture really low down in the atmosphere to get it done in one orbit.

Aerocapturing at Duna is a must to safe fuel.

Did you aerobrake at Duna to save fuel?

If you wanted to make a solar polar orbit, you could do a Ulysees and have Jool gravity assist you into a higher plane. That is a lot of fun