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I know. But for now it's not impossible to give Eeloo a new mun 1/3 of its size in orbit barely higher than Roche limit and enjoy the view

Crew status: Grand Tour postcard:

CHAPTER 49 BOP LANDING *** BERTY v.2.0.8b: Transfer burn in 5 seconds. Four. Three. Two. One. Transfer burn in progress. DANREY: Uh, I have an RCS alert here BERTY. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Checking. MALLOCK: Oh boy. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Several errors in LAMGML autodocking software detected. Patching in progress. DANREY: Copy that. MALLOCK: Uh! DANREY: It won't take long. MALLOCK: I'm not worried about our transfer burn, if that's what you mean. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Patching completed. Transfer burn in progress. DANREY: Have you detected any other errors besides this one? BERTY v.2.0.8b: No, captain Danrey. However, due to the increased frequency of malfunctions it's advised to perform complete system check-ups every 12 hours. MALLOCK: :sigh: DANREY: We will, BERTY. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Transfer burn completed. Escape velocity achieved. DANREY: And we will leave Tylo's SOI in, let me see... 4 hours. Good. MALLOCK: :sigh: DANREY: What is it, Mal? MALLOCK: It's nothing. DANREY: Hey, I know it will take a while before we get to Pol but after Tylo you can't really complain about some short vacations, can you? MALLOCK: Yeah. But still, almost 2 weeks is quite long and I don't even have access to the samples nor the “Proteus†science lab. DANREY: Cheer up. We will be in a perfect position to observe Jool and hey, it'll be the second landing on Pol ever – I'm sure there's much more to discover. MALLOCK: There surely is. What “Kadmos†brought was just a several decragams of regolith and small rocks. DANREY: See? Nothing to be upset about. I'm sure you'll make some interesting observations as a geologist. MALLOCK: To be honest, I'm mostly worried about our equipment. Since... the accident we don't have the missions specialist to take care of the LAMGMLs. I know Ned is a great engineer but he didn't design the damn things. And these malfunctions and errors- DANREY: Don't forget that BERTY may patch the software as long as we have a connection with “Proteusâ€Â. MALLOCK: I know. But it also limits our landing sites to those from which we can establish one. I don't know, it's just... I have a bad feeling about all this. DANREY: You? After Tylo? Come on, you've been through the most dangerous landing during the entire mission and you're good. MALLOCK: Eve? DANREY: Second most dangerous. MALLOCK: And we still have practically no contact with Laythe Lander. DANREY: Err, actually we do have contact, we just can't transfer much data through the satellite. MALLOCK: What's the difference? It's not like we're going to send them our collective “hello†or something. What if they need some assistance? The on-board computer- DANREY: Look Mal, it's something BERTY and guys from “Proteus†will have to handle. We can't do anything about it. We can't, really. So I think we should- MALLOCK: Mhm, BERTY and Jeb will surely take care of it. DANREY: Not again... MALLOCK: I'm just saying that- DANREY: I know, Mal, I remember your conspiracy theories too well. MALLOCK: Rozer would never- DANREY: Oh right, great commander Rozer. What is it that makes you so confident in him? MALLOCK: Say whatever you want about him, but he doesn't hide behind the AI. He takes the responsibility for whatever he does. DANREY: Yeah, sure. If you were with him on a mission like me you would change your mind. MALLOCK: We're all on a mission with him. But I understand that you don't like him – he wasn't too fond about you, was he? This whole docking to the Payload from the side of the nuclear engine- DANREY: It was an accident! MALLOCK: Decent pilot don't have accidents. DANREY: Okey, that's enough. Why don't you go to the habitation module and take a look at Jool, hmm? I have some piloting stuff to do and I have to consult BERTY about it – you know, being bad pilot and so on. MALLOCK: Great. I'll be in the hab module than. DANREY: Great. MALLOCK: Good luck with the calculations. You may need it. DANREY: Well thanks. And have fun looking at the damn clouds! Fraking egghead... MALLOCK: Captain? DANREY: What is it, professor? MALLOCK: Well, I was wondering how long- DANREY: Six days to the transfer burn and five days after that before we get to Pol. MALLOCK: I see. DANREY: Do you have any more questions? I'm quite busy with the repairs. MALLOCK: No. DANREY: Good. MALLOCK: I'll be in my cabin. DANREY: And close the hatch behind you. *** BILL: Separation confirmed. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Please proceed to the visual confirmation. BILL: Roger that. BILL: “Proteusâ€Â, I confirm flawless separation. Habitation module solar panels are intact, everything seems to be- damn! GENANAND: What is it? BILL: I've lost the visual from the external camera. GENANAND: Again? Could we land without it? BILL: Sure, we still have radar and in microgravity we can abort at any moment. “Proteusâ€Â, are we go for landing? GENANAND: I don't know about it. Maybe we should wait until we repair it? BILL: In case you didn't notice we've been orbiting this rock for days – hell, it's been almost 20 days since we left Vall. We've gathered all the data we need for a safe landing. Every minute we spend here is a minute less exploring the asteroid – we don't have unlimited supplies and we have a long way ahead of us before we rendez-vous with “Proteusâ€Â. GENANAND: I know. But can we land safely? BILL: Well, I my days we landed on the Mun decades ago without this fancy gadgets and with much more primitive spacecraft, not to mention higher gravity. GENANAND: I'm the last person who would question your experience, I'm just asking whether- BERTY v.2.0.8b: Yes, captain Bill. You may proceed. Remember that for the communication with IMV “Proteus†to be maintained you need to land in the landing zone C. BILL: Copy that. The signal delay is getting more and more annoying with every day... GENANAND: So we're landing, right? BILL: Yup. We're gonna land on this rock today, doc. *** GENANAND: Err... Bill? Aren't we coming too fast? BILL: Nope. GENANAND: I'm pretty sure we are coming too fast. BILL: Hey, who's the pilot here? GENANAND: Since the deorbit burn you didn't fire the engines even once. BILL: No need to. GENANAND: We're falling faster than 160 meters per second now. BILL: So? GENANAND: Isn't the whole point of landing slowing down so that we can perform slow touchdown? BILL: More or less. GENANAND: So why don't you slow down for the love of Kod?! We're gonna crash! BILL: Well, there is one more method of landing about which you may not have heard of. GENANAND: Which is? BILL: Suicide burn! GENANAND: Aaa! BILL: Nice and easy! Five, four, three- GENANAND: Oh my Kod! BILL: -two, one and touchdown! The “Beta†has landed. You may open your eyes now, doc. GENANAND: Are we on the surface? BILL: According to the altimeter, yes. By the way, you can see this for yourself. GENANAND: How? Camera is broken. BILL: The window on your left. GENANAND: Huh? We – we really landed. BILL: Sure we did. GENANAND: Oh my Kod, we've landed! We are here! First landing on Bop! BILL: I told you, after Mun it's easy-peasy. I'll let “Proteus†know that we're fine and in the meantime you can prepare for the EVA. GENANAND: Me? BILL: You're the scientist, doc. I'm just a taxi driver. GENANAND: And so kerbality has set a foot on the surface of the last unexplored body in the Jool system, to expand our knowledge of the Universe and to secure prosperity of future generations. BILL: Ahem. GENANAND: What? Too pompous? BILL: A little, yes. GENANAND: Whatever. I can't believe we're really here! BILL: Be careful, it's not Vall – you don't want to trip over in microgravity. GENANAND: I know. And Jool – wow, it looks so small from here. BILL: This very interesting observation will certainly help kerbality expanding its knowledge about the Universe, doc. According to schedule we should rest now before the exploration begins, so please take some samples and come back to the pod. We have work to do here. GENANAND: Yes sir! Requesting permition to board the spacecraft, sir! BILL: What's gotten into you, doc? GENANAND: I don't know Bill but I love this rock – I can't wait until we explore it thoroughly! *** GENANAND: What are we waiting for? We've rested, it's time to go and get more samples. There's a whole unexplored world out there! BILL: I'm trying to fix the camera, in case you didn't notice. It would be better if we get it working before the rendez-vous with the habitation module and it would really help to supervise one another during the EVA, just in- hey, it's working! GENANAND: Really? BILL: Yes! Damn, just look at this. GENANAND: Extraordinary. This is Tylo, right? And Laythe. BILL: I'll magnify it, hold on. GENANAND: It's really weird when you think about it. In orbit or on the surface of both this dots there are living, intelligent beings, for the first time since the beginning of time. BILL: You're forgetting “Kadmosâ€Â, doc. We we're that stupid, you know. There – how's it looking now? GENANAND: Completely astounding. I can see the reflection in Laythe global ocean. And the clouds, I think. BILL: Yes, it really is a terrific view. Who would've thought thousands of years ago that there is a small world so far from ours yet so similar to it. GENANAND: Actually Laythe and Kerbin don't have much in common. BILL: Besides things like ocean, thick atmosphere and oxium? GENANAND: It takes more than that for a place to be habitable – there are subtleties in characteristics of each celestial body that made every one of it unique. And oxium – well, Sid and Rozer are working on it. Maybe they'll find an answer? BILL: Sid and Rozer... Yes. I hope everything is alright down there. GENANAND: Problems with communication caused by radiation were to be expected. Still, I hope you are right and they don't need any help from us. Because the only spacecraft capable of landing there is the one they have. *** ROZER: Take it easy, just a few more steps. That's right. One more – there. Glad to be on the surface? SID: Glad? Are you kidding me? This is the crowning moment of my entire career as a planetologist! I'm standing on a frakin Laythe! ROZER: You should concentrate or you're going to lie on a frakin Laythe – the slush is slippery. You must balance every step. SID: Dear Kod, it's amazing! I would love to just take the helmet off and breathe, you know? Smell the mun. ROZER: This isn't the best idea. SID: I know that! But still, what a feeling that would be. ROZER: Short and painful? SID: :sigh: ROZER: I understand your excitement but we have a lot of hard manual labour ahead of us, so let's stop enjoying the view and start working. SID: Mhm. ROZER: I'll take the second experiment, you can double-check the atmospheric characteristics and your spacesuit in the meantime. SID: Alright, alright. Ahem. Order: EVA-2 check up. LAYTHE LANDER: Affirmative. Suit temperature – 20 °C. External temperature – minus 82,6 °C. External pressure – 0.8 atm. Oxium level – 98,12%. All systems nominal. SID: Hmm. Order: EVA-1 check up. LAYTHE LANDER: Affirmative. Suit temperature – 20 °C. External temperature – minus 82,6 °C. External pressure – 0.8 atm. Oxium level – 97,58%. All systems nominal. SID: Okay, so the suit heating system has been fixed. Good to know. ROZER: And? SID: Oh. It really looks heavy ROZER: It is. So, do we have a green light for a long EVA? SID: Local weather forecast for today – clear sky with a slight chance of light ammonia snowfall. The temperature will be quite mild ranging from minus 80 to minus 70 degrees Celsius. With a high average humidity and unbreathable atmosphere it's always advised to take a spacesuit with you when leaving- ROZER: Very funny. I'm going to deploy the second experiment now, you may take your samples nearby the lander. SID: :sigh: ROZER: Do you copy? SID: Yes, I copy. *** ROZER: I think I'm far enough from the lander and the first experiment. I'm going to deploy the experiment now. SID: Good. ROZER: Uh! Okay, it's on the surface. Preparing the second device for deployment. SID: Rozer? May I ask you a question? ROZER: Does it concern the mission? SID: Well... ROZER: In that case no. SID: ...partially. ROZER: You're taking advantage from the fact that I can't cut you off right now, don't you? SID: Yes, actually. ROZER: Ask then. SID: What's your problem with Jeb? ROZER: I don't have any problem with him. SID: You tased him and he removed you from your position as the commander. I mean sweet Kod, you even broke his leg. ROZER: Yes, I did. It's not like he was that gentle trying to interrogate me about your finding above Ike. SID: You said that he was dangerous for the mission, that he's cowboy-style approach to the structure of command and his duties were disastrous and that he generally is a misaimed hero-wannabe, blinded by his own ego. ROZER: I wouldn't put it better myself. SID: But then he released you from the, hmm, your cabin. ROZER: Arrest, Sid. There's no point to use euphemisms. SID: Alright. But he released you. I don't really know why he did this nor I know why he decided to ignore the result of the voting he himself ordered, but he did this. And I thought, foolishly as it seems, that you two, well- ROZER: That we forgave each other? Learned from past mistakes and rose above petty differences to achieve common goal? SID: Something like this. But... he still doesn't trust you, does he? And you still despise him. I mean, it doesn't make sense. So what's going on between both of you? ROZER: Done. The second experiment is deployed and operational. SID: Don't change the subject! What is it, Rozer? Why you two hate each other so much? ROZER: Hate? I don't hate him, Sid. SID: So what is it then? ROZER: I think you may say that although our goals may be similar, our methods are quite... different. I'm going for the third experiment. *** SID: ...your methods. I think you genuinely care about the mission and the crew, nobody will dismiss that. I understand that the mission goals are important for you but they are important for all of us, Jeb included. So why don't you try to reconcile with him? I'm sure in the long term it would be only beneficial for you, for the morale and for the mission itself. I mean, I've been with him on “Kadmos†- I know him, I really do. He can be harsh sometimes and, well, he may ignore the rules sometimes but it's only because he would do anything for his crew. He may act like a tough guy but he's just like Ned – deep inside he really cares, you know what I mean? It's like- ROZER: Sid? SID: Yes? ROZER: Would you please shut up? SID: What? No! This is important issue which neither of you want to face – and you need to do this if this mission is going to succeed. There's still Eeloo ahead of us and then the journey back to home – that's what, two more years? And we already have lost some good man, not to mention problems with the equipment. We need to stick together. ROZER: We are all stuck together on the same ship. If every crew member does his job- SID: Oh, for the love of Kod! Why are you always so cold and distant to everyone and everything? How did you even pass the psychological tests to get to this mission in the first place? ROZER: It's not your concern. Deploying the third experiment. SID: Of course it is! How can you be so detached? And even if you don't like Jeb, a normal person would try to pretend or something – he's the commander! He decides what are we going to do. And you ignore even that and instead of trying to convince him, explain that we should do something in a different way for the good of the mission, you just- ROZER: First of all, accusing me of psychological issues isn't really helpful if you want to convince me to reconcile with Jeb. Second of all, he doesn't decide about anything anymore. SID: What? Of course he does, he's the commander! What do you mean by that? ROZER: Nothing, forget about it. Third experiment deployed. SID: What is it, Rozer? Are you hiding something? Do we have contact with KSC? Do they issue all the orders directly now? And if so, why Jeb didn't tell us? Why didn't he tell me? ROZER: I said forget about it. SID: Oh my Kod – you really are hiding something. What is it? Is Jeb alright? ROZER: Listen, even if I wanted to tell you, I can't. SID: Holy crap, so it's true! What do you mean you can't tell? Why? What's going on? ROZER: We shouldn't talk about this. If he... SID: Rozer? ROZER: Hmm. Actually... SID: Actually what? You have to tell me if it concerns Jeb! ROZER: It concerns everyone. Tell me, if Jeb and the crew were – potentially – in danger... SID: Yes? Yes? ROZER: …would you help me to get rid of this danger? SID: Help you? My Kod, they are in danger? We're in danger?! ROZER: Perhaps. Would you? SID: But what danger is it? Is there something contagious on board “Proteusâ€Â? Some malfunction? ROZER: Would you or not? SID: I- I think I would. But what is it?! ROZER: Hmm. SID: Rozer? Talk to me! ROZER: Yes, this may work. He have no idea what are we doing as long as we are here. SID: Who? What may work? For the love of Kod, what are you talking about?! ROZER: I'm coming back. I hope you've collected all the samples you wanted to. SID: Why? ROZER: There's something we need to talk about. *** MISSION STATUS ***

Why not? Devs may surprise us - after all, that's the whole point of a Christmas gift, right?

Yes! Charon analogue is a great idea; imagine the view:

I don't know what about you but I'm hoping for some extra stuff for Christmas like Eeloo was last year. Maybe I'm just spoiled by Paradox, which released special carol for Christmas for everyone to download, but having new destination would be great. Or maybe I'm totally wrong and we will get for instance procedural craters on Duna or more biomes. Or maybe we won't get anything. Well, I hope that Santa is going to be generous this year It would be especially good idea (IMHO) after all this resources system earthquake.

Last sneak-peak screenshot before the next chapter release:

BobCat, could you comment on this: Does it mean there will be no update for 0.23 for N1-L3 ever?

Necessary? Probably not but I feel like I should point it out. Yes, you are right that right now there are big problems with even basic human rights in China and Wolf indeed didn't make this up. However I seriously doubt that anyone in USA government really cares about it seeing what is the foreign policy of the USA for decades - the real reason, as you said, is fear that China will steal even more American know-how and technology. It's completely understandable, though using humar rights argument seems to be just hypocrisy and (IMHO) is just a tool in a diplomacy, nothing more. And yes, the cold war is no more but close cooperation between two nations with nuclear warheads targeted at their cities did happen. It was just a political stunt and it didn't last long but it did happened and helped to ease the tension. I don't see any reason for which it can't happen again, for example with American astronauts going to Tiangong for a few days or with Shenzhou-Orion/Dragon/other spacecraft rendez-vous. PRC is a brutal regime, ruthless in persecuting minorites which are obstacles for Bejing policy (Tibet, north-west provinces) and I don't think that having PRC in place of USA as a world leading superpower would improve things anywhere. Having said that, I'm not blinded by their achievements in space, which are also being done in hope for economical and military gains. But the funny thing is that I can use the same sentence you said to describe USA - it's not about disliking the Americans, its about disliking the policies of their government and how they treat people in foreign countries.

Moon panorama made by the lander (low quality unfortunately):

By updating do you mean compatibility with 0.23 or tweaking, polishing and refining like Soyuz-TMA? 'Cause it would be a shame to lost N-1

After Apollo-Soyuz and cooperation with another socialistic dictatorship I don't think this argument holds ground. And please, USA is the last country to teach others about human rights with its long history of genocide (Native Americans), slavery, bigotry, racism and violence against the minorities. There are plenty of examples and as a USA citizen you probably know more of them than me. But human rights? Go to Iraq or Guantanamo if you want to learn something about human rights. Hell, what about Japanese American internment in 1942? And I don't even want to start talking about constant warfare - since the United States was founded in 1776, it has been at war during 217 out of 237 years of its existence. Anyone remember Obama getting Noble peace prize while leading two wars? Of course PRC is even worse (as godless commies ) and it's only natural since USA is a modern western republic based on the Enlightenment ideas but come on, that doesn't give anyone the right to moralize - the last person to do this is some jingoistic hawkish cold war veteran WASP and one of the 1% senator Besides, it's obvious nobody gives a damn about human rights in China - USA governement is afraid of PRC stealing all their technology, that's the reason as you pointed it out. I don't even know how country de facto allied with Saudi Arabia can talk about respecting human rights. But to stay on topic - it's a good thing IMHO that his going away. Sooner or later some cooperation will be required, even if only as a political gimmick to ease the tensions between two most powerful nations on Earth. And in the long term, I think that China won't have to steal American tech - it could be the other way around I think. And hey, cooperation is a must if Americans want China to let them into their lunar base in 2030s

That's a good idea. With MrTheBull Apollo and BobCat Soviet pack and with frizzank FASA all the good ol'Space Race spacecraft will be avaible! Except for Voskhod, that is

Well the science points are just an abstract concept and in the future you'll have to actually PAY for the parts research and to buy them for your spacecraft. So the science will only unlock the nodes on the tech tree, nothing more probably. Yeah but you can't really build a nice lander now. Just look at the image of my lander - struts and bulky stuff on top of the capsule. It just looks ugly. And yeah, maybe there should be a little more science - after all the 2,5m part should be heavier than the material bay.

Thanks! Well, you can always donate And Rozer, well, IRL people aren't one-dimensional Thank you, it may come sooner than you think! PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Here's a thing - I'm using Imgur to post all the images. And I'm using it like a LOT: The problem is, pics older than 6 months with no views are going to be deleted - and if I understand correctly, they can't get any views unless they are "visible" in my gallery on Imgur. And at the moment there can be only 225 most recent images visible (10% of what I uploaded). So I thought that I'll buy the premium account with which no images are deleted and I can show all the pics: Now $13 ain't much but in Polish currency it's 40 złotych and I would rather buy a book for this amount of money. But hey, there are still donations right? To summarize, all the donated money is going now for the Imgur premium account so that I can continue publishing image heavy chapters. So if you guys feel like sharing a dollar or something, you're welcome - it would take only several people donatinge $1 to gather these $13 for the account. But if you don't no worries, I'll figure out something or find some other site with free images upload. Just saying that in case anyone is wondering what I'm going to do with the donations money EDIT Some sneak-peak screenshots from the next chapter:

This annoys me for quite a while - there are no 2,5m parts. What do I mean by this is that you can't really keep your design smooth and nice when you need to use small Material Bay and Mystery Goo to get science. This, especially before you get to better science equipment, forces you to build really ugly things like this: I know that now technically we have lab module but it doesn't "produce" science, only refines it. I would like my spacecraft to look good and when you can stuck the Mystery Goo into the 6S Service Compartment Tubes there's nothing you can do with Material Bay. Spacecraft with science parts look especially ugly during the landing on Kerbin - you have your pod (and heatshield if you use Deadly Reentry) and on top of it just a pile of science stuff. Bleh. My proposal: bigger Material Bay the size of a big RCS tank to keep your stations and spacecaft smooth and clean.

Very nice! But seeing this chart only reminds me that we won't get resources in any sophisticated form

Wow, this was unexpected - thank you!

What a pretty CSM Good to see you back, MrTheBull.

Another postcard from my AAR:

New Grand Tour postcard: (reserved)

CHAPTER 48 LAYTHE: DAWN *** 28 DAYS AFTER THE LANDING ROZER: Fuel status. LAYTHE LANDER: Fuel level – 41,84%. ROZER: Fuel status of Laythe Ascent Module. LAYTHE LANDER: Fuel level – 86,79%. ROZER: Fuel level required for execution of the ascent protocol, let me see... ascent protocol 156-B2. LAYTHE LANDER: Required fuel level – 87,12%. ROZER: :sigh: LAYTHE LANDER: Warning. Required fuel level above current fuel level of Laythe Ascent Module. Safe ascent impossible. Please change the parameters of the projected ascent path and refuel. ROZER: You don't say. I'm trying to find a solution for this since we landed here, you fraking piece of crap. SID: What's going on, Rozer? ROZER: Well, what do you think is going on? I'm trying to find a way for us to leave this mun with the samples, that's what's going on. In case you didn't notice, that's what I'm doing since we've landed. SID: New ascent protocol? Hmm. But did you- ROZER: Yes, I included the velcro in the calculations. Even if we tore it off from the inside of the LAM it's still not enough. SID: :sigh: Is there anything we may throw away to reduce the weight? ROZER: Well, we already get rid of the chairs and practically every non-essential equipment from the pod. Which means what we're left with are essential parts – solar panels, batteries and so on. Unfortunately we don't have proper tools to get rid of the RCS thrusters too and before you ask, yes I did run several simulations of what would happen if we get rid of the monopropellant completely – it won't help. In fact, we need to carry more or less 5 units of it into the orbit. Even these 2-3 m/s more we could get using the RCS thrusters will help. SID: Crap... This doesn't look good, does it? ROZER: Not at all. I even calculated what would happen if we didn't take oxium, and reduce the life support system to heating-cooling subsystem only. SID: And? ROZER: Well, apart from the fact that we would be dead if we didn't perform rendez-vous several hours after we get in orbit, it's still isn't enough. Besides, these calculations aren't perfect – if we get into a jet stream during ascent it could just easily give us a few meters per second or take them from us, not to mention screwing our trajectory. SID: And what about “Proteus� What about BERTY? ROZER: I'm getting mainly white noise. You were out there with me, Sid – one can practically cut the radiation with a knife in orbit. Few bytes which get through to the Laythe Sat are just a pathetic remnants of our transmissions, so there isn't much to send to “Proteus†for analysis – and that's assuming the satellite is working nominally. SID: You still think there are problems with it? It was hardened against the radiation after all. ROZER: You are the professor, you tell me. How many single-event effect have already occurred? How many glitches its software have encountered? I'm sure it was in a safe mode several times by now. This mun is in the eye of a radiation storm - we could just as well start making smoke signals. Thick atmosphere, interferences, breaking down equipment and I don't even want to mention our laughable transmitter. No, we can't count on BERTY's computing power. We're alone and we have to figure this out by ourselves. And it seems that there is no other option than to leave some samples here – if we want to get in orbit. SID: Leave the samples? But that's why we get here! First samples from Laythe could change everything we know about the- ROZER: I know, Sid. I know. The thing is, we're not getting of this mun if we're going to take everything with us. We've used too much fuel during landing. That's it. One can't argue with the rocket equation – as a scientist, you know this better than me. SID: … ROZER: We still have weeks to figure out something, you know. SID: Yes, of course. I'm thinking about EVA. ROZER: EVA? What about it? SID: Well, four weeks have passed and our adaptation period is over, so we may now perform extravehicular activity. I've been thinking- ROZER: We may perform EVA? You're not going anywhere. SID: No way Rozer, we've been talking about it and there isn't such an option. ROZER: Yes there is. I am the captain and I say you're not going out. You're not strong enough. SID: I've been training the whole time for it! ROZER: You're a scientist and I was in the spec-ops – my organism is stronger. What if you trip over or get a heart attack? It's not a picnic, it's a hard manual labour. SID: What if I trip over? You're the one who broke his arm when we got here! ROZER: Good thing I'm ambidextrous than. I'm not going to argue about it again. SID: But- ROZER: No, Sid. You're too important for the mission to risk stupid accident. SID: That's why you want to get out there? To protect me? ROZER: As a valuable asset- SID: Oh for the love of Kod, stop it! If you die out there, how am I going to get off this mun without a pilot? ROZER: You're smart, you'll figure out something. Enough of this – I'm stronger than you and that's I'm going out today. You'll oversee my EVA and after we get some biomedical data- SID: Okay! Fine, I'll stay this time! ROZER: Good. Order: extend the ladder. LAYTHE LANDER: Affirmative. Extending the ladder. ROZER: But why are you so upset? Is it because you wanted to be the first one? SID: … ROZER: Sid? SID: I've dedicated the last 40 years of my life to Jool and its muns. I've gone millions of kilometers from home to finally land on the only mun with atmosphere and bodies of liquid on its surface. And now I can't even get out... ROZER: You will. You've waited so long, what would few more days change? Or do you really care about being the first one? SID: Don't you? Doesn't everybody care about this? ROZER: To be completely honest, I don't think it matters. SID: Yeah, sure. Being the first kerbal to set a foot on a different world doesn't matter? It's important. Apart from science, obviously – but we're not only the scientists here, we're explorers too. You think it doesn't matter? ROZER: It doesn't. SID: So what does than? ROZER: It's not where you are but what you do that counts – for me, at least. SID: Huh. After sacrificing your entire career to one goal you won't downgrade it so much. ROZER: How do you know I didn't sacrifice it too? LAYTHE LANDER: Ladder extended. Lights on. SID: Why should I know? It's not like you like to talk about you with anyone. ROZER: And there are good reasons for that – we need to stay focused. Now please help me prepare the airlock. The last thing we need is an unexpected decompression. *** ROZER: Okay, initiating final check-up. Order: EVA check-up. LAYTHE LANDER: Affirmative. Suit temperature – 20 °C. External temperature - 4 °C. External pressure – 1 atm. Oxium level – 99,65%. EVE check-up completed. All systems nominal. ROZER: You got that? SID: Yes. Check the dosimeter before you leave. ROZER: Zero milisiverts. Okay, I'm going out of the airlock. Opening the hatch. I think – wow! SID: I see it on the airlock camera. ROZER: Is it normal? This fog- SID: Don't mind it, it's just the atmosphere. On the outside the pressure is bigger, so it's filling the airlock. But the fog... it condensates in contact with the warm air. ROZER: Warm? SID: It's all relative. You should start moving, you're wasting oxium. ROZER: Yes. I'm going out. Uh! Hatch closed, I'm on the ladder. SID: Everything seems fine. ROZER: I'm going down. SID: Rozer? ROZER: I'm on the surface. It's really... muddy. SID: Muddy. Truly inspiring words for the future generations. ROZER: Hmm. Yes, definitely slash. I sink a little with every step but only few centimeters. Walking isn't that hard however. It's dark, I'm turning on the spacesuit light. The atmosphere is dense enough to- SID: Yes? Dense to what? ROZER: … SID: Rozer? ROZER: It's – it's beautiful. SID: What? ROZER: The dawn. ROZER: Uh. I can feel the cold in my feet. SID: You do? Computer, EVA status. LAYTHE LANDER: Affirmative. Suit temperature – 19 °C. External temperature – minus 92,3 °C. External pressure – 0.8 atm. Oxium level – 97,34%. All systems nominal. ROZER: Minus 92 degrees? So why I can feel the cold? SID: It's the atmosphere – on the Mun in the shadow there are lower temperatures but vacuum is a great insulator. Here the atmosphere is sucking heat out of you. ROZER: Copy that. I better take the tools and the experiment. SID: I agree. ROZER: Uh! Damn, it's really heavy. SID: It's 0.8g after all. Are you ready? ROZER: Yes, I'm ready. SID: Okay. It's dark and the surface isn't that stable so you need to make small steps and take it easy. ROZER: Roger. How far should I go to deploy the experiment? SID: 50-60 meters would do. ROZER: I'm going. SID: Uhm, your suit temperature is still slowly dropping. Can you hear the heating system working? ROZER: Sure I can, the fans are rotating like crazy. SID: Oh. And you still can feel the cold working its way through your boots? ROZER: Yes. SID: Ahem. I think one experiment would do this for today than. There may be some problems with the suit heating and cooling system. ROZER: :breathing: Great. So how much time I have before I freeze to death? SID: Two hours? ROZER: :breathing: Damn. The, uhm, slash is a little slippery. SID: Remember, small steps. You don't need to hurry, you've only 40-50 meters left. ROZER: :breathing: SID: ... ROZER: :breathing: SID: So, uhm... Do you want to know what this experiment actually does? ROZER: :breathing: No. But it won't stop you from telling me this. Am I right? SID: Well, you are carrying it so you can just as well- ROZER: :heavy breathing: Just say it. SID: Okay. This experiment is spectrometer-based combustion monitoring device for flame stoichiometry. As you know, we have three more of them and- ROZER: :heavy breathing: Stoichiometry? SID: It's chemistry, branch dedicated to reactants and products in chemical reactions. It will basically use the oxium from the atmosphere to, well, burn it and then it will analyze the products of the oxidation as well as detect all the atmospheric gases. ROZER: :heavy breathing: So basically it's a gas lighting. SID: Well, I guess you can describe it like this... But it's much more sophisticated than this – it's like saying that a space rocket is just a pile of explosives. If successful, these experiments will give us a detailed knowledge about the composition of Laythe's atmosphere. And I hope it will give us the answer for the basic question – why there's oxium here? ROZER: :heavy breathing: Frak. I hope it's 50 meters because if I have to carry it even further I need a break. SID: Uhm, actually I'm getting your spacesuit signal from 56 meters. You may stop. ROZER: :heavy breathing: Good. ROZER: :heavy breathing: Damn it... May I deploy it now? SID: After the check-up. Computer, EVA status. LAYTHE LANDER: Affirmative. Suit temperature – 13 °C. External temperature – minus 92,4 °C. External pressure – 0.8 atm. Oxium level – 91,34%. All systems nominal. SID: Hmm, you're using oxium too fast – but it's nothing, you'll be back before you'll be down to even two thirds. Deploy the experiment, Rozer, but be careful for your arm. ROZER: :breathing: Copy that. ROZER: :breathing: It's deployed and it's working, Sid. SID: Fantastic! And to think it's the first artificial flame on this mun ever. ROZER: :breathing: You're forgetting exhaust flames from the lander. Can you see me? SID: The only source of light out there? Of course I can see you. ROZER: :breathing: Not the only one. SID: I'm getting data from the device! ROZER: :breathing: Good. SID: This is amazing. Rozer, you should start heading back to the lander, spacesuit's temperature is still dropping slowly. ROZER: :breathing: Copy that. Just give me a minute to catch my breath. SID: Rozer? Your spacesuit temperature has dropped to 8 °C . ROZER: I'm going. SID: I'm really worried about it – this shouldn't have happened. I mean, were the spacesuits damaged during the landing? ROZER: It doesn't matter now. We have to fix my spacesuit and hope your is fine. SID: But what if we can't fix them? We need to deploy all the experiments and take samples from various locations. We can't leave without taking the samples from the ocean, for the love of Kod. ROZER: Right now we're not leaving with any samples at all. But we should deal with the problems one at a time. ROZER: I'm at the ladder, I'm going up. SID: Be careful with your arm! And how are you feeling? At 4 °C it must be- ROZER: I'm fine. It would be much worse if it happened during a long EVA, half--hour walk from the lander, don't you think? SID: Well, yes, it could always be worse but... how's this comforting? ROZER: :breathing: If it could be worse and it isn't yet I find that comforting. SID: Yet? ROZER: :breathing: Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. I'm at the hatch, Sid. SID: Opening. But you always expect the worse to happen, don't you? ROZER: :breathing: I guess I do. Uh! Okay, I'm in. SID: Repressurization started. So where's logic in that? You're preparing for the worst but not hoping for the best? ROZER: Hope is the denial of reality. And reality is all that is – just so. *** MISSION STATUS ***

I hope everything is alright with Yogui - he haven't been showing up often on forum lately.

Well, I started it before April purge you know

We'll see about that I started in 0.20 and later upgraded to 0.20.2 and that's what I'm playing now in GT.