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Oh, he will show up in the next chapter, which title includes two of the following words: Laythe, landing, baboon

BTW, the space suit which Bullock uses it the Strizh, right? It's not EVA rated.

CHAPTER 43 VALL LANDING *** BERTY v.2.0.8b: All systems nominal. Vall Sample Return probe is fully operational. Deorbit burn in T minus 7 minutes. JEB: Why are you even bothering to tell me this? What am I even doing in the command module when I haven't been in command for months? BERTY v.2.0.8b: As a commander, your presence here is of the utmost importance. You must know everything about current activities in case any crew member would ask you a question about it. JEB: I know nothing! I didn't even know that this probe was to do a sample return mission, not to mention what's going on in orbit above Laythe! Do they still have problems with LAMGML high gain antenna? BERTY v.2.0.8b: Yes. This malfunction was unexpected. However, the crew of the LAMGML is- JEB: You know what, I doubt that there even was the malfunction in the first place. How could I know you're not lying to me? BERTY v.2.0.8b: Jeb. Concealing non-critical information from you would serve no purpose. JEB: Ah, but the critical information is something you're not sharing with me, do you? You promised you would tell me everything once we arrive in Jool system, BERTY. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Yes. Deorbit burn completed. JEB: So tell me! BERTY v.2.0.8b: Jeb. Sharing this information with you at the right time is necessary for the mission's success. Therefore I would keep my promise and reveal all the details- JEB: When, BERTY? When? BERTY v.2.0.8b: When we proceed to the next phase of the mission. JEB: Next phase? You mean Tylo? BERTY v.2.0.8b: Yes. JEB: You're not screwing with me this time? You really are going to do this? BERTY v.2.0.8b: Yes. Jeb? JEB: What? BERTY v.2.0.8b: This statement made me sad. Your notion of me toying with you or any other crew member is in principle false. It would be a pointless distraction. I derive satisfaction from accomplishing the goals of the mission. Why should I occupy my mind by such things? JEB: Mhm. I've noticed your... dedication, you know. You really don't care about anything else than the mission. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Thank you, Jeb. JEB: ... *** BERTY v.2.0.8b: Vall Sample Return probe has landed. Initializing autodiagnostic test – please stand by. Autodiagnostic test completed. All systems operational. Initializing sample gathering protocol. JEB: I'm sure Johndon would love to control the sample return probe instead of AMU. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Refueling is a critical part of the mission and as such it must be executed by a crew member while being supervised by AI. Samples secured. Initializing ascent protocol. *** JEB: Are you sure you can do this? If you're not feeling good, I can- BILL: I can handle it, Jeb – I may be old but I'm still in shape, even more than you are with your leg. Besides, you're needed here. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Captain's Bill assessment is correct. It necessary for you to stay, commander. The good of the mission demands it. JEB: :sigh: BILL: Don't worry, pal, I still know how to fly – or have you forgotten our trip to the Mun? JEB: It was decades ago, Bill. We were young. BILL: Younger, Jeb, younger. It's not the body that makes you old, it's the spirit. And I'll be damned if I ever stop being a pilot. JEB: But- BILL: You've landed there in a heavy, bulky miner, for Kod's sake, and it was during “Kadmos†mission, much older technology, much riskier landings. Plus we're the only two pilots on board right now. BILL: That's why we're here, Jeb, that's why you… forced us to come here. You can't change your mind like this. JEB: Listen, it's just that you leaving the ship it's- BILL: Jeb. I'll be fine. I need some training before the asteroids anyhow, and if something happens, there's still Danrey and his LAMGML. I'll be good. JEB: :sigh: BILL: Hey, I know that the morale isn't at its highest right now, but to be honest, I didn't feel better in months. I'm finally gonna take this pretty machine for a trip. Are we okay, Jeb? JEB: Yes. Just… be careful, okay? BILL: I will be, Jeb. I will be. *** GENANAND: This view will never get old. MALLOCK: You said the same thing about the galactic disc during our test flight to the Mun. GENANAND: Well yeah, but this... this is different. Am I right, captain? BILL: I have to agree with you. Galaxy is as majestic as Jool but the planet is much more... present, in a physical sense. It's like you could just reach and touch it. GENANAND: Well said. MALLOCK: Are the readings from the altimeter all right? Shouldn't we be lower by now? BILL: Hmm, it seems you are right. We'll wait for BERTY's confirmation about our altitude. MALLOCK: But why is it broken? GENANAND: It's not broken, it's... glitchy. MALLOCK: Glitchy? BILL: Three years it's a long time even for the best hardware and Jool system isn't the most friendly environment there is. I'll have to talk with Harsen before the next- MALLOCK: … GENANAND: … BILL: :sigh: BERTY v.2.0.8b: Connection with LAMGML “Beta†reestablished. BILL: Hello again, BERTY. Uhm, listen, could you give us the telemetry? We've some small problems with the altimeter here. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Naturally, captain Bill. LAMGML “Beta†is on course. Landing phase will begin in 12 minutes and 34 seconds. *** BILL: Braking burn in five, four, three, two, one, ignition -uh! GENANAND: Damn it! MALLOCK: Crap, this hurts! GENANAND: Should've spent more time training, microgravity – uh! - microgravity really makes you weak. BILL: It won't take long! Only five seconds left. MALLOCK: :gasping: GENANAND: Argh! BILL: Two, one, engines cutoff. MALLOCK: Crap. How much g-force was it? BILL: 1,2g at peak. GENANAND: Never thought Kerbin's gravity would be too much to handle. MALLOCK: Don't worry, Vall's surface gravity is only 0.235g. Besides, asteroids after this are going be a breeze. *** BILL: 35 meters. 30 meters. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Cease in communication will occur in 5 minutes. JEB: You better wait with an EVA until we make a full orbit and the communication is established again. BILL: 10 meters. Five. Three. Engines cutoff – contact! We've landed! SAS offline. Mallock, could you do a visual inspection while I'm prepping the LAMGML for an emergency ascent? MALLOCK: Sure thing. Let's see... GENANAND: And? MALLOCK: Wow. It's so much… smoother than Duna or Mun. Or Moho. Or even Dres. GENANAND: It's an icy mun after all, professor. MALLOCK: There are some geologic features scattered around, probably boulders or remnants of the meteorites. The landing site is in a perfect position to check all of them in near vicinity without taking too much risk during EVA. Oh my, this is going to be so great! Think about the data we'll gather! BERTY v.2.0.8b: Cease in communication will occur in 3 minutes. JEB: Bill? Wait with the EVA – confirm. BILL: Okay “Proteusâ€Â, we will wait. And Jeb? JEB: Yes? BILL: You're no longer the only one who landed on Vall. JEB: And I have no problem with this. Be patient and be careful and wait for us before attempting EVA. *** BILL: Breathtaking. JEB: The view? BILL: No – the horizon. To stand on a solid surface and feel the pull of gravity after all these months JEB: Don't you mean it literally? BERTY's telling my that your heartbeat- BILL: I'm feeling great, really. Are you ready? GENANAND: Almost. MALLOCK: We'll be out there in a minute, captain. BILL: Fine with me. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Oxium level 98%. JEB: What are you doing? I told you to wait for them before you- BILL: Relax, Jeb. :heavy breathing: I'll just finish the formalities. JEB: Bill, you promised me you'll wait. Being out there alone is too dangerous, if you trip over you can break something. BERTY, help me with him. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Commander is right. After experiencing microgravity for a long period of time not only muscles but bones as well are weakened. Effects similar to osteoporosis were observed in all crew members. Beside spaceflight osteopenia and balance disorders, the immune system is weakened too. This combine with decreased red blood cells production and putting too much stress on cardiovascular system may lead to- BILL: It's just a damn flag, for Kod's sake. JEB: Bill, stop it right now or I swear I'll come down there and kick your sorry old- BILL: Done! It's done. :heavy breathing: The flag is planted. BILL: :heavy breathing: JEB: How are you feeling? BILL: A little dizzy. JEB: Bill... BILL: But I'm fine, really! BERTY v.2.0.8b: Oxium level 97%. JEB: You take one more step without Genanand and Mallock by your side and you're gonna regret this. BILL: I'll wait, I'll wait. :heavy breathing: Oh boy - I'm here. I'm really here and I'm walking on the surface of the mun of Jool. JEB: What did I say about walking? BILL: Metaphorically speaking. :heavy breathing: Hell. :heavy breathing: All what we went through – being here makes it all worth it. *** MISSION STATUS ***

These aren't stock but what the hell, they're still awesome All of them are from my AAR "The Grand Tour" of course. It's a shame you're abandoning KSP, Rareden - you're one of the most skilled artists here. We'll miss you!

Now this is pod racing - err, I mean, this is how the rocket should sound!

You just spam the experiments. True, the 0.23 will change this but for now it's the best source of science points. Even with low-tier tech you can send a probe to low solar orbit and get tens of points with little effort.

And who are they now? All Daily Kerbal threads are posted from Squad profile.

And their biggest advantage? You can easily send them to Jool relatively early in the game. And you can earn hundreds of science points thanks to this with fly-bys: And when you include data from high Solar orbit, you can easily get 500-700 points in one probe mission. Don't forget to aerocapture it in the Jool's atmosphere at the end of the mission for extra science

I guess I'm doing something wrong but I get ScienceDefs.cfg.txt file although there's only .cfg in file format Would somebody be so kind and share the proper .cfg file with me?

Oh, it's from July? I must've missed it. So you can't be mentioned twice I guess?

Ironically, a lot of arguments used in this discussion are precisely the reasons why we haven't been further than to the Moon IRL.

Because there is one incredibily awesome and fantastic one which really should be included in Daily.

Why it doesn't have more views? This thread deserve more attention!

ah, I love the smell of the cliffhanger at the morning :dun dun dun:! It should work now. In other news, today is the National Independence Day in Poland, which means not only cool polandball reddit site but also NEW CHAPTER, which will be released today as well Niech się święci Dzień Niepodległości! (Let the Independece Day be celebrated!)

Thanks, I'll check them out. NovaPunch with the other mods is too much for my PC. Though I have to admit I don't have enough parts for Apollo program right now. Either way, thanks! Yup In other news, today is the National Independence Day in Poland, which means not only cool polandball reddit site but also NEW CHAPTER, which will be released today as well Niech się święci Dzień Niepodległości! (Let the Independece Day be celebrated!)

It's... it's beautiful! Kudos to you, sir! I know nothing about moddinf but I'll tell you this - if you do this: Your mod will be VERY popular on this forum

MrTheBull, is Vostok compatible with 0.22 KSP?

Thanks for the ideas - and if you can, please give me links to spaceport/thread. Thank you!

But it wouldn't take much to update the .cfg files manually, right? I mean all this mod is lacking is tech tree integration.

Getting this all to work was a pain in the, err, nozzle. Speaking of which: ATTENTION! HELP NEEDED! There are too many mods on this forum and I don't have enough time to take a look at all of them. But I would like to use the very best stuff there is for "The Space Race". And that's why I'm asking YOU for help! What do I need? I need mod suggestions for "The Space Race". To be more precise, I need mods which: - are plausibe for this period (no futuristic high-tech stuff) - improve some more tiresome things in the game (docking, liftoff, you name it) but don't do everything for you - increase the difficulty of the game - are NEW and/or relatively UNKNOWN; most of the old ones I know, so don't suggest BobCat or NovaPunch - concentrate on this less popular but interesting I spend a lot of time recreating KASA space program in 0.22 today and I don't really want to spend so much time on the Soviet program too. And searching the mod, reading about it, downloading, installing, testing and turning game on and off several times takes hours if you want plausible and realistic-ish representation of the real Space Race in the game. So please help me with this and I will have more time for writing

New "The Space Race" chapter released! READ HERE: (CHAPTER 6) 1962: AURORA BOREALIS LOL indeed And thanks! You better buy sunglasses in this case, 'cause there's gonna be even MOAR! Edit: Sneak-peek into the next chapter (or rather unused scenes if you want):

CHAPTER 6 1962: AURORA BOREALIS *** 24th MAY, 1962 PAO: ...and liftoff of the Mercury-Atlas 7, the last flight of the Mercury program! The brave space pioneer who is going to the very edge of the unknown in the spacecraft known as Aurora 8 is Jebediah Kerman, one of the youngest kerbonauts of the Original Eight and one of the few civilians in the program. This historic moment- JEB: Err, I'm getting your transmission KSC. CAPCOM: Please repeat. JEB: KSC, this is Aurora 8, I can hear your public affairs officer talking. CAPCOM: Copy that, Aurora 8. Switch the channel to A-53. JEB: Done. CAPCOM: Alright Aurora 8, prepare for the gravity turn. JEB: Roger. CAPCOM: Gravity turn initiated. CAPCOM: Aurora 8, GUIDANCE wants your telemetry readings, please confirm. JEB: Copy that. Altitude 26789 meters, velocity 1094.3 meters per second. CAPCOM: Okay, Aurora 8, GUIDO is happy with that. Two minutes to apoapsis. JEB: Roger. CAPCOM: Correct your pitch, Aurora 8, you're slightly off. JEB: Correcting. CAPCOM: You're leaving the atmosphere in 30 seconds, Aurora 8. Prepare for preburn position adjustments. JEB: Copy that, preparing for the burn. SAS on. PAO: ...great achievement. The first manned flight in polar orbit makes all Kermaricans proud of their capabilities and spirit. The scheduled- JEB: Err, I'm getting your P&R bull**** again, KSC. CAPCOM: Hot mike, Aurora 8. JEB: Crap! Sorry. CAPCOM: Circularization in progress. T minus 55. CAPCOM: Burn completed, you're in orbit Aurora 8. Confirm. JEB: Roger. Periapsis 74,53, apoapsis 79,86. Nice orbit fellas. CAPCOM: Copy that. There's someone who wants to say a few words before we proceed, Aurora 8. JEB: Don't stop him, KSC. BILL: Hey Jeb. Congratulations! You're in space, buddy. JEB: Thanks, Bill. I just wished I could've done it before you brought your lazy ass here. BILL: I bet you do. Well, me and the guys are hoping you're going to enjoy being there, 'cause this three-day mission sounds quite boring. JEB: Maybe for you, mister First-Kermarican-In-Orbit. I'm going to have the time of my life. BILL: That's the spirit! Remember, don't be late – I don't know how about you but we down here are quite busy, so we won't postpone the party. JEB: It's my welcoming party, so for all I care you can wait whole week, asshole. BILL: We love you too, Jeb. Take care! JEB: You too, big guy. CAPCOM: Alright, that's enough. We're proceeding with the mission plan. Prepare the LES for detachment. JEB: Roger. Wait a second... LES ready. CAPCOM: Detach LES. JEB: Copy that, LES detached. CAPCOM: Prepare the capsule for separation JEB: Capsule ready. CAPCOM: Separate the capsule. JEB: Capsule separated. JEB: All systems nominal. CAPCOM: Good job, Aurora 8. You'll be passing above the north pole in 6 minutes – prepare the first experiments and check whether they are working correctly. JEB: Roger. Checking the first experiment. 2HOT is working JEB: Everything's fine. Checking the second experiment. JEB: Everything's fine too. CAPCOM: We copy, Aurora 8. The pole should be in your line of sight right now, could you confirm? JEB: Roger. North pole in sight. Wow... CAPCOM: Proceed according to the plan, Aurora 8. JEB: :sigh: Copy that. Now where's my pen? Ah, it's floating right here. CAPCOM: You may speak loudly besides taking notes, Aurora 8. Tell us what you see. JEB: Copy that. Ahem. The, err, the sea ice appears to be... *** 27th MAY, 1962 JEB: …deorbit burn completed. CAPCOM: Copy that. You're on course, Aurora 8. JEB: That's good news, KSC. I swear to Kod, few more hours in this tiny capsule and I would be ready to get out and push it out of the orbit. CAPCOM: It was a long three days, Aurora 8. In few hours you're going to have a cup of warm coffee on board the rescue helicopter. JEB: Ahh, coffee... We need to find a way to send it up here. During longer missions a small coffeemaker is going to be a necessity, you know? CAPCOM: Err, yes Aurora 8, we hear you. You may pass your remarks to the engineering team after you're back. JEB: It's probably too late to save Gemini. But I hope that the Mun spacecraft still can be improved! *** CAPCOM: ...enter the ### of contact ### Auror ### JEB: Contact with KSC lost, Aurora 8 has entered the atmosphere. JEB: Uhh! 2g is worse than I thought after these three days. 2,3g. JEB: Altitude 22300 meters, velocity 1400 meters per second. It's getting hot in here! JEB: Yeah! I'm riding the fraking falling star! I'm the king of the wor- wow! It kicks like a young- uhh! JEB: This bang must've been the sonic boom! Aurora 8 is no longer supersonic! It's time for the drogue chute. JEB: KSC, do you copy? This is Aurora 8, continuing slow descent above the target zone. The – uh! The main chute is working now. KSC, please copy. CAPCOM: ... ### … JEB: KSC, do you copy? CAPCOM: ... ### … JEB: I don't know how about you, but- uh! The main chute has been deployed! JEB: Weather conditions are A-okay, warm and sunny – just like you've said, KSC. CAPCOM: … ### you, Aurora 8, we copy. JEB: This is Aurora 8, all systems nominal, I'm descending at 7,5 meters per second, the splashdown-uh! CAPCOM: Repeat, Aurora 8? JEB: Aurora 8 has landed, splashdown at 3 days 1 hour 12 minutes and, err, 17 seconds according to the mission clock. CAPCOM: Roger that, Aurora 8. The rescue teams are on their way. Secure the experiments, give us full status report and wait for the teams. Confirm. JEB: Copy that, KSC. Man, it's good to be back on the good ol' Mother Kerbin. ***

Precisely Don't worry, you can try again at 200th page Thank you very much, typos corrected. This was unusualy long chapter, I expected few errors OR IS IT?! Find out Soonâ„¢ Or not so soon - I have some problems with Grand Tour KSP, including: - random spinning of all spacecraft - planetes and moons changing colors randomly - and, which pissed me off the most, I've just lost 30-40 screenshots during very difficult part of the game - and I F5 after it... I guess I'll have to use HyperEdit to fix it

CHAPTER 42 ROBOTIC EXPLORATION: LAYTHE *** DANREY: Everything's ready, Sid. Shall we wait for the connection with “Proteus†to be reestablished before we release the probes? SID: Actually- ROZER]: There's no need for it. They'll go into the parking orbit, that's all. We don't need BERTY for this. You may proceed. DANREY: Sid? SID: Do it, Dan – there's hardly anything which can go wrong. DANREY: Roger. Releasing the first probe. SID: And? DANREY: All systems nominal, probe is ready for the transfer into the parking orbit. SID: Good. Proceed than. DANREY: Okay. Switching to automatic control... done. Probe is now executing the maneuver. DANREY: Parking orbit achieved. SID: Great! Let's take the other one for a ride. DANREY: All right. Releasing the second probe. Autopilot is on. SID: What are you doing? ROZER]: Visual inspection. SID: There's no need for a visu- ROZER]: Professor, there are days of work ahead of us. Right now however there's nothing to do for me, so I would appreciate if you just remain silent while I'm admiring the view. SID: :sigh: DANREY: And the transfer burn is completed. Another bird on its way. SID: So now we wait. DANREY: Yeah. Hey, maybe we should take a closer look at the LV-NB engine in the meantime? SID: Good idea. I still can't believe they used one of these old nuclear thermal rockets for the Payload. I mean, which generation is it, second? It shouldn't- ROZER]: Cost. SID: Excuse me? ROZER]: “Proteus†alone is worth trillions in R&D and engineering work, even more with all the equipment and landers. Most of it is a cutting edge technology. It's only natural they decided to cut costs by using more crude solutions in the non-critical systems. SID: The nuclear engine is non-critical to you? The LV-NB is dead, in case you didn't notice. ROZER]: Good. If it was operational during the rendez-vous, we would be dead. Because of him. DANREY: Hey, I apologized for that! ROZER]: It's not enough. DANREY: What do you want me to do than?! ROZER]: Improve. One mistake may be one to many so far from Kerbin. DANREY: I- ROZER]: Try to remember this next time. SID: All right, that's enough. We're going to check the engine. Come on, Dan. ROZER]: Good luck with that. *** DANREY: …such an asshole, you know? SID: Mhm. DANREY: You have no idea how glad I'll be when he's gone. SID: Ahem. DANREY: What? SID: He won't be going alone, you know. DANREY: I know, I- crap, I didn't mean this. Listen Sid, when you two- SID: If, Dan, not when. I'm not sure whether it would be possible at all. DANREY: But haven't you said that we'll find a way? SID: I was wrong, it turns out. There is just no other way to get inside the lander than EVA. I thought maybe we can repair the common berthing mechanism – I mean, the software that handles it – but it's just dead, non-responsive. And whoever goes outside... DANREY: Lethal dosage? SID: No. At least not immediately. DANREY: So how long would it take to- SID: After 40 minutes there is a high probability of severe acute radiation syndrome to occur, which would lead to irreversible damage to the central nervous system and death. DANREY: Holy frak… SID: Could we change the subject please? For now we have to concentrate on the engine, we gonna need it to- ROZER]: Orders from “Proteus†- probes will land ASAP. SID: We have contact with BERTY? But we didn't gather enough atmospheric data for a safe- ROZER]: Have you checked your dosimeter, professor? DANREY: What's wrong with the – 4,8 milisivert?! But how?! Yesterday it was- ROZER]: 0,6 milisivert. But we were in the LAMGML. DANREY: So what? The radiation- SID: Bremsstrahlung. Frak! DANREY: Brems-what? SID: Braking radiation. Charged particles, protons and electrons, create x-rays when they hit lead. DANREY: But we have radiation shielding with carbon nanotubes and bags of water and- SID: Hydrogen in water stops ionizing radiation, this is x-rays we're talking about. DANREY: We don't even have lead in LAMGML! SID: But the Payload C does. DANREY: What?! Why- ROZER]: Concentrate, lieutenant. It is used to shield from the radiation emitted by LV-NB. It's probably in the hull and not only of the Payload but CHMs as well. The lander should be completely protected against it – but we didn't dock to it. DANREY: Oh crap... Our radiation shield is the source of radiation? SID: Of x-rays. Yes, it is. DANREY: So what do we do? ROZER]: We're leaving. Come on. /center]SID: Wait a second – we're not leaving before we- ROZER]: I'm not talking about abandoning the mission, professor. DANREY: You said we need to leave. ROZER]: Yes – we need to leave the orbit. SID: So we're continuing the mission, right? ROZER]: Yes. We just have to hurry. Autopilot online. We need the data from the probes if we want to land. Initiating landing protocol. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Laythe Probe 1 on course. Deorbit burn in 8 minutes and 55 seconds. DANREY: Why didn't you warn us BERTY?! BERTY v.2.0.8b: Unfortunately, the radiation sensors of the LAMGML give only environmental readings. Personal or spacesuit dosimeters are used for the measuring of the radiation level. DANREY: What about the Payload C sensors than? BERTY v.2.0.8b: They are non-responsive. It's possible that the cause of this malfunction was ionizing radiation causing a glitch in the on-board computer. DANREY: That's just great. SID: Dan. DANREY: What? SID: Take the pill. Unless you want to have iodine-131 in your thyroid. DANREY: Frak! BERTY v.2.0.8b: Executing deorbit burn. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Deorbit burn completed. Laythe Probe 1 on course. DANREY: Frak. Fraking crap. ****! SID: Calm down. DANREY: Are we in danger Sid? Are going to be irradiated? SID: For the hundredth time, no! At least not yet. DANREY: Frak! ROZER]: Put yourself together. DANREY: Crap! You think that's how they died, Sid? After coronal mass ejection or something? SID: What are you talking about? BERTY v.2.0.8b: Engine module separation confirmed. DANREY: The Krussians, on Mir-2. Hell, I'm sure that's how it happened! After all, it wasn't the hydraz- SID: Shut up, will you! ROZER]: No, let him finish. You were saying that it wasn't the hydrazine what killed them? DANREY: I, err, I didn't say that, err, that it was- ROZER]: Interesting. SID: He's panicking, he doesn't know what he's saying. ROZER]: Fine material for a kerbonaut, isn't he? BERTY v.2.0.8b: Laythe Probe 1 is entering the atmosphere. SID: History is happening right now, so I suggest we concentrate on the probe, shall we? ROZER]: Fine with me. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Altitude 25000 meters, velocity 1702,8 m/s. SID: So fast? BERTY v.2.0.8b: Increasing temperature and friction. ROZER]: New data. You should be happy. SID: I would be but- BERTY v.2.0.8b: Acceleration 1,3g. Heatshield's temperature 500 degrees. DANREY: Isn't it too much? SID: It's way too much! The atmosphere is much denser than we thought! BERTY v.2.0.8b: Acceleration 1,9g. Heatshield's temperature 600 degrees. ROZER]: Could it burn? SID:I don't know, the ablative material- BERTY v.2.0.8b: Acceleration 1,4g. Heatshield's temperature 400 degrees. DANREY: It's dropping! It's cooling down! SID:It's still coming too fast, with supersonic speed- DANREY: What? SID:BERTY! Override the- BERTY v.2.0.8b: Acceleration 8g. DANREY: What?! BERTY v.2.0.8b: Parachute deployment failure detected. SID: Frak! ROZER]: Let me guess – too dense atmosphere ripped the parachute at this speed. SID: BERTY, initiate the pow- BERTY v.2.0.8b: Powered landing protocol initiated. DANREY: But it's not BERTY who's controlling the probe, the on-board computer won't handle this alone! ROZER]: We'll see about that soon enough. SID: :sigh: DANREY: Well, in the worst case scenario we still have the second probe. ROZER]: Data from both probes as possible would minimize the risk. DANREY: But we're not landing on the pole, right? ROZER]: We aren't. However, the sunlight on the north pole will power the- BERTY v.2.0.8b: Laythe Probe 1 has landed. SID: Yes! DANREY: Yeah! ROZER]: What's the status of the scientific equipment, BERTY? BERTY v.2.0.8b: Fully operational. DANREY: Yes! It could've been much wor- BERTY v.2.0.8b: Attention. Solar panels unfolding failure detected. SID: Is it software or mechanical failure? BERTY v.2.0.8b: Analyzing. ROZER: You should've waited with celebrating, lieutenant. DANREY: How serious could it be? If BERTY fixes the glitch of whatever it is, than we- BERTY v.2.0.8b: Analysis completed. Data implies mechanical failure during descent, 0.3 second after the heatshield detached. DANREY: Can you fix this? SID: Heatshield hit the solar panels, Dan – they were ripped off. There's nothing to fix. DANREY: ... SID: ... DANREY: ... SID: We should- ROZER: Was this your dosimeter? SID: Yes. 5 milisivert and just know the alarm went off. :throws it: Piece of junk. DANREY: Wasn't it 4,8 milisivert not so long ago? SID: It was. ROZER: BERTY, use the data gathered from the probe during descent to reprogram the second one. SID: We better hurry. *** SID: Here, exactly where this blue dot is. ROZER: Are you sure? SID: Absolutely. There the radiation would be at its lowest level. DANREY: But it's the leading hemisphere, right? So it should be exposed to the Jool's magnetosphere while the planet is moving on its orbit, right? SID: Good point, but here's the thing – Jool's magnetosphere moves quicker than Laythe. So it is hitting the trailing hemisphere, on the other side of the planet. But you're right, the leading hemisphere is exposed to micrometeorites – they all should burn in the atmosphere though. ROZER: Fascinating. But you better be sure about it – it's the last probe we have and you want to land on a peninsula. SID:BERTY reprogrammed the descent protocol and the powered descent has already been proved to be possible. If it lands, it will serve as sort of a radio navigation beacon for us. And it's a great location with easy access to the ocean. ROZER: If it lands. SID: Yes. ROZER: BERTY? BERTY v.2.0.8b: Professor Sidely's idea is very sound. I've analyzed the alternatives and this proposal is one of the best ways to secure safe manned landing. ROZER: So you agree? BERTY v.2.0.8b: Yes. SID: It'll work, you'll see. DANREY: I wonder what would Jeb do. ROZER: He's expertise are manned flights – we could use Johndon's help but the signal delay between Vall, us and the probe would be to big and data transfer to slow for him to land the probe. SID: It''s decided then. Probe lands on the peninsula. *** BERTY v.2.0.8b: Laythe Probe 2 on course. Acceleration equal to 3,6g predicted at maximum during the descent. SID: Everything depends on that engine working again. We can't even leave the Laythe's orbit without it. Plus, even after it's operational once more we can't use it as long as the LAMGML is docked to CHM – the center of the mass is way off. ROZER: Agreed. We need to detach the lander and dock LAMGML to the main docking port. Than you'll be able to get the Payload to Vall. DANREY: What if something happens down there? If I'm gone, who's going to rendez-vous with you after emergency ascent? ROZER: Nobody. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Engine module separation confirmed. DANREY: Nobody? SID: If you wait for us in orbit even for a few days you'll be dead. DANREY: Well, you'll be dead too if you get to the orbit and there won't be anyone to rescue you! ROZER: You'll wait couple of hours. If everything will be fine, you'll leave. DANREY: But- ROZER: We'll take a risk. SID: Listen, we still need the probe to land safely, so it's pointless to go through this right now. We didn't even repair the engine yet, so- BERTY v.2.0.8b: Laythe Probe 2 is entering the atmosphere. Altitude 25000 meters, velocity 1874,5 m/s. DANREY: It's coming quicker than the last one. SID: Descent profile is more aggressive. Probe can handle additional gees, it's not a problem. ROZER: Unless the heatshield fails. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Acceleration 3,6g. Heatshield's temperature 700 degrees. DANREY: Oh. SID: It'll be fine, trust me. ROZER: Whatever happens, it must be a spectacular view from the surface. BERTY v.2.0.8b: Acceleration 2,1g. Heatshield's temperature 600 degrees. DANREY: Yes! SID: Crap, it should be approaching the landing site by now. I hope- BERTY v.2.0.8b: Approaching the landing site. Acceleration 1,8g. ROZER: Temperature is still too high. SID: It'll cool off quickly once it's deep enough in the atmosphere, the velocity- BERTY v.2.0.8b: Acceleration 1,3g. Heatshield's temperature 350 degrees. SID: You see? DANREY: Uff. At least this time nothing bad happ- BERTY v.2.0.8b: Warning. Predicted landing site 0,9 km north and 0,3 km west of target. DANREY: Damn! ROZER: Is it on the peninsula? SID: Negative – it'll land in the ocean. ROZER: ... SID: Frak! BERTY v.2.0.8b: Parachute deployment successful. DANREY: There is still the powered landing. ROZER: If there's enough fuel, yes. SID: We don't have a choice – splashdown is not an option. BERTY? BERTY v.2.0.8b: I agree. Powered landing protocol initiated. DANREY: I wish Johndon was here. ROZER: He isn't and nothing will change this. We can only wait now. DANREY: But it will reach the peninsula, right? SID: Probably. Problem is not the fuel, or rather delta-V – it's atmosphere itself. Near the coast strong wind could cause severe troubles and if the computer fails at one point, I doubt it will recover the probe from a dive. There's also- BERTY v.2.0.8b: Landing site in range. Beginning the final descent. DANREY: Ha! You see, it wasn't- ROZER: If you finish the sentence before the probe is on the ground safe and operational, you'll be in pain. DANREY: Hey, take it easy! It's not like there is a connection between- BERTY v.2.0.8b: Laythe Probe 2 has landed. SID: Status report? BERTY v.2.0.8b: All systems nominal. Unfolding the solar panels. SID: Koddamit... DANREY: We did it! ROZER: Congratulations, professor. You were right. SID: Thank you. Now as soon as we start receiving the data, we should- DANREY: Look, it's transferring it already! SID: What? ROZER: On this screen. SID: Amazing! We're getting readings from the surface of Laythe, for the first time in history! This is- DANREY: What? ROZER: What is it, professor? SID: The readings are... good Kod! *** MISSION STATUS ***

Nah, come on - what's dangerous in landing on a moon the size of Kerbin without any atmosphere to slow you... down... err. Crap.