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This Week: Another important test of the Sleipnir IB rocket! This afternoon the third mission of the Odin Munar Program launched: Sleipnir I OS-3 The new test flight found that, if launched vertically, the S-IB stage can lift the dummy second stage to a hight of 162.65 km. Another step closer to the Mun!

This Week: Another important test of the Sleipnir IB rocket! This afternoon the third mission of the Odin Munar Program launched: Sleipnir I OS-3 The new test flight found that, if launched vertically, the S-IB stage can lift the dummy second stage to a hight of 162.65 km. Another step closer to the Mun!

Basically anything by Philip Glass. A small selection:

The second mission: Sleipnir I OS-2 The second test of the S-IB first stage was another complete success. The rocket flew a more realistic trjactory, putting the apoapsis right above the atmosphere and accelerating the second stage to 1427 m/s. The second stage burned up completely except for a nosecone.

Time for the first mission of the Odin programm: Sleipnir I OS-1 The second stage of the Sleipnir IB has been replaced with a dummy stage, this flight will only test the S-I stage. The test was a full success - the engines fired for 2 minutes and 32 second and propelled the second stage to a 121.9 km apoapsis. Apart from a single nosecone the rocket burned up completely during reentry. The second mission: Sleipnir I OS-2 The second test of the S-IB first stage was another complete success. The rocket flew a more realistic trjactory, putting the apoapsis right above the atmosphere and accelerating the second stage to 1427 m/s. The second stage burned up completely except for a nosecone.

It is something of a S-IB rebuild, the first stage of the Saturn IB rocket. So it has eight engines, just like the original. The thrust is a little lackluster, but I found no better solution.

Apollo 9 launched with a CM and LM but stayed in low earth orbit. They tested docking the CM to the LM and took the LM for a ride, flying up to 179km away from the CM before docking again. Seems like they used the descend engine to get away from the command module, shed the landing stage and returned using the ascend stage.

I re-created the Saturn I SA-1 Mission: (I starting a norse munar program ) The test was a full success - the engines fired for 2 minutes and 32 second and propelled the second stage to a 121.9 km apoapsis. Apart from a single nosecone the rocket burned up completely during reentry.

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"Rockets in vucuum have a terminal velocity. They can only go as fast in one direction as the stuff they are propelling out their backside in the other direction" also "Lightspeed beeing the upper limit is nonesense. You will see - they thought they same about the speed of sound"

I decided to start my own munar program. Basically I want to recreate every Apollo Mission with my own equipment that will be heavily influenced by the real apollo equipment. After this is done we will see how far I can go with my apollo hardware. Right now the basic designs for the boosters are done. Kerbonaut Roster Name/Occupation/Status/Missions Bill Kerman Engineer Active ODIN 7-15, AG-2, OZTP Bob Kerman Scientist Retired ODIN 7-15, AG-2, OZTP Charles M. Kerman, Jr. Scientist Active ODIN 16, 18 Eugene A. Kerman Pilot Active ODIN 17, AG-4 Harrison H. Kerman Scientist Active ODIN 17, AG-4 Jebdiah Kerman Pilot Deceased ODIN I John W. Kerman Scientist Active ODIN 16, AG-3 Judith Kerman Engineer Active AG-3, O18 Ronald E. Kerman Pilot Active ODIN 17, AG-4, O18 Thomas K. Kerman, II Pilot Retired ODIN 16, AG-3 Valentina Kerman Pilot Active ODIN 7-15, AG-2, OZTP, O19 Sally Kerman Scientist Active Odin 19 Kathryn Kerman Engineer Active Odin 19 Glossary Hardware: Missions: Sleipnir I OS-1 - Test of the S-IB first stage (see: Saturn I SA-1) Sleipnir I OS-2 - Second test of the S-IB first stage (see: Saturn I SA-2) Sleipnir I OS-3 - Third test of the S-IB first stage (see: Saturn I SA-3) Sleipnir I OS-4 - Fourth and last single stage test. How does the booster react if it drops one engine? (see: Saturn I SA-4) Munin II QTV - Test of the Munin II testing vehicle. (see: Little Joe II QTV) Pad Abort Test 1 - Can the LES pull the CM away from a exploding rocket at the pad?(see: Pad Abort Test 1) Sleipnir I OS-5 - The first test of a two stage Sleipnir I rocket (see: Saturn I SA-5) O-001 - Inflight LES test ontop of Munin II rocket (see: A-001) SO-101 - Putting a boilerplate CSM into orbit. (see: AS-101) SO-102 - Another testrun of the Sleipnir I rocket with a boilerplate CSM. (see: AS-102) O-002 - The second inflight test of the LES (see: A-002) SO-103 - Placing the Brisingamen 1 satellite into orbit, meassuring micrometeorite density (see: AS-103) O-003 - The third and final inflight test of the LES (see: A-003) SO-104 - Launch of the Brisingamen 2 satellite. First nighttime launch of the Odin program (see: AS-104) Pad Abort Test 2 - The second pad abort test with a improves LES (see: Pad Abort Test 2) SO-105 - The third and final launch of a Brisingamen satellite (see: AS-105) SO-201 - The first test of a fully functional CSM, ballistic trajectory (see: AS-201) Seer 1 - First soft landing probe on the Mun (see: Surveyor 1) SO-203 - Extensive in orbit test of the S-IVB stage (see: AS-203) SO-202 - The second test of a fully funtional CSM on a ballistic trajectory (see: AS-202) Seer 2 - The second munar probe of the Seer series (see: Surveyor 2) Odin I - The death of Jebediah Kerman (see: Apollo 1) Seer 3 - Third munar probe. Touchdown in a Midland Crater (see: Surveyor 3) Seer 4 - The fourth Seer probe. Touchdown in the Northern Basin (see: Surveyor 4) Seer 5 - The fifth Seer probe. Touchdown in the Southwest Crater (see: Surveyor 5) Seer 6 - Penultimate Seer probe. Touchdown in the munar Midlands. (see: Surveyor 6) Odin IV - The first, unmanned test flight of the Sleipnir V booster (see: Apollo 4) Seer 7 - The final Seer probe. Touchdown in the Munar Highlands. (see: Surveyor 7) Odin V - Orbital test of the Odin Munar Excursion Module (see: Apollo 5) Odin VI - Final unkerballed test of the Sleipnir V booster (see: Apollo 6) Odin VII - Eleven days is orbit, first kerballed Odin mission (see: Apollo 7) Odin VIII - The first kerballed circummunar flight (see: Apollo 8) Odin IX - Kerballed test of the MEM and CSM in low kerbin orbit (see: Apollo 9) Odin X - The dress rehearsal (see: Apollo 10) Odin XI - The first Kerbal on the Mun (see: Apollo 11) Odin XII - Precision landing near the Seer III probe (see: Apollo 12) Odin XIII - A successful failure (see: Apollo 13) Odin XIV - The third munar landing and final "H" type mission (see: Apollo 14) Odin XV - A extended stay on the Mun P1 P2 P3 (see: Apollo 15) Odin XVI - A trip to the Hilbert highlands P1 P2 P3 (see: Apollo 16) Odin XVII - Visiting the Litwack valley, last "J"-type mission P1 P2 P3 (see: Apollo 17) AG-1 - Launch of the Asgard space station (see: Skylab) AG-2 - The first manned mission to the Asgard station (see: Skylab 2) AG-3 - The second manned mission to the Asgard station (see: Skylab 3) AG-4 - The third mission to Asgard, last mission of Phase 1(see: Skylab 4) OZTP - The Odin Zhar-Ptitsa Test Project (see: ASTP) ~~~~~Reality ends here~~~~~ Odin 18 - A survey of Kerbin from a polar orbit Odin 19 - A complete survey of the Mun, the first all-female mission of the program Bifrost - A system of four communication satellites in munar orbit Odin 20 - Return to Mun. First trip to it's far side. P0 P1

Time for the first mission of the Odin programm: Sleipnir I OS-1 The second stage of the Sleipnir IB has been replaced with a dummy stage, this flight will only test the S-I stage. The test was a full success - the engines fired for 2 minutes and 32 second and propelled the second stage to a 121.9 km apoapsis. Apart from a single nosecone the rocket burned up completely during reentry.

Ah, I see what you mean. Well - I was not happy with stock versions of a 5m booster. And I woudn't like to go non-stock, so this is what I came up with. I admit, the iconic Saturn V profile has suffered. The complete Sleipnir V will looke someting like this:

??? Underpowered? The Sleipnir V's first stage has 5 Mainsail engines, the second stage has 5 Skipper engines and the third stage is powered by a single skipper engine.

Well, I have started my own munar programm The boosters are basically done, now I only have to build the remaining hardware.

I have to say it's quite impressive, what some of you guys have done. Halsfury's Saturn V build is really impressive! Was thinking to join this challenge aswell, but right now I'm somewhat intimidated Since I'm playing around with my Saturn IB build - what did you guys use as Rocketdyne H-1 replacement? I've been using a mix of LV-T30s and LV-T45s, but only eight (to stay true to the original engine assembly) of them give a lackluster amount thrust.

We have a winner! Congratulations to Jodo for winning the first BSC Redux challenge with his Stearwing D45 v2

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Well, that was a hard vote. I did another testflight with the remaining candidates. And I have to say, I really like booth designs. While I think they are allmost equally good, my vote went to Jodo. Mostly because mrmcp1's design tends to explode during timewarps.

The primary vote is done, you can check the result over here.The three winners will now compete in the final vote! The vote will run for three days. Please note, that the final vote is not anonymous! >>Get all .craft files in one .zip!<<

Thanks for the review I haven't played very much KSP in the last few month, so the fact that there are now bigger landing gears hasn't really sinked in yet. Bigger landing gear might be a good idea for the CRoBAR.

I tested all planes and cast my vote over on the BSC-Redux challenge.

I'll post my own test-notes, for you to see. Please consider that I'm trying to find things to improve, so there might be more negative points than positives. I still think that every plane build specifically for this challenge is great and I'm happy for every participant. mrmcp1 + A very nice design, I like the dropable engine-pods and the low-wing design - Tailstrike danger - Rather heavy part clipping - plane is prone to explode when timewarping - double horizontal stabilizer? ~ I didn't get it into orbit. But I suck a flying spaceplanes. All in all a wonderful design, that would have needed a little more polishing. Batz_10k + Nice design, great Idea. - Not exactly useful to new players. - Orbiter basically unchanged + I got the plane into orbit A awesome proof-of-concept craft. A little more polishing, maybe a custom made orbiter? Jodo42 + I like the new design, the wing seem to be quite sturdy. - The plane lost its ability to dock with station or other craft in LKO - Also no ladder to the cockpit or the passenger section + Lots of fuel ~ I didn't get into space. But that doesn't mean a thing.... I really like it, although I miss the docking capabilities. Besides that, a real improvement! Kweller + Original design - Did you try landing it with this wheel placement? The forward wheel could be much nearer to the front. ~ You should separate the airbreathing and non-airbreathing engines in the staging-menu. I always press space to start a plane/rocket - Also no docking capabilities - V tail has no control-surfaces. All in all a good design, that would need some more polishing. However, the wheel-placement makes it basically unlandable and rather unstable on the ground. Rhompahia - Tailstrike danger; liftoff in general is a little problematic with the four strap on boosters. + I did get it into space! Once it's in the air, it's really easy to get into orbit. + Got rid of the cluttered cargo room, kept docking capability. Not exactly aesthetically pleasing but a great plane once it's airborne. t3hJimmer + Ladder for the pilots! + Extensive desciption text. + No tailstrike danger. (Saw what you did there!) ~ Maybe additional air intakes? Rapiers switched to closed circle at a rather low altitude. Basically a really good spaceplane, but I do miss some kind of wackiness that was asked for.

ah, well - I don't think they will. They didn't to it the last 11 times I did this competition with other stock craft