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Good heavens! You must post the launch vehicle for that monster.

Mission: Luna 6 Mission Objective: Send a manned mission around the Mun and return to Kerbin. Launch Vehicle: LV6D ~ A highly tested launch vehicle that includes 21 LV-T30 Liquid Fuel Engines and 11 Rockomax X200-32 Liquid Fuel Tanks. The 4 radial engine stacks feed into the main stack with 4 FTX-2 External Fuel Ducts, and decouple with the assistance of 8 Sepratron I's. Payload: Onwards ~ An efficient 3-man orbiter that is designed to be the transfer and return stage of future munar missions. Jebediah Kerman ~ Pilot of Luna 6. Bottom Seat. Bill Kerman ~ Commander of Luna 6. Right Seat. Bob Kerman ~ Mission Specialist of Luna 6. Left Seat. Mission Outcome: Luna 6 establishes a 103km by 105km orbit around Kerbin. Onwards then burns toward the mun, setting up its orbit to where it will slingshot around the back and return to Kerbin. It receives a Munar PE of approx. 520 kilometers and a Kerbin PE of 28 kilometers. After slingshotting around the Mun, Luna 6 hurdles toward the dark side of Kerbin, slamming into the atmosphere at over 3 kilometers per second. Despite the high reentry speed, it lands softly in grass. Mission Successful. Mission Highlights: Launch: Ascent: Getting to orbit: After the transfer: Mission Specialist Bob Kerman looks outside his cockpit to see a full Mun: Mission Commander Bill Kerman takes a spacewalk to get a full view of the Mun and his space craft: Leaving the Mun's SOI: Coming back towards Kerbin: High reentry speeds (3.23km/s): Safe touchdown:

Mission: Axis 7 Mission Objective: Launch Tronix into LKO and test all RCS systems. Launch Vehicle: LV6D ~ A highly tested launch vehicle that includes 21 LV-T30 Liquid Fuel Engines and 11 Rockomax X200-32 Liquid Fuel Tanks. The 8 radial engine stacks feed into the main stack with 4 FTX-2 External Fuel Ducts, and decouple with the assistance of 8 Sepratron I's. Payload: Tronix ~ A very maneuverable, 3-man orbiter that includes an escape tower activated during abort sequences, several RCS blocks, and a docking port. Jebediah Kerman ~ Pilot of Axis 7. Bottom Seat. Bill Kerman ~ Commander of Axis 7. Right Seat. Bob Kerman ~ Mission Specialist of Axis 7. Left Seat. Mission Outcome: Axis 7 launched into a 125 kilometer by 124 kilometer orbit. After orbiting four times and testing all RCS systems, Tronix deorbitted and landed roughly 6 kilometers away from KSC. Mission Successful. And with that, the Axis program is now closed. Mission Highlights: Axis 7's ascent: Ditching LV6D: Preforming the deorbit burn: Decoupling from the orbital stage: Reentry:

Well I first establish a circularized orbit around Kerbin. Then I transfer to the Mun, keeping an eye on the projected path in the map view. I'll just burn in whatever direction is required in order to get where I need to go.

Yup. This has happened to me a few times now. The only thing I can suggest is to try something you've never done before. Challenge yourself.

Well this seems like its just a mod problem. Perhaps it cant handle the stress of the separate crafts; although I don't have either of these mods so I'm not sure.

I had a six hour burn to capture into Eeloo with two ion engines. Even with x4 warp, it was utter hell. >tfw no ASAS to keep the ship aligned.

Actually...Yes I have. On my way from the Air Force Academy in Colorado to Las Vegas (about a two hour flight) I was glued to KSP the entire time.

Mission: Luna 5 Mission Objective: Land Reach in LZ-2 (Landing Zone-2; A.K.A The Valley). Launch Vehicle: LV6B ~ A variant of the A model; the only difference being the booster engines are "Skippers". Payload: Reach ~ Reach is an unmanned Munar lander that is made out of an RC-001S Remote Guidance System and a "Hitchhiker" habitation unit, fit with four landing legs. It uses SC-B3 (Skycrane - Block 3) to deorbit and land safely. With Reach and SC-B3 combined, the lander has 1,300+ Delta-V and weighs roughly 10 tons. Mission Outcome: Luna 5 gets into a 87 by 81 kilometer orbit above Kerbin, and almost immedietly starts burning towards the Mun. Its Munar PE was about 30 kilometers high. After circularizing and orbiting about 5 times around the Mun until the launch zone was in the light of The Sun, Reach began to deorbit. It landed about 3.3 kilometers away from Luna 4, and was later joined by the rover inside the valley. Mission Successful. Mission Highlights: Luna 5's ascent: Cruising to AP: Transfer to the Mun: Transfer prediction: After deorbiting: Safely Landed: SC-B3 detaching: Excel united with Reach, on the surface of the Mun:

What... I don't even...what?!

97 hours total... 97 hours in the last two weeks. (I finally transferred over to Steam...last Monday...). Too bad it doesn't record the time played from before; I would have had a Steam record. Edit: "Ksp, the best sandbox free build physics simulation ever?" Free and build are conjoined, he doesn't mean its free of charge.

Mission: Luna 4 Mission Objective: Land Marathon on the Mun + Explore the valley previously spotted by Luna 3. Launch Vehicle: LV6A ~ A very useful launch vehicle that includes 4 radial boosters comprised of Rockomax "Mainsail" Liquid Engines with respective stacks, each topped off with an aerodynamic nose section that has an SAS module, to reduce spinning. Payload: Marathon ~ An M-ESR (Medium Class - Exploration and Survey Rover) that is capable of high speeds, due to the fact that the wheel axes reach very wide. This was also done so that more instruments and equipment could be mounted on the rover. Marathon holds six Z-100 Rechargeable Battery backs, two OX-4L 6x1 Photovoltiac Solar Panels, and two PB-NUK Radioisotope Thermal Electric Generators. The rover also houses two headlights and a docking port, and uses Rovemax Model M1 wheels. Mission Outcome: As soon as the feed from Luna 3 came in, and scientists saw the valley the probe had orbited over, they became instantly interested. Luna 4 gets into a 75 by 75 km orbit, and starts its transfer within 10 minutes of establishing LKO. Model 1 of the Marathon transfer/lander section does not include any fuel lines, to feed fuel from the main tank to the radial tanks. So within approximately 1 minute and 18 seconds of burning, engines cut out. Fuel had to be transferred manually; however, this did not prove to be a set-back. After fuel transfer was completed, Luna 4 continued its burn, finished, and recieved a 40km PE around the Mun. After fuel had yet again been transferred, Luna 4 lowered its orbit to 40 kilometers by roughly 38 kilometers. After orbiting for about 2 minutes and transferring fuel, Luna 4 began its deorbit burn. It touched down on the surface of the Mun within 7 hours and 30 minutes of the flight. Marathon undocked from its landing vehicle and began heading for the valley to survey. Mission Successful. Mission Highlights: *Not all screenshots have been included in this log; please take a look at the Luna Program Album to see them all. In the VAB, completed, and ready for launch: Launch: Decoupling boosters: Transfer to the Mun: Descent onto the surface: Safely landed: Driving to valley: Looking over valley: Quick timelapse of the position of Luna 4:

Trying to recreate this geosync-station I made in .18:

Like others have said, Minmus.

Oooo, plus rep to you, my good man. I like very mas.

If its a probe make sure it has at least one type of battery and at least one of those radial solar panels. I sh*t you not, I've seen people go through so much stuff just to find that their probe died...

New building, for sure. Excited for new parts and for whatever is "classified".

EDIT: Sorry for the double post. I have no idea why that happened. Can a mod delete this please?

This may need to be moved to the KSP Fan Works section, but I'm not completely sure. Anyway, Duna, Laythe, or Eve. (I'd personally go with Laythe, just cause it's that cool.) They all have atmosphere and can potentially sustain life. Those are the best places to put a base anyway, in my opinion, for that reason alone.

I feel like this should be in the games section, but whatever. Caption this: (By the way, this is the cause: )

Mission: Luna 3 Mission Objective: Perform a low fly by above Luna 1 + Look for suitable landing sites for future missions. Launch Vehicle: LV5B ~ A launch vehicle that includes 5 LV-T30 Liquid Fuel Engines, 5 FL-T800 Liquid Fuel Tanks, and 3 RT-10 Solid Rocket Boosters. The 3 boosters were added to LV5A (making LV5B) because once the three radial engine stacks decoupled, the vehicle did not have a sufficient TWR. The boosters provide extra thrust while the main vehicle burns fuel and gets lighter. Payload: Excel II ~ Excel II is a very tiny probe that is almost the exact same as Excel I. It has all 4 scientific instruments, and includes 8 OX-STAT Photovoltic solar panels which are mounted on 2 Octagonal Struts. The probe is also equipped with 4 Communotron 16's. These replace the landing struts, and are the only difference between Excel 1 and 2. Excel has only 5.74 units of fuel, but giving that its TWR is 3.1 (in reference to the Mun), it is considered very efficient. Mission Outcome: Luna 3 gets into a circularized 72km equatorial orbit around Kerbin before starting its burn to the Mun. The probe arrives at the Mun, 32 kilometers off the surface. After the probe is deployed, it sets up a 15km by 4km orbit. The lowest point of the orbit is directly over Luna 1. Luna 3 takes a few pictures of Luna 1 as it flies over head. After flying over the probe, Excel circularizes its orbit at 15km. Mission Successful. Mission Highlights: On Launch Pad: After the Transfer: Close call with Luna 2: After deployment: Coming in over Luna 1: Shot of Luna 1: Video Feed of Luna 3 scouting out a valley:

It's at two in the morning where I live (Pacific Standard), so I'll probably go to sleep and wake up for it.

Mission: Luna 2 Mission Objective: Get into equatorial LMO (Low Munar Orbit) and relay information from Luna 1 back to KSC. Launch Vehicle: LV5B ~ A launch vehicle that includes 5 LV-T30 Liquid Fuel Engines, 5 FL-T800 Liquid Fuel Tanks, and 3 RT-10 Solid Rocket Boosters. The 3 boosters were added to LV5A (making LV5B) because once the three radial engine stacks decoupled, the vehicle did not have a sufficient TWR. The boosters provide extra thrust while the main vehicle burns fuel and gets lighter. Payload: Excel II ~ Excel II is a very tiny probe that is almost the exact same as Excel I. It has all 4 scientific instruments, and includes 8 OX-STAT Photovoltic solar panels which are mounted on 2 Octagonal Struts. The probe is also equipped with 4 Communotron 16's. These replace the landing struts, and are the only difference between Excel 1 and 2. Excel has only 5.74 units of fuel, but giving that its TWR is 3.1 (in reference to the Mun), it is considered very efficient. Mission Outcome: Luna 2 launched in the early morning, about half an hour at sunrise. It then got into a 75 by 75 kilometer orbit. Before Luna 2 orbited even once, it began its transfer burn. After transferring and injection adjustment, Luna 2 got into a 75 by 75 kilometer orbit. After Excel II was deployed, it lowered its orbit to 70 by 70, in order to avoid collision with the transfer drive. After only 1 orbit, Luna 2 was able to fly over Luna 2 and retrieve information about the surface, and after a short time later, beamed it back to KSC. Mission Successful. Mission Highlights: T-2 minutes before launch: Ascent: Getting to orbit: Transfer to the Mun: Capture: Deployment: Orbiting the Mun:

@Acer Thy Racer Now that is one sexy launch vehicle.

Mission: Axis 5b Mission Objective: Deorbit and land as close to KSC as possible. Payload: Tronix ~ A very maneuverable, 3-man orbiter that includes an escape tower activated during abort sequences, several RCS blocks, and a docking port. Engineers believe it can be KAAST's go-to vehicle for putting Kerbonauts into space. Bill Kerman ~ Pilot of Axis 5. Bottom Seat. Bob Kerman ~ Commander of Axis 5. Right Seat. Wildorf Kerman ~ Mission Specialist of Axis 5. Left Seat. Mission Outcome: After docking with Axis 6, Tronix-Axis 5 burns retrograde over the desert. It lands within 5 kilometers of KSC. Mission Successful. Mission Highlights: Reentry over KSC: High altitude chute pull over KSC, in order to get as close as possible: Chutes fully deployed, within 5 kilometers off the shore of KSC: Safe landing: