Kennethah81

I haven't aimed for the Mün yet, but based on YouTube and everything I've read, I think you are 100% correct. But I'm fascinated by space stations, and needed a sort-of rationale for building one, and that was the excuse I came up with

Thanks for the welcomes everyone Thanks! I'm pretty satisfied with it so far tough I think I'll add some fuel tanks later. Those octagonal sections consist of Structural Fuselages, Modular Girders and Structural Panels. I wanted a module type that could act as Laboratories or Cargo Storage's without having to use fuel tanks as stand-ins and without using mods, so that was what I came up with. I haven't looked at the numbers, but i think they are way lighter than fuel tanks the same size, and that allowed me to launch them with a fairly simple launcher.

Hi all! New Kerbonaut from Norway here! I've been playing the game for a couple of weeks now and absolutely love it! I haven't tried anything really fancy yet, but as soon as Space Station 1 is a bit more complete, I'll use it as a refuel and staging area for my upcoming conquest of Mün! Here's what Space Station 1 looks like at the moment:

Here's my first attempt at a space station: Space Station1 !!!!! First module before launch. Basically just some girders with batteries and solar panels connected to a 6-way docking node: Deployed in space: Unfortunatly, I ran out of fuel before I could correct the inclination (ended up at about 1,2 degrees inclination) More fuel had to be sent up necessitating the design and launch of Fuel Transfer Craft 1: Next it was time for the first crew to visit the new station. Here's Crew Transfer Craft 1 docked: I then promptly forgot about taking screen-shots, but two launches later Crew Accommodation Module 1 (two hitchhiker tanks) and another Fuel Transfer Craft has been added on the two remaining side ports, and the General Science Lab were added on the remaining port: General Science Lab 2 (a "1" with a ton of antennas on it) were added next: Whats better than power? More power ofcourse!!! The Secondary Power Node was added next. It concision of two girders with four solar arrays each, a space plane docking port. (Simply a structural hull used to move the docking port out from the six-way node. and a comm array. A girder with a satellite dish on it: Another (larger) science lab is added after the Secondary Power Node. Here pictured with the Standard Tug-class final stage still attached: Thats it so far. Next in line is another 6-way docking port and probably another Crew Accommodation Module. The entire station (and the launchers) are built using standard parts without any add-ons. Pure Vanilla KSP!!!! After that, I will start adding tons of fuel and RCS-fuel tanks to allow the station to be used as a refueling platform for the upcoming Mün-mission. That's it for now. Hope you guys like it.