DeepSpaceDutch

Try to get it into Munar orbit and build a space station on it!

Me too, I'm very short on time the coming weeks, so no room for thread-archaeology

According to the KSP Facebook page Maxmaps will have a downpour of 0.25 information on today's Twitch stream; "Good ‘ol Maxmaps has been trickling 0.25 info on Squadcast over the last few weeks. Tomorrow’s episode appears to be less a trickle and more a downpour. Expect an “info dump,†in Max’s words, tomorrow on Squadcast. If you missed last Friday’s edition, it’s right here for your viewing pleasure." https://www.facebook.com/kerbalspaceprogram/photos/a.240767269275838.66315.240760572609841/844181458934413/?type=1&theater Unfortunately I'm buried at work (with work), so could any of you fine fellow Kerbonauts help me out and post the things he mentions about 0.25? Thanks!!!

Very cool find, but this shouldn't be in General KSP Discussion...

Welcome SorryDave! Great story and kudos to your son for getting you into your first gaming addiction

Hahaha, wow, thanks!! So it's friday night, I've had a few beers. But do I read this correct; y being 13791, that means I need that number of 500Dc parachutes? - - - Updated - - - I was actually thinking of that, never used HyperEdit though. Really want to try this first without doing that

Thanks! Good tips on the level ground, going to send a ScanSat ahead to be sure. I added a "few" engines to the lander structure, making it heavier, but providing around 0.45TWR for around 40s. Maybe this would be just enough to slow down in the last few meters?

After completing the Jool-5 I am going to attempt something I deemed to difficult for my amateur skills; doing a sea-level return from Eve So I'm going to try this with the thing I'm building shown below. The landing structure is still under construction and I'm wondering if I can land this ~275t monster with chutes alone? Adding breaking engines will really complicate everything, especially as I want to launch everything in one go... I know the atmosphere of Eve is thick, but is it thick enough?

Your example with the Mainsail does sounds very logical, but doesn't an initial TWR that is slightly above 1 cause you to linger longer in the lower atmosphere? I always had the impression that you need to get out of that part of the atmosphere as soon as possible. EDIT: also my experience is throttling back say 10% to 20% where using a Skipper would give you a TWR of just above 1.

This brings up a question I sometimes ask myself when launching; when launching really heavy payloads I often do not have throttle back to stay below 150m/s below 7km altitude, other times when launching lighter payloads I do have to throttle back because the TWR is higher. In those cases I have the impression you "save" fuel (especially when using solid boosters) that is used higher up during the ascent. My gut feeling says the latter is more inefficient because while you are throttling back you're still "lifting" excess fuel. So I try to design my rockets that the TWR stays lower at lower altitudes, but is this really more efficient? Or is the difference negligible?

Ahh gotcha! I thought SCANsat would just show one biome, anomalies and Karbonite.

No Custom Biomes, also the MultiSpectral scanner and the Karbonite scanner work just fine over Kerbin, the Mun and Minmus... EDIT: I have the following mods installed; Latest Mechjeb Karbonite SCANsat Lazor Dockingcam Crew Manifest

Apologies if this has been asked/discussed before, but for some reason the MultiSpectral and coincidently the Karbonite scanner don't seem to work around Laythe. I'm in an almost perfect 250x250km orbit around Laythe and I've got a full charge of ElectricCharge I still get what is shown in the image below. The weird thing is that the small map and the SAR sat in a higher orbit seem to be working fine. Running version 7 of SCANsat.

Not exactly a rover, but I use the same system for them;

[Victorian Gentleman] I wholeheartedly concur my good Sir. This would be an utmost enjoyable meme. At your service. [/Victorian Gentleman] That's pretty damn impressive!

I voted one of Jool moons, because Laythe. For me it's like the tropical get-a-way of the Kerbal universe. That bounty beach place that not many people visit

Ooow I know good Sir, I always symmetry the hell out of everything KSP made me discover I have some form of OCD haha Awesome, this seems to be it, thank you RexKramer!

Do the TT-38K, Hydraulic Detachment Manifold and the TT-70 have a different ejection force (and direction) since .24? When staging solid boosters (from the RT-10 to the S1 SRB) I always include a few sepatrons to get a nice and clean staging, but it seems that since the latest update the ejection force is higher and it also looks like a rotational force is introduced. Especially the rotation is a nuicance as sometimes it makes the sepatrons push the boosters into the core. Even Jeb is moaning about explosions now... My apologies if this has been discussed before, I couldn't find it through the Search function.

This should probably belong in Mission Reports, but holy %$^%$%$^!!! Pretty damn impressive dude!

For me Eve Return, I've just finished the Jool-5 (see report in my signature) but Eve already took the lives of many Kerbals....

Every time I'm watching a Scott Manley video this happens at least two times

Great suggestions! Although for point 3 I would suggest http://ksp.olex.biz/, for beginning players it's much easier!

Awesome!!! Working on it

Thanks MiniMatt! Much appreciated Congrats! But beware, Tylo can be a showstopper, I learned that the hard way...

"The result of the first Jool-5 mission...." Completing the Jool-5 Challenge was the drunken bet, made after many Kodva's, between Wernher von Kerman and Kergei Korolev. 1 billiongazillion Funds were the stake. Both sides launched two unsuccessful missions, the first of which stranded two brave Kerbals and a broken lander on Tylo. Talking about the second mission was highly discouraged by the Koviet government. It was Wernher's turn again and after many hours thinking on the toilet (among other things) he had the gut feeling the third time would be the charm. The first mission was virtually successful, when overlooking a crashed lander and an extravagant underestimating of fuel requirements that is. The infrastructure seemed solid though, it just needed some more "Oomph"... The plan: First, launch a big ass Drive-section with 4 orange tanks, 4 nuclear engines, a few extra fuel tanks and some other bits and bops. Also equip this beast with 4-way docking for that sweet feeling of rigidity. Secondly, launch an almost identical Secondary Drive-section (minus some bits and bops like a Probe) with a generously over-fueled tug attached to it. With the focus of a Ninja 4-way dock the Secondary Drive-section to the bottom of the Primary Drive-section. Use the copious amount of fuel in the tug to top off the Primary Drive-section. Tug and admittedly a lot of fuel get dumped in the Kerbin atmosphere afterwards. Then launch the Fuel Storage, essentially a stripped down Secondary Drive-section; only 4 orange tanks, a X200-32, 4-way docking and a fueled-up tug. Ninja-dock this to the bottom of the Secondary Drive-section. The tug remains, waiting to top off the Lander. Launch a Lander, designed to land/ascent from the inner most moon (Laythe) to outer most moon (Pol) in ascending order. To tackle Tylo make sure that a lot of weight can be jettisoned along the way. Fuel up the Lander from the last tug, ditch tug and get on with it. Don't bother with math, winging it has always been your style. The downlow: A 2nd Level contestant. - Which game versions did you use? 23.5 - What mods did you use, if any? Mechjeb for information and the occasional Smart A.S.S-ing LazorDockingCam because it just looks so cool (and is mighty handy) That awesome mod with those Environment enhancements. Maybe it's EnvironmentEnhancement? I don't know, probably. Heck if you're reading this you probably already know it - How many launches was needed to start your mission from Kerbal? 4 launches were needed in the following order: Primary Drive-section, Secondary Drive-section, Fuel Storage and Lander - How many refueling did you do during the mission, how much and where? No refueling - Did you bring a Living Quarter (Hitch-hiker's Storage) for the guys during the long journey? I honestly forgot...but Jeb and Bill were quite cozy in the Mk2 Landercan, for something like 3 years... - Did you bring additional stuff like satellites, rovers, etc? This mission was not for science nor any other practical or meaningful reason. It was all about the cheese. - Share the delta-V informations too, if you tracked it! Stupid me forgot to screenshot the delta-V of the individual launches, but the complete craft before the ejection burn from Kerbin was; Weight: 656t Parts: 260 Stage Delta-V: 9815 m/s* *Actually a bit of a meaningless number, along the way we ditch the Fuel Storage and the Secondary Drive-section. Whenever the fuel left in those modules is less than the fuel spent in the modules above the remaining fuel is transferred and the module is ditched. Also during the Tylo ascent a big chunk of the Lander is jettisoned. Link to album: http://imgur.com/a/CvaS4 (still adding descriptions, being a bit lazy after hours of KSP)