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Returning from Eloo. "Ehi, we don't have enough dV to slow down before re-entry." "Well, just hit the atmosphere. 15+ Gs re-entry is piece of cake."

Thank you, fair judge of the space travels!!! I'm looking forward to it!!!

Very nice idea you had! I love the "what if" space programs... Expect some modest submission from me in the near future I'va always been impressed by the Skylab: it's sheer size is still astonishing today, if you think it was launched with only one rocket. But there's one thing I never understood about the design: the Apollo Telescope Mount is hanging from the side, but obviously during launch it could not have been there. So, who put it in that place? A robotic arm? The astronauts on the first mission? A wizard did it??? Seriously, I never found a source about this particular aspect of the space station.

Poor Berty!!! He's just another victim of the "Hey, we have built an immensely smart AI which is intrisically good, why not f**k up his mind by forcing him into lying?" way of thinking. When, when, WHEN will people learn?!?!?!

Ladies and gentlemen, i'm proud to present you the result of the work of a boy left alone in a rainy day with a bottle of wine and a copy of KSP. Lo and behold, for Stardust Mission! I went for a three launches mission, with LOR and open cockpit lander. And now, to the points!!! Primary mission objective (+20) Mission Munar Orbit Rendezvous (+6): Using two launches to low Kerbin orbit, separately send two spacecraft to Munar orbit. Once there, dock them together and complete a landing mission. Landing prestige: One Kerbal on the Mun (+7). Second Kerbal on the Mun (+4). Capsule Happy together (+3): Both crew members are never separated by more than 10km We're done with that (+3): Detachable support module (Jettison from command module before Kerbin landing at least three of:RCS cells, electrical systems, lighting, legs, retro package) Just in case (+3): Launch Escape System present Lifter Is that a Titan II? (+2): At least one of the rockets uses a two-engine cluster first stage and a single engine cluster second stage. Wow, A Titan III!(+3): At least one of the rockets earns 'Is that a Titan II?' and has two strap on SRB's on the first stage. Saturn S-3? That's your full-size (+5): At least one rocket uses a 3 engine first stage and a 4 engine second stage. Won't Apollo miss that Saturn 5? (+6): At least one rocket uses a 5 engine first stage and a 5 engine second stage. That's no bull (+2): Trans Munar injection booster is a two-engine cluster, like the Centaur kicker stage. (3X) Lander On your space bike (+4): At least one open cockpit lander Dropping some weight (+3): At least one of the primary or backup Munar surface return vessels leaves behind its Munar descent stage. Making it count (+2): Earn 'Dropping some weight' and have a powered probe core on the discarded descent stage. Must remain powered at least until the crew lands on Kerbin. Recovery Welcome home (+10): Both crew return to Kerbin We can take it (+3): Be able to safely return to Kerbin on water or land without damage. Landing gear down (+5): Perform a parachute assisted landing on deployable wheels or skids Crazy 60's details We are outta here (+3): The Launch Escape System ejects both crew in their own separate crafts. The Gemini had fighter jet style ejection seats. We have a reservation (+7): Land a crew on the Mun within 10km of a previously landed empty spacecraft. Must completely perform Munar ascent to Kerbin landing, or dock with a return-capable vessel in Mun orbit. If i've done math correctly, i should have made 105 point. Death Engineering, really thanks!!! This was my first challenge, and I really enjoyed flying this mission It gave me a completely different gaming experience. Also, being myself a Gemini fan, the amusement doubled!! If you're going to make another challenge, count me in!! I'm sorry if my writing or my grammar are bad, it's been like three years since i wrote something this long in english...

Also, one of the problems with the N1 was the lack of static firing test for the engines, like the ones made by NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center for the F1. This way, they could have flyed the rocket with an engine plant that was at least tested in real working conditions. Glushko learned the lesson, and demanded that Energia rocket development included such tests.

----- CONFIDENTIAL ----- - FROM: US Communication, Logistics and Pigeon Command, Experimental Section - TO: CASA, Commercial Contracts Office Following recent budget cuttings, the UCLPC is no longer able to afford the high costs of breeding, growing and mantaining a full fleet of homing pigeons on constant alert, but with some creative accounting we managed to gather the money to fund a study on the use of satellites as active radio relays. Our proposal: - The building of a satellite, provided with two low gain and an high gain umbrella antenna; - The launch of such a satellite into an equatorial orbit, with an altitude comprised between 75 and 85 km; - The incorporation in such a design of a Graviometer and a Thermoter, to study the effect of external conditions on artificial satellites. To give us the time to gather data and send enough test transmissions, the satellite must be operative for an unprecised number of orbits, so we are issuing you with a state-of-the-art solar panel, model OX-STAT. For this contract, we are ready to pay $K 15,000 in advance, to fund the satellite construction, and another $K 45,000 after receiving the first signal from space. P.s.: this is indeed a very good idea you had with this thread... Bravo!!!

Very good writing we have here. Bravo!!! I was wondering, where did you take the parts for the LAMGML? It looks like a really cool ship!! (Apart from the crew travelling crumped in a Soyuz capsule... Poor guys.)