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    An Affordable Space Program: making the reusable spacecraft pay off.

    in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas

    Posted

    The question is: how do you want to decouple and recover the boosters with the limitation that the KSP engine deletes objects beyond ~2.5km distance within the atmosphere (or at least to a certain altitude)?

    That is not a problem, all you need is to attach remote command unit to for example booster and you have new vehicle that won't be deleted :)

    I am also pondering to create a 2nd entry - probably some bigger plane-like SSTO attempt. You know, gotta try and test the new parts :)

    The CLAW also offers new reload/refuel mechanisms.

    I mean why dock the payload when you can grab it?

    Yea CLAW gave me new ideas. Well if I fail building rocket I will probably finish my SSTO Phoenix.

    An Affordable Space Program: making the reusable spacecraft pay off.

    in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas

    Posted

    Hmm... I'm interested. Would you mind making a small demonstration? One question though, why not just make liquid-fuel boosters to do the job?

    In next week, right now I have to calculate few things and find a way to connect rocket stages, if that is even possible without decouplers.

    Main idea is shown here (I am not doing Ares rockets, just taking inspiration from it)

    NASA-ConstellationAresRockets.jpg

    Ares I stage 1 is used as booster in Ares V.

    Ares I stage 2 is used as stage 2 in Ares V lite.

    Ares V and Ares V lite stage 1 is designed for heavy payloads, from my initial tests with new parts it should go ~45 tons without stacking fuel and engines in clusters.

    Still have to design Ares V stage 2 and Ares I first stage.

    TSP (Tau Space Program 1.2)

    in KSP1 The Spacecraft Exchange

    Posted · Edited by Darnok

    It maybe be dificult to use it, size of my landers might be main problem.

    Here is truss section launch for Constellation Copernicus like ship.

    I know it is in wrong order, but Copernicus is simpler than landers and I needed something to start with.

    Truss section gave me few ideas how my landers should look like.

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    Constellation Habitat module.

    "A bit" unrealistic launch, but right now I don't have idea how to split it and make modular and sadly it would lag much more.

    All 3 modules NTR + Truss section + Habitat got over 350 parts and I still have to send there two MPCVs.

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    One of many images I found during studies of Constellation vehicles

    nucleartherm2.png

    my modules allow to make more than those two configurations, but my CPU not :)

    TSP (Tau Space Program 1.2)

    in KSP1 The Spacecraft Exchange

    Posted

    Some time ago inspired by this video

    I've started to build ships for my Duna Mission.

    Here is my NTR 1 launch (on posted video this part of mission is between 0:10 and 1:06)

    NTR stats:

    parts: 100 (tank + BEM-H, fuel tank 62 parts)

    weight: ~102t

    delta-v: ~9900

    (craft files soon...)

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    It is possible to stack NTR fuel tanks in line and you can stack whole NTRs to build propulsion for this monster

    BoeingMars-CVDiagram.jpg

    if your CPU can handle that ;)

    I hope you enjoy it and any feedback please :)

    TSP (Tau Space Program 1.2)

    in KSP1 The Spacecraft Exchange

    Posted

    Ascender rockets

    V-Ascender 15

    parts: 41

    weight: 167t

    status: stable, made few flights

    lHlQUeZ.png

    V-Ascender 25

    parts: 54

    weight: 236t

    status: super stable, made many flights and never exploded

    mlIJboX.png

    V-Ascender 50

    parts: 64

    weight: 406t

    status: stable

    U4Kdzmw.png

    V-Ascender 65

    parts: 111

    weight: 523t

    status: stable

    NZJT6Qh.png

    V-Ascender 75

    parts: 119

    weight: 571t

    status: testing

    NH1Y5xA.png

    V-Ascender 90

    parts: 173

    weight: 693t

    status: testing

    or2QNOO.png

    V-Ascender 100

    parts: 179

    weight: 755t

    status: testing

    8Mr0UC5.png

    TSP (Tau Space Program 1.2)

    in KSP1 The Spacecraft Exchange

    Posted

    Second Mun landing

    Duna Constellation like mission is still in progress, right now it is time to test some of my modules on Mun landing.

    BEM-H (Basic Engine Module - Heavy) is designed as interplanetary propulsion for any mission, can be stacked :)

    Perseus MPCV MK 3 with landing legs and 2 tiny docking ports, now it is able to dock with anything you want to.

    Rover drone MK 2, same weight as MK 1, but little smaller.

    Small science array it has any basic science equipment, antena and enough solar panels to restore power in batteries.

    Packed all that on Ascender 50 and sent to Mun.

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    Second part of Mun landing mission.

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    TSP (Tau Space Program 1.2)

    in KSP1 The Spacecraft Exchange

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    Sagittarius Modular Rocket System

    That question about modularity gave me some idea... on forums there is no modular rockets (at least I didn't found any).

    So I built one :)

    oFm5t4p.png

    First rocket lets call it SGR-5, Can lift ~5 tons to 75km

    look at 1st and 2nd stage it is important.

    nFwMulP.png

    Can lift ~12 tons to 75km, name SGR-12.

    Ok now the fun part, side boosters are same as SGR-5 1st stage.

    SGR-12 1st and 2nd stage are copy of SGR-5 2nd stage :)

    Get the idea? No?

    Ok next example

    DhAadXg.png

    F2rQBg3.png

    SGR-22, can lift ~22 tons to 75km

    Boosters again are from SGR-5 1st stage.

    Here 1st stage is double 2nd stage from SGR-5 and SGR-22 2nd stage is copy of SGR-5 2nd stage :)

    Of course my idea is not to build using only those two "modules (1st and 2nd stage from SGR-5)".

    you can have more modules, main idea is to design rocket stages in way you can re-use it in other larger rockets :)

    TSP (Tau Space Program 1.2)

    in KSP1 The Spacecraft Exchange

    Posted

    Basic V-Rover and Basic V-Rover Drone

    Release of my 2 wheels rover, manned and drone in two versions.

    Basic V-Rover MK 1:

    parts: 12

    weight: 0.89t

    sub: file

    Basic V-Rover Drone MK 1:

    parts: 11

    weight: 0.77t

    sub: file

    Basic V-Rover MK 2 file

    Basic V-Rover Drone MK 2 file

    Both MK 2 versions got same part counts and weight as MK 1.

    Before using rover or drone you should change your key settings in rover tab,

    I have set rover controls to key arrows and WSAD is for SAS.

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    TSP (Tau Space Program 1.2)

    in KSP1 The Spacecraft Exchange

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    BEM-M (Basic Engine Module - Medium)

    Preparations for Constellation like Duna mission goes slowly... here is BEM-M module designed to be used as

    orbital tug (stackable like every orbital tug I made so far),

    retro-burn module for larger ships,

    part of heavy lander and many more in future :)

    Single BEM-M:

    parts: 29

    weight: ~7t

    4x LV-909 engines

    300 RCS fuel

    Large and small docking ports (fuel flow is designed to first burn fuel from tanks attached to top and bottom large docking ports)

    4 - toggle retro-burn engines (bottom node version)

    7 - toggle engines (top node version)

    (those two put in subassemblies)

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    Craft file for craft from album.

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