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DUNA MISSION on KERBALISM! Once in a galaxy, far, fa No, no really no, this ain`t a hoax thread, this is serious Kerbalism spacefaring action, i decided to return to Duna again, yes AGAIN, this time for serious, putting my Kerbals to the fiery risks of a real hard lifesupport modification, ugly deaths, starvation, radiation, part failures and all the other good things Kerbalism provides... (English is something like the fourth language i`ve learned, so please excuse the tell ...) This missionreport will have lots of pics, and my personal comments of the actual situation, i really hope this is ends well without excessive use of f5/f9, bubblyzine or fireextinguishers. Mods abuse in use (KSP 1.3.): MM, NFT, KER, KIS, KAS, KerbalAtomics, HeatControl, TransferWindowPlanner, StockAlikeStationParts, DeepFreeze, TweakScale, and clearly, KERBALISM! (Setting on default)... Okay, without further ado......, here is the plan: "The plan is to get four Kerbals alive to Duna and back in one piece, neither krakened nor elsewise spaghettified, a rescuemission might be possible if needed, but the constraints of Kerbalism make it very unlikely to successfully manage such task in reasonable time..." Mission Crafts: Duna Transfer Ship, "KERBIN 1" Four Kerbal rated interplanetary transfervessel, contains a fridge for three Kerbs, one must stay awake during the journey to check out the situation. And eat some . It has a nice centrifuge and two cupolas, so the lonely Kerbal can hang around wherever he or she desires. The propulsion runs on LH2, tanks must be cooled and monoprop is the only other sort of fuel in this vessel, no liquid fuel, no oxidizer around. I hope the single Kerbal doesn`t go nuts while the others are sleeping... Duna Descend Crew Vehicle, "MUN 1" Will be covered in a fairing until reaching Duna surface, contains a three Kerb rover. And the ascend vehicle, if the Kerbs make it so far at all... Serves as main surface habitat. Propulsion runs on monoprop. Duna Supply Vehicle, "MINMUS 1" A supply truck, unkerballed, will be covered in a fairing until Duna arrival... Contains food, water and some other stuff, you never know how severe the situation can get. It has some stuff stuffed in the KIS containers, maybe usefull when times get hard. Can be used for safe surface excursions. Propulsion runs on monoprop. Mission Index: 2. Missionstart! (First launches) 3. More launches! 4. Crew presentation and orbital assembly, first issues 5. "High quality lead coffins?- Yes please!" 6. Back in business! 7. Entering the voids between the planets... 8. It starts to hurt now 9. Nothing so bad as it seemed 10. What should i say? Touchdown! 11. Let the madness begin! 12. "Why worry?" 13. Bob "Leadfoot" Kerman