RSS - First long range mission - Resupply depots

[ColKlonk]

My first long range mission to Mars.

In preparation for a series of manned mission, I'm putting supply depots (-50 tons) at approx 200,000Km, which can be used in emergencies.

Being the first big 'mission' I overloaded the supply safety measures. With very little time planning Jeb went and it took just over 600 days for the round trip.

The food supply alarms were going off some time prior to earth orbit, which had me worried.

To make matters worse Jeb had to do 8 aerobraking maneuvers around Earth to achieve an acceptable re-entry speed.

The final aerobraking move was perfect, achieving a Delta-V = -500, all the way from the south tip of Chile/Agentina to the eastern tip of Brasil.

As we were running out of supplies fast, a very tired Jeb put landed off the coast of Chile...

I actually went the wrong way on this trip and future trips we'll go via Venus first - this will help reduce flight time.

Album http://imgur.com/a/1mPyr#9