"The Dark Side of the Mun" Concert Extravaganza 1.0 REDUX

[TinMissileMan]

If any of you saw, almost a year has gone by since my failed attempt to land a massive stage on the Mun for a concert. Here's a link: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/86390-The-Dark-Side-of-The-Mun-Concert-Extravaganza?p=1276116#post1276116

After 1.0 came out, I got to thinking: "Could I do it again?". The answer:

HECK YES!

And so I got to work. Looking up stages and finding one small, but capable of landing without flopping over like an unbalanced whale on a rocket sled. And so, I designed this baby:

It (hopefully) could get to the Mun. So, I put it on the launch pad without ANY testing whatsoever!

It flew like a dream... for the first few thousand meters... and it started tipping...

But, after some panicking and key-mashing later, I got her back on course.

Some circularized orbits and a maneuver later...

Fancy that! When the ship reached Munar orbit, I was still worried about fuel. I had about 160 units left after obtaining stable orbit.

I'll see you on The Dark Side of the Mun!

To victory! Or a crash. Maybe a crash.

And I thought the ring tanks were connected to the engine. Hah! How silly of me. Almost unbalanced the craft transferring the fuel from the rings to the main tank.

This is where I thought I had messed up. I ran out of oxidizer just 200-300 meters above the landing sight, I hit at about 20 mps. Thankfully, the engine saved my struts by exploding. But, I had achieved a feat I would never have thought I could do when I first did it.

Bonus! The stage at night looks pretty.

So, there we go! A stage on the Mun ready for the concert! Now all I have to do is learn how to land close to it...