Jool-5 mission

[Whovian]

This is all in KSP 1.0.2.

Welp, I'm finally attempting the Jool-5 challenge. I've (hopefully) built something that can actually work and goes up in a single launch; to haul it up to orbit, however, I needed to drain some fuel to save weight, so sending up some refueling ships to LKO will be necessary. I'll get around to starting the mission in a couple days. Until then I have the following image of the Nitram in the VAB:

It's got nothing on Whackjob, but it's the closest I've come.

Mods used: Heat Management

Edited June 25, 2015 by Whovian

[Geschosskopf]

Good luck

[Nefrums]

Good luck!

Are there only one lander in there?

What engines are you using for the transfer?

[Whovian]

Good luck

Good luck!

Thanks!

Are there only one lander in there?

There are 5 landers; my plan's to leave the mothership in Jool orbit while the landers go off to land. Valentina only needs to get back into a non-impact trajectory, as there's an ion ferry with plenty of fuel to take her back to the mothership. (Come to think of it, I could have probably used the ion ferry as my Bop/Pol landers, saving a bit of weight. Ah well.)

What engines are you using for the transfer?

The transfer's going to be done mostly with nukes (hopefully my use of Heat Control will keep things from blowing up), but the last stage of the launch vehicle, after refueling, can be repurposed as a transfer stage with more than 0.1 twr, which is a huge plus over the nukes.

[Whovian]

Historian acted up and I wasn't sure how to have good "style" in toggling it. But here's the launch. Fuel gauges are hidden by Historian (again, still figuring out how to use this thing properly), but you can still see how much of each resource in the stage is left via Alternate Resource Panel.

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I'll upload the first in-orbit refueling mission soon.

[Whovian]

Boring refueling mission

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I've got one more refueling mission and then I'll be headed to Jool!

EDIT: For some reason the image titles and descriptions aren't showing up with this embedded album; I suggest you view it on imgur.

Edited June 23, 2015 by Whovian

[Whovian]

Second and last LKO refueling mission:

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And here's the trip to Jool

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