Project Aphrodite: Elcano Challenge

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"They want us to do what??"

"You heard me Anlie, they want us to *drive* to the Munliths. Someone back at Mission Control thought we could pick up some great science and hit the suspect Munlith locations at the same time."

"It'll take us days, if not weeks, to make it around the Mun! And doing it polar...Lucky we started near the dawn terminator!"

"Mission Control sees it as a chance to test out this vessel design."

"I know Nedfield, I *am* an engineer, I helped design it! It's supposed to be a Moho support base, not a long duration rover. I can fix any tires we blow along the way, but..."

"Yeah, I know, we're going to have to be very careful, or else we'll keep getting Deja Vu!" (caused by excessive F5/F9 use!)

And so, our intrepid explorers, Engineer 3rd Class Anlie Kerman, and Scientist 3rd Class Nedfield Kerman, set out on the first circumnavigation of any body. Pilot 3rd Class Merrey Kerman should have been here, but he was tasked with taking a Moho Rover clone to Minmus for some gravity scan contracts, and to test the balloon tires in low gravity. Luckily, Anlie's from a long line of car mechanics, practically born holding a wrench. We shall see how it turns out for our team!

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"What do you mean, you forgot to put batteries in the camera Nedfield?"

"Uhh, I thought they would have put them in back at KSC!"

Oh well, looks like we lost some of our glamour shots of the start of our journey. Luckily Anlie decided to stop at a scenic overlook at the north end of the Mun Canyon for some pics.

Wernher managed to find an engineering photo of the Moho Support Base (same design as MUN GROUND BASE) lying on his desk.

The southernmost flag below the waypoints is where this journey started. Our team is currently at the red marker. Our scientists estimate they've gone about halfway to the northern Munlith, but should be hitting some new Biomes ahead, and really rough terrain.

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Edited July 17, 2015 by moronwrocket