Recoverable Sounding Rocket

[More Boosters]

Ladies and gentlemen,

I present to you one of the simplest rockets to have ever been posted here.

The Recoverable Sounding Rocket is true to its name. It's a sounding rocket that you can recover, to be used for one purpose and one purpose only. Actually now that I think of it you can use it for temperature scans on all layers of the atmosphere, anyway...

What it's good for is that it has an antenna, a Thermometer and enough charge to send that data twice (for whatever reason) and land safely.

It has an uncanny ability of always returning 96.3% once it's recovered. If you manage to get any other number (0% does not count!), please, take a screenshot. I launched this thing at least 15 times today for all those Science from space near Kerbin missions (now you know its purpose if you haven't guessed already) , and it did not deviate from that, not once.

Its operating cost is 326 credits and it will bring you to the neighborhood of 90km Apoapsis. As much as it seems unlikely, you'll survive the re-entry.

Instructions:

0. Have the Thermometer, Radial Parachutes, Stayputnik and the Z-100 Battery Pack unlocked.

1. Fire the rocket with whatever time-warp you want.

2. Collect temperature data.

3. Send the temperature data to Kerbin.

4. Slow down thanks to the rocket's massive drag on return

5. Open the radial parachutes at a safe altitude.

Warranty void if altered in any way. (Doesn't get outside the atmosphere with a goo unit or a materials lab)

Works exactly the same if you replace the Thermometer with a Barometer due to them sharing the same mass and mechanics. If you do that you should add another battery which does not impact the rocket's abilities much.

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Hope this thing helps at your early career games!

Edited July 31, 2015 by More Boosters