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The "Get Out and Push" Challenge


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The title says it all: get out of your command pod and use your EVA jet-pack to "push" your stranded pod into an orbit that will land it on Kerbin in one piece.

This is less of a skill based challenge and more a patience based one, as pushing a command pod takes time, and you could get from anywhere seeing as the pack doesn't actually drain your mono-propellant in your capsule as of 1.0, but I have saved many a Kerbal by pushing half the way home, and i find it relaxing if not fun to W̶a̶t̶c̶h̶ ̶K̶e̶r̶b̶a̶l̶s̶ ̶d̶o̶ ̶s̶e̶m̶i̶-̶m̶a̶n̶u̶a̶l̶ ̶l̶a̶b̶o̶u̶r̶ Save kerbals from the depths of space slowly but surely.

Rules/notes:

The pod to be used should be a Mk 1 command pod with a Mk 16 Parachute and a 1.25 metre heat-shield on it.

it is recommended to use hyper-edit-like mods to get your pod into the right orbit, but obviously don't use it to edit your spacecraft back into the atmosphere :confused:

Set heating effects to whatever you feel comfortable with, I use 100% to live on the edge :cool:

Feel Free to quick-save/load if you run out of fuel and jeb floats off into space or you burn up in the atmosphere.

To "participate" post on this thread with a screenshot of the pod starting in the designated Mode orbit from the orbital view, one of your ship in it's "pushed home" orbit with a recommended periapsis of about 25,000 metres, and one of it landed or about to land, this time in ship view.

warning: Mode names partially reflect starting distance from Kerbin and may not accurately describe difficulty. hey, it's my first time doing this, don't look at me like that!

"Modes":

Simple Mode - 5,000,000 metre apoapsis, 400,000 metre periapsis around Kerbin

Easy Mode - 4,000,000 metre apoapsis, 2,000,000 metre periapsis around Kerbin

medium Mode - 4,000,000 metre circular orbit

Difficult Mode -2,000,000 metre circular orbit around The Mun

Hard Mode - 50,000,000 metre apoapsis, 10,000,000 metre periapsis around Kerbin

Even Harder Mode - 14,000,000,000 metre circular orbit around The Sun/Kerbol

Manley mode - 20,000,000 metre circular orbit around Duna! *gasp*

Bonus points (there's not actually a point system) if you land on top of the VAB

Thanks anyone who read this far, if you give it a try but give up, show us all how you did anyway!

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