"Saturn Shuttle" Shuttle Mk 5 V3

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Hello fellow Kerbonauts! Today I bring you he next generation in space shuttle design, the Shuttle Mk 5!

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This design has enough room to store 5.8 meters high and the 3 meter wide payloads while the docking/airlock hub is installed. The shuttle is propelled by a Rockomax brand "Mainsail" engine and has four backup LVT-45 "Swivel Engines". Two fuel cell clusters are use to power the ship's electronics. With enough space to fit four Kerbals on a magical journey, you can launch small satellites to building large scale space stations.

Download Shuttle Mk 5 V3 HERE! (Dropbox)

Instructions on how to fly: (video to come shortly (maybe))

Launch like a normal rocket occasionally using w and s to correct heading. Once you hit 10 kilometers, SLOWLY turn over to a forty five degree angle and keep that pitch until you run out of fuel in the first booster stage. Once you separate you will have to pitch downward as the engines equalize in force. Once here you will want to burn towards you desired altitude. You MUST, I repeat MUST ditch you second booster here as the shuttle will not be balanced (hopefully not in the future). Don't worry though, the shuttle has enough fuel to take you places. After you make a burn into LKO, you can switch back to second booster stage and use its reaming fuel to land in with parachutes in the ocean.

Official names for the shuttle are based off exploration ships (like the real shuttles):

Adventure

Eagle

Endurance

Resolution

Nova

Vote in the poll for the best name!

Also, send suggestions for missions for the shuttle because I'm too lazy to make any.

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

Nice! I know that Saturn-shuttle model! I've seen it at Houston space center.

[Rune]

Nice! A Shuttle replica with straight wings. And launched on a Saturn! I love the early STS concepts.

Rune. Did you know they planned to make the S-IC reusable? And in the end all we got was shuttle.