Moho flyby

[FlyingPete]

 

So I just visited Moho for the first time. I launched a probe fairly early on in career mode to fly by Moho, then go on to slingshot Eve (hoping for a cheap Sundive trajectory.)

http://imgur.com/a/L4TQQ

Suddenly, Moho is no longer just a lump of rock in the tracking station. Definitely a future destination next time I fancy a challenge

Edited January 6, 2016 by FlyingPete
Got Imgur working!

[legoclone09]

You can imbed albums with the i in the top-right corner. Nice mission though!

[FlyingPete]

Now the probe's primary mission is over, I did some maneuver plotting to see what else could be done with it. I knew that with a course correction at periapsis, it could be made to encounter Eve.

 

This is all well and good, but I already have a crewed mission on its way to the Purple Planet. But with a fairly large burn during the Eve encounter (using nearly all the remaining fuel) the probe will get close enough to Kerbol to get science at low altitude.

 

Total Delta-V needed: 1578. Total remaining on the probe: 1649. Perfect! But as there's only 2 materials bays and goo canisters, I'll have to sacrifice the 'Moho High' science to get 'Sun Low' results.

[Geschosskopf]

Be sure to read the thermometer when you get to low solar orbit (if you don't burn up first) :D.  And use the F11 heat overlay, too.  That sort of knowledge has a practical use in the game when designing ships, far more important than any science points you get.