JASA - My career universe

[JebKeb]

Welcome to JASA, the JebKeb Aeronautical & Space Administration. We commit a large amount of rocketry and aviation, and we know everyone likes fiery stuff so we are trying to set up a space tourism network. We are also exploring the Kerbol system and are trying to place a permanent settlement on Minimus.

I have not posted the early days of the space program because it's boring, but we're now up to about the same level of progress as real life space agencies, so I decided to show you my take on mid career mode.

 

[JebKeb]

Well, it looks like tinypic is down, so I'll go over the master plan.

Our present astronauts are

• Jebediah, Bill, Bob, Valentina, Oblong, Jedzer - aboard the KSS
• Urbel, Haitine, Surine - will be at Minimus One
• Geogfel, Macly, Ceralla - Backup and tourism, possible Bop One crew

I am going to have an SSTO named Kerbwings IV system to get tourists and small probes to orbit. The SSTO refuels and unpacks at the Kerbal Space Station. At the Kerbal Space Station there are some nuclear power tourist shuttles designed to be able to reach the Mun and back. (It takes more delta-v to go there than Minimus.) On Minimus there will be a research and mining base that will be serviced by a large ore tanker that will also be able to bring tourists to the base; the KSS has a refinery onboard.

Also docked to the KSS is Char, a huge transfer vehicle designed to carry the Mun V exploration vehicle around.

Spoiler

Hermes = Ship from The Martian

Hermes = Mercury

Mercury = Moho

Moho = Char (I think it was it's original name)

Logic

 

Mun V has a rover for surveying contracts and a ISRU refuelling system.

As well as carrying Mun V, a second Char will carry the Kerbwings V, an SSTO which will be used for the Eve, Jool and Laythe exploration.

If more planets are added, Bop One will be constructed as a M1 on Bop, except with a huge RTG bank instead of solar panels.

Well, let's wrap up now. Pix coming next post.

EDIT: Ermahgerd I was writing this so for so long! Tinypic's back up but I'm too lazy to churn out another post

Edited March 29, 2016 by JebKeb

[JebKeb]

Here are the pictures. (very pic heavy)

Welcome to the Kerbal Space Centre. We are presently a bit cash strapped...Let's take a look at our astronauts!

 

Presently the big four are aboard the Kerbal Space Station (later). Also, we have two other kerbals that travel with Valentina - Oblong, our scientist; and Jedzer, our engineer.

 

Our other kerbals are on the ground, as backup crew and base personnel. Urbel, Haitine and Surine will be manning Minimus One, due to a rather unfortunate incident involving F5 and tipovers bonding them.

 

Our technology is the most advanced aerospace engineering on Kerbin. In fact the only.

 

We have many contracts with partner aerospace companies. Ahem...aerospace companies...*cough* *cough*..."Sean's Cannery"...

 

This is the Kerbal Space Station, our main budget blow. (I'm serious.) It will be where all of our ships and shuttles dock. Let's say hello to the inhabitants.

 

One of our engineers is checking out Char, making sure after delivery char has not broken any engines or solar panels.

 

Commander Jebediah is in the cupola, admiring Kerbin and doing commanderey things.

 

Oblong and Bob are in the laboratory, analysing solar panel contents or something. Oblong, odd name, isn't it?

 

Jedzer, Valentina and Bill are in the hitchhiker module. Bill is happy to not be food.

Anyway, that concludes our tour of the Kerbal Space Program. Hopefully our moon shuttle and space shuttle will be up and running so we can gain some money and start the Minimus base and go to Duna.

- JebKeb

[JebKeb]

The space program has been rather cash strapped, so we've been developing a fully reusable moon shuttle on Jebediah's copy of KSP. This moon shuttle just been to the Mun, docked to the example target.

Well, it barely scrapes through with 3 litres of fuel and it doesn't have landing legs, but it is a proof of concept. The real one will have one engine, a probe core and landing legs.

A fuel shuttle is now to be designed, as well as a space shuttle.

I'm not going to upgrade my career to 1.1 until I've got the aerospikes.

 

Edited April 22, 2016 by JebKeb

[JebKeb]

The space shuttle has been in development for ages. I think we're going to need RCS engines...

One of our happy test pilot avatars in our simulation database after the landing.

[JebKeb]

The spaceplanes have horrible payload margins, so we're switching to rockets - SpaceX style.

Problem is, the landing legs aren't long enough...

I am being serious, anyone able to help on this issue?

[KerikBalm]

Do you have swept wings? Swept wings at the back with legs at the base of them... or delta wings, use the offset too to lower them.

Or consider chuts on just one side of the rocket, and then land the thing horizontally... enough chutes for 6m/s descent velocity, and it will work if you splash down too, or land on uneven terrain.

It looks like you've got turbojets unlocked, you should be able to get good payload margins with a spaceplane, what gives?

[JebKeb]

I just don't think I'm very good at spaceplanes. Probably I just like the feeling of going on an adventure by launching in a barely controlled explosion.

[JebKeb]

Our barely controlled explosion has been tested OUTSIDE of Jeb's copy of KSP!
 

The first kerbal to ride this vehicle was Miti Kerman, a tourist. She is very not dead presently.

Unfortunately we couldn't get any footage of the 1st stage landing because it tipped over and we lost the probe core of it.

Because it's too cool to not upload ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)