EVA question

[sickboy]

Hello!

i read somewhere that in the first version of the EVA oxygen supplies probably won\'t be implemented, so technically, i was wondering if it was possible to keep a ship in orbit, send my little Jeb flying down on the mun, and then have him fly back into the ship.

Thus making a moon trip that didn\'t require a lander, i think it would be quite an awesome thing to do since i suck at building landers that can fly back to kerbin...

[Dizzle]

I suppose you could, assuming the thrusters built into the suit have unlimited fuel, but you\'d have a very hard time getting back to the ship once you landed. You\'d have to wait for it to come back around, then time out a perfect rendezvous.

[sickboy]

of course, but since i\'m a sucker that requires mechjeb, i can set up quite a low orbit and hope for the best, kerbal style!

[Bluejayek]

We don\'t know how much thrust the jetpack will have. It may not be enough to break munar gravity.

Also,

Welcome to the KSP forums! Happy Flying!

Arr!

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[sickboy]

why thank you, and whilst i do believe that once EVA gets worked on in further updates, doing this will probably be impossible, i just hope that for a small time, i\'ll be able to fly down to the surface of the mun, and look up at my ship drifting away in orbit, maybe take a stroll while i\'m waiting for it to come back over my head, just once.

[ModernArc]

Sickboy, i\'ll tell you how to make a good lander.

1. Have the capsule with a parachute.

2. A decoupler.

3. Put a Adv. SAS, or regular SAS.

4. 1 tank of RCS fuel.

5. A bigger tank of liquid fuel. (or 2 smaller ones)

6. Another tank of RCS fuel.

7. Have a smaller liquid engine on the bottom.

8. Have 4 RCS thruster blocks on the RCS fuel tanks. (or anywhere really)

9. This is better than landing legs, have 4 Winglets near the bottom of the lander. (it helps with control, it is stronger than the landing legs also)

[Vanamonde]

It occurs to me that if you could get the little kerbonaut to shoot up off the surface for a minute or two, it would be insanely awesome to switch to the orbiter, swoop down, and try to scoop him up like a falcon stooping on a pigeon. Nearly impossible. Deeply stupid. Almost certainly fatal. Utterly awesome. Kind of like skeet shooting, with you flying the shotgun projectile.

[samstarman5]

It occurs to me that if you could get the little kerbonaut to shoot up off the surface for a minute or two, it would be insanely awesome to switch to the orbiter, swoop down, and try to scoop him up like a falcon stooping on a pigeon. Nearly impossible. Deeply stupid. Almost certainly fatal. Utterly awesome. Kind of like skeet shooting, with you flying the shotgun projectile.

Or like a bug on a windshield.