First manned mission to minimus. Did not go as planned !

[iainonline]

I was so excited to finally land on minimus today, on my PS4.

Not so thrilled when I discovered I had put the wrong fuel tanks on for the return module engine to burn !!!

Another perfect Kerbal Adventure...the rescue mission will be a ball ! Picture attached of the epic win / fail, just don't turn around and look at the fuel tanks Kerbinaut !

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzbzI-iQ6sDdUVBfLXFMTWVzSzQ

 

Edited October 4, 2016 by iainonline

[Vanamonde]

That is a nice-looking little ship, iainonline. Welcome to the forum. 

[Dman979]

Hi, @iainonline, and welcome aboard!

I remember my first landing on the moon. I destroyed everything but my capsule, but I was so excited that I EVA'd Jeb, jetpacked him at over 70 m/s, and ended up killing him when he ragdolled into the terrain. Good times.

Have fun!

 

[Magzimum]

Welcome to the forum!

I love your little lander, and especially the stairs made me smile. I guess there are multiple lessons here!

I'm not sure I fully understand what you intended to build with the bits right below the capsule itself, but I just want to encourage you that we all started this way. My first Mun lander was a giant wobbly contraption with more dV than is necessary to get to Jool (I needed all of it to get to the Mun)... and despite all odds I managed to make a soft landing, after which it slowly fell over on its side (it was really top heavy). I went from really excited to really disappointed in 1 second, but those are the best learning moments.

Happy landings!

[Starhawk]

Hello iainonline and welcome to the KSP Forums!

Nice lander you have there.

Happy landings!

[TopHeavy11]

Welcome to the Forums, m8! Happy landings rescuings!

[mibo22]

I know how you feel.  My first mission, I ran out of fuel and stranded my poor kerbal in orbit.  I was very upset, until I realized this just meant I needed to mount a rescue mission!  Happy Kerballing.

[Kerbonaut905]

Even if your mission failed, you build the coolest-looking stock lander I've ever seen ! It's simple but not coarse (don't know if that's the right word).

[Ty Tan Tu]

On 10/5/2016 at 0:42 PM, Dman979 said:

Hi, @iainonline, and welcome aboard!

I remember my first landing on the moon. I destroyed everything but my capsule, but I was so excited that I EVA'd Jeb, jetpacked him at over 70 m/s, and ended up killing him when he ragdolled into the terrain. Good times.

Have fun!

 

Sounds a lot like my experience. In fact my avatar shows Valentia next to her still intact command module. I landed the rescue vehicle safely, but it was a good 100 km away. So, i lifted off again and was doing great, even without RCS thrusters. Then, for some inexplicable reason, I hit the space bar - and watched in horror as the fuel tank, engine and landing gear separated from Jeb's command module. Good times, good times indeed.