To Kerbol - A Log of Human Exploration into system Kerbol-AAA1

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NASA WEBSITE LOGS --- This is a log of the Human Exploration of the Kerbol System in the year 2032, 20 years after Kerbal Space Program was first released. The telescope that found the star was named after the star in the game, known as Kerbol. This star was the first one found using the telescope, and as such given the designation "Kerbol-AAA1". 

CHAPTER 1

DAY 1 [LAUNCH] TRANSCRIPT - 

Gerald Finch [LMO] - Confirm ignition.

Larry Mullen [CE] - Ignition on.

Gerald Finch [LMO] - Roger.

Gerald Finch [LMO] - Tower Release, on.

Larry Mullen [CE] - Tower Release confirmed

Gerald Finch [LMO] - Roger. 

Gerald Finch [LMO] - We have achieved lift-off from the pad. You can now breath if you weren't before.

Larry Mullen [CE] I prefer not to breath. Roll Program?

Gerald Finch [LCM] Confirmed, roger.

Larry Mullen [CE] Boosters off, trajectory is into west of California. It'll give them some nice waves to ride on.

Gerald Finch [LCM] Satellite Region at 340 Miles above Surface. Confirm?

Larry Mullen [CE] Confirm, roger.

Gerald Finch [LCM] Ditch first stage. Lever pulled. Confirm there at engineering station?

Larry Mullen [CE] Confirmed, roger.

Gerald Finch [LCM] Confirm the Name?

Larry Mullen [CE] What do you mean by that, roger.

Gerald Finch [LCM] Did they pick the name of the probe?

Larry Mullen [CE] Yea it's, uh, Pluto-P1, uh, roger.

Gerald Finch [LCM] Nice, roger.

Larry Mullen [CE] Permission to deploy Aeroshield, and ditch 2nd stage?

Gerald Finch [LCM] Confirm, roger.

Gerald Finch [LCM] ION engines on, RTGs confirmed producing power. Estimated Time until it reaches system: 1 Year. 

Larry Mullen [CE] Those FTL engines are really doing their jobs I guess. First picture is getting recieved now. Shutting down comms between Houston and Atlanta after that.

Gerald Finch [LCM] Roger, Atlanta preparing to sign off.

Larry Mullen [CE] Picture coming through. 

Gerald Finch [LCM] One last thing, prepare secondary comms. Atlanta singing off. Good night.

Larry Mullen [CE] Roger, night.

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Larry flipped the switch to turn on the secondary comms network on. He would only have to stay for a minute to make sure the comms turned on. Larry relaxed in his chair, thinking about the future of the probe. He only started to think about the design of the probe when something interrupted him.

          "34 days until the probe get's into the system." Said Karen Jaskey, a new engineer in the space program. Only recently recruited in the first wave of new exploration, she didn't have much experience.

            Larry replied "Yea, then we'll see another star system for the first time up close." He grinned. And to see if there are actually Kebals there, he said to himself, remembering the size of both the star in the game and the one they were sending the probe too. He talked about it with his co-workers sometimes, yet they laughed it off as a coincidence.

         --------COMMS DEPLOYED--------

"Uh, mhm. Time to head home." Said Larry, packing his papers up. He ran to his car to sleep, and then to head to his secondary job of making the first manned capsule that would head to the system. 

 

Edited December 15, 2016 by KerbinNation

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Chapter 2

DAY 34

Gerald Finch [LCM] Atlanta signing on, roger.

Larry Mullen [CE] Houston signing on, roger.

Gerald Finch [LCM] Alright, bring Pluto out of hibernation. 

Larry Mullen [CE] Completed, roger.

Gerald Finch [LCM] Ok, so position is, uh what did we name the Gas Giant in the system?  Whatever that is, we're on the same orbit as that.

Larry Mullen [CE] We named it Voyager, roger.

Gerald Finch [LCM] Send over some pictures of the planet, and start the Ion Engines to boost to the Terra planet, from what we can tell, it has water and oxygen in it's atmosphere.

Larry Mullen [CE] Sending them now, roger.

Larry Mullen [CE] Ion Engines on, roger.

Gerald Finch [LCM] Full thrust?

Larry Mullen [CE] Yea.

Gerald Finch [LCM] Ok, ten minutes until we get into the Terra planet's SOI. Shut down comms till then.

Larry Mullen [CE] Roger.

----11 Minutes Later----

Gerald Finch [LCM] Ok, we're back on. From what I can tell, there's two moons of the planet. No pictures yet though, send them through.

Larry Mullen [CE] Will do, it'll be pixel like though, since it's taken from Camera 2, since Camera 1 is pointed the wrong way

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Gerald Finch [LCM] From what I can tell, it's grey.

Larry Mullen [CE] Wow, we couldn't tell. Anyway, shutting down comms for tonight incase there's any life with radios on there, Houston out.