attempt at Apollo-style mission

[Joe Pinball]

I have always wanted to re-create the Apollo-style of missions with KSP.

However, to truly re-create them you\'d need docking (which would also bring multiple independent craft flown as a group, also needed) - which we don\'t have yet.

Another snag I\'m sure many of you have already found out, watching in horror as your planned ships disintegrated, is decoupled 'mini ships' seem to blow all THEIR decouplers as well. This makes it impossible to 'graft on' to the main rocket a mini lander consisting of more than one stage: once separated from the parent craft any remaining decoupler (that I am aware of) fires.

...except one! a throwback to .14, but still working perfectly now, the IRII escape decoupler ONLY fires when you press it\'s defined hotkey (defaults to B I think, editable in it\'s cfg file)

Suddenly, with the addition of a few bits and pieces (DamnYouJapan\'s crewtank, scaled-down to 1m size & stats, a small mechjeb, escape decoupler, a tiny very flat engine & fueltank, a couple of live Kerbals for control) I could have myself a viable Lunar Lander!

I could de-orbit to a precise (hopefully) location, and land with it\'s descent stage and engine: and then later on (after suitable exploring has been carried out in the name of Kerbal Science and Jeb\'s desire to try & wheelie the rover) the ascent stage could seperate for the return to orbit & rendevous with the orbiting command & service module, for crew transfer.

Then they could discard the now spent ascent stage and return to Kerbin to a ticker-tape parade!

It has to be done!

It\' still a work in progress, but this is what I have got so far...

Question is, is it too heavy? will the lander part be controllable? only time will tell...

Joe 8)

[purple100]

Try this out:

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=15207.0

I\'m sure you can come up with some clever way to get the flag upright

[Joe Pinball]

you star! just what I needed!

ty <3

Joe 8)