Cosmos Rocket (KSP Demo 1.0)

[The Flying Kerbal]

The Cosmos came about after quite a lot of development to enable Kerbals to land on the moons of Kerbin.  It's not going to win any beauty contests, there isn't much in the way of innovation, and now even I can see where improvements could be made.  However it was built with one goal, to enable a Kerballed landings on Mun and Minmus, and return the Kerbanauts safely to Kerbin.  In this it was a complete success and even though it has flaws, I'm really proud of this rocket and hope you like it too. 

Specifications:

Part Count: 281 (229 without Lander)

Height: 21.1m (15.3m without Lander)

Width: 9.6m (Lander 4.3m)

Weight 140.9 tons (88.9 without Lander)

Performance Notes:  Considering the limited parts available in the demo version of KSP, this rocket handles really well.  It does get a little tricky to control as the atmosphere thins, but overall it's not overly difficult to achieve an equatorial orbit with a Cosmos.

I hope you like my first really successful rocket, look forward to reading your comments and thank you sincerely for taking the time to look at this. 

 

 

Edited June 9, 2017 by The Flying Kerbal
Trying to add images.

[KerbalKore]

Great job! In the demo I could barely make orbit, so this just is amazing.

[The Flying Kerbal]

Thanks for the kind words Bill.

[Kaiser82]

On 1/16/2017 at 8:23 AM, Bill the Kerbal said:

Great job! In the demo I could barely make orbit, so this just is amazing.

Same here, forget about doing anything but watching the sunrise repeatedly. 

[Zeiss Ikon]

A little Googling and I didn't have trouble getting into orbit with demo, even managed to send Jeb on a transMunar flight -- but ran out of deltaV and couldn't get him all the way back to Kerbin.  I probably could now, my piloting/orbit planning skills have improved since then.

Sure is easier with the better selection of tanks and engines in the full 1.2.2 sandbox, though.

Edited January 21, 2017 by Zeiss Ikon
Minor correction