Moon

[cratercracker]

The Moon

 

 

The Moon is the most explored body for me in game. But sometimes even a professional player can get serious problems while exploring it….

So here is a collection of all mission reports form 35 kerbals that been to moon and a base that I have at the east crater

Moon is place where everything can go wrong in a second. But if you know what are you doing ,you can deal with them. Moon is full of craters and interesting landscapes like canyons valleys but the only flatland you can find is bottom of the biggest craters on Moon. So it is best to build your bases there.

Due to lack of atmosphere no aerobraking can be done but the Moon still has a very powerful gravity and you must not disrespect it. But flying an SSTO is still possible but now you need gimballed engine or RCS to maneuver. But pilots of SSTO must think differently than they think in atmospheric worlds they need to remember that they can’t glide or turn with no using engines,SAS or RCS.

When you send a rover to the moon you need to check if your SAS is ok for driving in low gravity. Too much SAS power will make your rover spin at one point. But if you don’t use any SAS you may end up flipped upside down . You can still drive at good speed like 40 m/s but be careful and be aware that you may find yourself flying at suborbital speeds right into crater bottom

You may lose your connection when you are at the bright side so choose landing spots carefully and think about connection. Setting relay is easy but keep in mind that you will need a relay probe orbiting far from kerbin.

Moon have contrast spots that have lots of ore and dead zones that have no ore at all. Try not to aim by luck and use scanning satellites  to get ore and convert it. Try to bring as much drills as you can or drilling process can take months and years.

I hope you got at least a tiny bit of information that can help you with exploring Moon.         P.S it is not HOW TO GET TO MOON it is about how to avoid failures while operating on the Moon