Seasnake - Precision lunar lander

[NovaSilisko]

Able to land on a specific spot from nearly 5 km up, I would consider this qualified for an actual lunar mission, when the time comes.

For testing, it's boosted off the ground into a parabolic trajectory.

After that, it enters a controlled descent through use of it's SAS and main thruster. On a Kerrestrial mission, the large amounts of gravity make it difficult to have enough fuel to take off again, but on an actual lunar mission, there should be plenty of fuel left over to reach orbit, and escape velocity.

[bzflater]

By the way, it's doable with stock parts without using parachutes. Screenshot related: I landed in a spot nearby after reaching the height of 2 kilometers. I could probably get it up to 5, but the screenshot was taken a couple of days ago and I'm too lazy now to redo it.

[millsw]

Download linkie?

[Tim_Barrett]

So one SRB' will get us to the moon.

And why nto use the lunar lander module instead of the lander legs?