James Kerman Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 On 8/19/2020 at 3:14 AM, Vanamonde said: Insufficient pre-flight testing? Amateurs! You'll be happy to know that in testing the Dogsbody has a 100% chance of landing back home. Kerbals that math estimate a 75% failure rate. While awaiting the transfer window to Duna The Crew Tug is returned to the MNOS for future use. We burn for Duna and perform a mid course correction to bring us close to the atmosphere. Once the 'Science from Duna's orbit' is complete a de-orbit burn is followed by a power assisted chute landing. We land safely and the 'Science from Duna's Surface' contract is fulfilled, the Dogsbody is refueled, returned to orbit and sent on it's way to Ike. The Magnetometer module is released once in orbit of Ike and we land and refuel, ready for the home stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Spoiler 180.5 hours of actual mission time, not including all the many hours it took to design all the craft that were used, planning and calculating, and writing the reports in comic format. Phew! Thanks for watching, and thanks for your patience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerballingSmasher Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 The lost mission is found! Wasn't there supposed to be a submarine on that? I'll have to read back and see if it ever showed up. Edit: Ah, there it is. About 17 months back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 22 minutes ago, Vanamonde said: Wasn't there supposed to be a submarine on that? Indeed! Oh wow, I just realised this single mission, from initial planning to the final report, took me over two Earth years to complete. Slightly longer than anticipated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 But worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 minute ago, Vanamonde said: But worth it. Are you saying I should try the whole thing underwater next time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 14 hours ago, Vanamonde said: Why not? You make a powerful point. And now my brain is going into high gear thinking up ideas to do this. Curse you, Banana! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Kerman Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Once in Ike's orbit, Largerdorf's entangled pair and Nebald realize there is a problem. The burn for Kerbin has a problem - I left the fuel cells running and by the time I realized we only have enough propellant to make an eccentric orbit around Kerbin. A landing module is built and docked to the Dogsbody carrying Alnard, a one star engineer and there is a problem. I realize I have not enabled crossfeed on the decouplers that hold the engines. For the whole mission. EDL is surprisingly free of complications and our crew and tourists are finally safe home. And we are done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 That's a lot of parachutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Kerman Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 31 minutes ago, Vanamonde said: That's a lot of parachutes. I believe the correct term is moar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Hey, that missions page is completely empty, now we have to fill it up again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Bill: I saw somebody worked out all of the bugs for a ship that can place relays around the whole Jool system with a single launch, so I sent 5 box tops in and got the plans! Bob: Good. We need relays out there for... in case we get around to sending missions to Jool. Or something. Bill: Critical indeed. So let's build the thing. Bob: It's been about a year and we have a transit window. Time flies, eh? Bill: It's been three more years already and it's time to aerobrake into orbit. Bob: Release the probes! Bill: Wow. This orbit kind of sucks for placing probes in moon orbits. Inclination is high and the peri/apo axis is whonky. Maybe we should have done more planning. Or asked one of those glory hound pilots for help. Bob: Stuff and nonsense! All we need to do is cut a probe lose and keep checking every orbit for any moons it might be able to reach. Bill: Won't that take ridiculous amounts of time? Bob: You got something better to do? Bill: Hey, it's working! Sort-of! Bill: Now the probes can not only remain there and serve as relays for future missions, but also transmit orbital science back through the mothership. Bob: Neat. What did we get? Bill: About $1.1mn profit from world first contracts, 6,250 science, and +2% reputation! Bob: Yay! We can now invent everything there was left to be invented and still have 6000 science points left over! Bill: Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Vanamonde said: We can now invent everything there was left to be invented This is how science works in real life. How many years did the mission take? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Just under 4 game years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Time flies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 For sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 If it's ok for everybody, I'd plan to do a mission in about 12 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Mission completed, report will be released soon™. Who's next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Mission report: Cool contract available: land AND splash on Laythe The rocket on the launch pad Liftoff! Gravity turn Staging Space, here we come! Revealing the payload: two identical probes, with large heat shields. They'll be very useful in the end. Circularizing Jettisoning the second stage Sepratrons send the second stage back into the atmosphere, no further Kessler syndrome Now we plan our Jool transfer And we burn! Now I start noticing that I might be short on Δv... and the fact that Δv readings from stock indicator and from KER are vastly different doesn't help... Well' I'll find a way. Inclination adjustment Jool in sight Now we perform a Tylo gravity assist to stay in Jool orbit without wasting any fuel Tylo approach... ... and the gravity assist worked as planned! Now, to spare some Δv we release the first probe so that it aerobrakes and lands on Laythe Tuning the Laythe periapsis... ... and releasing the first probe Now, the main ship uses a litttle fuel to adjust the Laythe encounter and lower the Jool apoapsis. The first probe enters Laythe's atmosphere Parachute opens And the first part of the contract is done! Now the main craft has another Laythe encounter. We're running on fumes, so the plan must change: the transfer stage was supposed to stay in Laythe orbit to act as relay, but we definitely can't afford it now. So we'll dive into the atmosphere, and let the transfer stage burn. Problem is, the second probe must land on solid ground, and there's not much of it on Laythe. The super-secret F5F9 supercomputer at KSC computes a correction burn that will land the second probe on the ground. The entry is very steep, and the large heat shield proves very useful. ... and the probe survived! ... almost there... ... and touchdown! Sending science home Beauty shot. Mission complete! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Nice! How much science and fund$ did you get from the mission? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 2306 science points, and 1,748,435 funds. The craft costed about 161,000 funds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vanamonde Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 What kind of weirdo angles the antennas to the side so the probes are not radially symmetrical? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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