Skylab-alike - or how I spent a large chunk of one Saturday

[purpleivan]

This is yet another one of those "hmmm what to do today in KSP" moments, in which an idea related to something I'd already started, morphs into something completely different. In this case adding some modules to my SSTO launched station, becomes a recreation (sorta) of 70's space station.

So today I present for your amusement and bandwidth consumption... Skylab-alike

 

First take one launcher.

Give it a quick two stage kick in the rear to orbit.

 

 

Ah... skylab-alike, looking pretty, looking fine... actually looking like something's missing.

Where are those nice shiny solar arrays.

So what's this little guy suppose to do.

Ah... now I see what you're up to.

Ok fella, now go grab another for the other side.

That's it, one down, one to go... just gotta line that thing up.

That's it... side arrays installed now.

Hey... where are you going, this thing's not finished yet.

What do you mean there's no probe core on the station and the crew will have to deploy the arrays. Now that's just bad planning.

Ok... off to a fiery demise for you and the ballast.

Ok... so where do I get a crew from to make this thing look right.

Aha... one crew on it's way, travelling in a vaguely Saturn 1B style vehicle.

Onto the upper stage now...

... the rather overfuelled upper stage... what a waste.

What's that you can see... could it be... it could!

Yes... it's a poorly planned station with no probe core.

Now that we're docked, it takes just a few second to make the station look like it was intended.

Well more or less, one of those side panels looks a bit wonky... never send an unmanned tug to do a kerbal's job.

Ok Bill, see that hatch... use it and take a look around. You're responsible for this thing, so who knows if there's more than a probe core missing.

Ok... clean bill of health, but let's get back down to Kerrafirma sharpish, just to be sure.

Ok... it's not exploded yet... still not exploded, not even a small one., Maybe it'll still be here for a later crew to visit.

Ok Jeb... hit the brakes and take this tub home. It's all you can eat tacos in the canteen today.

Talking of hot food... things are getting a little spicy outside.

A little singed, but those chutes are still in one piece.

Cool clear water, just what we need... now where are those tacos.

 

 

 

 

 

[Orc]

Greets purpleivan

 

Awesome project. Absolutely beautiful choice of images. This is one I am going to save forever.

 

I must ask: What are the Specs on the computer you are running on, and are you using any Mods to improve the visuals.

 

Take care

Regards

Ork

[purpleivan]

Thanks @Orc

Glad you liked the pics. The specs of my machine are 670GTX graphics card, i5-3570K CPU and 16GB Ram.

Nothing fancy as far as PC's go, but it gets the job done. I occasionally think about upgrading, but at the moment nothing's really pushing me to do that.