Constellation Style 2019

[septemberWaves]

This thread will document my new entries to my Doing It Constellation Style challenge.

Difficulty settings & mod list:

Spoiler

Difficulty Settings:

 

Mod List:

• Buffalo: Explore In Style
• B9 Part Switch
• Click Through Blocker
• Community Resource Pack
• Cryogenic Engines
• DMagic Orbital Science
• Editor Extensions Redux
• Fuel Tank Expansion
• Heat Control
• Kerbal Alarm Clock
• Kerbal Atomics
• Kerbal Komets
• Kerbalism
• MechJeb 2
• MechJeb For All
• Missing History
• M.O.L.E
• Near Future mods (all)
• NRAP
• Pebkac
• Precise Editor
• Procedural Fairings
• RLA Reborn
• SCANsat
• Science Alert
• Stage Recovery
• Stockalike Station Parts Redux
• Toolbar Controller
• TRP Hire
• Tweakscale
• Universal Storage 2

 

So far, I have tested out some core technology; specifically, my analogues for Orion (Alnilam-X CT4), Altair (Alnilam-X VLV4-Mun), and the Ares I (Halcyon I) launch vehicle.

They function about as well as I can get them to work; and I think my Altair analogue will be sufficiently modifiable for future missions. The Alnilam-X CT4 spacecraft can sustain a full crew of four in orbit for almost 80 Kerbin days, and the Alnilam-X VLV4-Mun has a safe surface excursion duration of about one Kerbin day (though shutting down life support systems can extend this duration much longer, which will be important when Kerbals will be sent to the future Mun base).

My naming scheme for crewed vehicles, in case anyone is wondering, is based on Orion's Belt. It is the same scheme I am using in my September Astronautics save; 1.25m and 1.875m crew vehicles are Alnitak-class, 2.5m crew vehicles are Alnilam-class, and 3.75m (and larger) crew vehicles are Mintaka-class. The -X suffix denotes subclass, specifically the fact that this is a separate vehicle series to what I use in my other playthrough (wherein -1 would denote early vehicles of a particular class, -2 would denote more advanced versions, etc.). CT4 refers to a crew transport with a capacity of four, and VLV4-Mun refers to a vacuum landing vehicle with a crew capacity of four which is rated for Mun landings.

I will update this thread very soon with the Munar Sortie mission.