Ahoy!

[Ernst Eckert]

So, I've kind of creeped on these forums for the past few months...just a fly on the wall reading and learning from what people have posted. I didn't really want to introduce myself until I had something to show for my time playing KSP, and that time has come! So I'll unveil the culmination of my Space Agency's "Telemark Program" and "Perseus Program." But before I do that - allow me to introduce myself!

I'm Ernst Eckert, I am from the East Coast United States, and I am currently enrolled in college - studying Biological Science/Pre-Med at a college in Delaware. KSP is the kind of game I feel like I've been searching for my entire life - just enough science, mixed with just enough exploration, mixed with just enough fantasy. Allow me to be x'th person to say "Squad, you run a tight ship. What you've done so far is beyond satisfying, and what you have planned is beyond exciting." I occassionally dabble in doing exact calculations for my missions - but generally I enjoy just kind of eyeballing it - which of course results in lots of failure. But failure is what makes the success that much better!

So without further ado...

The Telemark Program

Telemark I - Orbit Kearth: Success

Telemark II - EVA while in Kearth Orbit: Success

Telemark III - Orbit the Mun: Failure (Craft Design Flaw)

Telemark IV - Orbit the Mun: Failure (Overshot)

Telemark V - Orbit the Mun: Success

Telemark VI - EVA while in Mun Orbit: Success

Telemark VII - Munar Landing: Failure (Flight Crew Error)

Telemark VIII - Munar Landing: Failure (Flight Crew Error)

Telemark IX - Munar Landing: Successful Failure (Flight Crew Error)

Telemark X - Munar Rescue Operation: Success

Telemark XI - Temporary Munar Base Camp Establishment: Success (No picture included because it looks exactly like the lander above, nothing exciting yet.)

In summary - the Telemark program was a learning experience, during the process I learned orbital mechanics, landing procedures and rocket engineering techniques. Many Kerbonauts gave their lives for that knowledge. And with the Mun under our belts, we set our sights on Minimus, and the Perseus Project was born.

The Perseus Program

Perseus I - Orbit Minimus: Failure (Failed to orbit, but discovered how to adjust orbital inclination/Kerbonauts returned safe)

Perseus II - Orbit Minimus: Success!

Perseus III - Land on Minimus: Successful Failure (No Pictures, however, I landed, and took Elcott Kerman (The first Kerbonaut to set foot on Minimus) on an EVA operation to what appeared from orbit to be either liquid water or a frozen lake of some sort. Mid-EVA Elcott ran out of pack fuel and became stranded approximately 3 kilometers away from Perseus Base. So I lifted off with Perseus Base to bring it to Elcott. However, in flight the craft's main fuel tank ran out of fuel and the three auxillary tanks were not hooked up propperly with fuel lines. Thus the craft crashed to it's death. Leaving Elcott stranded.

Perseus IV - Rescue Elcott and Establish Perseus Base II: Success!

Here you can see Elcott Kerman, the first Kerbonaut to walk on Minimus, 24 days after his marooning, standing proudly with the rescue craft and new temporary research base. They are all due back on Kearth at the termination of their research in 90 days.

Luckily the Perseus Program was less drawn out than the Telemark Program - as I was able to apply most of what I had learned from the Telemark Program.

Magellan Program

Magellan I - Put an ISA MapSat into orbit around Kearth and complete a full topographic map of Kearth: In Progress

Magellan II - Put an ISA MapSat into orbit around the Mun and complete a full topographic map of the Mun: Launch Date TBD

Magellan III - Put an ISA MapSat into orbit around Minimus and complete a full topographic map of the Mun: Launch Date TBD

Magellan IV - Investigate "Artifacts" on Kearth: Planning Stage

Magellan V - Investigate "Artifacts on the Mun: Planning Stage

Magellan VI - Investigate "Artifacts on Minimus: Planning Stage

Pegasus Program

Pegasus I - Orbit foreign planet: Theorized

[Capt'n Skunky]

Happy Launching!

Arrr!

Capt'n Skunky

KSP Community Manager

[LaydeeDem]

Welcome to the forums! It's Kerbin btw, not Kearth.

[Martonaut]

Welocome como el tapete, you been kinda know what you are doing eh

[sal_vager]

Hi Ernst Eckert and welcome to the community

Pretty impressive gallery Ernst Eckert, I'm impressed, I'll give you a hint though, run the struts from the pod to the ASAS, as this prevents the ASAS popping off when the chutes open, in their current configuration KSP will check for detachment forces before checking for struts, meaning your Kerbals will fall to their doom.

[Ernst Eckert]

Hey thanks for the tip! I appreciate it, it certainly would be a shame to return from a mission to another planet only to die because of faulty struts. Speaking of other planets - super excited for .17!

Also - I see lots of space stations and pretty awesome looking things in the sharing forum - are those all different mods working together? Or just one or two mods? Its kind of confusing figuring out which mods to string together.

[Ernst Eckert]

Also, all of my replies have to be approved by a moderator - whats the deal with that?

[sal_vager]

There are a lot of add-ons for KSP, and mostly they work together, try looking here and here

Also, you are a Curious George until after your 5th post, when you will become a Bottle Rocketeer, this is a basic anti-spam measure, don't worry about it.