Trial and error Career Mode

[pirx8]

Hi! I decided to get back into KSP after 4 year break. Some things changed, many were added. 

So, it wont be playtrough of complete newbie, but in not expert too and i will learn as i go. Each mission will have summary stating what went right and what did not.

 

Few rules:

USI life support is used, with hard settings - if kerbals run out of supplies or power, after some time they will die.

No quick/save load. If kerbal dies during mission, he stays dead. I will only revert flights when launching from kerbin and something goes wrong.

2x funds for contracts - after playing with normal settings for the while, i was annoyed by initial grind to get my buildings leveled up.

Late game tech will be based on near future mods.

Unfortunetly due to me having potato computer, i wont use any clouds mods and render quality on screenshots will be lowered.

Kerbol is expanded with outer planets mod.

Each kerbal progress will be tracked with final frontier mod.

Edited August 6, 2019 by pirx8

[pirx8]

First suborbital mission

Crew: Jebediah Kerman

Unfortunately no screenshots for this one.

Jebediah Kerman performed first suborbital flight and become the first kerbal in space. 

Once I started reentering, I noticed that I did not bring heatshield. I was under impression that mk1 had built-in heatshield at the bottom. Fortunately, mk1 pod with Jeb on board survived reentry. Can't say that about multiple science instruments that were sticking from the side of the capsule. Some goo canisters also fell off the capsule when it hit the ocean.

Mission status: close call, but mostly successful.

Pilot successfully performed the suborbital flight. Despite facing a life-threatening situation of reentering atmosphere without heatshield,  Pilot and his command pod survived and splashed out on the ocean. Unfortunately, most science equipment was lost due to reentry heating and collision with the ocean.