I made it to Laythe

[BenKerman]

Hi! 

I made it to Laythe!  The air was too cold to take off my helmet when I got there, though.

I had a crazy descent.  I can't believe it, but I managed to land on an island on my first try de-orbiting.  When the parachutes popped open, my craft went crazy, because the lever arm of my parachutes was so close to the CoM of my craft, I think (testing on Kerbin didn't reveal this problem).  I can't believe it, but I managed to land my spaceship!  I hope my Kerbal makes it back to Kerbin.  

The delta-v readout says I have enough delta v to get home, even though I burned a lot of fuel trying to land properly (I didn't expect to burn that much).  We'll see how take off goes after I take a walk.

Xbox One, no mods!

 

Ben Kerman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited December 21, 2019 by BenKerman

[BenKerman]

I made it back from Laythe, too -- it took two tries.  

[Cavscout74]

Congrats!   

[Mars-Bound Hokie]

Great job, @BenKerman. What are you going to do next?