KASA (Complete!)

[Misguided Kerbal]

(IMPORTANT! Read the last 2 replies!)

KASA is being continued by @GuessingEveryDay  as MASA!

 

Hey guys, I'm Misguided_Kerbal and I'm pretty new to the forums. This is going to be my first Mission report. Before you read this, I would just like to mention that I'm still a noob, so many missions (if posted here) will probably be my first. I'm playing on sandbox in 1.9.1, with both DLCs.

Now, moving on:

 

Mod List:

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Visuals:

Spectra

Scatterer

EVE

Distant Object Enhancement

Planetshine

Collision FX Reupdated

KS3P (1.9.1 Fork) + Zorg's Configs

Reentry Particle Effect

Realplume

Realplume-Stock

 

Space Center:

Kerbal Konstructs

KSC Extended

Kerbinside Remastered

 

Parts:

Restock

Restock+

Near Future Propulsion

Near Future Electrical

Near Future Construction

Near Future Solar

Near Future Spacecraft

Near Future Launch Vehicles

Near Future Explorations

Cyro Engines

Mark IV Spaceplane System

SSPXr

Kerbal Atomics

Habtech 2

Modular Launch Pads

Airplane Plus

Aviation Lights

Surface Lights

USI Exploration

Universal Storage 2

Conformal Decals

Pebkac Launch Escape System

Vapor Vent

 

Utility:

Chatterer

Astrogator

Ground Effect

DockRotate

Through the Eyes of a Kerbal

Trajectories

Mechjeb 2

Docking Port Alignment Indicator

Final Frontier

EVA Follower

Kerbal Alarm Clock

Persistent Thrust

Better Time Warp

Kerbal Komets (Wild Blue Industries)

 

 

Did I mention that I'm killing my Macbook? 

 

Flag:

 

Kerbonaut Corps:

I guess just Jeb, Bob, and Bill, because my astronaut corps is really glitchy. 

 

Rocket Launches:

LLV-1/Netstar I: Comms satellite and first satellite in orbit.

LLV-2/Netstar II: Comms satellite

LLV-3/Netstar III: Comms satellite

LLV-4/Netstar IV: Comms satellite

CTV-1: First kerbals in orbit and first spacewalk

CTV-2: Failed docking with CTV-3, but successfully rendezvoused

CTV-3: Failed docking with CTV-2, but successfully rendezvoused

HLV-1/Space Station: First space station, biggest rocket so far, to be named on CTV-4

CTV-4: Failed docking with Space Station, major failures

CTV-5: Failed docking with Space Station, emergency crew transfer and EVA of Bob Kerman to Space Station

CTV-6: Failed docking with Space Station, emergency crew transfer and EVA of Bill Kerman to Space Station, first flight of CTV v2

CTV-7: Rescue mission for Bill and Bob Kerman

Muna-1/SLV-1: Failure, probe exploded in orbit

Muna-2/SLV-2: First Munar probe, first Mun landing, was later destroyed

Muna-3/SLV-3: Mun Relay

Minmus-1/SLV-4: First Minmus probe, Minmus relay

M1: Failed, successful abort

M2: First kerballed Mun landing

M3: Second kerballed Mun landing

M4: Third kerballed Mun landing

MN1: First Minmus landing

MN2: Failed, crew successfully recovered

CTV-8: Successful test flight of CTV v3

Satlink-1/HLV-2: Kerbin Relay Constellation

ADT/SLV-5: Advanced docking target for CTV-9

CTV-9: Failed docking with ADT

CTV-10: Failed docking with ADT

CTV-11: Successful Docking with CTV

Karson Space Telescope/SLV-2: Space Telescope

CTV-12: Failure, crew successfully recovered

SLV-6/DRACO/KASA-SS-2-1: Successful, minor failures, launch of Pioneer Station Module 1

SLV-7/HARL/KASA-SS-2-2: Successful, launch of Pioneer Station Module 2

SLV-8/MPCC/KASA-SS-2-3: Successful, launch of Pioneer Station Module 3

CTV-13: First docking to space station, first docking to Pioneer Station.

CTV-14: First use of automated systems, docked to Pioneer Station.

SLV-9/Moho-1: Successful failure, probe launched successfully but missed the launch window to Moho

SLV-10/Jool-1: Failure, probe exploded on the launchpad.

SLV-11/Eeloo-1, successful launch and Eeloo insertion performed

CTV-16: Successful first flight of CTV+, Munar Flyby

SLV-12/Viking I: Successful launch of Viking Station's first module

SLV-13/Viking II: Successful launch of Viking Station's Second Module

SLV-14/Viking III: Successful launch of Viking Station's Third Module

SLV-15/MOSES: Successful launch of Moho probe

SLV-16/Duna Explorer: Successful launch of Duna probe and lander

SLV-17/Viking IV: Successful launch of Viking Station transfer stage

CTV-17: Successful docking with Viking Station

Munflight 1: Successful landing on the Mun and rendezvous with Viking Station

 

Spaceplane Launches: 

X-1-1: Suborbital test flight of the X-1

X-1.2-1: First SSTO

X-1.2-2: Failure, successful abort

X-2-1: Partial failure, first flight of Mk2 hypersonic fuselage system

X-3-1: Failure, suborbital Mk2 launch.

X-4-1: Vertical launch spaceplane, failure.

X-4-ES-94-1: A modified ES-94 "DART" spaceplane for testing purposes

X-5-1: Successful first flight of the X-5

 

To-do list:

See here (The Continuation of KASA):

 

Edited September 10, 2020 by Misguided_Kerbal

[Misguided Kerbal]

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Edited May 26, 2020 by Misguided_Kerbal

[Vanamonde]

Welcome to the forum.

[Mars-Bound Hokie]

 

@Misguided_Kerbal, it seems that you're ready to start flying to space. I wish you good luck and great success on all your endeavors.

 

If you ever need help, don't be afraid to ask for it here; that's why the forum exists in the first place. I'm also willing to offer some assistance, as I've landed kerbals on all planets except for Eve.

• Yes, that means I've done the Jool-5. With some time and experience (including failures), you can do that too.

(You can make your own ribbon and put it in your signature)

 

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Noob: Hasn't dropped a Kerbal from 20000m yet.

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I assure you that I'm no noob. Not by a long shot.

• He was perfectly fine (aside from a broken leg) when recovered from the surface.
  • The plane, not so much.

 

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Pro: Has developer friends.

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I don't know if it qualifies as a "friend," but I have gotten one of the developers to like a couple of my threads.

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• Just Jim is on the "Developer and Staff" team.
• He liked the thread which got me "Thread of the Month" for January 2020.
  • "Around the World in 80 Minutes" has expired, but that doesn't mean you can't give it a try.
    • Who knows, you might be the one to restart it later.
  • If your thread attracts enough attention, you may end up nominated one day.

 

• He also liked one of my Spacecraft Exchange entries, which is an evil unconventional single-launch Mun base.

 

 

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God: Lands your probe in LKO with only 1 m/s of ∆v left on Eve without a heat shield.

That, I'm not. Even those who landed on Eve and returned home by the skin of their teeth are rare. Good luck finding them, if you dare.

 

[Misguided Kerbal]

Netstar I: The first satellite

In preparation for future missions, KASA decided to launch a communications satellite, Netstar I. It was totally not a design stolen from a rocket in a different universe (Try and guess). There was also no existing KASA decals a typo on the sticker that read "NASA" instead of "KASA", but nobody noticed.

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Netstar I on the pad.

 

Second stage with a skipper engine.

In orbit.

KASA is planning to launch at least 3 more Netstar satellites. One in polar orbit, one in a 45 degree inclination orbit, and one in a 315 inclination orbit. I won't be posting those launches unless you guys want me to.

Edited April 8, 2020 by Misguided_Kerbal

[Misguided Kerbal]

Planes and Orbits: 3 Kerbals in Space!

Lately, Jebediah had watched a lot of Netstar launches, but he was really bored. What was he getting paid to do? Nothing? So he convinced Bill to do something with him.

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But suddenly, Jebediah did a flip.

Landed

 

Gene saw exactly how bored Jebediah was and put him on a mission before he could cause any more trouble. He, Bill, and Bob were going to be the first kerbals in space, on top of the imaginatively named Crew Transfer Vehicle.

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On the Pad

KSC extended and Restock together is just Beautiful

Booster Separation

Second stage about to fire

In Orbit!

View from the front.

Jebediah, the first spacewalker!

Service module separation

Getting Hot!

Getting Hotter!

Parachutes open!

Splashdown!

Sorry if I'm spamming pictures, but I like pictures.

Edited April 9, 2020 by Misguided_Kerbal

[Hotel26]

  On 4/9/2020 at 6:04 PM, Misguided_Kerbal said:

Sorry if I'm spamming pictures, but I like pictures.

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I like pictures, too!

Edited April 10, 2020 by Hotel26

[fulgur]

Lovely pictures!

Is this a career mode game? If so, how come your first launch used 2.5m parts? (unless you meant Swivel not Skipper)

[Space Nerd]

  On 4/7/2020 at 3:42 PM, Misguided_Kerbal said:

I'm also playing in sandbox on 1.7.

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He's playing in sandbox.

[Misguided Kerbal]

Rendezvous: Just why couldn't we dock?

As soon as Jeb and Bill and Bob got recovered, they were sent on another mission: CTV-2. They were going to dock with CTV-3

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On the Pad

Passing through the cloud layer

In Orbit

Now, it would be Valentina's first launch, and she would try to dock with CTV-2 on CTV-3. 

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On the Pad

Launch from the Cape

In Orbit

So Close...

You can see that we got really really close. However, that was on the second try. On the first try, I accidentally pressed z instead on h, and so it slammed into CTV-2, taking off one of each vehicle's solar panels and destroying CTV-3's docking port. Worst of all, I forgot to save before, so this is as close as we could get.

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Damage has been done... a clamp-o-tron and a solar panel destroyed on CTV-3

Deorbit burn

The Drogues

The Mains

Full deployment of the Mains!

Splashdown of CTV-3!

Now on CTV-2, a solar panel has been taken off but the docking port is still intact.

Service module separation!

The Drogues

The Mains

Full Deployment of the Mains!

Touchdown!

Since they didn't manage to dock, plans have been scheduled to launch have CTV-4 and CTV-5 try to dock. A space station is also in the works. Names for the space station would be greatly appreciated, preferably some really long absurd acronym.

[Misguided Kerbal]

Leaked photo from KASA

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[KerballingSmasher]

A station name... Hmm... what about DRACO? Designed for Radiation Above the atmosphere Containing Organic lifeforms? It's a bit of a stretch, I know...

[Misguided Kerbal]

  On 4/13/2020 at 5:46 PM, Kerballing (Got Dunked On) said:

A station name... Hmm... what about DRACO? Designed for Radiation Above the atmosphere Containing Organic lifeforms? It's a bit of a stretch, I know...

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That sounds like a good name. Putting it on my list.

So far, I've sorta thought of one name: HARMONY = High Altitude Research Mobile Orbiting _ _

 

[Misguided Kerbal]

Space Station: to be named

I was really bored The Kerbals decided to launch a space station. However, it was really heavy, and would need to go on a new rocket. I present to you... the BHPR (Big Heavy Payload Rocket)!

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On the Pad

 

Relatively fewer pictures today, compared to all the other posts. The space station still doesn't have a name, and names would be appreciated, preferably some really long absurd acronym. The name will be decided by me the Kerbonauts of CTV-4.

[HansonKerman]

  On 4/7/2020 at 3:42 PM, Misguided_Kerbal said:

Did I mention that I'm killing my Macbook? 

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SO GUESS WHAT? I actually killed my MacBook, and am in need of a new computer... why am I celebrating, that’s horrible. It’s gonna be hard...

[Misguided Kerbal]

  On 4/16/2020 at 12:40 AM, HansonKerman said:

SO GUESS WHAT? I actually killed my MacBook, and am in need of a new computer... why am I celebrating, that’s horrible. It’s gonna be hard...

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Oh man, that really sucks. I feel like I'm already doing something wrong. If I try to put it on my lap while running KSP it turns my legs red in about 5 seconds.

[HansonKerman]

  On 4/16/2020 at 2:51 AM, Misguided_Kerbal said:

Oh man, that really sucks. I feel like I'm already doing something wrong. If I try to put it on my lap while running KSP it turns my legs red in about 5 seconds.

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rip. Don’t be like Hanson. Try uninstalling, or just...

doing computer science magic like some people like to do

[Misguided Kerbal]

CTV-4: Failure

CTV-4 was launched to dock with CTV-5. But things went wrong on ascent because I pressed the wrong keys and was stupid a software glitch. So yeah. CTV-5 will aim to just dock with the station. I've been going mod hunting, so the list is probably outdated now. And the space station still doesn't have a name.

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This is the catastrophe. I even made Valentina scared. Basically, I pressed z right before stage separation, and the first stage crashed into the second stage.

Did I mention that there was also an error with the action group, so only one solar panel deployed?

Splashdown

As soon as they got back, Jeb started teasing Valentina, but then she mentioned the time he tried to buzz the air traffic control tower and then crashed into it, and he shut up. We still don't have a name for the space station, so go ahead. It would preferably be some really long absurd acronym.

Edited April 16, 2020 by Misguided_Kerbal

[Misguided Kerbal]

X-1: Suborbital

Following the failure of CTV-4, the engineers at the spaceplane hangar, who were bored, decided to prove that they could do better.

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You might not notice, because the title read "suborbital", but the X-1 had an altitude of 100,000 km. I don't have any screenshots, though. The only thing that prevented the X-1 from reaching orbit was that the rapiers in closed-cycle mode kept overheating the wings. Future designs may contain the following: airbrakes, heat shield, movement of wings, orbital engines, RTGs, and something to keep Jebediah from landing upside-down. Nothing bad happened except the loss of the rudders. I'll have to look into that for future flights.

Edited April 18, 2020 by Misguided_Kerbal

[Misguided Kerbal]

CTV-5 and X-1.2: Competition

After the flight of the X-1, the engineers at the VAB were enthusiastic about getting to orbit. So they made a few changes to the X-1, and dubbed the new version the X-1.2. 

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The X-1.2 successfully reached orbit, and is also the first plane to have landed successfully. The engineers at the SPH finally had bragging rights. Meanwhile, the engineers at the VAB rushed to beat the SPH engineers. Instead of checking all of the action groups and stagings doing a quality inspection and testing, they rushed to launch CTV-5. 

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There were a lot of problems. First was that there was a software bug the action groups were messed up, so the solar panels wouldn't extend. Second was that on approach to docking, a solar panel was chipped off because my terrible piloting skills Jebediah let Bob fly. However, it was not a complete failure because I managed EVA Bob into the space station. Problem was, the solar panels suddenly became glitchy, and now they're invisible, and I can't extend or retract them. We're looking at a rescue mission for Bob, a whole CTV redesign, and possibly a new space station. The Engineers at the SPH have teased the VAB engineers so much that they've locked themselves in the VAB. So much for being on the same team.

[Misguided Kerbal]

CTV-6: CTV Remade

After the failure of CTV-5, The CTV was redesigned from the ground up, packing better solar panels (Near Future Solar), cooler RCS ports (Near Future Spacecraft) and more monopropellant. To be honest, I never intended the engineers at the VAB never intended to make it look like an Orion  a nonexistent design from another universe. 

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Valentina took lots of screenshots pictures, especially the new reentry plume from reentry particle effect strange scientific phenomena because of increased radiation. This time, Bill EVA'd from CTV-6 to the Space Station, with a ton of supplies and to keep Bob company. However, the probe core was somehow broken, so the station is now uncontrollable. A rescue mission was originally planned, but somehow there was a bug in the VAB and launch dialog that doesn't let me remove any crew everybody refused to get out of the new capsule because they wanted to have fun. So there's that. Anyway, CTV-6 performed flawlessly.

 

For the few people that read this, I still need a name for the new space station after CTV-7.

Proposed names so far:

DRACO - Designed for Radiation Above the atmosphere Containing Organic lifeforms          @Kerballing (Got Dunked On)

HARMONY - High Altitude Research Mobile Orbiting Nuclear Yield point (To be honest, I literally went on google and searched "science words that begin with [letter]")

Edited April 25, 2020 by Misguided_Kerbal

[Kraken that doesn't exist]

  On 4/10/2020 at 10:13 AM, Hotel26 said:

I like pictures, too!

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Me three

[Kraken that doesn't exist]

  On 4/24/2020 at 3:14 PM, Misguided_Kerbal said:

Proposed names so far:

DRACO - Designed for Radiation Above the atmosphere Containing Organic lifeforms          @Kerballing (Got Dunked On)

HARMONY - High Altitude Research Mobile Orbiting Nuclear Yield point (To be honest, I literally went on google and searched "science words that begin with [letter]")

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KASA-SS-1 - Kerbal Aeronautics and Space Administration-Space Station-1 is my idea.

P.S. I just guessed that KASA meant for that and if I'm wrong just correct me.

[Misguided Kerbal]

  On 4/26/2020 at 1:25 PM, Kraken that doesn't exist said:

KASA-SS-1 - Kerbal Aeronautics and Space Administration-Space Station-1 is my idea.

P.S. I just guessed that KASA meant for that and if I'm wrong just correct me.

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You guessed KASA right, but I think it should be KASA-SS-2, because there's already a space station.

[Kraken that doesn't exist]

  On 4/26/2020 at 1:42 PM, Misguided_Kerbal said:

You guessed KASA right, but I think it should be KASA-SS-2, because there's already a space station.

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Ok KASA-SS-2