[Completed] JNSQ Space Race 2: Two Race, Two Space

[Misguided Kerbal]

Just now, epicfailure2020 said:

but they are separated by missions you need to complete/

exactly

[The_Stinky_Broccoli]

so it is ok

[Kraken that doesn't exist]

Koviet Union: first kommunist in orbit, yuri kerman "gagarin"

planning for a multi crew version of this with the kommunists able to stay alive in the vacuum of space

[Misguided Kerbal]

Just now, epicfailure2020 said:

so it is ok

no?

You can only complete one prerequisite per mission

[jimmymcgoochie]

@Misguided_Kerbal if I launch a crewed Mun orbiter and a set of 3 commsats in the same mission does that count as fulfilling both of those? Commsats aren't a milestone and it says one prerequisite and one milestone per mission, not one prerequisite or one milestone per mission!

[Misguided Kerbal]

Just now, jimmymcgoochie said:

@Misguided_Kerbal if I launch a crewed Mun orbiter and a set of 3 commsats in the same mission does that count as fulfilling both of those? Commsats aren't a milestone and it says one prerequisite and one milestone per mission, not one prerequisite or one milestone per mission!

technically, yes. 

[The_Stinky_Broccoli]

im so behind

[Kraken that doesn't exist]

1 minute ago, epicfailure2020 said:

im so behind

yeah

[Misguided Kerbal]

2 minutes ago, epicfailure2020 said:

im so behind

 

Just now, Kraken that doesn't exist said:

yeah

 

me too

[Kraken that doesn't exist]

hey guys let's find a map of jnsq kerbin and we can highlight where our countries are

[jimmymcgoochie]

@epicfailure2020 @Kraken that doesn't exist it's based on GAME time, not real time. Just because I did it first in real time, doesn't mean I did it fastest in game time. I expect someone to beat my time for the docking mission for one because I messed up the orbits a bit.

[Kraken that doesn't exist]

Just now, jimmymcgoochie said:

@epicfailure2020 @Kraken that doesn't exist it's based on GAME time, not real time. Just because I did it first in real time, doesn't mean I did it fastest in game time. I expect someone to beat my time for the docking mission for one because I messed up the orbits a bit.

yeah true

[Misguided Kerbal]

Just now, jimmymcgoochie said:

@epicfailure2020 @Kraken that doesn't exist it's based on GAME time, not real time. Just because I did it first in real time, doesn't mean I did it fastest in game time. I expect someone to beat my time for the docking mission for one because I messed up the orbits a bit.

yep, but here's the problem: I just launched my first kerbal, and my space program has already been running for 11 hrs into the 1st day, so I'm definitely behind

[Kraken that doesn't exist]

hey guys do we assume this is the space race in the cold war except it is in a time of peace

[The_Stinky_Broccoli]

i havnt launched a kerbal yet and im in like 6 hours

so the relay thing is you have to launch them at the same time or they are already launched

[Kraken that doesn't exist]

so my next rocket is more of a normal kerbal design instead of a koviet design

[The_Stinky_Broccoli]

well im done for today hopefully i can do more stuff tomorrow. 

[Misguided Kerbal]

Kerman States: "If you don't launch a damn mission I'm gonna cut your funding" 

 

The Kerman States had been steadily moving along with their new rocket, when all of a sudden, some small companies, and even the Koviet Union beat them to launch. All of a sudden, they weren't in the lead anymore. The President declared that "One cannot be first on Kerbin if they aren't 1st in space", and Parliament threatened to cut KASA's funding, so the engineers scrambled to do something.

After an hour or so, they managed to put a probe on top of a missile. That was about it.

Spoiler

Because of the uncontrollable SRB, Explorer 1 managed to get an apoapsis of 600km. "That surely broke something, either the world record or the altimeter", remarked one engineer. He was promptly promoted to "experimental engineer" (rocket part tester). 

Then the engineers in the VAB announced that they had finished up their first in-house rocket design: the Atlas. They quickly mounted a satellite on top (to be used as an extra commsat in the future.

Spoiler

Explorer 2 made orbit, leading to another (if albeit a little late) accomplishment for the Kerman States. 

Next, and exact copy of Explorer 2, Explorer 3, set off for polar orbit from the Woomera2 launch site. It wasn't even modified, as the Atlas had a pretty healthy margin.

Spoiler

Explorer 2 also made orbit successfully. By this time however, the engineers in the VAB had come up with another shenanigan: the Pioneer.

The Pioneer capsule housed 2 kerbals and contained a docking port, because as Wernher Von Kerman, KASA's chief engineer said: "Ve hit 2 birds vith one stone. Also, it looks cool". After persuading Bill to get on (Jebediah had got on already), the Pioneer 1 blasted off.

Spoiler

The Pioneer 1 successfully made orbit, however, the Pioneer SM had to use a bit of its fuel to circularize. Jebediah Kerman performed the first ever spacewalk (I think), and so did Bill. However, imgur refused to upload any pictures of the reentry, idk why. I swear I took pictures though the plasma caused by reentry prevented any pictures from being transmitted. Engineers are looking into how to fix this for future iterations of Pioneer and other spacecraft.

 

Currently, the space program is at Year 1, Day 1, 11 Hours

Note: It is unshown here, but Pioneer 0 was the first Kerbed launch. I stuck a capsule on the "Missile" in Explorer 1.

 

Imgur Albums (Beware, they are all out of order!)

Explorer 1

Explorer 2

Explorer 3

Pioneer 1

Edited July 31, 2020 by Misguided_Kerbal

[Kraken that doesn't exist]

6 minutes ago, Misguided_Kerbal said:

Jebediah Kerman performed the first ever spacewalk (I think)

i think i did the first spacewalk but am in the process of letting people know, but if you want we can agree you did the first spacewalk, my first eva specialist is Yuri Kerman "Gagarin" (named after yuri gagarin from irl)

[Misguided Kerbal]

1 minute ago, Kraken that doesn't exist said:

i think i did the first spacewalk but am in the process of letting people know, but if you want we can agree you did the first spacewalk, my first eva specialist is Yuri Kerman "Gagarin" (named after yuri gagarin from irl)

ok, I guess I did the first spacewalk. Not like it really does anything though, you don't get any points.

[Kraken that doesn't exist]

Just now, Misguided_Kerbal said:

ok, I guess I did the first spacewalk. Not like it really does anything though, you don't get any points.

yeah you just get a cool story

[Misguided Kerbal]

Just now, Kraken that doesn't exist said:

yeah you just get a cool story

yep, that's it.

[jimmymcgoochie]

 Advanced Audacious Aerospace Research Group: Double trouble, part 1!

Our latest mission is so big, we've had to split it in two! (Pesky real time is getting in the way, it's 11:30pm as I write this)

With Phase 1 done and dusted, the Board set their sights on Phase 2 and some low hanging fruit- deploy 3 relays into a network, and send a Kerbal to the Mun. After an uncharacteristic reading of the fine print, they decided to do both at once; we suspect it was just an excuse to try out their new launch system, which is noticeably larger than the Luciole system it replaces. About a hundred times larger, in fact: the Mk-33 SSTO spaceplane can launch vertically like a rocket and then fly in to land horizontally like a plane, with a payload bay that can hold 2.5m parts with room to spare and enough fuel and thrust to handle heavy payloads. The Board chose to use a LF/Ox version of the Mk-33 rather than the liquid hydrogen fueled variant due to negative mass bugs the high power cost of keeping hydrogen liquid in the tanks and compatibility with most other major rocket systems.

The Board were thrilled to discover 'minimum ambient lighting' which makes photographs taken at night considerably brighter and thus less terrible to look at. Future missions are still expected to complete as many of their key objectives in daylight as possible though.

Spoiler

Full album is here: https://imgur.com/a/oy1FOFW

AAARG's space program has been running for 2 hours and 55 minutes. A crewed Mun mission is underway (to fly by or orbit, not land; that will come later) and a set of keosynchronous relays is currently being deployed. Further missions to visit Minmus, deploy probes around and land on both moons and deploy a space station are all on the cards using the Mk-33 as the primary launch vehicle. Some damage was sustained during the landing due to an error in fuel balancing, this will be rectified for future flights.

[Kraken that doesn't exist]

hey AAARG did you steal my spaceplane research because i lost my mk33 files and you used mk33

Koviet Union: possibly the first eva with alexey kerman "leonov"

this was a design that we decided to only make because i couldn't fit an engine onto the boosters to improve relations with rival space programmes

this was on voskhod 2 (we don't talk about voskhod 1) with crew Pavel Kerman "Belyayev" and Alexei Kerman "Leonov"

[Misguided Kerbal]

31 minutes ago, jimmymcgoochie said:

After an uncharacteristic reading of the fine print, they decided to do both at once; we suspect it was just an excuse to try out their new launch system, which is noticeably larger than the Luciole system it replaces. About a hundred times larger, in fact: the Mk-33 SSTO spaceplane can launch vertically like a rocket and then fly in to land horizontally like a plane, with a payload bay that can hold 2.5m parts with room to spare and enough fuel and thrust to handle heavy payloads. The Board chose to use a LF/Ox version of the Mk-33 rather than the liquid hydrogen fueled variant due to negative mass bugs the high power cost of keeping hydrogen liquid in the tanks and compatibility with most other major rocket systems.

I'll permit it for this mission, but I think the Mk-33 is a bit OP. Thoughts?