The Third Moon of Kerbin

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I think you just got mentioned by Matt about this mission

[JIMMY_the_DOG]

I did something like this but instead of a moon, its a planet! (sweet job, by the way... I used cheats!) Here's the link: 

 

[Eclipse 32]

now... DO IT WITH A CLASS I.

[Fizzlebop Smith]

On 8/12/2020 at 9:22 PM, RoninFrog said:

 I've been thinking about the idea of redirecting a comet ever since 1.10 was released.  If a comet went over the KSC every half-hour and showered the whole place with star dust, how cool would that be?  Reading this thread, I finally decided it was time to find out.  I'm gonna try to put a comet into LKO.

Preliminary groundwork:

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According to this thread, to find a comet, I will need to throw a whole bunch of Sentinel telescopes into an orbit lower than Kerbin's.  So I loaded 9 of them onto a rocket:

...and punched them out of Kerbin's SOI via direct ascent.

There go the probes!

Immediately, a comet was sighted.  A small, near-Kerbin comet with Ap near An.  Perfect!  Go sick 'em, Jeb!

Here is the liftoff of the mighty rocket.  7 Mammoths underneath a massive bundle of boosters and a bloated fairing.

Craft and comet.  This megalith-mover has 7 Rhinos, 4 drills, 7 ISRUs, 6 gargantuan Thermal Control Systems, and a whole menagerie of fuel cells.  Oh, and dozens of reaction wheels, because how else am I going to turn the thing?

This craft can really move without a comet strapped to the front.  The full TWR is about 3.  The burn out to nearly Jool's orbit lasted less than a minute.

Jeb and Bill drifted out into space for a couple years, and then it was time for the adjustment burn.

Now for another couple years of drifting back down to the intersect!

Oooh!  We're getting close!  That trail is absolutely huge.

There it is!  The great big hunk of ice!

Successfully grabbed!  Of course, there were some kraken problems, but spamming "Autostrut: Heaviest part" on everything did the trick!

90% ore, wow!  If only I could find the place this comet came from, all my ISRU dreams would come true!

Now to move this megalith...  The comet is now at Ap and An, and it's time for an inclination change!  The 7 Rhinos are at full blast, providing a whole 0.07 of a g!

The burn was divided up into four-and-a-half burn/refuel segments.  Here is the Cometron's burn almost finished up a just over a day later:

0.0° inclination!  We have proof-of-concept!

The big burn is next, over 1600 m/s.  I calculate it to last over the course of four days.

But I am not a kerbal, which means I do have to sleep!  So, "to be continued!"

So very epic of you. 

"Do not stop to first think if it is possible, instead add MOAR thrust!"

 

Rupert Von Kerpple III

[RoninFrog]

On 12/13/2024 at 10:23 AM, Eclipse 32 said:

now... DO IT WITH A CLASS I.

I think it would be roughly the same difficulty because the ore percentages are the same.  The burns would just be significantly longer which is why I chose a lighter comet.

[Eclipse 32]

still, it would be cool to put something that big in orbit. especially if you rescaled it to a few hundred km around. now THAT would be the third moon!