Am I the only person?

[kacperrutka26]

Hello everyone!

I just realized people got to every planet/moon already. But I havent even got to minmus yet in 0.17. How do you people do it? Am I the only one?

[BeigeSponge]

I havent even gotten to the moon

[Richy teh space man]

I've reached all the planets and all of Jools moons so far, just mapping them all in advance of landing there

And landing on Minmus is just like going to the Mun, its just a little further out, you may need a slight inclination to hit its SOI though

[Atimed]

-I have reached all the planets, but landed just on Duna...

-However i have ISA Mapping satellites in polar orbits around all planets and moons.. Gilly is giving me problems..

-I like having height maps 1st.. Before i go to the surface..

Edited September 23, 2012 by Atimed

[togfox]

I got to them all - but I've used an unlimited fuel cheat. Now that I've checked them out, I'll start designing craft 'for real'.

[TheDarkStar]

I've gone to Eve and Ike so far, and have rockets that can get to the other planets.

[kacperrutka26]

Why do you guys ISA? What does it do

[Richy teh space man]

Why do you guys ISA? What does it do

Gives you a map of the planet showing mountains, valleys and points of interest

[Ferrit]

I say take your time, and enjoy the journey

Hopefully will be going to the Mün tonight with a stock vehicle (which I'll be designing afetr reading the forums) but having fun with just getting stuff in to orbit and watching the world revolve below.

[Panichio]

Damn, I've only managed Duna as of yet. Don't get much time, and my rocket is very unpredictable.

[simplemunrockets]

Just build an utterly massive rocket and hope it gets there. Most Mun rockets are capable of at least a flyby.

Edit: I'd probably already have landed on Duna if I could just get the transfer right.

Edited September 23, 2012 by simplemunrockets

[Libra00]

I've not landed on anything, at least not in any way that doesn't involve an explosion. My first attempt at interplanetary travel was aimed at Duna, but I warped too fast and overshot and figured, what the hell I'll go to Jool! My intercept was horribly disfigured, and given my IPV stage was designed for long slow burns it took me forever to get into a proper orbit. Sadly, it was a polar orbit at like 2 million km or so. After struggling for half an hour I managed to flatten my orbit out just in time to intercept Laythe, only when I time-warped to get closer I realized I was travelling in the wrong direction and there was no way I'd ever have enough thrust, not to mention fuel, to orbit the moon.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is: Screw it, slap some burners on and go for broke, the worst that could happen is you'll have a great story to share.

[colonel0sanders]

I have managed a tour of Jool and a landing on Duna. Neither craft had enough fuel to return.

[_Aramchek_]

I've gotten to Eve (x2), Duna and Laythe. I haven't gotten back from any of them yet, but I haven't spent much time on my ship designs yet either.

I'm testing one now that should be able to get me most places and back.

Oh, those are all stock landings too, no mods.

[BlueSubstance]

I can get to Duna, Jool, Eve, Moho. And i can land on them and on their moons. But,

I can't freakin land on mun or minimus! Lol?

[Bluejayek]

I've parachuted down to eve, and crashed into the second outermost of the jovians moons. I thought it was a lot smaller then it was, and my NERVA engine didn't cut it.

[spikeyhat09]

I've been to Duna and it's companion. Designing the rocket is utterly the easiest part by far. with the nuclear engine practically anything can escape kerbins SOI. the real trick is getting the planets to line up right, burning out of kerbin's SOI at exactly the right time, and having an exorbitant amount of luck. here is a great tutorial for getting to the other planets, as well as a calculator that tells you when to burn: http://ksp.olex.biz/

[Felsmak]

I've landed several times on Duna and once on Laythe, but I have yet to land on the others. I'm currently busy getting the first Kerbal on Duna back home, because I felt bad for leaving him there.

[Wolvenhaven]

Haven't managed to reach any of them and I've lost 12 ships now to the new space kraken.

[segaprophet]

I have

Kerbin - 2x comsats in high orbit

Mun - 2x permanent bases, 1x kethane satellite

Minmus - 1x permanent base, 1x kethane satellite

Duna - 1x comsat, 1x rover, no manned missions yet

[A Fat Pokemon]

I've managed to land on every planet, and the moons Laythe and Vall. Had a close encounter with Ike on my first Duna mission, just narrowly skimming the top with only a hundred or so meters to spare

[Binarynova]

I haven't been able to successfully return Kerbinauts home from the Mun (in either 0.16 or 0.17). So it's not just you.

Heck, just now I had to go all the way back to the drawing board. I'm excited that I just launched Bill into orbit, circularized it (200m difference between periapsis and apoapsis, my best so far!), and have enough fuel to bring him back down.

[Ziff]

Hello everyone!

I just realized people got to every planet/moon already. But I havent even got to minmus yet in 0.17. How do you people do it? Am I the only one?

Math, lot's of math. Use the Kerbal Engineer Redux mod to accurately plot the delta-V for your stages and the Interplanetary Guide Calculator to know when to launch. Now all you need is the delta-v requirement of your planned mission so you can build your rocket accordingly. Oh wait, I've got that covered for you with This Handy Chart that Jellycubes from Reddit made.

[White Owl]

I haven't even made it to Minmus yet. But I only tried once.

[G Addict]

Made it to Duna twice, first with a conventional one kerb lander then with a three kerb rover for exploration. Landed in a giant basin, mainly because it looked reasonably flat. I reckon I could get either spacecraft to Eve or Jool, but the innermost planet seems iffy. Need a lot of delta v to get that close in. Funnily enough, both of my Dunar landers would've been captured by Ike if I hadn't intervened, but I was most interested in the planet itself. The moon can come later. Next mission will probably end up being to Jool.