Laythe Return Mission

[Robo336]

Robocorp is proud to present the latest achivement in space exporation.

The road was long and riddled with challenges and obstacles.

But we finally did it.

We sent a single kerbonaut to Laythe, the Kerbin-like moon of Jool, and returned him safely to Kerbin.

And now pictures:

With over 400 parts it makes a mean barbeque too.

Main Trajectory set

Fine tuning

Getting there

Aerobraking (good thing reentry effects aren't in jet)

or we would probably burn up...

Parachutes deployed

Touchdown!

but we just got here...

(again)

Circularizing (is that spelled right?)

Jool has a wicked gravity well

Main trajectory set

Fine tuning complete

purrrfect

Aerobraking

Dumping engine

Deploying parachutes

Splashdown

(I'll raise a statue in Siglorfs honer later)

All stock parts.

If you have any questions about flying the thing or anything else, feel free to ask.

But most importantly, as always, enjoy.

[Androsynth]

Very nice! Can you do the same thing but with the MK1-2 Command pod? You'll only need 5x as much fuel..

[Robo336]

It should be possible...

But I would have to make a more clever design if my computer is to survive the launch...

I'll look into it at some point.

[Sbowyer28]

What source of Witch-Craft is this, My laptop crashed even trying to load the thing

[Spartan117]

At 400+ parts? I scared of just downloading it! But I dare say, quite a spectacular mission to Laythe! And the ingenious use of the Structural Wings, brilliant!

[frenbalatasi]

thanks a lot.