A spicy Joolian Adventure!

[grynspan]

Sent three kerbstronauts to Jool, landed one on Laythe, and returned them all to Kerbin, with far less fuel than I was expecting to need. Yay for gravity assists!

Photo Gallery

[Vanamonde]

Why was the landing a letdown? You're on another freaking planet! At least your kerbalnauts are seasoned pros now.

[Accelerando]

>Bob will have to hold it in a little longer as the capture is happening after half a year.

And that's why I always attach a crewtank to my interplanetary buses.

[The Destroyer]

Probably like me on duna, so much gravity, not much to see maybe.

[Sbowyer28]

I love that gallery actually, Congrats.

[cardgame]

If you want some more images of Jool, I too have an album:

Oh yes, and as you can see, once you're inside the atmo it tints everything green. Super nice touch :3

My God... it's empty of stars!

The last thing Jeb saw

[souza]

Great pics ! I especially like the second picture where you slingshot. I havn't figured out how to utilize gravity assist yet. Did you do the math on paper or use a mod? I assume u precisely calculated your burns to get such slingshot.

[Jo7hs2]

Nice! My landing attempt on Laythe was much less successful. I missed land by a small margin, plunked into the (presently invisible) ocean, and the ship tipped over and broke apart. Luckily, it was a probe, and no Kerbonauts were lost.

[grynspan]

Great pics ! I especially like the second picture where you slingshot. I havn't figured out how to utilize gravity assist yet. Did you do the math on paper or use a mod? I assume u precisely calculated your burns to get such slingshot.

It was dumb luck, really. Saved me a huge amount of fuel.

[grynspan]

Why was the landing a letdown? You're on another freaking planet! At least your kerbalnauts are seasoned pros now.

They're currently on Eve right now. Gallery is on hold while I figure out how to get enough fuel to them to get them off Eve.

[grynspan]

I love that gallery actually, Congrats.

Thanks! The best missions are the ones where something actually goes right.