KSP2 Weekly Challenge #18 - Complete the Jool 5!

Ghostii_Space · June 23, 2023

Kerbonauts! Your #KSP2WeeklyChallenge is.... Complete the Jool 5!

* Primary goal: Launch a single-Kerbaled mission (only 1 spacecraft may depart Kerbin's SOI, but it can be built in Kerbin orbit) that passes through the SOI of all 5 of Jool's moons at least once before returning to Kerbin

* Secondary goal: Same as primary, but land a probe on each of Jool's moons (the probes don't have to return)

* Jeb-level goal: Same as secondary, but plant flags on Bop and Pol

* Val-level goal: Plant flags on all 5 moons of Jool in one mission before returning safely to Kerbin

Starhawk · June 23, 2023

I am so doing this!

I've been working on a Jool 5 design for a while now. It's almost ready, I think.

Happy landings!

vianna77 · June 25, 2023

Prepare for an outrageously amount of screenshots!

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About the heavy lifter structure... notice the stupidity of adding the two manned ships in line in the center instead of on top of the two tanks! That cost me a second trip to Vall because its probe was on the botton of the maned ones:

Lift off and getting ready to the trip...

In orbit:

Also, when orbiting kerbal, I added a center tank in the middle that was essential to land in Kerbin because I forgot to add parachutes and I landed with empty tanks

Dropped the middle tank when it was empty in my way to Jool:

First stop, Tylo to drop first probe and gravity assistance maneuver:

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Now let's go to Laythe and Vall (btw, Vall was only used to get to Bop)

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I guess it's still a bug... energy is depleted but as you can see, sun is hitting the solar panels... hopefully someday they will fix it. If you load the game the energy is filled.