Toaster355 Posted December 25, 2023 Author Share Posted December 25, 2023 (edited) Christmas Special _____________________ December 23rd, 2013 Ares 7 | Apollo 8-Lunar Flyby ___________________ Payload: Orion 006 ___________________ Crew: Commander Jebediah Kerman Pilot Valentina Kelly Mission Specialist Bill Kirk Payload Specialist Calbart Campbell ___________________ The Jupiter series of rockets were extremely affordable; saving on billions, compared to what would have been spent on vehicles in say the Constellation Program. All the money saved can go to other areas of the space program now; areas like the Jupiter Upper Stage, the Altair Lunar Lander, and a new launcher for the next vehicle in the Jupiter rocket family; The Jupiter-246. This new vehicle has a forth RM-69 (formerly known as a Space Shuttle Main Engine), and most significantly: a second stage; the Jupiter Upper Stage (JUS), raising the vehicle's height by nearly 50%, and increasing the payload capacity to over 100 tons to LEO, and 79 tons on a TLI with two launches (these are obviously much less in KSP, as nearly everything is smaller in-game). This new vehicle now allows Kerbalkind to send crew back to the Moon. So today, 4 brave Kerbonauts will ride in Orion, back to our celestial neighbor that has illuminated the night sky and inspired Kerbals to explore the the universe for thousands of years. "LIFTOFF of the maiden flight of the Jupiter-246!!!" "4 brave Kerbals, riding on a massive trail of fire, will fly back to our celestial neighbor for the first time since Apollo!!!" All 4 RM-69s have expended all of their propellant, and the vehicle has not yet reached orbital velocity due to the increased mass of the new vehicle. However, the JUS will give the vehicle the final push it needs to reach orbit. "Jupiter Upper Stage ignition." Spoiler I HATE HEATING GLOW I HAVE TO QUICKLOAD EVERY TIME I NEED TO TAKE A SCREENSHOT TO GET RID OF THIS STUPID GLOW "JUS Shutdown. Jupiter is in a safe orbit!" The launch may be finished, but the mission has only just begun. The JUS lights up it's engines again for a short burn, to raise the perigee. The vehicle coasts for a couple orbits, verifying everything is ready for the Lunar journey. Another water tank was flown with Orion, for extra safety and to demonstrate the JUS's ability to send high-mass payloads beyond LEO. One of my favorite shots I've ever taken. ____________________ It's been about a day (IRL it would have been over 2), and Orion is about halfway through its trip to Lunar orbit. The JUS, once far enough from the crew in Orion, lights its engines for the final time, putting it on a collision course with the Moon. Several hours after, the crew perform their midcourse corrections as well, and coast for the final hours as they approach the only natural satellite of Earth... Calbart: "Passin' behind it now. See you soon, Houston." Gene: "See you soon, Orion." The crew circularize behind the Moon, with their radios silent. There's practically no light behind the Moon. This darkness allows you to see the many, many, many stars of the Milky Way galaxy in the sky. Gene: Orion, this is Houston. Do you copy? Calbart: "Roger that Houston, we copy." Valentina: Holy smokes, we are the first living things to see an Earthrise since Apollo!" ____________________ Orion orbits the Moon 10 times, before the crew prepare to leave. "Service Module ignition in 3, 2, 1..." Bill: "Service module shutdown. Jebediah: "See you soon, Luna." ____________________ Earth fills the windows of Orion, as the mission nears it's end. Orion is a very robust capsule; because of the high payload capacity and spare mass of the Jupiter rockets compared to those of the Constellation Program, the capsule could have buffed life support, fuel, radiation protection, and general strength. This allows Orion to even land in lightning storms! ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Merry Christmas to all you Kerbonauts out there!!! Search the skies tonight, and enjoy the big day tomorrow. Edited December 30, 2023 by Toaster355 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster355 Posted December 25, 2023 Author Share Posted December 25, 2023 Sorry I didn't do this yesterday! Was busy with Christmas stuff; here is a rough recreation of my PFP: Merry Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbalsaurus Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Awesome mission! And I know us mission reporters are asked this all the time, but holy crap what mods are you using? You had a thunderstorm in the background! And the UI was very crisp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royalswissarmyknife Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 15 hours ago, Kerbalsaurus said: Awesome mission! And I know us mission reporters are asked this all the time, but holy crap what mods are you using? You had a thunderstorm in the background! And the UI was very crisp! The newest Patreon version of EVE has the thunder storms. ZTheme for the UI. NavballTextureChanger to change the look of the Navball. Those are the mods that i could figure out there is probably more I missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster355 Posted December 27, 2023 Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, Royalswissarmyknife said: The newest Patreon version of EVE has the thunder storms. ZTheme for the UI. NavballTextureChanger to change the look of the Navball. Those are the mods that i could figure out there is probably more I missed. Right on! EVE Volumetrics are REALLY worth the money; if you have 5 USD to spare and have a decent computer, do not hesitate to head over to Blackrack's Patreon and get those clouds. Edited December 27, 2023 by Toaster355 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pxtseryu Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 (edited) Hi quick question -- which launch pad from MLP fits the Jupiter series? Been trying to find a configuration that works for my own save to no avail. EDIT: Damn I'm stupid. Edited December 30, 2023 by Pxtseryu found the exhaust hole setting lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster355 Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Pxtseryu said: Hi quick question -- which launch pad from MLP fits the Jupiter series? Been trying to find a configuration that works for my own save to no avail. EDIT: Damn I'm stupid. Yep, just use the Saturn Mobile Launcher pad and tweak the exhaust hole to fit your launch vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster355 Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 (edited) Happy 2024!!! ____________________ I hope you all had a great holiday season, I know I did! My birthday is today as well I've wanted to post this for a couple days now, but the forums have basically been having a stroke. I know it's been over a week since my last mission report here, I'm sorry for being so inactive. Due to issues with cooling my new i7-11700F processor (or an instability of some kind in my new system), KSP crashes within 10 minutes every time I boot the game. Quick missions take over half an hour to design/build, fly, take pretty screenshots, rendezvous, and return. Longer missions can take more than an entire hour and sometimes over 2! It's incredibly frustrating trying to do a mission when my PC crashes every 10 minutes, so there will unfortunately be no mission updates until I purchase an AIO or find a way around this issue with crashing. And once again, I'm sorry. Enjoy some random screenshots of other games I've been playing: Spoiler Build 3313 Greatest Super Mario 64 ROM hack ever made. Change my mind (you can't). Spoiler Digital Combat Simulator World (Do NOT ask me how I'm not having the same issues here that I am in KSP, because I don't know either.) Off topic questions and comments about anything here are encouraged! I like talking with you guys Edited February 16 by Toaster355 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoCalories Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 31 minutes ago, Toaster355 said: Digital Combat Simulator World I've been looking to play this game for a while, but it seems like a big investment in both time and money (money because I need PC upgrades, a HOTAS setup, and TrackIR, and on top of that the game and the aircraft module) (time because I'm probably going to spend a lot of time reading the flight manuals and stuff). Is the game worth it? Is it one that keeps you engaged and not one that's exciting for a few days and then you just leave it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster355 Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 2 minutes ago, TwoCalories said: I've been looking to play this game for a while, but it seems like a big investment in both time and money (money because I need PC upgrades, a HOTAS setup, and TrackIR, and on top of that the game and the aircraft module) (time because I'm probably going to spend a lot of time reading the flight manuals and stuff). Is the game worth it? Is it one that keeps you engaged and not one that's exciting for a few days and then you just leave it? Yeah, it was a bit expensive to pay for the HOTAS, TrackIR, PC upgrades, and modules. But trust me, yes! There are many, many multiplayer servers and many different things to learn in each module. I've had a ton of fun learning and flying in the past year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbalsaurus Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Congratulations on Thread of the Month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster355 Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 (edited) Ares 8 + 9 Soon THANK YOU FOR TOTM AGAIN! ____________________ Happy late Valentina day! I know, It's been almost 2 months since my last post here. I was just suffering from some massive burnout and the forums pooped the bed. However, I am attempting to heal from it and you can expect the next post within a week; and now you can look forward to 1440p screenshots going forward! Edited February 25 by Toaster355 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoCalories Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 I can't see the pics. Did you change something with the links? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CollectingSP Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Just now, TwoCalories said: I can't see the pics. Did you change something with the links? Everyone's stuff is screwed up. my mission reports thread had all of its pictures messed up too and I had to reset them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster355 Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 (edited) 13 hours ago, TwoCalories said: I can't see the pics. Did you change something with the links? 13 hours ago, CollectingSP said: Everyone's stuff is screwed up. my mission reports thread had all of its pictures messed up too and I had to reset them. That is really strange; I can't see the pics in my signature either, but I can see the Ares 8 + 9 teaser. I'll try re-uploading and replacing them all in a bit. Edited February 24 by Toaster355 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesecake Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 5 hours ago, Toaster355 said: That is really strange; I can't see the pics in my signature either, but I can see the Ares 8 + 9 teaser. I'll try re-uploading and replacing them all in a bit. This seems to be a problem throughout the forum. Many more threads are affected, but not all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonjones2012 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Most likely the reason why is because discord made it so if you are on another website, the pictures expire after a week, so most posts a week old or more have their pictures removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster355 Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 I am so sorry for the wait!!! Ares 8/9 will be finished and out tomorrow or Sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster355 Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 (edited) August 17th, 2014 Ares 8 | Kibo Exposed Facility _____________________ Bob: "See you soon, '8!" A Jupiter 130 heads into space with no Orion, instead carrying one of the final Freedom components; the Kibo Exposed Facility. The crew of Ares 8 eagerly wait to follow it into orbit in a couple hours. The protective fairing of Jupiter detaches from the vehicle, exposing the payload to the vacuum of space. Mounted to a modified Orion SM, KES carries another addition to the station; miniRAV, mounted to the very front of the stack. miniRAV will manipulate scientific payloads for the Kibo Science Facility. ____________________ After a couple rendezvous burns, the spacecraft slowly crawls towards the largest Kerbal-made object in space. Once parked by Kibo, RAV 2 swiftly leaves her spot on the station to attach to KES. Once attached, the Service Module is ditched. RAV 2 guides KES onto the grapple fixture on Kibo, where they will wait for the crew of Ares 9. _____________________ August 17th, 2014 Ares 9 _____________________ Commander Carbert Kline Pilot Neilbald Baker Mission Specialist Jesdas Dunn Payload Specialist Bob Koch _____________________ Bob: "Here we come, '8!" _____________________ After a couple hours and a few rendezvous burns, the crew of Ares 9 draws nears the massive orbital outpost. Jesdas: "Ground, we've got a good hard capture up here. Great to be back. I really wish Digee could've been here with us." _____________________ RAV 2 is fired back into life as it manipulates KES back to behind Kibo. Jesdas leaves the airlock and rushes to payload. She draws her electric drill and permanently attaches KES to the station. Many cables are attached as well for sharing power and such. _____________________ Jesdas returns to Freedom, where her and her crew head to bed, just as they pass behind the planet, concluding Ares 8 and their day. _____________________ Remember when I was apologizing for being inactive for only a week? Heh... I'm sorry if you all were underwhelmed. I have never been in less of a Kerbal mood these past couple months, and still might not be for more. However, no matter how much of a Kerbal mood I am in, I will NEVER abandon this thread. I will keep going until I accomplish my final goal... Thanks for Reading! Edited March 26 by Toaster355 I wonder if I'll ever post a mission without making typos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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