After lithobraking and aerobraking comes torchbraking

[Vl3d]

Just your usual torchbraking atmospheric descent. No weapons in the game, but on arrival we gotta clear out space for the mining colony somehow! Wildlife beware.

 

[The Aziz]

The weakest point here is, I don't believe the ISV Venture Star was designed to survive the atmospheric reentry, despite them not actually going for a landing but hovering to drop cargo.

[Vl3d]

30 minutes ago, The Aziz said:

The weakest point here is, I don't believe the ISV Venture Star was designed to survive the atmospheric reentry, despite them not actually going for a landing but hovering to drop cargo.

They can slow down enough before atmospheric entry. With those engines the only problems are radiation and shock waves when hovering to skycrane.

[Wheehaw Kerman]

As I have said, I look forward to landing a Putt-Putt-drive craft (at (other players’) KSC once Multiplayer drops).  That big pusher plate will probably allow pretty high speeds at landing…

[magnemoe]

On 11/6/2023 at 4:11 PM, Wheehaw Kerman said:

As I have said, I look forward to landing a Putt-Putt-drive craft (at (other players’) KSC once Multiplayer drops).  That big pusher plate will probably allow pretty high speeds at landing…

Done it with mod orions in KSP 1, more fun it was an medusa using an huge sail to catch the blast. Would not work in reality as the wires and sail are measured in kilometers and would probably take days to pack down. 
The pusher plates had an cylinder in the center making them unpractical to land on 
You need other engines for the touchdown but you need that for fine adjustment to orbits anyway. 

[joratto]

Lapat won't know what hit  'em