10 Kerbals Eve Mission

[ww1612]

Game version 0.2.0

Use "Flight Plan" "K2-D2" and "Maneuver Node Controller" for assistance. Thank you modders!

 

Two-crew pod plus 8 seats:

 

>400 ton rocket to launch from Eve. Mix of T-1 and KS-25 engines.

(Cross-feeding configuration,  the delta-V calculation is inaccurate)

 

Heat shields on the bottom to protect the rocket during Eve entry; heat shields extending wider on the top to stabilize the orientation, preventing flipping during Eve entry.

 

>7000 ton ultra-heavy rocket to launch from Kerbin:

 

On low Kerbin orbit:

 

Eve fly-by. Should target for ~40km for air-brake:

 

It's fast, it's hot!

 

Slow down:

 

Landed!

(Landing legs are fragile now, ks-25 engine are better for touching down!) 

 

Back to low Eve orbit:

 

Dock with a fuel tank vessel (launched separately) for re-fueling. Would have ~2400 dV to come back:

 

... Made a mistake:

The medium heat shield cannot protect the two-crew pod (although it is also the medium size). 

So made another docking at Kerbin orbit to bring a large heat shield:

 

landed!

 

 

 

Note that there are still some bugs

Sometimes, it can trigger the mission completion for the "Under Pressure". But sometimes, it wouldn't.

Save-load a lot and use teleport to get my vessel back to Kerbin to check the situation. It seems to me that this bug is pretty random.

 

 

I must say, for this kind of challenge, this kind of bugs are pretty annoying and depressing.

Edited January 6 by ww1612

[Vanamonde]

I still have never returned from Eve with even 1 kerbal. Nice job. 

[Plummet]

Really nice job. I managed an Eve mission in KSP1 (single Kerbal) and have built and tested a launcher for this mission, but can't get it down to the surface with the inflatable heatshields not working properly. Your build looks far more compact than mine.

[rogerawong]

Did you have to make your Kerbals walk on Eve to get the mission accomplished?  Because I just returned from Eve with 10 Kerbals and did not get mission accomplished. Wondering if it's because I did not put ladders on the vessel and have them walk on Eve a bit.

[BechMeister]

Imagine the force on those heat shields 

Nice mission. I have yet to go to Eve. With all the things I've heard I dread going there.

On 1/5/2024 at 11:09 AM, ww1612 said:

Dock with a fuel tank vessel (launched separately) for re-fueling. Would have ~2400 dV to come back:

How and when did the fuel tank vessel arrive?

[ralanboyle]

On 2/9/2024 at 4:24 PM, rogerawong said:

Did you have to make your Kerbals walk on Eve to get the mission accomplished?  Because I just returned from Eve with 10 Kerbals and did not get mission accomplished. Wondering if it's because I did not put ladders on the vessel and have them walk on Eve a bit.

I just completed this mission. I did not get any kerbals out of their chairs. Mission still completed.