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Finally took a shot at getting to Jool. Used my usual Duna supply ship unmanned but with some xtra boost at launch to keep more fuel in the main stage. Not much gas left in the last stage so broke orbit there and went to Laythe. Now it's out of gas except for a smidge. So I know I can get there now, have to load a ship with fuel to take out there to get back. Takes quite a bit of time to get out there even in FF mode. I'd like to see one more notch in the FF to make it more manageable.

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Back in my .25 save, I'm playing around with missions to Jool/Laythe and Duna. But back closer to home I'm setting up mining/processing/refueling stations on both Minmus and the Mun. And of course the trusty Eagles are doing a lot of the grunt work of ferrying and placing of modules.

Here, we've got the first permanent station on the Mun. Capable of mining both Kethane AND Karbonite and processing it for fuel. There's a space station in orbit with storage capacity and an Eagle assigned there for ferrying fuel up from the surface station.

For sharp-eyed Space 1999 fans, you may notice that I've done something kinda clever here.

I went online and looked up what the coordinates of Moonbase Alpha were supposed to be in canon. Which so happens to be Lunar 51.6° N, 9.3° W.

Well it just so happens that in my game a MAJOR Kethane Deposit is located around that spot. With Karbonite hotspots nearby as well.

So - very close to those coordinates on the Mun, I placed the mining and hab modules for Munbase Alpha. Not quite EXACTLY on those coordinates - there was some tricky terrain at that spot. But within 2-3 Km of there was this nice round crater with a relatively flat bottom that was perfect.

In this shot are two Eagles that have recently set down and docked a mining pod and a hab to the existing structure. Kethane extraction is ongoing (the green cloud). And how about that - Kerbin is about exactly in the same place above the horizon of the Mun as the Earth was above the horizon of Luna. (Before that unfortunate incident with the Nuclear waste and all that.)

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A shot from the 1st Episode of Space 1999 "Breakaway" for comparison:

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And here's a better view of Eagle 4 with a Karbonite Survey and Mining Pod transporting it over a few Kilometers from Munbase Alpha to the richer mining nodes in the Northern crater for drop off.

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Edited by Logan.Darklighter
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