RoninFrog Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago Eve is the hardest stock planet to return from, and so any full-scale (manned) Eve mission is going to involve some sort of either gigantic or glitchy lander design. Sending a gigantic lander through interplanetary space in turn requires an even bigger launch system. I've found it can get out of hand really fast, often surpassing the stock part diameters tank sizes into gigantic tangles of asparagus staging. I'm just wondering what y'all's launch systems look like for Eve. Do you go for aesthetics? Over-engineered dV budgets? Low mass? SSTO? I personally tried to go for an aesthetically pleasing rocket: Spoiler What are y'all's designs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago Mine looks like lots of failed return attempts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tecorian Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago So i do my (very rare) missions to Eve in several steps. Mostly, a standard VTOL Lander with some ressources in the orbit. Principially, i use the same VTOL lander, which i have originally developed for Duna Missions. It has two stages, while from Duna i can start the whole vehicle again and refill in Orbit, from Eve i need the second stage and loose the 1st stage backwards to orbit. Sadly, i have only pics from an Duna mission on my work-laptop Prepairing the lander for the travel with ion-engines: meeting the big habitat-vessel in duna Orbit. propulsion-scetion is docked to the habitat, the lander is sidewards the two capsules are emergency capsules for the habitat, able to land on duna, kerbin or Eve with chutes ans landing engines Descent from orbit: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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