What did you do in KSP1 today?

[TrooperCooper]

 

Iny my RSS / RO / RP-0 career I launched my first ever manned Mars flight...

 

 

[Puggonaut]

5 hours ago, Hotaru said:

Finally getting started on my first Eve return attempt.

 

With the Eve fleet all safely in orbit, the ascent vehicle went down first, unmanned. It made a safe landing in the equatorial midlands at around 1,200 meters elevation, about 30 kilometers short of its intended target (which was in the highlands at over 2,000 meters), but still a decent site. In principle the ship can take off from sea level, but the extra elevation should give it a bit more margin for error.

 

 

The mining rover was next, also unmanned; it landed under parachutes about 15 kilometers short of the ascent vehicle.

 

Last was the heavily-instrumented hab module, which separated from the Constant in low Eve orbit, fired its retro-rockets, and descended through the atmosphere for a landing about 5 kilometers away from the ascent vehicle.

 

 

Engineer Dottie: first Kerman on Eve!

Can you Please tell me , What Mods are you using to get the amazing flame effects ?

[CatastrophicFailure]

35 minutes ago, TrooperCooper said:

 

Iny my RSS / RO / RP-0 career I launched my first ever manned Mars flight...

 

 

 

Such a high... and such a low. Maybe it's time to invest in MechJeb for more life-friendly re-entry calculations. 

29 minutes ago, Puggonaut said:

Can you Please tell me , What Mods are you using to get the amazing flame effects ?

RealPlume if I'm guessing right.  

[Puggonaut]

2nd Time i've got to the Mun , mucked the docking ( should'nt it be Dorking instead ) with the LM so now its scattered all over the Mun . got enough fuel to get the Kerbals home so Bob an Jeb can still watch re-runs of Star Trek , at least that will keep em happy I suppose .

 

I can see me house from here though..............sort of

[Fury1SOG]

Docked an ISRU module to my new Space Station.

Edited February 7, 2016 by Fury1SOG

[TrooperCooper]

5 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said:

Such a high... and such a low. Maybe it's time to invest in MechJeb for more life-friendly re-entry calculations. 

 

Unfortunately I think the mission was doomed to fail as soon as the flight plan was set. The re-entry speed on Earth seemed to be way to high to cope with. I guess a more conservative approach with traditional Hohmann transfer back home and a prolonged stay in Mars orbit before that is due...

But first I will have to re-grind a lot of money.

 

Edited February 6, 2016 by TrooperCooper

[Captain NutShot]

https://youtu.be/xCWwmj1hB0U

Hey if you havnt been too the mun.. then... wel you should have ksp has been out for ages.. just watch the video lol

https://youtu.be/GNqscN2yxpg

Hmm what about Eve then. Ye remote tech going to eve for the comms network lol

[dangerhamster]

A combination of the rescue of two scientist from orbit, a glut of contracts to spot asteroids and the sale of a metric ton of science found behind the sofa injected new fervour into the plan to actually go somewhere..... Thus was born the concept of the Duna Orbital Observation Machine. Since expecting even Kerbals to willingly blast of in something referred to as D.O.O.M the name was quickly changed to Project Rampaging Bull.

This meant that some intensive crew training was required, after a Munar flyby in the orbital excursion vehicle with extra fuel strapped the newbies set off in the "Bunny" moon taxi. With the ample DV at hand they were able to orbit the Mun, exit back into Kerbins SOI and return with fuel to spare before topping off the tanks at the fuel truck waiting for them.

They then went dirtside for the statutory "if you lean here it looks like you're pushing it" moment.

They also took the time to test out the Kerbalsafe idiot proof EVA system before taking off to exit Muns SOI again.

The next few minutes showed exactly why it is considered good practice to get a helmet count before hitting the go button....

With their shaken but not stirred (and slightly irate) comrade safely wound in the exit, refuel and landing to plant flags legs went off smoothly.

They are currently in a wide Kerbin orbit setting up for a the Minmus flyby leg and teaching the pilot to count up to three and not just down from five.

[CatastrophicFailure]

36 minutes ago, TrooperCooper said:

 

Unfortunately I think the mission was doomed to fail as soon as the flight plan was set. The re-entry speed on Earth seemed to be way to high to cope with. I guess a more conservative approach with traditional Hohmann transfer back home and a prolonged stay in Mars orbit before that is due...

But first I will have to re-grind a lot of money.

 

A little ProceduralTanks ballast on your return capsule to offset the COM will do wonders for excessive G-force.  Also knowing how steep is too steep.

[TrooperCooper]

26 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said:

A little ProceduralTanks ballast on your return capsule to offset the COM will do wonders for excessive G-force.  Also knowing how steep is too steep.

 

Have not tried with a ballast tank yet. Only the RO descend mode so far. And about steepnes... I am coming in with twenty thousand meters per second. Thats twice the speed of a typical Apollo re-entry. I have to go pretty steep, else I just blow past the Earth...

Edited February 6, 2016 by TrooperCooper

[Val]

I took of from Duna with the SSTO that I landed there a few days ago. And it actually succeed in first try.

But as expected it ended up a bit short on dV for a return to Kerbin. Around 300 m/s.

So I designed a drone SSTO with enough LF meet it in Duna orbit, refuel and get both craft home.

Docking the craft and unlocking the payload fuel

After waiting for a good return window, I sent the craft home with 20 minutes separation.

The drone first, followed by the crewed one.

But the crewed craft actually arrived at Kerbin 9 days earlier than the drone.

The crew arrives home

The drones arrives home

Edited February 6, 2016 by Val
Accidental post, fix link

[jonrd463]

I've decided to concentrate on Realism Overhaul until 1.1 drops. This morning I built a Delta 4 Heavy with the Orion EFT1 module. I launched and am letting it do it's 2 orbits in real time while I'm out running errands.

[Choctofliatrio2.0]

I'm just fulfilling contracts. I have a question: If I have a contract saying to build a new space station, can I use components from another space station already in orbit? Like, can I launch the core of the new station, but then bring over a couple crew modules from my old station?

[Spartwo]

Built a lot of boats and landed on the helipad in a new VTOL

[JJJacksonTyler]

Bob took it upon himself to steal the aft end of a heavy lift rocket and go sunbathe on it. 

 

 

 

 

My space agency invests the ultimate trust in our astronauts, and when they waste agency money on company projects, it is frowned upon.

 

Bob was promptly punished.

 

 

Is it just me, or does Bob seem to always screw up? Do any of you guys have a Kerbal whom you love to hate?

[DBowman]

I made and entry to @Ehco Corrallo 's The Munar Crusade Challenge  It calls, in part, for being able to say to your self "I have conquered the Mun" - what ever that means for you. It's fun, free form, and creativity driven. 

 

I thought why not realize Wernher von Braun's epic plan as laid out in his 1953 book Conquest of the Moon, (The Viking Press 1953 Wernher von Braun, Fred L Whipple, Willy Ley) I had this book as a kid, it was already archaic- but that just added to it's wonderfulness.

 

Von Braun's over the top vision for the first manned Moon landing called for:

• Begin with a 250 foot diameter centrifugal 'gravity' space station serving as a construction base
• The station is constructed from 20 sections lofted by re-usable three stage rockets,
• Each flight carries 36.5 ton of cargo and descends on *steel mesh* parachutes.
• Next assemble three hydrazine & nitric acid fueled behemoths; two crew carriers and one cargo carrier.
• Each Moon vehicle can carry the whole expedition in an emergency.
• The cargo ship is left on the Moon, large parts of it's structure are scavenged and re-assembled as a moon base.
• To keep life support consumables reasonable the trip is restricted to only 50 people for just six weeks of landed time.
• Construction of the ships will consume at least three hundred and sixty launches of the three stage cargo rockets.
• Total propellant consumption: 2,200,000 tons - enough fuel for three Berlin airlifts.
• The Moon ships themselves are as tall as the Statue of Liberty and about 2/3 as broad.
• 'magnetic tape' driven auto pilot controls all burns including landing.
• The 50 person crew consists of pilots, electronics & communications specialists, mechanical engineers, an astronomer, a surveyor, photographers, a mineralogical team, a geophysical team, and a team of physicists.

Here are some images to give you a flavor for what he was planing:

imgur album

Von Braun takes time to point out the "economic impossibility" of direct Earth to Moon vehicles; they would be as tall as the Empire State building and weigh ten Queen Marys ( 800,000 tons ).

 

 

Without further preamble here is Kernher von Braun's Conquest of the Mun:

 

imgur album

Not strictly today, but 'what did I do in ksp last'...

Edited October 14, 2018 by DBowman
snafu imgur links

[GDJ]

Nothing today. My dishwasher crapped out and I had to rip it apart to fix a $5 thermal sensor.

[Guest]

25 minutes ago, GDJ said:

Nothing today. My dishwasher crapped out and I had to rip it apart to fix a $5 thermal sensor.

That sucks.

Today...Or yesterday now considering it's 1:18 AM here, I worked a bit on my neglected career.

[Dr.K Kerbal]

3 hours ago, JJJacksonTyler said:

Bob took it upon himself to steal the aft end of a heavy lift rocket and go sunbathe on it. 

 

 

 

 

My space agency invests the ultimate trust in our astronauts, and when they waste agency money on company projects, it is frowned upon.

 

Bob was promptly punished.

 

 

Is it just me, or does Bob seem to always screw up? Do any of you guys have a Kerbal whom you love to hate?

Pictures 1 One and two: Are you using infinite fuel?

Picture 3: Turn the booster around about 150 degrees, drain some of the fuel out and you got yourself a missile!

1 hour ago, DBowman said:

I made and entry to @Ehco Corrallo 's The Munar Crusade Challenge  It calls, in part, for being able to say to your self "I have conquered the Mun" - what ever that means for you. It's fun, free form, and creativity driven. 

 

I thought why not realize Wernher von Braun's epic plan as laid out in his 1953 book Conquest of the Moon, (The Viking Press 1953 Wernher von Braun, Fred L Whipple, Willy Ley) I had this book as a kid, it was already archaic- but that just added to it's wonderfulness.

 

Von Braun's over the top vision for the first manned Moon landing called for:

• Begin with a 250 foot diameter centrifugal 'gravity' space station serving as a construction base
• The station is constructed from 20 sections lofted by re-usable three stage rockets,
• Each flight carries 36.5 ton of cargo and descends on *steel mesh* parachutes.
• Next assemble three hydrazine & nitric acid fueled behemoths; two crew carriers and one cargo carrier.
• Each Moon vehicle can carry the whole expedition in an emergency.
• The cargo ship is left on the Moon, large parts of it's structure are scavenged and re-assembled as a moon base.
• To keep life support consumables reasonable the trip is restricted to only 50 people for just six weeks of landed time.
• Construction of the ships will consume at least three hundred and sixty launches of the three stage cargo rockets.
• Total propellant consumption: 2,200,000 tons - enough fuel for three Berlin airlifts.
• The Moon ships themselves are as tall as the Statue of Liberty and about 2/3 as broad.
• 'magnetic tape' driven auto pilot controls all burns including landing.
• The 50 person crew consists of pilots, electronics & communications specialists, mechanical engineers, an astronomer, a surveyor, photographers, a mineralogical team, a geophysical team, and a team of physicists.

Here are some images to give you a flavor for what he was planing:

 

Von Braun takes time to point out the "economic impossibility" of direct Earth to Moon vehicles; they would be as tall as the Empire State building and weigh ten Queen Marys ( 800,000 tons ).

 

 

Without further preamble here is Kernher von Braun's Conquest of the Mun:

 

Not strictly today, but 'what did I do in ksp last'...

Dude. Even if this is more than one day in KSP, It's still HUGE!!!!

[Overland]

Finally got a PC that'll run KSP 1.04 properly again.. sadly Locomotive 4016 sat on a USB drive with 2 wheels missing waiting to be rescued for far too long and it was erased by accident..  as she didnt come to any permanent grief.. the decision was made to relaunch a replica to carry the flag..

slowly 4016 Mark 2 is taking shape, her detriot beefy sounding engines have been enhanced slightly, traction motor sound modified to be more realistic.. Custom class plates still have to be made and generators refined inline with the monoprop drinking wheelsets but all up she'll be ready for the road and im hoping 6 car trains will be the regular thing vs the old 4 and 3 car local consists

considering using KAS for coupling.. but im going to need a proper gaurdsvan to control the heavy train on descents..

linked with the locomotives brakes... if all fails though i'll just mod docking ports and stick with tradition

 

only yard trials today.. but the horn of a 40 class locomotive sounded once again within KSC yard.. a sound I very much missed..

she'lll be launched to a very good cover of Embrace/Gravity by coldplay originally.. keeping with KTP lore..

hoping to video her first maiden run

[Vermil]

I spent the entire day, trying to dock Orpheus_X6 and Nomad_A.

In vain.

I had an entire smorgasbord of problems. They belonged to all three categories: Due to flaws in my designs, due to limitations in the physics implementation, and just bugs - probably brought on by the stress on the 32-bit memory system by all those parts in two very complex vessels. I now have a lot to think about.

 

Nevertheless, after some time have passed, I do have the feeling that I have moved forward. A number of ideas, to try, have emerged, as well as what to abandon.

Also, Mission Control now feels freed up to move ahead with other projects. Plans to reorganize teams have been cancelled. So there was some rejoicing among the astronauts. Everybody is jealous of Danvey, Lealian and Lindra, since they get to take rovers to Duna. That should be fun. Tandan, Sigrid and Bilfal are impatient for their turn at Laythe. I think they will take rovers as well. Jebediah, Bill and Bob will continue to think about Orpheus and prepare for Eve. ...That leaves Mission Control with two all-female teams. Glaring at him.

 

Edited February 7, 2016 by Vermil

[moppaking]

I had a longer break from KSP due to my master thesis. Had a hard mode career save lying around where I had a sophisticated Duna mission on the run (halfway to Duna).

Contracts:

• 3 Satelites (2x Duna, 1x Ike)
• Explore Duna
• Explore Ike
• Build a surface outpost for 5 Kerbals on Duna

So I wanted to get this thing done before 1.1 impacts because I invested many hours in planning and assembling a ship for this. So I had a transfer module, an orange drop tank, a satelite carrier module and a lander stage that would bring the outpost down to Duna and get back into orbit, refuel, head to Ike, land, back to the transfer module and then onwards to Kerbin again. The satelites have been deployed on arrival at the SOI of Duna. Went quite well except for a decoupler that would not decouple (lander headshield, airbrakes + droptank, see image 2) but that could be resolved with stage, save and load.

(Sorry, no Ike pics, but the landing did happen)

The lander was totally over-engineered, didn't need the heatshield at all (lost 0 ablator), but as this was my first Duna landing since we have thermal effects I wanted to be on the safe side. The lander left the hitchhiker+cupola thing behind and headed towards Ike. Plenty of fuel reserves on every stage of the mission, good error margins and I brought them all back to Kerbin in one piece. Success! Onwards to 1.1 then.

 

 

Edited February 7, 2016 by moppaking

[Kerbin vonKerbal]

Forgot to add parachutes to my suborbital tourist module.

[GDJ]

8 hours ago, GDJ said:

Nothing today. My dishwasher crapped out and I had to rip it apart to fix a $5 thermal sensor.

 

8 hours ago, CliftonM said:

That sucks.

Meh. Wasn't that bad. Worst part of the job is that I lost one of my Inductive Circuit Testers, the other one had dead batteries, but it didn't work after I changed them, then I had to root around for a really primitive one that my grandfather had (circa 1937) and at least that told me that the dishwasher was still getting 120V from the breaker panel.....then after that it was the Fluke multi tester to determine what part died on the board.....and THEN it was a 5 minute repair.

People wonder why Mechanics charge so much. It's because we loose our crap and we have to get our tools working first before we get a chance to fix the customers stuff.

[loch.ness]

Not alot of time in game today - I got the second half of Chapter 1 done for my new mission report and got the set pieces done for Chapter 2.

Chapter 3 is where things pick up to the point that I'll be playing the "space" part of the game again instead of building testing platforms and such.