badgers_in_space Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Today, I'm trying to figure out why I ever thought putting a space station in this orbit around Minmus was a good idea...For anyone interested enough in my rather boring space programme, Valrys-1,2 and 3 are Munar and Minmati (correct word?) satellites, SIMPLE satellite is a filed attempt that is slowly dragging intself into Kerbin oblvion, SS Artemis is my Kerbin space station, and Cub and Bear are still-on-the-drawing-board spaceplanes. The Minmus Orbital Station is the weirdly inclined station, and I'm attempting to dock a refueller module with it, but it's proving extremely hard to get the two orbits to even share the same orbit...Apologies if I've used any scientific terms incorrectly, I'm still very new to the game and to the application of physics in space. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meta Jonez Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I built a space station earlier in the week, and it mysteriously combusted . . . something to do with time warp, a lot of struts, and maybe the use of a cupola. I was trying to dock with a new module, an observation section with 4 cupolas. Anyway, last night I rebuilt, and added to, the fuel and energy section . . . . . . working on the crew section tonight . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whackjob Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 See, that station is "a bit much". As an aficionado of "a bit much", I have to say, well done! That station is high quality "a bit much"!#EDIT: The Mk2 should have four solar cell modules, twelve fuel modules, six crew modules, four RCS modules, and a partridge in a pear tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meta Jonez Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Oh, it's completely over the top. It's becoming a challenge to see just how much I can hang on it . . . and the solar panels on the fuel tanks make for great docking obstacles. I've gotten pretty good at rendezvous and docking just getting this much together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spock_Kerbin Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 (edited) I finally finished my monster truck Kethane excavator and landed it on the Mun !well, actually this is the second time, the other time I figured out that the Kethane drilling rigs were too high off the ground so had to abort that roverso thanks to some Infernal Robotics and the sliding rail, we now have a fully adjustable deck of four drills ready to rollJeb is happy in his green gas cloud ! Edited August 10, 2013 by Spock_Kerbin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whackjob Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I love monster builds!If I manage this correctly, this lander will be able to land on any moon and some planets. It will be able to refuel and then go on to the next site. And hardest of all, it will return and land safely at the KSP.There will be no chutes. No bugout modules. Just this thing. Picture from the leg sproingness test run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 The last unit of my current flotilla to Duna, despite being the 1st to leave, finally arrived 5 weeks behind the leader. It aerobraked uneventfully into a 146km orbit where it set up shop. Before long, the 1st tanker arrived from Ike, where it had been patiently waiting for the past month, and 16000 barrels of Kethane got converted into LFO before the sun went down.From left to right, you have Tug Ike, Ike Rig No. 1, the KethLab MotherShip Tug, the KethLab, the MotherShip, and Tug MotherShip. Combined, they're the longest thing I've yet had in space. All but the last 2 were launched separately.Of note is that heaving this thing around with just reaction wheel torque, with solar panels furled as shown here, did NOT exhaust the electricity, nor did it produce any wobble despite all the docking port joints being totally unstrutted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whackjob Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Lander's almost done. Next... well. The rocket to get it into space. I shudder to think of the dimensions required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Returned my Jool system samples to Kerbin. Sample return is an pretty fun mod. Here is an close up of the lander during decent.The cylinders who look like 45 liter fuel tanks is for the samples. miscalculated a bit by placing Laythe water and rock on one side and the atmospheric samples on the other. so I had to add an balance patch below, two 45 liter fuel tanks and an sas torque module.The lander is the Tylo lander upper stage who is reused for Kerbin return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xub313 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I flew an unmanned mission to test the Legacy MkI orbiter and got a lot of useful info from it. It mostly taught me how to land the thing. Previous orbiters had large delta wings and canards so i usually came in at a shallow angle. The Legacy MkI however flies like a brick and I must come in at a steep angle and pull up just before landing, kinda like the real space shuttle.Imgur albumAlso I forgot to take pictures of the launch vehicle but those will come soontm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flixxbeatz Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I built a space station earlier in the week, and it mysteriously combusted . . . something to do with time warp, a lot of struts, and maybe the use of a cupola. I was trying to dock with a new module, an observation section with 4 cupolas. Anyway, last night I rebuilt, and added to, the fuel and energy section . . .-snip- . . . working on the crew section tonight . . .I love monster builds!-snip-If I manage this correctly, this lander will be able to land on any moon and some planets. It will be able to refuel and then go on to the next site. And hardest of all, it will return and land safely at the KSP.There will be no chutes. No bugout modules. Just this thing. Picture from the leg sproingness test run.A powerful computer you guys must have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf3279 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 showing this game to my non-exist friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felsmak Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I've hauled an immobilized power station the 2.5 km it had missed my Duna base with. It was slow and extremely boring, but well worth it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sesni Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Moved KSP to steam yesterday, first time in space. (Not in a scenario/training thingy) Still haven't made a craft with orbital capabilities not using Mechjeb.Re-entry.Gonna go play more now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Returned my Jool system samples to KerbinWow, that's nifty. Congrats on getting them all back. Thanks for the word on the existence of such a patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whackjob Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Was wondering if I can put enough rocket under the Arkingthaad lander and not have all that force crumple it like a wet paper bag.Javascript is disabled. View full albumTurns out yes. Next goal: Enough rocket for orbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whackjob Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 A powerful computer you guys must have.No. I don't even have an i3 processor. I have one of those old core-2-quad-duo-extreme things that predate the i3s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capi3101 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Started putting together a Mir replica as described in the wiki. Trying to cleanse my palette from all the work I've been doing on Apollo-style missions (numbers say that what I have should work, yet it doesn't). Got all the Mir modules designed (using Srs. instead of normal clampotrons, though), got the Core Module up and added Kvant-1 and Kvant-2. Kristall's up next.Note to whoever wrote those tutorials - those designs don't include any sort of command module as they're written down. I use RGUs and the huge battery banks to compensate but it was still a good thing I quicksaved before final docking on Kvant-1...first time, I cut it loose with the solar panels still folded up, and the battery bank was on the booster... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbii6 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Was wondering if I can put enough rocket under the Arkingthaad lander and not have all that force crumple it like a wet paper bag.Javascript is disabled. View full albumTurns out yes. Next goal: Enough rocket for orbit.oh my god, your crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbart Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I'm just starting out. I try to look at what NASA did to set myself goals to gather needed skills. After a series of unmanned probes for getting the whole orbital navigation thing under control (and to prepare for landing an the Mun and Minmus of course!) I now moved on to my "Mercury" program with manned (Kerballed?) flight. Here's a shot of Mercury-4 and Mercury-5 side by side. Bill and Bob (Jebidiah was recovering from a landing in mountainous terrain) then decided for a little EVA and switched seats.Imagine the surprise the recovery crew of Mercury-5 had when it was Bill and not Bob who they encountered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aNewHope Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I got my first spaceplane to space and was able to land it at the runway (partially)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLATopHat Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I both "successfully" stranded Bill, Bob, and Jeb next to the Neil Armstrong memorial on the Mun (Their lander toppled over on touchdown and the engine section broke off), and then successfully rescued them with a swift extraction mission that brought them back to Kerbin safely.Pretty good day, I'd say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Scruffy Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 [...]Imagine the surprise the recovery crew of Mercury-5 had when it was Bill and not Bob who they encountered![...]I fail to imagine how they´d be able to tell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LameLefty Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I decided to pay around some more with kethane this week. I've mapped Kerbin (almost completely) and the Mün partially and so I decided to give mining a go. I built my first robotic kethane miner and managed to land it right smack in the middle of a deposit on the Mün, on the very first try (didn't even have to quicksave/quickload - yay, me).I managed to land on the 15º slope of a crater wall without tipping over or sliding, and then deployed the kethane drill.So now I've filled a 1,000 unit kethane tank. My next step will be to launch a refinery/fuel depot station into low Münar orbit, and then dock my miner to that for transfer of kethane and refueling. Fun stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djnattyd Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Started a new universe as my old one was just going wrong. Took a Kerballed trip to the Mun to place a flag for my new Mun habitat and drop a rover off to do some rock analysis. Managed to lose Bill, Bob & Jeb after accidentally decoupling the capsule during liftoff from the Mun. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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