KC5SDY Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 This was actually last week. For the first time, I have figured out how to get a rover on the ground. I had built a lander that I am using for research and going back and forth from the Mun and Minmus. I have managed to get to Duna and back with it as well. When I leave the planet/moon, I dock with my fuel and go back home. Here is the "rover"...Just after dropping from the lander...<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kc5sdy/media/KSP%20Screenshots/screenshot4-1.png.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/kc5sdy/KSP%20Screenshots/screenshot4-1.png" border="0" alt=" photo screenshot4-1.png"/></a>The guys discussing what to do next...<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kc5sdy/media/KSP%20Screenshots/screenshot5-1.png.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/kc5sdy/KSP%20Screenshots/screenshot5-1.png" border="0" alt=" photo screenshot5-1.png"/></a> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roastduck Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Today, I added FAR and Deadly Reentry. Now I'm about to redesign my lifters to make them not fall to pieces in the new atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfTheEarth Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 After successful interplanetary ventures to Duna, Ike, and Bop, I have finally made time to travel to Gilly!Departing Kerbin Orbit with Refueler attached for bonus fuel:Arriving at Eve:First time I've actually used aerobreaking on an interplanetary mission:Beautiful purple and green sunset as aerobreaking completes:Arriving in Gilly orbit after lots of picky maneuvering:On an incline, but landed!Jeb planting a flag:Departing Gilly:More aerobreaking:Falling back towards Kerbin:Cushioning the landing:Made it (barely!):Crew standing outside their capsule: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinmage Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Just put up my station's core, ~500km orbit. Dubbed Farscape One. It's going to take about 7 or 8 more launches to get all the pieces up there.EDIT: Managed to get two more modules attached - power generation and the refueling boom. Still to go are the habitation modules and the actual fuel tanks. Edited January 5, 2014 by zeppelinmage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loerelau Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 First time ever that I sent something to the sun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
federicoaa Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 This was actually last week. For the first time, I have figured out how to get a rover on the ground. I had built a lander that I am using for research and going back and forth from the Mun and Minmus. I have managed to get to Duna and back with it as well. When I leave the planet/moon, I dock with my fuel and go back home. Here is the "rover"...Just after dropping from the lander...<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kc5sdy/media/KSP%20Screenshots/screenshot4-1.png.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/kc5sdy/KSP%20Screenshots/screenshot4-1.png" border="0" alt=" photo screenshot4-1.png"/></a>The guys discussing what to do next...<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kc5sdy/media/KSP%20Screenshots/screenshot5-1.png.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/kc5sdy/KSP%20Screenshots/screenshot5-1.png" border="0" alt=" photo screenshot5-1.png"/></a>Nice rover you made, I like using the cupola as base instead of the lander can. I'm going to "borrow" you design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Brannigan Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Today, Jeb found something strange on the Mun.Because he ran out of fuel (again) and had to wait 7 hours for the rescue vehicle to arrive, he decided to climb the whateverthisis.And while he was happy going blind staring into the sunset......he missed out on one of the most impressive events in recent history: Kerbinrise!!!SPOILER ALERT:[ There is no special surface to sample atop the Pyramids ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBobrik Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Tested my new "Ugly Drums" style extreme ascent vehicle on Eve. It was a pain just to land the damn thing.. Edited January 5, 2014 by MBobrik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xacktar Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Just put up my station's core, ~500km orbit. Dubbed Farscape One. It's going to take about 7 or 8 more launches to get all the pieces up there.That is a nice lookin station you got there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon25 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Decided to send a space Telescope into orbit today... My son wanted to help name it so he named it after himself. So I present the Jacob Space Telescope... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numerobis Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I crashed my plane trying to land at Laythe.Twice.Both times, Jeb and company survived, but it's still a bit annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aireglin Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Jeb went to Duna and crashed. Bill went after him but missed the landing zone by 30 km. Poor Jeb had to walk (run) there, since I didn't want to waste any more fuel. After he ran out of RCS fuel, I only had one option to get Jeb to the ship yet still participate in some form of social life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinmage Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 That is a nice lookin station you got there!Thanks! =) I put together the lifters for the remaining parts, and I managed to cut down on the launches. I'll get the rest up in four. Probably get them up tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regex Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I've been putting off all kinds of things today, that little hopper is way too distracting... I also sent out a fuel truck for my far-flung explorers.Javascript is disabled. View full album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragosnat Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Today I put a Kerbin in polar orbit around around the Mün. Just to get the EVA reports above biodoms as I'm scratching for more points to get the last two science bits. Will being doing that for Minmus with same craft. As well as docked two escape pods to my mobile science lab that will hang around Minmus or maybe the Mün before my Mün Minmus lander start to collect science. Here is a nice little picture: Also want to note that the Pods to the side where docked by A Kerbal that had to EVA to it and only had RCS for thrust as well as that the Hatches on both sides can exit Kerbals. Have to right click then left click the hatch area to bring up the trapped Kerbals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesniper12 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I diddn't do much but my friend Isaac is making a new KSP Letsplay Danny thing where he actually does stuff... Yeah... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katojana Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I got a probe, ship, and space station orbiting Kerbin it isnt too much, but im still kinda new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalfunctionM1Ke Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Played around with Tweakables on my second Stream... I thoght this wouldnt work at all... but it did Sorry for my bad english mixed up with my Accent http://www.twitch.tv/malfunctionm1ke/b/492918134 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenchant Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Well, the new MMUs seem to work well...Dammit, Lanwell! No selfies! Wait...how did you take that one? Meanwhile, Bob is tumbling in the background Speaking of tumbling, this sample return probe fell over at landing about five times-it's just too light. Thanks to the magic of quickload, though, I eventually succeeded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke23 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I was getting a little burned out with my routine before, so I was playing around with an idea I saw somewhere else (Modular Mun Base Kit I think it was called) but I am building it myself instead of downloading the pieces, and it's on the northern ice caps of Kerbin instead of at the Mun. It's harder than it looks to land everything "near" each other and make sure it all fits. I've only got two modules up there so far, a "command center" which is just a hitchhiker container with some antennas and solar arrays, and a fuel tank for the tractor since it uses a small amount of rocket fuel to dock sometimes. It is technically working, but I had a rocket malfunction when I dropped the command center up there so I had to send the rover 32km to go get it and bring it back to where I wanted the base to be. Thankfully I had the foresight to add MechJeb to it for the rover autopilot. The more I play the game and get better at things, the more certain things are just tedious and should probably be done by a robot, lol. There aren't any Kerbals there yet because the whole thing was so untested but I am flying a couple in shortly as I expand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoPanShabuShabu Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) I completed something I started yesterday:<iframe class="imgur-album" width="100%" height="550" frameborder="0" src="http://imgur.com/a/PdOi8/embed"></iframe>Javascript is disabled. View full album Edited January 22, 2015 by NoPanShabuShabu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirine Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I completed something I started yesterday:<iframe class="imgur-album" width="100%" height="550" frameborder="0" src="http://imgur.com/a/PdOi8/embed"></iframe>Share your joys and happiness! Bravo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regex Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Well, the new MMUs seem to work well...Nice!I built a boat and then landed on it. Too bad it only goes at < 5m/s... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0muffins0 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I completed something I started yesterday:<iframe class="imgur-album" width="100%" height="550" frameborder="0" src="http://imgur.com/a/PdOi8/embed"></iframe>That was AMAZING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke23 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I completed something I started yesterday:<snip>Impressive! I like how they're just clinging to the thing for dear life, lol. I'm scared to even attempt a rescue mission for my Kerbal stranded on Eve Nice!I built a boat and then landed on it. Too bad it only goes at < 5m/s...http://i.imgur.com/xhTa7WV.jpgI like it. I wonder if wings work underwater to an extent, could make a sort of hydrofoil (I think that's the right word)? I've yet to try a boat, well other than the accidental kind that happens at a couple hundred m/s at the end of KSC Runway and goes boom.I have been working on my Kerbin polar base a little more, got a Comm dish setup now and the base is now manned with 4 Kerbals. I managed to get the dish the closest to the base of anything else yet at around 2.2km away (I know, not impressive at all). I'm really getting some use out of that little tractor rover, glad I packed plenty of power for it. It can make about 10km without having to stop and wait for the sun to come back out. (I guess I'm not exactly on the pole or the sun would stay out?) In the background of this screenshot you can see my little "oopsie" from when I brought the first 3 Kerbals in. Retrieved the module from about 10km away and brought it right up to the base then as I was turning around to dock it I went into reverse and tipped the whole thing over on its end, rover and all. I tried to use the landing legs + SAS to right it but it just wasn't happening and the command module popped off the large SAS which was still connected to the rover. I was able to get the rover + SAS unit rightside up and my Kerbals were fine of course, didn't even have to roll the command module.Closeup of my, um, miscalculation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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