Haruspex Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 (edited) It is Year 56 of the Kerbal Space Age, and the Sixth Interplanetary Expedition prepares to leave Kerbin. Destination: Purple Terror. Mission: Impossible. ...53 years ago, the Second Interplanetary Expedition was (as you may guess) the Second to successfully reach another planet, but it was the first to have kerbals on board and the first to have successfully deployed a kerballed lander. The mission was one-way for both landers and the spaceship crew: without ISRU (which didn't exist yet), KSS Indomitable had not enough fuel for the return journey. Half a century later, this relic of a bygone age still orbits Eve, and four of the crew members are still alive on board. The Sixth Interplanetary must evacuate the brave pioneers and upgrade KSS Indomitable's comms array, ship computer and power core, thus converting it into an usable orbital relay and science station. Note the fuel tanks of the Indomitable: back when it launched (0.90?), nuclear engines used both liquid fuel and oxidizer! Meanwhile, on the surface... The Indomitable carried two suicide landers. One didn't succeed and its pilot, Lanwin Kerman, earned a dubious honor to be the first kerbal to die on Eve. The second lander, piloted by Seeald Kerman, reached the surface intact and transmitted the science data. Only later, during the EVA to plant the flag, the kamikaze can succumbed to a case of Overstressed Explosive Landing Legs, leaving Seeald stranded in the mountains of Eve. Perhaps, the fate of poor Seeald might yet have an unexpected twist... ...There's a rover and a shuttle carrying not one, not two, but THREE Kerbettes - two engineers and a scientist - about to descend on him! (Oh, by the way, Seeald haven't seen a female since he was a cadet, because that wasn't allowed back then. After 53 years in that space suit in the dunes of Eve, he's in for a mild shock, methinks.) Edited July 27, 2017 by Haruspex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 42 minutes ago, Haruspex said: THREE Kerbettes - two engineers and a scientist - about to descend on him! I feel that can be interpreted the wrong way... Is the shuttle also crew return to orbit? Or also one way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haruspex Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Just now, qzgy said: I feel that can be interpreted the wrong way... Is the shuttle also crew return to orbit? Or also one way? Alas! The shuttle, is, in fact, a future science outpost. (even the contract says so, though why an outpost on Eve needs 1500 units of monoprop, I can't fathom). I consider this a start of a permanent colony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Just now, Haruspex said: Alas! The shuttle, is, in fact, a future science outpost. (even the contract says so, though why an outpost on Eve needs 1500 units of monoprop, I can't fathom). I consider this a start of a permanent colony. Ahh, ok. That makes a bunch more sense. Apart from the monoprop thing. Kerbal contracts are weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 More Atlas Agena. Lost two today, first to a return capsule mishap and the second due to a failure in one of the booster engines, punctuating the need for a range safety hotkey (now standard issue on all my LVs). I'll be moving over to Thor Ablestar next although I am really beginning to love this launcher. Dropping the boosters during launch. Agena over the south pole. Successful film return re-entering over China. Agena burning for orbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tseitsei89 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 An SSTO booster capable of orbiting an orange tank and landing exactly back on the launchpad using only my kOS scripts to guide it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench Head Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerikBalm Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Finished my Rald surface base by adding another hab module + lab + a modded ISRU that produces XenonGas if there's some atmosphere to harvest. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman17 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 finished my delta IV replica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeiss Ikon Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 7 hours ago, Ultimate Steve said: Yesterday I touched my RO/RP-0 save for the first time in a month. I was sending my first probe to impact the moon, but when filling the RCS tanks I accidentally chose "Hydrogen" instead of "Hydrazine." D'oh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbodiah Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Sent a station to Mecury (RSS), did some landings and sent a resupply mission. 90% is made using SSTU parts. For the rest: NearFuture Propulsion, J2X Antenna, WildBlue DSEV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
something Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Got myself a new graphics card, installed scatterer and EVE and sent Jeb and Bill to the beach ... ... don't know why, but suddenly I want to go to fly to the beach and spent some time there... I wonder if scatterer and EVE are supported by the tourism industry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman17 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 go to my jool probe post to see the delta iv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbinchaser Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 21 hours ago, StupidAndy said: That mod.... Is that KSC++? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaDizzy Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I didn't touch ANYTHING, except spacebar once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Installed Universal Storage. Threw together a basic Orbilander, and did a lap around Kerbin, almost landing back down on the launchpad. No mods or math, just eyeballed the landing. Apparently not quite enough parachutes though, lost my engine on touchdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunnerAerospace Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) MOAR BOOSTERS! parachutes are soo overrated Edited July 28, 2017 by RoadRunnerAerospace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 8 minutes ago, RoadRunnerAerospace said: MOAR BOOSTERS! parachutes are soo overrated Well... I kinda used up all my fuel backpedaling after I overshot the landing and was gonna plop into the water. I hit at 9.3 m/s, so just a few units of fuel would have been enough for a last second brake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) Played around with cars mainly. Also released the thing on the left. Edited July 28, 2017 by qzgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StupidAndy Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 57 minutes ago, Lo Var Lachland said: That mod.... Is that KSC++? yeah it makes it look gooder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB-70A Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Just sent a crew to Duna for the first time in five years (of KSP calendar) as everytime I tried to do it before the launches windows were bad. Just like before only the best were allowed to be on this flight, which no Jebediah on board! As Mercury II was bit weak for this kind of flight, four liquid boosters were added to create Mercury III. Booster separation after only a minute at an altitude of 8000 m. Equipped of parachutes their recovery will cover a bit the monstrous launching cost of this mission. Keeping on to climb slowly, before a second stage separation at an altitude of 39 km and a speed on 1500 m/s. Some seconds later the fairing was jettisoned but it also appeared the performances were less good than the ones expected. I, usually, use the third stage and its Rhino engine for Mun transfers, circularization around the satellite and landings were it's jettisoned about 30 seconds only before to make sure it while explode far from the craft but also to enjoy the fuel remaining on board. Anyway, we kept on. Les than four hours later started the ejection burn, requiring about 970 m/s. We said good-bye to Kerbin some hours later as we probably will not see her again before two years. With a bit more than 700 m/s of impulse remaining onboard, the third stage should be able to perform the circularization at Duna, otherwise... the return will be longer than expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Also started in Elcano challenge save. This is going to go well. Shameless plug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) I built a Sarnus Shuttle: Flew the shuttle to the Mun to deliver two micro satellites... Dumped the External Tank during the aerobraking pass... Circled around and de-orbited... On approach to Kedwards... And wheels stop... Colin's mission to deliver Munar Microsatellites completed! Shuttle by: Sarnus by: Edited July 28, 2017 by Angel-125 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialSpock Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I built a space station to house the cast of a "Secret Agent Kirrim" successor for my Youtube channel. One docking port is connected to my first space shuttle clone. It would have been finished today, but I had to go to the hospital. Expect the video here tomorow. Or don't. I don't care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adge Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Started a career mode save for the first time in... ever? Always stuck with Sandbox or Science before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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