Admiral Fluffy Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I landed a team of 6 Kerbals on Duna, which is also my first Duna landing! Approach to Duna Landing (1) Landing (2) Landed Bob celebrates with a round of golf Elon (Musk) Kerman goes to Duna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadOaks Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I launched Garnet 3, the first Mun orbiter. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Today I made a shuttle and flew it. It's the first time I've really done a shuttle mission. Spoiler Another happy landing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I landed a mobile mining vehicle on the Mun. This is the first segment of my Mun base - up next are some large propellant storage modules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francois424 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 23 hours ago, Admiral Fluffy said: I landed a team of 6 Kerbals on Duna, which is also my first Duna landing! Too bad there's no multiplayer, I could drive back to your base and we could throw a party. Good job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerfinon Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 10 hours ago, cubinator said: Another happy landing. The best kind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemon cup Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Just wanted to stop by an share this nearly 10-year old picture (not mine) I found while poking around in the very old parts of this site. Hope this brings back memories for some XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmborg Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Replicating the Starship flight in KSP 1.11.2 with a special RO version and KOS code made @pmborg What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kspbandit Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I've built, in the last 2 days, a space station, which should be capable of orbital construction. Awaiting a couple more resupply missions, we should be featured in my live stream which will take place soon, (within the hour). Also this time, I've featured a complete mod-list in the description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noname_hero Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 43 minutes ago, pmborg said: Replicating the Starship flight in KSP 1.11.2 with a special RO version and KOS code made @pmborg What do you think? Not enough fog, not enough explosions, no loss of video signal, overall realism 1/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmborg Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, pmborg said: Replicating the Starship flight in KSP 1.11.2 with a special RO version and KOS code made @pmborg What do you think? [1] HOW TO INSTALL: https://github.com/pmborg/SpaceX-RO-Falcons/wiki/HOW-TO-INSTALL [2] In KSP load this pre saved file: KSP1-10-DEMO-BASE-DroneShip1-2-LZ1-2.sfs [3] and then in VAB load: Ships\VAB\SpaceX\StarshipQ12021\Starship SN9.craft and Launch... [4] on KOS console just type: 0 3 and the count down will start... Edited April 7, 2021 by pmborg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Emigrant Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Hey all. Today after the Münning alighting landing of Mün Base Bravo. Dudster(Engineer) Kerbal used the Bravo Rover to push Old Mün Base Alpha (About 110m away). He also folded an antenna, removed a solar panel and adjusted the height of the docking port to assure a good docking. Thanks Dudster Kerbal. ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbals_of_Steel Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Today was trials day for my first interplanetary colonization ship: Spoiler 4x Clydesdale SRB's and 2 5m LFO boosters with a total of 10 Mastadons to get it off the pad and high enough for nukes to take over. Booster separation Beginning the deployment sequence Spoiler The starboard side includes onsite fabrication, storage, and the science lab complete with retractable sensor boom. Gravity ring, antenna array, and greenhouses deployed Capable of supporting 50 Kerbals for 5 years with full life support and ~4500 m/s DV, it has everything needed for exploration and science missions, including a small fleet of compact planetary probes in the garage behind the bridge: This is our first nuclear powered craft, so Bill had to go back and check the radiation levels on the engines after the circulization burn: Spoiler 3.6 Roentgens... Not great, not terrible. Time to test out the EVA tether system I'm making a few refinements and will be launching the career version in the next couple days, which should leave about a month to fully kit out and supply it before the Duna transfer window. Also need to come up with a proper name for it. I usually name my big ships after various sea and sky gods, like Tagaloa or Tiamat, but the name that popped out to me was "So Much for Subtlety"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerfinon Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, Kerbals_of_Steel said: Bill had to go back and check the radiation levels I like the winch and cable tether for Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbals_of_Steel Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, Caerfinon said: I like the winch and cable tether for Bill. I use that tether system on most of my big ships and stations. I am not the best pilot,lol, and it keeps me from having a man overboard situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben J. Kerman Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) Attempted to make a container ship and, of course, I need to start building gantry and ship-to-shore container cranes to put containers on and off of the ship and onto trucks or other ships. I could maybe start a Kerbal shipping port! Also, check this out : This too : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ1dklX9uq0hajnbNxBW7sA/videos Edited April 7, 2021 by Ben J. Kerman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerfinon Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 7 minutes ago, Ben J. Kerman said: I could maybe start a Kerbal shipping port! Looks like the start of a GSP mod... Give Seas Purpose! Hmmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Fluffy Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I landed did a manned landing on Eve for the first time. Approach Aerobraking First steps on Eve All of the Crew- (Left to Right-Pilot, Scientists, and then Engineers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerminator K-100 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 13 hours ago, lemon cup said: - snip - Those ground textures tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peridoot Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 ha ha BD armoury go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR and i made a TIV (a storm chasing vehicle that drives INTO A TORNADO for science! very kerbal ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavscout74 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Yesterday I started digging into redoing a tech tree more to my liking, so today I needed to remember why KSP is fun so I tinkered with a reusable crew launcher for JNSQ. Unlike my previous ones in stock scale that were able to just make orbit on the first stage & drop off the payload, I had to work at just getting the first stage on a suborbital trajectory. The first attempt only got an Ap around 75km for the first stage. After getting an Ap out of the atmosphere on the first stage, I ended up having to put my crew capsule with a much higher (400km) Ap to make sure I had enough time for the booster landing, although I ended up with a lot more time than I thought. Unfortunately, the booster doesn't have much dV to spare so from a KSC launch, I come down in the middle of the Western Sea. It did survive though. I also tested out doing a powered landing on the Tethys pod. That did require about 400 m/s total (of the 520 in the pod) and I didn't quite time my final throttle up correctly, resulting in the headshield/landing gear failing, although the pod & payload bay survived. Spoiler First attempt, with a 3.75m second stage Second attempt - dropped the second stage down to 2.5m and used some slightly smaller first stage engines, which required the use of SRB's to assist with launch First stage turned around, with grid fins deployed for reentry I went with chutes to handle most of the braking, leaving the engines less work - and less dv - for the landing Happily, it splashed down without breaking into multiple pieces Even tipping over, it held together. After recovering the booster, it was time to attempt a powered Tethys landing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septemberWaves Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Felt like developing a bit of experimental Duna infrastructure in a test save. This is part of a project I have named Red Spectre. Just a descent vehicle right now, it can't handle ascent. In theory capable of landing a crew of seven on Duna, though I'll probably change that to a crew of four so that it can double as a temporary habitat (fuel cell powered, relying on the remaining descent engine propellant) without having to add much extra life support mass. Of course, that situation would only be for the case where the landing site is far enough away from the main habitat that it'd take an automated rover (that I have yet to design) a few days extra to get there, though as things stand it can keep a crew of four alive for four days on Duna's surface just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swjr-swis Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 14 minutes ago, septemberWaves said: though as things stand it can keep a crew of four alive for four days on Duna's surface just fine. Not sure one can grow any potatoes in that time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryKerman Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 4 hours ago, Kerminator K-100 said: Those ground textures tho Practically all terrain was just some Perlin noise back then, 'placeholder' as they called it. Nobody there cared about realistic-ish terrain until later versions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septemberWaves Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 hour ago, swjr-swis said: Not sure one can grow any potatoes in that time... True, but this isn't a surface base. It's supposed to work in tandem with a surface base. The mission profile at Duna would be to send the ascent vehicle, surface base, and rover in one transfer window, and then send the crew (along with this descent vehicle) in the next. I don't remember much about the book you're referencing, but I'm fairly sure that Mars mission used a similar profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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