QF9E Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) I landed on Moho today without using ISRU and no gravity assists. I then returned my lander to Kerbin where it was recovered at the KSC. Spoiler Takeoff of my cargo SSTO "Mriya", with the Moho lander tucked away in the cargo bay. Deploying the Moho lander The final trans-Moho burn. With 16k delta-v in Low Kerbin Orbit, this compact lander can go to Moho, land and return without any gravity assists. Landing on Moho Rendez-vous with Mriya after returning the lander from Moho Landing This mission concluded my long-running "Leave Nothing but Bootprints" campaign, in which I landed on every body in the Kerbol system without using ISRU and fully recovered all hardware used to do so. In the end I managed to land on all bodies with an SSTO, except the "big three": For Eve I used a couple of space shuttles with flyback boosters (4 stages in total): one shuttle consisted of the Eve lander, the other shuttle was a tanker to refuel the lander before landing on Eve and after its ascent from Eve. For Tylo I used a cargo SSTO to lift a lander + interplanetary stage to low Kerbin orbit (3 stages in total). The interplanetary stage then flew to low Tylo orbit with the lander, which then landed on Tylo, returned to the lander, with the entire stack returning to LKO to dock with the cargo SSTO and land. For Moho I used the same cargo SSTO to lift an ion engine powered lander to LKO (2 stages in total), which I then flew to Moho and back. The lander then flew back to LKO where it docked with the SSTO before landing the entire combination. Edited January 5 by QF9E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurgut Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Today, I had fun around with the ASET ext command seat IVA, doing a Kerbal version of the LESS (Lunar Escape Systems)... A wild Nasa proposal to say the least, as you may know ^^ What we like : an astronaut in his space suit, strapped to a fuel tank, an engine (possible without RCS, and without gimbal, you control your attitude with your own weight only, while moving around (YES! )), no fancy speed or altimeter displays, you navigate with a clock and visual landmarks of the Moon, and you've got only 4 hours to rendez-vous with the CSM, because otherwize you'll run out of oxygen. Is this Kerbal enough ? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 4 hours ago, QF9E said: I landed on Moho today without using ISRU and no gravity assists. I then returned my lander to Kerbin where it was recovered at the KSC. Hide contents Takeoff of my cargo SSTO "Mriya", with the Moho lander tucked away in the cargo bay. Deploying the Moho lander The final trans-Moho burn. With 16k delta-v in Low Kerbin Orbit, this compact lander can go to Moho, land and return without any gravity assists. Landing on Moho Rendez-vous with Mriya after returning the lander from Moho Landing This mission concluded my long-running "Leave Nothing but Bootprints" campaign, in which I landed on every body in the Kerbol system without using ISRU and fully recovered all hardware used to do so. In the end I managed to land on all bodies with an SSTO, except the "big three": For Eve I used a couple of space shuttles with flyback boosters (4 stages in total): one shuttle consisted of the Eve lander, the other shuttle was a tanker to refuel the lander before landing on Eve and after its ascent from Eve. For Tylo I used a cargo SSTO to lift a lander + interplanetary stage to low Kerbin orbit (3 stages in total). The interplanetary stage then flew to low Tylo orbit with the lander, which then landed on Tylo, returned to the lander, with the entire stack returning to LKO to dock with the cargo SSTO and land. For Moho I used the same cargo SSTO to lift an ion engine powered lander to LKO (2 stages in total), which I then flew to Moho and back. The lander then flew back to LKO where it docked with the SSTO before landing the entire combination. Moho and Ions go together like kerbals and explosions. Nice compact little lander. 50 minutes ago, kurgut said: Today, I had fun around with the ASET ext command seat IVA, doing a Kerbal version of the LESS (Lunar Escape Systems)... A wild Nasa proposal to say the least, as you may know ^^ What we like : an astronaut in his space suit, strapped to a fuel tank, an engine (possible without RCS, and without gimbal, you control your attitude with your own weight only, while moving around (YES! )), no fancy speed or altimeter displays, you navigate with a clock and visual landmarks of the Moon, and you've got only 4 hours to rendez-vous with the CSM, because otherwize you'll run out of oxygen. Is this Kerbal enough ? Cheers Perhaps it's a good thing this was never fully developed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MythicalHeFF Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1 hour ago, kurgut said: Today, I had fun around with the ASET ext command seat IVA, doing a Kerbal version of the LESS (Lunar Escape Systems)... A wild Nasa proposal to say the least, as you may know ^^ What we like : an astronaut in his space suit, strapped to a fuel tank, an engine (possible without RCS, and without gimbal, you control your attitude with your own weight only, while moving around (YES! )), no fancy speed or altimeter displays, you navigate with a clock and visual landmarks of the Moon, and you've got only 4 hours to rendez-vous with the CSM, because otherwize you'll run out of oxygen. Is this Kerbal enough ? Cheers That thing sounds like it would be almost impossible to control.. I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbalsaurus Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I have tried to get back into the mood for KSP. Instead of working on Beyond though, I have decided to start working more on the CKR! I got into the Soviet mood, throwing on a Sovietwave mix and making things red. I even made a Shirley Temple, perhaps the most red a drink can get. Spoiler Red straw too! Anyways, I was more in the mood to build stuff than fly stuff, so I designed a new special spacecraft, which could fly soon depending on the way I want the whole program to go and if I can actually continue playing KSP. Anyways, here it is! Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurgut Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 1/5/2024 at 8:26 AM, MythicalHeFF said: they died so hard that they died a second time...? We know kerbals have multiple lives, so you just probably ended all their quota in one single second ^^ 9 hours ago, MythicalHeFF said: I love it! Me too hehe... and I love your videos too btw 9 hours ago, Kimera Industries said: Perhaps it's a good thing this was never fully developed... Yeah, although I gotta admit another part of my brain secretly wishes this thing would have flown to see how it looks haha Oh, and there was even a craziest idea from those brilliant Nasa engineers, yeah ^^ -> the MOOSE ("Man Out Of Space Easiest", then changed to a more professional "Manned Orbital Operations Safety Equipment"). MOOSE - Wikipedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 11 hours ago, kurgut said: We know kerbals have multiple lives, so you just probably ended all their quota in one single second ^^ Me too hehe... and I love your videos too btw Yeah, although I gotta admit another part of my brain secretly wishes this thing would have flown to see how it looks haha Oh, and there was even a craziest idea from those brilliant Nasa engineers, yeah ^^ -> the MOOSE ("Man Out Of Space Easiest", then changed to a more professional "Manned Orbital Operations Safety Equipment"). MOOSE - Wikipedia There were a lot of crazy STS escape pod ideas out there. If any had ever been developed and used, it would probably have been a modified Apollo capsule for 8 crew. Just the kind of thing that could have saved the crew of Columbia and also another safety feature removed for cost reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 But, you know, space politics and what-ifs aside, I drew a mission badge for CERES the other day. I don't have a picture of it and I could make a way better drawing anyway, so here's a picture of CERES instead: Comprehensive Extended-Duration Research and Exploration Station. It'll go to Dres and visit the easter egg, canyon, and my previous Dres mission. (That's technically a backronym, I came up with the acronym after choosing a name.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurgut Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) Today, I dedicated some time making a new IVA for the KV2 command pod (still WIP), as I will be using it in my IVA career for the first Kerbalized mun landing. I'm still early in the tech tree, so it comes in a low tech analog flavor. Altough we have some new instruments, like a CRT that wasn't used on spacecrafts yet ! Spoiler I also messed around with KOS a bit (I had previously, but really a tad), and I forgot how it's rewarding ! I didn't do much at all, just a little UI that displays the next SOI's inclination and infos, (since I can't have those in IVA, so it's really convenient), as well as a little "situation info" screen, for now. Spoiler Here I'm using KPM mod, so that I can have a KOS interface in IVA Cheers! : ) Edited January 7 by kurgut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JcoolTheShipbuilder Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) Ok, so I made Procul today. Procul is the 7th planet in the Dini system, and is the largest at 5700km radius. Slightly smaller and less massive than Jool. It is an interesting pink color with some rings. it also has a 10 degree axial tilt. Sanden Kerman on EVA looking at Procul. The night side of the planet The usual very-lit-up-rings-filling-the-entire-width screenshot Due to this tilt, Procul has "seasons", with the ring shadow sweeping across its surface over the course of its 14.2 kerbin year orbit. There will be two moons, one minmus-like moon in the ring gap, and a second Titan-like moon orbiting further out. This planet does show similarities to Saturn, being slightly smaller than Jool (Jupiter analogue), has a large tilt, has one major moon and rings. Procul also has some pretty blue aurorae! With the freighter in view because y e s. (This kinda looks like a sci-fi movie shot with the ship I guess?) I am still pondering how a 'sector view' mod would work, where in a preset config, the orbital camera can rotate to the new 'axis', where if there is a planet like Procul with a 10 degree tilt (or something wild like Caeruleum with an 80 degree tilt), the view could rotate slightly. It could be done with vector stuff but I honestly cant figure out exactly how the ingame camera even works. in the code. Procul's 10 degree 'tilt' is achieved using a simple EVE cloud layer, where its an opaque layer of the same texture as the planet itself, but offset and rotated on a tilted axis. The rings (and soon two moons) also orbit at about 10 degrees. Edited January 7 by JcoolTheShipbuilder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazalassa Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 4 hours ago, JcoolTheShipbuilder said: Ok, so I made Procul today. Procul is the 7th planet in the Dini system, and is the largest at 5700km radius. Slightly smaller and less massive than Jool. It is an interesting pink color with some rings. it also has a 10 degree axial tilt. Sanden Kerman on EVA looking at Procul. The night side of the planet The usual very-lit-up-rings-filling-the-entire-width screenshot Due to this tilt, Procul has "seasons", with the ring shadow sweeping across its surface over the course of its 14.2 kerbin year orbit. There will be two moons, one minmus-like moon in the ring gap, and a second Titan-like moon orbiting further out. This planet does show similarities to Saturn, being slightly smaller than Jool (Jupiter analogue), has a large tilt, has one major moon and rings. Procul also has some pretty blue aurorae! With the freighter in view because y e s. (This kinda looks like a sci-fi movie shot with the ship I guess?) I am still pondering how a 'sector view' mod would work, where in a preset config, the orbital camera can rotate to the new 'axis', where if there is a planet like Procul with a 10 degree tilt (or something wild like Caeruleum with an 80 degree tilt), the view could rotate slightly. It could be done with vector stuff but I honestly cant figure out exactly how the ingame camera even works. in the code. Procul's 10 degree 'tilt' is achieved using a simple EVE cloud layer, where its an opaque layer of the same texture as the planet itself, but offset and rotated on a tilted axis. The rings (and soon two moons) also orbit at about 10 degrees. Nice hack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
space_otter Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) Mun I launched on board an LV-1 rocket. It flew at 20km around the far side of the mun before swinging around and transmitting the important scientific data. Minmus I followed a very similar trajectory. Unfortunately, Mun II, intended to impact the moon ran into numerous problems. After the basic fins on the rocket exploded due to a rather aggressive pitchover, the second stage inadvertently separated (my fault-check yo staging :D), stranding it in LKO. Minmus II however was successful, although it ran out of battery and hit the dark side of minmus, leaving no good screenshot opportunities. I also didn't take screenshots of my first orbit return (Orbit Return Experiment or ORE), and the first crew in space (on a suborbital hop). Finally, SyncSat-1 flew into a geostationary orbit above Kerbin, providing a prototype for future geostationary networks. My next few missions are going to be: Mun-IIB, a repeat of the failed Mun-II. This will also be the last flight of the LV-1A, being replaced by the upgraded LV-1B; Viking 3, hopefully the first Kerbal in orbit. This mission will use the new LV-2 launcher; and finally, Mun-III which will attempt Mun orbit with the first launch of the LV-1B. On an unrelated note, I got this weird contract: Now, should I heed the advice of the contract and launch the mystery part to minmus, or should I adhere to the intentions of the mod dev, who clearly outlines that this part should not be used? Obviously Gene doesn't care or doesn't understand what the part's name in capitals means. Edited January 7 by space_otter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppa Wheelie Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 14 hours ago, kurgut said: a new IVA for the KV2 command pod (still WIP) In your first 3 screenshots it looks like you have some form of Map View displayed on the CRT. What is that, and how did you achieve it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurgut Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 2 minutes ago, Poppa Wheelie said: In your first 3 screenshots it looks like you have some form of Map View displayed on the CRT. What is that, and how did you achieve it? This is the default map view (Orbit page), that is found on Alcor MFD, but here applied to a CRT prop model instead. You have this in most IVA packs out there (De_IVA extensions, Raster Prop Monitor IVAs, KSA IVA Upgrades, etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyLightMatters Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Not exactly playing KSP1 but preparing a new flag for my games. Old CNES flag: Reviving this oldie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymcgoochie Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Only the most bodged Moon landing I've ever done... Turns out the engines I used on the lander's TLI and capture stage just don't work if you wait more than 90 minutes from the first ignition before trying the second, so the lander had to use up a significant part of its own fuel to capture; no landing, right? Except the crew are arriving just 20 minutes later and their craft has the same engines and has a big delta-V margin, so I can refuel the lander, right? Except the engines are different versions of the same engine that use nearly identical but distinct fuels, so I can't refuel the lander; no landing, right? Except I can use that delta-V margin to just throw the lander at the Moon before undocking, reorbiting the crew craft and then landing the lander with that much more fuel in it. Which meant it landed and then made it back to orbit, but ran out of fuel doing so. So I had to use the crew vessel to do the last rendezvous and that almost ran out of RCS as well. By the time they were docked together both vessels had fumes left in their RCS and one single ignition left on one engine to get the crew home again, so it had better not fail... And then the return burn overshot slightly and I couldn't correct it, so the re-entry was too steep and the crew got hit by 39 gees as they slowed by nearly 11km/s in less than 30 seconds. Ouch. But the mission completed, so I call that a success! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 I docked the Service Module with the Chemical Propulsion Module for CERES (Comprehensive Extended-Duration Research and Exploration Station). The SM has large fold-out solar arrays and monoprop storage. Next will be the Centrifuge Module. I decided to add the stripes back to the 2.5m docking ports on the CM to serve as a little warning to unwary kerbals climbing around on EVA that "Hey, this thing is spinning fast!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipcard Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) [ARA] Y1, D238 - Gemini 10, the first Minmus lander probe (Midlands biome) Y1, D271 - Gemini 11 and 12 land in Minmus's Greater Flats and Flats biomes Edited January 8 by Pipcard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurgut Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) Today, I continued refining the new KV2 IVA (added custom manufacturer flags , and bunch of fixes) : Spoiler I then tested the whole Doksov-1 assembly in a simlulation (first Mun landing in IVA only career), seems good sa far, I was just a bit short on delta v for the ascent stage : (IVA landing went very well, except the lander almost tumbling over because I landed on a 12° slope... ) More details : Spoiler Jeb getting into the M.E.S.S (Munar Escape Safety System) : The "Kerbin-rise" on the way back to Doksov was stunning ! Some fuses broke, so Bob had to use the flashlight to see something inthere... : ) They entered Kerbin atmo and landed safely ! Next : do this for real ^^ And then I accompanied Jeb, going for a hike in Kerbin Northern mountains for his vacations, he wanted me to take some photos of him once arrived at the summit : Mooore : Spoiler If you look closely (click the pic to enlarge), you can see Moho, Eve, Duna and Jool ligned up in the horizon : Jeb salutes at the Sun, since he's the main and respected provider of light and gravity around here. "He keepin' things stable" he says. ( This one I took it in spite of him, while wanting to appear strong all the time, Jeb was in such a pain with his legs, he couldn't stop cursing with Kraken names around. "Holy Kraken, my legs hurtin", or "why ain't we come here with my Kerbal-X rocket, huh ?"... ) : P Cheers Edited January 8 by kurgut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 13 minutes ago, kurgut said: Today, I continued refining the new KV2 IVA (added custom manufacturer flags , and bunch of fixes) : Hide contents I then tested the whole Doksov-1 assembly in a simlulation (first Mun landing in IVA only career), seems good sa far, I was just a bit short on delta v for the ascent stage : (IVA landing went very well, except the lander almost tumbling over because I landed on a 12° slope... ) More details : Hide contents Jeb getting into the M.E.S.S (Munar Escape Safety System) : The "Kerbin-rise" on the way back to Doksov was stunning ! Some fuses broke, so Bob had to use the flashlight to see something inthere... : ) They entered Kerbin atmo and landed safely ! Next : do this for real ^^ And then I accompanied Jeb, going for a hike in Kerbin Northern mountains for his vacations, he wanted me to take some photos of him once arrived at the summit : Mooore : Hide contents If you look closely (click the pic to enlarge), you can see Moho, Eve, Duna and Jool ligned up in the horizon : Jeb salutes at the Sun, since he's the main and respected provider of light and gravity around here. "He keepin' things stable" he says. ( This one I took it in spite of him, while wanting to appear strong all the time, Jeb was in such a pain with his legs, he couldn't stop cursing with Kraken names around. "Holy Kraken, my legs hurtin", or "why ain't we come here with my Kerbal-X rocket, huh ?"... ) : P Cheers What mods are you using to be able to see the planets from Kerbin like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurgut Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 5 hours ago, Kimera Industries said: What mods are you using to be able to see the planets from Kerbin like that? Distant Object Enhancement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Emigrant Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Hi all. Jeb as been busy shuttling to and fro Kerbin-Station. They were running low on ice cream and coffee. ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salaminho Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) Hello everyone! I build this rover with Breaking Grounds DLC parts. Hinges, pistons and tiny nosecones works as a fully functional suspension system. I hope you guys enjoy it ;D. I'll post the craft on kerbalX someday this week. https://kerbalx.com/salaminho/J-7A-Golias-Trophy-Truck Edited January 9 by salaminho download link for the craft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 14 hours ago, Martian Emigrant said: Kerbin-Station. Woah, that's the coolest-looking station I've seen in a while! Keep up the great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermel00n Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Testing my Alternis Tylo Ascender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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