YSI Andromeda Mun Rocket (mark 2)

[Senji]

YSI are proud to present: The YSI Andromeda II, our prospective Mun Candidate. Requires Silisko Edition.

Stages 1 & 2 fire at once, with stage 1 cutting out after a minute at about 5,600m / 160ms^-1, after jettisoning stage 1, stage 2 continues for another 6 seconds to 6,700m at which point stages 3 and 4 fire off. Throttle stage 4 back when you reach 550ms^-1, which should be around 19,000m, about 1m45s after launch. Stage 3 should burn out just before 2m30s with a final velocity near 650ms^-1. Maintain vertical attitude until atmosphere exit at 70,000m then rotate and burn for orbit at Apoapsis of about 73,500m.

Stage 3 should retain sufficient fuel to achieve a Munar capture trajectory, with Stage 5 available for final adjustments to Munar orbit, where it should be left to provide a communications relay back to KSC. Stage 6 provides Munar landing capability, the Munar science module, and a convenient launch pad for Stage 7, the Return Vehicle.

[RedRockets]

That\'s Amazing!!

wow!!

Love the lander!! Its bullet proof.

[Thunderbird]

its.... beautiful.... *sob*

i always admired people that can build lightweight specific purpose ships... i always clutter it with multi-purpose stages and redundancy... (or end up building a self-sufficient abomination at around 50 gigatons)

[Tim_Barrett]

It can be scaled down for more effiency if it came to money. I think the term for this describes the point when making a rocket bigger isn\'t worth it\'s actions, compared to smaller rockets. But cool anyway.

[Commander Zoom]

Nice design and a great write-up.