Kethane Recovery Platform and Fuel Depot

[deltav]

So, I've posted these on a google+ group, aptly named Kerbal Space Program but wanted to post them here cause well.. i'm proud of these designs and enjoy sharing them.

This is the Kethane Egg. Nifty little lander designed to mine kethane and either convert for its own use or deliver to the Fuel Depot for later processing. https://plus.google.com/photos/112641351938774591545/albums/5887732147947619153

This is my kethane recovery platform. But i guess technically you could use it for some serious deep space travel. She uses the kethane egg as its 'harvester' and can do her own conversion as well.. docking can be a little hairy but pretty happy overall with this design. still have some ideas for it like detachable probes or perhaps a maned lander! https://plus.google.com/photos/112641351938774591545/albums/5895524415914310913

Also in the above albums you can see my Fuel Depot, Nuclear powered kethane converting beast... I have one orbiting pretty much anywhere I have mined or am planning to mine for Kethane. Sorry I dont have its own album, but there are plenty of shots in the two above to get a good view of it.

https://plus.google.com/photos/112641351938774591545/albums/5886370620515638641

[chrischambers]

nice Design, I do like the idea of the Egg :-)

[Orky Kultur]

Nice design, but would it not be more efficient to have a larger lander that can suck up more kethane at once, rather than wasting fuel by making lots of trips with one little thing?

[verikosto]

Whats the name of those tanks? round thingys?

[deltav]

you'd think so but it all evens out really.. burn fuel landing.. mine, refuel itself.. then refill its kethane tank and head back up.. it only takes a couple of trips to fill the tanks on the mothership.. besides, its something to actually do.. other than just float around.

[deltav]

spherical tanks.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/30673-0-20-0-Spherical-Fuel-Tank-(v1-6)

[alteffeight]

I'm loving the Egg! I think I'm going to borrow this idea to create an army of drone drills to scatter about the general area. I think I'll design a hyper-efficient fuel tanker to visit each one before returning to Munar orbit, however.