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[0.22 - new build] Mercury Redstone, Atlas and Little Joe. Project Moho.

Mulbin

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WooDzor

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@Mulbin:Great! can't wait for your take on the Gemini Program :o

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I enjoyed this almost as much as flying to the Mun. I think I could make a prettier craft now. Getting the hang of clipping and I would never place struts there nowadays :-P

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@Mulbin:Great! can't wait for your take on the Gemini Program :o

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I enjoyed this almost as much as flying to the Mun. I think I could make a prettier craft now. Getting the hang of clipping and I would never place struts there nowadays :-P

Did you take a picture of your pc monitor?

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Mulbin

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UPDATE!!!

Just added my completed Mercury Atlas, had to rework the separation stage but I'v quite happy with the result.

Yes the launch tower does work... complete with raising gantry!

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ethan829

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Why did the Atlas drop it's engines? I mean, they didn't drop tanks with them! Did the engines stop working for some reason so they had to drop them?

From Wikipedia:

"Atlas also had a unique and somewhat odd staging system. Most rockets stage by dropping both engines and fuel tanks simultaneously. However, when the Atlas missile was being developed, there were considerable doubts as to whether or not a rocket motor could be ignited in space. Therefore, the decision was made to ignite all of the Atlas' engines at launch; later the booster engine(s) would be discarded, while the sustainer continued to burn. Rockets using this technique are sometimes called stage-and-a-half boosters. This technique is made possible by the extremely light weight of the balloon tanks. The tanks make up such a small percentage of the total booster weight that the weight penalty of lifting them to orbit is less than the technical and weight penalty required to throw half of them away mid-flight."

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Mulbin

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How did you get the tower to move?

You mean what key?... hotkey "2". Or do you mean how did I make it?... magic!

Actually the hotkey just separates a docking port and the weight at the back of the gantry makes it swing up.

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