Duna Apollo Style

[capi3101]

Looks great! (Under the fairing: please let it be a cake.. please let it be a cake.. )

Now, now, we all know the cake is a lie......

[Death Engineering]

Now, now, we all know the cake is a lie......

Unless.. British_Rover proves the cake is a truth.

[British_Rover]

Unless.. British_Rover proves the cake is a truth.

Nope cake is a lie. I did have a delicious cinnamon crunch bagel with honey and walnut cream cheese for breakfast this morning. That was better then cake.

I am nearly finished with the final touches of the mission now so I might be able to do it tonight. I am just building in additional redundancy to the various stages and working on some surprises.

[British_Rover]

Well it took much longer then I thought but we do have a mission. I will start a post in the mission reports sub-forum and then link to it.

Project OCAIAFNAR(Overly complicated and Incredibly Ambitions for no apparent reason) launched The Spear of Mars on a Javelin 9 heavy successfully.

The Exploratar rescue mission/scout probe successfully launched 23 hours later on a Javelin 9 standard. With all systems go on TSM Exploratar followed behind and calculations began for its secondary mission to set up communications and scout the Duna system ahead of TSM.

I need to add in descriptions to the first album but I will do that later once I start the mission report thread.

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Last test launch that KSP ate my crew when physics engaged.

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Edited November 24, 2013 by British_Rover

[Death Engineering]

Looking great so far. Just note that the mission profile requirement is for a single-launch mission. Not sure if that's what you're doing, but just wanted to mention that. Good luck on your Duna landing!

[British_Rover]

Looking great so far. Just note that the mission profile requirement is for a single-launch mission. Not sure if that's what you're doing, but just wanted to mention that. Good luck on your Duna landing!

Yeah was trying a scout mission as separate thing that I wouldn't score but I am going to have to start over. I had docking, staging and hatch bugs. I could put kerbals in a pod but then they couldn't get out for some reason. I am going to reload a new scenario and try again.

I am trying to decide if I should do a fresh install and then reinstall the mods I need just for this challenge before adding other non-necessary mods. I only need B9, docking struts and Procedural fairings for this mission.

Edited December 4, 2013 by British_Rover

[immelman]

Hi Death Engineering, can I submit my challenge?

Total mission time was 72 days from launch to return.

I really enjoyed this, putting together the launch vehicle made me cackle, it was so over the top. I needed to lift into orbit a Duna mission which had enough Delta V to lift itself into Kerbin orbit and then travel to Duna and back more conventionally.

In fact since this setup has enough to get to Eeloo and back I'm going to give that a try sometime soon...

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Basic mission profile: 50 points

Three-stage, no asparagus, no SRB launch vehicle.

Start with the provided save game persistent file.

Single launch mission.

Separate command module and lander.

Powered descent + parachutes.

All stock.

Return at least one of the Kerbals that started the mission back safely to Kerbin's surface.

Additional points for standard mission goals: 108 points

+10 3-kerbal mission

+10 2-kerbal lander

+20 2-stage lander with separate ascent stage (descent stage stays on Duna)

+10 Launch escape system (LES) escape tower

+20 Duna lander stored behind the CM during ascent

+5 Lander (and rovers/probes/satellites) tucked away behind some fairing

+10 Perfect landing - no damage to LM

+10 Dock with LM's ascent stage prior to leaving Duna's SOI

+5 Ascent module de-orbited to burn up in Duna's atmosphere

+3 Plant at least one flag

+5 Splash-down on Kerbin (water landing)

No Kerbal fatalities.

Flight goals: 92 points

No SRBs.

+15 No LV-N's, no ions.

+10 Aerobrake around Duna to achieve orbit

+57 17 days 16 hours from Kerbin to Duna

+10 Water sample return bonus!

Rover: 34 points

+5 At least one rover on board

+5 Rovers can seat at least one Kerbal

+9 Additional rovers +3 each: 4 total rovers

+15 Drive beyond 10km of the lander

Orbital Science goals: 65 points

+5 Deploy orbiting satellite around Duna

+10 Deploy orbiting satellite around Ike

+5 Lander base powered with science

+10 Deploy a science package at least 2.5km from the landing site

+15 Deploy a science package at least 1000m +/- different alititude from LM or any other science package

+10 Deploy a science package adjacent (within 100m) to any anomoly

+10 Deploy a science package at least 10km from the landing site

Total score: 349 points

Edited January 11, 2014 by immelman
Maths is hard

[Death Engineering]

Total score: 349 points

Had to go back and forth through your photos to take in all the great design work you've done there. Escape tower/probe combo tops it, IMHO. Kudos! That was quite a burn to get to Duna... 4500m/s, was it? That would probably explain the scorching through Duna's paper-thin atmosphere.

Another new high score!!

[KevinTMC]

Since this thread is still alive, I'm going to go ahead and bug you about the leaderboard. A couple of missions appear to have been left off of it. (I noticed because one of them is mine!)

Thanks again for the challenge...and thanks to the players who keep playing it. We've seen some creative and awesome things happen in this thread!

[Death Engineering]

Leaderboard updated with beelzebub and KevinTMC challenge scores. My sincere apologies to these two players for somehow missing updating the leaderboard for their two great missions.

I spoke with my minions in the Death Engineering 'Secret Underground Laboratory' and while they didn't admit to the oversight, they seemed rather keen on helping out more.

Okay, they're cats...

Edited January 15, 2014 by Death Engineering

[Ziv]

Hi, I'm planning my mission and there are some questions:

1. Science Packages can be rovers too? And that way do I get the 10points for the science and 3 for the rover?

2. Can I deploy Science Packages from orbit with rocket/parachute?

3. Can I bring any number of rovers?

4. Can I use Command Seats only for the Lander?

Sorry if they were already answered but I can't re-read 110 posts!

[Death Engineering]

Hi, I'm planning my mission and there are some questions:

1. Science Packages can be rovers too? And that way do I get the 10points for the science and 3 for the rover?

2. Can I deploy Science Packages from orbit with rocket/parachute?

3. Can I bring any number of rovers?

4. Can I use Command Seats only for the Lander?

Sorry if they were already answered but I can't re-read 110 posts!

1. Yes, science packages can be rovers and yes it would score for science and the rover.

2. Yes science packages can be deployed from orbit.

3. No rover limit........

4. Landers require a pod.

Good luck on your mission!

Edited January 19, 2014 by Death Engineering

[Ziv]

Thanks for the answers! Awesome! I'm planning an "Explore everything" mission with a lot of unmanned rovers too!

[Ziv]

Hm, one more question: Can I use NovaPunch rockets for the launch? They are much simple and looks much better, and fits better for an Apollo-style mission. I can build Heavy lifting rockets which are capable to bring 100+ tons into LKO without Asparagus, but for me it's already boring to make such rockets... But I will do if you want. By the way I'm going on small-minimal now with the lander and the rovers too, I love to experience small parts nowadays, so my main ship won't be more than about 40t anyway, I guess.... What do you think?

Edited January 19, 2014 by Ziv

[Death Engineering]

There's no problem with using mod parts, but in the interest of balance with the other entries, I'd score it on a separate leaderboard of 'mod' scores. Looking back on some other scores, I'd probably have to move 2 or 3 others into the 'mod' class as well, so go for it.

[Nephf]

Working on this at the moment. I hope to do a full Duna mission shortly It's similar to the Saturn "Nova" C-8 Rocket, a planned bigger version of the Saturn "5" C-5. And YES I use the old VAB because otherwise my PC would't like that. It has 8 Mainsails and (clipped) 8 Skippers in the first stage, 8 skippers in the second stage and 1 Skipper in the third. It has a 2-stage 2-man lander covered in fairings and CSM with enough fuel to slowdown without the atmosphere and flying back zo Kerbin. It has a 2 small rovers and a seperate sub-satellite for Duna an one for Ike. The payload has a 2.5 m diameter and is covered in 3.75 m fairings, which is th diameter of the third stage. The second stage has two diameters, 3.75 and 5 m. the first stage has an gigantic diameter of 7.5 m.

[Death Engineering]

Working on this at the moment. I hope to do a full Duna mission shortly It's similar to the Saturn "Nova" C-8 Rocket, a planned bigger version of the Saturn "5" C-5.

Love the 'Nova'! Good luck!