Mun Base

[gabyalufix]

I\'m gonna try again tomorrow. Till then, a taste:

The Kerbins\' new project is Farside Base, a permanent settlement on the far side of the moon. Of course, in order to maintain radio contact with Kerbal, they\'ll need a similarly-permanent munar space station. And if you\'re doing that, why not add a space telescope? And some other stuff, too. Sure. What\'s a few more kilos, right?

Look at the size of this thing . . .

Mission objective I: Dropping off a comms satellite in kerbal orbit.

I got real low. This screenshot is taken from a stable orbit, 750m. That\'s not even the perigee, either. I was so low, I had to shut off the RCS, because it would drive my perigee into the ground if I wasn\'t careful.

Mission objective 2: Insert Lowball Space Station into low munar orbit. From here, the Kerbins would transmit signals to and from Farside Base. In addition, the station would serve as a jack-of-all-trades research station in its own right. After all, as long as you\'re sending something up there, might as well pack it chockablock with more stuff. More is always better, right?

Not counting the engines and fuel tanks, the station has 5 modules. The core service module, a comms / engineering module, a space telescope module, a science module (bristling with sensors), and a small escape craft capable of returning to Kerbal, in the (likely) event of the catastrophic failure of one of the other modules.

Kerbal command, Lowball Station is released.

Another shot of lowball station (technically, a previous version).

A few seconds before KSP crashed:

What I really want to try is rendezvous-ing my return stage with the orbiting station stage. Has anyone ever tried this? How close do you have to be before the engine renders a nearby object? I was hoping that if the station was low enough, I would be able to see it go by, and thus time my launch to meet with it. But 500 m/s is pretty damned fast . . . I\'d have to go an awful long time without blinking.

[technoguy33]

HuminaHuminaHuminaHuminaHumina... etc. HOLY ****! You are my hero! ...*sniff*....

[Alchemist]

Here\'s my Munbase. Landed it on the first flight. Wasn\'t sure if this engine can land this monster, but there was 1 LFT left.

The only issue: i managed to drain half of the return stage\'s fuel. Not sure if it will return

[Guest ThatCrazyPilot]

I\'m gonna try again tomorrow. Till then, a taste:

The Kerbins\' new project is Farside Base, a permanent settlement on the far side of the moon. Of course, in order to maintain radio contact with Kerbal, they\'ll need a similarly-permanent munar space station. And if you\'re doing that, why not add a space telescope? And some other stuff, too. Sure. What\'s a few more kilos, right?

Look at the size of this thing . . .

Mission objective I: Dropping off a comms satellite in kerbal orbit.

I got real low. This screenshot is taken from a stable orbit, 750m. That\'s not even the perigee, either. I was so low, I had to shut off the RCS, because it would drive my perigee into the ground if I wasn\'t careful.

Mission objective 2: Insert Lowball Space Station into low munar orbit. From here, the Kerbins would transmit signals to and from Farside Base. In addition, the station would serve as a jack-of-all-trades research station in its own right. After all, as long as you\'re sending something up there, might as well pack it chockablock with more stuff. More is always better, right?

Not counting the engines and fuel tanks, the station has 5 modules. The core service module, a comms / engineering module, a space telescope module, a science module (bristling with sensors), and a small escape craft capable of returning to Kerbal, in the (likely) event of the catastrophic failure of one of the other modules.

Kerbal command, Lowball Station is released.

Another shot of lowball station (technically, a previous version).

A few seconds before KSP crashed:

What I really want to try is rendezvous-ing my return stage with the orbiting station stage. Has anyone ever tried this? How close do you have to be before the engine renders a nearby object? I was hoping that if the station was low enough, I would be able to see it go by, and thus time my launch to meet with it. But 500 m/s is pretty damned fast . . . I\'d have to go an awful long time without blinking.

Jesus... How\'d you do that without your KSP crashing? I never seen ANYTHING like that before!

[Smoke]

Here\'s my entry using only the novapunch remix pack:

After start:

Aproching the mun:

Some explosions during the landing...

But only some landings legs were lost

Going back

And made it back alive

[RedDwarfIV]

Gabyalufix, that is a fantastic piece of work!

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

(How the heck can I beat that?? Hmmm...)

In answer to your bracketed rhetorical question, you just have to make an incredible looking space base - that doesn\'t crash KSP.

[Switchblade88]

Can someone tell me where the yellow \'pods\' are from?? I\'ve looked in all the regular packs, SE, and through the forums - still can\'t find them!

[Kryten]

Can someone tell me where the yellow \'pods\' are from?? I\'ve looked in all the regular packs, SE, and through the forums - still can\'t find them!

If you mean the little side-mounted balls, they are from silisko edition.

[iamwearingpants]

I\'m gonna try again tomorrow. Till then, a taste:

The Kerbins\' new project is Farside Base, a permanent settlement on the far side of the moon. Of course, in order to maintain radio contact with Kerbal, they\'ll need a similarly-permanent munar space station. And if you\'re doing that, why not add a space telescope? And some other stuff, too. Sure. What\'s a few more kilos, right?

Look at the size of this thing . . .

Mission objective I: Dropping off a comms satellite in kerbal orbit.

I got real low. This screenshot is taken from a stable orbit, 750m. That\'s not even the perigee, either. I was so low, I had to shut off the RCS, because it would drive my perigee into the ground if I wasn\'t careful.

Mission objective 2: Insert Lowball Space Station into low munar orbit. From here, the Kerbins would transmit signals to and from Farside Base. In addition, the station would serve as a jack-of-all-trades research station in its own right. After all, as long as you\'re sending something up there, might as well pack it chockablock with more stuff. More is always better, right?

Not counting the engines and fuel tanks, the station has 5 modules. The core service module, a comms / engineering module, a space telescope module, a science module (bristling with sensors), and a small escape craft capable of returning to Kerbal, in the (likely) event of the catastrophic failure of one of the other modules.

Kerbal command, Lowball Station is released.

Another shot of lowball station (technically, a previous version).

A few seconds before KSP crashed:

What I really want to try is rendezvous-ing my return stage with the orbiting station stage. Has anyone ever tried this? How close do you have to be before the engine renders a nearby object? I was hoping that if the station was low enough, I would be able to see it go by, and thus time my launch to meet with it. But 500 m/s is pretty damned fast . . . I\'d have to go an awful long time without blinking.

Now thats one hell of A airbace!

From the serface lowball station would have been an awesome sight!

Great craft!

orbinauts will get this post

[Switchblade88]

I\'ve found the round/spherical yellow RCS tanks from Silisko Edition, but I was actually referring to the longer, cylindrical pods on Gaby\'s lander.

They\'re the ones here near the lower legs:

[NovaSilisko]

Those are part of the lander from the Down Under pack.

[gabyalufix]

Made a new topic, for my new, and complete, version of the Farside Mission.

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=5434.0