Munar Landing Spots.

[Janggoth]

With the latest version of KSP, .21, the munar suface is absolutely covered in craters, making some previously nice landing spots (some next to eastereggs) quite treacherous. Does anyone know of some really nice spots for setting up base's that is actually nice and flat?

Thank you for your time

Janggoth

[Invincible Walnut]

What I always do is quicksave (F5) before I pick a landing spot, and if I crash or don't like the spot, I'll quickload (F9) Of course, I've never had this problem until the update.

[call4dead3]

I currently have Jebediah Kerman sitting on-top of the Neil Armstrong Memorial, and the lander I sent him in landed in a small crater about a kilometer radius. The memorial was right on the edge of the crater, too. I had the coordinates here, somewhere... Ah, here they are. 0° 40' 36' N 23° 28' 11' E

You can sort of see "Munar Lander 2.5 km" just above Neil's name on the gold plaque.

Edited August 10, 2013 by call4dead3

[Commander Zoom]

The region around 0* 7' 0" N and 59* 45' 0" (practically on the equator, and almost under Kerbin) is good. I aimed for 0 N, 60 E (which looked good on a map) and refined from there with a rover.

Speaking of maps, give this a shot: http://www.kerbalmaps.com/

(The 'slope' map is particularly useful for this. Looking at that, and if you don't mind being a little further off the equator, may I suggest the vicinity of 16* S and 85* E? There's a LOT of flat space in the SSE eighth of that sea.)

Edited August 10, 2013 by Commander Zoom

[Janggoth]

Thank you very much for that interactive map, can't believe I haven't seen that before. In relation to the neil armstrong monument, I have been there plenty of times before and now the locations nearby aren't nearly shallow enough for a stable base around it.

[Crown]

I don't have any spots for you, but I have a satellite orbiting quite low around the moon. And from time to time I take a look from low orbit to find a good place to land and maybe build a base there.

[Scarecrow88]

The region around 0* 7' 0" N and 59* 45' 0" (practically on the equator, and almost under Kerbin) is good. I aimed for 0 N, 60 E (which looked good on a map) and refined from there with a rover.

Speaking of maps, give this a shot: http://www.kerbalmaps.com/

(The 'slope' map is particularly useful for this. Looking at that, and if you don't mind being a little further off the equator, may I suggest the vicinity of 16* S and 85* E? There's a LOT of flat space in the SSE eighth of that sea.)

I have looked at that interactive map before, but it only has the planets. Is there something similar that shows the moons?

[Kimberly]

I have looked at that interactive map before, but it only has the planets. Is there something similar that shows the moons?

If you hold your mouse over the image of the planets, a drop-down menu opens with the moons.

[jebster]

If you hold your mouse over the image of the planets, a drop-down menu opens with the moons.

I can't seem to select the moons when the drop down opens... If I try to mouse over the moon, the drop down menu disappears.

[LtKraftKrackers]

Best thing ever that little map. adding it to my signature.

[Scarecrow88]

If you hold your mouse over the image of the planets, a drop-down menu opens with the moons.

Nope, not getting any drop down menus with moons.

[Kimberly]

Nope, not getting any drop down menus with moons.

They're there for me, so the issue must be on your side. Some kind of browser/extension incompatibility with the site, an issue with your mouse, or perhaps user error.

[ApolloCreed]

This happened to me using Chrome....works in Safari. Haven't tried Firefox.

[Scarecrow88]

Can only assume it's browser incompatibility. Mouse works fine and I think I know how to get drop down menus to appear.

[Janggoth]

Sorry to be a bother, but we're getting a bit side tracked here, if need be to stop the menu closing beofre you get to click on a certain map, try right clicking then moveing your mouse to the desired planet and clicking. Worked for me.

[Dortmunder]

I've set up a small base just next to an arch near the equator.

I actually highlighted a video of landing my rover there recently if you want to see.

It's near the huge crater near the equator

[Janggoth]

Ahhh, I thought that one had been ruined by the poc marks, obviously not and still nice and flat. Thank you very much DortMunder!

[chrischambers]

Personal I have landed at 0,27,30 N 199, 58, 43 W. I have found this a good location, as it is almost flat, and is easyer to move around on.

[Geschosskopf]

My advice to avoid craters is to get into about a 10km orbit (certainly no lower than 7km) and wait until you're between craters, then stop-and-drop.

You really don't want to land in big craters unless that's all you came to see. While most rovers can climb out of craters, they'll almost certainly crash trying to get back down into them.