Going to space. With a Mass Driver. A small adventure.

[Tw1]

Alternate title: A Mass Driven Rescue

Jeb: "Hey Bill."

Bill: "Yep?"

Jeb: "What's that?"

Bill: "I don't know."

Jeb: "Lets find out."

Bill: "Jeb? Where did you go?"

*steps forward*

He felt a huge rush of acceleration, as something grabbed and threw him.

Very fast.

Bill: "What? I'm in Space!?!"

Waiting behind in the kerbmobile-

Bob: "Were did those guys go?"

Maybe I'll go look...

*Over radio*

Bill: "Bob! Don't go near. It's an automated Mass Driver. Jeb and I have been flung into space."

Bob: "Oh."

Bill: "We could do with a rescue."

Bob: "Right. I'll go do something about that."

After 20 hours coasting, Jeb and Bill both circularised their orbits, to make rendezvous easier, and also avoid crashing into the ground and dying.

The scientists at KSC thought a rescue attempt would be a great way to test the mass driver with larger objects.

This little number was pulled out from the archive, and given wheels.

Bob managed to crawl down from the runway, and headed towards the mass driver.

SPAAAACE!

Uh, Space?

Oh. Looks like I can't space that way.

Damn.

Back to regular rockets for this one.

Soon enough.

Jebediah intercept burn:

Had to dodge the Mun.

Damn Mun...

Hanging out at apoapsis. Bob looks pretty happy here.

Those clouds and stars are so beautiful. And so far below..

This trajectory was technically suborbital, but oddly, Bob wasn't worried.

Ok. Almost at Jeb.

Jeb flying across to the ship, using his remaining pack fuel.

All good.

Well, more or less.

Next: Bill.

At this hight, delta V for inclination changes is much less.

Getting that rendezvous just right:

Just testing:

Closer, closer, then fire retro thrust-

Right. Got him.

Time to go home!

Jeb: "Can I blow up the planet?"

Bob: "No!"

Jeb: "Aw, just a little bit..."

Bill: "That's enough, Jeb."

Aerobraking flames:

Laser "Fire"

One massive course correction later:

Coming in for landing.

That's the Mass driver, extending out to sea.

And safe.

The moral of the story is, if you missed it- Careful when you walk near an automated mass driver.

You may end up spending 12 days in space. Perhaps there's good reason why these kerbals always wear their space suits.

Mass driver mod by skykooler.

Oh, and have a "Blooper".

That never happened. You're imagining things...

Edited August 12, 2013 by Tw1

[19spacepug]

Good story and the blooper lol so funny.

[FormosaT_9]

if that MU survive....
damn, how many epic stuff is gone after Kerbtown ?