Volt-Speed Lander

[Prof. Endwalker]

Hi! I am Professor Endwalker, and this is my first of many landers! I will try to come out with one a week, but I can't promise anything. Thank you for checking out this post, and I hope you enjoy!

This is a simple moon lander that can go to both Minimus and the Mun. It is a single man pod equipped with landing legs (duh,) triple reaction wheels for stability, triple parachutes for returning, a ladder, and 2x3 solar panels. The main transport has 2 Nuclear Engines, and enough fuel to slow down into orbit. The launch stage has 1 Mainsail Engine in the center, and 6 asparagus engines on the side, also using Mainsails. The following will be the journey I had.

The original launch was smooth, and I dropped the first pair with no collisions. Overall this part of the mission was smooth running.

I started doing my gravity turn at 10,000 meters up, but adjusted to a 45 degree angle when I was at 13,000 meters up.

When the Apiopsis was about 95,000 meters, I time warped until at the Apiopsis, and boosted.

When the Apiopsis was about 95,000 meters, I time warped until at the Apiopsis, and boosted.

Here is my fairly even equatorial orbit.

I set Minimus as a target and adjusted the orbital angle to match that of Minimus. I then set a maneuver node and adjusted it until I had a decent SOI intercept.

Here I am doing the orbital transfer burn.

Once I got the intercept, I time warped, detached the main engine, and fired up the Nuclear Engines. When I finally got into the SOI of Minimus, I burned retrograde until I was captured into an orbit. After a few adjustments I planned out my next move

Jebediah says hello to the lumpy blue rock.

I waited until the right time to slow myself down into a collision of an ice lake.

Here I am coming in for a landing.

And landed!

I used the two key to open up the solar panels, and three key to deploy the ladder.

And a big thanks to Jebediah for planting the flag down!

Now, enough of this lumpy Blue Moon ice cream, let's return!

I noticed after escaping the SOI of Minimus, we forgot to say goodbye! Luckily, we got another intercept with it!

Goodbye!

Strangely, we also get to say Hi to the Mun!

I burn retrograde once in the atmosphere of Kerbin, and deploy the parachutes!

And finally, we return! Thank you for checking this out, and if you would like the ship, the link is below. Again, thank you, and I'll see you when I see you!

Ship download link

http://www./download/szk7zll5up2atrl/Volt-Speed_Minimus_Lander_V_I.craft

Edited September 29, 2013 by Prof. Endwalker
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