Sagittarius One

[AlamoVampire]

I give you, the Sagittarius One. A Duna mission, Apollo style.

She may only have about 250 parts, but weighs in at a jaw dropping 902.83 TONS!! My normal heavy lifter proved insufficient to lift this beast into orbit. Even WITH the help of MechJeb, she was too much to handle and got into orbit, just not the 250kmx250km 0 degree inclination orbit I intended.

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Here is the Sagittarius One Command Module and Lander entering into orbit at Duna. What a nice gift from Duna and Ike, to see an Ike Rise!

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Bill and Jebediah pause for a picture taken remotely by Bob up in orbit in the Command Module.

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Jebediah noticed something very odd, aside from the fact that they landed next to a giant face. This face has odd properties, that caused them both to float above the surface, but still feel like they stood on it.

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Bob, not one to be left out, broke out the telephoto lens and snapped this picture of Jebediah and Bill on the face. You can see the Sagittarius One lander on the bottom left.

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Ah home, what a beautiful sight! Kerbin to your upper left, and the Mun below to the bottom right, with the Sagittarius One Command Module In the middle.

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The aptly named Angelfish Island as seen by satellites watching the Sagittarius One during re-entry, prior to atmospheric shock heating.

Edited September 29, 2013 by AlamoVampire

[Captain Sierra]

I think that setup might have been overkill. For an apollo style Duna run, it takes me a single of the second smallest 2.5m tanks and a NERVA. Then again, I am using a larger 2.5m tank and a skipper for the ejection burn.

[AlamoVampire]

It was major over kill to be sure, but, I was also seeing just how large a ship I could punt into orbit, found out the upper limit of my 7 Mainsail Asparagus set up is under 650 tons! Oh but what fun it was to experiment!