Duna

[Comrade Jenkens]

Well, I managed my first landing......

[Zorrm]

Seems a rescue mission is now in your near future!

[Deadpangod3]

....that looks like an SRB determined to hit its target in the background!

[Comrade Jenkens]

....that looks like an SRB determined to hit its target in the background!

that's the lander, though its still supposed to be connected to the command module

[Depth]

There And Back Again, A Kerbals Tale

- By Bilbo Kerman.

[Beachernaut]

that's the lander, though its still supposed to be connected to the command module

Bummer. OTOH, I've learned waayyyy more doing rescue missions. Sadly, every first attempt at landing on other planets/moons outside of Kerbin's SOI has resulted in a rescue mission. So much so that my first landings are usually unmanned now.

[LameLefty]

that's the lander, though its still supposed to be connected to the command module

I'm sorry but the understated way you phrased it ... that's Kerbal comedy gold there, Comrade.

[Oddible]

I have the same problem with Duna. Is the atmo so very thick that the parachute opening pulls the craft apart? (It's not actually, it is 1/5th that of Kerbin).

[ZedNova]

You need to slow down a ton before opening the chutes. I try to get it at around 100 M/s before letting them deploy.

[LameLefty]

You need to slow down a ton before opening the chutes. I try to get it at around 100 M/s before letting them deploy.

Drogue chutes and struts are the answer unless you have the fuel/mass budget for a powered landing.

[Melcom]

The parachut holds really thight at the part he is snapt on. But other parts just rip of when the chute deploys. Attach the parachutes radial at the fueltank below the capsule. A way around is a full burn in the moment the parachut deploys.

But to be honest, test your craft BEFORE its on an other planet. ^^

Test, Test, Test and keep in mind, the Kerbin has other athmospheric parameters then duna.

[indigo_dc]

I've had the exact same shearing issue with all of my remote kethane refineries. Chutes open, craft splits down the middle. It is one reason I have yet to try a manned landing

[katateochi]

I'm sorry but the understated way you phrased it ... that's Kerbal comedy gold there, Comrade.

yeah I also thought that was wonderfully worded!! Great pic too, just needs a quote (in the style of Mal from FireFly), "did the rest of my Goram ship just fall off!?"

[Oddible]

Test, Test, Test and keep in mind, the Kerbin has other athmospheric parameters then duna.

The Kerbal language does not have this word, what is this 'test' of which you speak?