Establishing an establishment on the beautiful moon of Minmus (Revived in 2019)

[Christoph1337]

Meanwhile, I've successfully landed on the Mun and Minmus once each and have yet to reach another planet in Career Mode.

[RobotsAndSpaceships]

Nice, I've been screwing around with extraplanetary launchpads and screwed up in the same way.

[megatiger78]

I suggest the next thing they do is build a oversized kerbin-minmus cycler.

[Tw1]

I suggest the next thing they do is build a oversized kerbin-minmus cycler.

Ooh, I like this idea. Don't know if I want to do such a thing in this save though, it's pretty full, but maybe once I've got some missions out of the way.

I probably should update this some time. Been taking a break from KSP, but this base has seen a little more development since then. Plus, it seems to have mostly survived the upgrade process, unlike some of my stations and motherships.

Stay tuned (But please be very patient, I'll probably work on the next Oceans of Eve next.)

[Boorang]

+Rep

Edited October 29, 2017 by Boorang
please delete

[Boorang]

tw1 +rep

[Tw1]

May the Mods spare this old thread resurrection, for it is my thread, and it's new relevant content 
Hello, and welcome back! It's a 2019 edition of the



That's right, we can rebuild it. We have the technology. It's time, and so on. 

One of the flaws of the original M.I.S.S.S. Central Hub was it failed to make use of Minmus's low gravity. It was too short and squat. 
But I can't completely redesign  it. It's in the logo. It's iconic. 

Instead, I've elevated it.

Now inside, there is room to bounce. A central platform and roof,  both in easy jumping range. 

I'll take you on a tour of the new hub another time, as now, I have a new structure to debut. 

The Minmus Communications Tower!

Based on the same principle as a similar, if much more massive tower previously built on Kerbin, and  located on the pole, this will have a near constant line of sight to anything in the solar system. 
Plus, it has that M.I.S.S.S. 20th C/Space Deco aesthetic.

However,  on the pole it won't have any connection to the hub, as it  located near the equator, at 

lat =    3.89
lon = -86.0

I could do a network of satellites, and probably will at some point. But I want something a little more stable. 

Introducing Minmus Subtower 1

Centrally located between the hub and the tower,  it relays signal between them. 

Let me tell you how they got set up. 

Spoiler

The Main tower's launch was tenuous. The rocket was underpowered and not fitted with abort systems, due the flight director on duty's belief that 

Despite this, it made it to orbit. After a few Perikerb kicks, it was set to arrive in 8 days.  
(Or 2 days in old money)

The Subtower launched on a similar set up, 4 days later, 

But got a boost from the Mun, and arrived  in Minmus orbit a day earlier than the first tower.

The tower landed, and disposed of its boosters in the usual fashion: 

The subtower soon joined it, 

But back at the Hub, I was getting no signal. The sharp eyed, and familiar with LLL mod might have noticed the issue in that last photo. The dish I used was not a relay. Darn.

A mission was quickly mounted to put this right:

 

And now, 

Successful connection. 

 

Edited August 5, 2019 by Tw1

[fulgur]

Cool!

3 hours ago, Tw1 said:

The Main tower's launch was tenuous. The rocket was underpowered and not fitted with abort systems, due the flight director on duty's belief that

What did the Flight Director believe?

[Tw1]

9 hours ago, fulgur said:

Cool!

What did the Flight Director believe?

Opps, that is quite important. This Flight Director believes that abort systems encourage kerbals to give up before they make orbit. None of the kerbals like it when he's on duty, but it happens anyway. 

[Geschosskopf]

Yet another epic build!  I really enjoy your projects, @Tw1

[Tw1]

On 8/1/2019 at 11:32 PM, Geschosskopf said:

Yet another epic build!  I really enjoy your projects, @Tw1

Thank you! That is great to hear.
As someone  currently on my way to a career in architecture,  it's nice to hear that when I'm treating the game like minecraft creative mode. 

Edited March 1, 2023 by Tw1

[Speeding Mullet]

On 7/31/2019 at 3:02 PM, Tw1 said:

Ahhhh its so good to see LLL parts again.  Easily my favorite base part mod back in the day.  I couldn't find a "continued" thread, is someone still maintaining it per chance?  Normally @linuxgurugamer brings these back from the depths or Laythe and I believe has in the past.  Not a request LGG get back to the shuttle thread. 

SM

[linuxgurugamer]

12 hours ago, Speeding Mullet said:

Ahhhh its so good to see LLL parts again.  Easily my favorite base part mod back in the day.  I couldn't find a "continued" thread, is someone still maintaining it per chance?  Normally @linuxgurugamer brings these back from the depths or Laythe and I believe has in the past.  Not a request LGG get back to the shuttle thread. 

SM

I actually do have a somewhat updated version, but there are significant issues with the models

[Tw1]

 

So, the Hub.
Right at the center of Starfield Plateau. 

These days,  with rescue contracts or whatever, anyone could be up there in space. For security, the module is decked out in cameras, each placed to ensure maximum coverage from fewest different angles. 

The roof is within jumping distance from the ground. It's easy to get up there, like these two, who were assembling one of the corridors.

Inside the top middle section are various meeting rooms.

I envision it having two decks, with the upper being taken up by mostly one room, which  serves as a mission control. 

The tops of the towers are various specialty  science labs.

I like to imagine they have various  shelf like internal configurations,  one might be something like this:

It's easy to move between levels in the low gravity. Even wheelchair bound kerbals who still have the use of their arms could work here. 
The rest of the tower is with a more conventional deck and ladder layout, and contains more labs, and workshops for preparing equinemt.  

The bottoms are are briefing rooms. The both have equipment for missions, and nice furniture to great visitors. 
 

On the inward facing side, the towers feature shelves of ports and hoses for re-supplying spacesuits and small rovers. 

You could stretch the hose  out and use it on a big rover, but that' would probably be better done at a fuel depot.

Equipment developed in the hub is often deployed in the surrounding area,  with kerbals working in teams to set it all up most effectively. 

The area deck is a half jump from the ground,  between  the miscellaneous offices and break rooms.

It's got lots of little hidey holes for kerbals to play about- uh, I mean, do science from.

And that's the Hub. 

On 8/8/2019 at 8:27 PM, Speeding Mullet said:

Ahhhh its so good to see LLL parts again.  Easily my favorite base part mod back in the day.

Such a good pack. I only use the base parts, but they're perfect for making architecture. 

Edited August 17, 2019 by Tw1

[Geschosskopf]

The level of detail here is just incredible!  Such a massive project.  Bravo!

I think you'd really enjoy Planet Coaster.....