soil samples and EVA reports, how to transfer them?

[lazarus1024]

Okay, so I am pretty sure the answer is, you can't transfer them.

Scenario:

Apollo replica mission. Munar lander lands. Kerbal gets out and grabs a soil sample and EVA report. Kerbal gets back in the lander and blasts off for the CSM. Rendezvous and crew transfer from the MM to the CSM.

The EVA report and soil sample stays with the lander can.

Is there no, current, way to transfer it between the vehicles?

I didn't notice or think about that on my first mission, so it stayed with my MM in Munar orbit (but, hey, I guess I can transmit it back come to think since I didn't end the lander mission yet). Next round I tried keeping my kerbal on the ladder for rendezvous...WAY to much work.

I know I can just spam transmitting the data back now, but that seems cheaty. I know I can also make an all-in-one design instead of seperate lander and command modules...but that isn't as fun. I also know .23 is going to bring science transfers through EVA (some how).

Any ideas? Or is this one just not going to work until .23?

PS On another note, I did already set it up so that my materials bay and Goo cansiters are on a detachable module that I can hook to the CSM and then eject the lander portion and only take the science modules back (with parachutes)

[Johnno]

Yeah you can't transfer them, you'll have to wait for 0.23.

[finnolin]

if you are ok with using a mod, try this

[RSF77]

I use the mod linked in the above post, works good. I think there is also another one somewhere that lets you store data in a part but I havent tried it.

[vetrox]

You cant transfer them. So when i did an apollo(ish) style mission i had to leave the lander can attached to the CSM on the way back to kerbin

[lazarus1024]

Sigh, okay. Its what I thought.

Thanks!

I think for now, at least for my Munar mission I'll just spam transmissions for the soil and EVA stuff.

I'll return the goo and materials bay, as well as science instruments because that part is relatively easy for my to do with my design setup and it doesn't make my ship design that bad.

For my upcoming Duna mission I'll probably go an all in one. Make the lander also the command capsule and return ship. I'll leave it a joint though. Leave an orbiting interplanetary stage up around Duna, dettach the lander, drop it down. Once done, dettach ascent stage, rendezvous with the interplanetary section and boost back to Kerbin and then reenter with the ascent stage.

I just can't bring myself to do that with Mun missions though.

Come on .23

[Rufferal]

External Command Seats. You can't transfer science to an ECS, so it's perfect for an Apollo-style surface sample retrieval.

An ECS with a kerbal inside weighs about 95KG. The CoM is not the dead center of the seat. On a small LOR lander, this imbalance can be enough to throw you all over the place. My solution is to make it a two man craft, with symmetrical chairs.

ECS doesn't have built in SAS. You'll have to include RCS, a tiny probe core, or a dedicated SAS module. If using SAS, don't forget power, and with the probe core, I suggest an RTG to prevent running out of energy on long stays.

[soranno]

if you are already dropping science modules back to kerbin, you could put together a little science assembly for return that includes a one man pod for the purposes of sample return

make believe it`s a cargo pod or some such