Three-Man Laythe Lander

[NickyUsa]

Alright, so I've successfully gotten to the Mun, Minmus, and Duna, all with three man landers. My next challenge for my space program is to get to Laythe, and eventually put a small base there. However, for the time being, I simply need to land three crewmembers there.

I need some designs/pictures for a three man lander. Nothing minimalist. I'm not planning on landing on the water, so it needs to be something with enough fuel should I end up far away from my landing site.

[Virindi]

I have personally found that the most effective way to land on Laythe is with an aircraft. This is mainly because it is hard to avoid the water with such small landmasses, and much of the land that you do have is mountainous, so your landing target has to be relatively precise.

Any SSTO that can make orbit around Kerbin can likely make orbit around Laythe, and there's no reason you have to even use one that works on Kerbin. Just make sure you have a large amount of wing area for the weight so you can get your landing speed really low. If Kerbin is a problem, launch it from there on top of a rocket.

[Jasmir]

Here (http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/33312-Showcase-SSTO-s%21-Post-your-pictures-here?p=782446&viewfull=1#post782446) are two SSTOs that can land & take of from Laythe. One is a plane (Crewcapacity: 1) and the other is a normal Rocket (Crewcapacity: 2). The plane is way better to do presision-landings _and_ have a Rover-Mode to drive around using only electric charges. The Rocket lands on Chutes, so it's hard to aim for a small landing-spot with it.

[Monkeh]

Best advice is to accept a long interplanetary burn from those efficient but weak ass nukes.

[Monkeh]

This one also made it to Laythe easy enough.

Although looking back at that old craft, I see many things that could be improved upon. It's amazing how much you learn whilst playing this game. So many things I thought I'd never be able to do seem trivial now. Still lots more ahead of me as well.

Edited November 27, 2013 by Monkeh

[Levelord]

This one carries 4 Kerbals.