My first manned moho mission, how'd I do?

[quantumpion]

Forgot to take screen shots of the departure. Here was my delta-V used:

Kerbin->Mohoian apoapsis Hohmann transfer: 2 km/s

Kerbol circularize/Moho intercept: 3 km/s

Moho capture to low orbit: 1 km/s

Moho landing, launch, and rendezvous with propulsion module: 3 km/s

Moho departure to Eve encounter: 3 km/s

Eve gravity assist to Kerbin apoapsis and inclination adjustment: free (monopropellant for fine tuning)

Kerbin intercept: 0.5 km/s

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Unfortunately I didn't realize I forgot to add any of the small science instruments until after I got there, otherwise my science returned would have been way higher! Doh!

edit: why isn't the imgur album frame working any more?

Edited February 10, 2014 by quantumpion

[FlamedSteak]

That's more or less how I handle most interplanetary missions. Though since I downloaded KW Rocketry I have been moving away from doing LKO rendezvous' and launching everything at once.

[nimbim]

Only thing to "critize" is the amount of engines. You could have only 1 max 2 on the lander and pull the extra fuel along, rcs fuel and thrusters only on the fuel part.

[quantumpion]

The lander needed two engines minimum to have enough TWR to land and take off from moho. It's full fuel Moho surface TWR was 2.0. I like to have a TWR of at least 0.3 for the transfer module otherwise transfer burns take an annoyingly long time and it's more difficult to get accurate precision burns. With only two engines the TWR of the whole vessel was about 0.05

Edited January 3, 2014 by quantumpion