I went to the moon for the first time!

[maccollo]

That is to say, I downloaded the realistic solar system mod and went to our moon and all of a sudden space travel is incredibly difficult. I knew it would be harder than going to the moon in vanilla KSP, but I didn't realize how much harder O_o. The tiny rocket in the beginng is my standard moon rocket in vanila KSP, and that barely got halfway to orbit. I thought I'd get to the moon with a 100-200 ton craft, but the one I ended up with weighted 1000 tons, and I barely made it.

The thought of going anywhere else is daunting O_o

Other mods I used was FAR, deadly reentry and TAC Life Support.

[sal_vager]

Very impressed maccollo, Real Solar System is definitely KSP's "hard mode"

[maccollo]

Very impressed maccollo, Real Solar System is definitely KSP's "hard mode"

Thanks

It might be really hard, in fact I'm not sure I can build a rocket that can send a kerbal any further than Mars and back, but I can't go back to vanilla KSP now. In a way, having to build the mightiest rocket to launch a rather puny payload feels more epic and rewarding. Not to mention Kirbin/Earth feels much more imposing in RSS!