Mun Vs Minmus

[DJRWolf]

I just finished doing an Apollo 8 style mission to the Mun and now I was wondering if the same craft could do the same mission to Minmus to net me even more relatively easy science (landing is quite hard for me with no atmosphere). I was thinking it would be about the same or maybe a little more delta-v needed to get to Minmus.

Edited January 24, 2014 by DJRWolf

[SuperBigD60]

I guess to get there its a little more dV, but if you're talking landing and returning, its about 500-ish m/s less dV to go to Minmus vs Mun

[G'th]

Assuming the stage you use to transfer to the Mun is the same one you used to transfer back to Kerbin, then yes, you should be able to use the same craft to go to Minmus, presuming you have a fair amount of fuel left over after the return to kerbin.

[Dave Kerbin]

So Apollo 8 meaning you did a few orbits of the mun and returned. If you know how to do your transfers and captures you should be able to do it with the same amount of fuel but it is close.

An easier one is if you have a direct ascent Mun lander, which shouldn't have any trouble landing on Minmus.

[DJRWolf]

Thanks for info. Even after using a bunch of fuel to slow my decent back to Kerbin I did have at least 1/4 left on my fuel guage for my final powered stage. So that should let me get to Minmus and back with no problem then.

Once again, thanks