Real Solar System - To the Moon!

[Vigelius]

So far in my KSP playing I have not been one for posting long after-action reports, but for this I make an exception because one single mission has taken so long to build toward!

This all started when I tried out the Real Solar System mod and was instantly a newbie again, struggling just to make Low Earth Orbit. I was hooked!

It was immediately apparent that I had problems. Firstly, I was having to build absolutely huge rockets just to get a single probe core into orbit, and doing so with the tanks I had led to massive spindly affairs that flexed horribly. Procedural Parts fixed the flexing, by allowing me to create custom tanks in whatever shape and size I could desire. Real Fuels with the Real Engines pack fixed the sizing issue, by: i. introducing a variety of real-world fuel types with much more sympathetic masses, and ii. changing the stats of all engines in keeping with real-world varieties. I could now put my probe cores into orbit on things which looked like reasonable rockets.

The next target really broadcast itself - I must shoot for the moon! And so began a challenge which taxed my design ability, my flying skill, my understanding, my computer and my patience!

Voila!

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Massive thanks and respect goes out to the creators of all the mods I've used here, and of course to Squad!

[Moss]

Awesome.

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[NathanKell]

Very nice!