Introduction

[Fridgecake]

Hi there Kerbanauts,

Just thought i\'d introduce myself as i\'ve been playing the game for a while. I\'ve mainly just been messing about building bigger and bigger rockets but I thought i\'d try and make myself something fun tonight. I\'ve done a few orbits of Kerbin itself but I was going for a much bigger orbit to try and match that of the Mun.

I got caught in the Mun\'s gravity (for the second time ever!) and it threw my orbit off. I then spent the rest of my fuel trying to get caught again and failed. Another launch of my ship and i\'m back in orbit around Kerbin heading for the Mun. I get caught again but i\'ve got the speed too high and I lose it. However the second time i\'m better prepared and I managed to get into orbit!

I dropped my PE and AP down and managed to aim myself into the Mun. However I ran out of fuel doing this final burn to hit the surface and I waited far too long before engaging my RCS thrusters to stop the ship from crashing. I panicked last minute and wasn\'t even able to parachute down to the surface (assuming you can). I\'ll never forget Merwise, Judrick and Hersy Kerman as my first astronauts to (accidently in all fairness) get to the Mun.

Wasn\'t the most optimised Mun insertion but i\'ve had such a blast doing it (and got some awesome screen shots) so I just wanna say a huge thank you to the developers and keep up the good work!

Fridgecake

[Newt0570]

Hi, welcome! I can relate my first mun experiences to yours. waiting too long to slow down, and the tragic consequences that follow...

[jgjiscool]

My first successful Mun landing was a failure! I landed... on unlevel ground and disaster followed as the reentry stage fell off and all control was lost...

[Fridgecake]

Well I can certainly take a lot learnt from this mission. I did a load with the controls, looked at retrograde burning and got some good experience in and around the Mun.

I\'m itching to get back into the game but i\'ve got work in the morning so i\'m going to have to jump off and hope I can honour the 3 Kerbanauts I failed last night with a proper landing another night. Got some serious tinkering to do with my rocket and need some practise orbiting and the like. It\'s a fantastic game to aim to play for an hour then 3 hours in you\'re still going at it.

Shame about your Mun landings. Looking forward to getting to the stage where I can actually reach the surface not in a ball of fire

[RayneCloud]

Welcome aboard mate, enjoy KSP!

-DR

[Capt'n Skunky]

Welcome to the KSP Forums!

Happy Launching!

Arrr!

Capt\'n Skunky

KSP Community Manager

[wntvcom]

Welcome!

I too have lost many a Kerbal, in attempts at Mun orbits/landings. Thankfully they resurrect or clone or something.

Thor

Chief Engineer Insane Rockets Division

[flying_chair]

Hey dude, Welcome!