Kapollo 11 Recreation (23.5)

[kahlzun]

Hi gang!

I know this is passe, trite, and done-to-death, but I have done a Apollo 11 style mission, with proper CSM and LEM.

Mechjeb was included if needed, however was only used for initial ascent.

Mission went without a hitch, did a no-instrument suicide burn and vert speed zeroed 21m off surface: cut it a little close!

Forgot to put solar panels on the LEM, so it was a brief stop (batteries running flat) before a successful rendezvous and return to KSC.

Craft was stock (apart from Mechjeb) and was built without noclip.

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To anyone wondering what happened with the separator in the 'stage 3 separates' pic, it was weird: undocking seemed to annul the velocity of the separator which whizzed off, shortly followed by the tank. I switched to it, and found it was 0.0ms relative to the Mun. Weird.

Edited July 18, 2014 by kahlzun