Appollen 2, my first Mun rocket

[CobraA1]

Great game, thanks!

Wanted to share my first successful Mun rocket. Borrowed a lot of ideas, so can\'t say it\'s 100% my own, but I did construct it myself .

It\'s not really my second design, BTW - I had several attempts with the demo version of KSP, but never quite made it. I bought the game before the successful Mun landing.

Dunno how much the RCS units really helped, I mostly just did a vertical landing and used the lunar module\'s main engine to shave off horizontal movement. I may need to add more RCS units if I want to be serious about having them.

It\'s pretty tight on fuel, though - I barely made it back to the planet (actually used up the tanks on the lunar module). I\'ll have to look into adding more fuel in future designs - or not using as much fuel landing on the Mun. I dunno when the best times really are for the burns, I just guessed.

But they made it back safely . Success!

I learned a lot playing this game - how the atmosphere is a real drag (literally), how to best manipulate orbits using the least fuel, how to create rockets, etc.

[Kosmo-not]

Judging by how much fuel I had after getting into orbit, I deemed it to have plenty of fuel for the rest of the mission.

[CobraA1]

Yeah, well it was the lunar lander that lost most of the fuel, not the rocket stages themselves. I think I may have started the retro burns too early and had too many of them.

Still learning .