Hello ground control

[deprav]

Hello Kerbonauts !

I've been playing KSP sporadically for a few months already, been loving it a lot ! But every play session would suck me in and consume all my night time. I've mostly been playing around with the career mod each new version, but had a severe relapse a few weeks ago after watching Interstellar ;o

I've known the joy of the first Mun landing, I've figured out how to rendez-vous thanks to the save XXXXX Kerman from Kerbin's orbit, docking scares me and I haven't dared trying it yet but I'll get there...

And to finish, a screenshot of Jeb going full rodeo re-entry on his way back home, saved by Chuck Kerman after he got himself stuck on the Mun due to a rather brutal landing he miraculously survived !

[Vanamonde]

Did he stay in the seat when the chutes opened?

[deprav]

He did !

[Guest]

Hope he wasn´t sick into the Science Jr.!

[Commander Jebidiah]

"This is ground control, Welcome to the forums. Over."

[deprav]

Hope he wasn´t sick into the Science Jr.!

Nope ! Thanks to his spacesuit he didn't ruin the precious Science Jr. ;o

[zekes]

welcome! Nice rescue mission!

[deprav]

welcome! Nice rescue mission!

Thanks ^^

I was pretty proud of that first precise-ish Mun landing, Jeb only had a couple of kilometers to hop with his jetpack. I don't really get how to predict the planet/object's rotation yet ; which makes precise landing pretty tough !

[Starwhip]

Thanks ^^

I was pretty proud of that first precise-ish Mun landing, Jeb only had a couple of kilometers to hop with his jetpack. I don't really get how to predict the planet/object's rotation yet ; which makes precise landing pretty tough !

Switch to "Surface" mode earlier, and kill your horizontal velocity.

(In layman's terms, point in the opposite direction you are going relative to a surface, and burn until you are falling straight down instead of sideways).

If you time it right you'll be right on top of your target.

If not, just tilt toward the target and burn to start moving, then in the other direction to fall down again.

The closest I've gotten (I could get closer if I had the fuel and time) was within 100 meters.

[deprav]

Switch to "Surface" mode earlier, and kill your horizontal velocity.

(In layman's terms, point in the opposite direction you are going relative to a surface, and burn until you are falling straight down instead of sideways).

If you time it right you'll be right on top of your target.

If not, just tilt toward the target and burn to start moving, then in the other direction to fall down again.

The closest I've gotten (I could get closer if I had the fuel and time) was within 100 meters.

Ahhhhhhhhh thanks ! It seems I had the technique right but I was doing it on "orbit" instead of "surface", and only switched to "surface" for the landing. That makes sense now