Kron series (Kron 6 end of mission) - temporary halt of program

[Yukon0009]

Indeed, Lajos you should be the official OPM tester.

For some reason I still remember when Kron 3 just ended and the Kron 4 lander was'nt even named yet. I wonder if Kieve still watches this thread.

[Sharkman Briton]

I Cannae wait cap'n!

[lajoswinkler]

Lajos you are discovering things that I never knew about. Like the depth of that crater.

Perhaps there are even deeper ones. I didn't scan it or anything. Just watched it rotate while orbiting and picked the one that looked very exciting. It's possible the one next to it is even better, I don't know.

But Priax really is an exciting place, good work.

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Kron 4 is in Urlum periapsis, at the outer edge of its ring. Radiation is pretty serious.

Main engine on, full throttle.

[lajoswinkler]

Engine shutdown.

Kron 4 is leaving Urlum, ionizing radiation flux is falling down.

Bill is removing the junk. Winch, spare uranium, strut endpoints, small radiators, spare food, all useless things will end up around Kerbol.

A tiny probe was also jettisoned.

[Yukon0009]

Is that probe a science probe or just junk?

[lajoswinkler]

I forgot to use it so now it could be like a tracking buoy or something. There's lots of crap in the picture. Those dots mostly aren't stars.

[lajoswinkler]

Kerty calculated the optimal burn. It will take a bit more than 1500 m/s to fall into Kerbin almost 5 years later.

Mun will be there to help if things go wrong, as well as some 6300 m/s left over in Kron 4.

Burn in one month. The crew will prepare for hibernation.

[lajoswinkler]

Jebediah, the main pilot, was the last to go to cryo-sleep. He spent a month with Kerty, but now it's time for rest.

Kerty is alone again. Antennas and radiators are retracted. The ship is falling towards Kerbin.

Start guessing the maximum reentry speed.

[Red Dwarf]

I say 5500 m/s. Bets were high on Kron 3, so I'm taking the low spot to be on the safe side.

[Yukon0009]

I say 5700 m/s. By the way what's the reward?

[Bev7787]

6000 m/s. I was too high last time

[Sylandro]

6450 m/s. Just a guess.

Edited August 16, 2015 by Sylandro

[Elowiny]

I bet 6750, Urlum is twice as far as Sarnus, so it should be a lot faster.

[_Augustus_]

10 km/s.

[Bev7787]

I say 5700 m/s. By the way what's the reward?

I think the reward last time was the name of the next Kron lander

[Zaddy23]

6512m/s

[lajoswinkler]

I'm not sure about the reward this time because I'm not even sure Kron 5 will be able to go to Ablate, and Neidon is still not ready. Don't worry, I'll think of something.

[Sharkman Briton]

Maybe you should go to some place from trans-keptunian, or go to Sarnus again, and do some crazy thing like doing the Elcano challenge on Tekto XD

[Mister Dilsby]

Elcano Ablate. Hey, at least you can hyperedit to the surface...

[VASMIR]

Whats going to happen to Gerty?

[lajoswinkler]

No way I'm driving anywhere. I don't have the patience.

Kerty will survive, of course.

Let's speed up the time. It's a bit more than 7 days before reentry occurs. Kron 4 is falling with an enormous speed.

With some luck, I'll end up somewhere close to the equator.

[Geschosskopf]

30km Pe going that fast? I have my doubts about the safety of that . Even coming back from just Duna, I go for 40km.

[DMSP]

Lol late guess.

12,997 m/s.

Maybe the prize could be a stock custom built craft?

[Bev7787]

*Hype*

[lajoswinkler]

This is speed relative to Kerbol. Relative to Kerbin, it won't be near this fast, but it will be quite serious.

30 km will be the starting periapsis. I'm more concerned about the Taurus HCV capsule doing its buggy tilting.