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

[Sampa]

Cool stuff! Where did you get those outer tanks you jettison when empty?

[Zaddy23]

Cool stuff! Where did you get those outer tanks you jettison when empty?

I think they are just procedural fuel tanks with decouplers.

[GreenWolf]

Cool stuff! Where did you get those outer tanks you jettison when empty?

Those are procedural tanks, iirc.

[lajoswinkler]

Procedural Parts. Atlas texture. Each tank has 1111 units of fuel, IIRC.

[Sampa]

Ok, thanks!

[Kieve]

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That reentry shot with the propulsion tower disintegrating is just all kinds of fun to look at. I probably should seek help.

Kieve, now you may suggest the name for the future Kron 4 lander.

Nice, thank you

I actually went looking for reentry-speed topics before making my guess, and based it around speed records coming from Jool. Those were around the 5k mark, so I considered Sarnus might be a little bit higher.

The important thing is all your greenbeans made it back safe and sound though!

As for a name... how does Kerpernicus sound?

[DMSP]

That reentry shot with the propulsion tower disintegrating is just all kinds of fun to look at. I probably should seek help.

Nice, thank you http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f321/Kieve/PWI/tigers/victory.gif

I actually went looking for reentry-speed topics before making my guess, and based it around speed records coming from Jool. Those were around the 5k mark, so I considered Sarnus might be a little bit higher.

The important thing is all your greenbeans made it back safe and sound though!

As for a name... how does Kerpernicus sound?

Darn, I came so close!

I changed it from 9012 to 4037 because I saw a Eeloo mission. The re-entry was 4679 MPS. I was considering 4840 but then I realized that Sarnus is closer than Eeloo.

But just now I realized that Eeloo orbits Sarnus...

Which made me realise it was much further out...

Oops...

Great name though, very fitting!

[lajoswinkler]

That reentry shot with the propulsion tower disintegrating is just all kinds of fun to look at. I probably should seek help.

Nice, thank you http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f321/Kieve/PWI/tigers/victory.gif

I actually went looking for reentry-speed topics before making my guess, and based it around speed records coming from Jool. Those were around the 5k mark, so I considered Sarnus might be a little bit higher.

The important thing is all your greenbeans made it back safe and sound though!

As for a name... how does Kerpernicus sound?

It was fun to look at live. Like fireworks, only causing huge radiological contamination.

Kerpernicus shall be the name.

[Snarfster]

This makes me wonder how I managed to get a 7500 m/s return from Jool... (12 g deceleration just to capture.)

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Huh, why does my name say "Moderator" under it?

[Kieve]

Huh, why does my name say "Moderator" under it?

What day is it today...?

[Sampa]

lol, I am one of the few they skipped over on the moderator title! (now I feel left out )

[lajoswinkler]

This makes me wonder how I managed to get a 7500 m/s return from Jool... (12 g deceleration just to capture.)

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Huh, why does my name say "Moderator" under it?

It's highly dependant on the angle you come at Kerbin. Inclination differences play a large role. I haven't quite mastered the technique. This was a way more lucky reentry than anything.

Moderator? Maybe it has something to do with April 1st.

[Nicholander]

Ah, great! Kron 3 is finished! But, I think you should finish that probe mission to Urlum you launched on page 14 first.

[lajoswinkler]

Oh, don't worry about it. It is still on its heading. It's a long way to Urlum. Also, it belongs to the fourth mission.

[lajoswinkler]

Kron 4X probe with microlanders has entered Urlum's sphere of influence.

(Urlum is the bright dot in the middle)

Initial instrument reports say the magnetosphere is tilted away at a large angle from the rotational axis. UV spectrum indicates water and ammonia clouds which give very high albedo.

[Yukon0009]

Any updates Laj?

[lajoswinkler]

Unmanned complex probe Kron 4X is less than one day from aerobraking at Urlum. 143 000 km away, Urlum's satellites are plainly visible.

[lajoswinkler]

The probe successfully performed the aerobraking maneuver at 110 km.

Resulting orbit was extremely inclined, almost polar.

Here's the probe passing between the rings.

Further instructions will be sent from the KSC to rendezvous with Wal.

[Yukon0009]

Wait, but wouldn't be reaching the moons harder?

[lajoswinkler]

Not at all. I don't need to force myself to do stuff in equatorial orbits and I have plenty of fuel left (something like one third of the tank). Some patience and fiddling with maneuver nodes is all that's needed.

[DMSP]

Oh yay!

Can't wait to see more crafts and new designs!

[lajoswinkler]

Catching Wal was a piece of cake.

Unfortunately, the tiny landers on the probe did not have any reaction wheels because someone at the KSC forgot to inform the construction crew probe cores now lack them.

As a consequence, the first detached lander just smacked close to the north pole.

Nothing was left to do but to divert the probe towards Priax and Polta. However, something weird was caught on one of the images the probe sent to Kerbin (lower right corner) after it finished the burn to get out of Wal's SOI.

Something very reflective and yellow is on Wal's equatorial ridge. The site was therefore chosen as the landing position of future missions.

[TheSaint]

Unfortunately, the tiny landers on the probe did not have any reaction wheels because someone at the KSC forgot to inform the construction crew probe cores now lack them.

As a consequence, the first detached lander just smacked close to the north pole.

Isn't that annoying! I came back to KSP after a short absence, and the first thing I did was send a probe to Moho to have a look at the mohole. I separate the lander and nothing is moving, and I'm going nuts. I'm checking everything: my probe core has power, my keyboard and mouse aren't broken. I restore a quicksave and start over, same problem. I'm looking in the output logs to see if something is crashing. What in blue blazes is going on? No reaction wheels.

These mission reports are fantastic, they're one of the few threads I actually check into when I come on the forums. After the shine wears off of 1.0 I'm going to try something similar with Nertea's Near Future Technologies and Station parts packs.

[spaceman1999]

Can't wait to see what that reflective object is!

[DMSP]

Anything new coming?

That shiny thing is interesting!

Cant wait to see the new ships and new banner!