Slow Unplanned Disassembly...

[jarmenia]

Unlike the more common Unplanned Rapid Disassembly that normally happens in KSP, Jeb had to perform a slow unplanned disassembly to reduce the weight of his lander to get enough delta-v to get back into orbit.

https://jarmenia2.prizmshare.com/view/slow-unplanned-disassembly#

[worir4]

Just make sure you don't accidentally throw away the solar panels. You need them!

[Axelord FTW]

Just make sure you don't accidentally throw away the solar panels. You need them!

I've done whole interplanetary missions without panels.

Just really tedious but it's doable.

[Renegrade]

Unlike the more common Unplanned Rapid Disassembly that normally happens in KSP, Jeb had to perform a slow unplanned disassembly to reduce the weight of his lander to get enough delta-v to get back into orbit.

Err.. unless you've changed something, lights are normally massless (#lolmassless - although I don't mind in this case, as having more than one or two doesn't really confer any serious advantage, unlike say solar panels, engines, or batteries) heh~

Also um.. you removed RCS tanks - you can use RCS for delta-v too you know. Every 250 units of RCS is 1 tonne of fuel, and stock quads are 260 isp (270 for KW ones if I recall correctly). If you have a 6 ton lander, with 250 units of RCS, that's ln(6/(6-1))*9.82*260 = 465.5 delta-v. If you're carrying two tons of LFO, and burn that first, then that's (4/(4-1)) instead of (6/(6-1)) or 734.5 delta-v.

I've done whole interplanetary missions without panels.

Just really tedious but it's doable.

Yeah in stock, if you're light on the reaction wheels, don't transmit, and don't use ion drives, you can easily get away with just batteries, or even just pod capacity.

A number of life support mods, or life support-enabled mods add a life support power drain ... and you DO need generation then. I see some HexCans, and those are often associated with TAC_LS...

[LABHOUSE]

Thanks for an idea on rescuing him (I know I could use a jetpack circulation, but that is too hard at low altitudes).