re: Kerbal Space Program: Post your pictures and mission stories

Wider is better.

Struts make it easy though. Like Dam Guide, I can recall using winglets as crumple zones to protect my engine while landing.

Anyone know how far down the tech tree the big stuff is propulsion wise? I want to go back to being lazy where my solution to all problems can be found in bigger and/or more rockets.

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Anyone know how far down the tech tree the big stuff is propulsion wise? I want to go back to being lazy where my solution to all problems can be found in bigger and/or more rockets.

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This is why I still alternate between Sandbox and Career mode. If you get too much science too fast, you pretty much go back to Sandbox mode. I try to make it a little harder on myself by limiting stuff I do in Career mode and not using Bob/Bill/Jeb for any missions. I like seeing how many Kerbals I have killed, Bob/Bill/Jeb just respawn.

What's after Mun? Is it Minmus?

I mainly use Jeb for actual missions, needless to say he's been in a couple of tough spots, but auto save has helped him survive this long, I used the noobs to test rockets until I got the Sputnikesque pod.

How much more fuel to get to Minmus? I came back from the Mun on a hope and a prayer.

Minmus has very low gravity as well so it's not hard to jump around to different biomes. It's also easy to escape it's sphere of influence and orbit Kerbin. You don't need much more fuel than a Mun mission.

I started my space station. I will be attaching my two sets of tanks and escape pod to the station today. I may also put a refueling station in Minmus orbit for future missions.

I just googled a list of all the kerbin and mun biomes, holy shite. I've got a lot more exploring to do.

Minmus might be my favorite moon. I was excited to land on Mun for the first time but there's something about Minmus that keeps me going back there. It's such a fun place to explore.

I did my first manned mission to Duna tonight.


Here is my Duna ship in Sun orbit preparing to burn for Duna.


After making my maneuver node I began my burn.


It takes a lot longer to get to your maneuver point when you are executing interplanetary travel.


The burn takes quite a while as well. I believe this was a 4 and a half minute burn. I watched a few videos to learn some of the basics and 4 minutes with nuclear engines wasn't too bad.


I made it to Duna with plenty of fuel remaining. The design of Duna is quite interesting.


I burned retrograde to drop my velocity as much as possible with the nuclear engines before I jettisoned them.


After deploying 4 chutes and a pretty lengthy burn I made it to the surface of Duna. Unfortunately I didn't have much practice landing and I forgot to save. I burned significantly more fuel than I had with my probes and no longer had enough for a return flight.


I did have enough fuel remaining to get back in to Sun orbit. I am now preparing a rescue mission.

I imagine the rescue mission will be more fun then a lot of the missions that I have done so far. I designed a new ship just for the mission. In order to retain my science I will attempt to dock with the ship and return the entire thing back to Kerbin.

I didn't do a great job of documenting the first portion of this mission, but the rescue will be fully documented and posted.

All of you are doing really interesting things with this game. I love the rocket designs yall are creating. It is a really fun game with which to share ideas and mission stories. Keep them coming guys.