u/cari778

The first pictures are with the lunar orbiter (Minuano III), and the last ones with the Saturn V almost copy, Minuano IV. I think i'm gonna take a break from RP-1 and KSP for a while, i've spent like 15 hours on this weekend just to take this last photo

Went with the Apollo D-2 capsule just to avoid creating a 1:1 copy of Saturn V, but honestly i think it's way better than the regular Apollo CSM. Lighter and roomier for the crew. Also IMO it looks better hahahaha

I'm very grateful for all the folks on discord that answered my questions within seconds, and also to the people here for giving me inspirations. Now i'm gonna mess with Kronal vessel viewer to make some edits 👍

Depois de passar tanto tempo só com cessna, a velocidade com que as coisas acontecem num avião com turbina me deixou pra trás algumas vezes kkkkkk

Experiência muito legal

> Departed intending to dock with another ship.
> Rendezvous took a day more than planned, depleting the batteries.
> Helium for the RCS depleted due to the player's lack of skill.
> Only 3 out of 4 retro boosters ignited, causing an uncontrollable spin making the ship stay stuck on a 146km x 133km orbit
> Only 2 hours of eletric charge remaining. Not enough to make several passes to come back
> Sofia Tamarkina makes the ultimate sacrifice, using her jetpack to push the ship against its trajectory on the first ever mission that a jetpack is onboard
> Periapsis is lowered to 103km after many refuelings of the jetpack, saving her and her crewmate. The ship lands with 30 minutes of batteries left

A thrill of a mission ngl, the space program is still on a 0 fatal mishaps thanks to our hero

I must have spent more than a dozen hours figuring out how to land on the moon with a probe, mainly because of marginal Delta V for the mission. In the end a spin stabilized lander with science core avionics to save weight worked out, but it added a lot of stress on the touchdown hahaha

The mission was completed with the Minuano launch vehicle, with 2x LR87s on the first stage, and a LR91 at the second stage. Pretty much the same engines as the Titan II rockets that were used on the Gemini program.

I may have lost the race to the first man in space, but i'm still confident i can send a kerbal to the moon before the americans, though i may have to take some more risks from now on...