![]() With new research came new parts, and even larger launch vehicles. Here’s a seven-probe seed pod, which scatters its probes across a planet’s surface. With our capabilities constrained by a lack of science, I set out to seed the solar system with instrumented probes. With several Kerbals left floating, empty-tanked, in orbit, this seemed like an important capability for our burgeoning space program. Once there, it can shuttle crew between orbiting ships and stations, and return them to earth when needed. This one uses regular rockets to get into orbit. Of course, I’m not skilled enough to build actual spaceplanes. Space stations need spaceplanes to deliver and recover crew. Here’s the first hab node and research lab, in a more suitable orbit. You have to balance atmospheric drag (in atmosphere) and center-of-mass (in both atmo and space). This is the first space station module, being delivered to geosynchronous orbit approximately 200 meters south of the launch pad. Subsequent landings on Mun and Minmus went (comparatively) smoothly.Īs soon as we’d performed enough Scientific Research to build more sophisticated parts, I decided to launch a space station. ![]() Re-entry and landing went smoothly, and Jeb returned, rather shaken, to Mission Control.įollowing the Great Fuel Debacle, our engineers discovered spiral staging, and proceeded to design, and explode, significantly higher delta-V launch vehicles. With Jeb’s EVA tank exhausted, we were forced to (gently) smash the entire rescue ship into Jeb, hoping that he could cling to the handholds on the recovery capsule.
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