On an escape trajectory, with a considerable head start, I managed to catch and dock with my escaping Moho ship, and refuel it sufficiently to enter Kerbin orbit, and save the tug, before either of them reached the Mün's orbit, and I did all that without using a single manoeuvre node!Īfter docking with my space station in LKO, the 3 kerbonauts are back home and relaxing in the astronaut complex. This is the point where I'm glad I've spent some time polishing my rendezvous skills. There is minimal non-destination science or biome hopping, and each mission gets you progressively further into the Kerbol system. Thankfully I have a nuclear tug hanging around in LKO for ferrying supplies to my Mün base, and even better, it was currently close to the point at which the Moho mission hit periapsis. So here you have my Logical Progression Science Mode guide. If I was going to mount a rescue, it had to be fast! Oops! Flight time to the Mün's orbit was merely 1 hour. In vain, I burned my remaining fuel trying desperately to stop, then used up all the mono prop, and was still hundreds of metres per second above escape velocity as I shot out of the atmosphere and back into an escape trajectory. As can be seen, the ship is coming in very fast and a periapsis of 38 km isn't enough to get it even close to under escape velocity, let alone into a decent orbit. Pro Tip: It is not a good idea to continue burning until you get an escape trajectory out of Kerbin. Keep in mind that this method does require more fuel to complete. Wait as long as you need to to get ideal positioning to save fuel. An easier way to do this is to just burn upwards from launch sending you straghit up to an escape trajectory (about 2,000km). Fine, I'll aerocapture, dock with my station, and ferry the brave kerbonauts down. When it comes to rendezvous, yes, time warp can be your friend. I used drop tanks to get there, leaving me with loads of Delta Vs, or so I thought, to return, after docking with my mothership and discarding the lander:Īfter burning for Kerbin and correcting the plane, I had a periapsis of about 38km with 500m/s of delta V left. So I went to Moho and put boots on the ground! yay!
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