“Alright people.. we are going to Tekto! Get up there to Odyssey and let’s make some history!”
-Gene
While the mission specifics are not quite done beyond a misson to Tekto (one of the more interesting moons of Sarnus), a crew has been chosen for DSV-6 Odyssey’s first mission!
A team of veteran Kerbonauts has been chosen to fly Odyssey’s maiden journey: Mission Commander Jeb, Mission Scientist Shepely, and Mission Engineer, Gillian!
Blast off! The Neidon III booster blasts off, carrying the crew, and a variant of the VINCENT lander, to orbit!
“We are go! Hold on everyone, approaching maximum dynamic pressure!“
-Jeb
The solid rocket boosters detach! Ground crews scramble to their recovery vehicles to start refurbishing the boosters!
The rocket continues its journey to orbit, finally reaching an altitude of 200k meter, where it circularizes!
Crew Vehicle 4 detaches from the booster!
The Crew Vehicle detaches from the lander, and begins the docking and transposition manuever!
Jeb starts manuevers to dock with Odyssey!
“Let’s go check out Odyssey! Starting rendezvouses!”
-Jeb
Only the running lights of Odyssey are visible as the Crew Vehicle approaches Odyssey!
Suddenly, the rising sun illuminates the Deep Space Vehicle!
“I caught a glimpse of Odyssey out the window! She’s big!”
-Bob
“We are at zero relative motion… Mission Control we are going to start docking procedures! Issuing remote commands to Odyssey to open the docking shield!”
-Jeb
The signal is received by Odyssey….
… and the protective cover on the docking port opens!
“Detaching from lander… moving to relative port… RCS systems nominal…”
-Jeb
As the lander stays at a safe distance, the Crew Vehicle begins docking maneuvers!
“OK… we are the pipe, five by five! Connection in 5…4…3…2….”
-Jeb
“…1! I show a good connection!”
-Jeb
“Confirmed! Seals are good – vehicle integrity good!“
-Gillian
“OK switching controls over to the lander! I have a good connection! Starting docking maneuver!“
-Jeb
Jeb remotely pilots the lander so that it’s directly above the landing bay! Then, slowly, uses RCS to “land” in the bay!
“Just about… almost… OK!“
-Jeb
“Another good docking! I show we have the lander firmly docked in the cargo bay! Time to inspect the ship and make sure we are good for departure!
-Gillian
“We better hurry! The transfer window to Sarnus won’t last forever!“
-Bob
Kerbin Space Exploration Administration | Space Program Funding
| Current Funds: 147,128 | Assigned Kerbal Wages: 65,000 |
| Next Funding Period: -14d | Unassigned Kerbal Wages: 5,000 |
| Current Reputation: 453 | Vessel Maintenance: 107,185 |
| Estimated Gross Funding:905,459 | Launch Costs: 170,866 |
| Space Center Costs: 136,000 | Estimated Net Funding: 421,408 |
Kerbal States | Kerbin Space Exploration Administration 
Getting these deep space vehicles launched and prepared for missions is always quite the task! So far so good though, nothing has exploded! Also trying something new: I use the Space Program Funding mod:
https://github.com/JoeBostic/SpaceProgramFunding/releases
an older but fun mod I have used for quite a while. It uses your Reputation to give you money, and it pays out every month. Combined with Kerbal Construction Time it really makes you feel like you are running an actual space program!
While I’ve used the mod for years I have never really shared the numbers, I thought it might be fun to provide little snapshots at the end of posts showing what KSEA’s financial situation is!
I may not do this for all posts though, as it’s a bit of typing.
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