Author: sayburstuff

Year 7, Day 270 (Heavy Cargo Shuttle Resolute Refit Update)

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KSEA releases plans for the refitted Heavy Cargo Shuttle (HCS) Resolute!  After initial tests Enterprise will be similarly refit.

Heavy Cargo Shuttle Refit Goals:

  • To improve flight characteristics both on launch and return
  • Upgrade the launch vehicle to provide more power.
  • Increase the launch vehicle recoverability.
  • Add cool lights.

Engineers and scientists are confident that all these goals will be met!

Year 7, Day 264 (Jool Surveyor Pol Fly-By!)

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screenshot100.pngJool Surveyor approaches Pol!

screenshot102.pngInstruments record that Goo Scans are… unusual to say the least. Tentacles grow up from the goo, reaching up, then break off.  Bizarre, but fascinating!

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As the probe passes over Pol’s highlands, gravity scans indicate multiple layers on the world’s surface.

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Electricity this far out is proving to be the mission’s main obstacle, transmissions require a great deal of the craft’s power!

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The onboard multi-spectral scanner is also able to get the first close look at the surface! Future passes will hopefully add to the data and help create a full picture of the surface.

In all, a very successful start to the Jool Surveyor mission!

 

Year 7, Day 263 (Explorer Heads Home!)

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Kimmy, Dunwin, and Mitster all board Explorer 2, and wish Duna Spaceport farewell!

“It’s a shame we can’t stay!”

-Kimmy

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Other Kerbals deserve a chance to explore Duna… we’ll be back!””

-Dunwin

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Well I want to get back… I can’t wait to get my chance at flying that shiny new Super Duna Lander!

-Mitster

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Explorer 2’s journey home will take 314 days!

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Year 7, Day 248 (Refit of Shuttle Resolute Begins)

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Engineers start refit work on the Heavy Cargo Shuttle (HCS) Resolute!

The key goals of the refit are:

  • To improve flight characteristics both on launch and return
  • Upgrade the launch vehicle to provide more power.
  • Increase the launch vehicle recoverability.
  • Add cool lights.

Part of this refit will involve the V3 launcher to lose its Orbital Assist Vehicle (OAV), which has proven to be an expensive and wasteful addition to the HCS, as this stage is entirely disposable.