The spacecraft docks! Fortunately, Lobert watching at Mission Control, notices something is off in the mission parameters!
“So I did the math guys… I am pretty sure they don’t have enough DeltaV to complete the mission with that rover attached!“ -Rozer
The rest of the Space Center engineering staff looks at the numbers… Lobert is right!
““Everybody secure? Disconnecting docking clamps!“We have some sharp eyed Kerbals down here Aurora 30! Lobert spotted some problems… you need to eject that rover! And after that … we’ll need you to do the transfer burn using the lander engines!“ -Gene, at Mission Control
“Roger that… nice work Lobert! Detaching the rover!““Moving in to dock…“” -Malcolm
Next, everyone holds on as the lander’s engine fires!
“Um, should our eyes feel like this??“ -Guswin
“We don’t normally point the spacecraft this way when we fire engines… I think we’ll be fine though… I think!” -Malcolm
Aurora 30 soars off toward Minmus! In just a few days the first tourism mission will arrive!
After a short training period, the winners of the planet-wide raffle Urberry, Guswin, and Siski board the Aurora 30 Crew Vehicle – piloted by veteran pilot Malcolm!
“OK – science good! Gillian, reactors ready? We’re going to need every bit of those reactors energy to power two of these LF-9 engines!“ -Jeb
“Radiators are on, showing cooling has started! Starting reactors 1 and 2… port reactor climbing to 100 percent power. Starboard reactor same…. both reactors are showing full power! -Gillian
With pre-flight checks complete, Jeb undocks from Crew Vehicle 4! With a loud clunk and some whirs, the two craft detach, and start to drift away from each other. With a brief reverse thrust of Odyssey’s RCS system, Jeb gives the ship a good distance for maneuvering!
“We are clear! Preparing course for burn to Sarnus!“ -Jeb
“I show full power to the engines! Temperatures nominal.. I show good for burn! -Gillian
“Just about finished checking all the scientific instrumentation!” -Shepley
“OK – Pedal to the metal! Thrust at 100 percent!“ -Jeb
The two colossal LF-9 engines fire! Powered by two Discovery class reactor assemblies together generating 6,000 e/c per second this is the first time TWO have been run simultaneously on a spacecraft!
“Things are heating up… but we are still within mission parameters!“ -Gillian
After quite a long burn, Jeb throttles down! Odyssey is now rocketing away – heading right toward an intercept with Sarnus!
“Trajectory looks good everybody! Just a little under three years and we’ll be at Sarnus!“ -Jeb
“I checked the cryo-systems during the burn! Glykerol levels are good, and the freezing systems are ready to go! “ -Shepley
Everyone locks their stations, and heads to the aft of the crew compartment!
“Brr! It’s always so cold in the cryo-chambers! Let’s get this space-nap going! “ -Gillian
“Oh – the deep space relays have been deployed too! See you guys in orbit of Sarnus!“ -Shepley
“Communications are good Odyssey – we’ll see you soon!“ -Gene, supervising at Mission Control
After triple checking the ‘wake up’ timer is correct, the crew enters cryo-sleep for the trip to Sarnus!
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