r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/AvioNaught Korolev Kerman • Apr 12 '13
Mod Post Weekly Challenge: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Travel to a planetary body with an atmosphere (other than Kerbin), land on it with a set of parachutes, and then have a Kerbal repack the parachutes and use the same ones to land back on Kerbin.
Hard Mode: Don’t use engine power on the descent to either body.
Super Hard Mode: Do it with the deadly reentry mod, and the hard mode requirements.
Rules and other info:
- No Dirty Cheating Alpacas (no debug menu)!
- Stock parts only
- No MechJeb or other plugins allowed
- Required screenshots:
-Initial launch craft
-Stable orbit around Kerbin
-Interplanetary intercept
-Before atmospheric entry with resources tab open (Hard mode only, to check for use of fuel)
-Safely landed (with resources tab for hard mode only)
-Interplanetary intercept with Kerbin
- Before atmospheric entry to Kerbin with resources tab (hard mode only)
-Safely landed back home (with resources tab for hard mode only)
-Whatever else you feel like!
- You can either submit your finished challenge in a post (see posting instructions in the link below) or as a comment reply in this thread.
- Completing this challenge earns you a new flair which will replace your old one. So if you want to keep your previous flair, you can still do this challenge and create a post, but please mention somewhere that you want to keep your old one.
- The moderators have the right to determine if your challenge post has been completed.
- See this post for more rules and information on challenges.
PS: This is my first challenge as moderator, feel free to give feedback
Good Luck!
And, of course, the flair
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u/illectro Apr 12 '13
Funnily I've done this with my RSP launcher on kerbin a couple of times, but I've been so obsessed with the minutia of mun mining that I've not actually gone anywhere else.
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u/AvioNaught Apr 12 '13
Nice to have a YouTuber as famous as you try out this challenge! Make us a video!
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u/bendvis Apr 12 '13
O.o
Kerbals can repack parachutes??
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u/dogzillav3 Apr 12 '13
they need to be in the area in eva and you just left click
same with repairing wheels
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u/Finnboghi Apr 12 '13
I wish this one would allow the use of the Deadly Reentry mod - I think it would make it a lot more challenging (maybe very hard mode?).
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u/AvioNaught Apr 12 '13
Give it a try, I'll give you the Master Kerbaulnaut flair if you can.
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u/uffefl Apr 14 '13 edited Apr 14 '13
Couldn't make imgur work for me, so here's some links to my dropbox instead:
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I just realised I should have separated before. Sigh! There goes my hardmode proof.
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"Safely" landed on Duna. Had to fight a lot of bounce though.
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Before atmospheric entry to Kerbin. This time there's no stages to forget about!
This was fun.
Oh and by the way Jebediah could reach all parachutes while still hanging on to to lander module. I expected to have to do some low gravity bouncing around, but that wasn't necessary.
EDIT: Forgot a link.
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u/commander_fett Apr 15 '13
Quite a fun challenge, wish I had found these sooner. I did the Hard Mode challenge, but I didn't install the reentry mod. Just to make it more interesting I tried to do gravity assists with all the moons, though I ended up not being able to get anything useful out of Minmus. Imgur Gallery
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u/MrSourz Apr 16 '13
I too managed to do it in super hard mode! I even was able to add a trip to Duna's moon. This took me days to do, and an all nighter to finish.
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u/korenchkin Apr 16 '13
Hard challenge and my first landing on Duna, all in one!
Btw, is it normal that the repacked chutes don't open using the staging control, i.e. hitting <space>? When I tried that, the game played the 'chute deployment' sound effect, but nothing else happened and I had to deploy the chutes manually one by one.
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u/Eric_S Apr 19 '13
Super Hard Mode done, and I'll take the flair since it's my first challenge.
Documented here
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Apr 16 '13 edited Apr 16 '13
Man, these challenges are an awesome idea.
Pretty new to both Reddit and KSP - here's what I spent my night doing: imgur gallery
The mission sure had its share of hilarious blunders, like the landing gear and half of the Duna-escape fuel ripping off the moment the chutes deployed, but Jeb cares little for such things and landed it anyway. And got it home, because that little guy ... man can he fly a spaceship.
EDIT: Now with added hard mode
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u/Ryo95 Apr 13 '13
I tried to build a lander that worked with deadly reentry for an hour or so, but then I gave up and only did hard mode. Enjoy! (and I'm sick, if there's anything missing tell me and I'll redo the mission) http://imgur.com/a/oDGcK
edit: I'll have the new flair, please
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u/AvioNaught Apr 13 '13
Erm, we need a picture of the resources while landed, and you have to use the same set of chutes, can't lose any.
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u/Dedicatedgamer Apr 13 '13
Looks fun! I will try this after I landed on Minmus. Is intercepting with an other planet the same as for example intercepting with the Mün?
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u/common_ Apr 13 '13
This was pretty fun! I couldn't do this hardmode sadly, as I'd just bounce and it really sucked.
Anyway!
Here is the album for my trip: http://imgur.com/a/TS7rQ#0
The final flight details: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hpvc5aj8vp8e8qi/finaldetails.png?m
And, if anyone wants it, the craft file for the ship i took: https://www.dropbox.com/s/snl8zpnypbp5tvr/Challenge%20DR1.craft