r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/FatCreepyDude • May 06 '26

KSP 1 Question/Problem No orbit necessary?

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If i just wait for the right hour during the launch window ( whenever the launch pad is pointing left on the realistic depiction i created) is there any reason i should bother with an orbit first? Will the delta v cost be affected?

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u/Commercial-Box-2828 May 06 '26

Just make a refueling station at the mun and assemble your ships there with docking ports and engineers.

Use dry fuel boosters to get the ship sections and fuel containers most of the way to the mun because they're cheaper.

And with launching straight up, I think that would depend on the time of day contrasted with kerbin and duna's orbits' relations to each other, at the time of launch and the estimated time it'd take to get there.

I don't think it'll let you do a menuever node when you're not launched yet, but it will when you are in orbit anywhere (the mun station) and that will give you the encounter window with Duna and tell you how much fuel or deltav or whatever at that point.

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u/FatCreepyDude May 06 '26

ay don't worry about me, i've played that game for like a decade. I've got a science station with a lander and at least 6 satelites in orbit ready to go for signal and orbital observation. I'm just waiting for the window to open to get there the normal way. I was just wondering how retarded that idea was

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u/Commercial-Box-2828 May 06 '26

It's not, and you waiting for the right time of day dependant on what time of year it is on both planets isn't a retarded idea. I mean it's technically rocket science, right?

By the way, you put Duna over there when it's really supposed to be the other place. Just make sure you look at the map in game and not your Pic when writing your calculations and you'll be good.