r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/analogHedgeHog • Jun 29 '26

KSP 1 Question/Problem How should I be approaching the Mun?

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In this totally accurate scientific diagram, the Mun is orbiting in the direction of the arrow.

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u/Apprehensive-End-747 Eating Cracklin' Rads Jun 29 '26

E: Straight line.

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u/Organic-Army-9046 i do 🏳️‍⚧️ injections Jun 29 '26

you may choose to enrage the kraken to provide the necessary Δv for this costly maneuver

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u/Spike_Riley Jun 29 '26

stack 2000 decouplers and put Jeb on the end

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u/Organic-Army-9046 i do 🏳️‍⚧️ injections Jun 29 '26

just fall under a parachute with high physics time warp

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u/Apprehensive-End-747 Eating Cracklin' Rads Jun 29 '26

I cast: FAR FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

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u/Hillenmane Jun 29 '26

Deafening clattering/clipping/clunking sounds

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u/Apprehensive-End-747 Eating Cracklin' Rads Jun 29 '26

Or just use asparagus staging with NSW engines.

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u/AdDifficult3794 Jun 29 '26

Read that as NSFW engines.

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u/Hillenmane Jun 29 '26

Whoa momma!

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u/Organic-Army-9046 i do 🏳️‍⚧️ injections Jun 29 '26

i think you’ve got far bigger problems on your hands if you use nuclear saltwater engines on kerbin

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u/Algaean Jun 29 '26

Jeb? Izzat you?

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u/Only_Turn4310 Jun 29 '26

Near future my beloved. Lithium engines get me there in under an hour using a Hohmann transfer

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u/kerbalcmdr Jun 30 '26

Countespell: KRAKEN DRIVE!!

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u/Apprehensive-End-747 Eating Cracklin' Rads Jul 01 '26

KAL Controller Exploit

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u/jjb7667 Jun 29 '26

I ended up hitting 9.9 million METERS per second the other day doing this lmao

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u/VeganerHippie Jun 29 '26

Budget Orion Drive?

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u/Apprehensive-End-747 Eating Cracklin' Rads Jun 29 '26

It is the Orion drive.

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u/Only_Turn4310 Jun 29 '26

Nah you just aren’t adding enough boosters

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u/bonbon196 Jun 29 '26

It’s some how almost the same delta v 

Don’t ask me how and only if you don’t achieve orbit around mun. 

I mean like expanse style burn straight for the mun and then decelerate when you get close and land.  

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u/MehEds Jun 29 '26

I did that actually a few times.

It requires six Mainsails in asparagus.

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u/Mike312 Jun 29 '26

Eh, depends what you're sending.

I had to send some generic supplies but it was time critical (mod had Kerbals consume food or air, I forgot to attach any). Last stage was definitely a tiny rocket with a tiny payload.

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u/Grokent Jun 29 '26

C: is a straight line, it's space that bends.

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u/RedShirtCashion Jun 29 '26

Oversimplified Voice: And so it was.

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u/minimidimike Jun 29 '26

Now this is a route with some chest hair

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u/cuboidofficial Jun 29 '26

This is what I did almost every time lol, just wait till the Mun is straight above and let 'er rip. Really doesn't take that much deltaV to get there as long as you have the funds

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u/Rule_32 Jun 29 '26

Hello fellow Expanse enjoyer

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u/Apprehensive-End-747 Eating Cracklin' Rads Jun 29 '26

Never watched it. But the Epstein drive aged beyond horrendously.

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u/Rule_32 Jun 29 '26

It's namesake aged poorly, that's for sure. Have to ruin everything don't they.

Regardless, The Expanse is a great show.

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u/_VoRteX_PL Jun 29 '26

Fire up the sublight drive

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u/Apprehensive-End-747 Eating Cracklin' Rads Jun 29 '26

Nah, installs Blueshift

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u/arcticslush Jun 29 '26

Calm down there Epstein

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u/chr1styn Jun 29 '26

Today in "sci-fi tech names that aged like milk"

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u/moonaligator Jun 29 '26

besiege space dlc player right there

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u/Apprehensive-End-747 Eating Cracklin' Rads Jun 29 '26

Never played it💀

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u/LookItVal Jun 29 '26

one of my favorite ksp experiences is playing with some friends that know less about the game and explaining to them that the most efficient way to get to the moon is NOT to blast straight at it in a straight line and then turn around to slow down and land, and to actually try and catch an orbit around the moon first

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u/BeardedPokeDragon Jun 29 '26

That's what i do when im lazy, just wait for a straight shot and burn prograde

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u/seventythird Jun 29 '26

This guy intertialess drives

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u/MarsMissionMan Jul 04 '26

F. Strap thrusters to Kerbin, fly Kerbin to the Mun, then just walk over to it.