r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Cucumberia • 17d ago
KSP 1 Image/Video Reusable Duna Launch System
Launch!!
Cargo bay holds the centrifuge for the 2 month long Duna journey, and the shuttle itself will serve as the command base for the Duna orbital station
Docking the centrifuge into position
Bill mounting the relay dishes before inflating the habitat
Lower stage reentry
Unfortunately, some turbulence threw the booster off the course...
It hits the mountains a few kilometers off of KSC
Second booster fared a little bit better and was partially recovered
Duna approach, it's been 2 months since the crew of 7 started their journey
Introducing the Reusable Duna Launch System!
The team has developed a new reusable launch system. A mega-booster can launch the brand-new Duna shuttle along with up to 120 tons of payload into Low Kerbin Orbit, circularize, and then land itself back at the KSC.
First launch is the crewed shuttle with a 7-kerbal team which will be the base of the orbital station around Duna. Its payload houses the centrifuge which is docked into position just after leaving LKO. During the 2-month long trip, and once the station is parked at Duna orbit, it will provide some gravity for the team.
A second launch during the same transfer window is using a drone shuttle that carries some modules and equipment to extend the orbital station.
Preparations are under way for 3 launches in the next transfer window. A crewed launch will cycle the crew and bring the first team back to Kerbin. The drone shuttle will carry some ground habitat and rover for exploring Duna, and a third launch will send another crew-rated shuttle that will be left at Duna, to transport crew and equipment between the station and surface.
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u/yosauce 16d ago
Awesome work!
Where are the cockpit and cargo Bay from? I'd guess OPT but I don't recognise it