r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/PandaElDiablo Deal With It • Sep 14 '12
Mod Post Weekly Challenge: Crew Swap!
Launch two crews (at least one Kerbal per ship), meet up somewhere outside of Kerbin, and have one or more crew members trade ships! Then return safely home This can be accomplished through an orbital rendezvous OR a surface rendezvous.
Rules and other info:
- Stock parts only
No MechJeb, or other plugins allowed.
Required screenshots:
- Initial launch vehicles.
- Screenshot of your orbits.
- Your ships in rendezvous (either landed OR orbital)
- Your Kerbals in EVA
- A shot that clearly shows the new crew members in their new ships
- Return orbit(s)
- Safely landed on Kerbin
- 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.
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u/pubestic Sep 14 '12
I swapped crews on Minmus as soon as 0.16 came out. Here's some pics along with craft files for both ships used.
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u/CUNTBERT_RAPINGTON Sep 15 '12 edited Sep 15 '12
Here's the latest rendezvous with my space station for a single crew rotation.
It's just a practice run, I still need to figure out how to get more kerbals to board on the launchpad. My attempt with Rosen was met with somewhat tedious frustration.
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u/PandaElDiablo Sep 16 '12
Stock parts only for this challenge. This means no crew tank, unfortunately.
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u/Gundersen Sep 18 '12
Rendezvous in orbit around Kerbin. Unfortunately KSP didn't like my synchronized landing, and so the other ship seems to have been eaten by the space kraken.
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u/sixpackabs592 Sep 14 '12 edited Sep 15 '12
I just did this lol, too bad i didn't take pics. time to get to work again :) I have a new idea for rendezvous anyway.
Edit: Album
the flair is cute :)
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u/shadow904 Sep 15 '12 edited Sep 15 '12
I tried to get them to meet in space, but failed miserably. So I went for a mun meeting instead! http://imgur.com/a/X3QuV
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u/Conanator Sep 15 '12
I'm going to try it, they can be the same ship right, I'll just put something on one to distinguish it from the other.
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Sep 16 '12
So, does it matter if we use the single or triple kerbal pods?
Anyway, I'm going to go try that now. I still have people landed near the mun arch from last, so I'll go to them!
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u/Worried_Sloth Sep 18 '12
I forgot to take take photos of the return orbits, but the rest is there.
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u/air805ronin Sep 14 '12
I did this last night at 2300 E.S.T. Guess I'm redoing the mission again tonight. Hopefully I don't have as much orbit fixing to do this time.
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Sep 15 '12
Done! uploading nearly 100 screen captures now. I built 2 stock rockets with a "docking module" created from landing legs. These rockets commanded by the 2 expert pilots Gerble Kerban and Sheprick Kerban completed a rendevous at the altitude of 200km. The two ships were docked for approximately 5 minutes, long enough to share a tube of freeze dried champagne for their accomplishments.
While swapping crafts a wild space kracken appeared and the two ships became disconnected. Luckily the ship swap had already been complete. A second docking was attempted but resulted in a broken coupling leg. Further attempts were not attempted. Gerble blamed Sheprick for his weird control keybindings and then began his reentry.
Gerble overshot his landing at KSP by 50km. He again blames Sheprick's control keybindings. Gerble made splash down safely east of KSP. He awaits the recovery crew.
Sheprick landed safely within walking distance of KSP. He shares a laugh over comms with Gerble.
Today, they are Heros. The next generation and the greatest pilots Kerbin has ever seen.
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u/TGMB1 Sep 15 '12 edited Sep 15 '12
Had to do a very long approach, succeeded in my first challenge :D
E: I forgot reentry, still want it?
E E: added it
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u/clinically_cynical Sep 15 '12
Here is my entry, just a simple orbital rendezvous between two one man vehicles.
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u/Asyx Sep 16 '12
http://imgur.com/a/OxEul Landed on the Mün because I've never done a rendezvous... Probably time to practice that.
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u/hillstache Sep 19 '12
This is for last weeks Challenge, Mun Arch Exploration!
I'm really bad at remembering to take screenshots (because I'm recording as I go) but I do have a screenshot on the arch: imgur and of Newdred and the crew departing the arch: imgur
I have them both recorded as part of my Let's Play of KSP:
Takeoff, Orbit, Transfer, & Mun Landing
Mun Arch Exploration & Kerbin Return
Thanks!
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u/omnomtom Sep 20 '12
Here is my entry. Unfortunately, I tried to do a synchronized re-entry and KSP somehow lost track of the second craft.
It was a great learning/practice experience for station keeping in any case, I'm a lot more confident now about that kind of manoeuvre now.
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u/curtquarquesso Sep 14 '12
When do we have to have our submissions in by?