pegkowalski Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Team Name: Kowagher LLP Available Funds: 30,000 Vehicle Name: The Kerbalmeister MK I Vehicle Parts List and Cost: Mk1 Command Pod Mk16 Parachute Advanced Inline Stabilizer Fl-T800 Fuel Tank Solar Panels Decoupler Mainsail Engine Fuel Tank (Big) Av-R8 wing Monopropellant Small Fuel Swivel Engine Launch Stabilitiy Enhancer RCS Thruster Block Total Cost: 23,692 Design Goals: Stable Manned Orbit, and then land on Kerbin using 2 stages Launch Goal: Stable Manned Orbit Pilot Plan: Standard gravity turn into orbit, enter a prograde orbit, then stabilize said orbit, bring it down to the surface after orbit achieved. Illustrations: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 Launch Time: 5/26/2015 8:42 am Team Members Present: Justin Gallagher, Margaret Kowalski Play-by-Play: Ignition! Launch! The rocket screamed to life as the vessel lifted of the ground. Jebediah, The pilot confidant in his mission, to orbit Kerbin. In a time of crisis where the world is raveged by war, and counties compete in a "space race". Kowagher LLP will possibly be the first Company to reach a manned orbit. The rocket climbs to 93,000 meters in altitude, 23 meters above the atmosphere. At this point, the rocket turns to face prograde, waits a minute, then the rocket once again screams. A 33 second burn, and done. Orbit Achieved. Jebediah is the first of kerbal kind to be in orbit. And after 3 full rotations, he gets risk, and agaist all odds, goes above and beyond to also be the first EVA in space. It has happened folks. After flying around in EVA, jeb gets back in, points the rocket retrograde, and uses the last bit of fuel in the first stage. He separates his stage, and then the second much smaller rocket slows the rocket down untill it is 7500 meters above the ground, the parachute opens and Jeb slows makes his desent as he gracfully lands in the ocean. Photographs: Summary: Launch! Rocket thrusts up and achieves an altitude of 93km, then burns prograde to maintan a stabe orbit. After this, Kerbal EVA happens, then after EVA, rocket is burnt retrograde and touches down after parachute has been deployed. Opportunities / Learnings: We are going to go above and beyond to attain the goal. Strategies / Project Timeline: Next: Start planning on next mission and milestone. Milestone Awards Presented: While not all will be awarded, these are the milestones still achevied. Launch to 10 km - $10,000 Manned launch to 10 km - $20,000 Manned launch to 50 km - $30,000 Achieving stable orbit - $40,000 Achieving stable manned orbit - $50,000 First Kerbal EVA - $60,000 Available Funds: $ 6308 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FizziksGuy Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Well done! Kowagher LLP is awarded $50,000 for achieving stable manned orbit and $60,000 for the first Kerbal EVA, for a total award of $110,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Team Name: Kowagher LLP Available Funds: 116,308 Vehicle Name: The Munster Vehicle Parts List and Cost: Mk3 Command Pod Mk25 Parachute Fuel Tank(2) Big Solar Panels Decoupler Mainsail Engine Fuel Tank (Bigger) Av-R8 wing Monopropellant Small Fuel Poodle Engine Twin-Boar Engine (4) Launch Stabilitiy Enhancer RCS Thruster Block Landing Gear Total Cost: 76,876 Design Goals: Land on Mun, and safely return Launch Goal: "..." Pilot Plan: Standard gravity turn into orbit, enter a prograde orbit, then stabilize said orbit, burn towards Mun, achieved orbit, destabilize orbit, land and return Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Team Name: Kowagher LLP Available Funds: 39,432 Vehicle Name: Satellite Vehicle Parts List and Cost: Command Modual Fuel Tank Solar Panels Decoupler Av-R8 wing Monopropellant Small Fuel RCS thruster Block Rapier Engine Total Cost: 11340 Design Goals: Get satellite into orbit Launch Goal: Get a satellite into geo-sync orbit Pilot Plan: Due to no kerbal pilot, the computer will take imputs from HQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Launch Time: 5/27/2015 9:15 am Team Members Present: Justin Gallagher, Margaret Kowalski Play-by-Play: Ignition! Launch! The rocket screamed to life as the vessel lifted of the ground. The computer knew its path. It very slowly creapt higher and higer with the R.A.P.I.E.R. engine, which was air breathing at the time. As it got to the edge of the atmosphere, it switched to closed cycle mode, and thrustet the rocket up to an alltitude of about 2,686.9 km, and then leveled off to make an orbit. At this altitude, it take 1009m/s to orbit, making it a Geostationary orbit due to kerbin's spin being the same. Photographs: Summary: Launch! Rocket thrusts up and achieves an altitude of 2,686 km. levels off to make orbit. Opportunities / Learnings: We are going to go above and beyond to attain the goal. Strategies / Project Timeline: Save the kerbals Milestone Awards Presented: First working satellite placed in stable orbit - $80,000 First working satellite placed in geosynchronous orbit - $100,000 Available Funds: $ 28,092 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FizziksGuy Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Woohooie, our first satellite! Award: $100K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Team Name: Kowagher LLP Available Funds: 128092 Vehicle Name: Rover MK I Vehicle Parts List and Cost: Remote Guidance Unit Fuel Tank Solar Panels Decoupler Av-R8 wing Monopropellant Small Fuel RCS thruster Block Twin-Boar Engine Large Solid Fuel Boosters Wheels 4x4 Plate Battery Packs External Command Seat Illuminators Communitron 16 Landing Gear Total Cost: 41470 Design Goals: Land a rover on the Mun Launch Goal: Successfully land a rover on the Mun Pilot Plan: Lift off when moon is almost overhead of KSC. Launch and aim for interception with Mun, get into orbit around Mun, land, detach rover. DONE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Launch Time: 5/278/2015 8:32 am Team Members Present: Justin Gallagher Play-by-Play: Wait for the Mun to be over head. Ignition! Launch! The rocket screamed to life as the vessel lifted of the ground. The computer knew its path. It would fly staright from the launch pad to the Mun. The path, a quick orbit around the Mun and then to land. It carried it's payload, a rover that will explore the munar surface. It enters the Muns sphere of influence. Slows down to maintain orbit. Then it waits till it can land on the light side of the mun. It slows down and creaps towards a landing. It lands at a speed of 8.3 m/s. Then the rover detaches and goes for a little sunday drive. Photographs: Summary: Launch! Rocket thrusts up and travels straight to mun. Maintans orbit around Mun. Lands. Rover Detach. Opportunities / Learnings: This allowed us to learn how careful landings have to be. Strategies / Project Timeline: Next might be a satillite around another planet. Milestone Awards Presented: Working Mun Rover functioning on Mun - $500,000 Available Funds: $ 86,622 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FizziksGuy Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 You forgot to tell us about the rocket that exploded and any consequences of that launch. Looking forward to reading about the failures almost as much as the successes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 As the world now knows due to someone digging into the archives of Kowagher LLP, there was a failed mission to send a rover to the Mun. What happened was, when detaching the solid fuel boosters they smashed into the main engine causing it to rupture. This sent a chain reaction through the remaining fuel tanks, which completely exlploded the decoupler meaning the rocket went out of control, and eventually overheated to a tragic, fatal, finale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Team Name: Kowagher LLP Available Funds: 586,622 Vehicle Name: The Adam & EVE MK I Vehicle Parts List and Cost: MK 3 Cockpit Big Fuel Tanks Solar Panels Decoupler Av-R8 wing Monopropellant Small Fuel RCS thruster Block Mammoth Engine Rhino Engines Battery Packs Communitron 16 Docking Ports Total Cost: 148,848 Design Goals: Orbit Eve, being a manned satellite Launch Goal: "..." Pilot Plan: Launch, enter orbit around Kerbin, exit orbit when Eve is at its closest to Kerbin, enter Eve's sphere of influence, burn retrograde to maintain an orbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Launch Time: 5/29/2015 8:35am Team Members Present: Justin Gallagher, Margaret Kowalski Play-by-Play: Ignition! Launch! The rocket screamed to life as the vessel lifted of the ground. The Adam and EVE, an interplantetary space station was now on its way to become EVE's shiny new object. The rocket rose higher and higher, and eventually made an orbit around kerbin. Next it Set its course to escape kerbin, and increase its orbit velocity so that it could "catch up" to Eve. This was eqasy since at the time of ignition, Eve was at it's closest to Kerbin. After a 113 days, the traverlers finally entered Eve's Sphere of influence, and the burned Retrograde to finally maintain an orbit around Eve. Photographs: Summary: Launch! Rocket thrusts up and travels up to maintain orbit around Kerbin. Then burns to escape Kerbin and head to Eve, then burn to get orbit with Eve. Opportunities / Learnings: From this we learned that it is important to pick efficient Engines as the ones we picked where Big, Powerful, but guzzeled Fuel. Strategies / Project Timeline: Who knows maybe a Manned lander or something, that is up to the great and Powerful Boss Margaret. Milestone Awards Presented: First manned satellite in stable orbit around a planet other than Kerbin - $1,000,000 Available Funds: $ 437,774 ($1,437,774 after Milestone) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Team Name: Kowagher LLP Available Funds: 1,437,774 Vehicle Name: The Gassy Antelope Vehicle Parts List and Cost: MK 1 Cockpit Big Fuel Tanks Solar Panels Decoupler Av-R8 wing Monopropellant Fuel RCS thruster Block Rhino Engine Mainsail Engines Poodle Engine Radial Engines Atomic Engine Stability Enhancer Total Cost: 209,912 Design Goals: Orbit Eeloo and safely return Launch Goal: "..." Pilot Plan: Launch, enter orbit around Kerbin, exit orbit when Eeloo is at its closest to Kerbin, enter Eeloo's sphere of influence, burn retrograde to maintain an orbit and return safely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FizziksGuy Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Quite the exploration team here! Keep up the great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 Launch Time: 6/2/2015 8:35am Team Members Present: Justin Gallagher, Margaret Kowalski Play-by-Play: Ignition! Launch! The rocket screamed to life as the vessel lifted of the ground. It rose higher and higer, like a guy on drugs. It got into a kerbin orbit. Then blasted off into a trajectory to Eeloo. After 3 years of phun. It finally reached Eeloo. It burned retrograde and was able to maintain orbit around Eeloo. Then after a Day, it blasted off into a crash landing with kerbin, in like 2 years. As it entered kerbins atmosphere, it used an amazing technique called air braking, where it let the drag forces of air resistance to slow it down better than its own engine could. It eventually made touchdown. Photographs: Summary: Launch! Rocket thrusts up and travels up to maintain orbit around Kerbin. Then burns to escape Kerbin and head to Eeloo, then burn to get orbit with Eeloo. Lastly, burns to crash into kerbin. Opportunities / Learnings: We learned to help manage our fuel supplies, and that Eeloo is a bitch to get to. Strategies / Project Timeline: Who knows maybe a Manned lander or something, that is up to the great and Powerful Boss Margaret, the goddess of being a cool D00d. Milestone Awards Presented: Orbiting Eeloo (+ safe return) - $800,000 Available Funds: $ 1,227,862 ($2,027,862 after Milestone) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 Team Name: Kowagher LLP Available Funds: $2,027,862 Vehicle Name: The Munster Mash Vehicle Parts List and Cost: Mk3 Command Pod Remote Control Unit Mk25 Parachute Fuel Tank(2) Big Solar Panels Decoupler Mainsail Engine Fuel Tank (Bigger) Av-R8 wing Monopropellant Small Fuel Poodle Engine Twin-Boar Engine (4) Launch Stabilitiy Enhancer RCS Thruster Block Landing Gear Total Cost: 77,376 Design Goals: Land on Mun, save kerbals, and safely return Launch Goal: "..." Pilot Plan: Standard gravity turn into orbit, enter a prograde orbit, then stabilize said orbit, burn towards Mun, achieved orbit, destabilize orbit, land, save kerbals, and return Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FizziksGuy Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Good luck to the rescue team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Launch Time: 6/5/2015 8:357am Team Members Present: Justin Gallagher, Margaret Kowalski Play-by-Play: Ignition! Launch! The rocket screamed to life as the vessel lifted of the ground. It was on a mission to save the kerbals stranded on the Mun for the past seven years. It burned to the Mun and crashlanded, losing only a landing gear. The standed kerbals then used the rover on the Mun to get themselves to the rocket. Then boarded and Lifted off back to Kerbin. Returning from the Mun, safely. Photographs: Summary: Launch! Rocket thrusts up and travels up to Mun. Lands. Saves kerbals, yayayada, done. Opportunities / Learnings: Those darn kerbals finally were saved, Strategies / Project Timeline: Who knows maybe a Manned lander or something, that is up to the great and Powerful Boss Margaret, the goddess of being a cool D00d. Milestone Awards Presented: Landing on Mun (+ safe return) - $250,000 Available Funds: $ 1,950,486 ($2,200,486 after Milestone) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 Team Name: Kowagher LLP Available Funds: $2,200,486 Vehicle Name: Rover MK I Vehicle Parts List and Cost: Remote Guidance Unit Fuel Tank Solar Panels Decoupler Av-R8 wing Monopropellant Small Fuel RCS thruster Block Twin-Boar Engine Large Solid Fuel Boosters Wheels 4x4 Plate Battery Packs External Command Seat Illuminators Communitron 16 Landing Gear Total Cost: 41470 Design Goals:Discover cool things on Mun Launch Goal: Successfully land a rover on the Mun Pilot Plan: Lift off when moon is almost overhead of KSC. Launch and aim for interception with Mun, get into orbit around Mun, land, detach rover. Find Arch on mun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FizziksGuy Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 OK cool doods, don't forget to take a picture of the Mun Arch to put on your mantelpiece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegkowalski Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Launch Time: 6/9/2015 8:37am Team Members Present: Justin Gallagher Play-by-Play: Ignition! Launch! The rocket screamed to life as the vessel lifted of the ground. It's mission was to land a rover on the Mun and take photos. As it landed it took photos of an unknown arch, and a memorial to Neil Kermanstrong Photographs: Summary: Launch! Rocket thrusts up and travels up to Mun. Lands. Takes pics. Opportunities / Learnings: There are cool stuff on planets Strategies / Project Timeline: Who knows maybe a Manned lander or something, that is up to the great and Powerful Boss Margaret, the goddess of being a cool D00d. Milestone Awards Presented: Taking a picture of the Neil Armstrong Memorial (Apollo 11 landing site) - $100,000 Picture of Mun Arch - $225,000 Available Funds: $ 2,159,016 ($2,484,016 after Milestone) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FizziksGuy Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Nice exploration milestones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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