After a successful Duna expedition I realized that without the lander the command ship had enough Δv for a brief visit to Ike to gather more of that sweet, sweet orbital science!

Thanks to a helpful gravity assist from the Mun, the crew made it back to Kerbn with a whopping 9 Δv left. If they didn’t get enough aerobraking on the first pass it would have been next stop; deep space…

  • moeggz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I have and love the times that you think you’ll get the aerobrake capture but then your next mission becomes a deep space rescue 😆

    Congrats on the success!

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      1 year ago

      Thanks!

      Some times the recovery from a mishap is more fun than the intended mission!

      Unlike today, turns out the 160t payload I nursed into orbit was the wrong payload! 🤨