![]() ![]() The Ascension Program (Kerbals have never heard of Greek gods) was born from a simple dare: send Kerbals to walk on the Mun. But the Kerbal leaders were concerned that the new Space Program wasn't actually going anywhere other than in circles. They've even docked two spacecraft together in space, and left their pods for Extra-Vehicular Activities. Kerbals have plenty of experience now with falling in circles around Kerbin (something scientists insist is called "orbiting") in tiny, cramped command pods. Despite the rockets being totally unreliable and seeming to explode every other mission, it was decided it was time for the fledgling "space program" to launch Kerbals into the heavens. Over the last ten years Kerbals have been shooting various bits and pieces into the realm called "outer space". Fly a mission to Minmus using Apollo/Saturn hardware. Use fuel cells for power generation only +10 Use fuel plant on Mun in some way for further missions +25 Have a fuel processing plant on the Munar base. (not including fairings) -75 when not in RSS or rescaled Kerbin Use any Atomic/Nuclear Rockets -20 (You'd need to seriously increase funding to the Rover Program, and that'd detract from the AAP Program! *Use MechJeb autopilot -10 for each flight (Using it for information is okay) Redirect Asteroid while in Solar Orbit. Career Mode Bonus: get as much science as you can in the mission without landing in more than one spot per mission. Include Lunar Subsatellite on Apollo 11-18. Include Lunar Landing Escape System (And test it in a quicksave-simulation) on Apollo 11-18 +7 Include Lunar Rover on Apollo 11-18 +10 Include ALSEP Science Package on Apollo 11-18 +5 Use 6.4:1 Scale Kerbin (Or some other large rescale). Free-Return Trajectory until in Mun's SOI. Saturn Five uses 5 engines on the first stage, 5 engines on the second stage, and one engine on the third stage. You may use hardware from ASTP, AAP, or ALM to pull this off. ![]() Asteroid Redirect Mission: Redirect an asteroid using only hardware used previously in the Apollo Program. ASTP: Rendezvous with a Soyuz spacecraft using a docking adaptor in place of the LM in the Saturn IB fairing. The Apollo Telescope Mount must use a Lunar Module Ascent Stage-Based design. Skylab: Using a modified Saturn V, put a Workshop into orbit. Eve/Duna Flyby: Using Apollo Hardware, go on a flyby and return mission to either Duna or Eve. Then bring the Apollo-Mission to the Mun, landing very near the MOLAB. MOLAB: Using two Saturn V Launches, Bring a Giant Pressurized Rover to the Mun. It is here that either Earth-Orbit Rendezvous or the Saturn MLV concepts will become incredibly useful. The payload to the Munar Surface may be new, but the delivery method to the Lunar Surface must use Apollo/Saturn Hardware. Munar Base: Using only Apollo Hardware with minimal modification, create a base on the Munar Surface. (Add 20 points for each additional mission) There are several AAP Projects, you must do at least one. Apollo 13: (Optional) Using the exact same rocket as Apollo 11 or 12, get back home safely with no Kerbals in the main Command Module (until re-entry), and the Service Engine must be turned off. And yes, I know Apollo stopped at 17, but I need a viable reason for a LLES to be a goal. (No, you DON'T have to do ALL the missions. Apollo 11-18: Do I really need to explain? Just make sure you use LOR. Fly the LM, testing the Ascent and Descent Stage, and then dock back to the CSM, before flying home. Take a Saturn V up with crew in the CM and have two crew transfer to the LM. Apollo 9: First Manned Flight of the LM. Must Use Free-Return Trajectory until in the Mun's SOI. Fly to the Mun's orbit, orbit 9-10 times, and come home. Must stay in orbit for 3 Kerbin days (18 hours). Apollo 7: First manned flight of the CSM. This can double as the Saturn V test mission for the first step. Must carry an unmanned boilerplate Command/Service Module and Lunar Module, and it must be the same weight as the full payload. ![]() Apollo 4: Unmanned flight of the Saturn V. Prove that your spacecraft using Saturn V works as a Lunar Landing System using the Lunar Orbit Rendezvous approach.
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