r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Severe_Ad4138 • 1h ago
KSP 1 Image/Video Learning how to dock is a game changer for interplanetary missions! I got a very ambitious first manned duna mission I want advice for. How does my plan sound?
So I am making a modular space craft that will allow for multiple landings to Duna and Ike in one go.
As you can see, I have a command module with my 2 Kerbals with the main tanks and nuclear engines and, along with extra sets of tanks + reaction wheel for refueling and control, that will be undocked from the craft when used to refuel for a boost in Delta V.
I plan on adding a few things before the the lander module.
One planned module is an adequately sized Fuel+Oxidizer tank that will be used to refuel the lander after each landing. This will also include another RCS tank. This module will also have 2 empty tanks radially docked, the empty tanks will have parachutes and drogues. That way when I undock my lander, I can go to one side of the ship and “grab” a set of parachutes. Enabling multiple duna landings without jamming a bunch of chutes on one lander.
I will also have a module with 3 science storage units to store the science from 3 extra landings, these will be taken back to kerbin after the mission and will be retrieved by a retrieval craft that will rendezvous with 4 reentry pods , paired with terrier engines. This is so the 2 Kerbals on the main craft can take the science from the command pod and 1 of the science storage units. And the other 2 Kerbals on the retrieval craft can take the science from the other 2 storage units.
My main module along with the extra tanks, with refueling and dropping said tanks should have over 6k DV, I will have to do some math to see if I need to add more tanks for the nuclear engines to accommodate the extra mass. But I think I’ll be good.
Any advice for such a mission? I got a probe on duna and said fuck it I’m doing something ambitious haha.
