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Greetings everyone. I recently spent quite a bit of time attempting dgatsoulis' Martian moons tour challenge. After several tries, I succeeded! While refining my efforts for that challenge, I found that I was wasting 200+ m/s just taking off and getting into orbit around Mars.
That revelation gave me an idea. I set up a basic scenario so that I could try various fuel saving ideas for getting into orbit around Mars. I thought it would be fun to share this scenario with the members of this group.
Note that I do not consider this a challenge; I consider this an exercise. The objective of this exercise is very simple. Take off from Olympus and get your vessel into an orbit that has a minimum ApA/PeA of 200km.
This exercise is easy enough for everyone to try, even the absolute Beginner, but the exercise has a fuel budget that is so tight that even Advanced/Expert Orbinauts may be surprised to find themselves unable to complete the exercise on their first try.
A big thanks to dgatsoulis for his Martian moons tour challenge which gave me the idea to set up this scenario, and another big thanks to dgatsoulis for writing the lua script to accompany the scenario.
Good luck and be sure to post a screenshot of your most successful effort.
P.S. All the usual rules apply. Do not use the scenario editor to add fuel to the vessel, and do not remove the CHM from the XR2 or drain any of the LOX/APU fuel.
I'll start the score keeping with my own attempts:
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That revelation gave me an idea. I set up a basic scenario so that I could try various fuel saving ideas for getting into orbit around Mars. I thought it would be fun to share this scenario with the members of this group.
Note that I do not consider this a challenge; I consider this an exercise. The objective of this exercise is very simple. Take off from Olympus and get your vessel into an orbit that has a minimum ApA/PeA of 200km.
This exercise is easy enough for everyone to try, even the absolute Beginner, but the exercise has a fuel budget that is so tight that even Advanced/Expert Orbinauts may be surprised to find themselves unable to complete the exercise on their first try.
A big thanks to dgatsoulis for his Martian moons tour challenge which gave me the idea to set up this scenario, and another big thanks to dgatsoulis for writing the lua script to accompany the scenario.
Good luck and be sure to post a screenshot of your most successful effort.
P.S. All the usual rules apply. Do not use the scenario editor to add fuel to the vessel, and do not remove the CHM from the XR2 or drain any of the LOX/APU fuel.
I'll start the score keeping with my own attempts:
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