Project Andoria begins! In Part 1 of 3, it's time for orbital assembly of a massive cargo ship to transport fuel, habitats, and a lander to Pluto quickly.
This is the largest Crewed Mission I've ever constructed in KSP RSS/RO. It took months of planning, filming, and editing! I hope you enjoy this trilogy :)
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Primary Mods used:
AlphaMensae's Modular Launch Pads
AtmosphereAutopilot (Fly-By-Wire)
B9 Aerospace Procedural Wings - Fork (wings)
Camera Tools continued (filming)
CanaveralPads (LC-39A and B)
CRFP - CarnationRED Flexible Parts (Avro Arrow body)
EvaFollower
Ferram Aerospace Research Continued
Hangar Extender (HangerExtenderExtended 3.6.0.1) (build giant rockets)
Kerbalism - RealismOverhaul Config (Life support)
Kronal Vessel Viewer Continued (Blueprints)
KSC Switcher
KSP Wheel
MandatoryRCS Part Pack
MechJeb 2
Near Future Construction
Near Future Electrical (Fission reactors)
Near Future Propulsion (VASIMR)
Near Future Solar
Near Future Solar Core
Persistent Thrust (Handle VASIMR burns)
Physics Range Extender (multi-launches)
Procedural Fairings
Procedural Parts
Real Antennas
Real Fuels
Real Plume
Real Solar System
RealChute Parachute Systems
RealHeat
Realism Overhaul (And all its dependencies)
Realistic Progression One (RP-1) (But this is a sandbox save)
RO Capsules
RO Engines
RO Library
RO Solar
RO Tanks
RSS CanaveralHD
RSS Visual Enhancements - High Resolution (RSSVE-HR 2.1.4)
Scatterer
Test Lite (engine burn time limits)
TextureReplacer
Textures Unlimited
Trajectories
TUFX
WasdEditorCameraContinued
Waterfall Core
Additional note: Fission reactors & radiators lack proper RO configs, I based the general configs off of TEMs radiators https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/890092386649247795/890093839971401759/unknown.png , plus a supermassive scale version of SAFE-400 (in terms of weight and heat output) https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/890092386649247795/890096892355166228/unknown.png
VASIMR drive is custom configured, based upon the same stats as lab-tested ones, just scaled up linearly much bigger to reduce part count.
Music:
Space Forces by WinnieTheMoog
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8552-space-forces
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Time Is Running Out by Frank Schröter
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8750-time-is-running-out
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Familiar things - The Whole Other
Youtube Audio Library
Gates Of Glory by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8779-gates-of-glory
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Nightfall by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au
Rinse Repeat - DivKid
Youtube Audio Library
Digifunk - DivKid
Youtube Audio Library
Sleipnir by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8375-sleipnir
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Foreverlands by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8829-foreverlands
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Unstoppable by Ross Bugden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuLsHkl_Xuk
Olympus by Ross Bugden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnmglWHoVrk
The Empty Moons of Jupiter - DivKid
Youtube Audio Library
0:00 Intro
0:26 Janeway 1 - first robotic exploration of Pluto. [1970]
1:45 Why we are going
2:35 Orbital Assembly plans
3:42 Launch #1 - Seayuz, 3000t "Propulsion core" [2000]
8:06 Launch #2 - Seayuz, 3000t "Booster tank A"
10:30 Launch #3 - Seayuz, 3000t "Booster tank B"
12:10 Launch #4 - N2, 1000t "Shran Core"
14:50 Launch #5 - N2, 500t "Ice Giant"
16:35 Dual Launch #6 & #7 - Saturn V, 100t "Habitat"
18:50 Launch #8 - IEV, 200t "Interplanetary Exploration Vehicle"
21:10 Launch #9 - Saturn V, 140t "Return module"
22:53 Orbital Assembly of USS Shran complete
23:50 Departure for Jupiter [2003]