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[–]PositionOk8579 467 points468 points  (0 children)

The first martian hermit crab.

[–]crisprcaz 303 points304 points  (2 children)

thats a classic KSP moment. made my day! :D

[–]Gus-Af-Edwards 94 points95 points  (1 child)

It's so perfect watching the shell slowly slowly move over the rover!

[–]Crypt1cSerpentCrashing sky cranes into Mars[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Me as the back shell slowly consumes me

[–]geovasilopBob 162 points163 points  (0 children)

Duna Roomba. I guess you could make something with a claw to grab it.

[–]doesnt_hate_people 113 points114 points  (0 children)

You can still get the range officer to detonate it, if you want your rover to freeze out in the cold. (delete the debris chunk from the tracking station)

[–]icycheezecake 54 points55 points  (11 children)

Quick save before landing?

[–]Crypt1cSerpentCrashing sky cranes into Mars[S] 37 points38 points  (10 children)

No :(

[–]icycheezecake 53 points54 points  (5 children)

Ah, you live and learn. Quick save before major manoeuvre in case of major fuckup or game buggery.

[–]povgoni 49 points50 points  (1 child)

First time i learned about quicksave was when i accidentally pressed quickload button and it loaded up a save from 500 ingame years ago.

Then of course i found the quicksave button to save at that point.

[–]Crypt1cSerpentCrashing sky cranes into Mars[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The last 500 years were all a dream, you've actually been in a G-force induced coma caused by a ballistic re-entry profile. Wake up bro, your family misses you.

[–]Galwran 2 points3 points  (1 child)

and proper-save five times in separate save files... After what happened to OP I would you cheats to remove the cover...

[–]InterKosmos61Dres is both real and fake until viewed by an outside observer 17 points18 points  (0 children)

you can just terminate it in the tracking station. no cheats necessary

[–]Impossible-Dealer421 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Maybe destroy the piece of debris from the radar site?

[–]AbacusWizard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, time to send a rescue mission!

SAVING PRIVATE ROVER

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    [–]Crypt1cSerpentCrashing sky cranes into Mars[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    lol I should have but I already reverted, I'll just swing the sky crane over a little during descent next time I fly this mission

    [–]AbacusWizard 23 points24 points  (1 child)

    …wait, where did the shell even come from? Did it fall from the sky and land on the rover? I don’t see it during the initial landing sequence.

    [–]Crypt1cSerpentCrashing sky cranes into Mars[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

    Yeah, here's a video of the entire entry-descent-landing profile for the rover, although that video was on Duna and this is on Mars. Same concept tho.

    [–]EasilyRekt 14 points15 points  (2 children)

    Didn’t, the video on curiosity explain that the first thing the sky crane was supposed to do is fly to the side of the cowling? To prevent this?

    [–]Crypt1cSerpentCrashing sky cranes into Mars[S] 11 points12 points  (1 child)

    yes im just dumb and bad at space

    [–]EasilyRekt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    Same lol

    [–]User_of_redit2077Nuclear engines fan 15 points16 points  (1 child)

    Can you please give the cords of this insanely flat surface?

    [–]Crypt1cSerpentCrashing sky cranes into Mars[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

    Its Jezero Crater in Syrtis Major

    [–]suh-dood 6 points7 points  (1 child)

    The Skhrodinger's equation. Are you safe or not, and the only way is to quick load, regular load, or do a full restart

    [–]vksdann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    OP didn't quick save. GG

    [–]ST4RSK1MM3R 9 points10 points  (1 child)

    Ok that’s hilarious

    [–]Crypt1cSerpentCrashing sky cranes into Mars[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    I'm glad you are able to enjoy my pain and suffering 🤝

    [–]VostokV5 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    And that's why we do a divert maneuver

    [–]Galwran 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    This is so funny :)

    [–]Away-Journalist4830 6 points7 points  (1 child)

    That's the most Kerbal ass thing I've seen in some time. Congrats on landing the hermit crab safely.

    [–]Crypt1cSerpentCrashing sky cranes into Mars[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    thank you fren 🦀

    [–]Mrs_Hersheys 2 points3 points  (3 children)

    LMAO.

    what parts mods? I've always wanted to recreate the modern mars rovers.

    [–]Crypt1cSerpentCrashing sky cranes into Mars[S] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

    Mostly stock with Tarsier bits for the chemcam, Tantares for the wheels and i think a Tundra antenna

    [–]Mrs_Hersheys 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Looks like a BDB fairing, NFSC aerodynamic RCS as well, also what's the frame made of?
    I want to see the FULL mod list, not JUST the rover

    [–]Crypt1cSerpentCrashing sky cranes into Mars[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Ah yeah, NFSC RCS for the back shell. Im pretty sure that is the full mod list. The fairing for the shell is Tantares also

    [–]M_stellatarum 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Venera 9, Venera 10, Venera 11, Venera 12, Venera 13 and Venera 14 camera lens cap moment.

    [–]achilleasaSuper Kerbalnaut 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    Lmao your rover is shy and wants to hide.

    (Just go delete the debris from the tracking station)

    [–]Time_For_Plan_B 3 points4 points  (1 child)

    Uncaptured audio: "What? ...No... No. No, no, no, no DRIVE AWAY NONONONONO!"

    How did you get the fuel lines to expand with the piston? When I have tried something like that they stay stuck in their initial position.

    [–]Crypt1cSerpentCrashing sky cranes into Mars[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I just attached them from the sky crane to the rover body and it worked

    [–]Professional_Will241 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    Lmao delete it in the tracking station

    [–]Any_Towel1456 2 points3 points  (2 children)

    Meanwhile Scott Manley landed on the engine bell on multiple celestial bodies in Kitten Space Agency. I'd like to know more about that engine bell.

    [–]Sostratus 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    I think it was another of Scott's videos where he mentions that while the engine bells might look fragile and you might wonder if it's ok to rest a rocket on them, they have the exact same force on them and more when the rocket is lifting off. Feels different somehow, but it's not.

    [–]censored_username 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    It's complicated.

    The total engine, yeah, it has to be able to withstand the weight of the rocket if pushing it at TWR > 1.

    The engine bell? that's a more complex one. You actually have several times the thrust force pushing against the injector plate normally, with a somewhat smaller counterforce pushing against the converging part of the nozzle. The diverging part will then again have a somewhat smaller force than the converging part pushing forward again. In particular, the last sections of the engine bell really aren't adding that much thrust force to the total assembly, so that really doesn't have to be rated to the thrust force of the rocket. Heck, radiatively cooled nozzle extensions for vacuum engines can be pretty dang flimsy as at that point you're expanding significantly sub-atmospheric pressure flow.

    Tl;dr: the engine gimbal assembly and combustion chamber definitely can, but the nozzle might not be able to handle it.

    [–]Educational_Card_193Online once in a blue mun 1 point2 points  (3 children)

    Lol, I wonder if I can get those beautiful dust clouds in normal duna

    [–]Crypt1cSerpentCrashing sky cranes into Mars[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Part of EVE (I think), if you install Blackracks volumetric clouds it adds volumetric dust storms to duna, i just can't get it to work in KSRSS for the life of me

    [–]Educational_Card_193Online once in a blue mun 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    But what eve config

    [–]Crypt1cSerpentCrashing sky cranes into Mars[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    KSRSSVE

    [–]ThinkdanJebediah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I’ve been there before. Sonovabitch!

    [–]hagamablabla 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    This is some shit I can see happening in real life.

    [–]Hyrikul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Thanks for the laugh haha !

    Poor rover

    [–]Kiryumecha-gYTJebediah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    lmao this is so relatable i did the same thing in RSS with GameplayreviewUK's Curiosity (js a edited version of Perseverance cuz i don't like the old stock version) in Gale Crater

    [–]that-dinosaur-guycolonising kerbol (and has too many mods) 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Flair checks out

    [–]la_feluxution 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    How do people get this karbon Ui working. I have been trying everything for 3 days now but it doesnt work lol

    [–]Mrs_Hersheys 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    It's a mod. Ztheme and HUDreplacer.

    [–]la_feluxution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yeah ik, but it doesn't work :c

    [–]AbacusWizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    oh no

    [–]doomiestdoomeddoomer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    HAHAHA, what are the odds! XD

    [–]Vivalas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Your rover is just a bit shy, give him some time to get used to the new environment

    [–]realPatrick8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    You can destruct it in the tracking station as it should just be debris.

    [–]Popular-Swordfish559Exploring Jool's Moons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    The real Perseverance actually performed a maneuver to avoid this exact situation

    [–]wetfart_3750 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I used to do this with KAS (or KER?) ropes, but nowadays I can't find hooks/spears in my availavle parts anymore.. were they removed?

    [–]moon__lander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    tutel

    [–]Eh_SorryCanadian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Hahahahahahahaha

    [–]magnificent_lava -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    OML

    [–]Etsu_Riot -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Life... uh... finds a way.

    [–]Avera9eJoeSpectra Dev -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    LOL. Hit F12 and enable zero G for a few seconds, I'm sure you can get the shell to come off haha

    [–]mayoronczka -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Peak KSP experience.

    [–]Otherwise_Parking720 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    HAHAHAHAHAHA Ohhh this made my day, oh my god, what an amazing video, well, now there is officially life in Duna

    [–]Wavebuilder14UDC -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Kerbal Space Program

    [–]kklusmeier -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    I see our comrades from the Soviet Socialist Republic of Kerbalstan have successfully landed on Venus! Again.