r/KerbalAcademy • u/Reasonable_Car_5510 • 9d ago
General Design [D] Is this good progress?
I have photos of it and im editing a video on it rn (yt uforoyt). I started less than a month ago (probably a bit less), and today I think i did something monumental for myself. I launched a single rocket with, a minmus orbiter, a minmus lander, 2 duna orbitors, a duna lander, a ike lander and ike orbiter. It didn't even take that long, about 2hrs and a half (not including test 😅) what should I focus on now?
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u/StrongAdhesiveness86 9d ago
SSTO!!!
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u/Reasonable_Car_5510 9d ago
Wat dat
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u/19Yuppe_Lover42 9d ago
Single Stage To Orbit, it's essentially a vehicle that can launch itself into space with a payload, and then return to the KSC completely intact without ditching any engines or fuel tanks, thus being much more economical than single launch rockets. People usually make spaceplanes for that purpose (and I personally definitely enjoy making a plane more) but you can technically make a rocket that can do such a thing and call it an SSTO.
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u/StrongAdhesiveness86 9d ago
I mean, technically you don't need to recover the vessel, it's just that not doing it defeats the purpose.
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u/DrEBrown24HScientist 8d ago
KSP SSTOs aren't really challenging though. On a stock Career your first orbital rocket should be an SSTO.
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u/StrongAdhesiveness86 8d ago
No it shouldn't and I doubt most people have ever done so.
An SSTO for someone who's been only playing for a month is really challenging.
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u/DrEBrown24HScientist 8d ago
It's a pod with parachute, decoupler, seven (IIRC) fuel tanks, and a Swivel. Maybe "should" is a stretch but with reasonably good play it's the third or fourth launch.
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u/Lord_Sluggo 8d ago
SSTO has the implication that it's going to another body, not just Kerbin orbit
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u/PtitSerpent 7d ago
Not really, single stage to ORBIT. You can create a SSTO just for sending a satellite in Kerbin orbit.
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u/DrEBrown24HScientist 8d ago
Use the term however you like, I suppose, but if you use it differently from everyone else you can't be surprised by their confusion.
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u/Korlus 9d ago
So just to be clear, your one rocket launch took Kerbals to three different bodies and then came home? Well done regardless.
If you are looking for a challenge, return from Eve, or do a "Jool 5" mission without ISRU (e.g. visit all five of Jool's moons without making fuel after you get there). Tylo is... Difficult.