did all this work just to fail lol (i need some tips on how to get to tge moon and back)

[@VisualAuditoryHillucinationsOf]

I haven’t played SFS in a while but you really don’t need a big rocket to get to the moon. Idk if sfs has a Δv indicator yet or if it still doesn’t, but just make something that can get to a 10-15km orbit around the moon then just have a lander that can safely touch down, And you should be able to get back to earth with that single lander, get a 10km orbit around moon after leaving and then transfer back to earth I haven’t played sfs in a long time, KSP now ,I might have forgotten a few things

[@SushiTheTunaCat-yr8sh]

to raise the periapsis or lowest point of ur orbit. u should burn prograde (the direction u r heading) while ur near or at the apoapsis (the highest point of orbit) and vice versa. if u want to lower ur apoapsis, burn retrogade (face away from heading) while ur near or at the periapsis. hope that made sense

[@emmanuelrothe5054]

first go to orbit that meen going out of the atmosphere and then activating the second stage flate relative to the surface of earth then when you are in orbit click on the moon and set too navigate to then wait for transfere widow and match your velocity with the one set on the window put your trajectory on sphere of influence of the moon at 20 km then timewarp too the periapsis (lowest point of orbit) and go backward of where your going once your in lunar orbit decent toward the moon and keep your velocity under 5m/s once your landed ancent to at least a 100 km above the moon and put your rocket flat relative to the moon once your again in lunar orbit click on earth then navigate to and match the number on the transfere window and time warp to earth reenter land and you got this! hope that could help good luck

[@emmanuelrothe5054]

also just use a three stage rocket with on the first stage eagle engine (titan if realy big) second stage frontier engine third stage is the lander so colibri or hawk

[@Boeing_757-R20]

@@emmanuelrothe5054 thx for the tip i am still learning too

[@John.theOrthodox]

Why dont you do an Apollo Mission

[@mistrsportak9940]

That rocket looks like V2.0

[@meimeisi6286]

You have to get to an orbit around 20km around the moon and then land

[@SushiTheTunaCat-yr8sh]

yes, also, u should decrese ur speed a lot more earlier. so after u get in orbit, stage, then try and get ur velocity low. pay attention to ur velocity it was at almost 500m/s when he crashed so try and get that as low as u can

[@lll-ly2ur]

Hey ill make a tutorial on how to do it

[@Just_Nanda]

Can you make a starship?

[@Boeing_757-R20]

@@Just_Nanda maybe idk

[@lll-ly2ur]

What you did when you got to the moons atmosphere is very wrong, you see, you pointed your rocket directly to the moon, that isnt good. Instead, when you get to the moons atmosphere you have to point your rocket in the opposite direction of where you are going so you could get an orbit around the moon and THEN get ready to land. Also ion engines are weak and don't help with landing