"Apollo 11 Pt. 1," Episode 131 of Journey Into Space
5Kerbal Space Program is Copyright Squad
https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/
To commemorate the 45th Anniversary of the landing of Apollo 11 on the Sea of Tranquility, I am going to try to replicate as best I can the Saturn V moon rocket and launch Bill, Bob and Jebediah to the Mun on it. Obviously in some respects I have had to be selective in my interpretation of the Saturn V for KSP, but my Saturn V recreation does have the same number of stages and the same number of engines per stage and a number of other features which are meant to replicate the actual Saturn V. Like the real Apollo 11, there is a Command/Service Module (CSM) and a separate two-stage lunar module (LM) and they will have to achieve a lunar orbit rendezvous to get the people in the lander back into the CSM.
In replicating the Lunar Module, I had to take some liberties: to me the LanderCan does not look like any part of the buglike, alien-looking LM. Obviously, without an actual LM mod part, that wasn't going to happen, and probably most mod LM's would not fit into a 2 meter fairing. My LM actually looks a bit more like the proposed Soviet LK lander than the LM but doesn't look a whole lot like either of them. My main objectives in designing my LM were:
1. To not make it look just like a series of cylinders stacked together,
2. To have two stages like the Apollo LM,
3. To have a body form that would be conducive to landing (large landing leg spread), and
4. To have it able to fit into a 2 meter fairing.
The result is an LM which does not resemble the LM that much physically but does resemble its lumpy, non-cylindrical and non-streamlined appearance and would also be a serviceable landing vehicle in KSP.
MODS USED IN THESE OR UPCOMING EPISODES:
Firespitter Propeller Plane Parts (an awesome mod!)
http://kerbalspaceport.com/firespitter-propeller-plane-parts/
Kethane (most awesome mod ever)
http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/23979-Kethane-Pack-0-8-4-Find-it-mine-it-burn-it!-Now-w-Toolbar-Critical-bug-fixed
FTmN Atomic Rockets (what's not to like? Atomic rockets.)
http://kerbalspaceport.com/fatman-series-atomic-rockets/
Inflatable Habitat -- BASE Update
http://kerbalspaceport.com/inflatable-habitat-base-update-0-20/
AIES Aerospace by Carmics
http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/35383-0-23-AIES-Aerospace-v1-5-1
Fustek Munox 18 passenger Modular Crew Ferry by Alex Sterling
http://kerbalspaceport.com/fustek-munox-18-passenger-multi-purpose-command-pod-with-rcs-spotlight-utility-ring/
Z-thing Hub by zzz
Thread: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/43840-Hab-Hub-(and-other-strange-things)
File: http://www.mediafire.com/download/0rmnuctjt8pjrsa/hub.7z
Jake Barnes, Lunar Freebooter:
https://www.createspace.com/4449024
http://www.amazon.com/Jake-Barnes-Lunar-Freebooter-Moon/dp/1492766739/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379755235&sr=8-1&keywords=Jake+Barnes%2C+Lunar+Freebooter
Also if you get a copy, do me a favor and write a review on Amazon! I would appreciate it.
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"We Stopped Dreaming" by Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
http://youtu.be/CbIZU8cQWXc