Apollo³ - To the Moon and back THREE TIMES in one launch! KSP RSS/RO
2,054Because sending Apollo to the Moon twice just wasn't enough apparently.
You requested it, it's your fault this monstrosity exists. It's Apollo Cubed.
I didn't really think sending Apollo to the Moon three times in one launch was possible, which is why I built Apollo Infinity instead. But, with the 1 year anniversary of Apollo squared, I decided to take my best shot at it...
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Disclaimer:
"Ignore max temperature" was used during the video. When quickloading while the craft is enormous, several parts will briefly heat up beyond melting temperature, then cool again. Spaceplane-rated procedural wings were used for re-entry, but are only made for LEO re-entries - no config exists for lunar-return wings. The 300 meter heatshield does not appear to scale ablator amounts very well, and was unusually light.
Most of the mods can be found through the installation guide:
https://github.com/KSP-RO/RP-0/wiki/RO-&-RP-1-Express-Installation-for-1.12.3
Contents:
0:00 Doing it once, Doing it Twice...
0:37 Apocalypse-Class launch vehicle
3:10 Headed to the Moon!
5:20 Lunar landing 1
7:20 Popping open the Can
8:36 The heatshield is HOW BIG?
9:38 Sleeping with the fishes
10:17 Waking up the fishes
12:10 The crew splits from the main vessel
13:30 A nuclear flower blooms
15:20 Rendezvous, prep for landing 2
16:45 Lunar landing 2
18:26 Return to Earth 2
20:36 Approach and Horizontal landing
21:08 DEJA VU
22:32 A Saturn V once again
24:10 Lunar landing 3
25:00 Return to Earth for the last time
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