There comes a time when nothing less will do, but to violate all we hold sacred and create a nuclear powered scientific abomination. A nuclear powered, interplanetary spaceplane. May future generations of Kerbals forgive us for what we must now do, in order that we might have the coolest toys. ;)
In the last episode, after an unfortunate encounter with the babies of the Space Kraken, we successfully flew in Laythe's atmosphere, concluded a fruitless search for artifacts, and landed safely on the surface. After landing, the intrepid and apparently cloned Hudby Kerman (victim of the ill-fated Tylo expedition) set the first Kerbal foot on that ocean moon of Jool. In this episode we continue the search for artifacts and discover a different and unexpected kind of treasure.
The craft file for this spaceplane is unlikely to work unless you have the exact mix of mods that I have, some of which are old mod parts from like 0.14 or something, but if you want to give it a try you can download it at http://www.lizardboys.com/Gorgon%2013.zip
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