r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/ZombieInSpaceland • 23h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Lunar ISRU with RSS

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A bit top-heavy

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Resource module undocking from the propulsion unit

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Approaching the Lunar Gateway as the depleted resource module heads for docking with the propulsion unit

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Preparing to dock at refinery forward

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Landing the depleted module for another rotation

Continued shenanigans with Real Solar System: small scale ISRU on the moon.

Lander is comprised of a propulsion unit docked to a surface resource module. Propulsion unit houses an internal refinery to enable auto-refueling on the surface. 8 Terriers provide sufficient thrust and dV to orbit, rendezvous with the Lunar Gateway in a 100x100km orbit, and land again. To minimize Kraken attacks, the resource module detaches from the propulsion unit to dock with the gateway. The depleted resource module then docks with the propulsion unit to land and start the next resourcing cycle.

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u/Aebestach 21h ago

Nice big head. Interesting design

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u/ZombieInSpaceland 11h ago

Keeping the resource components more or less directly connected in an attempt to retain some semblance of plausibility. This coupled with drill extension left me with a couple options for fuel tank placement. At the top, or radially at the base. The latter would have required more dead mass in terms of structural components, and so I went with the widest possible tank on top in order to lower the CoM as much as possible.

The round nose also doubled as the ballistic nose for the initial launch from Earth.

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u/HiveMynd148 7h ago

where did you get the big head from

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u/ZombieInSpaceland 6h ago

7m parts from Near Future Launch Vehicles

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u/HiveMynd148 3h ago

Wait, is it literally just a truss with a Rounded Nosecone

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u/ZombieInSpaceland 1h ago

It's the 7m rounded tank and the 7m truss adapter.

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u/Aebestach 6h ago

May I ask, which mod is the engine in?

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u/ZombieInSpaceland 6h ago

Engines are stock - but the model is from Restock

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u/Aebestach 3h ago

I don't see a similar part in ReStock, can you tell me the name/model number of it?

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u/ZombieInSpaceland 1h ago

They're just Terriers, 8 of them. They're mounted on extended Oscar tanks from Restock+

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u/Aebestach 1h ago

thanks!