Campaign: Sample Return Missions

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The economy is booming, and after a massive protest where almost a hundred civilians were injured, the Government finally agreed to restore funding to the KSC. Now with the pressure of the public at large and Big Brother breathing down their necks, the Rocket Engineers have drawn out a plan to scope out a orgy of planets to land on. With probes, of course. Manned missions are way less safe than probe ones.

Specifications

• Length: A lot of time
• Difficulty: I'm not going to test this.
• Skills needed: Advanced understanding of orbital mechanics, interplanetary travel experience, asteroid rendezvous, and landing skills on airless, huge moons. Simple. As long as you can return them.

• For version: Every version

Missions

Icarus Asteroid Lander.

After swinging the Hubble telescope around a bit, the KSC astronomers has discovered a Huge Class E asteroid, expected to swing close to Kerbin in a few years. After doing some calculations, they have found that it will not shatter Kerbin into a million pieces, but it is perfect for a robotic lander to latch a sample from it. Here are the requirements:

• Find an asteroid with a Periapsis that is below Mun orbit
• Send a robotic lander there, and take a sample (just touch the rock with a Communotron 16)
• The land must have a comm device (besides from the sampler)
• It must have parachutes
• It must have 2 solar panels
• It must be unmanned.
• You must RETURN, not transmit all scientific data.
• It must have enough charge to last through the night.
• It must have all science equipment.
• It must return to Kerbin undamaged.
• Must have a small probe to permanently stay with the asteroid. No limitations on this one, I am trusting your common sense.

Nyx Eve Lander

The next stop is Eve. The people at KSC want as much data as possible about Eveian landing conditions,and because they fell miffed that they were forced to send a rover there first. Behind your back, you here Gene Kerman say something about wiping EV3 1 and 2 off the official records. Here are the requirements:* Must be unmanned

• Must have all scientific data.
• Must have enough charge to last through the night.
• Must have 2 solar panels AT LEAST.
• Must have parachutes.
• Must have landing legs.
• Must have a commuotron 88

NOTICE: Work In Progress. Go ahead. Help me and edit it.