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: 5-12 hours
• Difficulty: 8/10 (Expert)
• 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 Kubble 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, and a class E.
• 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. Requirements:

Daedalus Asteroid Monitor

• Must have a communtron 88
• Must have a thermometer, Science lab Jr, a seismometer, and mystery goo.
• Must be unmanned
• Must have 2 solar panels and at least 1,000 charge
• Must have a backup probe core.
• Must have 2 backup RTG.

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 feel 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
• Must touch the ground with a coomuntron 16 (sampling)
• must land in a crater
• Must deploy 3 probes

Erebus Mapsat

• Must have 2 solar panels and enough charge to last through the night
• Must be unmanned
• Must have a communotron 88
• Must have an eject-able propulsion system
• Must be situated in a polar orbit
• Must have an apoapisis and periapsis of 250,000 m with only 1,000 m deviation
• Tip: Not neccesary, but you can download the ISA mapsat mod.

Aether Comsat 1

• Must have 2 solar panels and enough charge to last through the night
• Must be unmanned
• Must have a communotron 16
• Must have an eject-able propulsion system
• Must be situated in a geostationary Eve orbit
• Must have an inclination of 0
• Must have an apoapisis and periapsis of 10,373,959 m with a deviation of no more than 10 KILOMETERS, not meters.
• Tip: Not necessary, but you can download the Remotetech mod.

Aether Comsat 2

• Must have 2 solar panels and enough charge to last through the night
• Must be unmanned
• Must have a communotron 16
• Must have an eject-able propulsion system
• Must be situated in a geostationary Eve orbit
• Must have an apoapisis and periapsis of 10,373,959 m with a deviation of no more than 10 KILOMETERS, not meters.
• Must have an inclination of 0
• Must be 90 degrees apart from the Aether commsat 1.
• Tip: Not neccesary, but you can download the Remotetech mod.