Hello all. I recently discovered this nice game and played a little.
It was too easy on Normal level and Hard level was very little different, so i tried Realistic level.
I want to reach this goal at Realistic level: to send an astronaut to the Moon, land him there, and then take off from the Moon and return this astronaut to earth alive.
On Realistic level it is very hard to get away from the Earth, it burns all fuel, so the best i can do is to deliver 43 tons to the orbit of the Moon, no more than that.
Thus, the questions are:
1. Is it possible to bring more than 43 tons to the Moon's orbit in this version of the game? Should i try to invent a better rocket scheme? To try to bring more than 43 tons. Or 43 is already the maximum for Realistic level?
2. Is it possible to return to Earth with any rocket scheme, which weight is much less than 40 tons? Because i need to burn a lot of fuel for slowdown before Moon landing and after that i have only something over thirty tons left of total weight for taking off.
3. Would it be better to approach Moon directly to the center by "straight line" and slow down vertically before landing? Or is there a better trajectory around the Moon, to start moving in elispses around the moon before changing trajectory for landing? Which option burns less fuel and is more effective?
4. Is it possible to slowly build a bigger-sized rocket (bigger than blueprint rectangle limitations) by delivering components to the Earth orbit and assembling components somehow there into huge rocket on the orbit? For example, how to stick two fuel banks together on the orbit? I can push them by maneuvering engines, but how to assemble it in one construction, which can launch all together at the end?
Please help me with any suggestions. I played v1.5.8.5 version, if it makes any difference.
It was too easy on Normal level and Hard level was very little different, so i tried Realistic level.
I want to reach this goal at Realistic level: to send an astronaut to the Moon, land him there, and then take off from the Moon and return this astronaut to earth alive.
On Realistic level it is very hard to get away from the Earth, it burns all fuel, so the best i can do is to deliver 43 tons to the orbit of the Moon, no more than that.
Thus, the questions are:
1. Is it possible to bring more than 43 tons to the Moon's orbit in this version of the game? Should i try to invent a better rocket scheme? To try to bring more than 43 tons. Or 43 is already the maximum for Realistic level?
2. Is it possible to return to Earth with any rocket scheme, which weight is much less than 40 tons? Because i need to burn a lot of fuel for slowdown before Moon landing and after that i have only something over thirty tons left of total weight for taking off.
3. Would it be better to approach Moon directly to the center by "straight line" and slow down vertically before landing? Or is there a better trajectory around the Moon, to start moving in elispses around the moon before changing trajectory for landing? Which option burns less fuel and is more effective?
4. Is it possible to slowly build a bigger-sized rocket (bigger than blueprint rectangle limitations) by delivering components to the Earth orbit and assembling components somehow there into huge rocket on the orbit? For example, how to stick two fuel banks together on the orbit? I can push them by maneuvering engines, but how to assemble it in one construction, which can launch all together at the end?
Please help me with any suggestions. I played v1.5.8.5 version, if it makes any difference.