Space Shuttle Cosmos-Take me to the moon

[ILovespace3]

I have completed the shuttle challenge and am now waiting for submission. However, in my excitement of landing safely on the ground, I forgot to take a screenshot of the mission log. Also, I clipped 10 parachutes together in two different areas, which is why it looks like I only used 2. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Buildgrid and Launchpad:

LEO:

Payload Deployment:

Re-entry:

Floating safely to the ground:

Landing:

Mission Log:
NO IMAGE FOUND


I will do the mission again if you want me to, and I'll give the blueprint on request.

 

[Lemniscate Biscuit]

1. You need the mission log.
2. The shuttle (preferably) wants to look nice, so BP edit those heatshields and add a half fairing to that payload bay so that big hole gets covered up.

 

[ILovespace3]

How do I Bp edit?

 

[Lemniscate Biscuit]

Intro to BP Editing

 

[ILovespace3]

It says I need a file editor. What would you suggest?

 

[Lemniscate Biscuit]

It says I need a file editor. What would you suggest?

If android...
Google File Explorer

If Steam/PC...
Notebook

If Apple...
I don't know

 

[ILovespace3]

I can't find Google File Explorer in the play store...

 

[Lemniscate Biscuit]

Give me a moment. I'll have to go to my Chromebook.

 

[Eccentric Biscotti]

Ok, I'm on my Chromebook account.
Here's the file explorer I use on my chromebook.

 

[Eccentric Biscotti]

Here's the editor I use

 

[ILovespace3]

I will do that tomorrow. I do need permission from parents to download new apps, and it's getting late for me. Besides, it may not look pretty, but it gets the job done.

 

[Lemniscate Biscuit]

Yokay.

 

[Sportgus]

I use CS File Explorer, good for moving and editing files

 

[ILovespace3]

Mooncrasher Could you check this out

 

[ILovespace3]

Mooncrasher ?

 

[ILovespace3]

I feel like I'm being ignored

 

[Sportgus]

Patience

 

[Stellarium]

I feel like I'm being ignored

I haven't seen Mooncrasher for the past 3 weeks. I think he will be back pretty soon. I myself am also waiting for a reply to my shuttle entry.

Fly Me To The Moon Entry, Remastered.

 

[ILovespace3]

Mooncrasher

 

[Hermes]

I have completed the shuttle challenge and am now waiting for submission. However, in my excitement of landing safely on the ground, I forgot to take a screenshot of the mission log. Also, I clipped 10 parachutes together in two different areas, which is why it looks like I only used 2. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Buildgrid and Launchpad:
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View attachment 106909

LEO:
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Payload Deployment:
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Re-entry: View attachment 106912

Floating safely to the ground:
View attachment 106913

Landing: View attachment 106914

Mission Log:
NO IMAGE FOUND


I will do the mission again if you want me to, and I'll give the blueprint on request.

I don't believe that that made it to orbit. Doesn't look like nearly enough fuel for an orbit like that

 

[ILovespace3]

I don't believe that that made it to orbit. Doesn't look like nearly enough fuel for an orbit like that

I placed a good sized fuel reserve in the nose.

 

[ILovespace3]

I'll give you the blueprint if you still aren't sure about it

 

[ILovespace3]

Mooncrasher

 

[Abhi789]

I'll give you the blueprint if you still aren't sure about it

Can you share the blueprint I do want try this spaceshuttle

 

[Pink]

Mooncrasher

Deepest apologies for the delay.


The standards that we look for in this challenge:

1. That the shuttle + booster stack carries at least 10% of its lift-off mass as payload to orbit. So with a mass of 500t for example, it must bring at least a 50t payload to orbit. This means you need to juggle the size of your orbiter and booster, so that each is doing an optimal part of the work. In your case, the booster should probably be smaller, and the shuttle should be bigger. Try to decrease the amount of fuel you need, by decreasing the amount of left-over fuel, and keeping the dry mass as low as possible.

2. The shuttle should look nicer. One of the biggest things is trying to not make it look like a regular rocket with a payload bay, nose, tail and heatshield slapped on. When you're reworking your shuttle, make a tail for it, the nose look nice, the heatshield fit the nose, etc.
You DON'T need to BP edit for this, you could change the shape of your nose so one side is nice and flat for the heat shield to stick on to.
Additionally, a good thing to do to make your shuttle look better is to use fairings or separators to not make the cargo bay be a huge hole.

Overall it needs to look more shuttle-y and be more efficient at carrying payloads.

Don't hesitate to look at previous entries and other's shuttles for inspiration.
Here are some:
Fly me to the moon submission
Fly me to the Moon entry
Fly me to the moon challenge
Shuttle