Decided to make my own rescue mission with the quicksave supplied by Akuma. Posting somewhere else to avoid cluttering his thread unnecesarily.
SITUATION:
The Lilith 1, an exploration mission, has crashed on Venus. The crew composed by three astronauts is alive, but severely injured due to the impact. They are low on resources, but they think they can survive a few months by using the resources that were stored in their, relatively harmless service module.
Link to the original thread:
My dumb ass underestimated how thick Venus' atmosphere is and accidentally strands the crew of Lilith 1 in it
MISSION:
To save all three astronauts and to bring them home safely.
>Step 1: To send them supplies, shelter, as well as permanent communications (there are no satellites around the planet, so the communication are bad). This must be executed ASAP.
>Step 2: Send a rescue ship, retrieve them, and return them home safely. This must be executed during the next Earth-Venus Transfer Window.
EXECUTION:
Step 1:
That rocket carries the shelter, the supplies and the relay satellite.
Situation in LEO:
(^That's the shelter. Obviously the supplies are inside).
Here's where things get a little complicated because we cannot just wait for another transfer window. These people are in danger and we need to get to Venus NOW. So we have to try a very aggressive injection burn for Mercury, to force an encounter with Venus...
Here it is:
That will get us a transfer time of "just" a few months instead of waiting patiently for the next transfer window.
Anyway, arrival to Venus and aerobrake:
Separation of the relay satellite:
Shelter's descent into LVO and deorbit:
Final landing!
Success! Now the stranded crew can simply walk to the shelter and get inside. This gives a strong place to resist for an indefinite period of time and ensures they aren't just going to die because of the conditions of their capsule.
Also, the relay satellite has been moved to relay satellite, so now we have communications with them.
Step 1 completed. Preparing step 2...
SITUATION:
The Lilith 1, an exploration mission, has crashed on Venus. The crew composed by three astronauts is alive, but severely injured due to the impact. They are low on resources, but they think they can survive a few months by using the resources that were stored in their, relatively harmless service module.
Link to the original thread:
My dumb ass underestimated how thick Venus' atmosphere is and accidentally strands the crew of Lilith 1 in it
MISSION:
To save all three astronauts and to bring them home safely.
>Step 1: To send them supplies, shelter, as well as permanent communications (there are no satellites around the planet, so the communication are bad). This must be executed ASAP.
>Step 2: Send a rescue ship, retrieve them, and return them home safely. This must be executed during the next Earth-Venus Transfer Window.
EXECUTION:
Step 1:
That rocket carries the shelter, the supplies and the relay satellite.
Situation in LEO:
(^That's the shelter. Obviously the supplies are inside).
Here's where things get a little complicated because we cannot just wait for another transfer window. These people are in danger and we need to get to Venus NOW. So we have to try a very aggressive injection burn for Mercury, to force an encounter with Venus...
Here it is:
That will get us a transfer time of "just" a few months instead of waiting patiently for the next transfer window.
Anyway, arrival to Venus and aerobrake:
Separation of the relay satellite:
Shelter's descent into LVO and deorbit:
Final landing!
Success! Now the stranded crew can simply walk to the shelter and get inside. This gives a strong place to resist for an indefinite period of time and ensures they aren't just going to die because of the conditions of their capsule.
Also, the relay satellite has been moved to relay satellite, so now we have communications with them.
Step 1 completed. Preparing step 2...