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#3957196 - 05/23/14 02:28 PM Any insights on how to get ships out to the planets?  
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My first attempt ended with no idea how to get a probe out to duna. Just unlocked the nuclear engine and wanted to give it a work out. But could not come up with a workable transit orbit to any planet. That is I would get the little tabs denoting a loose intercept..sort of... but no planet popping up.


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#3957240 - 05/23/14 04:26 PM Re: Any insights on how to get ships out to the planets? [Re: FlashBurn]  
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Try this for a good start to get to other planets http://ksp.olex.biz/

The above explains how to do it.

Also get the protractor mod http://kerbalspaceport.com/protractor-for-ksp-0-18/

That will help you do it so you dont have to stick a protractor to your screen. Once you install protractor, it has to be unlocked in the science tree.

Otherwise get the angles you need from the website above and eyeball it with manoeuvre nodes.


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#3957699 - 05/24/14 08:44 PM Re: Any insights on how to get ships out to the planets? [Re: FlashBurn]  
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#4011680 - 09/19/14 03:40 AM Re: Any insights on how to get ships out to the planets? [Re: FlashBurn]  
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look up Hohmann transfer orbits. wikipedia has a good article and should help you.


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