Six more struts have been added to the ML-Ic, and this is enough to stop it from falling apart! Unfortunately, those struts are also keeping the stages quite firmly attached! We did, however, manage to launch more or less uneventfully, even if we more or less wasted a stage, leaving us with basically no fuel for actual Munar orbit. And I accidentally hit the "next stage" button instead of the "turn on engines" button.
Back to the Ib, more or less. We add six different struts, hoping that the Id can hold up where the Ib and Ia collapsed, and reach orbit where the Ic did not. Unfortunately, we suffer critical falling-and-exploding. A quick modification adds two Launch Stability Enhancers to the design, letting us avoid this pitfall. Hey, what happened to Bill? Was that propellant explosion lethal? The NL-Vb is overhead at the time of launch...and by launch I mean "falling-apart, explosive failure". I think the LSEs smashed into the rocket or something. Ludeny Kerman was killed in the massive, fiery explosion.
The Mun Launcher Ie has no fewer than six Launch Stability Enhancers, as low and wide as can be. The launch goes of without much of a hitch, except that a fraction of a second after launch stuff started falling apart. But I've found the definite culprit! I think. And Geofemy survived, although the command pod was somehow embedded in the ground.
Okay...the ML-If is not successful. I have not solved the problem.
Another project I've thought of has been started: A single-stage craft capable of reaching orbit. It has seven boosters, seven parachutes, and nineteen fuel tanks. People calling it an "aerodynamic nightmare" may be technically correct, but have gladly volunteered to clear wreckage from the Launch Pad. Without pay. For the next week. They are proven to have a bit of a point when it promptly flips over and crashes. This has been attributed, in large part, to structural failure between one of the engines and a fuel tank, causing it to (in layman's terms) fall off. Two LSEs were added, and another launch attempted. It started well, although some spinning was reported, as well as unexpected tilting. At just past six kilometers in altitude, fuel ran out and parachutes were deployed. Apoapsis of slightly over seven kilometers was achieved. At T+2:14, the parachutes deployed and were ripped out of their holding points. Experts recommend more fuel and more parachutes. Experts have been smacked for making such obvious suggestions.
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