Astra Kerbina Evadia:
Footsteps under Puffy Enigma
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A New Idea:
After Tekto's colonization, N.S.P. realized that they were more then capable to endure a harsh atmosphere such as Tekto's. This got the mission planning team thinking about Eve's atmosphere, and how it was harsh too, which was a deterrent from exploration of Eve, but it isn't as bad as Tekto's atmosphere, so they decided to return to Eve after the probe they had sent got crushed a while after it landed. The development team realized that the probe they sent a while ago was only rated to function in space, and not in a high-bar atmosphere. Furthermore, it was outdated tech, and now the technology was far past what it used to be, so they decided that a crewed mission would be best. They tried discussing this mission with the Kerbelian government, specifically Seedun, the president of the United States of Kerbelia. However, he declined the offer to fund this mission due to it's extreme risk, even though he used to work for N.S.P. before his presidency. So, the only option for funding was to come out of N.S.P.'s grants they gained from colonizing Tekto and Laythe.
Rocket Development:
N.S.P.'s brightest minds were originally pushing for a lander that would be sent to Eve through the Astra Sailor infrastructure, but after the lander was being developed, it was seen that it wouldn't fit in the Astra Sailor's large payload bay. Adding onto this, the lander was massive, and it shared similar dimensions to the length of the Astra Sailor rocket. So, because of this, Astra Sailor was thrown out of the picture, and a rocket had to be developed for the lander. This rocket would take on the name of Astra Evadia 2, which is based on the original Astra Evadia 1 concept that never launched. This rocket was about as tall as the Vehicle Assembly Building at N.S.P. site, and it had to be shipped to the Kerbelian Space Center due to it being located directly on Kerbin's Equator. After the development of the rocket was complete, it was ready to launch.
Launch:
Now that all systems were go, Astra Evadia 2 was ready to launch. With clear sunny skies, Astra Evadia launched off to space. This was the tallest rocket built to date, and it is capable of launching 150 tons to Eve orbit. Furthermore, it is as expensive as an Astra Sailor, but it is not reusable like an Astra Sailor. Moving on, the Astra Evadia 2's ascent went well, and it eventually found itself in orbit of kerbin. With plenty of fuel to spare, the rocket prepared itself for the burn towards Eve, and now the crew started to check systems before this burn.
Injection and Eve Orbit:
After all of the systems and hardware was checked while in orbit of Kerbin, Astra Sailor's top stage activated it's engines and burned towards Eve. The top stage did not carry nuclear engines, but instead conventional rocket engines to allow for a quick and clean burn towards Eve. After 1 minute and 30 seconds of burning, the rocket was in for a somewhat long journey to Eve. And after it reached Eve, it fired it's thrusters to capture into Eve orbit, and the transfer stage was completely empty and detached from the rocket. Now, all that was left to do is to land on Eve without anything going wrong. How difficult could that be...?
Landing:
After the command module separated from the lander, the lander module fired it's retro thrusters to enter Eve's atmosphere. The lander was protected by a Thermal protection coat developed for the harsh atmosphere of Tekto, and the strong magnetic fields of Jool. And because of this protection, it was able to safely penetrate Eve's atmosphere and slow down due to the thickening atmosphere that is found on Eve. Interestingly, though, Eve's atmosphere starts out really thin, and has a sharp curve in atmospheric density and surface gravitiy. Scientific data also showed that Eve is larger than Kerbin too! But as decent was happening, the protective coating deployed off, and so did the parachutes. And as the landed fell down closer to Eve, the ground was able to be made out. It seemed to be similar to what the probe had seen all the way back in the early days of N.S.P.
Surface Exploration:
Now landed, the two brave Kerbals who ventured down Eve's atmosphere, that being Magwell Kerman and Dean Kerman, they checked if all systems were holding up, which they were. After this, they looked out their window, and they saw something odd: huge bubbles floating around everywhere. So, they decided to put their space suits on that were able to withstand corrosive environments, and what they saw, felt, and smelled was very, very unexpected. First, it smelled like a crude oil smell, and this was later found out to be due to the fact that Eve's atmosphere is made up of carbon Dioxide and Ethane. Next, the ground felt like how sand felt on Kerbin, coarse, and mushy. Furthermore, the atmospheric pressure felt like twice of what Kerbin's sea level atmosphere felt like. Although not deadly, it made them feel like they weighed twice their size, and the gravity also played a major role in this too. The supposed theory for this is that because Eve is so massive, and it's atmosphere is too, it is able to condense it's atmosphere to five times that of kerbins at sea level, while still reaching out 90 kilometers high. So, perhaps Eve is a possible place for Kerbal existance after all. It is supposed that the maximum pressure kerbals can survive in is 15 atmospheres, so why not 5? If it is filled with Carbon Dioxide, could this mean that it could be terraformed with plant life such as what we have on Kerbin? Lastly, the ocean seems to be made up of some form of reactive material, and many think it is condensed natural gas. This gas is able to be condensed due to Eve's high atmospheric pressure.
First Powered Takeoff:
Many of the engineers at N.S.P. thought that because the atmosphere was so thick, that engines would never work on Eve. However, science proved them wrong, and after a week on the surface, our brave kerbals were ready to return home to Kerbin. As the engines ignitied, the rocket soared off into the upper atmosphere, and everything was going well. Then, they started their gravity turn, and they eventually made it to orbit with 200 meters per second left to spare. After many orbits, the prime orbit was set to dock to the command module, and after many burns, they eventually met up, and the kerbals got off of the ascent module of the lander and they were finally safe from the unknown world that we call Eve.
Return to Kerbin:
Now that the kerbals were safe and in orbit of Eve, they decided to dock to the Eve Space Station until the time was right to burn back to Kerbin. Eventually, that day came, and they undocked from the station, and positioned themselves to burn towards Kerbin. After burning for 2 minutes, they were on track to hit Kerbin's atmosphere at 3 kilometers a second, and slow down rapidly to a nice splash down. And, this all went according to plan, and our 3 brave kerbals who dared to challenge eve returned home, the Kerbelian Government was proven wrong, Seedun agreed to grant N.S.P. funding to colonize Eve, and our heros most likely will be taking an extended brake from this. Their names are Magger Kerman, Magwell Kerman, and Dean Kerman. Thank you for daring to attempt this mission that all thought was impossible.
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