A “local” mission that allows for cost-saving but treacherous UTV traversal sends the team out to Site V817DW on behalf of L-Tech Scientific Industries for an updated meteorological study of the region
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low-altitude bit.ly/KerBalloonProg… have landed a contract close enough to KSC that they can use the UTVs to get there and back, which is always a great way to save money - but also presents more risk. Sinkholes are an issue but one crews are familiar with
Kerbal Space Agency
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yes we've been missing two UTVs needed for safe land traversals but they were a New Years gift to the KerBalloon program. We must have forgot to mention it over the operational break twitter.com/Bookz2232/stat…
Kerbal Space Agency
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low-altitude KerBalloon crew took care of their overland journey to bit.ly/Site_V817DW earlier today. Unless they encountered some trouble they should have reached their release point within 5 hours and will likely send their balloon up tomorrow & return the same day
Kerbal Space Agency
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rolling back into KSC, the low-altitude KerBalloon team reports no issues on the drive there & back but did have an unusually difficult time getting the balloon inflated. We're sending the recovered casing back to the manufacturer for tests
Kerbal Space Agency
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great to get a space mission off the ground this month! A bit of Mk1 preliminary analysis along with additional details for other major events this past week await your attention in our Ops Summary: kerbalspace.agency/?p=10336 have a relaxing weekend, everyone
Kerbal Space Agency
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KerBalloon manufacturer has determined the damaged casing came as a result of inadequate securing of the balloon while traversing rough terrain. Given that this has never been an issue before, we don't accept all the blame but agree to review our UTV loading procedures
