How to slow your descent in zero G?

[Tyrion]

I've been practicing landing on the Mun, and one thing I haven't thought up is how to slow your descent.... would parachutes actually work even though there is no air?

[Daugen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVPMTQfOvYQ
26:00

[ZeroReady]

The big things that shoot fire out the end. Point them at the ground.

[Flightless]

As a short summary, point at the retrograde marker and accelerate in that dirrection when coming in for a landing until it is at the very top of your nav ball. This means you are now going towards the Mun. You may have a robust landing module but try to make sure when you land not to be travelling faster than 7 - 10 m/s, this is more important if you are landing in a mountainous area or a crater. To slow the descent, just put the thrust up by one tick until it reduces your vertical speed enough for falling. Once you are right about to land, try to kill as much of your velocity as possible and let the module float down.

[Gralzeim]

Parachutes do work on a few bodies other than Kerbin, though. Eve, Duna (they work better on Eve than they do on Kerbin, and less so on Duna, so bring extras for Duna), and Laythe, which I believe has similar atmospheric density to Kerbin.

They'll work on Jool too, though you can't technically 'land' on Jool.

Everywhere else, you'll need thrusters/rocket engines of some kind.

[I'm Ant]

Fire boosters in oposite direction of travel. Parachutes only work where there is an atmosphere.

[Doubtful]

ZeroReady eredeti hozzászólása:

The big things that shoot fire out the end. Point them at the ground.

+1 for you LOL

[Bomoo]

Parachutes would not work, no. You need to switch the navball velocity display to Surface (though it should do so automatically when you're on a sub-orbital trajectory) and burn against the retrograde velocity vector in order to land safely.

[mbrayce]

the best method i've seen is bring your horizontal velocity close to, or to, zero ms, and fall straight down, using intermittant hard burns to manage vertical speed
and spotlights help a lot to judge distance. put em on the lander and lower toward the VAB floor to get distance/light spreads.
i managed to get about 4.5km from the space center using this method...i just ran out of fuel. i have a flag placed at the pad flag pole to use as an orbital target.
but straight down is much easier than trying to manage retro arc...