For my next interplanetary mission, I decided to send my Laythe craft to Eve, the KSP equivalent of Venus. This mission was a bit different than my previous missions because, unlike the previous two, my target planet is closer to the sun that Kerbin. this means I had to do my Hohmann transfer in reverse.
As I descended toward the planet, however, I realized that I forgot to account for the composition of the air: Eve's thick, purple atmosphere contains no oxygen. This means that the air breathing jet engine that worked on Laythe would not work here. As a result, I had to rely on luck and try to glide myself to the nearest land.
However, I managed to make it to an island just before I hit the ground.
I deployed my parachutes, and I was able to add Eve to my list of visited celestial bodies!
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