Getting to space (Advanced Rocketry)

This guide is adapted from Advanced Rocketry's official Getting to Space guide.

Reaching space is an essential part of progressing through Advanced Rocketry, as nearly all advanced features of the mod require either launching rockets or having launched at least one.

This guide will guide you until you can launch a rocket and safely land on Luna.

Plates
Nearly all machines in Advanced Rocketry require metal plates in some of their crafting recipes. These can be made using the.

Place it one block above a block of, put the input you want to process between the two and give the Presser a redstone pulse in order to craft. This allows crushing one metal ore into two dusts, and can turn a block of metal into 4 corresponding plates.

You can also craft an, which greatly simplifies building the various multiblocks that the mod requires.

Electric Arc Furnace
The first Redstone Flux powered machine to be crafted is the. It also requires a 5x5x5 multiblock alongside it, which can be seen in its wiki page or with the.

This allows you to craft Steel, Silicon Ingots and obtain useable Titanium ingots, all of which are required for further crafts.

Processing machines
Several processing machines are required for further crafts, more specifically and. Although they can be built in any order, some of them can greatly reduce the cost of several often used components.

Those machines are:


 * , which greatly reduces the cost of components like s
 * , which greatly reduces the cost of metal plates and is required to make s
 * , which reduces the cost of metal rods (optional)
 * , which cuts wood more efficiently
 * , which is used to craft s

In order to make or s, the complete crafting chain is:


 * Turn into s in the, turn some of them into
 * Turn s and into s in the
 * Cut those into s in the
 * Turn them into or s in the
 * Cut them into or s (respectively) in the

Making Rocket Fuel
Now that you have access to s, you can now craft the required machines to make Rocket Fuel, which is required to launch the rocket. Make an and a.

The former turns Water into Oxygen and Hydrogen, the latter can either enchant armor with Airtight Seal or turn both of those gases into useable Rocket Fuel. You will also need a bit of Oxygen on the side in order to breath on Luna.

Space Suit
There are two ways of making a space suit:


 * Crafting one (,, and ).
 * Enchanting a set of armor with Airtight Seal in the to substitute it.

It is possible to mix both methods and have part space suit and part enchanted armor.

Several modules can be inserted into space suit armor pieces in a. Up to two s of any kind can be inserted in the, which is required in order to insert Oxygen in it.

Once an enchanted chestplate is made or tanks are inserted in the space suit chestplate, it can then be filled with Oxygen. To do so, craft a Gas Charge Pad, fill it with Oxygen and stand on it while wearing the armor piece.

Building and launching the Rocket
The rocket ain't gonna take off from anywhere, so you need a launching pad, which is also required to build the rocket in the first place.

Build a floor of Launch pads (a 3x3 square is a good start), surrounded by at least a tower of Structure Tower blocks, and place a Rocket Assembling Machine on the outside (one block higher). If you right-click the assembling machine, it should tell you if the area is invalid.

You can now start to build your rocket inside your new launching area ! It can be composed of nearly any blocks, but the more you add, the heavier it gets (also blocks with inventory, like chests, are supposed to be heavier). Your rocket must include the following blocks:


 * at least one engine
 * at least one Liquid Fuel Tank
 * a Guidance Computer
 * a Seat

Check your rocket's acceleration in the assembling machine by scanning it. The acceleration must be positive. You can add engines or reduce your rocket weight until it does.

Once you are satisfied with your hopefully cool-looking rocket, you can click on the "Build" button in the assembling machine. You can access your rocket settings or climb into it by (shift-)right clicking it.

One last step: you need to put fuel in your rocket using the Fueling Station. It needs some power, and obviously Rocket Fuel (although some modpacks allow to use other fluids as fuel). At last, link your fueling station to your assembling machine using a Linker. Your rocket's tanks should now fill up.

Access your rocket UI and select Luna as your destination, climb in your rocket, and press space to start the count down !