Flight to Laythe

[BlazerTheAmazer]

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to make a fully operational Space Shuttle that can orbit Kerbin and go to other planets? Thank you

[luizopiloto]

Hello @BlazerTheAmazer, your thread was moved to a more appropriated forum section.

[bewing]

How closely do you want it to resemble NASA's Space Shuttle? Having the CoT and CoM be way off the centerline like that make launching a lookalike very difficult.

If you don't mean a lookalike, then we need a bit more of a definition of what you are interested in building. Just any old SSTO spaceplane?

 

[Wanderfound]

1 hour ago, BlazerTheAmazer said:

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to make a fully operational Space Shuttle that can orbit Kerbin and go to other planets? Thank you

You can make a NASA-style vertical launch reentry glider if you want, but they aren't good for much.

If you just want to go interplanetary SSTO flying, see:

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Basic tricks:

* Wings and airbreathers to get up to 30,000m/1,500m/s.

* Just enough oxidiser to lift the apoapsis over 70km.

* One or two LV-N's and as much LF tankage as you can carry.

* Either an ISRU rig or a docking port and orbital refuelling.

* Stable enough to handle rough-field landings.

Edited January 22, 2017 by Wanderfound

[AeroGav]

Closest I ever got to an interplanetary "space shuttle lookalike" was this 

https://kerbalx.com/AeroGav/Columbia-IV,

since I clipped Xenons into the Terriers and Sparks to make the exhaust plumes blue.  It would still need refuelling to get to Laythe though, and wouldn't take off again.

This would serve you much better though, https://kerbalx.com/AeroGav/SSTL-gavd

Over 4k delta V once in orbit,  and it has mining equipment