The Grand tour

[Elios]

Challenge: in the theme of Voyager 1 and 2

1 probe fly by as many planets and moons as you can

should keep people busy for a wile when 0.17 comes out

useful links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_Grand_Tour

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_blue_dot

ok

rules

1. first probe full points half points for 2nd probe

2. flyby = enter a planet or moons SoL

3. MUST be a free trajectory gravity assists only after leaving the kerbin/mun/minnus system ie you get one burn to put you on course

10 points a planet 2 points per moon for first probe 5 and 1 for 2nd probe

if you have to make more then one burn -5 point per burn after the first

4 points for the "Pale blue dot" image ie take an image of Kerbin from 6 billion kilometers

you can use warp to get the right alignments be for launch with no point loss

uses any modes or edited parts you like again only get one to 2 burns any way since it must be a free trajectory

Edited October 2, 2012 by Elios

[Elios]

so no one thinks this would be worth trying when we get some more planets?

[Maxed-Rockets]

I think people will be interested, just wait until 0.17 is released.

[NetBlitzer]

Yeah, there's no real reason we should work on this yet. I mean, I'm sure most people could easily get three points in your system (Kerbin, Mun, Minmus).

Once .17 comes out though, I'll give it a shot.

[Saphira]

once .17 is out, will deffo try this

[Elios]

now that .17 is out lets see who will be the first

[Elios]

give this a bump its been a week

[zapy97]

i have tried it but i failed epicly crashing into kerbol numerous times before anything worked

[PakledHostage]

For what it is worth, just because nobody has submitted an entry doesn't mean that nobody is working on your challenge. I think it is a great challenge and I will probably give this a go over the winter. For the time being, I'm characterising the orbits of the new planets. Accurate orbital elements will be required if I am to succeed at your challenge and at the challenge that I have also set for myself (to send a probe to each planet, at minimal cost, the first time I try, no do-overs).

[Elios]

well it was stuck on page 3 when i bumped it