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There were 2 facts I was aware of: 1. according to the Wiki for M700 scanner, it is possible to scan Jool, despite not being able to land on or mine it. 2. When I attempted to run a M700 scan in sun orbit, it told me I needed to be in the correct orbit: polar between 26160 and 1500 km. So based on this I figured it might be possible to do a scan of the sun. I could find no record of this online. Since everything in KSP that could be done has been and redone and overdone, any reasonable person would have concluded that it is impossible. BUT NO! I persevered with the slightest sliver of hope that I could do something that nobody did before. Imagine the glory! So off I went, I built a ship with some SRBs and a Nerv with plenty of fuel. I launched into a polar Kerbin orbit and tried to push it into a polar sun orbit with a continuous burn near Kerbin to maximize Oberth but I only got to 75 degrees. It takes 80 degrees for "polar" orbit. So back I went and added some moar boosters and drop tanks for the LVN. It had over 17 km/s dV. That should do it. And some thermal panels because the whole ship was overheating from the long LVN burn. A faring was not needed with the scanner folded - less mass. I launched north in the morning. With 2 ejection burns near the north pole I had a downward escape from Kerbin SOI in 2 days after dropping the first pair of fuel tanks. When I got out of Kerbin SOI, I tried to deploy the scanner and got this message: Why didn't I see this message before I started this mission? Because I already deployed the scanner inside Kerbin SOI. Is only says it's disabled when it's deployed in sun SOI. Did I quit there? NO! Jool has no solid surface so maybe it was still possible. Glory shall me mine. It took almost 12 km/s to go from 5.5 deg to 90 deg inclination. And when I finally ran the scan: BUT I AM IN A STABLE POLAR ORBIT BETWEEN THOSE ALTITUDES! AHHHH! THERE MUST BE A WAY. I'LL ADD MOAR BOOSTERS AND MOAR STRUTS. I'LL GET OUT AND PUSH WITH MY RCS PACK. MUST HAVE GLORY!