Docking two craft together to fulfill a station contract

[Sonny_Jim]

When you dock two craft together to fulfil a station contract, do *both* craft have to be launched after accepting the contract? Or can I launch a new craft and dock that to an already existing craft to fulfil it?

Edited April 26, 2015 by Sonny_Jim

[ghostbuzzer7]

I believe you can use an already completed craft in that orbit and then dock to it. Thats why I keep most of my satellites in orbit of the mun and what not.

[Kebra]

If you wan't to cheat the station contracts, you can keep a 20 kerbal capable station around the various planets. Then all you have to do is launch a new craft and dock.

Station contracts are (IMHO) broken and useless right now. I have 10+ useless (and unused) stations floating around the sun. none has ever had a Kerbal set foot on them.

[Sonny_Jim]

I wouldn't go so far to say they are useless, but broken may be the right word if you can just dock a new craft to one that was launched before the contract started. Certainly not as broken as being able to file a crew report from an empty capsule

Thanks guys.