The Asteroid Hopping Challenge

[JacobJHC]

The Asteroid Hopping Challenge

The Asteroid Hopping Challenge requires you to build an interplanetary vessel capable of drilling asteroids. If a Jool 5 Mission is possible this should be easier due to the use of ISRU. It is a vessel that is on it's way to Duna, Ike or Dres (landing optional but gets you more points.) and refuel using an asteroid along the way there or back. If you decide to take on the challenge you can try and shoot for any of the three tiers of winning.

Level 1: You drilled and refined fuel from an asteroid on the way to or from Duna or Ike.

Level 2: You drilled and refined fuel from an asteroid on the way to or from Dres.

Level 3: You use an asteroid to refuel your ship on your way to Duna or/then refueling your ship using an asteroid around Dres.

Things to take into account: - Dres has asteroids that spawn in an orbit of around it in stock KSP.

- You can launch multiple vessels and dock them together in orbit but it must leave and return as one ship.

- You may ditch your lander after the landing as long as the kerbal or kerbals have made it back to the main ship (if you aren't doing a orbital rendezvous.

Allowed Mods (Basic List)

* Give kerbals more living space habitats or centrifuges.

* Give you information about the craft- (kerbal Engineer).

* Alarm Clocks for transfers.

* Mods that change aerodynamics

* Visual enhancement mods (clouds or new planet skins.)

* Mods that allow asteroids to spawn in random places.

* Timewarp enhancement mods

Forbidden Mods * Meckjeb or other autopilot mods, for meckjeb you can use it if you can prove that you didn't use autopilot.

* Mods that add new parts or engines (Interstellar or KWRocketry)

* Mods that teleport you. (Unless testing landers but for the whole thing you must actually fly the mission.)

Submission Rules:

All submissions should be in video form or in screenshots and either posted to the submission or a link to youtube or another video/image viewing cite. Please include a breif summary about your vessel and include the amount of delta-v the ship has as well as if your ship had any special features. (You brought a rover with your lander, etc.) Also I plan on doing all of the scoring.

Rule for scoring

- Every kerbal that returns from the surface of each body. (some kerbals could count multiple times if they landed on multiple bodies.) + 10

- Every flag planted (With a limit of 5 per celestial body, any more than that won't be scored) + 2

- Every asteroid drilled from in orbit around Kerbol or in Kerbin's sphere of influence + 20 (Maximum of 3)

- Every asteroid drilled from in Dres orbit + 50 (Maximum of 3)

- Returning from Duna surface + 15 (Only counting 1 landing)

- Returning from Ike surface + 10 (Only counting 1 landing)

- Return from Dres surface + 25 (Only counting 1 landing)

If you have done all this and been approved by me you will get this badge.

https://imgur.com/R9Nc6KW (might have to resize on your own if it is freakishly large or small)

Read below if you completed the challenge:

Congrats

Edited June 23, 2016 by JacobJHC
Tweaking (intense, changed my view on life)

[Robet.G]

Would have been an interesting challenge if not for the see who has more patience with obsessively using alt+tab to a transfer orbit calculator rule (no mech Jeb). Or the see who has the bigger hard drive rule (mandatory video).

why do people have to be so but hurt with their rules.

[JacobJHC]

I have edited it so that screenshot submissions are allowed now but still no meckjeb unless you can prove that you didn't use the autopilot feature.

[KerikBalm]

So... basically, its just a matter of who gets bored hopping around asteroids of Dres last.

Its trivial to get an infinite score by just repeatedly rendevous-ing with asteroids around dres.

Also... Its rather against the norm to reward ships for being bigger... Whackjob could come in with a ship that is several thousand tons, and just win it.

Lofting up 1.5 more orange tanks gets you out of 1 Dresteroid rendevous....

Basically, the quickest way to get a high score is to build the biggest ship you can, and send it to dres, and then drill a token roid before coming back.

[JacobJHC]

Never considered that, I put a cap on how many one can visit now. I also removed the delta-v point addition and tons on launch pad so someone doesn't just have an ungodly amount of fuel they ditch before takeoff to boost their weight up. Thanks for catching that.

[NotAgain]

Can we use USI Asteroid Recycling Technologies? Or is that cheating?

[JacobJHC]

Knock yourself out I'll allow it.