Having long wanted to colonize Eve, I decided to take this contract:  "Build a new outpost that can support 17 kerbals on the surface of Eve. Have 3 scientists on the outpost." I decided that putting 3--17 kerbals on Eve, and my goal for a colony, requires a routine way to get from surface to orbit.  I envisioned Station in low-Eve-orbit  Gilly miner and shuttle Surface base, including mining truck with klaw Re-usable shuttle between Surface base and Station