Interstellar Research Station

[ruiluth]

We've been all over the Kerbolar system. We've established surface bases and space stations all over every planet and moon. Now, the time has come to launch our first interstellar colony ship.

However, there are a few problems in our way. We know that Kerbals can live and work just fine near Kerbol. However, how would they react to the endless void between the stars? The R&D team would like to find out, and naturally, that's where you come in.

The challenge is to build a space station in orbit of Kerbol at a minimum altitude of 1 billion kilometers. You'll also need to develop a shuttle capable of ferrying researchers to and from the station. The station itself will need, at minimum, living space for four, a research lab, and a viewing cupola.

Scoring will be as follows:

• 100 points for establishing a station with a Kerbolar periapse of at least 1,000,000,000,000 m.
  • +10 points for each lab on the station
  • +5 points for each kerbal the station can support (or kerbal-year of time if playing with life support)
  • +5 points for each viewing cupola
• 100 points for creating a shuttle that can ferry kerbals and supplies to the station
  • +10 points for each passenger seat
  • +5 points for each ton of payload
  • +100 points for a 20 year travel time or less from Kerbin
  • +100 points for a 10 year travel time or less from Kerbin
  • +100 points for a 5 year travel time or less from Kerbin
• x1.5 points for playing with Snacks!
• x2 points for playing with Kerbal Health
• x3 points for playing with USI-LS
• x4 points for playing with TAC LS
• x5 points for playing with Kerbalism

NB, I haven't actually tried this myself yet, so I don't know if the point system is very fair or not. I mainly want to see what you guys come up with. Good luck and have fun!

Edited November 5, 2019 by ruiluth

[Pds314]

Real life year (365.24*24 hours) or Kerbin year (426*6 hours)?