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What are the ideal MechJeb ascent settings for these scenarios:

Kerbin to a Munshot orbit

Mun to a Kerbinshot orbit

I dont know about ideal, but I find an orbit of 125k for Kerbin and 150k for Mun ...having a high orbit around Mun allows me to pick a landing site anywhere and have enough height to change orbital planes if need be.

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The ideal settings are the big red x, proceeding to use manual controls :)

From my manual flights with minimal spacecraft, I find that a constant gravity turn starting at 10-12km and ending at 70km altitude is most efficient. If you want to be lazy and let mechjeb fly your ship for you (or perhaps just like ship design), those settings are probably reasonable.

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For Kerbin ascent, I have no idea; I wasn't good enough at rocket design in 0.15 to think that ascent settings mattered more than rocket design, and the 0.16 fuel bug prevents any meaningful efficiency comparisons.

For ascent from any body with no atmosphere, lift off and do your gravity turn as soon as you aren't going to hit a mountain or cliff! There's no atmosphere to worry about.

Always burn to the inclination you want in the first place.

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