How far can you take an orange fuel tank?

[camacju]

I don't really have the motivation to do the Moho mission right now, but I did try to get the orange tank to orbit as efficiently as possible:

This is definitely more than enough to do a Moho mission

[camacju]

@Quincunx I forgot about this mission

Here's my Moho + Minmus landing. Moho might even be possible on a single stage.

In VAB

Starting takeoff run. I tried to minimize wing area so I need a longer takeoff run

Some wings detached, climbing to 20 km

Accelerating with the Rapier

In orbit with almost 7000 dv

Mun assists to eject from Kerbin

First Kerbin assist already plotted

Second Kerbin assist

Third Kerbin assist gives me an Eve assist

First Eve assist gives me a fourth Kerbin assist

Second Eve assist brings orbit down, third Eve assist gives a plane change and brings orbit down further

Moho assists and deep space maneuvers will reduce relative speed

Second Moho assist

Third Moho assist

Fourth Moho assist

Circularizing around Moho

Moho descent

Landed

Moho ascent

Moho escape burn

Fourth Eve assist

Eve flyby

Kerbin aerocapture

Minmus encounter

Minmus landing

Minmus ascent

Aerobraking

Landed

[Quincunx]

No joke, I literally thought "hey, I wonder if camacju ever did that Moho mission?" And it turns out you posted the update yesterday. That is too perfect.

And holy Christ! That's nothing short of amazing! I think you can truly be dubbed the king of orange tank efficiency now. You, sir, are a steely-eyed missile man.

-Qx