The Space Station Marathon

[WarpPrime]

The Challenge:

Playing in SandBox mode with no mods (DLCs and graphics mods allowed), fully assemble a space station in low Kerbin orbit and fly it to Duna without reassembling the modules of the space station. NO STRAIGHT SPACE STATIONS, PLEASE!!! (You may not assemble the space station so that it is essentially one line of modules.)

Submission criteria:

Please attach a screenshot of your space station fully assembled in LKO, and a screenshot of it in Duna orbit. The least amount of struts used and the most space station branches (number of modules that are not aligned to the main module) will be taken into account for scoring. In the event of a tie, highest crew capacity will be used to break it.

Leaderboard:

1st place:

2nd place:

3rd place:

Edited April 9, 2021 by WarpPrime

[determinationmaster]

Challenge accepted, i will probably fail...

one question; does this have to be in career mode, or can i do this in sandbox?

[WarpPrime]

1 minute ago, determinationmaster said:

Challenge accepted, i will probably fail...

one question; does this have to be in career mode, or can i do this in sandbox?

In sandbox, please.

[determinationmaster]

Just now, WarpPrime said:

In sandbox, please.

alright, imma get to work!

oh, can i use mechjeb 2 for this challenge? probably not, right?

[WarpPrime]

4 minutes ago, determinationmaster said:

alright, imma get to work!

oh, can i use mechjeb 2 for this challenge? probably not, right?

I edited the challenge to specify.

[determinationmaster]

ok, cool. I was just making sure. designing the station now!

oh, i think another thing taken into account should be the crew capacity.

[determinationmaster]

yeah so i failed lol

[king of nowhere]

well, depends on how you define "space station"...

but since you talk about modules attached horizontally, i do believe my Dream Big definitely qualifies. It is a giant mothership intended to provide life support and supplies during a grand tour. It has 14 docked ships, of which 11 manned, and 10 of those are attached radially.

Linked thread has the complete mission report, in particular Part 4 has pictures of the ship in kerbin orbit, Part 6 has the ship at Duna, Part 2 has a detailed account on the ship assembly. Part 9.2 eve has the ship make a high thrust manuever while in a strongly asymmetric configuration (was balanced partly by engine gimbaling, partly by shifting fuel between the tanks)

You decide whether it's a "space station" enough for your purpose.