Low cost suborbital tourism for starting career

[random kerbonaut]

This will take a single kerbal (with no cargo) to space and back in under 6 minutes of game time.  Stage the decoupler after 25k, and the stage 1 parachute at 50k (going up).  (Don't bother staging the stage 0 parachute - that's just there for weight balance).  Total out of pocket cost is about 600 credits because it lands in the grasslands right next to KSC.  

(This is my first post and I put it in the wrong forum - should be a tutorial and not a question)

https://imgur.com/a/afDc1PJ

 

Edited September 3, 2021 by random kerbonaut

[James Kerman]

Thread moved from gameplay questions to tutorials.

[Vanamonde]

Huh. My equivalent is much larger but I've always had a tendency to over-build. That is a nice, inexpensive little ship.

[Kerb24]

I always use pilot kerbals, so I put a Mk1 crew cabin below the command pod, which makes the rocket heavier, which means it need more boosters, though it did have space for 2 tourists, which means it makes more money.