To the other hemisphere and back

[RC1062]

Oh... Lol... Missed that... :

[Lunik]

Actually i\'ve done it before; it was my way of testing moon landers before there was a mun. Of course, aerobraking made the whole thing so much easier. Within sight of KSC i didin\'t land; but i didin\'t have the orbital map either back then.

[zombiphylax]

That is one of the bonuses for added challenge. It is a legit maneuver if you use this challenge as practice for when other planets appear.

With docking, you could leave your spacecraft in orbit and use a lander for everything else.

[samstarman5]

With docking, you could leave your spacecraft in orbit and use a lander for everything else.

Yes, but docking isn\'t here, yet.

Though, when it is, it just might be fun to put your rocket into Kerbin orbit, send off a module for a romp on the Mun, then come back and dock with your rocket, then land all that back on Kerbin. Have your very own waystation.

[foamyesque]

IIRC, there was a challenge very similar to this created soon after you no longer exploded on dark side touchdowns, back when the water was concrete. I took part in that but IIRC chuffed my final approach to KSC.