I received KSP as a gift at the beginning of December last year and have greatly enjoyed building, exploring, and exploding during breaks from college classes and homework. Seen here is the culmination of what I've been able to do thus far: my Minmus Research Station (MiRS). The MiRS serves as a refueling depot and mobile processing lab for my Minmus Lander Module (MiLM) allowing me to biome hop. By my estimation once I am done collecting the remaining biomes I have not explored yet I should be returning the 3 veterans in the Command Service Module (CSM) with around 6000 science. As I am playing with Interstellar I do plan to expand the station with reactors and the Interstellar research labs when I unlock the needed parts and, provided the part count doesn't lag my computer too much, microwave power transmission as well. Currently it is in a 20x21 kM orbit around Minmus and has a part count of 480 when the CSM and MiLM are docked (as shown here) with crew space on the station proper for 10. This is also my first attempt at any sort of space station in KSP and I am rather pleased with the results so far. <object width="800" height="700"><param name="movie" value="http://backend.deviantart.com/embed/view.swf?1"><param name="flashvars" value="id=428946443&width=1337"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://backend.deviantart.com/embed/view.swf?1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="327" flashvars="id=428946443&width=1337" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br><a href="http://gehlenankhshas.deviantart.com/art/Kerbal-Space-Program-Minmus-Research-Station-428946443'>http://gehlenankhshas.deviantart.com/art/Kerbal-Space-Program-Minmus-Research-Station-428946443">Kerbal Space Program Minmus Research Station</a> by <span class="username-with-symbol u"><a class="u regular username" href="http://gehlenankhshas.deviantart.com/" >GehlenAnkhshas</a><span class="user-symbol regular" data-quicktip-text="" data-show-tooltip="" data-gruser-type="regular"></span></span> on <a href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviantART</a> <object width="800" height="700"><param name="movie" value="http://backend.deviantart.com/embed/view.swf?1"><param name="flashvars" value="id=428946448&width=1337"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://backend.deviantart.com/embed/view.swf?1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="327" flashvars="id=428946448&width=1337" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br><a href="http://gehlenankhshas.deviantart.com/art/Kerbal-Space-Program-Minmus-Research-Station-2-428946448">Kerbal Space Program Minmus Research Station 2</a> by <span class="username-with-symbol u"><a class="u regular username" href="http://gehlenankhshas.deviantart.com/" >GehlenAnkhshas</a><span class="user-symbol regular" data-quicktip-text="" data-show-tooltip="" data-gruser-type="regular"></span></span> on <a href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviantART</a>