KingDominoIII

Here's my own submission. I'm sure it can be surpassed, especially by chaining together asteroids. https://imgur.com/gallery/VFrc7hR

Maybe I'm not understanding the wording, but it says And So isn't it only possible to gather science from one biome a flight?

Isn't that not allowed considering how they need to be in the same biome though? Or am I misunderstanding something?

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2182158-moons-can-have-moons-and-they-are-called-moonmoons/ We all know about moonmoons. I think the article puts it best: "moons can have moons, and they're called moonmoons." This challenge is simple. Capture an asteroid, and give a moon a moon. It doesn't matter which moon in KSP is moon'd. Entrants will be sorted by mass of the completed moon. You're welcome to stitch asteroids together, too. Bonus points for far away moons. Winners get the badge below! If you want to make a better one, please do; I'm not very good at GIMP. ENTRANTS: KingDominoIII - 884 tonnes Sky Vagrant - 415 tonnes Johnster_Space_Program - 143 tonnes SecondChance - 114 tonnes

Here's mine: https://imgur.com/gallery/Xp97cIN 12 Kerbals, Mun and Minmus landings.

I'll do it. Seems easy enough.

Thanks! It's fullstock, just with some clipping.

Here's a link to my album: https://imgur.com/gallery/nYSGcsP

The Kerbal Agency of Tourism to Space (KATS) is looking for new craft to show our clients the solar system! Submit your craft and we'll consider buying some. RULES: Full stock and DLC; no parts mods. Vehicle can take off vertically or horizontally. Fairings are counted recovered if the base is recovered, regardless of the shell. Command seats are not allowed. Minor clipping; try not to overclip engines, fuel tanks, and command pods. This is somewhat subjective; I'll let you know if something breaks the rules. G-Limit of 7Gs. Our tourists want to be able to see the solar system, not the inside of a vomit bag. Vehicles must be fully recoverable; either use SSTXs or recover booster individually. If a booster can be demonstrated as recoverable, like with Falcon Heavy's, it counts. No ISRU. SUBMISSION CATEGORIES: Kerbin System Orbiters Capable of orbiting a body in the Kerbin system (Kerbin, Minmus, Mun) Landers Capable of landing on a body in the Kerbin system (Minmus, Mun) Inner Planets Orbiters Capable of orbiting an inner rocky body (Eve, Gilly, Duna, Ike, Dres) Landers Capable of landing on an inner rocky body Atmospheric craft Capable of atmospheric flight in on an inner rocky body (Eve, Duna) Jool System Orbiters Capable of orbiting a body in the Jool system (Jool, Laythe, Tylo, Vall, Pol, Bop) Landers Capable of landing on a body in the Jool system Atmospheric craft Capable of atmospheric flight in the Jool system (Jool, Laythe) Outer Planets Orbiters Capable of orbiting an outer planet (Moho, Eeloo) Landers Capable of landing on an outer planet SUBMISSION GUIDE: Post your submission with the bodies it's designed to visit, crew capacity, cost, cost per flight (fuel, expended parts, etc.), and a short, interesting description. Also include any special instructions for the tester here. Vehicles will be sorted by destination and crew capacity. Good luck! SUBMISSIONS: KERBIN SYSTEM: ORBITERS: LANDERS: INNER PLANETS: ORBITERS: LANDERS: ATMOSPHERIC CRAFT: JOOL SYSTEM: ORBITERS: LANDERS: ATMOSPHERIC CRAFT: OUTER PLANETS: ORBITERS: LANDERS:

Taking this on!

Assuming you don't require return, you might be able to get more significant savings, which should be discussed.

Okay, let's assume perfection because I have no way of estimating the losses from off-center thrust with the Kerbal. Let's also not account for the deorbit burn, as it's minimal. Kerbals have 600 m/s of dV. Brad's final stage expends 900 dV to circularize. That leaves us with a final stage requiring only 300 dV. That's the equation for delta v. m sub 0 is wet mass and m sub f is dry mass. v sub e is exhaust velocity, equal to g*Isp. Let's assume the spider engine is in vacuum when operating. This gives us an Isp of 290. Dry mass ads up to .21 tonnes. 300=(290*9.8)*(ln(x/.21)) Wet mass is .23 tonnes. Let's calculate his current wet mass. .4 tonnes. So you drop .17 tonnes maximum with this approach, not accounting for losses to maneuvering. I also didn't account for the weight of the craft, but I'm sure that it would hinder the kerbal significantly. Unfortunately you can't really calculate it as kerbals don't lose mass when they use their thrusters and don't have Isp. Another thing I didn't think about was the possibility of using the dumpling tank, which is lighter than the Oscar-B. I don't think that it's really significant enough to account for though, as it's only .02 tonnes lighter dry than the Oscar-B.

The thing is, you can't place a seat on a heat shield. In addition, the jetpack can't be used while seated, which decreases its efficiency unless you design around using it and have the wiggle room for structural parts. If we look at Brad's Minmus mission, his final stage is really minimal: a small radiator, Oscar-B tank, seat, and a spider engine. I did the math, and he had .09 tonnes left of fuel when he reached orbit. That's not the kind of savings we were talking about. The obvious solution is to eliminate the stage altogether but that, paradoxically, adds weight because of the juno and fairing weight. EDIT: I read through his comment section in case he mentioned this question- and he does, verbatim! He says that the vehicle can maybe be reduced to 1.2 tonnes for orbit, assuming there isn't a more efficient, different approach. This matches my own findings.

Yes. The kerbal and staging mechanism only add weight. By the time you've added them, it's over a ton.

The craft was literally 6 parts. Spark, two Oscar-Bs, OCTO 2, small nosecone, and basic fin. The OCTO is the lightest probe core, the fin is the lightest fin, the nosecone could maybe go but I think that it's lighter than the fuel you'd need to compensate. The spark is the only engine that can effectively work both in and out of atmosphere. Fuel margins were nonexistent.

BW made an SSTO somewhere around the realm of .5 tonnes a while ago. It was unmanned and used a single spark engine. I don't think a sub-1 tonne craft is possible considering how much the upper stage of his Minmus craft weighed.

Just obtained music! Now just have to add shoddy subtitles to my badly edited video. Anyone know a program which can be used to do that?

Maybe I'll try and flatpack an SSTO to send to Laythe... might need an extended deadline for that tho lol we'll see.

Can we use our own Delta IV Heavy replicas?

I made a replica of Shavit! https://imgur.com/gallery/TVVsa3z

I sent a Kerb'd mission to land on Eeloo using ion engines. https://imgur.com/gallery/czeZOgn

I don't think this would be helpful in spaceplane design due to differences in ascent profiles, but perhaps in the VAB? However I don't think it's really an issue there.

If only one dimension must be 1u, can you create noodlecraft or do you have to make pancakes? EDIT: Also, can you dock using your primary rocket or do you have to do that all using the cargo?

THE ROYAL C16-184-H BOX II The C16-184-H "Box II" is a new box-wing hopper by Royal. We at Royal feel that it reflects our focus on high-capacity, flexible craft. As a box wing aircraft design stolen from inspired by Matt Lowne, it requires half the wingspan of a similarly-sized craft and is extraordinarily stable. It can go long distances or short distances, but is especially adept at navigating city airspace due to its quiet engines. As a 184 seater, it qualifies as a jumbo jet but doesn't fly as such. We hope you enjoy the test flight: Craft file: https://kerbalx.com/KingDomino/C16-184-H-Box-2/parts Cost: 75,015,000 Recommended cruising speed: 300 m/s Recommended cruising altitude: 2500m-4000m