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Oh balls... I just did all of mission one with it like it is. I can of course bring up all of those individual modules separately but its just time consuming. I actually designed it like this because I thought the core craft alone had to complete mission 1 without add on craft being launched. Like I said, I can rerun the mission if you want.

Okay, after much development, my core station The Spirit of Jebediah is complete. Its modular, with independent docking/RCS/Manned or unmanned modules, 4 satellites, and 148 brave kerbals aboard. *Proud* Also in the screen shot is the adjusted nuclear engine for approval.

Lol, TML "This is the first real challenge!" By the way, I like to use dynamic warp and bring the timewarp down to 0.5 in order to handle the lag with higher part launches. (Then usually resume normal timewarp when your in orbit)

I would probably prefer the first set, since I think options 2 and 3 are going to be about equally as hard (what 3 has in initial difficulty, 2 makes up for in fuel costs, time, and manuver planning for the 4 trips.) On another note, what exactly do you mean by getting a payload up in a shuttle? The point value seems pretty high on that.

Heres a screen shot of the three. I could manually dial down the nuclear engines ISP to 800, in line with the regular one. Then it would be the same as 4.5 nuclear engines. Also, Engineer Redux okay? It only provides stats...like a toned down Mech Jeb. Also also, I love the second mission. Options 2 and 3 are going to be hard! I would recommend making them worth a few more points (relatively to option 1).

Lol thats a painful mission length, even with physical timewarp x4. I know, I've made a few heavy xenon powered SSTOs to go to laythe.

So I've finished my core station, I'm getting ready to test it on the tour the neighborhood exercise. I just wanted to okay a few non stock parts: A nicer looking 1.25m to 2.25m adapter plate from B9 with slightly more mass than the stock one A fancy hybrid docking port that is able to dock with both 1.25m and 2.25m docking nodes A nuclear engine with approximately 4 times the mass and 4 times the thrust of a normal nuclear engine. It also has 820 ISP.

If you have the B-9 add on, the HL cargo bays would probably work well.

700NitroXpress, Do the kerbals have to land on the moon(s) to get the Bring the Gang along for the ride bonus? I want to build a station that carries some extra kerbalnaughts if not. P.S. I really enjoy the development of your challenge, and appreciate your own challenge of being flexible to input and keeping it fair to others.

This is the first SSTO I made that used RCS and no control surfaces Fun challenge! Apoapsis: 149.655km Periapsis: 71.478km Mass: 3,612 kg/3,612 tons Part Count: 27 Two side notes: 1. If someone goes to another planet, does that mean they have the highest orbit? Or does it have to be in Kerbin SOI? and 2. if you make more than one SSTO, can we get both the heavy and the lightweight?