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Does the entire ship need to land on Eeloo?

Stock: 310.1 m/s. The limiting factor is thrust, right? So I built a craft that's basically all engine. Clarification: can the plane ever exceed 500m? You could go quite a bit faster by diving straight down from a high altitude.

The idea is simple. Starting at 00:00 on Day 1, Year 1, max out the tech tree in as little in-game time (as displayed in the tracking center) as possible. I'll list anyone who manages under a year. I'm pretty sure it can be done in less than 24 hours, though. No tech-tree-altering, parts-adding, or physics-changing mods allowed. MechJeb and Kerbal Engineer are fine.

I think it's possible. If I'm doing the math right, maximum possible science with surface samples, crew reports and EVAs is 15907, and you need about 10k to max out the tree.