Story:Kerbals were allways were going up on rockets. These rockets were being constantly redesigned. However, one day Wherner Von Kerman decided he would retire. As such there was a need for a simple, reliable rocket and crew shuttle to ferry crew. Rules:You must design a rocket or spaceplane capible of bringing a crew to orbit. The crew must be able to return from orbit. No hacks or cheats (you know what I mean) Edit:8/15/14- It must have a TWR above .1 (on kerbin) to count towards the triangle v score. Scoring: Safty first: Have an LES. +4pt Moar safty: Plan out multiple abort modes (exept an LES:P). +3pt per mode Crew space: Has space for more than one crew member. | +1pt Per crew member. Much science: Has science expiriments. | +1pt per experiment (extra copies don't count) Snacks: Use a life support mod. | +1pt per day (24 hour, what TAC uses) of life support Burn: Use deadly reentry. | double score Partialy Reusable: More than just the reentry capsule (and anything attached to it on reentry) is recovered. (Doesn't stack with other reusabilty bonuses) | +3pts Mostly Reusable: Over 50% of the mass is recovered. (Doesn't stack with other reusabiltiy bonuses) | 1.5*score Fully reusable: 100% recovered. (Doesn't stack with other reusabiltiy bonuses) | double score Less boosters: Doesn't use radial stages. | +3pts Spaceplane: Use wings to land. (not parachutes or engines) | +3pts Rough landig: Land on uneaven (not polar or runway) terrain. (requires Spaceplane) | +3pts Piggyback: Uses an asemetricaly attached stage or CSV. (like the space shuttle) | +7pts Why piggyback when you can take off: Take off horizontily. | +3pts Half stage: Use atlas style 1.5 staging. | +5pts Docking compadible: Have RCS and a docking port. | +5pts Power: Have a power generation system. | +5pts Soft Landing: Use engines completly for landing. | +3pts Triangle velocity: Has delta-v. | +1pt per 100m/s Leaderboard: 1.changong: 210(For much space tourism:P) 2.Pds314: 184 pts(with far) 3.biohazard15: 129 (with NEAR, removed a point to make LES scored correctly) 4.Pecan: 74(100% stock, had applied multiplyer incorrectly) 5.Finerunner: 26(only one experiment counts) 6. 7.