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Passenger contracts are a reliable money-maker, but there's always room to squeeze some extra profit. I'm interested in seeing the cheapest possible trip on a per-passenger basis to various destinations. The cost of a trip is the launch cost minus the recovery cost. Documentation for that is the cost in the VAB, and the cost recovery when you land back on Kerbin. If you recover multiple stages, you need to show each one being recovered. If you use launch clamps, just account for them explicitly (or remove them from the VAB picture). The number of passengers you can account for is the number of empty seats, or seats with tourists in them. Jeb is not a tourist. The cost per passenger is the cost, divided by the number of passengers. Make sure you have at least one passenger. A destination is something like "sub-orbit Kerbin" or "orbit Minmus" or "land on Duna" ... and back! Whatever destination you have in mind, get there and back and report the cost per passenger. If you want to do Jool-5 and back with tourists, report that per-seat cost. I recommend you include mention of interesting facts such as: your ascent plan, exciting things that happened in flight, what technology level you need, what VAB/SPH/launch pad level, number of parts, mass on the pad. Disclose all mods. I rather recommend Claw's bug fix mod. Just to be consistent: tech tier starts at 0 in my count. Leaderboard: LKO EvermoreAlpaca at $73.8 per passenger, 227 passengers. Note: went on to a Minmus landing. Nefrums at $194 per passenger, 12 passengers. Note: also did a Minmus landing and Mun orbit. ForScience6686 at $251 per passenger, 5 passengers. ForScience6686 at $414 per passenger, 3 passengers. Tier 5. Mun Orbit Nefrums at $194 per passenger, 12 passengers. Note: also did a Minmus landing. numerobis at $1,291 per passenger. 8 passengers. VAB 0, launch pad 1, tech tier 4. Minmus Landing EvermoreAlpaca at $73.8 per passenger, 227 passengers. Nefrums at $194 per passenger, 12 passengers. Note: also did a Mun orbit. Jetski at $2,475 per passenger. 196 passengers.