AIM: Make a stock ship that would be able to deliver cargo of ore to Laythe from Kerbin.
RULES: The ship must be fully stock, no cheating, the cargo must survive, no abusing of the game engine, if manned: it must have some living space and crew must survive, the whole cargo must be carried by one ship
PS: (empty fuel tanks may be removed, but apart from them and the cargo containers, all of the ship must survive (fuel tanks cannot make up the whole of the ship.)
PPS: ("ship" starts only after it is in LKO, the lifting stage can be dumped)
Challenge modes:
Participation award: just get to Laythe
Noob mode: take your time, land safely 10 tons of ore to Laythe.
Easy mode: maximum time 5 yrs, land safely 20 tons of ore to Laythe
Hard mode: max time 4 yrs, land safely 30 tons of ore to Laythe, land on land, ship must survive, must be manned
Super hard mode: max time 3 yrs, land safely 60 tons of ore, land on land, ship must survive and return safely, must be manned
Matt Lowne mode: impress me