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Why? Enchanted by tales of "reactionless propulsion", the folks at KSC have invented the momentum tether, an enormous device designed to spin and fling kerbals from one orbit to another. I'm certain it will be a safe and pleasant way to travel. Rules Create a device to spin+fling Kerbals from a low circular orbit around Ike (13km or as close as is convenient). Spin it up and fling your plucky astronaut to their destination! If you miss but are close, use a maneuver node to figure out how many delta V you were away from your trajectory. If you're within 10% of the listed deltaV for the trip, it's close enough! Kerbals have EVA packs, after all... Additional Rules 0. Have another trip in mind? Fling it and I'll add it to the list! 1. Informational mods are ok, as well as any mods which won't effect this challenge. FAR is a-ok! 2. You can use cheats and hyperedit to get into low Ike orbit, but they're off limits for spinning up and flinging. 3. You can use rockets to spin your reactionless-propulsion tether. I like irony as much as the next fellow... 4. Rampant saving and reloading is expected! 5. Screen shots or videos are enjoyed but not required. Kudos you can earn for your spot on the leader board : D Stuck the landing >:) Bounced Kerbal off a surface at greater than 20m/s (physwarp helps) (>'.')> Hauled it out to Ike, legit. Destinations (from Ike) Duna reentry (130m/s) Interplanetary resonant orbit for gravity assist (~250m/s resonance pending) Vertical landing on Ike (340m/s). If your apoapsis is under 15km, use EVA propellant to arrest your vertical motion, set your navball to surface and have less than 34m/s horizontal surface speed. Kerbin Reentry (500m/s) Dres Flyby (~800m/s, but changes with the year) Kerbol Escape (~2750m/s) added by @TheGuyNamedAlan Have another trip in mind? Tell me the starting orbit and destination, and I'll add it to the list! Silly Introductory Video Leader Board LKO to Mun @Baricus chose to go to the moon and do the other things not because they were easy, but because they were Kerbal! An epic fling and gravity assist sent Alan Kerman careening halfway to Moho. LKO to Resonant Kerbin Orbit @Baricus lined up a fling-to and return-from interstellar space. The krakens were so bewildered and astonished, they apparently decided to KO Baricus' computer. LIO to Duna >:) @DoctorDavinci created the mythical staged tether to let Valentina headbutt Duna at a harrowing 180m/s. Both Valentina and Duna survived the encounter. : D @DoctorDavinci followed the hallowed KSP tradition of MOAR by using a 3-stage tether to fling Jeb to a soft landing on Duna. LIO to Resonant Duna Orbit LIO to Ike : D (>'.')> @LaytheDragon with a heavy-duty mk3 tether landed the relieved Navy Kerman gently on Ike. : D @Drone_Kerbal rocked it oldschool in v1.05, tossing Leaberta Kerman gently down to Ike. The same system should also be able to get her back to Kerbin! LIO to Kerbin LIO to Dres LKO to Kerbin (>'.')> @LaytheDragon spun 'till the tether exploded, flinging two kerbals safely back home. @DoctorDavinci left an entire ring system around Kerbin with 4 stages of tether flinging Jeb to greater and greater heights. Reentry turned out to be a bit of a doozie, though. Badge!