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I recently edited out the clips of a mission done one and a half years ago. While there are claims of fully reusable lunar missions done with stock parts predating this mission way back, they relied on splitting the timeline during stage separation, so in their respective timeline, either the booster crashes, or the payload never reaches orbit. To my knowledge, this was the first stock craft, based on mission finish date, able to finish a fully reusable mission beyond LEO in RSS(there is a interplanetary SSTO launched earlier, but I only managed to finish the mission after this was done due to a mission extension and some complications with the Kraken). It was based off of some earlier sstos, being scaled down to basically just be able to get up to leo with the lunar lander., so payload fraction wasn't high, just below 2%(at least 4.2% can be attained on large, stock part conventional wing sstos in RSS). The three solar panels were clipped into two, solar panels don't occlude each other from sunlight in this scenario. As for the mass, this mission was done before I along with others discovered magic wings, if this was done now, the mass would be way lower, probably around 2t, which I might explore in the future. Magic or conventional, there is a lot of design space and optimisation to explore with stock SSTOs in RSS.

ADVANCED VEHICLE DROPTESTRIG IN KERBIN ATMOSPHERE stockparts, KJR, 1.0.5.(1028) I made for my career a test vehicle, since i don`t use Hyperedit. In the Imguralbum you can see my whole test with description whats going on, and i share the craftfile for those who want to see how a successfull roverdrop in atmosphere looks like. The example lifter is a bit overpowered so it is partially depleted to match my test criterias. The truck inside is a technical marvel, it is included with the download from dropbox, and if you use it in your own career, please give me a small credit when you show it up in this forum. The thing can be done with fewer parts, the decoupler inbetween has importance for my transfer ship assembly. A nearly fully powered landing is also possible, depends on other things however. Craftfile of the whole testrocket with payload in the fairing: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6vwkq5wmgxm4xfi/Ore Truck fairing test.craft?dl=0 Imguralbum, about 20 pics with detailed instruction how to land a 15 ton truck safely: http://imgur.com/a/j0VKh And some pictures from the album above: Maybe this Guide gets usefull for the one or another Forummember, it was a great pleasure to share this (It`s Christmas Day 2015). Happy landings!

I made a replica of the French Hermes-Shuttle concept: It is cheap, safe, lots of dv, few parts, no fuelmoving needed, easy landing, Jeb-proof. The lifter drains the LFO from bottom to top (advanced fuelline technique ...), therefore it remains stable and doesn`t flip while ascend. The shuttle has a Swivel and two Thud engines, the decoupler remains on the craft, containing a small LFO tank and the main engine (Swivel). Behind the commandcabin sits a small LFO tank only for RCS, which can be used as additional fuel reserve in case of emergency. The shuttle is stable in any fuelload situation, no fuelmovement for CoM correction required. Perfect for small payloads or crew rotation, just put a additional cabin into the cargobay. Keep TWR while ascending around 1.4, start gently and cautious gravityturn at 20000m, then hit the prograde button while navball is in orbitmode, engage RCS. While descend face the shuttle belly angular to prograde (radial), for full aerobraking efficiency. Flying this is a piece of cake . Mammoth is maybe OP, but hey, make it better! Craftfile: https://www.dropbox.com/s/w3xl2np50bwxive/Kermes%201%20Lifter.craft?dl=0 Imguralbum from launch to landing, 10 pics: http://imgur.com/a/0jo6G