To the heavens on a limit

[Apature rocket science]

Back story

Jeb is sick of being stuck on the ground, the space centre has canceled all flights due to the new aerodynamics. In order for the space centre to prove that space is safe they have given Jed a challenge using only 1 big orange tank of fuel take as many kerbals to space as possible in the one launch,. this public event will show the public that space is safe after the 1.0 update and that they can now continue missions again.

Rules

.you can only use 1 orange tank of fuel, the tank doesn't have to be completely full

.You can use a maximum of 5 engines

.you can't use any rcs

.You can't cheat (hyper edit, de bugmenu , infiniglide)

. Taking you kerbals to space is defined as having your periaps greater then 70,000 m

. You can't use any engines that have a ISP greater then 500

. All mods are allowed except mods that have less then 500 downloads on curse and interstellar (because some one tried to exploit my rules)

. Your craft can't have more then 300 parts

. You must have the flight recorded and showed to me or I won't accept it please take some screen shots of your craft before the launch, during the mission and your map view when you get to space and your craft when you get to space.

. This challenge can only be done if you are using that latest version of ksp

.i have the final say on submissions so don't even bother submitting crafts that exploit my rules because I will just straight up not accept them

Even more rules

There will be 2 categories, kerbals flying comfortably and kerbals flying by the seat.

Flying comfortably is having all kerbals in cabins or in a presurised container.

Kerbals flying by the seat is having them exposed to the external environment on a external command chair, please note if you go by this method you will have your score divided by 4.

scoring

You get a 1.5 times score bonus for having all your kerbals in a presurised container.

Each Kerbal that you take to space is worth one point

If you place your kerbals in external seats your score is divided by 4

Scores, flying in style

.1 score: 17 http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/members/82008-Radam http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/534018071207550645/5C24C2CE136545C8041F5D66A24B5DA6068A1E56/

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Edited May 8, 2015 by Apature rocket science
.... tried to exploit my rules .... him

[Whirligig Girl]

Neat idea, reminds me of the old reddit challenge, Orange Efficiency.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/24898-Challenge-Submission-Guide

But you might want to read this.

[Apature rocket science]

I made this challenge because the 1.0 update changed so much and I would like, to see how it effected the difficulties of launching missions on a budget and I have read the submission guide, this is possible and I have atampted it my self I got 1 Kerbal in to orbit using a ssto

[Radam]

16 here...

[Apature rocket science]

Do you have any photos of the rocket in the daylight so I can better see what you did

[Radam]

Pretty much all there is to it:

Ascent was very fast and shallow.

[Apature rocket science]

Added you to the leader board good job, your coming first right now out of..... 1 person ya for you, now the question is can you add any more kerbals to it ?

[Radam]

Added you to the leader board good job, your coming first right now out of..... 1 person ya for you, now the question is can you add any more kerbals to it ?

Well at this point its 0.6t per kerbal...

17 kerbals, I guess I should wait for morning next time.

Poor kerbals dont realise theyre out of fuel and have no chutes

Fiery ascent:

Edited May 1, 2015 by Radam

[Apature rocket science]

Good work, it would be good if we got more submissions

[Serassa]

All mods except interstellar are allowed (Interstellar is too op)

You can't use any engines that have a ISP greater then 700

Score : 1502

I use my Seressa's high tech mod. My engine has a constant ISP of 700, my 5 dimensional crew cabin houses 1000 kerbals.

[John FX]

Score : 1502

I use my Seressa's high tech mod. My engine has a constant ISP of 700, my 5 dimensional crew cabin houses 1000 kerbals.

http://i.imgur.com/43hitSE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tUuWTMI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QysVtkJ.jpg

Your screenshots only show one kerbal, if there were 1000 you would have a minimum of three showing

[Serassa]

Your screenshots only show one kerbal, if there were 1000 you would have a minimum of three showing

my 5 dimensional container is like its name suggests, 5 dimensional and normal 3D cameras don't work in there so they don't have portraits.

[Yuka]

my 5 dimensional container is like its name suggests, 5 dimensional and normal 3D cameras don't work in there so they don't have portraits.

Seems like someone made their own OP mod for this challenge. ..

Anyone can edit text to make their own OP parts.

[Serassa]

Seems like someone made their own OP mod for this challenge. ..

Anyone can edit text to make their own OP parts.

they can, it's really easy. But the rules say any mod is allowed.

[John FX]

Can I just say that from my experience serassa only seems to post to cause contention on challenges. They posted 6 out of their first 9 posts in my challenge thread only to submit cheaty entries and nitpick about the quality of the challenge. If you look at their post history you will see a pattern...

They are doing the same in the 'remake historical planes' thread, they did it in my 'sundive' thread, in the circumnavigation thread, in the drag thread and also here.

[Whirligig Girl]

they can, it's really easy. But the rules say any mod is allowed.

What's to stop from just having an arbitrary amount of Kerbals? Kerbals in command pods have no mass!

[Serassa]

What's to stop from just having an arbitrary amount of Kerbals? Kerbals in command pods have no mass!

Well nothing?

[Apature rocket science]

Score : 1502

I use my Seressa's high tech mod. My engine has a constant ISP of 700, my 5 dimensional crew cabin houses 1000 kerbals.

http://i.imgur.com/43hitSE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tUuWTMI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QysVtkJ.jpg

I am sorry but I think your "high tech 5 dimensional crew container" is Cheaty, if you could explain how it is not Cheaty I will accept your submission and I might think about limiting the ISp down to 500

[Red Iron Crown]

This is the part where the challenge maintainer has to enforce the "spirit of the challenge". If an entry exploits some loose wording in the rules to make something that clearly goes against what is trying to be done, expect that entry to be dismissed and the rules updated.

[Apature rocket science]

Score : 1502

I use my Seressa's high tech mod. My engine has a constant ISP of 700, my 5 dimensional crew cabin houses 1000 kerbals.

http://i.imgur.com/43hitSE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tUuWTMI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QysVtkJ.jpg

Your craft is too Cheaty and breaks the rules

Please delete your posts

All mods are allowed except mods that have less then 500 downloads on curse and interstellar (because some one tried to exploit my rules)

[sal_vager]

To add to this...

No one likes a wiseguy!

Challenges work on an honour system, we can't always check if you are cheating and even if you don't "cheat", if you deliberately misinterpret the rules of a challenge or its spirit in order to gain an advantage, you'll spoil the fun for everyone else.

So for example, if the poster used a stock entry and everyone else has posted a stock entry and there's no modded leaderboard, assume it's stock and ASK the challenge poster if they will consider a modded entry before entering.

In challenges where addons are allowed, players expect others to use addons that are publicly available so everyone is on a level playing field, custom addons that exploit the challenge rules are extremely bad form, so don't be surprised to see your entry disqualified.

[Apature rocket science]

Any problems with my new rule requiring any add on you use to have at least 500 downloads from curse

[Othuyeg]

So, air breathing engines are out of the question, I assume? A space plane could have been a formidable entry.

[JO3]

Is it required to actually have an orange tank, or can you use the equivalent amount of fuel distributed among other tanks?