The broken steering wheel challenge

[Katerina Rudenko]

Imagine you're sitting in a command pod, when suddenly all controls are cut, excluding the stage key.

This is in effect for your entire computer, and you can't change any keys. Now for the challenge:

Build a rocket without any intention of manually steering.

This of course rules out any code-mods, or hyperedit.

Here's the plan: You'd steer the rocket only by spacebar, and (in my mind) just put on sepatrons. You'd tweak the fuel and power

parameters to *just* tilt you that far. You are allowed to use action groups, for -160 points. It takes patience, but it pays off. Maybe.

Not really, but then again, what does? It's just a matter of pressing space, to get to space! Need a score? Here's a grading scale.

Stable rocket: 40 points

To orbit: 80 points

To Mun/Minmus: 100 Points

Orbit Mun/Minmus: 150 points

Planetary Transfer: 240 points

Orbit planet: 450 points

Land on Planet: 700 points

Return without landing*: 600 points

Return with landing: 2500 points

Land on Mun/Minmus 175 points

Return from Mun: 250 points

*from any body

Add these up for what you did. Have fun and do your best!

Oh, and be sure to have pictures! At least one of the craft, one of its farthest location, and one of its final destination.

Extra points for extra pictures, at +5 per pic.

Winners:

[Alphasus]

Do it yourself to show its possible please.

[Guest]

Also, I could post 10000 pictures from a command pod on the launchpad, gives me 50000 points, winner!

But I like the idea - maybe I´ll have a try when I have time.

[AlextheBodacious]

Does it count if it's just rotation on the upper stages? Because if so I've been winning for years.

[Bev7787]

This was a reddit challenge... Right?

[SpaceplaneAddict]

This was a reddit challenge... Right?

It ''twas indeed.

[joshudson]

Do it yourself to show its possible please.

It's possible. I got a kerbol escape that needed no steering awhile back. But he has no points for this particular category so I can't be bothered.