MistTrailer Chemical SSTO

[The Optimist]

Presenting the MistTrailer Chemical SSTO!

The MistTrailer is the little brother of the Cloudstream. It has a lower cargo capacity, but packs the same amount of delta-V in a considerably smaller package. It is equally at home ferrying 5-ton payloads to LKO or landing on distant planets. You can pick one up at your local hobby rocketry club for the low low price of [REDACTED] dollars! The current in-box configuration for the MistTrailer is the interplanetary config, allowing you to refuel it and then to fly it anywhere in the Kerbin system. Packing 5150 or so m/s of delta-v, it's great for family roadtrips, as long as you attach seats for them (Interplanetary config is unmanned). Now with a poster for all your poster-y needs!

 

Stubby yet sleek. Capable of safe reentry at speeds of 2100 m/s and equipped with 4 parachutes. It has 5200 m/s of delta-V in LKO, and can reach and circularize at a 200 KM orbit. Half the size of the Cloudstream.

https://kerbalx.com/WorkaroundIndustries/Workaround-Industries-MK2-SSTO-Mistline

Edited July 13, 2016 by The Optimist

[Xagos]

Can it carry a payload? It doesn't look like it, so what's its purpose?

[Majorjim!]

Maybe it carries crew?

3 hours ago, Xagos said:

Can it carry a payload? It doesn't look like it, so what's its purpose?

 

[The Optimist]

7 hours ago, Xagos said:

Can it carry a payload? It doesn't look like it, so what's its purpose?

In the original configuration, it is in the interplanetary  configuration, which is designed to allow it to refuel in orbit and fly to another planet. You can modify it to carry crew, or to carry cargo in a fairing if you so desire.

[Wjolcz]

Yours and @Rune's look as if there were two space-racing countries and each of them had a very similar, yet different design for a chemical SSTO. I like them both!

[Rune]

Oh yeah, I've been watching. They are exciting machines to build, right? So tight in their specifications unless you make them ginormous!

 

Rune. How do you flip this one for landing?

[The Optimist]

34 minutes ago, Rune said:

Oh yeah, I've been watching. They are exciting machines to build, right? So tight in their specifications unless you make them ginormous!

 

Rune. How do you flip this one for landing?

It has built-in parachutes and reaction wheels, and the airbrakes have steering control.