Halfway through a grand tour-ish SSTO mission

[Gameslinx]

I'm planning on finishing my grand tour (ish) mission very soon.

I have visited:

Kerbin, Minmus, Duna, Ike, Gilly, Moho, Laythe and Pol

I have yet to visit:

Tylo, Bop, Vall, (Eve?), Eeloo, Dres

My problem: With my grand tour mission, Normal mode states that I only have to fly by a planet. But I would like to complete it on hard mode where I have to land on every planet in the system in 1 launch.

Super mode - surprise me. So I made an SSTE - single stage to everywhere.

Well we all know I am not taking off from eve. Too heavy, not enough lift, too little DV.

So if I was to complete Super-hard or Hard mode, am I able to get away with doing an Eve flyby through the atmosphere? 

I'd like to know that (even in the answer is no) will I still qualify for the grand tour? Obviously since my craft is an SSTO with mining equipment currently parked on Pol, I cannot take off from eve like I said earlier.

Pleasep help! I'm 6 hours into the GT and I'd love to qualify for Super-Hard! (In an SSTO!)

[Streetwind]

What stipulates the terms for your success or failure? An ingame contract, a mod, a post on the challenge subforum, a personal motivation?

In all but the last case, the terms should be unambiguous: if you are supposed to land and return everywhere, then you must land on and return from Eve, no ifs or buts. In the last case, where you set your own goal, you have to decide for yourself if you are satisfied with making a flyby or not.

Note that it is still possible to complete such a tour, but not without staging once on Eve ascent. You would carry a special ascent stage that lets you take off from Eve. If you wanted to prove your toughness, you'd visit Eve last, and thus would be forced to lug that ascent stage with you the entire way, through all of the other landings and takeoffs and transfers. Pulling that off in an otherwise single-stage vehicle is a challenge in its own right.

Edited October 18, 2016 by Streetwind