How close can you get to the sun?

[milint33w]

I think this is a really good challenge as I think it is impossible to hit the sun as it doesnt exist and getting close requires a better fuel efficiency than anything else I have tried. You have to counter about 9km/s in retroburn after reaching solar orbit. It is extremely unrealistically impossible to fly toward the sun due to the limited physics of the game right now, you are forced into orbit so this is a fair fight.

Screenshot your nearest encounter with the sun. I got within 780km tonight.

PS

This really improves your rocket efficiency.

[UmbralRaptor]

Welcome to the forums.

It shouldn\'t require an excessively large rocket if you do a bi-ellptic transfer. Actual minimum altitude in the paid version is ~4500-4700 km, before you collide with Kerbol. There\'s not much to see -- Just a featureless invisible plateau below the texture. If you\'re using the demo, you can fall through, with interesting effects.

[simplemunrockets]

The fuel consumption bug means you can do this with 3 parts anyway.

[A Fat Pokemon]

I had a extremely efficient craft in .15, I was able to burn off all of my movement when I was orbiting the sun.

[wayno]

I decided to take 4 observational satellites as close to the sun as possible using Xeon engines. I am currently 700, 000, 000m and closing in at 100Km/s, does anyone know what the minimum altitude is before you burn up?

[duncan1297]

You do realize this challenge is from a year ago right?

[Richy teh space man]

I decided to take 4 observational satellites as close to the sun as possible using Xeon engines. I am currently 700, 000, 000m and closing in at 100Km/s, does anyone know what the minimum altitude is before you burn up?

Around 500 - 1500 m is the burn up point

[gmpd2000]

I decided to take 4 observational satellites as close to the sun as possible using Xeon engines. I am currently 700, 000, 000m and closing in at 100Km/s, does anyone know what the minimum altitude is before you burn up?