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Marschig

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Craft on KerbalX: https://kerbalx.com/Marschig/Fuel-Station

Initially i built a simple refueling station at Minmus. But more and more options were added during constructing, and, as a result, i got this:

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It has almost everything, that can has craft: 20 crew, docking ports (every size), science modules, research lab, solar panels enough to power up lab at Eeloo, full set of ore scanners, mining equipment, antennas with a total rating 383G, and so on. And it can reach, land and take off from every planet (except of Eve, of course). 

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Also station has a rover, docked to the bottom of the Ore Tank. Rover has it's own set of science modules, so you can explore nearby biomes.

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And, with 504 t of fuel and 180 t of ore, it still can be used as refueling station :wink:

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In VAB Station is loaded with 90 t of Ore. On low orbit it has dV about 50 m/s. Converting ore to fuel makes possibe landing on Minmus, refueling and departure to any place with dV 5254 m/s

After landing you can explore nearby places using Rover:

And, if you want, climb on the Mun's Arch :)

Craft can complete each contract's condition for station, outpost, mining. "The outpost must be on motorised wheels" too, simply retract landing struts:

And you can return about 600000 credits, if you land near KSC:

That's all, sorry for short notes and not native English :)

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A modified version: https://kerbalx.com/Marschig/Fuel-Station-S

The booster was removed and the station became fully reusable SSTO.

It has dV 500+ m/s on Low Kerbin Orbit and modified to refueling on asteroids (that were previously redirected): small drill and advanced grabbing unit were added on the top. Also, Vernor engines were added for precise docking.

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