The "Stellar Paper Shredder" Contract.

[linuxgurugamer]

Here at SpaceTux Industries, we pride ourselves on fulfilling our contracts as fast as possible.  Presented here is the Garbage Disposable 1, a 5 meter rocket to execute and fulfill this contract.  We felt that the SpaceY Technologies Corporation had the perfect fuel tanks for this, coupled with a pair of Atomic Lightbulbs on the upper stage.  The vessel was well equipped with antenna to ensure communication back to Kerbin during the entire trip to Kerbol.  The faster it got to Kerbol, the less time for incrim-unfortunate and misunderstood documents to be found.

Vehicle Specs

• Parts: 73
• Mass: 1,645.453 t
• Height: 59.9m
• Width: 13.8m
• Length: 14.2m
• Total dV at liftoff: 21,123 (approximate)

Time to orbit (150km) is about 5m:50.  Once in orbit, the antenna, radiators and solar panels deployed; we had about 17,551 dV to play with.  The maneuver to escape Kerbin was performed at 26:34 mission time, and the Garbage Disposable 1 left the Kerbin SOI at a mission time of 5d, 2:07:50; with a 27 minute burn the orbital velocity around Kerbol was totally zeroed out, and then, with the remaining 8,208 dV did a fast dive into the sun.  Velocity at fuel exhaustion was about 8224 m/sec directly down towards Kerbol.  In order to get as close to Kerbol as possible, the vessel reversed orientation after the fuel was exhausted,

 

We are happy to report that the craft suffered catastrophic failure 41,963 Km from the sun. Before the final failure we received transmission reporting an amazing velocity of 87,285.8 m/second and confirmation that the documents were still onboard.  Mission accomplished! 

That will be 644,109 credits, please. Net 30. No prototypes were harmed in the development of the rocket.

Mission Video (about 31 minutes)

 

[VictoryNeverFail]

8 hours ago, linuxgurugamer said:

Here at SpaceTux Industries, we pride ourselves on fulfilling our contracts as fast as possible.  Presented here is the Garbage Disposable 1, a 5 meter rocket to execute and fulfill this contract.  We felt that the SpaceY Technologies Corporation had the perfect fuel tanks for this, coupled with a pair of Atomic Lightbulbs on the upper stage.  The vessel was well equipped with antenna to ensure communication back to Kerbin during the entire trip to Kerbol.  The faster it got to Kerbol, the less time for incrim-unfortunate and misunderstood documents to be found.

Vehicle Specs

• Parts: 73
• Mass: 1,645.453 t
• Height: 59.9m
• Width: 13.8m
• Length: 14.2m
• Total dV at liftoff: 21,123 (approximate)

Time to orbit (150km) is about 5m:50.  Once in orbit, the antenna, radiators and solar panels deployed; we had about 17,551 dV to play with.  The maneuver to escape Kerbin was performed at 26:34 mission time, and the Garbage Disposable 1 left the Kerbin SOI at a mission time of 5d, 2:07:50; with a 27 minute burn the orbital velocity around Kerbol was totally zeroed out, and then, with the remaining 8,208 dV did a fast dive into the sun.  Velocity at fuel exhaustion was about 8224 m/sec directly down towards Kerbol.  In order to get as close to Kerbol as possible, the vessel reversed orientation after the fuel was exhausted,

 

We are happy to report that the craft suffered catastrophic failure 41,963 Km from the sun. Before the final failure we received transmission reporting an amazing velocity of 87,285.8 m/second and confirmation that the documents were still onboard.  Mission accomplished! 

That will be 644,109 credits, please. Net 30. No prototypes were harmed in the development of the rocket.

Mission Video (about 31 minutes)

 

Everything checks out, a good, small heavy list vehicle that can carry all of our... "Payload" at once!

 

Congrats, you have completed the contract!

 

-Victory Kerman

[doggonemess]

10 hours ago, linuxgurugamer said:

Here at SpaceTux Industries, we pride ourselves on fulfilling our contracts as fast as possible.  Presented here is the Garbage Disposable 1, a 5 meter rocket to execute and fulfill this contract.  We felt that the SpaceY Technologies Corporation had the perfect fuel tanks for this, coupled with a pair of Atomic Lightbulbs on the upper stage.  The vessel was well equipped with antenna to ensure communication back to Kerbin during the entire trip to Kerbol.  The faster it got to Kerbol, the less time for incrim-unfortunate and misunderstood documents to be found.

Vehicle Specs

• Parts: 73
• Mass: 1,645.453 t
• Height: 59.9m
• Width: 13.8m
• Length: 14.2m
• Total dV at liftoff: 21,123 (approximate)

Time to orbit (150km) is about 5m:50.  Once in orbit, the antenna, radiators and solar panels deployed; we had about 17,551 dV to play with.  The maneuver to escape Kerbin was performed at 26:34 mission time, and the Garbage Disposable 1 left the Kerbin SOI at a mission time of 5d, 2:07:50; with a 27 minute burn the orbital velocity around Kerbol was totally zeroed out, and then, with the remaining 8,208 dV did a fast dive into the sun.  Velocity at fuel exhaustion was about 8224 m/sec directly down towards Kerbol.  In order to get as close to Kerbol as possible, the vessel reversed orientation after the fuel was exhausted,

 

We are happy to report that the craft suffered catastrophic failure 41,963 Km from the sun. Before the final failure we received transmission reporting an amazing velocity of 87,285.8 m/second and confirmation that the documents were still onboard.  Mission accomplished! 

That will be 644,109 credits, please. Net 30. No prototypes were harmed in the development of the rocket.

Mission Video (about 31 minutes)

 

Dang and blast! Outbidded and outclassed!

On 5/26/2020 at 9:29 AM, Pds314 said:

Hmm. I think I might make an entry for lowest weight on the pad with the idea being to set up multiple Duna and Eve assists to get Jool to knock my Periapsis into the sun on not much over ~4k delta V on the pad.

That sounds impressive!

[linuxgurugamer]

2 minutes ago, doggonemess said:

Dang and blast! Outbidded and outclassed!

I was inspired by your commentary

[sevenperforce]

We here at Kaikonur know a thing or two about destroying...unwanted...documents. We also are aware that taking a long time to do it, or employing expensive, low-thrust mechanisms is simply not goot enuf. Therefore we are pleased to present our solution for your pleasure: the KrotonM Soviet Shredder!

 

Spoiler

Viewers will note that we have spared no efforts in ensuring that this rocket matches the tried and tested family of rockets we have been using for so long. Six lower stage engines inside fairings, mounted to the outboard tanks, carry the craft well out of the atmosphere. Hot staging gives extra efficiency and the four engines in the second stage allow gimbal and roll control. In the third stage, the engine is fixed for extra thrust and has four verniers for all your control needs. Finally we have the "donut" Briz-M upper stage for superior delta-V.

Liftoff!

Pitching over

Getting toasty

Nearing first-stage burnout.

Second stage ignition!

Fairing deployed.

Another view of the second stage.

Third stage fires...first just the verniers to separate.

Now we have full thrust.

Goodbye to Kerbin.

Burnout and Briz ignition

There is a LOT of dV here.

Not much thrust though.

Drop tank separation.

Still burning past the Mun.

Now we have a good trajectory.

Still burning to get a better entry angle.

Burnout of Briz

Nearing Kerbol.

And your incriminating documents have been disposed of!

 

 

 

[linuxgurugamer]

15 hours ago, sevenperforce said:

We here at Kaikonur know a thing or two about destroying...unwanted...documents. We also are aware that taking a long time to do it, or employing expensive, low-thrust mechanisms is simply not goot enuf. Therefore we are pleased to present our solution for your pleasure: the KrotonM Soviet Shredder!

Nice job, but it took 72 days to get the documents destroyed.  Plenty of time for an inspired investigator to catch up and stea- I mean aquire the documents

[HansonKerman]

Hello again, investor! Here at Klamperture Science, we try to provide a fast service. <paper rustling> Uh... ooh, that wasn't my idea of... oh, nevermind. Right. We have... obtained the... documents. Which were not stolen from us.

Our launch couldn't be more nominal.

Greg! What does it mean when the rocket's on fire? <mbl mble, Mr. Johnson.> Right.

Booster sep. (Yes. I used MechJeb. This old thing can't handle much.)

ba... baa... baa... BAH BAAAAAA!!!

Charmander is now in Charizard stage.

 

Greg, does the insurance cover random explosions? Also, did that damage anything?

 

Escape burn.

(This is like, really close. I wasn't even in its SOI.)

And now for our secret weapon. The Klamperture Science Nuclear Kerbolar Transfer Stage does not have enough delta-v to do a complete transfer. Presenting: The Klamperture Science Xenon Powered Electric Incineration Stage has around seven thousand meters per second of delta v. It's perfect! And runs through electricity fast.

(I'm not sure what happened here. Electric charge stops running out at 1 unit, but only one ion engine is activated. Nice.)

(<GLaDOS voice>) The Klamperture Science Universal Physics Time Warping Device can accelerate time during extreme acceleration. It can reach up to 4 times in the lite version and can be extended up to <insert number here>.

Here it is! We've successfully entered your craft into suborbital trajectory.

 

And now, just under Moho orbit... let's say goodbyyyye

A moment of silence.

 

Poetic, really, that this was the last part to survive.

<turret voice> Goodbye.

 

Cave Kerman, we're done here.

 

 

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Finally. it took a week and three sittings but this as fun to do. Someday I will do this again with mods.

[VictoryNeverFail]

On 6/5/2020 at 4:55 PM, HansonKerman said:

Hello again, investor! Here at Klamperture Science, we try to provide a fast service. <paper rustling> Uh... ooh, that wasn't my idea of... oh, nevermind. Right. We have... obtained the... documents. Which were not stolen from us.

Our launch couldn't be more nominal.

Greg! What does it mean when the rocket's on fire? <mbl mble, Mr. Johnson.> Right.

Booster sep. (Yes. I used MechJeb. This old thing can't handle much.)

ba... baa... baa... BAH BAAAAAA!!!

Charmander is now in Charizard stage.

 

Greg, does the insurance cover random explosions? Also, did that damage anything?

 

Escape burn.

(This is like, really close. I wasn't even in its SOI.)

And now for our secret weapon. The Klamperture Science Nuclear Kerbolar Transfer Stage does not have enough delta-v to do a complete transfer. Presenting: The Klamperture Science Xenon Powered Electric Incineration Stage has around seven thousand meters per second of delta v. It's perfect! And runs through electricity fast.

(I'm not sure what happened here. Electric charge stops running out at 1 unit, but only one ion engine is activated. Nice.)

(<GLaDOS voice>) The Klamperture Science Universal Physics Time Warping Device can accelerate time during extreme acceleration. It can reach up to 4 times in the lite version and can be extended up to <insert number here>.

Here it is! We've successfully entered your craft into suborbital trajectory.

 

And now, just under Moho orbit... let's say goodbyyyye

A moment of silence.

 

Poetic, really, that this was the last part to survive.

<turret voice> Goodbye.

 

Cave Kerman, we're done here.

 

 

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Finally. it took a week and three sittings but this as fun to do. Someday I will do this again with mods.

Wow, this journey was both amazing and beautiful, and I am glad you liked the contract. Oh, and a couple of our engineers here are actually looking into buying the rights.. *Scrolls up* Crap, what was it called? to the Klamperture Science Nuclear Kerbolar Transfer Stage and want to modify it for future interstellar use. And on an ending note. Thank you, once again, for not letting our VAB turn into a really big CrossFit gym and or R&D Lab turn into a mall with a Hot Topic and a soon to be bankrupt food court, you will have a place in every worker and kerbanaut's heart here at Victorian Rocketry.

 

-Victory Kerman

Edited June 7, 2020 by VictoryNeverFail

[HansonKerman]

2 hours ago, VictoryNeverFail said:

Klamperture Science Nuclear Kerbolar Transfer Stage

Ever played Portal/Portal 2? Aperture has some pretty ridiculous names. A button you put a cube on is the “1500 Megawatt Aperture Science Super-Colliding Super Button”. Anyway, ofcourse you can use that Klamperture Science Nuclear Kerbolar Transfer stage for further use.

 

(craft will be on KerbalX soon)

[Laie]

Recently I had a good long look at Near Future Propulsion, and this is just the right challenge to put it to good use. Sorry, I'm not much of a storyteller, so this will be brief.

Nothing unusual here, except perhaps my method of getting to the sun: I couldn't do orbital maths to save my life, but I can use a script to plot dozens of maneuver nodes in order to simulate a long burn. 5 Minutes later? Ok looks better. Now move all nodes 20sec back... fine.  All that only to figure out when to start the burn. Then I put SAS to hold prograde, opened the throttle, and ran both electric stages to depletion.

After the burn.

These seems to be a sub-challenge to get as close to the Sun as possible, that's why I dressed up my vessel with radiators and put a heat shield in front. But truth be told, that's all nothing compared to selecting the right level of timewarp: 100x seems to work best.

 

[VictoryNeverFail]

2 hours ago, HansonKerman said:

Ever played Portal/Portal 2? Aperture has some pretty ridiculous names. A button you put a cube on is the “1500 Megawatt Aperture Science Super-Colliding Super Button”. Anyway, ofcourse you can use that Klamperture Science Nuclear Kerbolar Transfer stage for further use.

 

(craft will be on KerbalX soon)

...I did not get the reference until now, I am ashamed...

2 hours ago, Laie said:

Recently I had a good long look at Near Future Propulsion, and this is just the right challenge to put it to good use. Sorry, I'm not much of a storyteller, so this will be brief.

Nothing unusual here, except perhaps my method of getting to the sun: I couldn't do orbital maths to save my life, but I can use a script to plot dozens of maneuver nodes in order to simulate a long burn. 5 Minutes later? Ok looks better. Now move all nodes 20sec back... fine.  All that only to figure out when to start the burn. Then I put SAS to hold prograde, opened the throttle, and ran both electric stages to depletion.

After the burn.

These seems to be a sub-challenge to get as close to the Sun as possible, that's why I dressed up my vessel with radiators and put a heat shield in front. But truth be told, that's all nothing compared to selecting the right level of timewarp: 100x seems to work best.

 

We are looking into Interstellar propulsion methods, so this craft could help us quite a lot, congrats you have completed the contract!

 

-Victory Kerman

[HansonKerman]

4 hours ago, Laie said:

These seems to be a sub-challenge to get as close to the Sun as possible, that's why I dressed up my vessel with radiators and put a heat shield in front.

I meant to do that too. I just forgot, unsurprising since it took a week to fully post the challenge.

2 hours ago, VictoryNeverFail said:

...I did not get the reference until now, I am ashamed...

I take it you have played one/both of them then.

[SiriusRocketry]

@VictoryNeverFail You like Truenos, right? You need a dropoff?

Watch this space, if you catch my drift.

[VictoryNeverFail]

10 hours ago, SiriusRocketry said:

Watch this space, if you catch my drift.

I hope that pun was Initially going to be in that post cause that actually made me laugh a bit

 

Get it, initial.. Initial D.. It was,, yea?