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RSS Grand Tour with stock parts


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Yeah, it probably sounds insane but I actually did it.  It took me a couple months of designing and blowing stuff up rigorous testing, but here it is:

The mission consisted of a LEO tanker and hub and an ISRU-capable tug/SSTO.  The tug/SSTO carried the specialized landers (for Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Titan) to their destinations and dealt with the low-gravity moons.  The Venus lander was surprisingly easy - the thick atmosphere made it easy to do airlaunching.  The Mars and Mercury landers were very similar, with a single-NERV lower stage and a light upper stage.  The Titan lander was essentially a smaller Venus lander.

The hardest part, by far, was dealing with Venus and Mercury.  Fuel ran low consistently and I had to stretch my design to the limit to get it back home in time.

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