Cloakedwand72 Posted Wednesday at 11:42 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 11:42 PM Does anyone any good designs for a LKO to Mun orbit shuttle? I have a lunar gateway in Mun orbit and in LKO I got a commercial space station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batavia Posted Thursday at 02:16 AM Share Posted Thursday at 02:16 AM (edited) I think it's best to try designing your own, its part of the fun! Edited Thursday at 02:17 AM by Batavia Typo lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymcgoochie Posted Thursday at 07:27 AM Share Posted Thursday at 07:27 AM That depends how many crew you want to move at a time. If you want something that can move lots of Kerbals at once then the Mk3 spaceplane passenger cabin would be my first port of call, followed by enough propulsion to get it there, docking gubbins, power gubbins and a heatshield on the front to aerobrake back down to LKO and save fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke MelTdoWn Posted Thursday at 02:32 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:32 PM 12 hours ago, Batavia said: I think it's best to try designing your own, its part of the fun! While I agree with Batavia, I can't resist the urge to push some of my designs If you are only looking for orbit to orbit transfers, Runabout will be the most fuel efficient, it is basically a Nerva strapped to two MK2 passenger bays. 'Bumblebee' Cargo SSTO 2x Rapier Launch mass: 24.8 tons (without payload) Price: 40,058 Payload capacity: 15 tons to Low Kerbin Orbit (LKO) Delta-V: ~ 400 m/s left after insertion of 13 ton payload into 75x75 Kerbin orbit TWR: 1.5 in LKO (with payload) Bumblebee comes integrated with 'Runabout II' Tourist Lander 1x Nerva Launch mass: 13 tons Price: 59,205 Delta-V: 2881 m/s (vacuum) TWR: 0.47 in LKO, 2.83 on the Mun Crew capacity: 8 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3423706504 'Bird of Prey' Passenger SSTO 1x Rapier Launch mass: 20.0 tons (without passengers) Price: 36,233 Delta-V: ~ 1500 m/s left after insertion into 75x75 km Kerbin Orbit (with 4 passengers) TWR: 1.4 in Low Kerbin Orbit (with 4 passengers) Crew capacity: 4 Cheap and easy to dock, good TWR. Only 4 passengers. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3407116512 'MunAir' Passenger SSTO 2x Whiplash, 1x Dart Launch mass: 30.4 tons (without passengers) Price: 42,900 Delta-V: ~1570 m/s left after insertion into 75x75 km Kerbin Orbit (with 8 passengers) TWR: 0.86 in Low Kerbin Orbit (with 8 passengers) Crew capacity: 8 Good compromise between range, cost, ruggedness. Harder to dock (Junior port in cargo bay). https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3403571449 'JoolAir' Passenger SSTO 2x Rapier, 1x Nerva Launch mass: 38.4 tons (without passengers) Price: 73,610 Delta-V: 5027 m/s in 2nd stage (with 8 passengers); 1st stage can insert 2nd into 75x75 Kerbin orbit TWR: 0.30 in Low Kerbin Orbit (with 8 passengers) Crew capacity: 8 This a a two stage design for long range missions. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3404837334 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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