Shoot for the sun!

[PakledHostage]

Well lets make it total craft weight. I make mine 33.6. Do your worst!

Sorry BoolyBooly, I don\'t want to get in between you and Mary-Lou Kerman but I couldn\'t resist the challenge of trying to go for a smaller spacecraft.

I managed 7 full-size LFTs and 2 1/2 size LFT\'s for an equivalent of 8 full LFTs. I used 2 LV-T30s and 1 LV-T45 (total mass 4.5 tonnes) for propulsion and left the RCS and SAS at KSC. The total launch mass was 26.7 tonnes.

Here are the screen shots (you will see that your Sunbather 1 influenced my design):

First pass:

Scenic detour between first and second aerobraking passes:

Second pass:

Third pass:

Landed a bit short: 18.2 km east of the pad at KSC. The boys are walking home... If you see them, give them a lift, will ya?

I figure someone could shave about another 1/2 tank off this assembly if they went for a 2-year or longer mission. I\'ll leave that for someone else to do though.

[boolybooly]

Not bad, not bad at all.

*sigh*

Guess I had better hand over the I.O.U.

Last I heard Mary-Lou has her eye on Jebediah anyway, cant compete with that. :\'(

[PakledHostage]

Last I heard Mary-Lou has her eye on Jebediah anyway, cant compete with that. :\'(

Well, Jeb could use a girl like her. I\'ve even heard her called 'The Lady Who Tamed Pegasus'... Sounds like the stuff of legends.

[boolybooly]

I still want those peanuts.

25.1 ?

I borrowed your periapsis Packled and added a Munar slingshot !

[PakledHostage]

I still want those peanuts.

25.1 ?

I borrowed your periapsis Packled and added a Munar slingshot !

Wow, pushing the envelope!

[Jeb gives me a look of annoyance as he hands over the IOU for the peanuts... He\'s still angry at me because he and the boys had to make their own way back to KSC after their last mission. Seems I installed a timer upside down and it subtracted 10 seconds rather than added them when calculating the time for their re-entry retro-burn.]