Munar Surface and Back for 23397 kbucks - The Budget Explorer Mk.II

[geb]

The parts costs listed in the game currently serve no purpose at all, but I can still have fun with them.

Yesterday I set myself the challenge of building the cheapest possible munar rocket using only default parts. Today, the Budget Explorer Mk.II completed its test flight, a perfect run.

Pictures!

On the launchpad:

A safe landing on the Mun:

Munar Ejection Burn on a tiny fuel budget:

Success!

And a safe descent back onto the night side of Kerbin:

Cost calculation:

1x Command Pod Mk1 (1*1600) 1600

13x FL-T500 Fuel Tank (13*550) 7150

4x LV-T30 Liquid Fuel Engine (4*850) 3400

2x FTX-2 External Fuel Duct (2*250) 500

5x TT-38K Radial Decoupler (5*1275) 6375

2x TR-18A Stack Decoupler (2*975) 1950

2x EAS-4 Strut Connector (2*250) 500

3x AV-R8 Winglet (3*500) 1500

1x Mk16 Parachute (1*422) 422

Total Cost: 23397

[Tim_Barrett]

If this were realistic, that decent back to Kerbin would be.. catostrophic. XD

[geb]

If this were realistic, that decent back to Kerbin would be.. catostrophic. XD

A smooth reentry costs fuel. Fuel costs money! Telling my kerbonauts to shut up when they complain about >15g decelerations is cheaper than adding another tank on the return stage.