Multitasking Challenge

GuiltyBystander · November 21, 2013

I got this idea while designing a mission and after reading that crazy Jool challenge. I used a similar ship in my career mode game to explore Kerbin by getting a polar orbit and dropping landers as I passed over different biomes. I just bought the game while on sale on steam last week so I'm still a novice but so far I'm having a blast (pun intended).

Mission Description

The Kerbal Space Agency has mandated to put a Kerbal on every planet and moon. However, the Kerbal in charge of reserving the launch pad has made a mistake and now you only can launch one spaceship. Rather than have one Kerbal land on each planet, the director wants you to build a single craft capable of launching 14 Kerbals each to their own destination. To prove it's not just one Kerbal wearing different name tags, he wants all the EVA's to happen at once. Once the group EVA is complete, it's time to bring them all home.

Scoring

1 point for each Kerbal doing an EVA on the planet/moon at the same time. Limit 1 Kerbal per planet/moon.
Each Kerbal becomes worth 3 points if he can be returned home.
Tiebreaker: Shortest time to complete.

I'd be open to ideas about scoring systems that weighted different bodies based on difficulty, but for now I'd say keep it simple.

Restrictions

1 launch vehicle
All EVA's must happen at the same time
Stock parts only

Submissions

Launch vehicle (each stage of splitting up would be nice too)
Each Kerbal standing/swiming on the planet/moon
One pic from the Tracking Station showing that the EVAs all happened at the same time. Kerbal names must be visible.
If returning:
- Each Kerbal standing/swiming on Kerbin
- One pic from the Tracking Station so we know which ones made it home. Kerbal names must be visible.

Leaderboard

[TABLE=class: grid]

[TR]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]Moho[/TD]

[TD]Eve[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]Kerbin[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]Duna[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]Dres[/TD]

[TD]Jool[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]Eeloo[/TD]

[TD]Total[/TD]

[TD]Time[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]Eve[/TD]

[TD]Gilly[/TD]

[TD]Mun[/TD]

[TD]Minmus[/TD]

[TD]Duna[/TD]

[TD]Ike[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]Laythe[/TD]

[TD]Vall[/TD]

[TD]Tylo[/TD]

[TD]Bop[/TD]

[TD]Pol[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]y-d-h-m-s[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]GuiltyBystander[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]3[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD]9[/TD]

[TD]1-285-0-40-29[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]3[/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

Here's my basic proof of concept attempt. Sorry I didn't take more pics along the way. It started as just a simple test of the vehicle, but ended up being a full dry run. I hopefully learned something and will make a better attempt. My craft basically carries 6 landers that can each split off to do their own landing. Only the landers to Kerbin's moons had enough fuel to make it back.

Basic flight summary:

Mun intercept and drop off 1 lander.
Minmus intercept and drop off 1 lander.
Kerbin escape and head for Eve. Aerobrake to get stable orbit.
Gilly intercept and drop off 1 lander.
Drop off 1 lander for Eve.
Eve escape.
Tried to reach Moho, but failed so loaded and headed to Duna. Had to abandon some of my crew along the way and transfer as much of the fuel as possible into one of the landers. That lander went to Duna by itself, aerobraked, and landed.
After taking pics, Mun and Minmus landers easily made it back home.

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I think this could be an interesting challenge because it could require you to be managing several vehicles at once. I can't wait to see the ships you come up with.

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