Most kerbals to the Mun and back

[Liowen]

No, just a picture with the ship landed.

+ It would have been a pain to EVA 58 kerbals

Oh now you tell me that LOL Heck I stopped at 26 due to evaing being a pain, even after finding out that the keys ][ will switch to different Kerbals >sigh< Of course this has given me an idea for a Youtube mini series, moon tours! Load up the Kerbals and visit different moons.

[British_Rover]

No, just a picture with the ship landed.

+ It would have been a pain to EVA 58 kerbals

Bah I EVAed all 35 of mine last night. Hmh not sure I want to try and do a redesign to beat 58.

[Liowen]

Bah I EVAed all 35 of mine last night. Hmh not sure I want to try and do a redesign to beat 58.

Well knowing now I do not have to eva them out I might....maybe, maybe not LOL My current design would need more fuel I think as I ran out making my last burn to Kerbin. Lucky it was just enough to get down low enough and let aerobraking do its thing.

[capi3101]

I think you could use something like this:

Maybe call it the full thrill ride experience...

I would so love to see this fly...

I'd join in my own self but the rules specifically say "no mods"...I've got KER default on all my craft these days; it's there whether I want it or not.

[Smidge204]

I think I can complete this challenge with a little flight optimization, but getting a few hundred dV more would also be nice. If I use MechJeb for testing but do my "official submission" run totally stock, does it still count?

I've managed to get 104 Kerbals on the Mun* but not quite home again.

=Smidge=

*Ship was actually Unkerbal'd for safety during testing

[matskuman5]

If I use MechJeb for testing but do my "official submission" run totally stock, does it still count?

It's okay, I did the same thing.

[British_Rover]

Here is is finally solved the breaking problem. Had to add some drogue chutes. The pic of all the kerbals is the version without drogues.

35 Kerbals

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Edited December 6, 2013 by British_Rover

[LostElement]

Aw... I wish i had a picture. i've sent 40 kerbals to the Mun and back.

[Mazlem]

I got 35 Kerbals there and back too:

[matskuman5]

Great work both British_Rover and Mazlem for tied 2nd place!

Also, Mazlem, may I ask why you have a docking port on that ship, since it doesn't dock at all?

[Mazlem]

Uh, it seemed like a good idea at the time? I tend to stick docking ports on every ship in case they need to re-fuel or park at a station. None of that for this guy though!

[GuzWaatensen]

yeah, the kraken doesn't want this one to fly:

[Liowen]

yeah, the kraken doesn't want this one to fly:

Yeah he didn't like my first attempts either, I had clamps going through the booster tanks during the loading of the ship. I think it took 5 reverts just to clear that up and a few more after that to correct "pilot" error.

[Smidge204]

Okay, officially entering my run: 104 Kerbals. 26 Crew Capsules with a small probe core for control.

http://youtu.be/ysinQ4sqj70

Video is still being uploaded/processed. It's 12:30 AM and I'm not waiting for it!

This picture was taken from a different, failed run (not enough fuel to get them back - note different fuel tank config) but since it takes ~3 hours (at 4 FPS) to unload 104 Kerbals and get them loaded back up again, well... forgive me for recycling >.>

830 parts, 2970 ton on the launchpad

=Smidge=

[RocketTurtle]

DAAAAAYYYYUMMMMMMM. You can now lead the United Nations of Kerbin to take over the Mun!

Though you should probably get them to pay attention to you and not the scenery. (Yeah, I know, I saw your post in the show your pics thread, they randomly rotated.)

[matskuman5]

Very impressive, Smidge204! You have the 1# spot.

[Liowen]

Ok I was going to do one more attempt, but I think I have been bested by Smidge204. I am not sad though I did more with this mission than I thought I could and that made me happy. Congrats Smidge204! My only question would be whats next?

[Flyerken]

I'm currently trying to get this beat. 36 x 4 kerbals and my biggest rocket so far.

I'm using the kerbal engineer mod however. I'm not sure if this is cheating. I can redo it without it if wanted. For now I got the damn thing in orbit. Getting the thing down on the moon will be a challenge for tommorow

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[agentKmurph]

Okay, officially entering my run: 104 Kerbals. 26 Crew Capsules with a small probe core for control.

=Smidge=

Are you by any chance related to Whackjob?

I would enter but I would probably melt my motherboard trying to beat you Smidge. Grats man. Pfft...my poor Athlon x64 7550; old school tech. No way I am even getting past 500 parts on one ship.

[Javster]

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Spash down (points for it looking like a lighthouse??? hehe

[Sensi]

Hello fellow Kerbonauts.

I stumbled upon KSP last week on Youtube (Scott Manley's chan). It looked like tons of fun and I decided to give this space sim a try. I must say : it's even better than I thought !

So here I am with my very first submission to a KSP challenge : 138 Kerbals went to the Mun and came back alive to tell.

34 crew capsules, one Mk2 lander can and a command chair for Jeb, our daring helmsman for this trip.

Total mass : 2960 tons on the launchpad. The lander : 376 tons wet / 168 dry.

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Fly safe !

Sensi.

[Smidge204]

So here I am with my very first submission to a KSP challenge : 138 Kerbals went to the Mun and came back alive to tell.

210.

http://youtu.be/D3Y3e_TciAE

Rawr!

=Smidge=

[Rainbowtrout]

210.

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Edited December 23, 2013 by Rainbowtrout
Bigger size for more effect.

[LiveHereNow]

I really like the creativity in the lander layout... I'd have not thought to put the legs on the side of the hitchhikers... gives me ideas for other landers. Thanks!

[Liowen]

-snip-

Spash down (points for it looking like a lighthouse??? hehe

THAT'S IT I'M STARTING UP KSP AND MAKING A LIGHTHOUSE RIGHT THIS SECOND see ya!