Economy of design

[sherlok11]

What is the most economical design to achieve orbit? Even though money is unlimited at this stage in the game, it seems it will become an issue eventually since parts have a pricetag. Has anyone been working on different designs for best economy? At the moment there are no payloads other than the capsule itself, (Maybe use full fuel tanks as payload to make it harder) but it seems like this is a good challenge since it is one of the main problems facing real life space travel.

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[foamyesque]

The minimum for stock parts is pod, three fuel tanks, and an engine. I usually add winglets and do a rear-first reentry, then a powered landing.

[Oggula]

Out of interest, what would be the most economic moon lander? My best was 9tanks/3engines first stage, 9tanks/3engines second stage, and a 2tank/1engine lander.

[Kosmo-not]

What does asc and scasc stand for?

[foamyesque]

What does asc and scasc stand for?

Um. I don\'t know. Context might help.

[PD]

Yeah I was like:

1. Reads question.

A. I don\'t know what those abbreviations are.

2. Reads initial post for context.

A. I still don\'t know.

3. Reads entire thread thinking that the poll might have been edited as a result of context to be found later.

A. laughs when he reads the bottom two posts.

[Millst0ne MK II]

Mod parts. They\'re very very easy to install.