101 Misson Ideas

[Clockwork13]

This is a thread to post all ideas about possible missions, for when you are wondering "what am I supposed to be doing right now?"

Feel free to post your own mission ideas. Here's mine:

1. Get an encounter with Jool without using any rockomax parts

2. Build a space station in orbit, then blow it up.

3. Get to space using liquid fuel, get into orbit only with RCS.

4. Escape Kerbin's SOI using only Ion Engines.

5. Make rocket-fireworks

6. Harness the kraken

7. Land on Minmus only with Ion Boosters

8. Land on Mun with only RCS

9. Set up a small colony on Laythe

10. Try to set a flag on Jool

[kiwiak]

I wonder if missions/contracts will be all about launching and sending our own ships, or we will encounter in space some ships game spawned itself before.. For example malfunctioning satellite that has to be repaired.

[Dispatcher]

We have a precedent in the VAB/ SPH: the existence of stock craft as well as stock parts for custom fabrication.

[The Error]

11. Take a trip to Eeloo with only SRBs

[Richy teh space man]

12 Build a space station using only space planes to deliver parts to it

[ArmchairGravy]

13. Get a polar orbit at 325km...around Kerbol.

[Liowen]

Is planting the flag on Jool with or without cheats, because my last craft to go into Jool blew up after it went 200+ meter through the "sea floor". With CHeats on I know I could get one to land no problem, but I was doing it without cheating.

[blspblackdeath]

14. Make a modular Mun-Base.

[StrandedonEarth]

15. Build and launch a Death Star

I know, it's a poor imitation

[Clockwork13]

Is planting the flag on Jool with or without cheats, because my last craft to go into Jool blew up after it went 200+ meter through the "sea floor". With CHeats on I know I could get one to land no problem, but I was doing it without cheating.

I've seen someone do it in a video.

[problemecium]

16. HyperEdit a ship onto the surface of Eve, then do a voyage back to Kerbin.

17. (a.k.a. 16 Hard Mode) Do a voyage to the surface of Eve, then fly back to Kerbin.

[The Jedi Master]

18. Land on Eeloo without nuclear engines

19. Get into orbit with only nuclear engines

20. Recreate the Magic School Bus

[problemecium]

21. Escape Kerbol... then, after reaching the end of the line, go back home to Kerbin.

[Tw1]

20. Recreate the Magic School Bus

I attempted this once. Didn't work two well, but with a better choice of parts, someone could manage.

[Clockwork13]

16. HyperEdit a ship onto the surface of Eve, then do a voyage back to Kerbin.

17. (a.k.a. 16 Hard Mode) Do a voyage to the surface of Eve, then fly back to Kerbin.

I actually might try number 16

[Shna_na]

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3. Get to space using liquid fuel, get into orbit only with RCS.

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Been there, done that. Entirely by accident, too.

My space station core consisted of 4 docking ports, a large RCS tank, solar panels, a Cupola module, 16 RCS blocks, and last but by far not least: a lab module. I had no rockomax parts, but persevered anyway. I got this huge hunk of metal to the edge of the atmosphere, but ran out of fuel. In panic, and regretting not putting parachutes on, I activated RCS and got my apoapsis to 70km with a periapsis of 68km (my current altitude). I waited out the long drift to 70KM, where I got it up to a 120km stable orbit where it currently remains. This is my best recovery of a failed mission to date.

[problemecium]

^ Given the way I usually do launches, this wouldn't be too hard. I'd just need a lot more RCS thrusters than usual, but my workhorse launchers can handle that.

(I usually am going between 1800 and 2000 m/s before I turn off the engines and time-accelerate up to space - somewhere around 52km up)

[vger]

I wonder if missions/contracts will be all about launching and sending our own ships, or we will encounter in space some ships game spawned itself before.. For example malfunctioning satellite that has to be repaired.

Rescue mission to assist another agency (nation) would be pretty cool.

[Thomas988]

22. Land on Gilly using only SRBs.

[Streetwind]

23. Using the SCANsat mod, send mapping satellites to every celestial body in the system.

24. Pay hommage to Neil Armstrong at his memorial. (Which memorial? Guess you'll just have to find out on your own...)

[Rus-Evo]

Mohole asteroid golf? Is such a thing possible?

[CaptainKipard]

The title of this thread grabbed my attention, but the list sucks, sorry.

RCS to orbit? Escape SOI with ions? WTH is that? Those aren't missions; those are challenges.

Maybe you should start over.

[rholtsla98]

25. Make a cannon and use it to escape any celestial body's SOI.

[The Jedi Master]

The title of this thread grabbed my attention, but the list sucks, sorry.

RCS to orbit? Escape SOI with ions? WTH is that? Those aren't missions; those are challenges.

Maybe you should start over.

Is there a difference?

[Clockwork13]

Mohole asteroid golf? Is such a thing possible?

It is, if you have an idea what the golf ball is going to be.