orange tank to eeloo and back! (jebs idea)

[jonatron5]

Jebbidah has come up with a theory!

The other kebalscientists dont see how it could possibly work but it is comming from jeb so it has to work right?

Jebs idea is that the natural radiation and cosmic rays in space are ionizing the fuel in all his rockets so that it becomes More powerfull. The nature of these rays has never been noticed before becuase they increase in strength inversely proportional to the distance from the sun (something about electrogravimetric interference)

As is typical kerbal fashion Without any scientific data whatsoever, KSP has elected to test this theory of his. and send at least one full orange tank to the surface of eeloo and return it to kerbin in one peice.

RULES

STOCK Parts only ( no op big rockets)

Ferram aerospace is allowed

Mechjeb is ok. But bonus points for not using)

Must be manned

Must have an actually orange tank land on eeloo no equivalent

Ship must be launched in one peice no orbital construction.

Scoring

Mission accomplished +1000 points

Dead weight(do not consume any of the orange tanks fuel dont pump fuel into or out of it)+ 500 points.

Simplicity is best -2 points for part on the ship

Efficiency is better-10 points for every stage on the ship

MORE GASS+ 500 points for every ton of fuel extra brought to eeloo surface and back this scales with weight i.e. .5 ton extra is + 50 points

Edited October 22, 2014 by jonatron5
fixed scoring

[Cmdr. Arn1e]

This reads more like one of the in-game contracts than a challenge, TBH... and it's a long way to haul an orange tank full of fuel, land and return, and the starting ship is going to have to be HUGE!

A few tips: 1) It's a good idea to try the challenge yourself to see if it is possible 2) If you can't do it, consider changing it so that it is possible 3) check out other's challenges (the long-running popular ones are that way for a reason!)

4) under current rules, most of the entries will be negative scores with current system... (For example, a 500-part ship would have a base score of -2,500... add the Mission accomplished to bring it up to -2,000... usually 2 stages or so to LKO, one stage for each transfer, with lander in-between, so say 5 stages: 5*-10 = -50... that takes score to -2,050... you would ned to take 20 and a half Kerbals Orange Tanks to get a positive score :-/)(Why did you call it 'The more the Merrier'? This usually refers to Kerbals in groups, not amounts of fuel...)

I'm sure with some tweaking, you could make this a workable challenge, but not many people like going to Eeloo just for the heck of it when there are more fun things to be done closer to home!

[jonatron5]

valid points. I can rework the scoring system I will also be attempting my challenge as per the rules. Im certain its possible. just goanna be a big ship

[Cmdr. Arn1e]

Cool

and glad you didn't take my points in a negative way, some people do when some of the more experienced forumers/players point things out sometimes... All we try to do is help each other out, we're just a bit blunt most of the time because we forget that what is obvious to one person isn't so obvious to another

[jonatron5]

Ok guys just like to say I have not abandoned you im still working on my attempt myself. And I can confirm it is possible. It just is going to be a hell of a lot harder than I thought. I have so far put 1 orange tank on the surface of eloo safely. I have to go back to the drawing board for a redesign though as im about out of places to ADD MAOR BOOSTERS. I hate to do it but I might have to resort to an asparagus monster.

Anyway I would also like to note that there is an extra 500 point reward to anyone who does this with a spaceplane.

And if it helps get you guys intrested in the challange I have a friend whose drawing up badge designs right now.