The Newbie Efficiency Challenge

[LordCurlyton]

+1 like. Danke.

[LordCurlyton]

And herein I go and earn the Reusable Honorable Mention for NEWB-2. Sadly I was about 200-300 m/s of dV short of being able to recover it from the Mun.

Reusable 1

Science gathering orbit around MUN achieved

Reusable 2

Touchdown and transmission. That plus using it to fulfill a "Transmit Science Data from Mun Orbit" contract meant the mission more than paid for itself. And now I can go create a new category for Unmanned Munar entries.

[LordCurlyton]

And now StarTech-4 is officially Reusable.. It has enough dV on its final stage that I'm wondering if I could perhaps make a pass for Duna or EVe with it, at least when it doesn't topple over (it is very finicky on the pad and in the atmosphere, generally requiring a restart or three before it decides to fly up and not over)....

Reusable 2nd 1

Minmus orbit

Reusable 2nd 2

Minmus landing. It wobbled for a bit but finally stabilized.

Reusable 2nd 3

Recovery on Kerbin. Huzzah! I tried to make a pass at earning a Hopscotch but I was consistently about 300 m/s short of being able to get back to Kerbin, and I didn't feel like stranding another Kerbal on the Mun, but it can easily be done if I am willing to give another Kerbal to the Kraken.