I was originally planning to go to Jupiter, but I did the first launch and got tired of the gravity assists, so I went with Venus.
Launch 1: the “Abysmal Rectangle”
Payload: Station body
Payload Mass: 379.94
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Launch 2: the “Pathetic Block”
Payload: Docking, storage, and reactor modules
Payload Mass: 385.34
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Launch 3: the “Wretched Box”
Payload: Solar panels, habitation module
Payload Mass: 320.58
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Launch 4: the “I’ve run out of ways to say ugly and rectangular, you get it by now”
Payload: Communications arm
Payload Mass: 290.12
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Station fully assembled:
Total Mass: 1375.98
Number of launches: 4 (excluding crew)
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Crew launch: the “At least it’s not a square”
A long range shuttle built in 1.4 that has been modified in 1.5. (Ignore the 99% fuel, I lifted off, remembered I needed a picture, then dropped back down) It also has an LES.
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Ion arms deployed for the trip to Venus: (I may have gotten impatient and turned the hawks back on.)
Note: Ion engines follow 1.4 electricity rules.
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