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Kerbal Space Program (2015)

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Starting a new Career mode save on Normal difficulty, I recover science from all five of Jool's moons in 290 days.

Inspired by a mission from @luigilain5692 completing the Jool 5 in 383 days. Link here: https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/209640-gotta-go-fast-career-speedrun/?do=findComment&comment=4267017

I mostly followed his mission plan. The main optimization was sacrificing time spent within the Jool system (ion powered transfer stages and some landings to reduce mass) for a much faster trip to Jool and a slightly faster trip from Jool to Kerbin.

Final time is 290 days and 2 hours, though this could be much improved with better transfers between Jool's moons. The Pol segment especially was a big bottleneck as I had to wait multiple orbits for a good transfer window. I think 250 days is possible, but 200 days would require a pretty big change to the strategy.

Music:
MALO - March of Progress
Infraction - Not The Only One
Infraction - Over The Mountains
Dance With The Dead - Invader

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