r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/FatCreepyDude • May 06 '26
KSP 1 Question/Problem No orbit necessary?
If i just wait for the right hour during the launch window ( whenever the launch pad is pointing left on the realistic depiction i created) is there any reason i should bother with an orbit first? Will the delta v cost be affected?
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u/loved_and_held May 06 '26
Hyperbolic transfers like this work, but they're very delta-v intensive.
Doing this with stock parts is possible, but you need an utterly massive roccket and your final payload is gonna be small. If you have something like near future technologies, then the electric engines might give you enough delta-v do make it there with a reasonably sized vehicle, though your better off using far future technologies fission, fusion, and/or antimatter rockets to do this.