Scenario Earth Mars Earth short mission duration

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Here's a choice of 3 different scenarios. All three start out the same with an eject that goes inward to Venus to sling to Mars. Then the difference in the 3 is:
1. A landing on Mars that has about a month on the surface then an easy eject to a soft encounter at Earth for total mission time of about 20 months, Pe vel= 11.7 km/sec..
2. Abort the Mars landing in the first scenario. Sling Mars to return to Earth for fairly fast encounter speed. Total mission time= 16 months. Encounter Pe vel= 16.5 km/sec.
3. Abort the Mars landing in the first scenario. Sling Mars to Earth for a later but softer encounter speed. Total Mission time= 22.5 months, Pe vel= 13.7 km/sec.

The idea would be to evaluate system performance and decide in the last few days before arriving at Mars if a landing is possible or if one needs to skip the landing and with a MCC to sling back to Earth. Then if the sling to Earth is decided, one has the choice of a rapid return but fast Pe velocity at Earth, or a longer return time with a slower Pe velocity at Earth.

Here are the scenarios:
1.
Code:
BEGIN_DESC
Landing on Mars. 29.5 days stay on surface. Then return to Earth. Total mission time= 588 days.
END_DESC

BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT
  System Sol
  Date MJD 57845.0036723390
END_ENVIRONMENT

BEGIN_FOCUS
  Ship 3
END_FOCUS

BEGIN_CAMERA
  TARGET 3
  MODE Cockpit
  FOV 60.00
END_CAMERA

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  MODE TransX
  Ship  3
  FNumber 7
  Int 1
  Orbit True
  Vector  1460415.63083 1256507.31542 6072740.46199
  Vector  -369.843156708 -41.6201590388 97.5541051063
  Double  3.98600439969e+014
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Plan
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Plan
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Plan
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0 0
Base Orbit
0 0
Prograde vel.
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Man. date
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Outward vel.
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Ch. plane vel.
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Intercept with
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Orbits to Icept
0 0
Graph projection
0 0
Scale to view
0 0
Advanced
0 0
Pe Distance
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Ej Orientation
 1  0
Equatorial view
0 0
Finvars
  Finish BaseFunction
  Int 2
  Orbit False
  Handle Sun
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  Handle Venus
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Autoplan
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0 2
Plan
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Plan
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Plan
0 1
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Manoeuvre mode
0 0
Base Orbit
0 1
Prograde vel.
 1  0
Man. date
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Outward vel.
 1  0
Ch. plane vel.
 1  0
Intercept with
0 0
Orbits to Icept
0 0
Graph projection
0 0
Scale to view
0 0
Advanced
0 0
Prograde vel.
 2  -4418.8384505
Eject date
 6  57845.8784479
Outward vel.
 1  -1269.73464853
Ch. plane vel.
 4  501.475313428
Finvars
  Finish BaseFunction
  Int 4
  Orbit True
  Vector  718508093.075 1048236174.46 -6012400468.21
  Vector  -1135.83249931 -1690.52808039 9688.38840877
  Double  3.2485863e+014
  Double  58000.2145592
  Handle Venus
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Autoplan
0 0
Plan type
0 1
Plan
0 0
Plan
0 1
Plan
0 0
Select Minor
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Manoeuvre mode
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Base Orbit
0 0
Prograde vel.
 1  0
Man. date
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Outward vel.
 1  0
Ch. plane vel.
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Intercept with
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Orbits to Icept
0 0
Graph projection
0 0
Scale to view
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Advanced
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Finvars
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  Int 3
  Orbit True
  Vector  -10967152172.3 2093043268.33 107071482250
  Vector  -40482.8020014 838.238521961 4361.23028803
  Double  1.32712764814e+020
  Double  58007.3802805
  Handle Sun
  Handle Venus
  Handle Mars
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0 0
Plan type
0 2
Plan
0 0
Plan
0 0
Plan
0 2
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0 0
Base Orbit
0 0
Prograde vel.
 1  0
Man. date
 1  57845.0031793
Outward vel.
 1  0
Ch. plane vel.
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Intercept with
0 0
Orbits to Icept
0 0
Graph projection
0 0
Scale to view
0 0
Advanced
0 0
Velocity.
 1  0
Outward angle
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Inc. angle
 3  0.155892808788
Inherit Vel.
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Eject date
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Finvars
  Finish BaseFunction
  Int 4
  Orbit True
  Vector  5377651531.9 -299833775.074 -1977295942.18
  Vector  -4977.16100437 277.518228891 1824.42678948
  Double  4.28282991638e+013
  Double  58196.6923034
  Handle Mars
  Handle NULL
  Handle NULL
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 0 Escape
Autoplan
0 0
Plan type
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Plan
0 0
Plan
0 1
Plan
0 0
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Manoeuvre mode
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Man. date
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Outward vel.
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Ch. plane vel.
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Intercept with
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Orbits to Icept
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Advanced
0 0
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Finvars
  Finish BaseFunction
  Int 2
  Orbit True
  Vector  -123955980627 -998181658.669 -192862420465
  Vector  17889.7892898 -570.814507189 -6955.55209916
  Double  1.32712482783e+020
  Double  58209.1837486
  Handle Sun
  Handle Mars
  Handle Earth
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Autoplan
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Plan
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Plan
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Manoeuvre mode
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Base Orbit
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Prograde vel.
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Man. date
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Outward vel.
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Ch. plane vel.
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Intercept with
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Orbits to Icept
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Graph projection
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Advanced
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Prograde vel.
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Eject date
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Outward vel.
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Finvars
  Finish BaseFunction
  Int 5
  Orbit True
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Prograde vel.
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Man. date
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Outward vel.
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Ch. plane vel.
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Intercept with
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Orbits to Icept
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Advanced
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Finvars
  Finish BaseFunction
END_MFD

BEGIN_MFD Right
  TYPE User
  MODE TransX
END_MFD

BEGIN_SHIPS
3:DeltaGlider
  STATUS Landed Earth
  POS -117.2601388 34.0891835
  HEADING 151.05
  RCSMODE 0
  AFCMODE 7
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000 1:1.000000
  NAVFREQ 0 524 84 114
  XPDR 6
  GEAR 1 1.0000
  PSNGR 2 3 4
  TRIM 1.000000
  AAP 0:0 0:0 0:0
END
END_SHIPS

BEGIN_VistaBoost
END

BEGIN_ExtMFD
END
2.
Code:
BEGIN_DESC
Abort landing on Mars, sling to Earth. Total Mission Time= 477 days, Pe vel= 16.5 km/sec.
END_DESC

BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT
  System Sol
  Date MJD 57845.0070428662
END_ENVIRONMENT

BEGIN_FOCUS
  Ship 3
END_FOCUS

BEGIN_CAMERA
  TARGET 3
  MODE Cockpit
  FOV 60.00
END_CAMERA

BEGIN_MFD Left
  TYPE User
  MODE TransX
  Ship  3
  FNumber 7
  Int 1
  Orbit True
  Vector  1352488.26215 1244853.15259 6100075.18777
  Vector  -372.009996072 -38.4862721827 90.3347734877
  Double  3.98600439969e+014
  Double  57845.0070393
  Handle Earth
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  Handle NULL
Select Target
 0 Escape
Autoplan
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Plan type
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Plan
0 1
Plan
0 0
Plan
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Select Minor
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Manoeuvre mode
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Base Orbit
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Prograde vel.
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Man. date
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Outward vel.
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Ch. plane vel.
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Intercept with
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Orbits to Icept
0 0
Graph projection
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Scale to view
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Advanced
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Pe Distance
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Ej Orientation
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Equatorial view
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Finvars
  Finish BaseFunction
  Int 2
  Orbit False
  Handle Sun
  Handle Earth
  Handle Venus
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Prograde vel.
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Man. date
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Outward vel.
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Ch. plane vel.
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Intercept with
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Orbits to Icept
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Graph projection
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Outward vel.
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Finvars
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  Double  3.2485863e+014
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  Handle Venus
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Outward vel.
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  Vector  -40482.7842789 838.242727082 4361.24322123
  Double  1.32712764814e+020
  Double  58007.3802804
  Handle Sun
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Plan
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Man. date
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Outward vel.
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Ch. plane vel.
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Intercept with
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Advanced
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Velocity.
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Outward angle
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Inc. angle
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Inherit Vel.
0 0
Eject date
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Finvars
  Finish BaseFunction
  Int 4
  Orbit True
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  Handle Mars
  Handle NULL
  Handle NULL
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Autoplan
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Plan
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Plan
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Plan
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Select Minor
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Manoeuvre mode
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Prograde vel.
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Man. date
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Outward vel.
 0  0
Ch. plane vel.
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Intercept with
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Orbits to Icept
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Graph projection
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Scale to view
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Advanced
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View Orbit
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Finvars
  Finish BaseFunction
  Int 3
  Orbit True
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  Vector  17239.9165978 51.50412131 -7694.80220126
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  Handle Sun
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  Handle Earth
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Autoplan
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Base Orbit
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Prograde vel.
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Man. date
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Outward vel.
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Ch. plane vel.
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Intercept with
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Orbits to Icept
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Advanced
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Velocity.
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Outward angle
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Finvars
  Finish BaseFunction
  Int 5
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  TYPE User
  MODE TransX
END_MFD

BEGIN_SHIPS
3:DeltaGlider
  STATUS Landed Earth
  POS -117.2601388 34.0891835
  HEADING 151.05
  RCSMODE 0
  AFCMODE 7
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000 1:1.000000
  NAVFREQ 0 524 84 114
  XPDR 6
  GEAR 1 1.0000
  PSNGR 2 3 4
  TRIM 1.000000
  AAP 0:0 0:0 0:0
END
END_SHIPS

BEGIN_VistaBoost
END

BEGIN_ExtMFD
END
3.
Code:
BEGIN_DESC
Abort landing on Mars, sling to Earth for total Mission Time = 676 days. Pe Vel = 13.7 km/sec.
END_DESC

BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT
  System Sol
  Date MJD 57845.0159351438
END_ENVIRONMENT

BEGIN_FOCUS
  Ship 3
END_FOCUS

BEGIN_CAMERA
  TARGET 3
  MODE Cockpit
  FOV 60.00
END_CAMERA

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  FNumber 7
  Int 1
  Orbit True
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  Vector  -376.925750114 -30.1289842895 71.0790041473
  Double  3.98600439969e+014
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  Handle Earth
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Intercept with
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Orbits to Icept
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Advanced
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Ej Orientation
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Equatorial view
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Finvars
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  Int 2
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  Handle Sun
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BEGIN_MFD Right
  TYPE User
  MODE TransX
END_MFD

BEGIN_SHIPS
3:DeltaGlider
  STATUS Landed Earth
  POS -117.2601388 34.0891835
  HEADING 151.05
  RCSMODE 0
  AFCMODE 7
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000 1:1.000000
  NAVFREQ 0 524 84 114
  XPDR 6
  GEAR 1 1.0000
  PSNGR 2 3 4
  TRIM 1.000000
  AAP 0:0 0:0 0:0
END
END_SHIPS

BEGIN_VistaBoost
END

BEGIN_ExtMFD
END
 

perseus

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Hello, good scenario, but I have something unexpected when I leave the influence of the earth's gravita field, the whole plan is deleted and need new setting, this often is normal?
 

flytandem

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The plan and all the stages should remain. But if you are missing Venus beyond some limited amount, it will appear as though you are not heading there. Is that what you mean? Post a save (scenario) for what you are describing.
(edit) and it's normal that future slings need to be tweaked and repositioned after (actually during) every mid course correction.
 
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