Well, I have ignored this mission series for a while because I was spending some time with Kerbalism and the Historic Missions contracts.  The cool thing there was that I included the historical craft as well so I didn't end up just doing mission after mission with the same equipment and some slight variation of results (suborbital, low orbit, high orbit, miss Mun, etc...) So, I am continuing the historical's in that version and here I am shifting focus.  I removed the historical contracts and added Kerbal Academy contracts (which looks interesting).  I also have K-Files as well, so I am trying different contracts.  I will then shift to using the USI system in this so that I am doing two fairly different plans. So, my next set of mission here will be my journey to Duna and Ike. Here is the old Duna plan (annotated): Duna Orbiter: will get science in high Kerbol space before arrival and then high space over Duna at which point it will set up in a satellite contract orbit for big $$ (at 14.8mm orbit). Duna Lander: will get science in low space (<140km), jettison that module and then parachute land on Duna for science from the surface (more $$). Ike Explorer: two ships; one detaches and lands on Ike for ground science while the other orbits for both high and low science.  I will shoot to have a very high Duna orbit (Ike orbits at 2.9mm) so it  is easy to get into Duna orbit. <Begin Duna Series> Those are the plans to follow. Launch 1:  Duna Lander. (date 1,213) 6350 dV (using the atmosphere of Duna to brake and land so the DV should be plenty). Trans Duna Injection looks good. Duna Periapsis of 3.6mm before tuning.  1313 dV left.  Plenty. Kerbin escape in 3 days.  Turn ship towards Kerbol for panels. Ranger 3 is right in front!  Setting up fine tuning.  Aiming for 200 km. Sets up for 193km in 66 days (1.9dV only).  Alarm set. <Duna Lander Launched> Launch 2: Duna Orbiter (date 1, 217) 6641 dV (going for a very large orbit 12+mm) Trans Duna Injection goes well. Duna Periapsis 5mm before tuning (outward).  1673dV. I probably will not tune this since it is outside Ike already (by twice).  I don't want to miss Duna! Do the Kerbol science as soon as I exit Kerbin SOI in 3 days. Got the science. Aligned to Kerbol.  Alarm set for SOI to Duna. <Duna Orbiter Launched> Launch 3: Ike Explorer (date 1,221) 7246dV Trans Duna Injection Good. Duna Periapsis at 2.3mm.  Great for Xfer to Duna. 1675 in 3rd stage.  908 for lander (additional). No fine tune needed. <Ike Explorer Launched>