Project Collins

Project Collins was the name for the design of the Collins Orbiter, and the eight missions that used it. It was Ej's forth shuttle type spacecraft. It had a wide range of uses, from orbital construction, to carrying propes, Payload, and station modules to orbit. The spacecraft used lots of struts, which themselves were supported by struts, which made for a very high part count. It was named after Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins.

History & Missions
Project Collins was started by Ej after he officially retired his Baikal Orbiter, which had the population of Kerbin relishing in it's successes. One problem with Baikal however, was that the cargo bay doors had a tendency to break off, and it's use of canards.

Design
The designing and flight testing of the Collins orbiter was long and grueling fourteen-day process. The first step was building a launch system, The Collins Heavy Lifter, which was first launched on October 26, 2013. One point of interest being the hinges for the cargo bay doors. Because EJ plays KSP completely stock, he had to make his own hinges by scratch. These hinges would be used in operating the orbiter doors, a vital part of almost all of the Collins mission profiles. The hinges took a total of four days to both design and testing. Besides some trouble with the hinges and doors, The Collins is overall a huge technological achievement. It was redesigned for compatibility with the 0.25 update which added new spaceplane parts.