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it's basically just a large triangle with boosters that are being taken down to Laythe, and ISRU

Yeah, I'm still running at close to normal speeds. My problem is none of the engines short enough to work with landing legs that also have the thrust I need work in stacks, so I'm making it wide which is upping the drag.

i keep strapping on boosters and my ram is starting to yell at me and I haven't even left the VAB yet.

But to find ore, you'll need to actually scan for it in the real thing?

I'm on a Career kick right now. I'll probably do it at some point. Is the Cheat menu accepted for testing craft?

I've been super busy. Yes?

How far along in the tech tree do you need to be to unlock Spaceplane Guidance? I really don't want to manually fly all the way around Kerbin.

Does MechJeb have a straight-up autopilot? Like, can I set it to hold an altitude, speed, and heading?

I think I just put that on Google about five years ago and it automatically connects to these things. Just never bothered to change it to a Skunk Works thing.

My main priority is getting some solar panels so I can get my Comsat network up and running.

I meant because Jeb is my highest ranked pilot, as I’ve alteady made some decent progress. He’s up to 2 stars, Val has 1, and everybody else has zero.

So it has become even MORE important to keep Jebediah alive.

No, he got the question right.

So in Science mode where I'm testing my stuff, I have the ability to lock on to the maneuver node (or prograde, retrograde, or any of the other six cardinal directions). What needs to be upgraded to what levels to allow this in Career?

Jebediah has safely splashed down on return from Minmus.

I will at some point. I'm more focused on Career now, but I just wasted too much fuel getting the angle for Minmus right. I've got a stage left, but if my second-to-last stage doesn't get me most of the way there, I'll just de-orbit and try again.

You're fine. I don't want to bring it to the ground, just set it up in a circular 80km orbit because I want an asteroid space station but also don't want to go through all the hassle of capturing it.

Fair point. But it seems like assembling in LKO isn't functionally different from refueling. Couldn't you just launch a bunch of fuel tanks, transfer, light the engines, and immediately jettison them?

So we don't get to set up any infrastructure whatsoever before the mission?

I figured I'd find a way to spawn an asteroid in an 80k orbit and take it from there, because I don't feel like going through all the hassle of figuring out how to capture an asteroid.

Does setting up the space fuel station count as part of the mission?

Can I use HyperEdit to move an asteroid? If so, how? I want a refueling station but I also really don’t want to drag an asteroid all the way back to Kerbin. I’m using 1.1.3 if that matters.

turns out I really REALLY don’t want to spend all that time and energy in Sandbox just to do a challenge. Career, maybe someday. Where in the game files do I go to stick a class E in an orbit of my choosing?

Idea: Use 1 ion engine for maximum efficiency.

well time to figure out how to turn an asteroid into an orbital refueling station.