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Thanks to everyone for your answers!

Hello everyone! In RealismOverhaul mod some sub-mod allows to attach a number of engines to the bottom of fuel tank. I thought it was RealFuels, I was wrong. I want to switch on this ability in standard, almost 'vanilla' KSP. What mod should I use? Thank you in advance. Maestro.

Thanks to everyone for good answers! Really, heatshields differs. I've simulated "direct fall from the Moon" with the bronze shield (3600K) and this was much better. But then I've decided to go another way. After successful launch of probes to Mercury, Mars and Venus I've got enough science to go directly to discover of atomic engines, especially RE-N4 "Nova". After this my first manned Moon mission was very smooth and comfortable - with habitat, plenty of delta-V, blackjack and Bender So, I've just dropped dV to enter LEO and landed easily. Thanks again to everyone!

Hello everyone. Let me introduce myself. My name is Maestro,. I'm 43, wearing a beard and started KSP at 0.24. Well, I'm not a newbie. Inspired with Scott Manley's videos "Serious Business", I've started a new career 'RSS+RP-0' and everything went well. until I first time tried to return the Moon vehicle to Earth. I've escaped Moon SOI, planned my Earth Pe. to 60-55... and... KA-BOOM! Heatshield exploded due to overheating. Well-well, I do know the physics and I do realize that heatshield isn't a panacea. So I've made the couple of experiments and realized that safe Pe. is ~ 70 Km. But when I try to land with this "safe Pe." I'm expecting dozens of re-entries. As far as I know, LUNA-16 and Apollos landed without this "flying fish"-style, they did it into single entry. So it seems to me that something is wrong in configuration files. Maybe mod "RealHeat", or something like that. I'll really appreciate any help or/any advice. Sincerely, Maestro PS. Excuse me for mistakes if any - English isn't my native.