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Its also helpful for planets with thinner atmosphere too.

I keep them on my big space station at all times.

Yes Please. Theres a lot of potential for science experiments in space, and cameras would be a great start.

I would not call a three engine SSTO a small SSTO, or even most two engine SSTOs.

The thing I've discovered with it, and what a lot of people seem to have figured out as well, is that the RAPIER makes very small SSTOs possible when they really weren't before. They seem to work best on Small to Medium craft, but the older methods seem to work best once you start going big.

Maybe the way you build your probes, you don't need it. Can't account for the way other people construct theirs. Personally, I would definitely have a use for this part.

Most updates do usually break mods in some fashion. Usually, Squad changes some underlying code in development, if a Mod relies on that code in any way, thats where functionality breaks. Part mods are generally more resistant to breaking in updates, but things like Mechjeb and the like tend to not work right away. You can always wait to update until your favorite mods get brought up to date if you're concerned it would badly effect your play style.

For the space center, once we have to worry about dropping bits of debris on our buildings, the launchpad should probably be a bit further away from the complex.

I always send a refueling station ahead to any planet I travel to. It's usually just a pair of orange tankers, a few batteries, some solar panels, and a probe core. I rarely have to use it, even. But its nice as a safety net.

I tend to attach probe cores to upper stages so I can deorbit them easily enough.

Land on your head! (It's not like they use that part much.) Occasionally they bounce!

You can always set in steam for it not to automatically update your game. And if memory serves, Harvester did some magic to actually allow you to downgrade to the previous version. That said, I like resets. Coming at the game again with a blank slate every now and again is fun. I can see why it would annoy a lot of people though.

Thats really the only mod I want to work in .21, everything else is a "would be nice." That said, Remotetech and Kerbal Alarm clock are the only other ones I like. I like the mods that add difficulty to the game generally, but the Alarm clock is just a nice anti-frustration feature.

Having problems selecting the map sat at all in the flight scene. Also no Mapsat buttons on the interface. Think I'll set this aside until the next version.

Crap, so even though it's orbiting out past minmus, it needs specific targeting because its still technically in Kerbin SOI. Time to launch a new module then.

I had a quick question. If I have a satellite out beyond Minmus orbit, it's technically still orbiting Kerbin, just super far out. Does it need to be aimed at specific satellites since its still in Kerbin SOI, or can it just be pointed at kerbin and work? I believe I noticed a couple times where it was relaying off my munar satellites instead of Kerbin Satellites.

I know, right? I was preparing mentally to give a lecture about self control and all that nonsense, but was pleasantly surprised. KSP's modding community does some truly amazing stuff.

Only Mods I use are Remotetech, KSPX, Navlights, Chatterer, and Kerbal Alarm. I like satellites, big nuclear engines, Blinky things, garbled radios, and have ADD.

No, easiest way is to left click on the door. A window will popup with all the Kerbals currently inside that capsule.

That will work, however the normal docking ports by themselves are incredibly flimsy, without strutting that, it will very likely come to pieces at launch. If you're not dead set on doing things stock, you might want to look up the quantum struts mod. It allows you to apply struts that disappear and reattach on undock/dock. Alternately, though it wouldn't work in your design, the new larger docking port is massively more sturdy than the two smaller ones.

It'd be neat if they switched to jumpsuits with your flag on them as well, like they do on the ISS.

In space, you can be fast or you can be efficient. Efficient is generally better in every way except patience. Two nuclear engines is one of the more efficient builds there is. If you want to go a bit faster, replace your two nukes with a poodle. I don't have the math in front of me, but one poodle is supposed to be more efficient than 3 nukes.

I've noticed less wobble on the bigger parts. The smaller probably still wobble just as much.

What are they going to do with all that junk, all that junk inside that trunk?

This has caused me to more frequently send up return craft to my space station and to add more hab modules. Most of the craft I send up are intended never to return to Kerbin except when they're decommissioned. In the previous version, all but one craft per mission would be sent up manned. Jeb needs some elbow room on my space station. And one of the new guys keeps farting.