Better Than Starting Manned Help!!

[cutlercollin99]

Hey, I'm having some trouble with the first little bit of the BTSM career. I just cannot reach the upper atmosphere of Kerbin. The I don't have enough science to unlock the next Box. Here are some pictures of the design that I found most useful. Any advice with BTSM will be appreciated.

[ajburges]

Every building of KSC is its own biome. The runway and launchpad should give you a nice start on science between crew reports, EVA, goo, and materials lab.

[cutlercollin99]

Thanks, I'll try that. I know that i won't get any science from the launchpad, but I'll try the runway.

[Streetwind]

Another good tip for the future:

Such questions are best asked in the mod's own thread, since BTSM is a total conversion mod and very different from normal KSP. For starters, I'm not even sure you can actually get science from KSC biomes in it at all. When I last tried it (back in .23.5 I think) it was all set to zero. I would be surprised if that had changed.

And this illustrates the problem with asking this question here in Gameplay Questions: you're simply going to get the wrong answers

[Hasegawa]

I don't believe you can get science landed at Kerbin in BTSM.

That said, you should be able to get high altitude science with the tech you have. You could try using a Kestes 1 as a sustainer, with 2 Kestes 1.5's strapped on radially as boosters. Fire off the boosters from the pad, then light the sustainer after booster burnout, and hopefully you'll get up there.

You could also try cutting down on the fins too. The rocket I used to get high-altitude science (And a similar one for grinding out weather contracts) doesn't actually have any... The boosters add enough drag at the base to actually not need fins.

[The_Rocketeer]

On a sidenote, is the .... flag deliberate? Some people might frown on that sort of thing...

[Glaran K'erman]

On a sidenote, is the .... flag deliberate? Some people might frown on that sort of thing...

Try all...hopefully just a tasteless joke.