I'm sure a lot has been said on the topic but being new to the game I'm not really looking forward to shuffling through all the suggestions so sorry if I'm bringing up old news. What if stations could have some kind of purpose in the game? I've only found reason to have a refueling station so far and others are just for aesthetics i suppose. What if you had to build something like the hubble telescope for instance in order to be able to explore and visit planets beyond kerbin? They could be locked or out of view before you do so. Or if asteroids were introduced in the game then the telescope could scan the skies checking for any possible impacts where, if they did occur you'd have to do something about. But if they hit kerbin you'd loose money or science. Or having satellites up in order for your communications devices to work better outside kerbins orbit? or for controlling probes for that matter Maybe building something like the ISS gives you bonus science for every science you collect? the hitchhikers storage container already exists time to put it in good use