I'm a brand new player, I've only been playing about a week. I started in career mode on normal. I wanted to play a science game however I wanted the contracts as a guide. That way I'd know about what I should be doing. So I just used a cheat to get lots of funds. Everything was wonderful, until I started getting really stupid contrats. Ones that gave out tons of science. For instance I've only gotten to the Mun, I've gone there a few times. I did 3 Mun contrats at once and when my crew got back I had over 12,000 science! So I unlocked everything. Then I was lost in all the parts I had never seen before. I haven't even been to Minmus yet! Right now I'm very frustrated with the game. It's no longer fun for me with everything unlocked. I no longer have a goal (unlock all science). I could go to the next planet but why. *sigh* Overall I really liked most of the contracts. I didn't do any Kerbin survey ones as I was only interested in space flight. They need to either totally remove science rewards from contrats, or perhaps nerf the rewards to 10% or less of what they give now. My two cents. Xaidin
