KerBlammo

I just ran into a similar problem as the OP after rocket had a major failure on the launch pad, and the game crashed as I tried to get some screen shots. In the persistent file the launchpad was marked as intact but the water tower was not, setting that back to true was enough to repair everything.

After my first (successful) Mun landing I ended up in a highly elliptical orbit around Kerbin with no fuel. Luckily the peripapsis was down around 59km so after a couple of dozen orbits the capsule did de-orbit. This was with the mk2 Mun Lander (the less said about the mk 1 the better) the mk3 had the same fuel load as the mk2 but was lighter mostly due to less mono propellant on board. It didn't occur to me use the rcs on the mk 2 lander to speed up the areo braking until it was too late. The mk3 can make it home with some fuel to spare.

Hi all, I've been playing KSP for about a month now (in Sandbox mode) and found this forum to be invaluable, so thanks to all who contribute to the community. Newbies like me are faced with a very steep learning curve so a lot of help is needed! So far I have landed on the Mun 7 times (the last 4 were successful, the crews survived the first three attempts but weren't going to be going home in the lander they arrived in so those flights were reverted). I have sent a probe to Eve and several to Duna. I am currently working on a Duna lander (the first attempt did reach the surface but "landed" doing something above 300 m/s due to having run out of fuel early in the descent). Eventually I want to land Kerbals on Duna, and, if they are lucky, return them to Kerbin.