Hi, I was able to build a large shuttle that I used to deliver a satellite and get my Kermas from my first station... the problem is, I got the shuttle stuck in space :D:D My issue is with the re-entry... I am not sure if it is normal and expected to consume ALL the fuel on the shuttle between getting out of the atmosphere and establish an orbit course around, then do rendezvous with a target... I end up almost 0 on fuel. Being "very" low on fuel, so even if I got enough, the existing thrusters won't be able to push the shuttle to KSC if I end up far from it. The semi-complex design of the shuttle make it super heavy for maneuvers and to fly it for long time. I don't know yet how to make a re-entry and land on the KSC as well. When attempt to re-enter Kerbin, the shuttle ends up falling at high speed and uncontrollable... I have read some about shuttles and how can we control them in Kerbin atmosphere, but I could not do it... I have attached the shuttle I built, and I'm not sure if something is wrong with it or not... it is a bit tricky to handle it during launch and before getting rid of the large fuel tank... but it worked for me so far. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4vxG7-rvmD2Ti0yMmplWDhJSW8/view?usp=sharing Thanks for the tips and help!
Awesome tips guys, thanks a lot! I'm going to do some test runs with a remote controlled shuttle and see how can I make this work... Also thanks a lot for the re-entry method, which I'm sure will help a lot. I'll post here with screenshots after I do the test runs, and will put the updated shuttle if I ever needed to modify it.