kerbochuck

I just posted a similar thread. I think it's the new heating effects in the stock game. My rockets suddenly can't even get into orbit without some heating. I solved it by putting a small radiator on sensitive parts. It is a bandaid but it works.

If you don't mind mods, KER and protractor tell you the angles. Essentially you need to burn at the right time so that you get to your target when it's in the right spot.

I guess I'll just have to adjust my ascent trajectory. Its just annoying to have parts get pink inside a fairing haha. Any idea as to why I suddenly got overheating? I've occasionally noticed reentry flames on ascent, but never before has it effected parts.

So I do not have Deadly reentry installed or anything, but I do have quite a few mods. Yesterday, one of my orbital ships suddenly went all red as though it was over heated. Then, in the VAB, my engines all appeared red. Ok weird. So today, I shut the game down and restarted it and now I cannot even get out of the atmosphere without overheating. I've never had this problem until today. Any ideas or reasons why this is happening. Ps, all my ships have thermal control but none have ever had this problem.

Cool thanks! I'll look at KIS. I played vanilla KSP for a while, but now I have over 20 mods. I still hand-fly everything but Mechjeb and KER make it so much more fun for me.

Thanks. I saw that just after I posted. Thanks!! For 2 and 3, I still would crash as I dont have a chute. But I think I already fulfilled the contract, so maybe the tourist can just hang out up there or crash-land on Kerbin. I'll see. Im studying engineering, aerodynamics, and physics right now in college, so KSP is right up my alley. Really love playing it.

So this is my first post, and of course, its a plea for help. I'm not a novice KSP player (have about 100 hours) but today, I made a few bad mistakes haha. I sent a tourist to the Mun and back , and now he is stranded in a highly elliptical orbit around Kerbin. Why? well I may have forgotten to put a parachute on the craft. I tried a rescue mission, but tourists cannot EVA. The ship he is on is just a probe and a lander can, so I cannot put Jeb inside to save the day. There are also no docking ports. Is it possible to save the tourist? Can a grabbing unit carry something through reentry?