nunnner

Things I learner in my first time through the career, currently working through the 2nd. 1. Science! Get it through crew reports, EVA reports, and using your science instruments. Unlocking science instruments early makes going through the tech tree faster. 2. Storing science! You can take your experiments and store them in the capsule, giving you room to do more science on a single mission. 3. I used excel to calculate Thrust to Weight ratios and dVs for each stage I had. This was a good way to learn. Now I'm using Kerbal Engineer in my second pass through. 4. Learn how to gravity turn. 5. Don't do observation missions. Seemed like a waste of time mostly.

Ok thanks guys. I'm pretty far away from getting the panther. I'll probably just ignore them and focus on the others I have active.

Hi All! I've been playing KSP since its official launch (so not that long), exclusively in career mode with no mods. I have all 45 since point tech tree nodes researched and a couple 90 point ones (Space Exploration, Electrics and Heavy Rocketry). I'm trying to get a bit more science from Kerbin and do some observation missions. I have a basic plane that I've used for areas close to KSC, but that plane would take forever to reach the poles and distant observation areas. I have two observation missions active, one above ~18,000m and one below. My question is: what is the best vehicle to do these missions? Do I need a more powerful plane? Should I do it with a rocket? Or should I suck ti up and take the time to fly there with time warp at 4x? Thanks! nunnner