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I am experiencing the same problem, all parts of karbonite work except the mining part. If we could gather a list of mods that might interfere with Karbonite, I think that would be a good idea. I came to Karbonite because kethane wasn't updated (and the karbonite parts are lighter and a few other good reasons), but if I have to do a fresh install and try to do experiments on what mods might possibly conflict with karbonite, I would probably just wait for Kethane. Kethane for its limitations did not suffer from interference from other mods with a few well known exceptions. A list of known interferences would be a good idea. The mods I have installed that have plugins are these. I guess we can assume that only mods with plugins would interfere. I will try removing the solar sails first because it is the plugin I can most easily do without: Draktec Solar Sails by Tanya Sapien Firespitter propeller planes and helicopter parts by Snjo RasterPropMonitor by MiharaIchirou PartCatalog 3.0 by BlackNecro http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/35018-0-24-PartCatalog-3-0-RC5-(2014-07-18) Vanguard Tech EVA parachutes by Kreuzung http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/25305-0-23-Vanguard-Technologies-EVA-parachutes-23!-Sry-4-not-fixing-earlier-(Dec-30) Nukodyne Weightanium Distributors by USGKellion http://www.curse.com/ksp-mods/kerbal/222989-nukodyne-weightanium-distributors

It's a Kerbal halloween! Hudby Kerman is finishing up his tour of duty mining Helium 3 on the Mun, when he learns that everything is not as it seems. Apologies to the science fiction movies I flagrantly ripped off. Advisories for language, sexual situations and comedic kerbal death. http://youtu.be/TgXjXS8BjL0

Well I am glad to hear that, I just haven't heard anything about it since like 2010. I would be very happy to see it once it gets done.

Lots of people here might remember the very cool "Man Conquers Space" teaser trailers for a movie that apparently never happened. Well, in that same spirit, I offer "Kerbal Conquers Space". http://youtu.be/65SbkAYnTUg

A few varied and sundry photos of varied and sundry activities in KSP. To get some practice for 0.17, I launched an interplanetary probe to solar orbit and this is the rocket that sent it. Sent a suborbital spaceplane to the North Pole for the first time. Kethane Explorer flying around on Minmus

Your descent stage looks too weak for your lander. Rebuild it with a couple standard 400 unit fuel tanks and a small engine (not just RCS) and ideally have an upper Munar transfer stage that you can use for part of the descent to the surface. Also, if you are going to use the 3-kerbal crew pod, those things are heavy and your engines and fuel should grow accordingly. Here is a lander I just used recently, I actually have a large 2250 capacity fuel tank on this one and a 100 thrust engine. As you can see it landed fine on a steep incline:

The problem with landing legs is that they are great for absorbing vertical impact and bite at absorbing horizontal impact. Of course careful landing can mitigate that some, but I have had some of those smaller legs snap off even in gentle landings. Also it can be a challenge to have your base wide enough. I counteract that by putting the telescoping legs on the most sharply inclined type of wing. (This is my kethane rover.) The wings weigh very little, and this directs the strength of the legs outwards. As someone also said, it helps to keep your center of balance low. Also, I usually don't go for the weaker landing engines because I like to play chicken with the Munar surface. That allows you to waste less fuel killing velocity at higher altitudes. Larger engines weigh more, but it is weight well spent. Also as someone said, the radial engines that you tack onto the sides of your spacecraft are just about the least efficient you can use.

I liked MechJeb for its surface information, what your horizontal velocity over the surface is, what your real altitude above the surface is. I wouldn't mind if that became standard info in the game itself. Aside from that though, I never used it and don't have it installed now. For me there is a certain feeling of accomplishment in, for instance, doing your trans-Minmus injection and arriving in a nice orbit around it using only brains and eyeballs.

Sweet mother of Jesus.... Where ya headed, Alpha Centauri B?