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I want to practice now for when it matters, as opposed to practicing when I could be doing something that does matter (like flying to another planet).

That makes sense, I guess (I can remember when you could warp 2x while under acceleration that my craft wobbled more than it should have). BTW- I think I submitted my post twice- sorry about that. Other questions- have you considered making a way to zoom out while the ship is being built, so that you can fit more on for faster computers? Have you considered adding nuclear propulsion when the tech tree gets going (I remember a post mentioning a tech tree...)? Will you add other theoretical propulsion systems? Will you add other stars in a few years, or is this just a sol game? How long do I have to wait for the game to be complete (are we talking minecraft since indev-short, or Diablo 3 type-long)? Thank you!

I'm new here, (first post), and wasn't sure where to post this... but I'm confused about why it's so hard to create a docking mod. It only needs 2 parts- a cone and an active piece that goes into the middle of the cone. All you'd then have to do is launch a sort of booster mission into orbit, have it dock in back of a lander/return vehicle, apply thrust, and then you're going (perhaps not turning, unless you add a part that can go around the cone and its housing area). When you run out of fuel, have the kerbenaut in back do an eva and walk to the front vehicle, get in the vacated seat, and disengage from the docked area, flying the next vehicle. This way, you don't even need to have moving parts. In addition, even if you don't want to do all the work to create a cone and active piece to dock with, you could just hollow out a structural fuselage, and add a smaller, pencil-shaped piece just a little smaller than the hollow area, and try to dock (this would be harder to dock with than a cone, however). This came to mind when thinking about the movie, apollo 13, where they use a cone-shaped docking system- a very simple system, in my opinion.