davidr

Thanks all for the info - now just have to find out how to change "Unanswered" in the thread heading to " Answered". DavidR

With the new career option and the Kerbal Astronaut Centre , is there any way with the current build to change round the Kerbal who will undertake the current mission. The Astronaut complex has tabs showing available , assigned and lost but these seem not to work and I cannot seem to swap Jebediah as the first mission astronaut with another Kerbal so that the new Kerbal gains experience ( although this not as yet modeled ). Is this swapping still WIP or is there a way to pick a certain Kerbal for a mission. DavidR

OK thanks for the info. I found out that I could rescue my Kerbal from the Tracking Station. I will now attempt to further my Space exploration. DavidR

Thanks all, I have successfully launched a rocket assembly , gained space science points and had the rocket splash down safely in the Ocean. One thing now - how do you recover the rocket and more importantly the astronaut. I ended the flight and when making arrangements for the 2nd flight I found that Jebediah was still shown as being in the first command pod - presumably bobbing on the waves - how do I recover him? DavidR

I cannot for the life of me understand how to launch the first basic rocket in V0.22 career mode. I have parachute , command module , 2 liquid fuel boosters and an engine. However these are all in 1 stage and on the launch pad I increase the throttle and then press space bar to activate the rocket. What happens then is that the engine fires up and lift off occurs but also the parachute deploys resulting in my vehicle somersaulting over the launch pad and exploding every time. What am I doing wrong please? DavidR

I was watching a Kikoskia " Let's Play Xcom UFO Defense" when I noticed a link to a video of a program that I had not heard of before - Kerbal Space Program . It only took a couple of minutes of watching the video of KSP to persuade me to buy the program which I consider to be excellent value for only $23.00 ( converted for me to £15.45 ). I anticipate many hours from now on trying to make the Kerbal race into Space travelling experts. I am also astonished at the plethora of addons available so far , especially considering that the core program is in a progressive stage of development.Many thanks for a fun and informative program. DavidR