CrayzCrinkle

OK i just tried this again using sal's "turn on your way up" method and it really doesnt save any fuel at all. regardless, from tests before and after, I cant find any place to put a manouver node so it'll give me a straight line from kerbon to another planet. I get that I also have kerbins orbital speed to worry about, but I really dont see how its possible to have the massive amounts of fuel left that you'd need to go straight to another world. Are they ever going to add in things to make it easier to know how to do this? Using 3rd party mods is basically cheating in my book. I really hoped to come back to KSP and get at least a landing on another world, but it still seems that without 3rd party cheats its really not possible

Can someone advise how this is done? I checked out this tutorial for getting to eve: http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Tutorial:How_to_get_to_Eve It says you only need 3000 speed to get straight there, although its assuming you go into orbit around Kerbin first (which I dont do because it would waste so much fuel). But I got the angle right and got up to around 5000 meters per second but still it just removes my path after leaving Kerbins gravity well and puts me in orbit around the sun. How do I get to go straight there? If someone can explain why there is any need to orbit Kerbin then please do. In my experience, getting into orbit means shooting upwards then turning sidewards when you have a good speed and using a lot of fuel to make yourself go around the planet. I really just want to go from A-B straight there. I've been to Num and Minmus so many times its easy, and never orbitted Kerbin once for any mission. Also: i dont use mods or anything to make the game easier. So please bear this in mind