Themac

With the .23 update, i think i might try this with a science lap as the core A nice science space station in orbit ready to proccess all those dangerous samples before clearing them for return to kerbal on future trips

Just be happy oxygen/food etc is not in the game (yet) by default I also enjoy my rescue missions the most... a couple of weeks ago, i was in the same situation, then sent a rescue mission witch ALSO crash landed (so 2 kerbals stuck ) a 3rd ship with hitchhiker module picked them up, but didn't have enough fuel to get back to kerbin, so stayed in munar orbit..... and my 4th ship had to rendevous with it and the 3 kerbals EVA to the new ship just to get home took me hours lol but so satisfying when they finaly splashdown

Lol, learning the game is a chalange, I only have it for a week now (bought it end of april) and am playing my ass of at times. At my 1st succesfull mun landing i woke up my GF to show her that's how proud i was! (it was like 3AM ). It seems that you have to do everything wrong at least 1 time, when trying to start a spacestation i noticed i had forgotten docking ports on the 1st part after trying to doc for half an hour I've yet to save my kerbal on the Mun who's out of fuel Spacedebris is becomming an actual issue with launches atm and so many kerbals have died valianly trying to go where no kerbal has gone before. Basicly, The best advice i can give is "babysteps" try to get a clean launch 1st, then try a launch and an orbit, then try a launch and a perfect orbit (like 1k) Then try a polar orbit (to you learn how to switch orbits etc). Then try reaching Mun\Minmus and returning (no landing yet), then try to land on mun/minmus and return (thats what i'm still working on:P) And then you can muck around with docking, creating applolo style Munar landings (with command module and lander), spacestations, Planetary missions etc. My main issue now is that i can land a 1 man lander on mun with no problem and return. but in order to save Bill who's stranded there i need a 3 man pod to reach it and get back... Tbh, i've started to respect NASA a whole lot more for not losing a man in space still