I totally wish I could show you the Legendary in action (Cause I just merged the layers in the end and it was fixed ) but sadly there was a whole bunch of noise and I couldn't take it anymore and went outside.
So I can pretend the Resolute was the only shuttle equipped with ablative shielding and all the other shuttles had other types to reduce costs or something. Sweet!
Hey. I want to have all the alternate cockpits but the thingy that makes them work for deadly reentry does not give them a heatshield. Any way to fix that?
Lack luster labs SXT or Novapunch? Edit: Or to fix the problem with the tedius "flying all the bits out" you could get Burn Together. It makes it so other ships with the same part on them "follow the leader." It's in alpha though.
I always stick the most courageous and least stupid Kerbals on all my complicated missions* *missions that are any level above sending Kerbs to stations or bases. Average Kerbals can go on those.