Hi everyone! today I loaded up KSP 0.90 career mode for the first time (it's been a while since I played KSP). One of the first things I noticed was the upradeable space center buildings. I had my fun with the first few missions, establishing an orbit, etc. Once that was done I went to do one of those simple "rescue XXXXX Kerman from orbit around Kerbin" missions because it was the only one with a decent payout. It's worth mentioning at this point that I forgot that you can't use maneuver nodes without upgrading the tracking center. About a (very stressful) half hour later I managed to pull off the rendezvous and rescue without manuever nodes, which I don't recommend. Anyways long story short how do I make any substantial amount of money without grinding the crap out of the boring and mundane "test this part at Kerbin" missions?? I want to get on with exploring the Solar system, not fly out to sea and test 37 different parts. I saw a similar thread about this question earlier, but that particular person was much further along the career than I was, so I was wondering if there's any way to make a quick cash flow early in the game.