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Update: I finally successfully rescued Jeb and Bill! It was a long lonely 5 days out there, but they're back home now. Victory shot:

Haha.... there was a ladder at launch! It was lost along the way somewhere. Fuel on top was just fine for landing. Just needed more of it. And below (or above? can't remember) the reaction wheel is a stack decoupler, with the idea that I was going to come back in to Kerbin with just the pod. But now that I look at it again, with the chute on top, I'm not really sure what I was thinking....

haha I made it before looking at anyone else's designs... "interesting" bad or "interesting" good? I think if I had landed more efficiently I would have had enough juice to get home. I futsed about hovering for a while, afraid to hit the ground too hard.

Glad I'm not the only one... Is anyone else having this problem? Is it solved by upgrading to v4? I haven't had a change to test it out yet

Thanks.. I was just posting the URL. If anyone has any experience with KAS, I'd appreciate some insight on my post in that forum (which is so far being ignored ) http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/25563-0-21-1-KAS-v0-4-1-Struts-pipes-part-storage-containers-merged-winches-more?p=676081&viewfull=1#post676081

Hello! I'm new, so I thought I'd stop here and post a picture of my first Mun landing. All of my learning in KSP since this mission has been an attempt to bring poor Jeb and Bill home, as the lander had enough dV to get back to Munar orbit, but not home. I'm now trying to get KAS to work so I can go drag them back home.

Looks like my screenshots didn't work the first time. See them here: Any ideas?

I can't figure this out. Using the radial connector port, I want to bring one up to another stranded craft, attach it to the stranded craft, and then attach the winch connector to it and haul it in. Seems like what KAS is made for, practically. I've tested my design on the ground using simple parts--ejecting a Stay Putnik from the top of a craft, going to EVA, attaching the radial connector port to the satellite bit and hauling it in. No problem. Except when I'm in orbit, none of this works. I can detach the radial connector port and Mac happily carries it around on his back, but I can't reattach it anywhere. What works perfectly on Kerbin, using the H key or selecting the button and then clicking a destination, doesn't work at all in orbit. It simply won't let me reattach. Here's some screenshots: What's going wrong here?

I'm really new so I'm pretty sure I'm doing something stupid, but I can' figure out how to get the GUI to show up for FAR... Should it just be there automatically? Or do you have to press something?