Stock-ish realistic tech tree? (Probes and rovers before manned capsules)

[Heliosmaster]

Hello all, I recently restarted playing KSP after going on a hiatus in 0.23.5 or something like that. Before I had tens of mods, and it was pretty fun but heavy.

I am a bit more into the role-play side of things, rather than career mode, and thus I like playing in Science mode.

I would like to know if there is a mod that more or less rearranges the stock tech tree (with their parts) in a more realistic manner. Basically, similarly to Better Than Starting Manned.

I think it's nice for new players, but not very realistic, that you are able to send live people on space way before sending just probes to do a local survey (SCANsat is pretty nice in this aspect), and rovers. Imagine if we sent Apollo mission before anything else!

Of course I could simply play in Sandbox and just pretend I don't have stuff unlocked. But I really like that you get the Science to unlock things, it gives a bit more pragmatic purpose than just pretending.

I'm not really sure if BTSM is still supported, and last time I checked it needed DeadlyReentry, and stuff like that. I'd like to run something almost stock.

[HoloYolo]

Better then Manned or something like that does this. Look it up. I don't think it's compatible with 1.0.4 though.

[legoclone09]

SETI does this great. Just get most of the recommended mods and have fun. Or wait for 64 bit, you WILL crash with lots of mods.

[Kegereneku]

Myself I use OpenTree. I helped calibrating it myself purely for Stock, and it is compatible with mods as well.

[Ripper2900]

Well. Neither the Soviet Union nor the US sent much stuff more capable than a stayputnik before launching their first kosmo-/astronauts...

Perhaps the first capsule should be in the second tier, instead of the first, but rovers and such is much more advanced imho.

[cantab]

Quite a few parts mods add a probe core to the starting node, including Modular Rocket Systems. The capsule is still there but you'll at least have the option of starting out with unmanned rockets.