Problems Starting out Science Research in Career Mode

[Greylin]

I've been busting my brain on how to start out the R & D game on career mode. I've looked around for help on how to start researching things and everyone shows launching rockets or just dumping your command module out on the launch platform. The problem I had was that the command module was not in my list of available parts. Looked around for solutions to this and never found any. Finally, it dawned on me that I have MechJeb2 installed. Not sure how to uninstall it, I did a fresh install of KSP .22 and there was the missing command module!

Time to start playing, now!

[toomuchbrew]

You are not the first person posting about missing parts on the initial career mode start. I have mechjeb running (someone made a hot fix so it works in career mode). I have done everything at least once before I installed mechjeb. It is much better and more rewarding to be able to fight your way through and perform each challenge without the help of mechjeb. Once you do that, mechjeb makes playing time more efficient. I don't get a hell of a lot of time to play, so taking care of the mundane stuff while i do something else is a real blessing.

Are my ribbons showing up?

EDIT: never mind, there they are.

Edited October 22, 2013 by toomuchbrew
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