Learning from your (explosive) mistakes

[madnessinmysoul]

While trying my best with career mode and often failing, I've had a weird idea: science from explosions.

What I mean is science bonuses from failed flights. We learn best from mistakes and I'm sure Kerbals pay close attention to explosions, so shouldn't a rocket which tumbles out of control and explodes give us something more than frustration? It would also stop people (like myself) from spamming 'revert' because we'd have to weigh whether or not the life of the Kerbal (and eventually the cost of the rocket) was worth the science gained from the explosion.

Another idea somewhat related was individual parts unlocking as a bonus for certain things. I don't know exactly how you'd implement it, but having individual parts unlock on their own when you either accomplished some sort of feat or had a very specific failure would be a great way to vary the career mode experience.

If anyone else has ideas along these lines I'd love to hear them and hope this helps.

[Armchair Rocket Scientist]

I see people crashing rockets on purpose for extra science.

[Skyler4856]

Danny would be happy

[LORDPrometheus]

In an explosion there are really three solutions 1. More struts 2. More struts 3. More struts

[madnessinmysoul]

I see people crashing rockets on purpose for extra science.

Obviously that would be a problem in the current state of the game, but once rocket cost factors in to a decision, people won't do it. Right now we're working with only science as a finite resource, but in the future we'll have money as well as individual Kerbals gaining usefulness over time.

[Einsty]

In an explosion there are really three solutions 1. More struts 2. More struts 3. More struts

I propose a similar approach:

When you lack delta V, add more boosters.

When all else fails, add more boosters.

When in doubt, add more boosters.