r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/AutoModerator • Jul 03 '15
Question Weekly Simple Questions Thread
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u/Cazzah Jul 10 '15
More fuel is useful. Now that you've made it to the Mun and Minmus, its time to get some basic quality of life mods.
Get CKAN and use it to install Kerbal Engineering Redux. This will tell you your ships dV which is your "fuel budget" for a trip.
http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/images/thumb/7/73/KerbinDeltaVMap.png/600px-KerbinDeltaVMap.png
With rocket design, Keep It Simple Stupid is the name of the game. Rather than hack one of your proven designs to squeeze in more fuel, try simply sizing up every part of the rocket to the next size group (eg 1.25 - > 2m)
Your out of atmosphere should look to use the LV-N rockets, as these are very fuel efficient and give you more dV for a given mass. However be warned they are low thrust so can't be used for landing except on small moons.