[**** NEW RELEASE ****]

Version 1.632 of Better Than Starting Manned is ready for download!

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This release contains the following changes:

-Added "Plant Flag" contracts for the other celestial bodies. I`ve only tested up to Minmus so far, so I can`t speak for the balance on the ones beyond that point though.

-Added large payload contracts.

-Added crew passage to the toroidal fuel tank.

-Changed Explore Body contracts so that they may be declined. This was done because only a limited number of them can be active so if you don`t want to attempt the ones that are on offer, you can decline them until you get one you want to attempt. Once you accept them though, you`re stuck with them until completion, so make sure you want to actually attempt one in the near future before accepting it.

-Changed (increased) the value on part testing contracts to make them a bit more worthwhile.

-Changed (decreased) the payout on contracts that involve the Sun, as it was disproportionately high before, particularly for payload missions given reaching orbit around the Sun is often less difficult than attaining a stable orbit around the Mun (since you can just slingshot off of it and don`t need to burn to stabilize). Unfortunately, this also affects the science value for recovering missions that have been to the Sun as the two values are directly related internally, but that should hardly be noticeable in practice.

-Changed payload missions so that the first one offered in a new weight class will always be to Kerbin orbit. This is to give players at least one chance to focus on building a launch system capable of lifting that kind of weight before being told they have to deliver it to Eeloo

-Changed (drastically reduced) the amount of life support on board the Mk1-2 command pod. This is to reduce the effectiveness of manned missions to Minmus using just the Mk1-2 and increase the attractiveness of the field science node for such a mission. I also increased the dry weight of the Mk1-2 so that it remains the same as before when fully loaded.

-Changed the Poodle to use the stock rebalance in .24 where it only weighs 2 tons, and reverted it to have the 220 thrust it has in stock rather than the 240 it had in BTSM. Upon further consideration, I like what Squad did with it.

-Changed (nerfed into smoking ruinous oblivion) the thrust of the Rockomax 48-7S.

-Changed (increased) the weight of the LV-420 to reduce its effectiveness and thus make the purchase of the LV-909 more attractive.

-Changed (reduced) the weight of the Rockomax brand decoupler so that it isn`t so painful to use instead of a TR-18A if you want your rockets to look good.

-Changed the formula for determining the value of payload missions so that larger payloads wind up paying proportionately *less* than the same total weight in smaller payloads given it`s easier to deliver one big payload to one location than mixing and matching smaller payload missions and because the value of some of the larger payloads was getting truly insane based on a linear payout by weight calculation. Previously I was actually giving a small bonus to larger payloads, and I realized with time that was the wrong way to go. In practice, this will just mean that medium payloads pay slightly less than before, since large payloads were only included in this release.

-Changed the "Deliver Payload" button on commercial payloads so that it works on uncontrollable vessels.

-Changed (increased) the cost of the Life Support Recycling Unit.

-Fixed problem where surface samples couldn`t be processed to increase the transmission value in a mobile lab.

Enjoy!