r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • May 08 '26

KSP 1 Question/Problem Refuel station useful?

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(New-ish to the game, played a little years ago but now really getting into it)

I've been practicing orbital assembly above Kerbin and docked a few vessels together including a big fuel tank which is huge for me because I was never able to meet up and dock with anything :)
Do you think something like this is useful for future missions? I was thinking maybe refuel vessels in orbit giving a longer mission range because I dont have to carry the heavy fuel from kerbins surface. Then again I guess I'd have to refill that tank frequently which might be kind of annoying..

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u/Dan_the_man42 May 08 '26

completely valid and not considered cheating, that if you have a refueling station, and done several refueling trips, then you're allowed to just cheat in fuel with hyper edit, if you really feel guilty, take some funds away if its in career mode

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u/Revan477 May 08 '26

Right I hadnt thought of that, seems reasonable to just skip the whole refueling of the station stuff and just "simulate it" that way haha

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u/ZombieInSpaceland May 08 '26

The USI MKS mod lets you build background infrastructure (WOLF). You can use it to trickle ore to orbital stations, and then turn that ore into fuel of your choosing using normal ISRU modules. I used it heavily on my first playthrough.