v2.8.0 for KSP 1.12.x

What's Changed

• Move most starting funds from actual funds into unlock credit by @NathanKell

• Use a step function for unlock credit so you get more from your first few engineers, leading to higher credit production early game without too much later by @NathanKell

• Add missing Post-War Materials Science increase in minimum LC efficiency by @NathanKell

• Boost Human Materials Science researcher efficiency bonus slightly by @NathanKell

• Fix a longstanding issue where nodes could be hidden from the tree if they only had Kerbalism upgrades, not parts or (stock) upgrades by @NathanKell

• Fix a variety of issues around unlock credit display and part/upgrade unlocks by @NathanKell

• Increase allowable eccentricity of Crewed Orbit (3-person) contract since Principia may prevent its completion with tighter parameters by @NathanKell

• Deprecate the film return capsule by @Capkirk123

• Add some missing capsules etc. to crew training by @Capkirk123

• Fix an issue where the Far Side Lunar Landing contract depended on an optional contract by @NathanKell

• Set max speed limits to Supersonic and Mach 2 cockpit crew science, increase min speed for Mach 2 science by @NathanKell

• Fix the remaining sounding and satellite payload rounding errors by @Test-Account-KSP in #2149

• Fix First Polar Orbit-Heavy contract group by @Blothorn in #2153

• Fix First Crewed Orbit and Lunar Orbiter newspapers to show, improve wording on Karman and First Crewed Orbit newspapers by @NovemberOrWhatever

• Don't say Breaking the Sound Barrier needs 350m/s, it needs Mach 1 whatever it is at the given altitude by @lpgagnon in #2163

• Update RP-1 description on ckan to make it more clear by @Clayell in #2159

• List programs for starting contracts by @NovemberOrWhatever in #2161

• Revise TargetedSats and CommNetwork balancing by @siimav in #2160

• Add some landing contracts by @NovemberOrWhatever in #2155

• Make development/research contract groups adjacent by @Blothorn in #2165

• Improve MLI upgrade descriptions by @NovemberOrWhatever

• Improve X-Planes program description by @NovemberOrWhatever

New Contributors

• @Blothorn made their first contribution in #2153
• @Clayell made their first contribution in #2159

Full Changelog: v2.7.1.0...v2.8.0.0