CLEARSCREEN. // Clear the screen

NOTIFY("Ascent software ready.").

// Lock throttle to 1, (throttle up)
LOCK THROTTLE TO 1.0.   // 1.0 is the max, 0.0 is idle.

// Countdown from 10!
NOTIFY("Counting down:").
FROM {local countdown is 10.} UNTIL countdown = 0 STEP {SET countdown to countdown - 1.} DO {
    NOTIFY(countdown, 1). // Notify the countdown number and keep the number for 1 second.
    WAIT 1. // pauses the script here for 1 second.
}

// First goal should be to get into space,
// I found this rule of thumb expression "
// (altitude*23.3/body:atm:height)^0.7*15. 
// on reddit. It looks good enough!

CLEARSCREEN. // Clear the screen.

SET MYSTEER TO HEADING(90,90). // Default to up
LOCK STEERING TO MYSTEER. // Set steering to the value of MYSTEER, when it updates so will our steering.

UNTIL false { // Run forever

    SET MYSTEER TO HEADING(90,(altitude*23.3/body:atm:height)^0.7*15).

    // One of these conditions must be met to call a break in this ascent!
    IF SHIP:APOAPSIS > 100000 // This is good! We made it to space!
    OR SHIP:VERTICALSPEED > 0 // This is bad, we've started to fall down.
    {
        BREAK.
    }

    WAIT 0.5. // Run this loop every half second.
}

NOTIFY("We broke out of the ascent loop! If thats a good thing you'ld know.").

LOCK THROTTLE TO 0. // Throttle back
SET SHIP:CONTROL:PILOTMAINTHROTTLE TO 0. // Protects the throttle from "jumping" when we hand control back to the pilot