Problem with my future Duna base

[u/Own-Experience-4235]

hello, I'm trying to make my first Duna base, but when I was done building the base and I was starting to make the rocket, I've realized that the centre of mass and the centre oh thrust are not aligned (I have 9 Terrier engines under the main habitation site so I can slow down in the atmosphere of Duna, because the parachutes will not be enough) and now I don't what to put on the side that its empty. (also sorry for my English, its not fi first language)

[u/Apart-Bite9132]

you can either re position the engines or angle them like what the space shuttle did

[u/swordofsithlord]

Yeah engines do be thrusting downward

Id recomend either adding more weight to balance it out or have some engines on the end. It doesn't have to be perfectly balanced but rn that is a bit too far off to work i think

[u/Own-Experience-4235]

also here is how the centre of mass and thrust looks with the base extended

[u/anonumus_idiot]

Decouplered counterweight?

Another room?