Okay put another few hours into Kerbal Space Program and still haven't been able to figure out all the complexity of it. Guess I'll try again next year.
@pl I've tried reading guides and such, but just trying to get high enough and enough thrust and stop spinning enough to get a stable orbit isn't great.
@JessTheUnstill try downloading a good rocket from the Internet and practice launching with it to get a feel. And you can also compare your designs with it. I remember not having wings at the tail of the rocket caused many problems for me in the beginning. Hang in there, lots of fun to be had!