Twitch Thursday: Orbital station escape pod

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<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="92" data-orig-width="480"><img data-orig-height="92" data-orig-width="480" alt="image" src="http://40.media.tumblr.com/041caa78de6e28c0c93aa7e30fac66cd/tumblr_inline_nv1trbm6NE1rr2wit_540.jpg"/></figure><p><object bgcolor="#000000" data="http://www.twitch.tv/swflibs/TwitchPlayer.swf" height="378" id="clip_embed_player_flash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="620"><param name="movie" value="http://www.twitch.tv/swflibs/TwitchPlayer.swf"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="channel=genudine37&auto_play=false&start_volume=25&videoId=v11722141&device_id=d788d51f9831e980"></object></p><p>This video show us how the pilot of the Gaia I returns to Kerbin, leaving Bob Kerman to do science stuff, I’m sure! Matching with great music, this video will astonish you! #KSP<br/></p>

[Caelib]

I definitely was not astonished #OverHyped

[linuxgurugamer]

Very underwhelmed

[SpacedCowboy]

Sorry, not astonished. I think I did all that last night,,, just without the music.

[John Nowak]

Sorry, but the camera was pointed at the sun so I couldn't see anything astonishing.

[Lord DC]

Sounds like an average day of kerbal... yawn.

[Rabbit_of_Dogs]

It was ok, but when it comes to Twitch I am currently more impressed with Jim_Meillente flying half way around 6.4x Kerbin in a U-2 replica...

[blnk2007]

I missed what I was supposed to be astonished about. Can someone explain? This seems like normal KSP stuff.

[purpleivan]

A couple days ago I was assembling a 270 ton station in Mun orbit and a few days before that sending a tiny ion drive manned mission out to Eeloo.... so remind me why this is "astonishing".

[LadyAthena]

Soo... he attached an "escape pod" to a super small science station in orbit, and then decoupled it and launched its engines.. you guys must be really scraping the bottom of the barrel, at least call it what it is "An Amateurs science station" then I'd say cool, nothing impressive, but would bring me back to my early KSP days. But astonishing? really?

I remember a video, idk who it was, but they launched a huge awesome looking ship to EVE, after orbiting, he had something that folded up sorta like a cargo bay, with multiple tiny little planes inside, and shot them all down towards the surface for science scans, etc. They even had enough juice to come back up into orbit and re dock. now THAT was astonishing.

[Bobnova]

I missed what I was supposed to be astonished about. Can someone explain? This seems like normal KSP stuff.

I'm astonished.

To be fair I'm astonished that this got an "astonishing" rating, but whatever.

I mean, I like it, it's cool, but there are cheaper and more compact ways to do it, that can be fired directly from the station rather than having to get distance first to not fry said station.

I do like the use of the mini-SRB, I'd just use that for a larger pod is all.

[Esme]

Huh? What's so astonishing about it? (puzzled)

[John Nowak]

I mean, I like it, it's cool, but there are cheaper and more compact ways to do it...

Pretty much all you need to de-orbit from LKO is to take a capsule and slap RCS on it. Separatrons are also fun, though.

[linuxgurugamer]

Pretty much all you need to de-orbit from LKO is to take a capsule and slap RCS on it. Separatrons are also fun, though.

in fact, you don't even need that. Just get out and push until your suit is almost empty, then get back in and repeat.