(attempted) "Ablative landing"

[Wizard Kerbal]

I'm looking at my deltaV for my huge Mun rover, and I notice something. Once i'm in Mun orbit, I won't have enough deltaV to land. Waiiiit a minute. What If I, use that big engine and fuel tank's explosion to slow me down? Hopefully it'll be enough. I'll report back when I land.

Dear god, this might work

Attempt 1: BOOM!  boom crash explosion

Attempt 2: Ok, so, I hit the surface, and then the rover survives! Just a 20 m/s bounce . . . into a crater, which made that speed 90 m/s and not much would survive that crash. I'll just send a refueling vessel with a claw.

Alright! After a fuel transfer, I have 700 m/s of Delta V. More than enough to land. But, the craft that refueled it used robotic parts, and I noticed it getting a bit wobbly. As soon as it was done, I detached, and quickly deorbitted the kraken's next meal.

Edited March 29, 2021 by Wizard Kerbal
Oh, for clarification I loaded a quicksave brfore I hit the bottom of the crater. So the crash would be more than 90 m/s.

[Vanamonde]

That's not a transit stage. It's a crumple zone.