Yes i am slightly angry but the rescue mission being planned without any promises from the staff will make me happy.. now if they can build a decent landing system... anyways, sent my first major exhibition to the moon, brought goo pods, a research section, and a science pod! obviously science pods take 2 kerbals, but my command pods only seat 1 at this time. So i built, 2 command pods on the return vehicle (gonna leave the big ol science pod behind) and have both kerbals return with all the data in the command pods. Yes i am aware this is not effective of getting science points but whatever :-p anyways.. when you remove said kerbals from the command pods and stick them in the science pod... you no longer can get them back!! apparently and tested this on the launch pad.. if you have no one in the command pods, or a probe attached, you will no longer be able to even communicate with the space craft, there for it has eaten your kerbals until the rescue team arrives with extra room. thus ends my rant, the real question is.. was the game designed this way, or is this a bug?