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If you watch the video on youtube with 1080p resolution (fullscreen), you see that he mades orbit (apoapsis and periapsis >70km if you see the stats from mechjeb), then at the end he burns to retrograde.

I present you the DeepDiver v2 (this was at version v0.23 or before that one). It is a remote controlled drone, which can be deployed from space and actually change his trajectory effectively to hit a specific target - preferably a planet/moon with atmosphere as it employs two Mk2-R parachutes (below the solar panels). It is a symmetrical vehicle, thus making it stable when using thrusters, and also has a low profile. It is then even more slick and easy to control. It has two seats which are good for a rescue. Deepdiving on Duna: Land on Laythe (dropped from a ship that actually landed in Laythe first - this was no deep-diving) Images available here: http://imgur.com/a/GLleZ His previous version (v1): http://imgur.com/a/9gYgC Another drones, a previous rescue mission that motivated the deepdiver design: http://imgur.com/a/HtZf7 And some madness too: http://imgur.com/a/0TMu8