I don't believe she was actually in orbit. Instead just using anti-gravity/thrusters to prevent her from falling into the planet meaning when power was lost she would've simply fallen. That said I could be wrong. I'm no physicist after all. Just like to note I'm ignoring everything that was happening inside the ship.
Hi everyone! I've been playing KSP since 0.19 and I've been loving it, and that's without even adding any mods, so I thought I would finally join the forums and get involved in this great community! Also dare I asked what happened that caused everyone to lose their forum accounts?