NOOOOO Jeb died again.... Darn. Time to go Config editing.... Another thing: Quicksaves. Press f5 at any time (not while throttled up/in atmosphere, moving, however) to quicksave, and hit f9 to reload to that point. I think that since all your 'chutes deployed at once, the g-forces broke them off. Right-click in flight/in the VAB/SPH and set the top ones to X height, the middle to Y height, and the bottom to Z height. X,Y,Z being abstract heights of your choosing. Other than that, I've never had this happen before. So you might not get any help from me. Good luck out there, Kerbonaut!