Orbital Rescue

[stellarator]

I want a very simple thing: This

if you dont have idea of spanish, look the photos, there are in english and are very helpful

http://danielmarin.naukas.com/2012/10/14/proyecto-moose-o-como-hacer-que-el-salto-de-baumgartner-quede-en-una-nimiedad/

[RainDreamer]

Ah, personal portable heat shield + parachute for human.

The kerbal has something better though - their helmets. Try landing a kerbal on their helmet. Fun stuff.

[Wolf Baginski]

This idea has been around for a long time. I remember it being picked up for the role-playing game Traveller, and it had been the subject of NASA studies then. That's over 35 years. And it isn't far off from the drops in Starship Troopers, though that was rather different. But real tests were done a half-century ago.

With current Kerbal tech I could make something now. There's a Hangar set with includes a lander Hanger, to get you rovers onto moons and planets more easily. Comes with an add-on heat shield. But it could be any small object, unless you're using real reentry mods.

For the look I'd use a ROUND-8 Toroidal Fuel Tank with an EAS-1 External Command Seat and a parachute. It might need a strut to connect things. Would the Kerbal's jetpack have enough delta-V to start a reentry from a low orbit. It could start getting a little complicated. The smallest size reaction wheel set and 3 or 4 separatrons?

It wouldn't be so hard to make a small heat-shield that could carry an EAS-1 and a parachute.

[Van Disaster]

There's a USI mod with a tiny inflatable lifeboat around.

[RoverDude]

Yep, you probably want this:

[_Augustus_]

Yep, you probably want this:

http://i.imgur.com/Ok7NVwo.png

Or the Pteron or WEKA tiny shuttles.