A rescue kerbal contract ended because the stranded capsule blew up

[juanml82]

Yes, that. Is there a time limit for those contracts now? The contract window claims the deadline is 4 years. I was approaching a stranded kerbal in an orbit half way to the Mun, I had matched speeds at about 1 km away and when I fired my engines to cut that distance, the capsule suddenly blew up.

Is that expected behaviour, a stock bug or maybe a bug caused by some mod?

[Reactordrone]

Could be a stock bug.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/117856-Random-Exploding-Space-Rendezvous

It may have been fixed in the latest patches.

[juanml82]

Maybe. Well, at least it isn't some weird game mechanic nor, apparently, some mod

[Claw]

This should be fixed in the most recent version. It was a bug in the heating.

[Perry Apsis]

Only tangentially relevant, but I was just getting annoyed with the capsules left in orbit after rescue missions when I saw that Kerbal Inventory System gives you the ability to attach an explosive charge to something and blow it up.

I am *so* excited by this.