Kerbals bounce?

[tg626]

While doing some experiments I discovered that a Kerbal can now fall from at least 10km high and survive! Do they have a higher impact tolerance now or is this a matter of their drag in the new atmo?

[Endersmens]

If you activate their jetpack, they will bounce. Even from orbit, if they don't burn, they will bounce. (unless you come in at a ridiculous speed and they go through the terrain before it registers the impact, then they will poof from the 1/40 second calculations.)

[tg626]

I'll have to check, but I think they were bouncing without me using the jetpack, and certainly it was stowed on impact...

EVA->plummet->BOING!!!->ragdoll for a few seconds.

[Bill Phil]

They used to be able to fall from the Mun and bounce... It's how I got Jeb home from a Mun landing a few versions back.

[OddFunction]

Is it me or does that seem kinda lame?

Now we need a RealDeathWhenFalling mod.