Exploding ships

[Invader Jim]

A little while ago one of my satellites blew up. I don't know why. It was attached to an asteroid at the time but I was in the space center at the time. For the second, I was just tinkering with a maneuver node for another satellite when I heard an explosion and when I went to ship view there were pieces everywhere.

Why are my ships blowing up? They were in orbit around Kerbin.

Edited June 2, 2015 by Invader Jim

[Snark]

Well, this may or may not be relevant to your particular case... but in my experience, the Claw is notoriously kraken-prone. I've never had a ship explode, but I have had several cases where it destroyed the universe (had to re-load from a save). I've taken to just avoiding all claw usage completely, it's not worth the hassle for me.

[Invader Jim]

Well, this may or may not be relevant to your particular case... but in my experience, the Claw is notoriously kraken-prone. I've never had a ship explode, but I have had several cases where it destroyed the universe (had to re-load from a save). I've taken to just avoiding all claw usage completely, it's not worth the hassle for me.

Both exploding satellites had a claw.

[Ferdoni]

I had the same problem. the point is that when you attach a vessel to a asteroid, it still can wobble a bit. When you timewarp, the vessel 'collides' with the asteroid causing a explosion. Always be carful timewarping, especially physical, when you're attached to an asteroid.

[Invader Jim]

I had the same problem. the point is that when you attach a vessel to a asteroid, it still can wobble a bit. When you timewarp, the vessel 'collides' with the asteroid causing a explosion. Always be carful timewarping, especially physical, when you're attached to an asteroid.

The second ship that blew up was not attached to an asteroid. The claw had never been deployed.

[Ferdoni]

The second ship that blew up was not attached to an asteroid. The claw had never been deployed.

Yesterday I got the same problem again. I think this time it's a bug.