Do I have Khemrinauts?

[Pirx]

Good morning everyone!

As I explained in my previous post regarding science and the death of brave Kerbonauts, my poor Valentina disintegrated the day before yesterday while performing a really acute reentry, after a lot of crying from Jebediah (he really fancied her), a small tombstone built near the KSP and a memorial flight into the Mun what was my astonishment when I saw that she had resurrected!!!! She was once again selectable for missions O.o

The poor Jebediah was so puzzled to hear that she was alive again that he forgot to open the chutes of his own pod and crashed in Kerbin Highlands afterwards.... BUT HE ALSO RESURRECTED!!!

What is happening? Do I have Khemrinauts? Why are they coming back to life???

Here you have a picture of Valentina streching her legs in the Library of the Kerbin Space Centre:

For your information Jebediah and Valentina split up, you know, as they say, Until death do us part...Hey, who turned out the lights?

[capi3101]

The four original crewmembers - Jeb, Bill, Bob and Valentina - may or may not be immortal depending on your game difficulty settings (either "Hard" or a Custom setting). You have to explicitly tell the game to let them die; if you don't, those four will come back to life no matter what calamity befalls them.

Whitesuits are toast as a rule no matter what. Only time they resurrect as a rule is when the Kraken strikes, and they're not guaranteed to return...

[InterCity]

Zombies are coming...

Now really: capi3101 answered your question.

[CalculusWarrior]

There is a difficulty setting which sets whether crew are listed as KIA or just MIA after they meet an untimely end. The difference between the two is that the Killed In Action don't come back, while the Missing will return after a few in-game days.

[klesh]

Astronauts or Kerbonauts, that's the real question here.

[Glaran K'erman]

Zombinauts

And yep just reap capi's post.