How to bring back a Dead Kerbanaut back in the Command pod?

[red_prime]

Hi Guys,

My question will seem really stupid...but here it is anyway.

On my first Mun landing, luckily i landed about 10 kms from one of the anomalies...I think its the Neil Armstrong memorial. So I thought I'll walk/fly poor Bill Kerman to it and plant a flag there.

Now little did I know that even with less gravity on Mun an impact at a fast speed will kill Bill (pun intended )

My problem is that the command module is now just sitting and can't go back. I need to revive bill and get him back in the pod. I tried changing the 'state' to 3 in the 'persistent' file but he just showed up in the astronaut complex rather than in the pod.

How do I get him to be back in the pod on Mun?

Please guys any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Lazro]

Try looking for your craft in the persistence file and setting it there? I don't really know. I haven't really been messing with mine.

[KatzOhki]

The realistic way, if you really want to recover the ship would be to send another ship with bill again. If you want to hack it, launch the same ship again (just the part that is landed) an you can either compare the persistence file to copy the pilot over, or copy the entire ship onto the mun

[red_prime]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I already have a rescue mission on the way...