I always tough was only a joke

[FellipeC]

I never believed in this "Go out and push your rocket" thing... Until I need to do it myself:

[Galacticruler]

lol, I never thought it would actually work...how far did you get?

[Xetalim]

If you want to return to kerbin, do it at apoapsis, very easy.

[Felsmak]

Still faster than ion engines!

[FellipeC]

lol, I never thought it would actually work...how far did you get?

Engine run out of fuel few m/s of delta-v I need to reenter. So they push enough to lower the periapsis by 100km, enough to land. But need to do several EVA's

[3mon]

Still faster than ion engines!

MUCH faster actually

[Superfluous J]

The one time I tried this, I needed to kill several hundred km from my periapsis. I didn't have the nice flat surface to push on that you had. I gave up after a few pushes netted me about 50km. I then staged a rescue attempt

[astropapi1]

Lol, my first attempt was in 0.17 IIRC. I didn't know how to return from the Mun, so I ran out of fuel and had to deorbit the capsule on EVA RCS.

[FellipeC]

The one time I tried this, I needed to kill several hundred km from my periapsis. I didn't have the nice flat surface to push on that you had. I gave up after a few pushes netted me about 50km. I then staged a rescue attempt

I discarded a rescue mission because this craft was returning from Dres. If they don't enter on Kerbin, the ship will end on a sun orbit.

[Aragosnat]

Yeah. Only had to get out and push once, well several times. But, after that. I have tried to make sure they all had either docking ports or more fuel then they will ever use usually.

[HeadHunter67]

Still faster than ion engines!

Sad but true.

[CalculusWarrior]

Take this with a grain of salt, but Harv said something about having monopropellant-powered EVA jetpacks in the 0.23 update (you can see it in the 'Other' section on his most recent rev blag). Is it possible that getting out and pushing no longer is a viable option?

[sporkafife]

I had to do it once or twice upon running out of fuel while returning to Kerbin if I run out of fuel with much more than a few 10's of m/s delta-v I usually just send a small rescue capsule to return the guys.

[Cydonian Monk]

I've had to do that a time or two....

Hopefully this will indeed be nerfed in the future, as it's always felt a bit cheaty to me. (So I only do it when it's within a burn or two's capabilities.)

Edited October 7, 2014 by Cydonian Monk

[Javster]

Take this with a grain of salt, but Harv said something about having monopropellant-powered EVA jetpacks in the 0.23 update (you can see it in the 'Other' section on his most recent rev blag). Is it possible that getting out and pushing no longer is a viable option?

As long as you get monopropellant included in the capsule... 200-300% maybe?

[Whackjob]

I successfully pushed a ship into Munar orbit. And then left orbit. And then got it home.

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Real time elapsed? If memory serves, it took me six hours.

[lazarus1024]

Take this with a grain of salt, but Harv said something about having monopropellant-powered EVA jetpacks in the 0.23 update (you can see it in the 'Other' section on his most recent rev blag). Is it possible that getting out and pushing no longer is a viable option?

Yes, I noticed that too. That does appear to be the case.

Though I suspect what it amounts to is that if you reboard your capsule, your EVA pack is either

A) Not going to refill automatically and you must opt to do it, using a small amount of monopropellant to refill it

Will refill automatically, using a small amount of monopropellant

Hopefully it is really small, like 1 unit or something. However, it seems welcome to me. Both it removes the cheaty "you have unlimited propellant" aspect of pushing, boarding, EVA, push, board, etc and seems slightly realistic.

[FellipeC]

Take this with a grain of salt, but Harv said something about having monopropellant-powered EVA jetpacks in the 0.23 update (you can see it in the 'Other' section on his most recent rev blag). Is it possible that getting out and pushing no longer is a viable option?

I heard of this update too, and to be very honest, its much more fair!

[TriggerAu]

Take this with a grain of salt, but Harv said something about having monopropellant-powered EVA jetpacks in the 0.23 update (you can see it in the 'Other' section on his most recent rev blag). Is it possible that getting out and pushing no longer is a viable option?

You can still push if its in there, but it would be even more nail biting if its shared fuel... oh, just a little bit more

[magnemoe]

Had to do one after my first Mun landing in 0.22. Run out of fuel and had to lower Pe from 80 Km. You don't want to do it with other stuff than an pod or miniature lander.

For larger ships, using the rcs before burn is always an good idea. you get some dV and you reduce the mass so you want to use it before the main burn.

For interplanetary missions the lander is an good second stage if you run short of fuel, during carrier I tended to use one man landers with an twist.

Top is an drop pod for the second crew member, normally it would be dropped from mothership with one of the two man crew before circulate after aerobraking, however the lander can also carry it, as lander has over 1000 m/s with both science module an pod it make a nice second stage.

[maccollo]

Hopefully this will indeed be nerfed in the future, as it's always felt a bit cheaty to me. (So I only do it when it's within a burn or two's capabilities.)

Maybe jetpack RCS can only be refueled from RCS tanks? Refueling could work just like moving fuel between tanks,.

Click on the RCS tank, click on the command pod, transfer RCS to kerbal inside command pod.

[DisarmingBaton5]

Still faster than ion engines!

I laughed.

[ShooManFu]

Haven't had to do that yet. One of my Mun Missions ran out of fuel on the way back into Mun orbit and I have to use the RCS to raise my Periapsis and save the crew.

[soranno]

Happened to me today, on Mun return.. escaped the mun but was left with a 6000km periapsis

my two kerbalnauts took turns pushing it all the way down to 35km...

Took about 2 hours! Not exactly the most exciting livestream I`ve ever done at least I stuck with it and got my boys home