Did I meet the Kraken?

[Clockwork13]

I was doing some science, and I managed to safely land on Kerbin's shores to recover my vessel and whatnot. When I got out to do an EVA, my screen when black right when I hit the ground, and then the game crashed.

Edited January 12, 2014 by Clockwork13

[oosime]

I was doing some science, and I managed to safely land on Kerbin's shores to recover my vessel and whatnot. When I got out to do an EVA, my screen when black right when I hit the ground, and then the game crashed.

I believe you met your watery demise to the tentacles of our cephalopod overlord.

[Vanamonde]

That's a different bug, though it's called by the similar name of "hell kraken." It happens sometimes when a Kerbal touches the surface of a world. The only way to fix it is to shut the game down completely, perhaps requiring the task manager, and restarting it from desktop. When you do, though, you may find your ship has been reduced to a scattering of parts flying away at ludicrously high speeds. The only way to undo the loss of the ship is if you have a quicksave to revert to.

[TechnicalK3rbal]

Have nothing else to add to this. ;(