Using CLS/CrewXfer, but "Parts aren't connected"

[LitaAlto]

I'm working on a lander design and it's pretty simple--the core is a Command Pod Mk1 connected to a Mk1 Lander Can with Clamp-O-Trons.

I've got the latest ConnectedLivingSpaces (1.0.6.0) and I'm using CrewXfer.

CrewXfer tells me the Command Pod and Lander Can aren't connected.

Does the Command Pod Mk1 not work with CLS? I was hoping I could transfer to the Lander Can for EVAs and not have to add ladders to get to the Command Pod.

Edited June 24, 2014 by LitaAlto

[LitaAlto]

I did an experiment, and Command Pod Mk1 cannot be used in crew transfers. The Mk1 Lander Can, whether joined through Clamp-O-Trons or not, works with transfers.

[sumghai]

My understanding is that the Mk1 Pod is an analogue to the real-life Mercury capsules, which were amongst the earliest manned spacecraft and did not have docking ports*.

*Docking with crew transfer was first proposed for the Gemini B / Manned Orbiting Laboratory project, and only actually implemented from Apollo onwards.

[Stratoroc]

Crew cannot pass through attachment nodes in the mk1 pod. Same thing with the 3.75m pod mod. The visual cue is the hatch texture (the circle with the + in the center), or lackthereof in parts that cannot be passed through.