Spacewalk Gone Horribly Wrong

[Captain_Brian]

I wish I had screenshots of this.

I was doing an orbital test of a newly build spaceship, and as a normal part of my tests I go EVA to test out retrieval of science materials to make sure everything is easy to get to. Well, I EVA, and as soon as the kerbal lets go of the ladder, suddenly the camera switches to orbital view, completely disorientating me. I tried to adjust and move the kerbal back to the command pod, but as soon as I got close the camera would switch constantly from orbital to reentry views, completely disorientating me again. Apparently I must have been in such a low orbital altitude that the camera couldn't decide which view to use.

I compensate incorrectly, and very quickly my kerbal is drifting away from the spaceship.

I'm on the dark side of the planet.

There are no lights on the spaceship.

I'm probably only about 100 feet away from the spaceship, but all I see is the blackness of planet kerbin.

After awhile of trying my kerbal ran out of RCS and I'm sure hours later asphyxiated a horrible death.

Now, I always do liftoffs during the day, and only spacewalk with the lights on...

[Navy2k]

I hear you, the rescue mission following was one of the intensest moment in my Kerbal Career.

I build a rescue craft and positioned it in the path of my kerbal. And then in the right moment he grabed a ladder and was save!

Greetings

Ben

[quasarrgames]

this is why the kerbal's helmet lights are so helpful (if you can find the ship with them)