Test Booster Splashed down??? How?

[TomVoke]

Hi and thanks. One of my missions is to "Test Rockomax BACC Solid Fuel Booster splashed down at Kerbin."

How can I do that? The boosters will explode as soon as I splash down.

Thanks again.

Edited November 25, 2014 by TomVoke

[RexKramer]

1. Use parachutes to prevent the booster from exploding when splashing down.

2. Land the booster with little or no fuel to make it lighter, requiring less parachutes. There is currently no requirement to have any actual fuel to successfully test an engine. It just has to be staged or 'run test' activated when the conditions are met.

[ElWanderer]

If you have wheels, you can stick the part to be tested on a rover and drive it into the sea.

[Slam_Jones]

I'm fairly certain you can adjust how much fuel is in the booster, in which case you can remove all fuel (so it's as light as possible), stick some chutes on it, a small booster to get it to the water, and voila, done deal.

[Starman4308]

If you have wheels, you can stick the part to be tested on a rover and drive it into the sea.

Or you just attach wheels directly to the engine and back slowly into the water. I've done that a few times: been able to recover 100%.

Except for the one time that, when the SRB finished firing, I let off the brakes, and it slid back into the water just fast enough to destroy the booster.

[TomVoke]

Thanks everyone.