In this Kerbal Space Program tutorial, why does the commentator put the Stayputnik module on top of the crew capsule?
I have been watching Scott Manley's KSP tutorials, specifically this one here. He intentionally strands a Kerbal in orbit, then shows how to build a "rescue rocket", but doesn't go very in depth on the latter. I have pasted the video at the point where he begins talking about the rescue rocket, but I don't understand why he attaches the Stayputnik probe to the top of the command capsule? What purpose does this serve for a rescue mission?
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What does the Stayputnik do KSP?
The Stayputnik offers the ultimate solution in crew safety. A lightweight sphere equipped with remote receivers and relay control input from the ground to the craft, it carries no crew at all, thus keeping them perfectly safe from all harm.WHAT DO probes do in KSP?
You can help KSP Wiki by expanding it. Probes are craft whose command modules have zero crew capacity, modules generally known as \u201cprobe cores\u201d. Probes can perform missions and can often more easily reach places that manned vessels either cannot reach or cannot return from (at same cost or tech level).8 STUPID MISTAKES everybody makes in Kerbal Space Program
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