Solar intercept from collision course
I've got a craft that was stranded in solar orbit. Unfortunately, this orbit also came close to Kerbin's orbit. After a few cycles whilst I was trying to intercept it, it is now on a collision course with Kerbin. As a bonus, the craft has no functioning parachutes, so I can't really hope that it will happen to get a good landing- it will certainly be destroyed.
Is it actually possible to intercept the craft and save the occupant (and his 48 experiments) before it's destroyed? I have never done the asteroid redirect mission. I have 271 in-game days before the craft reaches Kerbin's SOI.
Best Answer
It actually turned out that the craft was not on a collision course with Kerbin after all- the orbital map simply declined to mention the Kerbin periapsis as usual. I actually ended up with the craft in a more favourable orbit for interception, which is what I eventually did.
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