Terrifying. Did you read the book Seveneves by Neal Stephenson? Some of the ramshackle spacecraft that man invented for his story made me horrified because of how true it could be. I guess Neil did good research 🤷

oh fantastic it ends with me being a pop tart for sharks, great

assuming I even manage to de-orbit oceanward. 2 out of 3 ain't terrible, but that's still 1 out of 3 where I'm pulverized on impact

That'd have to be some wild insulating foam, and I hope you can line up your deorbit shot to hit a body of water...

Maybe escape pods are still a better idea?

Love the idea of having to climb in a bag and manually de-orbit while my spine is broken!

...who wrote this, Jebediah Kerman!?

Plato in shambles

I'm sure it would be reassuring for someone using something this "exciting" that it has a goofy contrived acronym like MOOSE as a name

The 60s were a wild time.

First: the nose of the man's spacecraft is pierced by debris. This kills the man.

This kills the man.

lol I still love this post. Man Out Of Space Easiest is a much more believable acronym than the actual answer.

thinking over this again, there's zero percent chance this is a better solution than coming up with some way to repair the dang space ferry. sure, it has a hole punched through it, but it's still a lot more structure than turning yourself into a styrofoam pop tart which has already been crumbled inside the bag 5 ways to tuesday

This treacherous orb