The Econopod

Yes, our dedicated engineers have taken the concept of an expensive, failsafe orbital escape pod and economized it! Do you really need full orbital controls when all you want to do is land near your home spaceport? Heck no, the Econopod has just two controls; one stick opens and closes the bubble, the other stick launches you. No need to worry about the tough piloting job of a dead stick descent, the Econopod has an autopilot that will automically deorbit you to land you within 100 kilometres of your home spaceport. Do you really need a fully enclosed pod with air conditioning and air refreshers, or do you just need a tough, clear ABS bubble that has enough air to allow you to deorbit? We cut the unnecessary stuff, to save you money! Are you really going to reuse your heat shield? No, after it does the job of slowing you down from a hypersonic speed, you're done with it. By discarding the heat shield, the landing retro rocket can be that much smaller. You save!

But is the Econopod really safe? Yes, exhaustive tests with intrumented dummies reveal that 50% of the landings concluded with no major injuries. Of the remaining 50%, only 10% suffered fatal injuries, and only 10% suffered crippling injuries. Yes, with Econopod, you have an 80% chance of walking or crawling away from a landing! Return to the Minned conquest of space. Return to my Lego links page.