Approved for general sale by Stonewell/Bellcom and Licensed to Black Aeronaut Technologies, 2019: The PRM-101 'Personnel Rescue Munition', aka 'The Bod-Pod Rod'.
This unit fits into any standard GJ missile hardpoint and accepts all of the usual tracking options (it prefers a combination of IR, RADAR, and a Life-Signs Detector, however). It is designed to lock on to a human exposed to vacuum and deliver its payload to that target.
The payload in question is a specially handwaved gel wrapped around a small oxygen cylinder. The oxygen pressure causes the gel to inflate as it approaches its target, until it becomes a 3-meter-diameter sphere. Exposure to vacuum causes the outer layers of the gel to harden and set almost as quickly as it inflates, becoming airtight within a second or two and containing the rescue objective. The inner layer forms an aerogel-like matrix designed to trap carbon dioxide in order to prevent a poisonous buildup.
The missile's propulsion system hydrolizes water, utilizing the hydrogen produced for its propulsion, storing the oxygen to transfer into the pod for the rescuee's use once inflated. Most humans will be able to survive for 30 to 40 minutes on the oxygen thus provided but anything over 20 minutes will probably require medical assistance afterwards.
It also includes a GJ-standard rescue beacon.
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This unit fits into any standard GJ missile hardpoint and accepts all of the usual tracking options (it prefers a combination of IR, RADAR, and a Life-Signs Detector, however). It is designed to lock on to a human exposed to vacuum and deliver its payload to that target.
The payload in question is a specially handwaved gel wrapped around a small oxygen cylinder. The oxygen pressure causes the gel to inflate as it approaches its target, until it becomes a 3-meter-diameter sphere. Exposure to vacuum causes the outer layers of the gel to harden and set almost as quickly as it inflates, becoming airtight within a second or two and containing the rescue objective. The inner layer forms an aerogel-like matrix designed to trap carbon dioxide in order to prevent a poisonous buildup.
The missile's propulsion system hydrolizes water, utilizing the hydrogen produced for its propulsion, storing the oxygen to transfer into the pod for the rescuee's use once inflated. Most humans will be able to survive for 30 to 40 minutes on the oxygen thus provided but anything over 20 minutes will probably require medical assistance afterwards.
It also includes a GJ-standard rescue beacon.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.