>>12351159Agreed, just have a tic-tac shaped pod where the front hemisphere of one end is a cockpit with a small diameter docking hatch on the nose. UHD cameras feed like a 260 degree surround view to a screen inside, plus a toggleable rear view. One set of small joystick controls for 3D maneuvering plus a pair of haptic feedback gloves to use two of four available tool arms, calibrated in such a way that fully extending your arm will synch up with fully extending the tool, so your depth perception is actually useful.
The whole rear of the pod is a super high pressure COPV containing pressurized CO2 or Nitrogen or whatever's cheapest to use as reaction mass, and a cluster of RCS packs at various points.
Better endurance than a suit, greater flexibility for tasks, greater strength than a human limb, in a pinch you could probably even use one as an emergency booster for stationkeeping.
