Space Pod of Doom

The Space Pod of Doom is an obstacle, used as the third obstacle in the Wipeout Zone of Season 6, replacing both the Torrential Twisters and Spinergy from the previous season. It was interchanged with Dark Side of the Moon throughout the season.

It is a rotating orbiter space pod contestants must ride inside and drop through one of the escape hatches onto the exit platform and not into the water. They aren’t allowed to dismount via the open end after entering. There is a fixed camera placed inside the pod that makes it look like they’re getting smacked around by random forces in space.

Only nine contestants cleared this obstacle on their first attempt:

Thomas Martin (S6E8)
Dustin Schmidt (S6E8)
Shelley Keller (S6E10)
Jeremy Roemer (S6E10)
Joshua Olsen (S6E11)
Rory Lamb (S6E13)
David Tamayo (S6E15)
Joshua Lee (S6E15)
David Craig (S6E16)

Coincidentally, four of them later won their respective episodes.

It was replaced by Hell's Carousel in Season 7.