It's the end of november and we're swatting UFOs all over our airspace, and that means lots of crash sites to clear out. To make things happen a bit quicker I've skipped over most of the ground fights so we can get to the important stuff faster. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGs890vQL58
During the 1950's when designers created their proposals for what would become the X-15 the Douglas D684 stood out as being lighter, faster & cheaper than the others.
It was also made of a slightly radioactive alloy.
Ultimately it lost the competition for this decision, but not for the reason you might think.
If you want to read more I suggest the book 'X-15 - Extending The Frontier Of Flight' by Dennis R. Jenkins - available for free on NASA's website.
https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/aero_x15_detail.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB4mPei_x-I
We know there's Kethane on the Mun, so we send a team up to investigate, along with the equipment they'll need, giving me a perfect opportunity to demonstrate the Mun Lander in dropship mode.
The rover is the DEMV from Bobcat industries
http://kerbalspaceport.com/0-18-1-demv-mark-1-archer/
http://kerbalspaceport.com/0-18-1-demv-mark-2-pretorian/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXz8x36OfB0
We have a lot of ongoing missions to catch up with, the sun skimer needs to put itself on a return course to kerbin, the Moho return vehicle is flying by and also heading back. We have a launch of a lander to go to Dres and a new crewed mission to Minmus.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SkCncYM6JI
Still just mucking about, exploring the universe, finding materials and hatching plans to build a spaceship out of (yellow) Snow, Cactii or Lava.
Download the game from:
http://star-made.org/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMZMJjp8-1U
Recovery of the Duna Explorer takes a lot of time and effort, thankfully, I have the power of fast forward. Soon we'll get to the bottom of the mysterious actions of Lanbur Kerman.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOtef0-tLrE
Newer Version of this video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmAMGJm-bwU
Original Description:
Following up to my previous tutorial for new pilots, this covers the construction of a rocket and lander that can go to another world. I get a lot of requests for a beginners guide to landing on the Mun, but for rookie pilots I strongly suggest heading to Minmus instead. Although it's smaller and requires more maneuvering in space to get there you can perform these maneuvers without risking the entire missions if you make a mistake. The target itself has lower gravity than the Mun so landing is more forgiving, and it also has nice flat areas to make the landing easy.
This tutorial covers:
Building a rocket capable of the mission.
Getting to Orbit
Transferring to the target body
Entering Orbit
Landing
Return
WARNING: Since this video has been made the 0.21 release has added the need to include a power source on the lander.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVPMTQfOvYQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndLLhaOPFHM