A rocket finds itself without sufficient fuel to return to the planet Kerbin, all hope is lost until elite kosmonaut Jeb Kerman guides the crew through a last ditch attempt to return them home safely. (obviously, this technique won't work in every case, don't blame me when it doesn't work for you :) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEsNZ0s-_2Y
The colonists just love their human comforts, like food & water, unfortunately these luxuries are competing with my need to fuel a rocket so I can bring more supplies from earth.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWVECjidHfo
Go For Launch Mercury is a VR recreation of the Mercury missions intended for VR, it ran a crowdfunding campaign earlier in the year and the 0.3.1 release includes some functioning props and checklists.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/go-for-launch-mercury-vr-educational#/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEAYakClECU
On December 8th 2016 John Glenn died, the first American to orbit the Earth, and the last of the original Mercury 7. I attempted to re-create the Mercury-Atlas Launch vehicle in realistic KSP, flying it around the Earth 3 times while reflecting on John Glenn's life and achievements.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9OQOgMg80s
It's flying Car time! Elon Musk confirmed my long held suspicion that SpaceX was going to use a Tesla as a mass simulator in the first Falcon Heavy launch. MAJOR ERROR I Made was thinking it would be the new roadster and not the old 1st gen version. (I missed those comments)
Thanks for the awesome car model:
https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/166771-ford-gt-2017-stock/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ACGzbu8LbA
Comments by Elon Musk on Twitter tell us that SpaceX will be turning the Upper stage of Falcon 9 into something closer to the upper stage of the BFR to test key technologies:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1060253333116473344
Details are of course vague at this time, but after thinking about it I think I have a good idea of what to expect based on what's been revealed, what we know and when this is supposed to fly.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adSY9nek1Hg
The game has left early access and a new puzzle has been added to the early game, a puzzle which is well suited to being optimized with logic gates and the FPGA.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RND8wX9xMI
Another handful of questions in my backlog, not that I have answers to all of them, but I like reading them and trying to answer what I can. This month we have questions about biological contamination, hypersonic flight, Mars bases, asteroid impacts and more.
The specific question asking thread is here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/57890530
If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/scottmanley
Follow me on Twitter for more updates:
https://twitter.com/DJSnM
I have a discord server where I regularly turn up:
https://discord.gg/zStmKbM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xvSlgzb1AA
I have too many things to cover, so I thought I'd try rolling them into a single news style video, maybe it's a terrible idea, but who knows.
Links:
Cinefix / 8-Bit Cinema
http://youtube.com/user/cinefix
NASA Voyager
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/
NASA LADEE
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ladee/main/index.html#.UjX6SMashLc
Improbable Research - The Ig Nobel Prize
http://www.improbable.com/
XKCD - For the handful who don't know about it
http://xkcd.com
Star Citizen
http://robertsspaceindustries.com
Kerbal Space Program (have you heard of this game?)
http://kerbalspaceprogram.com
Elite: Dangerous
http://elite.frontier.co.uk/
Dan Kerin - The Birthday Boy :)
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrDkeri2
Note: This is a sponsored video
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaTPwpeHaMk
Jurassic World: Evolution is the latest game from Frontier Development, a game that lets you manage your own dinosaur park and maybe learn a bit of science as you go along. Or maybe just drive around shooting tranquilizers into Triceratops butt.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_BdvIsCScw