Incidents & Accidents Involving Launch Escape Systems
Telling 3 stories of how rocket launches ended up launching only the escape system instead while walking around Donner Lake. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs53WsBzUUA
Amateur astronomers regularly track and photograph spacecraft in deep space using telescopes. Tiny spacecraft can be seen millions of miles from Earth using carefully planned observations. However to view spacecraft on the surface of the moon, this isn't possible because it's easy to pick out a bright spot against the dark background of space but doing the same against the bright background of the moon isn't useful. To get images of spacecraft on the moon (or mars!) you need to get much closer so that the details can resolve.
Here's a list of special site on the moon which have been observed by LRO:
http://www.lroc.asu.edu/featured_sites/
* and by 'impossible' I mean that it's merely ridiculously difficult unless you build a massive device and someone correct for the atmospheric turbulence.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2FnbzR2ox8
Can you dream of a White Christmas on Mars? Sure if you're close to the polar ice caps there's a chance of snow. But other planets have different types of precipitation which isn't necessarily water, and isn't necessarily from clouds.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlAgRUJvP0c
Upgrading to the 1.1 'Clarke' update brought a number of improvements, and a few new bugs. Also I'd done some reading about things that weren't quite working for me and have a lot of cleaning up to do.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPDfuufD4To
I end up with lots of debris in orbit, so, I downloaded a mod and built a rocket which lets me shot them down with a laser.
Download this mod from:
http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/showthread.php/6014-PLUGIN-PART-0-14-SUNBEAM-Laser-2-1
Kerbal Space Program is an Indie Game developed by Squad, download it from http://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAIwC5bYnpA
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
After some early speed run experimenting someone asked me to build the Millennium Falcon in KSP. Emphasis was on building is fast rather than making it look good, or, able to fly.
Full length livestream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CepD26ZpX4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkbftbfHdKg
Seconds before the launch of a Saturn V we hear the launch commentator calling out 'Ignition Sequence Start'. The ignition sequence is a complicated series of steps which spin the engine up to speed and light the combustion chamber so that the rocket lifts off rather than explodes.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cldgl9IIyY
THIS GUIDE IS FOR AN OLD VERSION OF KSP.
"CAREER MODE" in this release is now "SCIENCE MODE" in the current release.
New, updated tutorial here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d74m3qThOoU
Another update to my basic tutorial for Kerbal Space Program - this is designed for new players who want to learn to play the game in career mode, unlocking parts as we go. This should teach you how to build rockets, acquire science and ultimately how to get to other planets safely.
This tutorial is from an older version but it still works properly for Science Mode, if you select Career Mode you'll also need to manage your money and upgrade your buildings.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puC-YV_h9Us
Re-creating a famous Sony commercial in KSP...
Something silly to celebrate 50,000 subs (since it would be bad taste to have giant explosions) - thanks everyone for your continued support.
Here's the original (much better) commercial for those of you who've never seen it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_bx8bnCoiU
Wish I could use the original music, but licensing would be hard
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AqPQnfGj3w