Yeesh.... this puzzle turned into a bit of an unanticipated odyssey. Feel free to skip to 17:20 and see the final version instead of sitting through me getting things wrong all the time. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNR01IK0ZPQ
Well Everyone have already made videos of going elsewhere, so I set myself the challenge of building the simplest rocket possible.
Kerbal Space Program is a game developed by Squad - download it from http://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-59QvdoXxU
Sorry about the messed up audio levels fixed version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTeVXDIlpaA
I'm a fan of Julian Gollop's classic games, and Chaos in articular was the absolute pinnacle of multi player gaming for years. Chaos Reborn arrives on Steam Early access today, almost 30 years after the original game appeared on the ZX Spectrum.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcEoMTH42XI
Wherein I realise that I have too much fuel in my spaceship and should have gone to Gilly first instead.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz9r_Q6zimA
New series! Using a pile of mods I plan to build out a new space program, a worthy successor to the reusable space program with the ultimate goal of developing an interstellar starship. But don't worry there'll be plenty of non-sci-fi technology before we get there. Other rules are.....
* no Jeb/Bill/Bob - I only want mortal kerbals.
* no cutting out of dumb mistakes, sabotage or bad landing
* No leaving kerbals in a one man capsule for decades (still looking at life support mod options)
Episode one covers the first few missions, 2 major mistakes, one fatality and a small gain in science. Must do better.
Mods in use:
B9 Aerospace
KW Rocketry
Interstellar
Ferram Aerospace
Deadly Reentry
Kethane
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_oMwlTDuiA
There's a reason why we build aircraft with fixed wings, flappy wings are hard.
I made a bit more progress on the design afterwards, but it's still a long way from working.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T64Gfe_a_I0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzVbBANHgUk
New photographs and comments from Elon Musk show that the BFS is now called the Starship and is made of shiny stainless steel rather than high tech carbon composites. Why would a designer switch to a much heavier material for the skin of a rocket?
(To clarify only the upper stage is expected to change, the Super heavy booster is probably still carbon fiber)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoegqRJKGE8
After all those missteps terraforming worlds I finally convert a planet to something more useful, in time to realise that I don't really need the tech any more as my species becomes more adaptable.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR2v-cyoBdY
I've been out of town clearing out my mother in law's house, which means I haven't had time to make videos, but, in the attic I found this toy which used Shape Memory Polymer technology, and I thought that this kind of thing had only been invented in the 21st century.
Ok it's not much of a toy, but it is fascinating to figure out how this worked, and how there's a link to spaceflight in this story.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAiggoGBXD8