SpaceX revealed overpriced trash that wont ever work.

Never press the button marked “Blow up Nuclear Reactor”.

Regarding reentry of the ISS... wouldn't it make more sense to (crash) land her on the moon. It may sound pretty crazy and dumb, but having a lot of useful expensive material already in space and the plans for lunar colonialisation to use it as a starting platform for space exploration are already very plausible ( and with spacex it could even be possible), using the remains of the ISS on the moon to strip for parts would make a lot more sense than burning everything up in earth atmosphere. Since the base would need to be build up, having some parts at hand from the scrap yard could be useful...as you already have some car's on the moon that hopefully still work after getting the battery replaced. Use the opportunity to collect some data and maybe with a very small chance that she stays intact,you already have a base to start with.

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Holy cow, that poor crew. I hope they were OK.

Yah it still can't find a place to park

why am i always thinking about evangelion lol

The answer to the question is simple really. It’s because we are still using the same basis for the engines that was basically invented by the Chinese about a thousand years ago. Setting things on fire and using the expanding gas. Until we move away from that then crashing through the atmosphere with gravity in the driving seat is the only method. Unfortunately our academics and scientists protectionism has held back humanity for decades now.

12:31 I know Scott wanted to say radio isotope detonator for a second there 😂

You can literally script the rocket behavior. HOLY MOLY

The foolish science that is in the public..is to keep the public ignorant..to fool the public..the public is played off as fools..the powers that be surpress the real science..the scientists work for them or not at all..time that you all woke up to their game..lies and deceipts..their tools..

Thank You Scott .

If the engine is on the bottom of the craft (where your feet are) that would provide a gravity effect.

Gosh the dropping VSI and AoA at less than 1000ft is scary af. He had only a couple seconds of Play to get it right

Would have been a really cool Easter egg if they had found Solomon Epstein’s ship in one of the ring systems.

Imagine the samples come back via Tesla robots on a prototype Starship 😅

I guess only if you miss your own bed…

I won't fly on a Boeing plane. You couldn't pay me enough to ride on a Boeing rocket/spacecraft.

Please say, "If it ain't Scottish it's crap!".

Why not use an inflatable soft sphere with some semi rigid supports as an adapter section between docking connectors? This is essentially just the inflatable sections tested as storage closets but with connectors on both sides.

Manley pronounce Gemini challenge, difficulty: impossible

The Chinese are so proud of things that others achieved 60 years ago.

I am kind of disappointed that NASA never attempted at least a high elliptical orbit with the shuttle orbiter. Perhaps out to as far as geostationary satellites and then immediately back, reaching as far as those orbits briefly but not circularizing into those high orbits. This would just be a test of those never used extra capabilities and help to inform future spacecraft designs.

First time viewer here. SCOOOOOTTLAAAANDD FOREVVVVVVVAAAAAAAAA!

Worked General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, and ULA as a Quality Inspector. Total - 42 years. The Atlas missile outlived them all and is still going. The GOAT in aerospace!

Wow I'd heard a little bit about this but never got into the details this is fascinating!!!!! Love it Scott thanks for poking my brain in all the right spots again feels great lol.

Now that's a trap on steroids ! Hoo-yah !

Two days ago I did a suicide burn to land on Ike but overestimated the power of my landing stage a bit, so it exploded, but I quickly staged to my nuclear engine, but this stage had no landing legs nor it was very powerful, so I basically just spammed the research button (I really like that in ksp2) till my small engine touched the ground a bit and the research was complete, I got with 30 Delta V back home and could say that mission was an success, but I swear, this rocket wouldn’t stay 10 milliseconds longer on Ike without crashing, that was really close!

Those mask don’t supply oxygen, they’re just there to protect them from the elements such as moon dust. Molly mentioned this as she said they had to exhale all the air out of their lungs as they enter the vacuum

Well since self healing thermo reactive Metal is a thing i guess micro impacts aint a problem anymore?

why the fuck don't you just show us actual footage?

least problematic columbia launch

20:28 "they haven't truly understand" shouldn't that be "understood"?

where did you get the footage of the russian centrifuge living space footage? Looked interesting

You know something isn’t true when KZbin has to provide context for it

One of most interesting videos you have done in a really long time… and no mention of Elon

Don't be so naive about the Russian TV satellites Both the US and Russia have already weaponized space

where are all the docs detailing what materials are good? thanks

legendary tier video! I've been trying to find the effects of UV and atomic oxygen on the ISS - and interior wear patterns (foot holds, hand holds, moisture/oxygen inside) as well as heat-cycling stress. ISS is going to be over soon, so understanding how it has degraded in a fast 25 years is paramount for future work for space habs. I would love to see a video like this but a deeep dive into ISS, maintenance, surprises, quirks, features, patinas and creaking/groaning noises from thermal changes, microfractures and stuff like that... man this is gold!

Thanks Scott for this interesting analysis. Predicting long term stability of these orbits is quite a challenge. In the 70’s I was quite involved in such matters including predicting the lifetime of Skylab and orbital debris objects. Besides the off gassing or catastrophic events of Eagle I believe that the solar pressure may be a significant perturbation. One needs to know more about the orientation of the orbit with respect to the ecliptic but also the spacecraft attitude and the reflective properties. Have you are other referenced papers considered this perturbation?

Materials science and engineering is the most interesting scientific subject of all! Thanks for the explanation. Superficial is good enough for this guy.

Don't like the Gov in China but hope those guys are ok. that was a bad landing.

The smoke is not from the landing itself, but from the landing thruster acting against the ground. Some Western propagandist then doctored the video released by China state media (who do you think filmed this landing in the first place?) by fast forwarding the footage to make it look like a crash landing. The smoke from the landing thrusters made it more believable.

What language is this guy speaking?

Kinda random, Scott but I wanted to say thank your for everything you've taught me (and all of us really) about space over the years. I learned so much about rocketry and orbital mechanics while playing KSP that now when I watch SpaceX, RocketLab and other launches I know what's going on/the terminology. Thanks again for all the hard work!

can i ask you please put in chapters in the time line?

I find it funny how NASA has even admitted we've never gone higher than low earth orbit yet people still believe they sent ships into space. People should look into NASA and the Nazis they brought over to work in their rocket programs. One would think that would make you question them.

I hate you scott

Kerbal Space Program teaches everything with Real Solar System/Realism Overhaul mod. Especially that your common Mun rocket can't even reach a low Earth orbit.

Level my kids out of it scott