Sending a Rocket to The SUN in Kerbal Space Program 2

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KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM 2:
Kerbal Space Program 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed space-flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. Enter the next generation of space adventure with exciting new parts, stunning visuals, fully revamped UI and Map View, and rich new environments to explore.
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[@wrath-2187]

as a long time ksp player, it hurts my brain when you point the rocket towards the sun in order to go to it. You should try out the tutorials!

[@sussydog114]

I am a ksp beginner I started on console a 4 years ago and came back on pc this year to continue, and I'm still not good but I'm improving since of time but seeing this hurts my brain

[@stanleybowman-hood6194]

It causes me emotional damage

[@murderinmurphy6501]

I remember the first month just pointing at the moon and losing my mind. Literally one Scott Manley video and I was on the moon.

[@chrisbatty86]

Oh my gosh agreed like a lot. like for me. This is basic knowledge I skipped the tutorials.

[@Histerhull]

I got Kerbal space program 1 like a day ago so I thought I could get to the mun by just flying towards it😅

[@Ze_Techno]

I love how new KSP 2 youtubers don't know anything about the game lmao it's fun seeing them learning

[@Lumberjack_king]

I mean that’s part of the fun I mean kerbals themselves are more like players who don’t know what they are doing

[@Ze_Techno]

@@Lumberjack_king true

[@TheEnitionalV]

I'm learning too

[@SuperMichael996]

Seeing Intern finally burn retrograde to lower his orbit instead of antiradial is better than seeing one's kids graduate :')

[@ducoschollmeijer4841]

If you wanna lower your orbit, do it when you are at apoapsis (AP on the map), that is the most efficient

[@harrymanser1813]

I thought periapsis is better from the oberth effect. Prograde and retrograde (forwards and backwards) drop or raise your orbit and are better at periapsis. Normal and antinormal (up and down) are better at apoapsis.

[@lazarus2691]

@@harrymanser1813 Periapsis is better for lowering your SMA, I.E your average orbital height, but if you're just trying to intercept a body by lowering one side of you orbit then burning at apoapsis is definitely the way to go.

[@Stargaizer99]

@@harrymanser1813 Whenever you burn Pro/Retrograde, you're effecting the opposite side of the orbit. So if you want to get closer to the sun, retrograde at apoapsis will lower the periapsis and make it even lower. What Intern did is better for making circular orbits, not ones with an extremely high or low point.

[@Ze_Techno]

@@harrymanser1813 wtf are you saying that's not it at all

[@christinahoyt8969]

@@harrymanser1813 bro do you realy burn normal and antinormal to change your orbit????? 😮😮 you basically always just use prograde and retrograde to change irbit and only the other ones for very specific paths in planetary transfers

[@andtechie5210]

I can see long time kerbal players with bad pcs dying inside watching these

[@detectivehat2073]

*crys*

[@suso.7913]

literally me

[@shadowhenge7118]

The main issue with hitting the sun... is actually slowing down.

[@2whcompen]

This guy definitely needs a crash course in orbital mechanics 😅

[@bensundermann6553]

It's fun to see the big kerbal channels following the news until release, and then all the other channels I watch come out with videos after the release, even ones I don't expect.

[@acgaming007]

i have the game...

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

0:38 the countdown is actually a countdown said in spanish and the voices are played in reverse (at least, the few voices we had in in KSP 1, for example in the astronauts center, were "simulated" this way).

[@robertbuote6119]

Me as an avid kerbal player:😂

[@bboi1489]

This was extremely painful to watch, oh my god.

[@CarlGorn]

Seems the trick to hitting the sun will be to use the inner planets' gravity to slingshot you closer. That's how Asimov wrote about early space travel. Worth a shot. 🚀

[@Kabluey2011]

That is how they actually got the Parker solar probe near the sun

[@hstochla]

Even better: go to the outer solar system and reduce your velocity at a very distant aphelion.

[@lookichtafer]

​@@hstochlabetter for KSP but not for real life :D

[@lachlancreations4969]

Another way to is that, once you’re in a solar orbit to actually increase your ap and then decrease your pe up until it hits the sun and that actually uses less energy and slowing yourself entirely

[@lunathecutest6652]

You expect him to be able to do gravity assists haha

[@quazar5017]

Probably more fuel efficient to fly all the way out past Eeloo and make a retrograde burn at AP

[@1mariomaniac]

Huh, never tried that actually, makes sense tho.

[@Tdvtdvtdv]

Just do Jool assist

[@traedonharris2853]

I think the best way would be to use Eve to sling you out to Jool then use Jool to sling you out further then do a burn at the highest point in your orbit to de-dbit the vehicle.

[@Tdvtdvtdv]

@@traedonharris2853 First, Eve actually can't sling you to Jool, you need Eve-Kerbin-Kerbin, second, I'm pretty sure Jool can lower your pe enough and even if you do manage to raise ap really high so lowering pe from Jool orbit level to 0 doesn't take much delta you'd have to wait a long time to reach ap and then pe without time warp mods.

[@Kingslayer11]

Or do a gravity assist

[@Defhrone]

you want to burn retrograde at the highest point in your orbit to lower the lowest point in the orbit. Also starting off by reaching lower Kerbin orbit first and then aim for the retrograde direction of Kerbin vs the sun you'll use your initial fuel a bit more efficiently

[@magicpyroninja]

Getting to space is usually only half the battle you're putting all your effort Into it it's no wonder you're getting up there quickly you have no intention of coming back

[@rocketcityastro]

Tell me you're not a KSP player without telling me

[@eyeballus]

Long Darts In Space sounds like a cheesy Sci-Fi B movie.

[@ghostbirdlary]

you cant cut thrust in a solid rocket booster. you should look at some tutorials for the first game because they are mostly applicable to the second one too

[@herbieowen3348]

Due to the way angular momentum works, it actually takes more energy to bring an object to the centre of our solar system than it is to have an object leave our solar system.

[@ferdinandlobrin160]

when the hulk plays dart be like:

[@TaxEvader999]

You know he got very far for someone who doesn't know the difference between a booster and a liquid fuel rocket

[@YuriderHaribon]

I’m like dying. How can you even ignore the basics of rocket science. But I it was entertaining so mission succeeded I guess 😅

[@angellestat2730]

because he is learning.. what is the issue with that? that is the point of KSP. Those who doesn´t know about orbital mechanics, they can learn playing.

[@YuriderHaribon]

@@angellestat2730 Bro don’t take my comment seriously. The majority of ksp2 players are also Ksp1 players and we where waiting to this day and than to see a KZbinr flying and not knowing how to go into orbit was extremely funny for me. „Dying of laughing“ I mean he could have easily took the tutorial to know how to do that but he didn’t he was like „I don’t know how rocket science work but you can watch me“ and that was the funny part that’s why he succeeded with the entertainment part. It wasn’t a critic. 😙

[@angellestat2730]

@@YuriderHaribon he clearly is not a ksp 1 player.. The same as many others who are starting with ksp2. Sadly, all these new players, will have to deal with terrible bugs and krakens before they can learn anything.

[@bboi1489]

​@@angellestat2730 The tutorials exist, he could just use those.

[@andreslosada559]

😂 it’s actually really fun seeing new players try and figure out the game after so long. You’ll get there champ

[@bboi1489]

Wow, you need the tutorials. I recommend Mike Aben or Scott Manley. Complete game changers. (The in game tutorials are nice too)

[@AdvoArchist]

Definitely do burn maneuvers to sling shot in and out of the other planets orbits to save fuel, build speed and get closer faster.

[@burakalp34]

Burning retrograde at the highest point of your orbit(the apoapsis) is the most efficient way of lowering your lowest point(the periapsis)

[@GK34779]

quick tip: when you want to go to a lower orbit around Kerbol (the sun), burn upwards on the opposite side from where you can see it when leaving from a planet or celestial body (except for asteroids). when you want to go to a higher orbit around Kerbol, burn upwards on the same side from where you can see it when leaving from a planet or celestial body (except for asteroids).

[@GK34779]

you are a maths genius.

[@Coolmanwilson01]

Note for anyone: To avoid wobble like in 3:07 And 6:45 make sure in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) make sure to use struts so your rocket does not wobble and break.

[@fyseo]

I like how you just sound like a high pitched version on blitz

[@DefnotMeow]

I hate when ppl comment mean comments like “oh this guy need tuts oh u do it wrong” btw u gained a new sub

[@acgaming007]

interndotgif, uses solid fuel boosters, also interndotgif, i can't stop the burn

[@williamwyatt4972]

Valentina would then drift alone in space for 100 years with no contact to kerbin

[@NaviYT]

Your thumbnails are the best thing I've ever seen in any genre. Hats off man. Do you draw those yourself?

[@NaviYT]

Thank you for deleting all the spam replies. You really are a top tuber.

[@MrWeedWacky]

"Tell me you don't understand orbital mechanics without telling me you don't understand orbital mechanics" - flies towards the sun from an orbiting celestial body to hit the sun. Congrats, you proved you don't understand orbital mechanics!

[@mahuba2553]

i like how this is the first thing everyone wanted to do in ksp 2, just go to sun and kaboom

[@juusifr]

its because heating isnt a thing yet

[@1mariomaniac]

​@@juusifroh, is it not? They have heat shields and the settings have the option to show heat gauges on objects with high temp.

[@juusifr]

@@1mariomaniac yep you can't over heat

[@1mariomaniac]

@@juusifr huh, odd.

[@DanielCopelandMD]

So... this video has lived in my head rent-free for the last few weeks. As a big fan of KSP, and orbital mechanics in general, I know that this mission was doomed from the start. Flying straight towards the sun is NOT the most efficient way to get to the sun, by far. HOWEVER, if you take a circular orbit around the sun, aim towards the sun and just keep flying towards it, eventually (with enough delta-v) you should be able to make an extremely elliptical orbit with a periapsis low enough that it hit the sun's surface. So I spent a few hours debating with ChatGPT about how to do the math on this and eventually decided to just go ahead and simulate it KSP2 with infinite fuel. Long story short, you would require over 600k m/s of delta-v (starting just outside the sphere of influence of kerbin but still orbiting the sun in a roughly circular orbit) fired directly towards the center of the sun to manage to clip the "surface" of the sun as you pass by it. Of note, assuming you could fly through the sun, you would never manage to fly through the exact center of the sun using this technique of flying towards it because of your non-zero angular velocity.

[@3DPDK]

Now try the same flight but launch at sunset, and keep the rocket pointing directly away from the planet and the sun perpendicular to the side of the rocket. Don't worry about pointing at the sun. You are trying to fall into the sun, not fly to it. Even when the rocket is sitting on the launch pad it is still orbiting the sun. Your entire energy should be directed as a de-orbital burn. Think about it. Consider this: If you are on the ISS orbiting in a 90 minute orbit, and you go EVA and throw a baseball directly towards the center of the Earth, the baseball will appear to go towards the Earth but 90 minutes later it will return to hit you in the head. You didn't change it's orbital period, you simply changed it's orbital symmetry. The highest point of it's new orbit is the exact spot where you threw it.

[@Zack_Roblox.]

fun fact: the solid rocket boosters are actually permanent so you can't turn them off until they run out of fuel just like Irl

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

You have to burn in the retrograde direction compared to Kerbin's (Earth) orbit. This way you'll get quicky to the sun ;)

[@delmarclapp3350]

Quick tip if you burn to slow down. Try to get to the Apoapsis as it is the slowest point of orbit. The inverse at the periapsis for speding up.

[@pravculear]

Hi @InternDotGif and everyone else!

[@Darknesiya]

Good timezone to you. :3

[@WillowK.]

burning retrograde at apoapsis (highest point) is more efficient because you're already moving slower than any other point

[@Striker9]

Make a maneuver node, you can see how your burns effect the orbit. One you leave kerbins s.o.i. your effectively in the son's s.o.i. your flying forward so fast you don't fall. The faster you go around the higher you get

[@dilshodmajidov3201]

You're an Architect, man

[@oasntet]

"And then we end up... back here?" Dude learning that orbits are round. But yeah, if you wanna hit the sun, don't burn towards the sun. Burn in the opposite direction that you are going in, relative to the sun. From the launchpad, that means waiting until sunset and then burning straight up. You'll be reducing your speed relative to the sun (because you have all of that velocity from starting on Kerbin), and if you get that low enough, you'll swoop in and hit it at tremendous velocity. Orbits are weird.

[@ImmortalAbsol]

Can't stop solid rocket

[@E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-]

Im sure if i were to ask my 3 year old niece how to get a rocket to the sun she would also say. Just point it at the sun

[@hush6149]

Gravity? Never heard of it

[@chuck_norris]

7:42 did he just tried to "stop" an solid fule booster?

[@bboi1489]

Yes. Yes he did.

[@zeekjones1]

Keep in mind; you are in orbit around the sun. Point retro to the sun, not towards it, if you want to deorbit/land.

[@oneflamey3234]

it's probably more efficient to fly *away* from the sun and then at the edge of the solar system you turn around, letting the sun's gravity pull you in. Using planets to gravity slingshot yourself along the way will leave you with a lot of fuel to correct your trajectory towards the sun.

[@die14die]

If you want to go to the sun efficient. You should not go directly to the sun, it take a lots of EV to do it. You should raise up your orbit much higher first, then slow down at the apogee. It may take a lot longer time, but save a lot fuel.

[@parallelgaming8424]

Daily fact: it’s easier to escape the solar system then crash into the sun!

[@rodneypatzer7912]

Boosters after activated can not be stopped in till their is no more fuel.

[@loganrinehart4120]

The countdown is the Spanish counting down backwards

[@daveh42]

this was painful to watch but hilarious 🤣 all that effort to get out of Kerbins influence when you'd use less fuel actually using Kerbins orbit

[@oasntet]

Oberth effect deeply counter-intuitive...

[@TremayneOsama1]

If playing KSP2 without ever seeing KSP being played was a person

[@johnathanegbert9277]

That isnt Earth, that's _Kerbin!_

[@johnathanegbert9277]

That isn't Venus, That's _Eve!_

[@piratebobb900]

It is important to remember that because kerbin is orbiting around the sun at high speeds if you point towards the sun you will never hit it because of how the vectors average out. What you actually want to do is aim in the opposite direction that kerbin is orbiting, i.e. if kerbin is moving clockwise you want to aim counter-clockwise. This will slow you down relative to the speed of kerbin and ideally, if you have enough delta-V, send you towards the sun. Also the nuclear engines kind of suck in this game so try to avoid using them unless they are essential.

[@Gaiymer]

of cource i wanna see more

[@hardlyfunny3761]

Intern if you didn’t know the voice from the announcer in KSP2 is just Spanish backwards like Onu is Uno

[@CrazyLikeStein]

Elite Dangerous has some cool space stuff

[@tarrantwolf]

Ok, first thing we're going to do is try to get to the place that requires the most delta V in the entire system. It'll be easy. And Interns avatar wears a space suit. Shame. lol

[@orimation2956]

small tip if you buy burn at ap it’s more effective

[@Grimlock0508]

It mentally and physically hurts me seeing him burning retrograde at periapsis to reduce his orbit

[@StressKind]

And that, children, is why we can't just easily shoot all our nuclear waste into the sun :)

[@redcollector4060]

Is it kind of funny that I watched a ad for this before get into the video for this game?

[@Meliodas_243]

my brain hurts a lot watching this video..

[@Natalia-jb7vv]

This hurt my soul... Good thing I'm a masochist!

[@kristianniss5201]

must admit i cursed at you a lot of times watching this

[@yeaglaceshorts546]

I just got an ad for this game lol

[@purplesnowman98]

cool game might check it out myself

[@capapofa]

You'd wanna oof yourself because price and pc spec requirements

[@lookichtafer]

Fall onto Kerbal harder than fly out from Kerbal system

[@Diamond_Warrior]

The "kerbal speak" for the countdown is just the Spanish words for 10 - diez, 9 - nueve, 8 - ocho, 7 - siete, 6 - seis, 5 - cinco, 4 - quatro, 3 - tres, 2 - dos, 1 - uno, but instead of being said normally, the words are pronounced backwards, so 10 isn't diez it is zeid, then 9 eveun, 8 ohco, 7 eteis, 6 sies, 5 ocnic, 4 ortauq, 3 sert, 2 sod, 1 onu.

[@GODofEverythin9_]

You need to be at the speed with what the earth circels the sun to get to the Sun... it is nearly Impossibel so you need to do a gravity assist at jool because he circels the sun at much less speed so you dont need so much fuel.

[@danielwoods213]

You need a monstrous amount of delta v to reach kerbol. And earth Is kerbin the moon is the mun Mars is duna Mercury is moho Venus is eve ceres is unrimarcibale and dres Pluto is ellooo and Jupiter is jool

[@tobygreen6950]

Land on jool. it has a surface apparently

[@88sideburns22]

You want to burn retrograde at the appoapsis to get there more efficiently. Pointing straight at the target is not going to work

[@h.w.6563]

Intern: Point at it and burn, it's not rocket science!

[@duhboy9782]

i hope youll play multiplayer when it comes out

[@poopdookievii7538]

This was incredibly inefficient

[@Donkey114]

When you left Kevin’s sphere of influence why did you burn radial in relative to the sun instead of retrograde?😡

[@christibaxter8945]

U sound like if blitz had a child

[@ChangeItYouWont]

The kerbal language is weird but, The way to understand it is easy. It’s Spanish but backwards😂

[@Tigerpanzer6666]

i forgot they where making a 2 lets see if nerdcubed knows of this

[@Blakeyyy_3]

@InterndotGif what happened to the Universim

[@problemvs.solution1436]

the countdown is in spanish backwards, so it is literally counting backwards!

[@carolleeashley6550]

the count down is spanish but back wards

[@jsd9273]

luckily there is no such thing as heating yet (as i know of rn) So this wont last long

[@internetbotv45]

I don't think heat has been added so you could land on the sun

[@emexbi]

bro sound like the spot

[@philpfel5377]

it triggers me that he doesnt use the most efficient way, it takes about 5 mins of watching a tutorial to learn that

[@fyseo]

The "dart mk4"

[@VladdSpeggett]

it would be better to just go to jool and then slow down to kerball as the further away the apoapsis and periapsis are the more fuel efficient your burn is.

[@kutaygames]

06:03 bro wth thıs sound

[@theuhhsnoh4276]

Me getting an add of the game im watching a video about-_-

[@sussy_lolbit8094]

Respect out for Valentina 🫡

[@SillyNacho]

Could you do a video where you dont orbit the sun, you go to the sun and like burn up or smth

[@PinappleCoinGaming]

Woohoo!

[@amyt8093]

The countdown is Spanish backwards

[@leviathan1082]

what you where doing wrong is trying to get it in an even orbital path. you would burn at the closest point to lower the furthest. what you should have done is burn at the furthest to lower the closest, if that makes any sense to you?