Can You Use Escape Pods to Get to Space in Kerbal Space Program?

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[@ReidCaptain]

If things are not working on your rocket, what should you do? a) Fix the issue at hand b) Inspect the rocket for any intersecting parts c) m o r e b o o s t e r s

[@animalmango6499]

d) M O R E B O O S T E R S

[@SCOP_]

D) cheat codes

[@Jonanation]

E) rage quit

[@cerberusslavomiraarus1308]

D) *E V E N M O R E B O O S T E R S*

[@markerman206]

we know

[@RooMan93]

If you don't plan on coming back, isn't every rocket an escape pod.

[@crazybird199]

deep thoughts, bro

[@jtxbboggs2067]

Damn that fucking deep

[@TheSavageProdigy]

It’s not that deep lmfao

[@tahko3956]

@@TheSavageProdigy it is if it goes to D E E P space

[@SnakeChkn]

@@TheSavageProdigy You lack culture then, such a deep beloved cherished statement must be acknowledged

[@LunarSoul255]

Judging by that ending... that wasn't a spaceship. That was a *bullet*. Man was trying to shoot the planet.

[@Aoi_Mae]

Hes is ammunition,he is bullet,he is d e a t h

[@isaacmayer-splain8974]

I have created SPACE GUN

[@net343]

The 9000 mm bullet

[@VertietRyper]

Neo-Paris Gun

[@spontaneously_coumbust-.387]

Ballistic escape pod

[@Vekkizunt]

imagine this rocket malfunctioning, what are you going to do? use more launch escape systems? yes, the answer is yes.

[@ramchandrabelsere6820]

Yes

[@mariasirona1622]

Yes

[@nmspy]

The entirety of the rocket is a fucking malfunction

[@mariasirona1622]

@@nmspy OMG you're right

[@granienasniadanie8322]

It can be said about most ksp rockets really@@mariasirona1622

[@mihailazar2487]

Why is nobody talking about the fact that the Launch Escape Tower part has 5 thrusters: 4 pointing up and one pointing to the side. the one on the very top (so it has a lot of torque) it is intended design for the escape tower to pull the pod up and away from the rocket but also off to one side so as to minimize the chances of the rocket colliding with the pod that's why you got the rotations that's why your last stage always veered to one side

[@scharnhorst3233]

Yeah, all that work to fundamentally misunderstand what was happening

[@SCOP_]

7:02 “holding up well” my guy that is a flying spiderweb

[@thewriter3727]

reid is basically the king of understatements

[@ampoulgon8716]

Ah, the tried and true "more boosters"

[@user-kn9kc3wu2e]

dont touch it if it works

[@user-kn9kc3wu2e]

also, how did u comment 2 days before the vid was even made?

[@bacon.cheesecake]

That profile pic is really familiar, are you in the official besiege discord?

[@molotov666]

@@user-kn9kc3wu2e patrons or something probably get early access

[@ampoulgon8716]

@@bacon.cheesecake I was at some point, yeah. Kinda lost interest in the game over time though.

[@Dispariabooks]

If all you are going for is height, you might have eeked out a bit more performance if you you waited to light your upper stages until your speed dropped below supersonic. You could have coasted a bit higher with the last few stages and kept your speed low enough that you weren't exacerbating the aerodynamic drag. Light a stage, coast up as high as it will get you, then light the next. It wouldn't be as glorious as a burning death bullet, but might have been a tiny bit more efficient since mach 2+ under 20k meters is a recipe for drag loss and burning glory ;)

[@viktormervia7563]

Bro is speaking science💀

[@daundredemars5028]

I was thinking the same thing

[@fork9001]

Lower the throttle on the LES (not possible irl but in kerbal you can) to reduce drag losses from going too fast in a thick atmosphere (you can leave the upper stages at full throttle because that reduces gravity losses. And try to make it as taper from top to bottom and as thin as possible to reduce drag

[@battlesheep2552]

True dat, usually you don't want to exceed mach 1 below 10,000m because of how high the drag is, and 20,000m is basically vacuum wrt to engine efficiency

[@kahlzun]

Dude was running face first into Max Q

[@veritateseducational217]

It’s possible in IRL the same as Kerbal

[@patattack6847]

Thank you man 👍

[@sovietmusiclover8466]

Fixing the staging on that thing must have been a nightmare

[@ReidCaptain]

Yep, it was really bad. I found good ways to keep track of what was going on but if I ever needed to change something it was pain

[@raiden5181]

@@ReidCaptain did you have to cry yourself to sleep while trying to make it

[@gamingwithmatt9561]

@@raiden5181 Probably

[@notjebbutstillakerbal]

​@@ReidCaptain the reason for the escape tower tilting is because it has 4 central boosters and 1 tilt booster built to pull the capsule away from the rocket

[@kiernankuehnert2499]

If it weren't for lag I feel like the glorious BOOSTER SEMICIRCLE would be a solution

[@ticky8188]

A bit of advice, all of your designs turn because the LES is built to turn so it can wrench the command pod off the ship. If you look at it you can see a thruster on only one side.

[@Dgardei]

The escape rocket system is designed to go off to the side for a reason. You want to get the crew capsule out of the path of booster you are escaping from as quickly as possible.

[@calamatos]

I'm amazed at your ability to make the most insane crafts that work while also apparently not knowing any functions of this game

[@froo5667]

So true. Reid fr went to every moon in the game but does not have eyes and cannot see the parts.

[@dallor09]

he knows more then me I didn’t even know how to copy and paste or turn on autostrut

[@macroglossumstellatarum5932]

Oh, the launch escape system blocks falls too! I only knew about the magnetometer boom. Though that still breaks on landing, so bring an engineer.

[@pk2689]

I’m pretty sure flags blocks falls aswell, pretty weird stuff

[@dimanyak373]

I blocked fall damage from orbit by a swivel engine, idk how it happened.

[@joge2]

@@dimanyak373it's litho breacking

[@FullOrange_]

This man takes M O R E B O O S T E R S to a whole new level

[@SWDennis]

I know these troubles, but it's fun to make it to space anyway :D

[@TeddyJayO1]

Summary of video: Unstable rocket. Add fins. Not high enough. More rockets. Unstable rocket. New design. Repeat until success.

[@matthewdettamore5962]

You made a rocket powered lawn dart

[@clayel1]

I think you kept running into an aerodynamics bug with your probe core stage, which is why you were losing speed so quickly Also, the batteries probably weren’t doing much other than weigh you down (except for the ones powering the probe)

[@ReidCaptain]

They seemed to help a little, but yeah the aerodynamics issues were the bigger factor for sure

[@0osk]

@@ReidCaptain The batteries definitely helped you keep your momentum through the atmosphere, but I'm not sure how many is too many though. You'd have to test that. I also don't think you were losing a lot of speed from any bugs, I think it was mostly just that air resistance is exponential with speed. As a rule of thumb, when you start to see the white air effects around your craft, you usually don't want to go much faster (ignoring spaceplanes because of lift and some spaceplane engines working better at higher speeds.) KSP's aerodynamics aren't very accurate though so sometimes your optimal speed can change unintuitively.

[@plainText384]

@@ReidCaptain try putting upside down nose cones on the bottom of some of the center stages. Unoccupied nodes cause drag, so putting nose cones will reduce your drag coefficient at the cost of increased mass. The reduced drag at the bottom might cause instability though, causing the craft to flip. But definitely something to try.

[@pr0hobo]

keep the ksp content coming i hope you do ksp 2 when it comes out

[@ReidCaptain]

When it eventually comes out I will be doing a lot of videos on it!

[@polskajoseoncountryball6950]

Normal people: -normal rocket -inspect problems -have fun Reid Captain: -*M O A R R O C K E T S* -*M O A R R O C K E T S* -MOAR FUN

[@Totally_Bonkers]

"Oh dear, it appears our space base is about to explode! get in the escape pod!" "But sir, we're on the ground, what's that gonna do for us?" the escape pod:

[@tpohet2217]

one might say he was trying to escape the planet heok - goofy 20AD at the first supper

[@andrzejdudson9900]

I love your videos keep up the good work man!!

[@SurrealKeenan]

the safest space ship design ever!

[@mumblety]

Reid, the kerbal god, graciously spared any Kerbals from flight in this project

[@ReidCaptain]

They can't keep getting away with this

[@lapalolapalal3779]

Mf kerbals in the probe core

[@RepostCollection]

I love how the first thing he did was place an item that wasn't an escape pod XD

[@ilovehumongoushonkers]

nice pfp

[@PuckLokin]

It seems like you're loosing out on a lot of ∆v due to atmospheric efficiency early on. Essentially you're going to fast through the thick parts of the atmosphere. When you see the air effects start getting really heavy - or even turning orange - that's you going to fast. Coast higher and a more controlled speed. Firing off more stages later on will get you higher up with the same amount of rocket!

[@Dibbo_]

Losing

[@captainstroon1555]

If that landing wasn't just a fluke, you could build some nice drop-pods with this part

[@pop5678eye]

Technically an escape pod is a crewed compartment. The rocket mount that is part of the same escape system is commonly referred to as the escape 'tower.'

[@bobbyjeffsupremelordofcraz3532]

If you press F12 in flight, you can access an 'aerodynamics' view to see where all your drag (and lift) is coming from.

[@zolotiyeruki]

As someone who's spent way too much time trying to optimize for drag in KSP, I have one suggestion: put nose cones on the back end of those LES's. It'll reduce your drag tremendously.

[@nikkiofthevalley]

.... That doesn't even make any sense. Isn't it only exposed nodes that are facing the airstream that matter?

[@zolotiyeruki]

@@nikkiofthevalley Drag works on both sides of an object, both in KSP and in the real world. A flat plate being pushed through the air compresses the air in front of it, and also creates an area of low pressure behind it. The high pressure in front and the low pressure in back both resist the forward motion.

[@nikkiofthevalley]

@@zolotiyeruki Oh. Yeah, that makes sense.

[@Valveiscool.]

5:04 when your rocket betrays and kills you

[@plainText384]

All the unoccupied bottom nodes on the launch escape systems and the probe core are causing aerodynamic drag. I'd try putting upside down nosecones on the bottom, at least for the center stages.

[@eclipse_animations]

An escape capsule is designed to fly at an angle to get as far away from the exploding rocket as possible

[@cerberusslavomiraarus1308]

Bro is reaching NASA level of engineering

[@I_Am_Transcendentem]

"breaking news!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "Rocket resembling elaborate semiarachnid sky creature terrifies locals"

[@yoacek2773]

5:36 It turned into German rocket for a second

[@MCRuCr]

launch escape systems are simply unbreakable

[@0860888080]

Am I dumb or would it be more efficient to wait a bit before activating the next row of rockets when you're going really fast? Because drag does get very strong the faster you go.

[@sacopanchez151]

You should try placing nose cones on the underside of the boosters, that flat surface creates a lot of drag. And for the bending you can use autostrut instead of placing struts manually

[@seantaggart7382]

I love how you fight the motor thats SUPPOSED TO CLEAR YOU FROM THE ROCKET aka Move you to the side

[@user-kn9kc3wu2e]

if you ever get bored of KSP, i recommend a game under the name of "From the depths".

[@ReidCaptain]

I've tried it before, I never really got into it though

[@user-kn9kc3wu2e]

​@@ReidCaptain​ oh, ok, but imo you should give it a go again, just my thought

[@markiplieristhebestpizzato2743]

​@@ReidCaptain it has a really big learning spike but the things you can do in that game is insane.

[@badlanding0529]

@@markiplieristhebestpizzato2743 what is that username!?!😂😂

[@whoknows8864]

I second this. Couldn't get into the game the first time, but after I went back and actually learned the game, I ended up dumping over 1000 hours in it.

[@ILikeSoupKSP]

If you want to keep alignment with the final stage, use a reaction wheel on it

[@mrpaintwolf2010]

mans made the Odin Defense System, yeeting rods from space to the ground

[@seroma3516]

"There's too much space junk" - ...and I took that personally

[@MacElMasMancoDeTodos]

I'm sure the guy who came out with the idea of the Escape launch system agrees its made for that use

[@juststuff9587]

Nice content dude

[@dimanyak373]

15:10 I had just had the same thing happen to me with the used stage, that survived falling from orbit onto the polar shelf, staying 100% intact... until it bounced off and was broken in half. But hey, the engine survived!

[@KylarTyphlosion]

The way one of the designs had the rockets fold and point into the top stage wad big "trust no one" energy

[@squishybrick]

[Bonus Objective Completed] - Get to space using escape rockets, AND come back to kerbin intact.

[@GimmeMyHandleBack]

Sir you have the most kerbal mindset possible MORE BOOSTERS!

[@alpharanger4944]

Escape Pods= pods that let you escape from Kerbin

[@B0aws]

Hmm, interesting idéa. I'm gonna try this myself

[@JindraAG]

I suspect Orbit probably would be possible, with this design, with fully optimized burn rates, attitude plan and staging.

[@Proudmadarastan]

Good optimism. Lets try to get to the mun next!

[@StrangeMann283]

use explosions to get a Kerbel to space

[@ravelord_n1to849]

This video is just "How to summon and then promptly piss off the kraken"

[@exotictrash2234]

I would love to see you play Space Engineers sometime!

[@holymight6127]

My dream is that one day, when he does one of these videos, he attempts one of these challenges one time and it works perfectly.

[@zackysh_]

i can't wait ksp2 to watch you adding "more boosters" xD

[@foreheadjones5197]

If NileRed made KSP videos

[@Silverwing2112]

Oof, three minutes in and the Kraken attacks are just escalating further and further..

[@roalif]

alright now i wanna see stratzen do it

[@wir8]

This is 100% a toilet idea. You can't "what if" something like this anywhere else in this world except on top of the can.

[@hunterrickert6026]

Just gives me an idea for rocket powered lawn darts...

[@ComradeWeredog]

This is exactly what I wanted.

[@crazybird199]

The production quality has only gone up on these videos!

[@SillyNacho]

Reid captain be like "Rocket not working? Fins go brrrrrr"

[@SCOP_]

Reid captain is like Walmart nasa

[@dimphoseerane7564]

Congrats on seeing the first thumbnail it was magnificent 😅

[@j2c695]

Robbaz here playing more lethal space program

[@deeznutz-bn9sl]

You should try putting nose cones on the bottom, the way the game works is that every open node makes loads of drag regardless to its orientation.

[@xdude7300]

The reason your crafts kept spinning is bc the LES has a motor that fires to the side for some reason, most likely to help it move away from debris, but it messed with your craft's thrust

[@AndGoatz04]

"What does it need? *MORE POWER!"* Tim "Tim 'The Tool Man' Taylor" Allan

[@zutaca2825]

it looks like launch escape systems might be the new indestructible landing legs

[@ReidCaptain]

Apparently, I have no idea how it survived

[@pugtrooper9891]

I would just like to say that at 6:44 problem with the main capital getting hit by the Rockets were caused by the thruster boosting them in words instead of out words

[@SCOP_]

Is this how billionaires play darts in their free time?

[@TheHutchy01]

This is like if the Soviet rocket program was powered entirely by XKCD strips and drinking paint thinner.

[@amiahuman]

Idea: make an engine in lethal space program

[@T0phen95]

You made a suborbital Lawn Dart.

[@leahhinderlider5873]

His next video: Can You Use Only Air to Get to Space?

[@blakewalsh9489]

To orbit could be done by carefully and exploitively clipping the LESs into fairings to effectively eliminate drag.

[@weaselly7650]

Reid that end result wasn't a rocket That's straight-up kinetic bombardment

[@martinmouchard304]

5:14 the latest wack-a-kerbal contraption

[@BenMorse0]

If you keep your speed below 300 in the atmosphere that’s usually more efficient. Hitting 1000 is really killing your efficiency

[@srg1552]

Next challenge: fly a *plane* on gilly

[@mitipirla]

I like how it explodes when you put too many engines

[@Jacob-gq7id]

This video is like if Nile Red sniffed paint and played KSP

[@jacktaylor3485]

He probably changed the video idea from "Get to Orbit" to "Get to space" pretty early on into the mission

[@mrpepsiman3477]

A slightly more complicated tube of boom

[@BinaryArmorOnline]

Pro Tip: Build your re-entry nosecone out of bouncy balls

[@MrOrgeston]

Video Gamer Discovers Fractal Overlap

[@jackavalmasovnon]

The pointed tip make it stick to the ground instead of bouncing away that is why it survives

[@BP--]

New strat?

[@scavorthespacecowboy2096]

bro already making super structures since the last time I checked in the early videos what the hell LOL

[@jlco]

That ending... hmm yes, lithobraking

[@Jester_117]

0:53 they are bringing back lawn darts yay

[@DP-yn4er]

I wish I didn’t notice how much he says really. Can’t unhear it now

[@camo8762]

You should make a rocked using every part If you want