Far Future Mission to Uranus | Kerbal Space Program | RSS | RO

Another month, another mission! I'm back with a mission to the outer solar system, with Uranus's moon Oberon as our target. Far future tech, especially with the fusion engine, makes so much stuff possible - the travel time to Uranus was just over a year! Building the base on Oberon was really fun with the new Parallax 2.0 update - it really added a lot to the depth and detail around the base. The dual booster landing, and in general making the rocket reusable was really fun. Getting that dual booster shot was awesome when I was filming it. This was really fun to record, I hope you enjoy it! Also, seriously go check out Vyssion's music, it's really, really good.
Kerbal Space Program 1.12.3
Mods (nonexhaustive list):
Real Solar System (obvious)
Realism Overhaul (makes things more realistic and difficult)
PRVE (RSS visuals)
TUFX (postprocessing, Ballisticfox's configs)
Parallax 2.0 (custom-made configs, and no I'm not releasing them)
Far Future Technologies (fusion engine and related parts)
Near Future Technologies
Stockalike Station Parts Expansion Redux
Planetside Exploration Technologies (ground base parts)
Cryo Tanks
Procedural Parts
Kerbal Reusability Expansion (landing legs for launch vehicle)
Persistent Thrust (using time warp with engines on)
Persistent Thrust Navigator (navigation for long-duration burns)
Booster Guidance (booster landing)
Camera Tools (advanced camera movement)
I created and modified many configs and mods for this mission. Do not expect your own install to behave the same way.
00:00 Orbital construction of main ship
04:27 Transfer to Oberon
06:28 Base construction and surface ops
10:57 Return to Earth
Music:
Immortal - Geoff Knorr
Red And Blue - Vyssion (open.spotify.com/album/5o35o1...)
Hostile Fleet Detected - Andreas Waldetoft
In Memory of Mercedes Romero - Andreas Waldetoft
Do not reupload this video in full or in part on other platforms without my written consent.

[@rolflandale2565]

*Believe or Not* this is a concept SpaceX should've applied on Starship, eliminating *double* RISK, adjacent allies at Beast stage canister. Falcon Heavy could've also ssto partial wing & jet engine to stratosphere, then full classic boost out exo, & stage landed mars.

[@EntropianVFX]

xD wth Better check for botting lol: Does the set of all sets that don't contain themselves contain itself?

[@bcrides1639]

@@EntropianVFX No? because then the set of all sets that doesn't contain themselves, would contain itself, which would in turn contain itself, therfore making it contain a set that contains itself?

[@bcrides1639]

@@EntropianVFX But there is no such set as the set of all sets that do not contain themselves? Source: very reliable internet guy I know nothing about "In standard Zermelo-Fraenkel Set Theory, there is no "set of all sets (that don't contain themselves)", so whether it contains itself is moot. In NBG Set Theory the class of all sets that don't contain themselves does not contain itself, rather unsurprisingly, as it is not a set."

[@EntropianVFX]

@@bcrides1639 I've never done set theory, all I know is that it's supposed to be a paradoxical question, which I used as a joke xD

[@kneckebrod5721]

@@EntropianVFX moronic bots are immune to paradoxes remember

[@randomnickname490]

Time to steal the design, lets gooo

[@EntropianVFX]

xD

[@koreratman329]

Lesgo

[@rolflandale2565]

Poor KSP designers won't know where tf their pattern is being used for, some so call place called. The *Real World* 👀.

[@sanfordbegay3792]

Haaa Mei to

[@fosteragbor4545]

That’s how an absolute KSP God plays the game! This is just mind blowing 🤯

[@rolflandale2565]

All it takes is the Newton interia law of property foundation, the *first infastructer* vessel *must manage* a *gyroscopitic* engine/device, since a *Molecular Polarity Chamber* isn't invented (/presented) yet ( as artificial gravity🤫).

[@eduarduceta6169]

It is mindblowing😊

[@linecraftman3907]

Before i watched this video i was quite in bad mood, the cinematics, the music choice and the mission cheered me up quite a lot. Brilliant coverage and execution of the mission, so many little details in the ships and crafts!!! i'd love to learn some stats about the launch vehicles and transfer ship as well as transfer times

[@EntropianVFX]

Glad to hear it, and thank you! I designed the launch vehicle to handle around 200ish tons with some margin and the transfer time to Uranus was a bit over a year.

[@linecraftman3907]

@@EntropianVFX what are the engines on the launch vehicle? Also is the engine a fusion reaction engine or uses fusion to generate power for the engine?

[@EntropianVFX]

@@linecraftman3907 They're methalox engines, and the mothership uses a z-pinch fusion engine that uses reaction products for thrust

[@judet2992]

@@EntropianVFXthat’s one hell of a brachistochrone trajectory for a year of travel time.

[@krzysztofbeza1020]

10:07 this shot of kerbals lovingly gazing into uranus looks wonderfull

[@interstellar_.4.]

i cant read this sentence without laughing at “lovingly gazing into Uranus” 😂

[@CASA-dy4vs]

Uranus is truly the best thing to gaze at

[@tired9398]

Incredibly detailed and well thought out, and a cinematic masterpiece. I feel like I just got to watch a full length movie for free, and not a single word was spoken.

[@EntropianVFX]

Thank you!

[@rolflandale2565]

All it takes is the inertia Newton law of property foundation, the *first infastructer* vessel *must manage* a *gyroscopitic* engine/device, since a *Molecular Polarity Chamber* isn't invented yet ( as artificial gravity).

[@stevenickolls8016]

From someone whose Kerbels always screamed inside as their pitiful craft blew up or crashed I salute you.

[@whoe_whate8487]

Despite the jokes, Uranus is my favorite planet. I personally think it’s beauty is underrated. Awesome video!

[@popcatgoldexperence172]

In my opinion, building ships in ksp is like art. And whenever I build ships stuff like this and even a lot of your videos are a great inspiration.

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

I popped a big grin when I saw you used "Immortal" from Civilization Beyond Earth for the rocket launch. Incredibly uplifting.

[@EntropianVFX]

Thank you! I really love the Civ BE soundtrack, especially songs like Immortal, The Seeding, Tidehunter, and Destroyer. Destroyer and Immortal have got to be some of the best songs in the whole soundtrack.

[@SargentRail]

I was like “it would be so cool if this turned out to be a Oberon base!” 5min later and I’m through the roof! Well done!

[@NicQuattromani]

That is one palatial surface base right there. And a fascinating mission to watch---bravo!

[@NBDY-lp9vp]

The quality of the graphics and the work involved is outstanding. It is almost movie level quality.

[@ccib00]

Beautiful visual as always. That was a neat way to land most of the base modules at once. Also PARALLAX! ground scatters make the place more interesting.

[@EntropianVFX]

Thanks! Heh, yeah I didn't want to deal with the hassle of several part landings, so I decided to wrap it all up in one shot xD

[@kurator193]

Ah, stellaris music is so perfect! Yeah, video is also good:)

[@EntropianVFX]

Thank you! Stellaris music is awesome

[@Moon_GD]

Awesome video! As always, the visuals are amazing, and the music choice is just as great! :D

[@EntropianVFX]

Thank you!

[@TotallyNoAim]

its a game, not a animation

[@Moon_GD]

@@TotallyNoAim when did I say it was an animation '-'

[@pitorkozaczek8939]

I have no words to describe how beautiful it is and how many hour you spent on this beautiful video

[@kolonka7134]

This is a great job, in the future I would like to see more such missions, especially towards Neptune because there are almost none on KZbin, by the way, Vyssion's music is really cool.

[@siriusyolo6709]

Great work. Cant imagine what you will be able to do when ksp2 comes out! Keep up with the great vids!

[@fragile-engineering]

absolutely impressive! your videos are a pleasure to watch (more atmosphere as some hollywood movies ;-)) and have been a great inspiration for my own missions in RSS.

[@goldfing5898]

Very beautiful video, animations, music (especially towards the end, starting at 10:20), and very beautiful spaceship when all has been put together! Reminds me of many SciFi movies like The Last Days on Mars (rover), 2001: A Space Odissey and Red Planet (centrifuge) or Alien Covenant (the sheer length of the composition).

[@EliteArcanist]

Pretty awesome. I wish there were time stamps for each phase of the mission so I can get an idea of how long the whole thing is.

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

A mission to Uranus ? Some say it's a pain in the ass...

[@roxistaken]

Video was pretty cool, liked how you used the music and the cuts

[@Francois424]

I build a station around Uranus in RSS (Kerbal sized tho) a few years ago. Also had a mining base/rover base on that moon near it. This brings back memories. Awesome vid, thanks.

[@oceanfiregaming4085]

I really like this video great job man honestly

[@EntropianVFX]

Thank you!

[@fernandoognc]

this is absolutely stunning!!!

[@hans_____]

Every part of this is great.

[@yoinki_sploinki]

PHENOMENAL, INCREDIBLE, STUNNING, GORGEOUS, AMAZING

[@DomedCity]

Im blown away by the production quality, makes me realize I still have lots of room for improvement :O

[@gordonmier4359]

Beautifully done video

[@sol2wit904]

Man and I cant even get to orbit in RSS/RO, regardless amazing video I just can't stop watching it.

[@nach0las381]

Awesome mission!

[@Darth_Revan25]

So, SO cool man! Love this. Always fascinated by the possibility of colonising moons of various planets in the solar system. 😃😄 Maybe one day in hundreds of years time.

[@EntropianVFX]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@furamoneplayz8832]

Great video! Also subscribed

[@jamoccasin]

Love these videos!

[@EntropianVFX]

Thank you!

[@mickeyomega2032]

This is so satisfying, just watching the ship going to Uranus

[@DMSP]

So pumped for this

[@watamate06]

Great Work!!!

[@Ludspo]

Definitely watching!

[@God0fGambler]

Wow man it's even look better than ksp 2..congrats bro nice video 👍👍

[@fernandosoares8619]

LOVE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO

[@furycat28]

That will be cool if we can go to Uranus with a ship like that. Cool video!

[@jakethesnake8500]

Súper awesome design. I love ksp but I’m kind of a noob so all my creations are simple 😂. It’s really awesome to see people coming up with these crazy designs though. When that ring folded out on your space station I was like “holy shit this thing is awesome” hell yeah bro keep up this awesome stuff

[@ReddwarfIV]

FYI, the ring is a single part, so you could use it yourself if you had the mod.

[@gp5313]

Beautiful

[@dan797]

Stunning

[@knightofsaintjohn9345]

Beautiful!

[@EntropianVFX]

Thank you!

[@maxime9636]

Good luck!

[@dallor09]

Uranus is the perfect name for a planet and you cannot convince me otherwise In my opinion the jokes never get old

[@peskybird8351]

Nice trailer, am excited!

[@rodrigolefever2426]

Its not a trailer

[@VenatorPaleo]

Every time I watch these types of videos I go through a cycle: 1. Amazed 2. Inspired 3. Starts building a cool idea 4. Fails miserably 5. Sadness 6. Watches another video 7. Repeat

[@ReddwarfIV]

You'll get there. I have a thread on the KSP forums where half of what I talk about is the mistakes I made during any given mission.

[@SFSVERSE]

Highly realistic 👌🏻

[@2k7u]

Yup this is the stuff

[@axelord4ever]

Well, damn. That gantry-lander thing isn't something I could have come up with. Smart.

[@daveking4229]

Nice!! I was wondering if parallax could work with RSS. I have it running and it actually shows less load on gpu! Definitely will have to see how big a headache it is to get working on RSS now. Keep on with the videos they make you want to play KSP more lol.

[@aliasjonespickleguy7017]

got this on my recommended, never seen anything from this guy, but nice

[@SouRwy4501Productions]

Well, time to use this for my accurately scaled Imperial II class star destroyer.

[@tofikerab1864]

Good evening, master, in relation to things in space, we have to find a solution for the balloon to keep the oxygen and then people go inside, in relation to travelers, in relation to a lot of things to put

[@jimbothunderhawk51]

yep,,count me in,,imma ready to go to yer-ainus

[@jdjdjwiejejsj7967]

Bro has más de estos video estan good

[@jameswilson5230]

Interesting!

[@NickyLunaLove]

That’s a big ass Falcon Heavy

[@flowziastephlatgo2576]

looks like a space rocket train

[@heitus.1690]

Love the title

[@reid88]

Goo Neptune and Triton 💙

[@hafor2846]

Is that a Starship Heavy? That's hot.

[@gabausaurus8315]

Great video as always, i want to know smth, how do you make both near future and far future engines works and what mod unable you to use big radiator (in this and other video) ?

[@flamingphoenix824]

I hope NASA is taking notes here

[@wescarr1526]

First man on Uranus!

[@makssachs8914]

Fantastic video as usual. How were the long low thrust burns planned?

[@EntropianVFX]

Thank you! I used PersistentThrustNavigator to plan the burns.

[@evisluE]

dont know why anyone is talking about how beautiful earth looks

[@nexustheninja1927]

Ngl I would really like to see a far future mission to ganymede because I anticipate it becoming a mining outpost for things done in the Jupiter system.

[@djonZvolta]

Классный сюжет 👍 🚀

[@paooMsSq133]

Uranus is my favorite!

[@sapphirefuture3]

transfer to oberon music :fire:

[@loide526]

Awesome video bro, it would be Nice if you tell me about the time skip mode. 👏 Pd: don’t worry i saw The Description!

[@dauvyde4665]

epic.

[@Robcraft1981]

Beautifull craft and mission , love the base design and setup especially. I'm certainly borrowing some ideas for a future playtrough, perhaps in ksp2. Also kudo's on getting parallax2 to work on RSS, I tried for a few weeks but the results were....janky, I hope someone gets it to work better and releases an "official" RSS config for it.

[@EntropianVFX]

Thank you! Yeah, getting Parallax to work with RSS has been pretty annoying - RSS's usage of cbNameLater with Kopernicus messes up a lot of stuff with Earth, though I've heard that people have solved that problem. Hopefully we get working configs soon!

[@martin4WB]

Great😍

[@Nivag14k]

My favorite part of this video is how you assembled the surface base with the little rover. Is there anyway that this could be done in stock? Love your videos btw!

[@ogramacgames3455]

Good

[@IanCthrwd]

Didnt need the crew capsule to take it on the voyage. Didnt use it till the return to LEO to get back home. Unnecessary weight. Cool video though.👍🏻

[@EntropianVFX]

Definitely unnecessary weight, though the margins on the craft were more than large enough to accommodate it for extra living space, storage, etc.

[@s.p.rsuperman407]

bro nasa needs you man you trippin💀💀💀

[@yoongzy]

WOOOOOOW

[@bensharpe64]

I thought that was a Falcon Heavy at the start of the video Nope, it’s a Super Heavy Heavy

[@anguscovoflyer95]

how long did it take for the ship to get there? and how long in total was the ship away from earth?

[@kneckebrod5721]

Incredible spacecraft, cinematics and mission! How'd you do the transfer from Earth to Uranus? Was the engine efficient enough for a continuous burn or just really long injection/insertion burns? I have yet to find any guides or software for doing fast transfers with super-low-power engines, but the engines in FFT are practically built for it.

[@EntropianVFX]

Thank you! The engine was more than efficient enough for the mission, but its thrust was high enough that a continuous burn would not have made sense; you're spot on with long injection/escape burns, they were a few weeks long for each one I think. I used PersistentThrustNavigator (bugfixed and improved SolarSailNavigator) to plan out burns.

[@Borv413]

The text on the thumbnail is off by 3 orders of magnitude

[@EntropianVFX]

Thank you so much for pointing that out, I have no idea how I messed that up xD, it's fixed now

[@uanbaev]

Wow, man...I can't breeze...It's so cool! You have to be with the team of Elon Musk!

[@antigravity9338]

how do you get the grown at KSC to look like that? Is it a custom parallax config

[@EntropianVFX]

That's RSSCanaveral I think

[@Punpas]

this on ksp 2 would be insane

[@PolarisStar5]

Incredible! Do you have plans for missions to other planets in the system?

[@EntropianVFX]

maybe...

[@CASA-dy4vs]

@@EntropianVFXperhaps if you could somehow get another solar system mod to work with what ever mods u usin perhaps?

[@bobibibibabi9131]

Could you tell me which mod the component of 07:09 time is from?I have most of the mods on this list, but I couldn't find this component. thanks!!

[@shahbazfawbush]

This is a preview of what KSP2 will be like vanilla once they finish it.

[@bittylifts]

not as a joke, uranus is my fav planet

[@aeroterrestrial]

this was really cool but i have a question- how do you get both of the boosters to do boostback burns and land at the same time?

[@EntropianVFX]

Booster Guidance and Physics Range Extender along with a lot of quickloading

[@aeroterrestrial]

@@EntropianVFX thanks

[@V_CRAFT9334]

That a lander why i think is little cute 💀

[@IGL_Alexander]

The best KSP builder I have ever watched! May I ask a few quick questions? What mods/setting did you use to make everything go in a certain path? Such as the boosters, or line ups with the cargo/items to connect, I am intrigued to find out. Also, I know I am a pain, but may I know the engines and fuel tanks you used to make all of what I call cargo go into orbit? I am a new player and so as a start I want to learn what are the best engines/fuel tanks to use in order to orbit cargo such as yours. If you can answer even just 1 of these questions that would be so awesome! Keep up the AMAZING content!

[@EntropianVFX]

Not a pain at all! I'm glad to get questions like this. The booster flyback and landing was done with the mod "Booster Guidance" alongside Mechjeb and SmartParts to initialize the initial boostback autonomously. I also used a combination of manual control and Mechjeb for docking (Mechjeb's docking guidance is notoriously inefficient). I used Near Future Launch Vehicles for the majority of the launch vehicle (engine mount, fuel tanks, engines, etc.) The engines were methalox - which is not the most efficient fuel but it's very dense, so a given fuel tank mass can contain a much larger fuel mass than, say, hydrolox. However, this stuff about fuel types and such really only applies to Realism Overhaul and not stock KSP. When I first started playing (2012), I just kept trying out different things until I found what worked xD, I just recommend taking a look at other stockish players' craft and try to integrate their principles into your own, while learning from them of course. Thank you!

[@IGL_Alexander]

@@EntropianVFX Sorry for the 5 - 6 hour delayed message, I am pretty good at noticing when people respond. Anyway, so according to your comment, the mod was "Booster Guidance", so your going to hate me, but I don't know how to get mods. I need these 3 mods, "Booster Guidance", "Eve", and and the third one allows you to see how much fuel you need to get to orbit, or how much fuel you need to get to Mars/Duna. I believe in one of your videos to perhaps Saturn, not quite sure, all I know is that in one of your videos I saw you using that mod along with other professional KSP players. Since I am new to this game, measuring the amount of velocity, weight, fuel, etc. I need to reach the moon, or planets is hard. So if you could please try to figure out what the third mod is. If you could get all 3 you would be a life saver. Eve is the second one I mentioned, I think you also use it allows you to have everything look 5x more realistic, not required, the other 2 are definitely going to be a big few for future ideas. I tend to want to make challenges for myself in future such as going to Mars, Mar's 2 moons "Phobos" and "Deimos", and then back to Earth safely all in 1 flight. I also want to make space stations that will contain a certain number of rocket's which are also rocket parts in which can connect to make 1 big rocket to then go to other space stations to just keep making refuels, bigger rockets while not in the hanger, etc. So yeah, I am new to the game, young in age, but I am still fascinated for future ideas/creations. If you could do me 1 thing, it would be SO HELPFUL, can you link the 3 mods that I mentioned, or at least the "Booster Guidance" and the 3rd one I talked about for a while? You would be a life changer if so, most youtubers ignore or give me the opposite information in which I asked for, hopefully you will be the first. Thank you again for even taking time to responding to my comment, highly unexpected. Keep up your amazing content! 1 BEST KSP PLAYER EVER! P.S, I think that in some situations, you're smarter than Nasa and/or Space X employees.

[@EntropianVFX]

@@IGL_AlexanderI recommend using CKAN to download and install mods. It automates the installation and makes the process much smoother. The third mod you speak of is likely Kerbal Engineer Redux (KER). It gives delta-V readouts along with much more. Booster Guidance, EVE, and KER are all available in CKAN - you can go to the forum thread for installation instructions and such: forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/197082-ckan-the-comprehensive-kerbal-archive-network-v1310-ikaros/ Thank you for the praise - I appreciate it but I’m really not the best KSP player around, many other players have my skillset and then some. I’m just a random guy who makes KSP cinematics xD, I have nowhere near the expertise and knowledge that NASA, SpaceX, and in general astronautical-related workers have! (though I do hope to work at JPL once I finish uni)

[@IGL_Alexander]

@@EntropianVFX everything about your comments are a chef's kiss but I still don't quite understand how to get the 3 mods. I see the link, just when I click it's like I went from a field of planes to Mount Everest. If you could possibly help me know how to actually get the mods, or lead me with steps? I know it may take time but just know I really appreciate you either way.

[@rolflandale2565]

The orbit station is feasable. All it takes is the Newton inertia law of property foundation, the *first infastructer* vessel *must manage* a *gyroscopitic* engine/device, since a *Molecular Polarity Chamber* isn't invented yet ( as artificial gravity🤫).

[@Reichsmarschallenfuhrunggruppe]

I thought that rocket was a falcon heavy until I saw the engines

[@EntropianVFX]

xD

[@Wadethewallaby2001]

Can you do a man mission to Pluto? Including all of its moons!