KSP: Flags and footprints on Venus in RSS

Insanity prevailed! If you can't solve a problem with rockets you can solve it with more rockets!
Music:
Mars, Mercury: Michael J. Burkard • Video Purchase here: michaeljburkard.bandcamp.com/...
United we stand - Divided we fall: Two Steps From Hell
Tec 1, Advent 2, Battle 10: Sins Of A Solar Empire
Mission fleet render:
dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2...
3:20 Earth departure
6:16 Venus capture
7:30 Venus Entry
10:50 Ultimate flags and footprints mission
12:20 Venus ascent
14:35 Return to Earth
Mods:
RSS+RSS visual enhacement
FAR
Deadly Reentry
TAC life support
KW rocketry
Habitat Pack
FTmN Atomic Rockets
Kerbal Engineer
Procedural fairings
Procedural parts (For the head shield)
KerbalJointReinforcement
KerbQuake
RealChutes

[@alexchivilev]

It's been almost six years, but still this is one of the most epic KSP videos

[@katalantra]

7*

[@fad2480]

@@katalantra 8*

[@duckyman1755]

@@fad2480 9 im from the future

[@jaypaint4855]

@@duckyman1755 hi future person i’m from the future too

[@traleras1]

8 years now

[@CaedmonEvans]

NASA called, they want their super computer back

[@nunchuckgaming61]

They stopped the Apollo program Karma's a bitch

[@plutaoopequenoplaneta1428]

xD

[@nunchuckgaming61]

Who you speakin too

[@CaedmonEvans]

Nunchuck Gaming hopefully not me

[@floppydolphins4123]

Garon Wright shut up hater.

[@jordanhendryx8775]

I hear the click click click click click of a rapid staging attempt ;P

[@ryanrising2237]

That sound is enough to cause my heart to skip a beat when I’m launching a rocket from Kerbin in stock, never mind this!

[@GameIsMyOxygen]

And here i am,thinking great about myself for reaching mun...

[@eragonthedragon967]

One day it will come to you too. One day...

[@GameIsMyOxygen]

+EragonTheDragon xD

[@trolzor01]

+EragonTheDragon eragon wasnt a dragon

[@Superhynek1]

Nobody gives a single f**k

[@mdcynyay]

its not hard, you just go out the kerbin system, get a encounter with jool, use jool to do a slingshot to Duna, land on duna, get out duna and then use a ike slingshot to go to kerbin, land on kerbin, get out kerbin, and go to the mun =D

[@SpazzyMcGee1337]

"Sir, we can't land men on Venus. How would they get off the surface?" "Land a launchpad then!"

[@Neldonax]

Logic always works!!!

[@SlamifiedBuddafied]

When I realized that was a launch bad. Jaw dropped.

[@ianbicknell5667]

SpazzyMcGee1337 lol so true

[@Stijning]

+SpazzyMcGee1337 A heatshield launchpad combination, clever

[@hgloow6683]

SpazzyMcGee1337 but how sad, we cant make it true life lol

[@FenrirBlue]

things that are illegal to say in the nasa headquarters: #1 it worked in Kerbal space program...

[@oky_890]

did it atleast work using the real solar system mod?

[@lolicanadian]

@@oky_890 Even with as many realism mods as possible (not counting purely cosmetic ones), the game still uses a patched conics simulation.

[@sanderasdf9555]

@@lolicanadian There is a mod called Principia that replaces the patched conics with proper n-body newtonian physics, and it is compatible with RSS. It does however make the game *far* more difficult.

[@Monarch_Prime]

Lmao

[@davidvreugdenhil4557]

This video is the reason for that tule

[@BonelessEar]

you forgot to plant a FLAG!

[@darios9797]

you left your wallet too! time to go back

[@evelynscharf7828]

it melted

[@stevenlittrel2648]

The King Of Fnaf so would the entire space craft

[@byronkim3674]

Would've added too much weight.

[@ThatGuy-vw6gc]

Now it has to be re-done

[@Firespectrum122]

When we all thought you can't land on Venus and come back, this guy actually did it. The absolute madman.

[@TehBesto1]

This might even be the best kerbal space program video ever

[@alspezial2747]

how about "real woman use ion engines"?

[@tiphares2355]

just incredible.. but the stay on venus' surface itself was quiete short and unimpressive (yeah i know, high temperature & pressure) compared to all the epicness of the voyage itself.. it was very cinematic. loved the dramatic iva views with all the rattling and sound of bending metal

[@TCWordz]

Well you can't actually turn around on Venus. So you really can't do anything there.

[@Xishnik94]

it's about the journey, not the destination.

[@TCWordz]

Pavel Ilyukhin Genius.

[@H4PPYx337]

Imagine the waste of resources it would be in real life if we did that. 3 rockets the size of a small town each to get one man to Venus' surface and only return with a single 3 man capsule

[@TCWordz]

Thoma Hawk IRL Venus' atmosphere is significantly thicker, I think.

[@ntheogen3165]

I have to say, I didn't start watching this with the intention of staying for the whole 17 minutes, but this was not only a superb video, but contained some great ideas for KSP, showed some insane lift vehicles, and a beautifully executed mission with incredibly well thought out multi-stage orbital ship assembly. I'd never thought of taking a landing pad with me and using stacked empty boosters as gantries. I take my hat off to you!

[@m87gaming50]

Government: how much funding will you need? NASA: *yes*

[@fesslerivan603]

😂😂

[@AlvinYorkII]

NASA: "It'd be about the military's budget, multiplied by ours." Gvmt: "AN ENTIRE YEAR'S BUDGET? MULTIPLIED BY HOW MUCH?" NASA: "No no sorry sir that's not what I said. The military and our budget from a whole year? That'd be CRAZY sir ha ha ha. We meant the military's and our ENTIRE budget. From every year. Multiplied together."

[@AlvinYorkII]

Also this is like my millionth time watching this video in the last 6 years. Still just as striking today as back then.

[@TheLeedgelodge]

You are a god among men, this was maybe one of the most fantastic and well executed things I have ever seen in my life. Even though this only a mere video game, the complexity of it is still immense. There is a very bright future for people like you.

[@AttilaTheHun333333]

That's like saying there is a bright future for people who can solve a puzzle.

[@TheLeedgelodge]

Attila theHun This is more than just doing a puzzle.

[@vysearcadia522]

+Hi I'm Nick I was astonished by the make-shift launch pad off Venus... O.O

[@TheLeedgelodge]

+Alex Bernier Right?

[@larusso2k4]

Exactly, this needs to be an actual movie

[@darkySp]

Wait. So you made several rockets to build 1 mega rocket in the orbit ? That was beautiful and genius! Nice vid, very entertaining!

[@felipe35475]

+Eddie Gluskin I cried ;-;

[@50Banana]

+Eddie Gluskin Multi launch rockets are common. Sometimes ships are sent up as one but without fuel and fuel is sent up afterwards, and that's more common.

[@darkySp]

50% Banana I know about that, but i haven't seen such a thing happen in KSP. Especially with so much rockets...

[@50Banana]

Eddie Gluskin It's pretty much a requirement in RSS

[@santi___4868]

+Eddie Gluskin Yes, that is amazing, and that is what we are gonna do to get to Mars. A lot of pieces will be sent to the ISS, then they will combine into a mega rocket/space craft and will start the journey to Mars

[@len322]

and not even a flag on venus, so diplomatically humble

[@char2c584]

@@whannabi you must be from france then

[@unhommequicourt]

Sprry but i m french and we would at least put a white surrender flag.

[@mechanicpluto2430]

Not like it would last long.

[@kaki00105]

this should be the trailer for ksp

[@kaki00105]

And was a bit shorter

[@N1ko0L]

a not skippable 17 min long ad .... just for watching a cat fail a jump.... INTER NET IS GOOD

[@redactedagentdataexpunged9431]

Kaleb Kilfillen yeah

[@Heliocentriciv]

It's modded though

[@rickharper4533]

Mikhel Rowssen a really good one...

[@zaccwalker3098]

At the last second, I thought it exploded when it hit the water.

[@samuelschmit8047]

you too aha

[@exvils]

landing in the water with 30m/s speed, he sure wants to live dangerously

[@zakstamaj]

yeah, that impacted the water at like 40 or 60 mph...

[@michaelfarrell4824]

@@zakstamaj 29.6m/s = 66mph

[@miltoncarvalho1081]

😂😂

[@charlesbatkin8722]

I am so glad you do not control the national budget.

[@elderberries4840]

+Charles Batkin I don't know Obama's doing a great job *loses everything to debt collectors*

[@Cudge1]

Eh, we could pull it off if we shaved a bit off the military budget.

[@lactosetheintolerant1812]

+Stephan 60% of our budget goes to welfare. Not saying welfare is bad and all that, but we really have WAY too many people on welfare that seriously don't need it.

[@patrickhebdo5423]

Lactose the Intolerant what are you talking about

[@threehead99]

@@patrickhebdo5423 60% of the non-discretionary budget goes towards Medicare, Medicaid and SSI. That's just facts. That's money we HAVE to spend. The full amount of military spending is dwarfed by that.

[@LeviJohansen]

Would be cool to see how many celestial bodies you can visit with the same spacecraft without going back to earth.

[@innosam123]

You could probably go to most of them, except Jool atmosphere and Venus Surface.

[@innosam123]

*and Low sun orbit.

[@Stelum1000]

With a drill, you can go mostly anywher

[@innosam123]

+Stelum 1000 except low sun orbit

[@rexscates]

People have done them all, that are capable of being landed in. Heck one guy in like .90 did it all with tier one parts. Now his ship was well umm interesting

[@ThreeGuysOneBucket]

This was inspiring.

[@andy3109]

Total cost: 100 billion

[@stevespence435]

+andy3109 OMG

[@stevespence435]

amazing

[@minhoker]

I'll take you to Venus with me, my darling.

[@stevespence435]

This is my bairns games my e mail ad stop chatting rubish or get banged

[@OzDeaDMeaT]

my heart jumped into my throat at the end there dude. I thought they had died. That is probably the best KSP video ive ever seen. Cheers man :)

[@Tantalus010]

Josh Digby Caesar Yeah, when their little portraits went out, it looked like they might've died due to excessive g-forces or something.

[@CJR505]

Tantalus010 It was an awesome video, he makes it look so easy.

[@TUNDRA2529]

+Tantalus010 Yep, they splash-downed at 30m/s or 108kph. A typical splashdown is 22kph. They most likely died :C Still amazing though.

[@kaelandin]

They did die, he took another video of landing if you could see

[@witchofengineering]

No, they didn'd die, that command pod can survive 29,1ms impact wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Mk1-2_Command_Pod

[@pingopete]

Hahaha I know that panicked stage spamming when nothing happens at 13:03

[@lauritshillemann3840]

Scott : This trip to eve was easy. Macollo : Hold my beer

[@SimonClarkstone]

I like how we all just know which Scott this refers to. :-D

[@alanmaclaren4118]

@Simon Clarkstone Scott womanly

[@basesixty6739]

@@alanmaclaren4118 duh

[@pickleGenerator]

Best KSP video I've ever watched. Wernher von Braun would be proud.

[@loganmeagher379]

guys we have found the second scott manley

[@gigabic7487]

this man makes scott manley look like a 9 year old

[@ianbicknell5667]

Gigabic lol so true

[@kaarelkahu212]

+ManKraft Pwnu This guy uses the real solar system mod.

[@maximumoverstat]

+Kaarel Kahu so does scott manley, in his latest series.

[@BillyBoze]

+potato master 2000 nnnno.

[@tymo7777]

This deserves some sort of major award.

[@joho4474]

Tyler Morrison yeah the "I landed a virtual space craft, with many mods that assisted me, on a virtual planet. The staging on spacecrafts like this would never work in real life, therefor I use a program with a physics engine to accomplish said deeds" award is given out every year

[@jerichorosas]

@@joho4474 who shit in your cheerios?

[@darkamagumo716]

@@jerichorosas I did ;)

[@underhill918gaming5]

Leg lamp?

[@Chwibon]

Almost two years after, this is in my opinion still the most incredible KSP stuff ever made.

[@Whisper0ak]

8 years later. still the best i've seen. the music and mods and editing.. its just so epic.

[@LADZARS]

After 9 years ...... Its still the best

[@slenderbenji]

@@LADZARSNobody can ever top it!

[@racergsxr1]

Jesus that scared the shit out of me when he hit the water at 30m/s. All that effort just to flop in the last 10 seconds of what was probably a 5-6 hour mission. Incredible fucking video.

[@RobinsonLaneScaryNed]

+racergsxr1 I'm sure it was more then that, since the video is actually sped up to accommodate the huge fps drops he was having.

[@Snubbs]

+racergsxr1 well you can see really quickly at the end, when he hits the water, the UI disappears, similar to if the root part had been destroyed. Also, notice how the vessel that surfaces has none of the parts the vessel that landed did. Even if it was a rough landing and things were destroyed, at least a few parts should have survived to float back up to the surface with the capsule. I suspect the pod was destroyed at the end of the mission, but by the time you've actually gotten home and would easily be able to land via a quickload and parachute deploy edit, you're pretty well done anyway.

[@eno2870]

+Gordon Rammstein Yeah, the end was edited. Not only is it not the same vessel coming back up out of the water, but the camera view jumps slightly and the mission timer resets back to zero. So, sadly.. they all died. Darn government cover ups!

[@Snubbs]

Jeremy Roney I believe the ascent from Venus was also edited. The teeny tiny final stage had a much lower delta V than that required to neutralize the relative velocity to the mothership. To be honest, after docking all the parts and making the long, slow burn to venus, i think i wouldn't really mind editing a few things in and out as well.

[@maccollo]

+Gordon Rammstein You are both incorrect :) Not to say that the mission was flawless though. There was some quickloading involved.

[@DillenB93]

The music, the sound effects, the scenery...the most epic video I've ever watched on KZbin, period.

[@StephenSLG]

+Fermin404 I recognized some of the building music is from Sins of a Solar Empire.

[@Maxisokol]

Oh. My. God. The plot, production and cinematics - all deserve an Oscar. Amazing.

[@rezadarsha3595]

You win, years later still nobody has done anything this majestic 🙏

[@maal2466]

Welp that ruined my day it showed me how bad I am at this game.

[@philippbrumund9521]

complete agree here

[@patsimmons2972]

Agree !

[@Incadazant01]

I'm half-decent at making things explode! Oh wait...that's not good, is it?

[@puletshehla4305]

game?

[@icaropereira3218]

I can't orbit in RSS... even with Ferram rockets

[@ICEGTN]

Believe it or not, this was done without any quicksaving.

[@ICEGTN]

+W3rking W0nders heresy!!

[@slayersmartin2837]

Because he has played Kerbal Space Program ever since it was realized

[@likeiscream]

How the fuck would you know

[@zkgg6163]

@@likeiscream probably it's him and he lost his account so he's praising himself

[@rowbot5555]

Because the time it takes to save makes it not so much of a quick save

[@nemesisnick66]

hows your computer not on fire?

[@gigabic7487]

Heat shields

[@ianbicknell5667]

nemesisnick66 hes probably one of those people with a server grade mother board with like 2 intel xeon cpus liquid cooled and the best graphics card out there

[@newCoCoY6]

He did say he used a mod to slow in game speed to 10x the length. 1 in game sec to 10 irl secs to increase frame rate

[@joeymt9215]

+potato master 2000 6 980ti's

[@ianbicknell5667]

lol no 20 titan X

[@smileydag]

The landing craft was 343m 1100 feet tall and he used a LADDER!?!?

[@joeyjoe701]

xd

[@No.............]

the gauge refers to sea level he was 343m above sea level, If you notice when the kerbal is on the ground he is about 292 above sealevel. the rocket is actually more like 50 meters tall.

[@smileydag]

^ I kinda figured that out a few weeks ago :)

[@Tobeydude20]

You can't use the Suit-RCS on Venus do you know how dense Venus is and it's gravity?

[@Tobeydude20]

Kinzerfest "venus has less gravity than earth." I know but, 8,87 m/s2 is not exactly low enough to lift a human with rcs. I think there is no way a suit-rcs system would work at a atmospheric pressure of 92 bar xD

[@pegasusted2504]

Truly a great work. The amount of figuring out for weights and TWR and the associated gravities etc to figure the different crafts while also being able to match what was left to what was going to be needed. ie after all you had already done with stages and gravity assists etc to have figured it for the specific stages needed and then the final small burners to just have enough to get your return capsule into orbit to rendezvous with the return ship was amazing. Also, with a few of those "lengthwise" shots of the ship from near the body I thought the Kraken was going to show up and do a cancan on all your broken rocket bits. Some serious disco going on hehehe ;~) Liked and Subbed.

[@maccollo]

The lander was tested ahead of the mission. I was not about to take on something like this without testing that part thoroughly beforehand. The testing lander worked flawlessly every time. However I somehow managed to screw it up by accidentally changing the size of the landing platform after finishing the design. I also accidentally screwed up the propellant balance on the boosters. You can see the in the video how this almost ruined the mission in multiple ways, like how things started to explode from heating during Venus EDL. Thanks for the like and sub! I feel a bit bad though because I'm not really actively making videos :|

[@pegasusted2504]

@@maccollo Doesn't matter, it was worth both, and if you do make a new one then I'll know now :~)

[@Cramblit]

9:00 good thing Herman Kerman the Engineer got that new ultra delux modular bolt tightener.. And also why I don't want to be an astronaut ...

[@Lukadj117]

Imagine this in career mode... ALL THE MONEY LOST

[@laminarflow7581]

Luka Djokovic I think he actually did use career mode - holy meatballs !

[@HHAugummi]

Luka Djokovic some of us would try zo return every freaking bit of the rocket... Well then good luck dude :D

[@petersmythe6462]

+Luka Djokovic And in RP-0, you'd probably get all of it back from contracts...

[@theelightgaming5143]

+Luka Djokovic Rip KSC Wallet

[@stevenlittrel2648]

He took off with all of that and came back with ONE PART

[@johnfkennedy1019]

Î just love how you incorporated the music to the start launch of the 3 parts. Those goosebumps you get when he kicks the first engines on and you see the smoke and flames and then *woosh* the secondary set kicks in setting everyting ablaze while the music hits the topline and these massive engineering marbles slowly lift off burning everything below them with deafening noise. God fucking damn thats like the best part of the entire thing

[@GameBrosMS]

This truly is the most inspiring KSP video ever! Thank you the shots and angles are pro made. Probably watching this for the 7th time in the last years :D

[@salicyl3350]

And I was happy that I made it to Mun and back... awesome vid :D

[@jereruotsalainen9635]

My CPU would not handle even one of those beasty rockets!

[@pepsigasmlulw8832]

It aint so much bout ur CPU more a matter of RAM and probably VRAM

[@jereruotsalainen9635]

Yeah. But still.

[@serenityjoe86]

Jere Ruotsalainen Nah it's CPU.

[@jereruotsalainen9635]

I don't have that good gaming PC.

[@aurelienemmanuel597]

There are huge parts, but I'm not sure there are that many parts. I'm pretty sure there never are more than 1000 parts at a time, and probably far less (~400?). Big/procedural parts really saves CPU.

[@dcchillin4687]

I love your videos. really chill, well edited, serene. It really make me want to finally take the dive into rss! Thanks for the content, keep it up!

[@Zesprit15]

Those internal view shots during descent were a nice touch. It was actually kinda scary to think of descending in there.

[@johnnymccraze]

This game looks AMAZING. It's not just something where you randomly slap together stuff and get instant gratification. No, if you want to go to Venus in this game? You have to plan, plan, plan, plan, plan, plan, plan, PLAN and risk everything in order to get there, let alone land there. Nobody can hold your hand, nobody's going to help you. It's all about how skilled you are and how far that skill can take you. And the feeling of success after going there and back again? Beyond words.

[@christianmichael4020]

That was very breathtaking. It's easy to forget how awe inspiring KSP videos can be when someone does them really well.

[@teancrumpets1494]

The rocket engine's sound... So amazing

[@geoffreybrunell5592]

Wow, this video's title is click bait. He didn't even show the kerbal planting a flag on the surface! J.K. This video is so awesome!

[@LukeMahan-xr4xx]

Screw cover letters, attach this to your resume when you apply for SpaceX

[@joho4474]

SpaceX is a very budget oriented company. In no way would this even be applicable to their standards, actual space travel is MUCH more complex than this.

[@droidsingularity7712]

this looks like it belongs in r/woosh

[@hypeninja4786]

@@joho4474 *Whooosh*

[@chisel4164]

@@joho4474 www.reddit.com/r/woooosh/

[@fask69]

@@joho4474 *r/woosh*

[@Havoc2003414]

What mod causes the shaking, creaking sounds went in re-entry? I love the way it looks and feels.

[@Havoc2003414]

Okay, so I figured out KerbQuake does the camera shaking... was the creaking of the interior edited into the video? Or can I find that somewhere.

[@maccollo]

Morisato The creaking sounds were all added in post to make it more interesting to watch. In fact most of the sounds your hear up until that point was added in post. It shouldn't be terribly difficult to make a mod that would play these kinds of sound... Well to difficult for me, but not for someone who is moderately skilled at programming.

[@Havoc2003414]

***** Thanks for the response! The sound effects are amazing. Hopefully these can be added based on atmospheric pressure, descent speed, etc :) I will look into it. Any word on the sources of these sound effects?

[@fredricktm8221]

KerbQuake

[@maccollo]

Morisato Most were cobbled together from various explosion and rattling sounds from freesound.org which is a terrific source for all kinds of sounds.

[@generalfranky1905]

This is such a very impressive projekt you just did. I could watch this so many times and it's still awesome. Also great choices of the music :D

[@theavera9ejoe]

To this day one of the most incredible missions I've ever witnessed. I still visit this video for inspiration to this day. THANK YOU Maccollo!

[@macbury18]

And NASA can't even return from mars... wusses...

[@Tobeydude20]

maybe because reality is not a game ?

[@macbury18]

r/outside begs to differ.

[@SomethingCool51]

Macbury18 Scrub can't even slashrslash

[@macbury18]

u callin me a scrub scrub?

[@Tobeydude20]

you can shield the crew from radiation in space

[@TrevorLennox]

This is absolutely one of the best videos on KZbin.

[@user-ou1ee2dh5h]

このゲームここまで極めた人初めて見たわ天才かよ

[@theperson3606]

9:05 It sounds like a streamer (possibly a speedrunner) is hitting the keyboard really fast

[@HanzsKlopek]

I wish you could see the respect in my eyes ... man this is absolutely amazing. Instant sub :)

[@keronplug14]

Omg i cant describe how epic this is. Thanks for boosting my confidence to play ksp more!

[@buddhajon96]

But this video was amazing. 10/10, a fabulous exhibition of one of the best games made for PC and the wonderful voyage that is space travel. Not to mention the drool worthy decoupling of rocket stages...

[@eragonthedragon967]

Beautifully planned, amazing views, stunning engineering and impressive flight! Extremely good job! Keep it up!!

[@76Eliam]

"Yeah, there is no launchpad on Venus, so I brought a launchpad with me" That was sick. And awesome.

[@BobFitchKSP]

300 kPa during Venus liftoff... omg

[@maccollo]

It peaked around 440 kPa actually =D

[@BobFitchKSP]

Crazy. If my launches get 10% of that then I'm going REALLY fast really low. Typically I'll peak 20-30 kPa. I guess I am also surprised you did not burn up on liftoff either.

[@maccollo]

Bob Fitch That actually surprised me too, but the shock heating doesn't really kick in until the pressure drops to a few atmospheres. I think it's because the atmospheric pressure is already so high that the relatively small increase in the shock wave doesn't result in any significant increase in temperature.

[@BobFitchKSP]

Ahhh that does make sense once you think about it.

[@michaelgarland2291]

Bob Fitch Hey! I was just thinking about how much I'm looking forward to this week's upcoming video and here you are!

[@Arae_1]

I love how well the video is put together. Really helps you appreciate how insane this thing is

[@stoffers6419]

Kerbal goes to get out of capsule: That's one small step for....and he's dead

[@chokoking1]

What beast of a computer do you have. Geeez this looks amazing!!

[@1OMEGA111]

a pretty fucking powerful one it looks like, theres no lag either

[@EddieRodJr]

It did lag for him. He just speeds it up in post production! He said it in an earlier comment. Each launch took an hour he said.

[@maginciajazmine9644]

Fuck it, we'll just bring the launchpad with us.

[@gothemcloud]

+Incredibly Creative Name OMFG REALY

[@maginciajazmine9644]

Gothem Kaleidodoge ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@sereinity6684]

This was the most epic thing ive ever seen. This is like a movie good work man keep it up :) I cant believe that I missed this video for 2 years.

[@robquinn9999]

Good gravy... You, sir, are nothing short of legendary.

[@UriMegaConnor]

When you cant get the rocket from the launchpad to Venus, instead take the launchpad to Venus and launch the rocket to Earth!

[@stevenlittrel2648]

When you think about Earth and Venus have about the same gravity, and Venus has 5+ times the atmosphere. You need more rocket to get back then you do to get there

[@Blurry_Cat_08]

@@stevenlittrel2648 Actually venus's atmosphere 92x thicker

[@stevenlittrel2648]

I was thinking Eve Holy crap

[@starlord2204]

That was captivating.

[@Daftpanzer]

The sound effects in this video are great. Still coming back to watch in 2024 :)

[@oleejay88]

This is one of those ksp videos that just show up once a year or so. Great edit, great music, and AMAZING mission!

[@TheSciack94]

I plant a flag on the Mun.

[@Prototypekk]

+GearUp! I got into orbit.

[@eragonthedragon967]

I landed on the nort pole!

[@raikkappa23]

i landed on gilly, minmus, and pol all in one launch.

[@tannius5116]

I got of the launch pad :D

[@RaySpartan315]

Well *I* bought the game. Ha!

[@TrikeSquadron]

wow.. beautifully planned and executed!

[@maxwelll1978]

Great! Well done! I've been thinking weather to get KSP or not. This clinched it :)

[@feldmarschallvonbraunschwe4463]

then you realize how da fuck is this rendering

[@dxb8086]

Best mission I have seen so far...

[@fuckyoutubeforcingyoutomak1743]

seen this 3 times now, i love the music and the sounds you added. 10/10 Also, can you explain why you boosted like that at 05:25 ?

[@maccollo]

Fuck youtube forcing you to make a new name Thank you :) You mean the multiburn escape? The TWR of the departure stage was ridiculously low, like 0.07. I would have a lost a serous amount of delta V had I tried to do it in a single burn.

[@maxthomas6686]

Fuck youtube forcing you to make a new name To expand on the reply given, boosting like that gives more time at periapsis, allowing for more exploitation of the Oberth effect.

[@ThePcGamingBoss]

Fuck youtube forcing you to make a new name i think its the mod hot rockits or something of that nature

[@ThePcGamingBoss]

Fuck youtube forcing you to make a new name lol i thought you ment the color

[@baconmanmc1537]

one of the coolest ksp videos i think have ever seen

[@RobbyAngel]

0:33 that separation was UHHHHH... mazing.. yeah... x]

[@miwove]

Beautiful video man.

[@UnderSkys]

nah, many people just come here and saw, video of game video, but this video is looks like a ballet, if you know the theory: The Oberth theory, Tsiolkovsky equation formulas, math of window to planet transfer, colibration of transfer course between planet, Reentry maths, and much much much more, science. For those who play in KSP with FAR, and othar mods, that made this game even harder, and more realistic, this looks like a poem of science and math triumph. perhaps, this isn't posible to travel to Venus, the atmosphere is too density, and surface is molted, temrepture degree is from 230C to 470C, and weather is always unstable making landing a spacecraft is nearly impossible :(( and launch back, is totaly impossible. (wind speed is about 100m/s )

[@verdiss7487]

+UnderSky A hundred years ago, do you think people thought we could do a hundredth of what we have done? It's never a good idea to say something is impossible. Maybe putting a person on Venus isn't going to happen in our lifetimes, but it sure as hell will happen.

[@imnotgivingmyname2389]

+UnderSky Unlikely via current methods, but i'm sure eventually someone will find themselves walking around on it.

[@TarsoFranchis]

+ Austyn Hensley easy, earth formation is right there.

[@5Andysalive]

+Verdiss Hardly. With temperatures about 450-500°C. Thats slightly more then TWICE what you use to bake a pizza. Pressure equaling that of water in a depth of 900m on earth. On the completely dark backside, cause it rotates very slowly, its very cold. Also there is no moon to reflect sunlight and make any light, Athmosphere is hell. No magnetic field as well. so unfiltered cosmic radiation. Closer to the sun. It rotates even slightly slower then it circles the sun So a venus day (and night) is longer then a venus year. There wont be a person on venus. It makes no sense to even try. There wont be terraforming. Youre better off trying your luck with some moons of the gas giants. Its very hard to imagine there will be even working ELECTRONICS on venus for any length of time.. The russians got a glimpse of venus before their probes burned to death or were squeezed to it. Only when they basically sent a frozen tank did it survive on the surface. For about 2 hours. Unmanned landing probes that may survive for months on the surface are planned again. in 10-15 years. Its a fascinating planet. But everything that makes it fascinating, makes it absoluetly impossible (and pointless) to land a person on its surface. Or even a permanent structure. Oh btw: As a keen amateur in KSP; What an amazing video/flight. Very very impressive. And beautiful.

[@MrSh1pman]

+AnDay5zlebt maybe since the atmosphere is so dense, it will be possible to make floating cities somewhere around 40-50 km above its surface? The temperature there should be ok, pressure as well. Acidic clouds, on the other hand...

[@babyBELUGAr]

that was the coolest/best produced video game video I have EVER seen, fucking amazing

[@ArcheanCanadian1983]

Very cool, i am just getting the hang of KSP. only just got two objects to dock in space and man what a feeling. I can only imagine the sense of accomplishment doing one of these missions brings. GJ.

[@Occasional-Win]

This will always be one of my favorite KSP videos. It’s just so epic. Who’s watching in 2019?

[@lukehero]

You are amazing at this game.

[@benediktlanger9480]

OMFG this engine sounds give me chills . So awsome edited

[@Noodle_Train]

😲 WOW!! This has got to be the most amazing and professional KSP video I Have Ever Seen!!! Must you have a lot of experience!?! Cheers bud!!!

[@habdochkeineahnung]

your vids are fucking cool. nice climax. good cuts. what a beast you build.

[@TheWhiteWolf_bf2lm1]

The best video of KSP I ever see!

[@a.w8584]

maccollo, you are awesome at this game. keep up the good work.

[@Labertasche]

This Video Is Awesome!!! i love how you flew like 5 rockets up ther to get a single one and you even built a soyuz :D

[@admiralinsaneaerospace8912]

Am I the only one who noticed that it says “eve apoapsis”at points in this video?

[@DoofusSupreme]

Passing through the atmosphere of Venus at over 10 km/s: Not advised

[@jordandean494]

This is fucking incredible

[@IzackN]

this really does a great job showing the world of difference between regular KSP and RSS - the scale of everything is just incomparable. excellent presentation.

[@a1uplift212]

2:20 that metal clanking sounded just like the Titanic I swear

[@serbianspaceforce6873]

Blamer Blaze how would you know lmao

[@iPhoneCyric]

I have watched this video more than 10 times

[@SnprMk7]

Man what decoupling and rocket mod gives these sounds, these are astounding!

[@metropod]

as someone once said: If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.

[@nathanoher4865]

metropod Mythbusters?