Nerd³ Challenges! Around the World in 80 Seconds - KSP

[@hjc135246]

The damn rcs and sas was off, for the entire launch. I applaud you for making it into orbit

[@Ignonym]

+hjc135 Who the hell leaves RCS on during launch? It's a huge waste.

[@HipsterEstonian]

+hjc135 You are applouding millions of KSP launches in that case XD

[@hjc135246]

+MrBluePapaSmurfx yes but this is nerd cubed, and he was still vertical at stupidly high altitudes

[@_Verbose_]

+OfficialNerdCubed . you don't even have the right profile pic -_-

[@lonestranger1939]

+Mariopewds123 they don't even try anymore

[@rocktalon2]

Wow, Tokyo Drift had one hell of a sequel.

[@formerlyukfi7079]

Golden

[@caringancoystopitum4224]

And the sequel is even waaay better than the original... xD I know I am 4 years late, but I just stumbled across this video ;)

[@Renegade_]

Get Danny2462. If anyone can do it, he can. He may break the game in the process, but he'll do it.

[@hatkyd7484]

Yes

[@asphere8]

+RenegadeGamer He'll manage it in NEGATIVE 80 seconds!

[@tylermclean9078]

+asphere8 hell yeah

[@orvali]

+Fedora Lenny i've seen you

[@hatkyd7484]

There's no escape

[@TheManiac201]

dont mind me, just waiting for scott manly to see this

[@YF501]

same

[@thebestbuisnesscyan4184]

+Nick Kromer yes

[@matthewmurphy2149]

+james harris and some wine 🍷

[@chaoticentity2717]

+matt and pat me too, thanks

[@gajbooks]

+TheManiac201 According to my lousy estimation using probably wrong equations, one would have to hold 50 Gs of acceleration in order to drift around a planet in 80 seconds.

[@JoeWuhPuh]

I have just realised Dan is the Jeremy Clarkson of Kerbal Space Program, and Scott Manley is James May, but who is Richard Hammond? Also I don't think Dan has punched someone over a steak.

[@andrewharvey1777]

Richard Hammond is that one NASA mission where the rocket explodes right after taking off

[@JoeWuhPuh]

Andrew Harvey but did it have its teeth whitened?

[@RematodeRanger]

Dan punched someone for some cooked steak. In a video game..

[@Supergeckos1000]

+Andrew Harvey Challenger, you mean?

[@vooran]

+Joe Wilson-Palmer You can be Richard Hammond, or maybe that guy who made like a 100 episode kerbal series. Time to vote! For you who want Joe to be Richard, press his like button, If you want the other guy, press Joe's like button. Let the voting begin!

[@RegurgitatedNews]

Some say he coded KSP in a cardboard box under a bridge. Others say he flies a spaceship to work. All we really know about him is that he goes by The Stig.

[@UCvow2TUIH0d2Ax2vik9ILzg]

"It's really heavy so it's gonna drop really really really quickly" Damn it, Dan...

[@JohnMichaelson]

21:27 - Best pause and reaction in all of Nerd Cubed history.

[@KottabosGames]

Simply Glorious

[@jaxeel3627]

Love your videos.

[@rednovember2205]

+jadonaxel doromal Who's your video's?

[@KottabosGames]

+jadonaxel doromal Thanks, glad you enjoy them

[@rednovember2205]

+Song Name? I was really confused, what an odd name for a person.

[@KottabosGames]

+Teddy Valentine yo

[@ItsGwenActually]

This is actually the plot of fast and furious 9.

[@ElselchoGaming]

Ok I am early think of a joke. EA is a resepctable game company and cares about their customers.

[@ishaanbhardwaj8992]

+Elselcho Gaming Have you seen origin support? It is amazing.

[@RematodeRanger]

Well done ign 10/10

[@tristanw7461]

Origins is shit, I use it, web browser is really laggy

[@insertname5813]

Very good, very good

[@Baconkiin]

+Ishaan Bhardwaj Still better than Steam support though.

[@DarkThunderism]

"I think Kerbin rotates now. I don't know if that's been a thing forever." Well, with my scientific expertise and knowledge of KSP patches, I feel it safe to say that yes, it has been a thing forever. Kerbin's rotation is as old as night and day, literally.

[@Xenro66]

What a coincidence.. For the past 30 minutes, I've been flying a hypersonic jet from pole to pole, got back to the KSC after my airbrakes blew up, then saw this! And believe it or not, I was going to try to see if I could get around kerbin faster by going in space and pointing down XD

[@vooran]

+Jordan O'C (Xenro66) I got back to the KFC just in time for my chicken.

[@aceman0000099]

***** *you're

[@tamp1o]

KSP + Dan + challenge = Lot of kerbals dead

[@benporter6062]

Dan really did predict the latest fast and furious.

[@fromtheinternet42]

as a professional scientician, I have only one thing to say on Dan's scientemetific knowledge here and that is, seems legit

[@alfiedean4212]

Its funny because in orbit, to speed up you actually have to slow down.

[@noahdavidson8733]

Coming back here to say that someone did manage to pull something like this off, it’s a video called “Orbiting Kermin at 7000 km” or something like that

[@noname117spore]

2 things Dan did wrong in this video: 1: If he had orbited retrograde, he would've gone around the planet faster. 2: There are significantly easier ways to destroy the planet.

[@loweflyer7778]

Like grabing a kerbal with 2 grabbers. That destroys the planet

[@ScienceDiscoverer]

+Ethergaming that creates black hole?

[@ima181993]

Legends say, that Scot Manley is still crying.

[@Alshain01]

Science is fighting against you on this one. The faster you go, the closer to orbital velocities you get, the higher your orbit, the slower you orbit the planet. It's a confusing principle to understand for many, but going faster actually means orbiting slower. The cause of this is gravity. Remember, an orbit is just falling and missing, right? Well the more energy you put into your orbit in the form of Delta V, the further from the center of gravity you get (assuming a circular orbits) so the slower you move because gravity is not pulling quite as hard. You can see this effect in Synchronous orbits. The further out you go, the slower you move in relation to the planets rotation until you are rotating around the planet at the same speed it rotates. Eccentric orbits behave differently because you significantly accelerate as you 'fall' toward your Periapsis, but it takes so long to get to your Apoapsis there is no way that would work in 80 seconds. So in short, the fastest you could go in space around Kerbin is right at 70km. Any lower and aerodynamic forces will rip you apart. You can however squeeze out a little time by going the opposite direction from the planets rotation. It won't be a significant drop though. I suggest a new video experiment for you NerdCubed. Put yourself in a 70km orbit and record the m/s listed on the NavBall. Then raise your orbit several times, make sure you circularize as close as you can each time, and record the m/s after each one. I think you will be shocked by the results.

[@jackcappy4351]

We love these ksp challenges Dan, can we get some more?

[@vooran]

Around the world in 80 seconds. Is that the unreleased sci fi, fan fiction of Around the world in 80 days? Or is it just the Best fucking idea ever?

[@DragonMaster2962]

+vooran im going for Best fucking idea ever

[@thedualwieldinggamer2163]

Im going to open door number 2!

[@vooran]

Reznov523 Oh no, it will smell! TAKE COVER!

[@thedualwieldinggamer2163]

*opens slowly* RUNN!!!! vooran

[@vooran]

Reznov523 Runs away while Inception-Time is playing in the backround

[@PancakePutin]

14:14 Good Grief! It sounds like someone is trying to print a modem!

[@bloxytuxedo6578]

Do a nerdcubed challenge on universe sandbox 2 on making the Earth go into an Ice Age. But of course like the last Ice Age, make it livable.

[@shaunfraser3720]

It wouldn't really be a challenge as all he would do is set temperature to 5 Celsius but nice try.

[@aceman0000099]

+Shaun Fraser what if he had to do it more "naturally" like make it further from the sun or make the sun smaller?

[@Jamm3z133]

+aceman0000099 since when were ice ages caused by Suns being too small?

[@aceman0000099]

+Brussie why not?

[@aceman0000099]

+Jamm3z133 thats the point- find out. maybe less heat is made, i dunno

[@Vendettan]

NerdCubed KSP!!!! The best episodes of anything on KZbin ever!

[@mebezaccraft]

challenge: acheive orbit at less than 1000 meters off of the ground

[@toaster6035]

+mebezaccraft Impossible. Many parts of Kerbin are higher than 1000m, and the amount of wind resistance would drag the craft down so much that you can barely get to orbital velocity in atmosphere.

[@devingaming2598]

+mebezaccraft thats actually impossible, as the hardest bit of atmosphere fades away at 10k metres. the rocket would just plummet to the ground.

[@Kerosyn]

+mebezaccraft You mean flight? Because airplanes?

[@kaollachan]

+BamBam also there is moutain so better fly at least above those

[@mebezaccraft]

i meant around a belt of ocean. AND ONLY ORBITING ONCE.

[@chrisandrew7577]

these kerbal videos are the best! engineers everywhere are pulling their hair watching in astonishment.

[@brendanrisney2449]

"....sounds like somebody's trying to print a modem!" Is that what you said? I can't tell if it was, you win.

[@HungrySpinz]

Two hundred thousand... kilometers an hour, no mph, feels good man. Also that music when you reach outer atmosphere so good

[@JebediahKermanClone3971]

I randomly typed "awesome" while watching this, and the youtube meter thingy is rainbow!!

[@JebediahKermanClone3971]

***** you type it again...

[@null6629]

Awesome

[@GamingPrompt]

KZbin and its secrets :D

[@Prich038]

+Jebediah Kerman Uhh nothing happens for me

[@heyguysjohnfarder]

I'm saying yes because I've never seen it anywhere else

[@jplabs456]

Fun fact: Kerbin is so small, our own moon is larger. That’s not a joke. And I love it.

[@mistarPL]

I'm only down here for Scott's Manley's response to this video

[@Tustin2121]

The Stig is now too busy driving a car around Mars to do this.

[@Pokemon_Trainer_Black]

Where did the "by the end of this video Scott Manley will be crying." Come from? I mean, I know Scott doesn't cry for he is too Manley.

[@sleaf6]

"The sun's usually in space..." The more you know...

[@PlatinumAltaria]

So... based on my (likely outlandishly wrong) calculations, an 80 second (ideal circular) orbit would be at around 83000m, with an orbital velocity of 6520m. Which is absurd.

[@CyclicPilot]

"We're higher, so we saved energy!" Yes Dan. It's not like it takes effort to lift a 20 tonne rocket.

[@donofdeaths]

Do you love kerbal space program but suck at it? Just ask yourself, "am I having fun" If the answer is yes, don't listen to other people , just have fun with it.

[@thepermanentshockedface9177]

I've concluded over the few years of watching him that he should 100% be put on big bang theory and challenge Sheldon cooper to a kerbal space station race while answering psychics questions relating to star trek

[@itsxerxes6754]

The stig could do it in 12

[@asteroidblues402]

You do realize that all of those sounds you heard at 15:00 were your boosters hitting the planet.

[@Retroswamp]

"The Fastest And Most Furiousest - Orbital Drift!"

[@jhayw]

Have you noticed that the only place of civilization on Kerbin is the space launch centre? Dan murdered the rest of the planet with his rocket.

[@Grimpus]

CHALLENGE: Make it out of the atmosphere and safely land as fast as possible (in Kerbal Space Program)

[@emilianstaniak504]

time to do it on layth

[@BobVosh]

You know you can refuel in space right? So probably easier to have done it that way.

[@gferrol118]

This video is longer than 80 seconds... That means it's a failed challenge

[@gferrol118]

***** i was joking. Ive watched Dan for 3 years. I can tell that the challenge videos that involve time are gonna be longer than the time he said

[@gferrol118]

DerekHartley I know. I was being sarcastic. Jesus

[@iiGingiey]

22:44 well when you say it makes sense? let's put that into the prospective of NerdCubed land.

[@thedualwieldinggamer2163]

7 dislikes after 8 minutes... the video came out and the video is 30 minutes long...screw the haters...WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO!

[@ConnorEllisMusic]

+Reznov523 yes because you have to watch the whole video to realise he is still so shit at KSP. People can dislike because of that after watching for like 40 seconds.

[@NoobSlayer2013]

+SquaredSpekz If you have ever watched any of his videos he even says he is not good at video games, you cant expect him to be good when he tells you he isnt. His videos are not about his skill.

[@thedualwieldinggamer2163]

GhostlyGamingHD its about the comedy.

[@Schurfable]

+Reznov523 I suspect that these 7 people subscribe to every youtube channel, so that they can downvote every video. It's almost impossible to find videos with less than 7 downvotes. They might be trying to change the world, one downvote at a time

[@DocDewrill]

+Reznov523 how about people who dont like seeing him play KSP because they dont find it entertaining? what about people who prefer more FW contentß exactly thats what these buttons are good ofr. you like it *like button* you dont like it and want to see less of this content on this channel +dislike it* people who dont want to se Nerd³ paly at all: dont push either and go fuck yourself.

[@FlamingNinja]

Now this is a sight that should be seen more. Dan playing KSP.

[@arturaraujo73]

TINY RICK WOULD DO IT IN NO TIME, BECAUSE TINY RICK ROCKS!!! ...into outer space!!

[@bernardobiritiki]

-.- go back to you real body Rick

[@vooran]

+Artur Araújo He's also a god, so really he could do it in 0 seconds. XD

[@theboss-zl5zd]

+Artur Araújo TINY RICK!

[@arturaraujo73]

vooran No time = 0 get your shit together Vooran, like in a sack and then sell it in a shit store... yeah, like that.

[@vooran]

+Artur Araújo Shoot, now I'll be punished again. Please Great Rick, will you *hears rumble and gets zapped by lightning.

[@conorlarkin8156]

Dan being smart yet stupid funny at the same time? I like this.

[@lurkingharris]

Oooh I love KSP. Although, I couldn't build the rockets from scratch, I'd certainly have to planet. :D Still, I'd STARt with finding all the cool cosmetic pieces because I'm a sucker for aesthetics. :D These puns will certainly "fuel" some interesting responses :D It'll be "sun"thing like: pls stop, or fuck off, or go away" :D I nova-ry few space puns, but these are some of my best :D Btw, is watching this vid orbitrary? :D

[@vooran]

+Lurking Harris Look out for moonsters in space though!

[@lurkingharris]

+vooran Agreed. I don't think Dan understands the "gravity" of the situation :D

[@ratmancrimes]

+Lurking Harris love you bb

[@ratmancrimes]

+Lurking Harris love you bb

[@lurkingharris]

+OneLonelyGuy luv u too :D I love everyone :D (apart from that one guy, you know who you are) :D

[@TarryltonDunn]

MORE! I Love ksp, you should do a complete

[@theolindquist]

The idea of orbit is that you fall and move at the same time... if you get to the perfect speed you have a circular orbit, go too fast and you don't fall fast enough, so your orbit becomes larger. Go too slow and you can't escape gravity fast enough and you just fall. It's nearly impossible. *But not impossible enough for Dan.*

[@jackandrews5478]

You did better at blowing up the base in this video than the on where you were supposed to! XD

[@TheUntamedNetwork]

find distance of the circumference at 80km, find speed that covers that in less then 80 seconds, at periapsis burn until you are going that velocity, face directly at center of planet, increase burn rate until the periapsis keep it's distance behind you (keeping it exactly on you is way harder then keeping is the same distance behind you), hold burn for an entire orbit to set record. I suspect the easiest way to achieve this would be to take a rocket with a very high delta V, generally a massive rocket, with an incredibly effecitent tiny rocket on top, and detach the small one after doing the big burn.

[@SwagWagger]

+TheUntamedNetwork Jesus Christ, slow down Einstein

[@thischannelhasnocontent8629]

+p0t4t0p0ny It's not that complicated. Firing forward will always make your orbit take longer, and vice versa. Firing straight down (normal) rotates the orbit. Firing to the sides tilts it. So you would need to get a highly eccentric orbit for maximum periapsis speeds, then turn it with the normal burn to keep yourself at that speed. It's not rocket sci- oh.

[@asingularcheesepuff6383]

Or, if you're Dan, just strap a fuck ton of fuel to a cockpit and hope for the best!

[@TheUntamedNetwork]

p0t4t0p0ny

[@MrWemo09]

I did the maths: to orbit a satellite around earth at sea level (disregarding mountains and air resistance) it would have to travel at 8km per second, completing an orbit in about 80-90 minutes. seeing the title made me a bit sceptical...

[@Tazooka]

I know Dan won't complete this challenge... But I'll watch him fail anyway

[@NickishNL]

Hahaha, "nasa: why do we take pictures of pluto?" "Nah, to have a good time" xDD

[@zararule427]

Challenge! PERMA-DEATH ISH! Go to the sun

[@zararule427]

Ultimate Doginator Yes... that... Yes... Do it nerd³, or we will make you... we will force you, like with the star trek vid!

[@zararule427]

Ultimate Doginator I like you... maybe in another universe we could be close friends...

[@zararule427]

Ultimate Doginator No, I don't think I have seen it. Send me a link to it...

[@maxenzie1897]

+Ultimate Doginator NerdCubed Challenge : Sell Out! Ride To Hell.

[@dylanp629]

Next challenge: BLOW UP THE MUN

[@alexshi2357]

It takes around 80 minutes to go around the Earth...

[@lukealmond340]

KerbalXXX? Kinky

[@af5253]

nerdcubed + ksp = instant like

[@ImmortalHDizzle]

1 dislike already....why

[@12gauge_shawtyy]

I watch dans videos to fall asleep his voice is somehow soothing probably because of the accent

[@EJayNine]

Km!? You're bloody English!!

[@oliphantazentertainment1169]

And.....what's wrong with that!?

[@joshuagonzalez2620]

Us Brits don't use the old Kilometre much, it's weird to hear one of us using it, imagine an American using Kilograms

[@JacquesWS]

How the fuck can you not know that?

[@TheZyzxx]

I'm in Manchester and we only use Miles for roads, everything else is metric.

[@JacquesWS]

TheZyzxx I hope they never change it to km for roads.

[@LanceThumping]

I did the math after seeing this video. It came out that you'd have to orbit at a height of like ~30m from the center of Kerbin, so well into it's core. The alternative would be to get an orbit of 70,000m established and then manage to speed up your craft tremendously while also thrusting directly towards the planet. It came to something over 4000N to maintain an orbit at fast enough speed, not to mention getting up to the speed.

[@mohamedabdelhamid5101]

1 LIKE 1 DOG IS SAVED FROM CHINA

[@theojacobsson614]

But dog tastes so good.

[@seanrogers3389]

Around the world in 80 seconds: a documentary starring Dan

[@BenieTheDragon]

I was seriously hoping you would make a rover that's really fast (and can fly) to traverse Kerbal quickly.

[@MrScorpion749]

Watching your videos is enjoyable while eating food. Don't ask why.

[@AndyMC_YT]

Before the video, I did the calculations, and if Helios 2 was traveling at its top speed (252,792 km/h), it would take 1 minute to get around Kerbin.

[@stephentroyer3831]

Nerd Cubed playing Kerbil is always a good laugh.

[@billbokedal]

2:19 This is not what i came here to see. 10:51 Getting there... 21:35 Now THIS is more like it. :D

[@aidenbourman6450]

There are two great things about this vid. Dan is being smart, AND the night i decided to watch this there was a lunar eclips.

[@kanyewest9863]

The good old days.

[@abcdefg12296]

Oh look at nerdcubed using correct terminology for ksp, I'm so proud :P

[@pickleGenerator]

"... but this, as you can tell, is much faster than ISS because it's smaller." *clap clap clap*

[@timpeak6143]

Whoever comes up with these is amazing they are always great. If you ever came up with one I wish you a great day :)

[@lucasho6274]

"We can't just use ROCKETS! We have to actually think about this... and I have a plan now... ROCKETS!!!" -Dan, 2015

[@logger5400]

*wants to stay in orbit* *proceeds to go at full speed towards the planet with the biggest engine*

[@17thSHIT]

21:29, omfg that could have been the best ending. Just end, dead.

[@micahqgecko]

Ok so here's some math for this issue. Circumference of Kerbin - 2(600km) x Pi ≈ 3770 km Lowest possible orbital height - 70 km Lowest possible orbital circumference around Kerbin - 2(670) x Pi ≈ 4210 km To go around the world in 80 seconds (without rotational velocity) - 4210km / 80s = 52.625 km/s To go around the world in 80s (with rotational velocity) - 52.45 km/s At those speeds you would escape the Kerbin system with no chance to complete a single orbit.

[@timothymclean]

24:12: ...Those are launch clamps! What are LAUNCH CLAMPS doing attached to your ship at 24 klicks?

[@albindahlberg4199]

i cringe at the inefficency while i love dans KSP videos. Edit. and scott,get on this

[@BloodyRainRang]

8min might be doable, if you can somehow maintain ~9000m/s during orbit. 80seconds, not so much without mods and/or infinite fuel.

[@reizayin]

I can hear weeping... Dammit Dan, what have you done? Poor Scott Manley, and the entirety of the KSP community.

[@aqua-b7r]

That 'needs more rockets' thing should totally be a meme. When anything ever explodes.

[@aaroncarmody8562]

0:44 i came here for stupidity.... i got scott manley

[@peterjiang1265]

Is it just me, or when there is an nerdcubed ksp video I just literally sigh IRL?

[@asingularcheesepuff6383]

I think it's more appropriate to ask who DOESN'T heave a sigh when they see a KSP video from Dan. :3

[@jackshepherdson]

I would love to see a video where you go and rescue the Kerbal's you left on the purple planet (what ever it's called).

[@astroturtle3326]

Nerdcubed you really surprised me in this video I didn't know you were so smart.

[@n0etic_f0x]

This is The coolest game of all time.

[@malindawelte9474]

He has to drift around the planet omg incredible

[@Axlambaa]

"You know how hoolah hoops work? were gonna do that" great plan science

[@Cadrid]

If the Earth's circumference is 40,000 km, and you want to go around it in 80 seconds, you'd need to be going 500 km/s or 1.8 MILLION km/h or 0.1% the speed of light. That's an awfully tall order for such itty-bitty Kerbals.

[@lam1501]

The world is ending. Dan has figured out how to play KSP.

[@alexparker4244]

Dan you are the only KZbinr I can watch after upgrading to Windows 8 (.1) because all other videos the audio is quite and distorted. Oh well.

[@dotquack1]

ok I swear to god EVERY TIME I QUIT KSP DAN STOPS PLAYING IT BUT WHEN I PLAY IT AGAIN HE MAKES ANOTHER VIDEO ABOUT IT