Nerd³ Challenges... KSP - The World's Shortest Rocket

[@scottmanley]

New challenge, reach orbit while facepalming.

[@Darthwill44]

In a recent stream he made a way to kill 150-ish kerbals in one rocket

[@jczerzzz]

26:12 did you catch that subtle shout-out?

[@siyacer]

You mean reach orbit *without* facepalming?

[@knockoffterminator2718]

This is great

[@pandaman144.]

Oh wow.... This was not expected. So the crying Scottish man heard his call and came running xD

[@Mireaze]

This video is so nostalgic, the only thing missing is the red launch tower, and the jet engine of a PC in the background

[@Matsas11]

From the looks of it, the computer will start screaming in agony any minute now.

[@lewispayne4725]

You could open a new tap and find a yt video of a loud pc for added experience

[@bigtoe1180]

And the fact dan was always either dying of tiredness or some illness

[@baconbitz7937]

You get a similar effect by making the sound with your mouth

[@jackoski__19]

Matsas his keyboard was very red

[@shadygecko3759]

"but ive never had any issues with flapping before" *veteran fans stare off into the distance

[@jakereid5413]

We will always remember that glider

[@Tmccreight25Gaming]

**swallows a swimming pool full of air in a femtosecond**

[@marnikjacobss8462]

R.I.P glider and many, many other planes

[@cartwtf]

I will never forget that video.

[@The-kr9rb]

**Glider wings shear off mid flight** **His lungs collapse at 0.56% the speed of light**

[@officialtibby]

If nothing else, I'm just happy that Dan is happy enough to go back to gaming videos that he enjoys without worrying about ad revenue. It feels very wholesome

[@purple3018]

Yeah it’s so nice to watch him do what he enjoys and not have to worry about whether or not he makes money from it

[@Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan]

I can hear Raid Shadow Legends breathing heavily. If Dan cared about money. He wouldn't of killed the channel.

[@heimskr2881]

@@purple3018 Im glad I can enjoy watching him again, its been a couple years but I watched his man eater video and actually enjoyed it.

[@bigoil48]

It's good to see him enjoying himself again.

[@Vekette]

For real, this is basically the same type of content that I subscribed for, and I'm so glad he's financially stable enough to go back to it.

[@ICE_Trance]

The impressive thing is.... a lot of these would have actually got to the Mun with some better fuel management and a different pilot.

[@aturchomicz821]

Keep telling this to yourself lmao

[@magneticflux-]

@@aturchomicz821 Some of the later ones actually had ~4500m/s of delta-V. It's not guaranteed, but those could get most of the way to the Mun.

[@SharkyMcSnarkface]

But where’s the fun in that?

[@shawngriffith6901]

The fact he didn't do the asparagus technique to kick empty fuel tanks and cut weight kinda irritated me. He probably could have made it on like the 3rd design forward just from that tweak. It wasn't in the rules he couldn't

[@katteisace4563]

atur chomicz have you played the game? If he didn’t keep not using max thrust he would of been way more likely to actually get to the mun and possibly back

[@ArKharasz]

"I need to listen to the things NASA say" NASA (in the background): STOP! JUST PLEASE DEAR GOD STOP!

[@mrmeatman9948]

*distant funeral bagpipes*

[@ultimatewaluigi5907]

Summary of the video in one meme: "Sometimes my genius is, it's almost frightening."

[@duckbusters2569]

A lot of Jeremy Clarkson’s old Top Gear quotes could sum up Dans videos

[@evdweide]

Or "Can someone hear a Scottish man crying?"

[@protato4034]

Dan: "I've never had any issues with flapping" Me having flashbacks to flight sim O_O

[@jplabs456]

exactly

[@wondermittens1844]

aaaaaaaand FLAP! AAAAOOOOWA! *_(coughing-fit.wav)_*

[@roguevale2092]

I can hear his laugh when that plane just crumpled, I miss this shit

[@Punnikin1969]

If I recall correctly, he only had issues with flapping for very short periods, then the issues changed to plummeting. I think it's fair to say the flapping phase was quite short and quickly became a non-issue.

[@YerpyMoose]

Aerofly flight sim

[@EngineerLume]

"We're nearly there!" *Checks Time *There's still half an hour left Me: I agree Dan

[@BriggsVanDault]

Never had problems with flapping? Either he has forgotten a particular glider having its wings shear off, or he was referencing that exact moment

[@slaughterround643]

yeah that's the joke

[@JBG-AjaxzeMedia]

was defo a reference, glad he does remember the fan favourite moments, clips like the ones in his trailers like "my name is cle-ver burt" "CA HA HA HA, CLE-VER BURT"

[@high_but_down_9875]

I remember that haha I laughed so hard at that video

[@kennethkennethson4289]

i was kind expecting to hear "AAAAAAAND FLAP"

[@Rowdimouse]

AAAOOOOOOWAAA! * the coughs of the damned *

[@romankaplan666]

@@Rowdimouse followed by quite calls of "help, mercy, I'm dying"

[@DrDremur]

Along with choking on air, followed by the sound of dying. Lol, I watched that video when I was sick and it was not pretty, lol.

[@leedergs]

Dam I just got a lot of nostalgia for some reason.

[@ThatOneShortieHo]

I can HEAR it

[@238Hero238]

"I've added enough more fuel for all the more fuel I've added" This perfectly explains rocket science.

[@bl4cksp1d3r]

"Kerbal Jeff, who is the engineer of this..... abomination of a rocket?" "Ehh, let me check.... a certain Dan... Nerdcubed. Why?" "....We'll gonna die, Jeff."

[@HATVAULT]

"WHAT?!" "Jeff, say your prayers and goodbyes to your family." "Whoa, whoa, where is this coming from?! How do you know we are going to die?!"

[@umcThunder72]

Jeb not jeff

[@bl4cksp1d3r]

@@umcThunder72 if MY Kerbal is called Jeff, that's my thing. And it can't be Jeb, because Jeb is still alive you fool

[@OriginalPiMan]

About half of these rockets were not deadly, so that's something.

[@GTAmaniac1]

@@OriginalPiMan yes, because they couldn't get enough kinetic energy to destroy the mammoth

[@B_Skizzle]

In this episode: Dan accidentally recreates the Jericho missile from Iron Man.

[@miletilblight2181]

Fitting Hell probably be playing iron Man vr In a few weeks

[@abelincoln7473]

yeah now that you mention it..... I was thinking USAF J/DAM munition

[@duckbusters2569]

_MILETIL_ BLIGHT_ god I’m excited for that game to come out. Definitely sounds like something Dan would play, and I’m gonna get the deluxe edition when it gets released (I missed preorder)

[@Starfire-nv3nk]

@@miletilblight2181 there is a demo for it on ps4

[@powwowken2760]

As someone who's spent 1,000 hours playing KSP this both hurts me, and entertains me to no end. Good Job

[@joeplavin]

Haha same

[@slaughterround643]

daniel weNT TO UNIVERSITY FOR THIS I only have an A-level in astrophysics and I do better than this! daaaaannn aaaaaaa

[@thatguy4544]

The lack of crossfeed hurts.

[@thisisyourusernameondrugs9373]

@@slaughterround643 in fairness, he did drop out ;P

[@PrinceLeviathan]

Ya see, he knows what he's supposed to do but where would the fun be in that?

[@footymaddean]

"I've never had any issues with flapping before in my life" *flashbacks to that aerofly FS video with the glider*

[@happydogmachine]

thats what i was thinking lol XD

[@nottsoserious]

8:57 Dan: *Carpet bombs his entire space agency with exploding rocket fuel tanks* Also Dan: ZERO DEAAAAATHS

[@psx2codes1]

"Strut Connector"? No no no no.... that's called "Space Duct Tape."

[@thepizzaheman]

Or Kraken food.

[@TheMonkey747]

Spess tep...

[@ODIR]

maybe a flapping spaceship is a bad idea.. we all remember the aerofly fs video

[@SnakeBite51]

your a man of a great memory that gifts to us all i hope you have a great day !

[@andrewharvey1777]

And fl-*AUEGH*

[@brziperiod]

The Femtosecond of air lol

[@alexnotlando]

@@brziperiod No, it was actually a swimming pool worth of air IN A femtosecond.

[@ODIR]

@@SnakeBite51 thanks i hope you have a great day too!

[@ianmalkaviac]

Asparagus staging, fuel lines connected for the outside to the inside, as the outside fuel tanks lose fuel you decouple them. The removal of dry weight lets you go faster with less engines. Also it makes it easier to control as it get lighter.

[@slaughterround643]

THIS edit: (asparagus staging broke, fractal staging woke, lmao)

[@flyingrobotpig]

This is what he tried to do I think, just not very well

[@TheAechBomb]

I mean, the idea was there, the execution was not

[@kleinbottled79]

@@TheAechBomb The idea was like 10% there. It would have been more fun to watch him fail at later parts of this challenge too. Which would be possible if he would learn just a tiny bit about the game...or physics for that matter.

[@r_streit9527]

kleinbottled79 If professionalism is what you want, this is not the channel for it my guy😂😂 We are here to build rockets that are attached very loosely with duct tape and to propel shit into orbit at dangerous speeds, nothing more, nothing less

[@thisisacomment.]

it's been so long since I heard the "hello procrastinators" that I thought I was watching a video from 5 years ago

[@jamesstevens2440]

same I loved it

[@pandapotato1617]

His last video was a few days ago

[@ashtonhoward5582]

Really? He's been doing that recently.

[@user-wg9sv6fq5c]

Pretty sure we just funded a time travel program

[@Skillfullfilms89]

What happened to him?! Hes back to the creator I loved when I was younger!! Is there anywhere I can go to get a sitrep of what happened?!

[@ziggyzag07]

Dan: "I've put more Engines on" Me: "oh thank christ now we have chance of getting to the mun" Dan: puts Engines that are meant for landers on one of the biggest and heaviest fuel tanks in the game Me:"..."

[@Barber100Dr]

47:14 I love how even he sounds disgusted with what he's built, that's how you KNOW something good is coming. God I love this channel!

[@DX88]

He said "hello procrastinators" again! That hasn't happened for a while, right? Kinda missed it..

[@idontknowimlostforwords4715]

He’s been saying it continuously for about three weeks...

[@ignorepls]

Apparently it's back now

[@Starfire-nv3nk]

@@ignorepls HOORAY!!

[@nyahnyahson523]

It was a patreon tier, since he's reached it he'll keep saying it

[@RickyLafluer]

3:00 omg I was so prepped for the explosion

[@RossWild]

... i feel, cheated... its like, nerd3... KSP... without explosions, this is what being blue balled is... this isnt right xD

[@Metmovie]

Damn! Bamboozeld again!

[@sorio99]

3:17 The hard cut of “I have photos” to the Octopus Fuel is...perfection.

[@NamedNameless1]

Nerdcubed going back to HELLO PROCRASTINATORS is the best thing that's happened this year

[@mitchell2719]

Dan made a cluster bomb, meaning the Kerbals have broken several international arms treaties

[@jansenart0]

This is pretty spectacular. Seeing Dan, someone with years of experience, pretend to fail at KSP is quite inspiring. I could not have imagined being able to do this myself with the same gusto and sincerity he seems to be giving each "attempt". Asparagus staging isn't something one can possibly forget.

[@ajshell2]

5:15 When Jeb's screaming you know things are going badly

[@the_max_fx]

I feel like i'm watching an old Nerd Cubed video! AMAZING!

[@duckbusters2569]

I love that he’s gone back to the classic stuff! The nostalgia is amazing! The only thing that could be better is if he resurrected his Minecraft Let’s Play Buildy Thingy but I don’t thing he ever will

[@eldritchstories1461]

"...and flap!" *Inhales all of the air. Just all of it*

[@sipofsunkist9016]

35:33 "i've got an i9 processor, i mean thats actually stronger, than, ffffffphysics" that had me on the ground man

[@aaronlandry3947]

He ran the fuel line the wrong direction in his "fix".

[@kleinbottled79]

I don't think he had (or has) the faintest idea that fuel lines are directional.

[@trxnchfoot]

it worked! my time machine worked!

[@pandaman144.]

Hang on a second... (looks closer) 1 day ago... Huh.... (looks at video release time.) thirty one.... Minutes.... Ago..... RUUUUUNNNNNN FEAR THE TIME LORD

[@MyOtheHedgeFox]

𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐮𝐬.

[@redwitch95]

we'll know it's definitely worked when he makes a video about farming villagers in minecraft again

[@trxnchfoot]

@@redwitch95 im waiting for the jet engine pc and some flight sims

[@grumpygentlemen918]

“I’ve never had any issues with flapping in my life” Areofly FS: U forgetting someone?

[@em_langton]

I’m so glad dan is playing stuff like this again, I would love to see him do an obscenely huge build in minecraft again

[@The117th]

The nostalgia brought me back but I've been away a while and holy crap that intro caught me off guard

[@mallardofmodernia8092]

Same bro

[@monkeyb0xfilms216]

This is the content I remember when I think of og KZbin right here, felt like it’s was 8 years ago again. I missed it so much. Made me laugh so much. Your content has always been 10/10 but something about this, it just hits right in the nolstalgia feels

[@strateupgamr7]

27:05 You can hear the hidden panic in his voice. You can perfectly picture his facial expression.

[@desertsoftime]

Petition to see Scott Manley complete the challenge.

[@SeedlingNL]

Please... Scott could build something that could visit every planet and moon, and end up with enough delta-v to build a space station at 100km after landing back at KSP to pick up new snacks :P

[@itsmeinsane_]

Can we check if scott manly is ok when this vid goes live?

[@littledruk6192]

A Kerbal Space Program video that’s almost an hour long AND starts with “hello procrastinators.” It’s just like the old days

[@qkey01]

Nobody: Rammstein Concerts: 25:36

[@mageless8192]

“I’ve never had any issues with flapping before in my life” *flashbacks to flight simulator X* oh no.

[@nibblrrr7124]

"so okay, we're nearly there, we just need a little bit more fuel" - konstantin tsiolkovsky, probably

[@trippydrew8492]

"A little bit of speed is good for slowing you down"

[@steelplatedheart]

Adding this to the list of "NerdCubed videos that make me laugh so hard I start to weep uncontrollably."

[@solellama4188]

This video brought me back to middle school when I watched you everyday

[@nauticalaphid2458]

33:00 he knew exactly what he was doing there. He’s trying to hide the truth

[@mynameisj9139]

My favourite NerdCubed video in a long time, Dan is enjoying doing his content again and it really reflects in the quality. Thank you guys

[@danielfiene7770]

Dammit, Dan, learn how to stage properly :D The last design probably could have made it to the moon and back if you had connected fuel lines from the outermost engine to the next one, then from that one to the next and so forth until you reach the center and if you then dropped the fuel tanks starting from the outermost one when they emptied.

[@mads_in_zero]

"I've put the engines on last haven't I?" It's been so long since I've watched KSP... Staging Errors, they're so nostalgic.

[@ActuallyConfused]

NerdCubed uploads a KSP video: *The Return of The King*

[@spacemonkeys4987]

‘This is getting silly now’ - Dan Hardcastle, 47 minutes in

[@obsessivelyobsessed5263]

All of this, so he could invent the REAL "SpaceX"

[@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559]

SpaCex

[@BenMaguireLONEWOLF9989]

"Slow it down" - I'm not quite sure whether you mean the rocket or your frame rate...

[@toad3222]

Yes

[@deanwoods1856]

"can you hear a scottish man crying" cracked me up

[@AJkemp20]

27:04 Anyone know how Dan set up his keyboard to do that? I would love to have that on mine!

[@Mister_Smith_YT]

probably has a corsair keyboard and uses icue lighting link, thats how i did it

[@luiginotcool]

@@4321olleH he was talking about his CPU temperature being displayed as the colour of his keyboard

[@ASolitaryHowl]

I think with Asus Aura

[@cheereebus]

SolitaryHowl nailed it. This is one of the built in modes with Asus aura.

[@noarsy7716]

Holy shit when i saw this in my recommended i thought it was a couple years old but i figured id rewatch it but hell yeah new ksp videos

[@benmacfadyen1]

This video is funny! Feels like Dan is back to his old self :) A good thing in my opinion

[@mallardofmodernia8092]

Old is gold

[@preetamdasika7636]

"Ive never had any problems with flapping before" *AAAAAAAND FLAP...OUUUHHHHHHOU*

[@alicesophie123]

48:30 ITS TIME..... TO FACE..... THE MUSIC!

[@HockeyJock310589]

"oh no, the science is to strong. What shall we do?" "ADD MORE SCIENCE!!!"

[@TheFreshSpam]

*KSP exists* _Air Resistance: am i a joke to you_

[@slaughterround643]

every army ever when dropping troops: UNSC when developing ODST: 2:42

[@undyinglich6326]

13:41 no there were pilots in I see through you deception

[@Fish112238]

Best video in a long time! I love that I am a part of making this possible.

[@Jame5man]

I was expecting the old outro song at the end there. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

[@ErebusAlekos]

Enter the domain of the nerd cubed

[@nottsoserious]

@@ErebusAlekos followed by 'The Nerdcubed..... The Nerdcubed..... The Nerd who? The Nerdcubed.'

[@Gorillaoffate]

This just makes me remember all the times i'd come home from school and sit and watch videos just like this ASAP

[@Mister_Smith_YT]

Exceptionally funny, But there was at least 3 rockets there that could have worked if you had piloted them correctly. for example one of the last ones you burned after the apoapsis and fell back into the atmosphere, had you have burned earlier you would have gotten into orbit with about 4000m/s delta V left.

[@themasteronhigh1665]

Thats english, right?

[@JohnDoe-nf7up]

@@themasteronhigh1665 no it's science

[@foxhound5699]

I don't follow Dan to watch things being done correctly.

[@pandapotato1617]

Yeah but nobody watched dan because he’s competent, we watch him because it’s funny to watch people fail

[@Mister_Smith_YT]

I know why we watch dan. I just wanted to point out that a few designs would have worked. Although in the hands of Scott manly a pea shooter could take you to the moon

[@rowanmurphy513]

Spaceship - hundreds of tons of explosive material literally falling to the earth at 150 m/s Kerbals - :D

[@Fribeepig]

quick question for all y'all, how are you still caught off guard by the "Hello Procrastinators" it's the new old normal, so surely you should be used to it

[@duckbusters2569]

‘I probably should’ve attached them properly’ perfectly sums up Dan when playing this or any other building games

[@somethingotherthanmyrealname]

10:50 When the tenth doctor is your English teacher.

[@MZZE-my7hz]

i feel like with how nostalgic these videos are feeling we are gonna randomly get the old outro too. just for a direct hit in the nostalgia

[@TheHumanEwok]

"I've never had an issue with flapping before" conveniently forgetting the glider incident

[@mishicusmoshicus99]

12:10 uh oh Dan violated the convention on cluster munitions

[@SketchUT]

Every introduction to a new rocket reminds me of Wheatley from Portal 2 lmao

[@Rayan.Tactical7]

This can be used as a weapon. A Cluster Bomber.

[@jordray5823]

Dan, we love that you're doing challenges again, but please, please and once more; PLEASE do a completes series on literally ANYTHING

[@burningfroz3n]

I remember watching these kerbal challenges 4 years ago, glad to know he's still at it :)

[@pemo2676]

I haven't watched a video of yours for years. I always stayed subscribed and was happy you were still doing stuff. Opening this up and hearing 'hello procrastinators' hit me like a freight train

[@JohnDoe-cj6uk]

Omg it’s nerd, brooooo this was literally the starting of my enternet childhood sooo much nostalgia

[@meebz0rp]

BREAKING NEWS: delusionan engineer kills 9 pilots in a chode rocket prototype

[@starbournehero771]

25:30 “I feel confident, definitely confident.” *For once doesn’t hesitate to activate SAS before launch* Oh boy...

[@siyacer]

Nerd finally uploads a KSP video again as I play KSP, awesome!

[@pappajoe6825]

You managed to entertain me for 51 fucking minutes without me realising. That is just plain impressive. Subscribed.

[@spycrah]

29:52 that breaking made me laugh for 5 minutes straight, I was actually expecting it to be good, but then...

[@thecolorpurple6401]

i genuinely had to check the date that this was released when I heard that intro. *The Nostalgia.*

[@slyksylva1818]

mission control: why aren't you taking off Astronaut: we're waiting for the rockets to settle

[@t10god]

I haven't watched Nerdcubed in 3 years. Forgot he even existed. "Hello procrastinators" for some reason made my jaw fucking DROP

[@jarrett3810]

This takes me back to a much simpler "lets play" time of life. Love it

[@footballboy681]

I wanna cry, I’m so happy he’s gone back to his old routes 🥺

[@plece]

"I've never had any issues with flapping before" -Nerd3 2020 "Flap, flap, *HEEAUAHGG* I've just inhaled a swimming pool's worth of air" -Nerd3 2013

[@sam8119]

The frantic clicking of the fuel tanks every time got me hahahaha

[@marksman1416]

12:02 Instead of fuel tanks those could be Starlink satellites and Dan's got the perfect deployment method

[@dogenfoster2577]

I fucking love these new gaming videos. I’m so glad you’re just enjoying yourself with support from patreon. Also, I kinda want the fan in the background again...

[@iLOLZU42]

Wow, a new record for you! You killed Kerbals at 13 minutes instead of instantly!

[@meow6371]

I feel like Dan has actually been hired by N. Korea to develop a "discrete" bomb delivery system