Project Andoria - Crewed Mission to Pluto Part 2. | KSP RSS/RO/ROKerbalism

[@hallucinogender]

I think it's no understatement to say that this is the single most impressive project I've ever seen anyone do in KSP. Looking forward to the final part.

[@CallsignAegis]

Greenmoth

[@Woopor]

Mossbag

[@patrykmatyjasik979]

3:42 I love how the launch conplex is shaking due to power of those beasts

[@norymondares918]

AMOGUS

[@sp_epic]

its even better at 3:51

[@Spaceman0025]

It's bowing down to the power of his cpu power because it didn't crash

[@bnw5435]

3:51 that launch tower can't contain its excitement

[@alexandrucurtusan7152]

XD

[@CASA-dy4vs]

LOL IT WAS SPINNING AROUND 😂😂😂

[@xenowreborn]

@@CASA-dy4vs "I'll try spinning, that's a good trick!"

[@CalvinMaclure]

Mmm mmm... buttery smooth in-flight voice. Joking aside, you've outdone yourself again, you mad lad!

[@Countryballsandstuff999]

You were the actor for it in the first place, great job

[@alphaorder3392]

7:09 the launch tower quivers at the might of the N2! All jokes aside, really great video! I can't wait for tomorrow's one!

[@anonymous-zo5ml]

Look at the tower of 39b during the dual n2 launch. That one probably shit it’s pants, if it had any

[@miraclemendez9569]

@@anonymous-zo5ml bro non living objects can't even poop it's Pants

[@Hiperruimteindustriee]

@@miraclemendez9569 no, it leaked hydraulic fluid.

[@CASA-dy4vs]

@@miraclemendez9569based like your own comment + using your mothers KZbin account = L + ratio x 31

[@lumi_bloop]

Mysteries of the universe: - Dark energy and matter - The existence of intelligent life on other planets - How you have only 4.23K subs

[@polishkerbal6920]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGqaon-Ejcp0g7M

[@oliverwaynechang3098]

Yea

[@CASA-dy4vs]

Oh and you forgot. Is there white holes because that’s where my taco was last seen

[@CouldBeChara]

Its 15k now.. but still not the expected million

[@razorback8300]

If you worked on NASA we would have colonised Andromeda by now

[@Zaca1349]

Terraformed*

[@stars-hk9uo]

*The local group

[@HalNordmann]

If NASA had more funding. There are plans like these every so often, but money is always the issue. #FundNASA

[@razorback8300]

Agreed

[@magermigiegimzhu1002]

If only we had the budget ;(

[@acekeyslot]

"And travelling way too damn fast" lol that got me

[@italianseacreature6985]

When was that said

[@Matt-5e]

@@italianseacreature6985 13:13

[@braxxla_auf4268]

3:50 launch tower magnificently spins in the background Great video, btw! :)

[@xinguan2681]

In case you couldn’t find it, it’s the up tower ⬆️

[@on_transit]

i was expecting them to launch on a normal rocket from kourou but damn british airways does orbital flights now

[@TDChannelKSP]

In this timeline, Skylon is a fully operational commercial vehicle! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_(spacecraft)

[@thekeithfulbarrums]

@@TDChannelKSP The good timeline

[@on_transit]

@@TDChannelKSP Oh wow, so it's based on a real concept!

[@Mac33299]

@@on_transit Skylon has always been a real concept for an SSTO

[@makssachs8914]

@@TDChannelKSP Why the layover in kourou though?

[@effervescentrelief]

3:50 the launch tower is spinning wildly!

[@znatrix]

What a journey!! Amazing camera work!

[@TDChannelKSP]

Thank you :D

[@makssachs8914]

@@TDChannelKSP How did you get the Nerva II to look so nice?

[@TDChannelKSP]

@@makssachs8914 The model is from Kerbal Atomics.

[@effervescentrelief]

This is one of the best adverts for the Skylon that I've ever seen. And the Skylon you've made is a beautiful craft! Excellent work all around!

[@josephpentony4804]

Its a shame that this doesn’t get the attention that this deserves

[@TDChannelKSP]

It's been doing pretty well relative to my other content, maybe it will in time! Naturally the best way any viewer can help is to spread the word ;)

[@VECTAVERSE1725]

​@@TDChannelKSP6:32

[@goldenminigunner9852]

Wow! 8 nations working together to assemble the rocket! I love your video, looks like an movie.

[@Blakearmin]

I just came from part one and holy shit, this is one of the most beautiful ones I've ever seen! I can't even get to Jool with life support mods and you're in RO/RSS with LS mods and going to mfing Pluto! I'm insanely impressed!

[@TDChannelKSP]

Thank you! I appreciate it. Some games have a learning curve, some have a learning cliff. But I think KSP is more of a vast learning ocean - so many important milestones and things to learn - just getting beyond the Mun is a huge accomplishment in itself, but despite that there's always new things to try and push yourself. I've been playing KSP (not continuously) since 2012, and thanks to the incredible modding community, there's still many new things to do and learn. It never ends, and that's why I love KSP.

[@hush6149]

Honestly some of my favourite ship designs in KSP, so cool!

[@TDChannelKSP]

Thank you! Glad you like them :)

[@UntitledDocument24]

Cant wait to see stuff like this in ksp2 for interstellar travel

[@anonymous-zo5ml]

How long do you think it will take for TD to colonize every planet when ksp 2 releases?

[@makssachs8914]

This didn’t age well

[@CASA-dy4vs]

@@makssachs8914the game is in early access and the devs weren’t the ones who made the decision to release it

[@Spaceman0025]

​@@anonymous-zo5mlmilliseconds

[@Countryballsandstuff999]

Ksp 2 is no longer updated by take two, they want to find a new owner for the project

[@mj6463]

4:33 sounds so much like inmate 4859 by Sabaton, I really thought it was an edited version at first. Fantastic video.

[@TURPEG]

It does sound like it

[@mariebcfhs9491]

The Seayuz is absolutely crazy and Kerbal in a way, but still realistic! I can see it's made out of 5 N1 1st stages and some type of Sea Dragon designs for the uper stages!

[@TDChannelKSP]

It's quite a bit bigger than an N1 stage - instead of NK-33s, each engine is F1As - similar engine count, much more power. The upper stage engines (17x M1-U) are based on a real engine prototype, the largest hydrolox engine ever built.

[@mariebcfhs9491]

@@TDChannelKSP Oh I see, the economy of scale also works for rocketry

[@lowerlowerhk]

I can only imagine the planning involved in this. Hard to believe it's one man's work.

[@robshnob123]

This is amazing I love everything about your channel!!

[@jesusrv2009]

The commitment and effort you put into this is incredible and overwhelming. One of the most complex projects if not the most complex and that I have been seen :) Congratulations!

[@Sundablakr]

Honestly I would watch this as a real Hollywood movie. Outstanding stuff.

[@dunodisko2217]

3:50 *launch tower going kraken in the background*

[@joshuaashton1929]

You are very good at designing ships. Half the fun is just looking in aw at your designs.

[@Dominion69420]

Pure art. All of it.

[@comicsansgreenkirby]

The Kraken lurks in the shadows of this one. That launch stage tho

[@mr.alikhorram]

this is fun, this video being based on a story will be relaxing, i will watch every single of it

[@m1abrams1776]

The syklon is very impressive

[@mariasirona1622]

*Skylon

[@CASA-dy4vs]

To all children who don’t understand what radiators are: the white lookin things that seem like solar panels don’t produce power but dissipate heat from reactors or sometimes engines

[@SockDNC]

So much love went into this project. Craziness. That must have taken at least a week

[@Mtshaw1103]

Dude this is so insane, you're an incredible builder! This is just insanity

[@sleadaddy]

So, why did they need to fly to the other air/spaceport first? Couldn't they have gone directly to orbit from their initial pickup? Is because of the equator and the orbital inclination of their destination? Amazing videos - you do Sexy Shran proud.

[@TDChannelKSP]

News crew timing! USS Andoria is at lunar inclination - at the time of year the crew depart, that would be a nighttime departure from KSC. Flying to Kourou allows for a daylight launch, better for the media crews on the historic day.

[@stekra3159]

Love the wobbly lauch tower a KSP

[@imaingan4884]

plot twist: britain actually decided to take pluto as their own to get an empire again they bribed and nagged united nations to let them have it

[@km5405]

the cinematics and music in this is amazing!

[@DeadBaron]

It's mind boggling how far away Pluto is from Jupiter, and how you have to hit the brakes so hard since Pluto and Charon's mass is so small if you want to perform a capture.

[@WMarshallFan]

Yes,finally part 2!!!!

[@stephenhill1716]

These are so well made, and the engineering you’re doing is underrated. Legitimate rocket scientists have said KSP is as bout as close as we can get to the real thing. If you worked for a space agency, we’d have a Dyson Sphere around the sun by now.

[@Countryballsandstuff999]

It's better to have a Dyson swarm, a set of sattelites to collect energy. Dyson swarm needs less materials, comparing to a large sphere enveloping a star(the problem is "where the hell would you get that much material")

[@alex-q8-q9]

KSP cinematic content has officially peaked with these videos.

[@theroyalaustralian]

I gotta say, each space station that you built in this series is MASSIVE compared to a Kerbal. Holy s*** dude.

[@DanielDSI2.0]

When the pilot says “in the unlikely event of a catastrophic failure, please assume the brace position and pray to your deity of choice.” 💀

[@starshipsn-9513]

i fucking love the seayuz

[@izzytse2905]

Can’t wait to see the next one!

[@SpecimenSpiff]

Just amazing. Epic mission, great video production. But one question: It looks like the sea launches were done from just offshore of Florida, and the N2 launches were from the Cape, so why was the crew sent from Kourou? That seems like an unnecessary diversion.

[@SonicBST]

maybe it's for inclination changes?

[@TDChannelKSP]

Thank you! USS Andoria launches into lunar inclination - during the middle of the year that's during the daylight. By the time the crew are sent up, the launch window from Cape would be at night. Going to Kourou allows both a longer showcase of Skylon, and the ability to film them during the day.

[@rainbowtart2910]

Keep up the great work, these videos are dope

[@AluminumOxide]

Those habitat modules look like Derlicks from Dr Who

[@andreilikayutub3496]

Subscribed! Awesome content!

[@TheEpicDragonCat]

Imagine being halfway to Pluto when you find out it’s been demoted to dwarf planet.

[@andreynapalkow5520]

Even here, in the gamе, US appropriated HOTOL to itself!

[@TDChannelKSP]

They did? In this video is Skylon, the British-developed successor to HOTOL.

[@salticus]

Amazing work! Can't wait for the last part!

[@tuerculosisgaming6307]

12:10 CALVIN That cool video guy

[@TDChannelKSP]

Yup! Definitely a super cool guy.

[@mrmucro2704]

On such a long journey, the rotating area should have a distance of at least fifty meters between the living quarters and the center of gravity to minimize the effects of the Coriolis force. Otherwise, such a very long journey could be quite frustrating for the astronauts. Nevertheless, it is a very well made video and a well thought out concept.

[@eiskaffe0]

I love it! The intro reminds me of Battlestar Galactica, nice one

[@TDChannelKSP]

[@danielross7983]

26 years!!!! Awake.... !!! Damn! And I bet they come back with more than 5 crew... ;)

[@alexchivilev]

Awesome editing! Skylon looks so sexy with that British Airways livery btw.

[@TDChannelKSP]

Thank you! Yes it does - Landor is a great livery and Skylon is a pretty cool spaceplane.

[@macebobkasson1629]

Mesmerizing Kerbaltography

[@revampedharpy09]

"And prey to your deity of choice" yeaaah... if you crash at mach 5+, I don't think that's going to help very much, pretty sure you're still going to be a fine red mist coating whatever is left of the passenger cabin...

[@edki669]

Quick question-how did you plot the braking maneuvers? Especially at SOI changes, planning such long burns would be very difficult

[@TDChannelKSP]

Stock maneuver nodes work relatively well - not perfect though, so I have to do multiple burns, & switch between USS Shran and USS Andoria each time. Plutos SOI is fairly small, so most of the speed is scrubbed prior to encounter.

[@anonymous-zo5ml]

I have a few questions. How are you able to do a dual launch without your frames per second going to crap. Your computer must be decked out in order for it to handle the 10+ mods and high part count.

[@TDChannelKSP]

It's a little slow - I put the physics delta time limit to "0.01", which makes the game as slow as possible with the highest framerate. (it's still meh though) then I speed it up a good bit in post (usually around 300%) and edit out stutters, and that's how you get nice footage from it.

[@makssachs8914]

@@TDChannelKSP How did you plan the multi-month VASIMR burns?

[@TDChannelKSP]

@@makssachs8914 Maneuver nodes actually work reasonably okay - made the maneuver, began the burn months in advance, seemed to work out.

[@makssachs8914]

@@TDChannelKSP sorry to bother, but are there any ksp utilities for planning very long burns more accurately than stock maneuver nodes?

[@TDChannelKSP]

@@makssachs8914 The only one I know of is Solar Sail Navigator, but its quite old. forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/107676-wip13-solarsailnavigator-v109/ Entropian mentioned using it in their latest Saturn video, said it was quite buggy until they got a recompile that fixed most of it.

[@michagrill9432]

12:30 hahaha that is some portal energy

[@DianaBell_MG]

I love the planning and logistics parts, Rather than Andoria core containers everything to sustain the kerbonauts on their 26-year journey, I wish you'd shared what that is and how you added it all up. Not a criticism, just a wish.

[@AstronAndry]

Question! I've noticed that both the Shran and Andoria have large radiators, but I don't see any solar panels or obvious RTGs, so how is power created and supplies to the ships? Andoria, at the least, needs electricity to maintain life support, so where does it come from?

[@C.Sharpe]

I believe it was stated in part 1 that the vehicles have integrated nuclear generators. That's partly what the radiators are for as well, iirc.

[@AstronAndry]

@@C.Sharpe Ah, ok. Thanks!

[@Inacioispro]

6:40 clean transition bruh

[@mrbones909]

I have no clue how to get an airplane to stay straight on the runway in this mod. Very impressive futuristic birtish airliner.

[@WeirdGuyOnTheInternet]

When he launched the drop tanks one of the towers was wiggling around alot. lol

[@kerbodynamicx472]

This series will get millions of views in a few months, if it was the 60s and the 70s. How unfortunate…

[@GamerZ-lg6xd]

My favorite part was when it transitioned from the drop tank to the andoria core launch from 6:35 to 6:47.

[@samuelporras4662]

bro, its look like a movie

[@shanemeyer9224]

Jesus how do you get ksp to look so amazing, ive tried with multiple diffrent mods and nothing ever looks anywhere near this good!

[@andreilikayutub3496]

Probably a bit of post processing.

[@TDChannelKSP]

RSSVE (Rss visual enhancements) + TUFX (Zorgs neutral config). Occasionally I'll do some editor post processing, usually to enhance glows or correct colors slightly, but I don't do much.

[@CASA-dy4vs]

@@TDChannelKSPbro you makin the game look 300% better than cyberpunk RTX

[@johnadler6987]

I think the kraken found the abandoned stage kinda tasty at 7:35.

[@DatPixelGuy]

I had a cute ducky commercial 😄

[@mishkosimonovski23]

Bro, this stuff should be used to make Si-Fi TV Series.

[@average_dude3280]

I did not know you can comment on Premieres before they are finished

[@adf8537]

The intro was so much like Battlestar Galactica

[@TDChannelKSP]

Heh, finally someone notices! :) directly inspired by that.

[@bonglambitco80]

The return module is where the kerbernauts Return to the Earth It Has The Apollo Block 3 Capsule It also has the engines For reentry

[@smolpparras]

No tweakscale? Wow. Very impressive.

[@Complete_idiot7]

Started watching in 2023. Finished watching in 2024.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

At about 03:40 in this video: Kerbin-built launch gantries could use some more reinforcing...😊

[@TDChannelKSP]

Shhh. They're just waving goodbye!

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

@@TDChannelKSP >>> 😊😊😊

[@xenowreborn]

19:10 I will not allow this departure burn, which has stood for over half an hour, be split in two

[@cpt.rogers1396]

Criminally underrated channel I wish I came across this sooner. By the way do you happen to have a Ckan modpack download link laying around? I wanted to give something like this a try but I'm not sure what precise install settings I'd need to use.

[@TDChannelKSP]

Thank you! Well, you're here now - enjoy your stay! Follow the 1.12 RP-1 Express install, just a few clicks and you'll have a full install in no time: github.com/KSP-RO/RP-0/wiki/RO-&-RP-1-Express-Installation-for-1.12.3

[@hexyz7396]

Do Trappist star system next

[@NX-01_enterprise]

What mods are you using to make Earth that beautiful?

[@TheArchaicFuture]

"prepare for a rapid decent" then proceeds to fall like a brick

[@TDChannelKSP]

Hehe yep. I found at a certain speed it could sort of enter a "bellyflop stall" config where it's generating virtually no lift yet it remains stable, was a fun vehicle to fly.

[@nether_bat]

13:00 perfect

[@Spaceman0025]

3:51 anyone else see the launch tower shaking "slightly"

[@kyle.saikiulee7431]

How’d you get persistent thrust to work? it’s been broken for me since 1.8.1

[@TDChannelKSP]

It works mostly fine for me in 1.10 - the key is to turn up the "queue length" in difficulty settings. However, sometimes it just completely kills your ability to timewarp on a vessel, which is pretty annoying. So I uninstall when I don't need it, and only install for the required burns.

[@kyle.saikiulee7431]

@@TDChannelKSP That’s cool, will try later!

[@thesealsharkproductions9780]

It feels like I’m watching 2001 mixed with the black hole

[@saranyas1099]

Nice 👍 I love it

[@carlsmith2641]

How did the centrifuge deploy without any engineer kerbals on board?

[@TDChannelKSP]

Perhaps that restriction wasn't carried over when the parts were configured for Realism Overhaul.

[@TayyabHussain-xk6gn]

Excellent

[@nhennessy6434]

So the rarest of all the Smurfs, the Green Kerbal ones, were actually sent to Pluto in 2001? I'm trying to understand, really I am.

[@bonglambitco80]

USS Shran Has Modules for Landing to Pluto and Charon The Kerbernauts Stay in Pluto and Charon and Returning to Earth It Also Has Tanks To Refuel the IEV

[@bonglambitco80]

The Pluto and Charon habitats They Sustain the Kerbernauts on Their one Year stay they also have drills that could drill the Surface of Pluto and Charon They Use The Materials To Make Radioactive Sheliding

[@stevennotthe2997]

I wanted to listen to Morning star by rafael krux but it says its not there. Where did you get it and how can I listen?

[@TDChannelKSP]

Ah, I see. Rafael Krux has moved from filmmusic.io to their own site, so the link isn't valid anymore. I'll have to update them... Here is the link: music.orchestralis.net/track/28566436

[@bfgedits2024]

I hope you had the kerbals in CryoSleep throughout the journey😂

[@TDChannelKSP]

Nope! it's definitely awhile to wait around in... but cryosleep would've made it less of a challenge in life support anyways.

[@bfgedits2024]

@@TDChannelKSP you cruel bastard lmao. Great series you’ve done! Long live Project Andoria!

[@Countryballsandstuff999]

Cryosleep would have been good for long range missions like this.

[@Aiden_onroblox]

The tower shaking😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@enioantoniocarvalho7211]

Fantastic OST.

[@Countryballsandstuff999]

The Destroyer didn't make any OST for this

[@TrueSpace61]

What about the Commander and the Pilot???