Apollo² - To the Moon and back... twice in one launch! [KSP RSS/RO]

[@dylanm.3692]

Did this man just land an entire Saturn V like a Starship? I've never seen something this beautiful.

[@anuartureshbayev1291]

He has to land entire Saturn V upside down

[@eloscuro704]

Dude, he landed an entire Saturn V on the VAB helipad!

[@Carnasa]

When the Saturn V looks like a child’s plaything, you know you’re watching a TDChannel video. Edit: That first landing gave me anxiety, also _tactical wiggling is my favourite kind of wiggling._

[@Katniss218]

Carnasa likes his tactical wiggling ;)

[@Web_core1197]

@@Katniss218 kinda how I like mine

[@nuclear173gamer2]

@@Web_core1197 ;)

[@fork9001]

When you can hotstage a Saturn V without burning it to pieces:

[@Gdcat1472]

Toy story reference?

[@DiveTheseClips]

I think it's a really good visualization of what "tyranny of rocket equation" really means. In order to essentially just double the delta-v of your entire journey you had to construct a rocket that is gazillion times heavier than what it would take to go to the Moon just once.

[@TDChannelKSP]

Yeah it really is - doing it a third time would probably bring the launcher dimensions into the kilometers.

[@sankang9425]

@@TDChannelKSP It would be shaped like a pancake 10km in diameter... with 2km spire at the middle...

[@catthecommentbothunter6890]

@@TDChannelKSP launch the burj khalifa to the moon then make it back

[@Gdcat1472]

@@TDChannelKSP dew it

[@alexandreparent3942]

@@TDChannelKSP That comment aged like fine wine!

[@Random_192]

*The first stage crashes back into the ocean** 1 hour later : *BREAKING NEWS, the KSC has been washed away by a tsunami**

[@Garryck-1]

What KSC? BREAKING NEWS: Apollo² has just launched successfully on its historic mission. Sadly, the entire KSC was destroyed by the launch blast. No survivors are expected to be found.

[@Random_192]

@@Garryck-1 KSC = “Kerbal space center”

[@Garryck-1]

@@Random_192 - I'm fully aware of that. What's your point?

[@Garryck-1]

@@Random_192 - Ok.. think I've figured out what's confusing you. When I wrote "What KSC?", I was making the point that the KSC cannot have been destroyed by a tsunami after the first stage fell into the ocean, because it would have been destroyed when Apollo² launched. All your tsunami would have done, would be to put out any fires that were still burning.

[@Random_192]

@@Garryck-1 ohhhh,ok

[@shakumyn]

Breaking news: atmospheric CO2 levels increase tenfold. "Bruh", says the leader of UN environment programme.

[@chrisgaming9567]

I think it's safe to say this guy's going to keep the "largest rocket in RSS/RO" record for quite a long time

[@HeidenLam]

Yeah, this guy is also very underrated, glad the algorithm blessed him

[@Sans-fl4pe]

@กล้วยหอมจอมซน untitled craft has entered the orbit

[@decivillain9216]

I’ve made a bigger one, It was a block of parts with engines though...

[@jonmab6990]

That one guy who just makes a line of structural pieces: I’m 4 parallel universes ahead of you

[@trigin2380]

he made a bigger one than this

[@lewismassie]

TD: "I'm gonna fly to the moon twice in once launch" Stratzenblitz: "Ha! I went to Duna and back three times in one launch!" TD: ... Strat: "Wait you said Moon not Mun" Okay but in all seriousness wow. Also this is my first visit to the channel and it's an instant sub from me

[@TDChannelKSP]

Heh, thank you. I've been told Stratzenblitz has actually seen this video! I'm glad you enjoyed, and hope you enjoy the (relatively infrequent) rest of the content on the channel.

[@TheKSPManiac]

This is what it would look like it NASA had the military's budget.

[@decivillain9216]

The military should give 99% of their budget to nasa, all they ever use it for are ships, weapons, and bombs.

[@pancytryna9378]

Jokes aside, if someone calculated the annual (I believe in English it means during one year) US Navy, Army, and Air Force fuel consumption, this rocket here would look like something reasonable in comparsation

[@jaypaint4855]

@@pancytryna9378 Exactly

[@futotesan]

@@1000-THR Why doesn't NASA mine asteroids? Maybe we could find some oil?

[@gurrenlagannsc8658]

@@futotesan Its currently not the time to do that (no planned mining missions!).

[@nls.135]

“Shutting down the 14 F-1s for landing” Excuse me

[@CallsignAegis]

Weird

[@nls.135]

@@CallsignAegis Good on you for replying to the year old comment 💯

[@Phazon_Corrupted]

T-minus 3 - 2 - 1 Kerbal Space Center is instantly vaporized in a flash hotter than the surface of the sun. 🤣

[@modelt1017]

0:51 I’m not a rocket scientist, but I think you just eviscerated the entire launch complex.

[@starshade7826]

The term is incinerated. Evisceration requires a fancy set of blades.

[@somberskies4050]

Well to be fair its more atomized as the acustics alone would have shook everything so hard to attoms would have lost the bonds and colapsed then the heat would hit to just reafirm the dustruction

[@Tmccreight25Gaming]

76 Sea Dragon engines, for when you want the Soviet Union to *HEAR* your triumph!

[@Hazard-ish]

This really is EPIC! I would ask for an encore but it seems you did that already ;)

[@TDChannelKSP]

Thank you! Fun seeing you around here, your videos are great.

[@Katniss218]

Hello there :P

[@Gdcat1472]

@@Katniss218 General Kenobi :P

[@toadstuulguy4326]

Jeb would stand under all 76 of those sea dragon engines and wouldn't give a f

[@salladtheprotogen7639]

yes

[@Arae_1]

When the sea dragon was so big it had to launch from water and this guy launched a rocket with 76 of its engines from _land_

[@EvonixTheGreatest]

From on top of a giant pole too

[@richieThach]

The landing Saturn V is legitimately the most badass thing I have ever seen. 10/10

[@AluminumOxide]

This 700 meter tall rocket is by far the most ridiculously large rocket I’ve ever seen in KSP. I’ve never seen anything close to that kind of colossal size

[@xzznnn845]

Christ this rockets first stage is legit strong enough to create a several km deep crater

[@lampshade6967]

The Kerbal solution to “we don’t have enough storage in the rocket for samples” Just go back to Kerbin to drop stuff off, then go back to the mun

[@chesnokodav_ka6093]

10:10 - Prehistoric Starship returns to home in Florida. Wild life is amazing.

[@HiyuMarten]

This does put a smile on Tsiolkovsky's face.

[@MegaTranquilla]

How can your pc even handle this triumph of kerbal engineering

[@NoNameAtAll2]

Small amount of big parts is much more performant than many many parts

[@thirdboylol95]

Cuz this guy probably has an entire server room just for rss, that or RTX 102400

[@auburnsmith5610]

I remember when Neil Diamond, Buzz Lightyear, and What's-His-Name landed on the moon back in 2009 or whatever, watched it all on my thermometer.

[@matveyregentov713]

Missed part of the title when I clicked on the video, then I thought: “wait a minute. That’s to big of a rocket for a double Mun launch. I bet there is an ssto that can do it three times”. Then I checked the title once again… damn. Making RSS seem stock map is no small task

[@TheArchaicFuture]

'how to sublimate the KSC on liftoff'

[@Vendigo-zi8wb]

if you ever build something on the moon, make a jamestown lunar base please from the series "for all mankind"

[@vaos3712]

Well done! Bravo! 👏 😎 … I can’t even imagine how long it took to figure all that out.

[@afakeboxofporkramen5334]

Its not hard you just keep putting engines on it till it works

[@david_eldios_]

oh hello vaos, i see you in another unrelated KSP video

[@TDChannelKSP]

Somewhat true, although at these scales one also has to try to combat the kraken as it ripped this vessel apart many times... The bellyflop was much harder though.

[@shentrichor2995]

You can tell there’s some kind dark sorcery involved when the rocket looks like a giant witch’s hat.

[@himshake]

When an entire saturn v is literally just the escape tower!

[@nemrody7828]

Just discovered your channel, have to say, the production value is miles above what a channel your size should have. You deserve a bigger audience, sir!

[@TDChannelKSP]

Thank you! Excitingly, this video seems to be getting a lot more attention than previous ones, so It's growing a good bit now!

[@Katniss218]

The songs used make it perfect

[@ChrisB01]

yup, give this man a price he made something that if it were to explode it'll end the space agency forever but if it wouldnt he was a madman, well guess hes a absolute maniac now

[@vasilybullock7967]

Patrick: I think we might have to make a second trip Spongebob: I got you covered

[@cola98765]

That's a full Saturn V stack fuelled that was send to Moon and back... The Destroyer would be proud

[@Katniss218]

Yeah, I think so too! Sounds like it'd be right up his alley ;)

[@TDChannelKSP]

You know, I happen to know that guy, and he's actually seen it. They think it's pretty cool.

[@yukon09]

The only thing that went through my mind in the first scene was "what.....the.....fuck...." Amazing job

[@isaquest134]

hello there

[@petergilliam4005]

Absolutely amazing, I was stuck between awe and laughter the whole time. I can only imagine of painful it was to make this video, well done!!

[@TDChannelKSP]

That's precisely the kind of reaction I hoped to get with this video, glad you enjoyed it!

[@normalhuman9260]

@@TDChannelKSP just found ya,my goodness your skills are very impressive. May good things come your way.

[@KnightoftheSorryFace]

starts off as a miscarried N1 and turns into a weird spaceplane and then back to a Saturn V with massive fins

[@jakobkerman1247]

This is by far the most absurd and insane thing I have ever seen anyone do in this game. And that's saying something. Good job!

[@eloscuro704]

Scott Manley running the "Red Route One" through a Mun canyon in a submarine ranks up there too. Of course it would have been better with RO/RSS

[@WARYZ]

The feeling when the Saturn V looks like a launch escape system.

[@nathanball99]

WHAT. WHAT. Dude I laughed so hard all the way through this. The entire thing is so freaking epic, and absurd. The landing like a Starship really got me. Bravo. And it was also very cool when it ditched the wings.

[@macebobkasson1629]

This is beautiful! I saw your craft on Reddit and was SO excited to see the mission!! Thank you for making this!

[@nonstopdude]

how to propperly spend billions of dollars: a) invest in army b) invest in industry and polution c) invest in nasa so they can build a rocket that can go to the moon twice in a row just cause neil forgot the flag id pick c)

[@ThePhantomRocket]

I dare you to make it reusable Edit: I am going to do this in sfs now, also do apollo cubed

[@reentrysfs6317]

I am going to make it Form earth to moon to earth to moon to earth to moon to earth

[@jettrobinson9826]

*sfs* Haven’t heard of that name in a long time

[@Nugget11578]

What is sfs?

[@1000-THR]

@@Nugget11578 a mobile space program which is free It is slowly becoming 2d ksp...

[@Nugget11578]

@@1000-THRI remember playing a 2d space game on my tablet like 8 years ago, I wonder if it is the same one

[@KematianGaming]

"so, how do we go to the moon and back and to the moon and back? " "How about a 600m tall giga rocket carrying a entire saturn v to the moon and the saturn v then reenters the Atmosphere with gigant wings and some tactical wingling and does a fricking belly flop on the vab? From there it should be self explaining right?" "sounds good lets do it"

[@GrantvsMaximvs]

When science asks "can we...?" And forgets to ask "should we?"

[@nameless_guy434]

when you're drunk , and you made something god would be terryfied of.

[@Dream_Mind]

He bellyflopped a whole Saturn V, this Dude is a Legend!

[@aerodynamickerbal]

The size of those RCS thrusters makes me rethink my entire KSP Enhanced Edition career

[@ThunderClawShocktrix]

I know they are jsut about as big as the Saturn V main engines

[@portalmaster555]

The scale of the rocket at 10:40 or so had me very confused when it landed a good 20 seconds before I expected it to

[@xavierkoh1986]

My man went to the moon 2 times, made what I think is the biggest rocket ever, landed the sarturn v like a starship ON THE ROOF OF A BUILDING and reentered like 2 times and is like "ok this is not a big deal" BRUH! IM SUBSCRIBING TO THIS MAN!

[@FeverDev64]

You video quality has increased tremendously 😃 making it more fun to watch this ridiculous stuff😂. Meamwhile I haven't put anyone above orbit yet😂

[@TDChannelKSP]

Thank you! I always try my best to make every minute entertaining. I'm sure you'll get there in time!

[@falcon9482]

TD knows what he’s doing when one video amassed thousands of views and brought in comments from the major KSP creators.

[@Arae_1]

I originally found this through a meme, but this is really really cool and you've definitely gained a subscriber

[@gromblereal]

“Many Americans will receive souvenirs” that is both dark and unironically hilarious

[@LordOOTFD]

Werhner von Kerman: LOR or Direct ascent? Gene Kerman: YES

[@jackmuchukot7201]

"Have I gone mad? maybe." This is lightyears past mad, you are on a whole new level of crazy.

[@Bryce-rh2fp]

Huh. Who would have known the Saturn V could do the starship flip maneuver

[@jbozarth81]

I laughed way too hard at "76 Sea Dragon engines"! XD

[@TDChannelKSP]

Heh, yep. Needed... a little bit of thrust there!

[@tomrigney8617]

I clicked on this, without reading the title properly, thought "Ok, do it in RSS" then looked at the title again.

[@Omega-wm7zu]

Saturn V belly flop is a thing now, if there isn't such a thing irl in my lifetime I'm not dying

[@IrreversibleExtents]

*Casually returns to Moon because you forgot to plant a flag

[@sebastianfletcher-taylor1024]

A glorious masterpiece of inefficiency! May Tsiolkovsky haunt you until the end of your days.

[@sfsinfinity5862]

14:07 hey you landed the lunar lander next to the fifth stage!

[@Phoenix2.5D]

truly a sight to see, a whole saturn V coming in for reentry like a space shuttle

[@jacks3940]

And I thought my sea dragon heavy was massive

[@danzstuff]

the thrust of that rocket can make the entire earth experience a magnitude 10 earth quake

[@thatcollegekid1334]

Definition of, if it won’t go up, add more boosters. Awesome video man

[@danielle_pine9676]

even with the modded parts. that is well impressive. Ye never seen anything like that before

[@ckeimel]

Holy sh*t! That rocket roasted half Kerbin 🤣 Really fun and grat video!

[@TDChannelKSP]

Earth, not Kerbin 😉 Thank you.

[@nakoda1610]

with this stuff, i think it would be easyer to just bring the moon closer

[@grantexploit5903]

JESUS AGENA CHRIST! I remember thinking about someone doing this in 2019, but never thought it would ever _actually be done_, and using (mostly) the original launch stack for the second launch, no less! Bravo! (Inspired by @Chris Gaming's comment) Whelp, looks like my Argo (mass ~700,000 tons) will never be the largest rocket launched in KSP RSS/RO... but it will fill some other categories. ;)

[@TDChannelKSP]

Heh, thank you! I wasn't sure if it was possible either, but after seeing the ground cam view of Starship bellyflopping, I always wanted to do that with something... bigger! Argo sounds like a pretty mighty LV still! 700,000t outweighs all my previous Saturn V related LVs.

[@lil_dummo8595]

You freaking kidding me this outrageously cool

[@Hygix_]

Epic Saturn 5 reentry dance to metal

[@clf3rp-152]

The first stage though man, look at that thing

[@IVAN3DX]

Bellyflopping Saturn V doesn't exists, it can't hurt you... Bellyflopping Saturn V:

[@tamtamich4]

Thrust of Sea Dragon engines will be 27,36 giganewtons!

[@MercyPrevails]

Outstanding video! I was enthralled the whole time!! I loved your camera work also.

[@TDChannelKSP]

Thank you! Glad it was able to capture your attention :)

[@MateusViccari]

Imagine a rocket so big you hav to use F1's as RCS

[@rdasher7747]

I remember watching the clip of the bellyflop on reddit, truly insane, you madman

[@ajuntapall8860]

This man turned the Saturn V into the N1

[@JebMotorsport]

So you turned a Saturn V into a spaceplane in order to re-enter the entire rocket from Trans-Earth Injection, then you Falcon 9 the entire thing on top of an elevated building, took off from there and landed on the moon, and all this after creating the Burj Khalifa of rockets to blast the entire Saturn V plus an immense landing stage to the surface of the Moon in the first place? Yep, okay, just checking.

[@TDChannelKSP]

....Yes sir, just a normal day at the KSC!

[@JebMotorsport]

@@TDChannelKSP Letting Jeb design the rockets on Mondays may have been a horrible mistake

[@netric9084]

3:42 That looks more like spin DEstabilisation

[@akyrus1804]

Looks like it belongs in Evangelion with absolutely awesome and ridiculous it is.

[@SimonsAstronomy]

Omg that is very big You have saturn v but with some monstrosity underneath Nice video and good camera movements Underrated chanell Landed on helicopter place 🤣🤣

[@arno_grnfld455]

Dayum, you brought a full saturn v to moon and back, landed it then go to the moon again

[@SuprSBG1]

Flat out flew a Saturn 5 to the moon whole. Kudos.

[@IndovilliaSpace]

Earned a sub! This is ridiculous! :) I will try to create some rocket with the first 3 stages based on your first 3 stages in Sfs

[@WeirdGuyOnTheInternet]

Lander Separation "assisted by spin stabilization." Man I'm dead 💀 3:42

[@keatonmcdermott6427]

"Well." - "This will drasticaly affect fishing season."

[@FriskMeemur]

this man somehow turned a saturn V into a starship. SpaceX eat your heart out :D

[@neogator26]

This is impressive. As are all your installed graphics and parts mods.

[@TheMemeDynamics]

Imagine how many Crawler-Transporters it took to move the sections of it out of the VAB...

[@Goldev]

Gotta love the Saturn V² or, the Saturn XXV.

[@anuragkuldeep8059]

Elephants on the Moon by 1970

[@The_FireExtremeProd]

Plot twist: This happened already; just privately

[@TDChannelKSP]

I think that if it did, the entire world would've heard its launch!

[@The_FireExtremeProd]

@@TDChannelKSP Yeah, probably

[@Galaxius2117]

with this, you could literally take this to Mars and back..

[@kayboku7281]

jjeeepers! That moon landing! Dancing between altitude and ground speed! id like to see nasa try that!

[@dungeonmaster3029]

What's next? Land on Venus twice in one launch?

[@dungeonmaster3029]

@ok ok I think it possible, but mass of construction is very very huge, but you can use nuclear and electrical engine which have much higher specific impulse

[@TDChannelKSP]

There's also the fact that chemical propulsion doesn't work near the surface of Venus - so you also need to deploy some sort of gigantic electric prop or baloon system to take off.

[@jojo_da_poe]

This guy only has 3k subs, he deserves way more

[@maciejj6152]

Landing on the moon going back and then doing that again? Easy, you just have to launch to the moon whole Saturn V next you simply land it on the earth and voila! You're ready for the next start!