KSP - Crewed lunar landing in 1957 - A Terminal Velocity Special. [RSS/RO/RP1]

TODAY On Terminal Velocity, a RSS/RO/RP1 playthrough:
We land Bob on the Moon.
Mistake note: Starbuck 1 propulsion and CSM are 700t rockets, not 350t.
Hey all. This is for now the temporary end of Terminal Velocity. I've made these all pretty fast, and I've been focusing on filming each one well. Terminal Velocity will probably return at some point next year, but with a new format, hopefully better filming, and a slower upload rate, something like once a month.
Hopefully, there will be crewed Mars landing some time in the future, so look out for it. Until then, goodbye!
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[@Katsariss]

love the random "Title"

[@JulieanGalak]

The LR79/89 R7 is a work of art.

[@beagle_uah]

What’s an R-7? All I see is a 7-R! ;P

[@darthpepega]

7:25 ah yes, everyone remembers the sliding lander from the historic tapes

[@GoatzAreEpic]

Physics be like: assume negligable kinetic friction

[@fork9001]

@@GoatzAreEpic Exactly, I wish kerbal could have more kinetic friction. Tried a spaceplane landing on Minmus using the flats as a “runway” (RCS to manage vertical speed and altitude) but the wheel brakes don’t work outside of atmosphere. Jumped off a hill, into a very low orbit.

[@natjam2000]

@@fork9001 actually with wheels it would be static friction

[@raktor1996]

Dayum dude. And I was proud of my early 1956 lunar impactor.

[@falconheavy809]

And you should be!

[@No-pf8vu]

And I was proud of my 1956 earth orbit 😭

[@oberonpanopticon]

and I was proud of impacting the mun with infinite fuel…

[@piplupsingularity]

Amazing, you made a crewed lunar landing using two 20-ton-class launchers.

[@falconheavy809]

In 1957

[@turtlesyeah]

4:35 it says title

[@aihaw8484]

Wow! You do know how to make great rp1 rockets! And your game look good! And how to make good videos as well! Amazing!

[@makerofgarbage5877]

4:30 TITLE

[@averiWonBTW]

3:12 Starship moment

[@ScienceRules118]

I really wish there was an option to hide the “real information panel” KZbin slaps on vids like this.

[@catdealer1144]

ayo if this is supposed to show the technology in 1957 then I didn't know they had crew technology and all this rocket technology this powerful a month after the first object in orbit

[@TDChannelKSP]

Not quite. The 1957 year is just in KSP - in a normal RP1 playthrough, you could have 1957 tech in 1957 like normal, and play it historically. This is a "speedrun", meant to do some advanced tactics and use earlier technology to gain speed ahead of history. In this case, I'm actually around 1964 tech - the capsules are Dynasoar / Early Gemini tech, and the engines are a mix of early 60s American (LR-79) and Soviet (RD-0110, S1.5400) engines. It's still a pretty risky mission, like using cryogenic propellants (liquid oxygen) out near the Moon, and a lack of throttle for landing.

[@catdealer1144]

@@TDChannelKSP ok

[@SteinGaming2006]

300 subs yay

[@Hiperruimteindustriee]

Pure, refined, top quality, AWESOME SAUCE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AstronAndry]

"Starbuck" My mind went to Starbucks 😂

[@NovemberOrWhatever]

Landing on the the Moon a month and a half after the IRL date of Sputnik's launch. Very nice!

[@tusharchaudhary4536]

Moon landing on a Soyuz. Nice

[@Omega-wm7zu]

Commenting on every terminal velocity episode for the youtube algorithm n°8 : yooooooo landing on the Mun irl

[@thewitness8321]

I'm sure despite the vastness of finding the Mün IRL and landing on it that such a task should be completed without delay

[@jerrygao2977]

How did you able to get all these science points in such a short time?

[@TDChannelKSP]

Basic speedrunning tactics - take a contract as soon as possible, for the advance money, use that money for KCT points, complete the contract using the lowest-tech option you can build before the deadline expires. It's still possible, but there have been some changes to RP-1 to *potentially* slow down speedrunning a bit.

[@TrueSpace61]

Launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome instead of KSC. Nice.

[@jarrvigo5910]

Запустить чёрную ракету в тёмное время суток - отличный способ сделать видео более зрелищным 😂😂😂

[@LexieAssassin]

Curious why you went with a 3x crew, instead of something more like the Soviet design of two crew.

[@subterraneanhomesickalien4]

You have to have 3 for the contract

[@wr-cx7ny]

What's the crew cabin on starbuck csm?

[@TDChannelKSP]

It's a spaceplane cabin, the same one used on the Stella Amicus spaceplane.

[@wr-cx7ny]

@@TDChannelKSP mod possibly?

[@TDChannelKSP]

@@wr-cx7ny I believe the model itself is the standard crew cabin, visually modified by either Vens stock revamp or Restock, configured by realism overhaul.

[@ksfkgdvkx]

landed

[@natjam2000]

How is the R7 350 tons? Are you not using the full burn time of the engins?

[@TDChannelKSP]

That was an error as noted in the description - they are 700 ton rockets.

[@natjam2000]

@@TDChannelKSP ah okay I was very confused 😂

[@tTRITUS]

life support seemed to come very close. was this on purpose?

[@TDChannelKSP]

There's a reasonable amount of margin, no need to carry anything extra. If they got stranded, it would take too long to rescue them even with double the supplies.

[@tTRITUS]

@@TDChannelKSP well it just seemed like it to me. lots of kerbalism alarms after leaving the moon

[@hzonzdrzzedrzny7418]

It's imposible!

[@MrCubFan415]

No, it's necessary.

[@nastykerb34]

the best r7 ripoff

[@beagle_uah]

Starbuck… wait, was this named after the guy from Moby Dick rather than the coffee? 😂

[@TDChannelKSP]

Was actually named after the Battlestar Galactica character!

[@patarinchanaonketpol6153]

Starbuck more like starbucks

[@SCTG-b1c]

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[@myfishingadventures1509]

Indeed

[@falconheavy809]

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[@AmtrakCitiesSprinter64]

Starbucks

[@beagle_uah]

Title 😂

[@falconheavy809]

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[@pixelastronaut4313]

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[@TheJackHood]

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