I totally love how all that newspaper is properly written, especially 'we didn't forget about moon and will visit it few years later' part while they're going venus rn
@@TDChannelKSP for historic 1969 event? Totally looking forward for it! btw, seems like scatterer's ocean bounce bug (iirc happens when used with FARc) is still not fixed? to see that capsule at last bouncing on ocean,
@@jupiterbjy Since the paper is in 1965, "in a couple years" is 1967, so its foreshadowing the ending of this video ;) 1969 is a pretty big year though, and I'd love to do something special for it... Oh yeah, the ocean thing. I'm still on an old install, so I don't know if it's been fixed in a later scatterer/far version.
9500m/s for orbit, 3300 (on average) to reach venus. 2800~ to brake into low circular orbit. 40~ deorbit. Ascend (no balloon, or propeller) takes an OUTSTANDING 27000, 2800~ to return to earth. So that means you need balloons or propellers
@@Harold-TheJass-Blingman Unsurprisingly, this was my first plan. However, unlike previous landings on older RO where rocket engines functioned under surface-level pressure, rocket engines in RO don't function at all under the immense pressure (0 ISP, 0 thrust), so alternate means of partial ascent are required.
@@polishkerbal6920 well, in 2018 I just build a huge 1000t rocket with something like 16000m/s Delta V to take off from very surface with a single kerbal on board.
I will never touch RSS or RO for as long as I live, so I can recognise and appreciate the effort put into this video and the storytelling. Fantastic work, you gained a sub!
This video was beautiful! it's incredible how every time I am amazed by things I didn't even think were possible in ksp. Truly one of the best ksp videos of all time!
Such extreme video quality and only 70 k views? This deserves atleast a million. Keep it up at this quality. The editing the graphics mods the vehicles perfect.
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before!
Didn't realise the Defiant had a spore drive nor the kerbals were in the mirror universe. Some bloody amazing builds here, I can only imagine creating something as a tribute to them. Beautiful
Honestly, almost curious to see if it’d be possible to, later in the timeline, make a reusable VAV to allow the resurrection of CHAOS and Stella Amicus (given the fact that, as it stands, there appears to be no way to deliver a new crew to CHAOS, leaving it as an unmanned science outpost in Venus’ atmosphere).
My guess is that it’d involve nuclear engines - possibly a bi- or tri-modal NTR (able to generate electricity and provide thrust) - and electric propellers for approach and docking with CHAOS in-flight.
That would be pretty neat. It would also have to bring the life support supplies too. A large spaceplane is probably the best option. Re-enter like SA, land on Venus, electric prop back up, dock back at the VAV port perhaps (the runway would be too small), ascent on nuclear engines like you mentioned. It might be tricky to keep the LH2 for the NTR cool though, and I'm not sure NTRs are good enough in performance. When I made pathfinder, it required super light skylon-level tanks, and even then barely carried any payload other than the crew. Something a little more advanced like a nuclear ramjet or something would be needed.
@@TDChannelKSP yeah, I’d considered nuclear jets at first for atmospheric flight propulsion - so having those in addition to or in place of the electric props would potentially make sense. IIRC, there are mods that add nuclear jets which have RO configs - Kerbal Atomics springs to mind.
@@FlutterTheWingedPikminif nothing else, a nuclear reactor would probably be less prone to actuator failures. And presumably the transfer vehicle to get to Venus would be a bit larger, negating the need for the high orbit rendezvous anyways.
A thing I haven't seen been point out yet, at 24:51 in the audio selection tab, there's three options: Kerbalese, the original audio and what the Kerbals originally spoke, English, so that we the audience can understand what's going on, and.... Eridian. As far as I know, there's no real world language known as Eridian, and the only other language we heard the Kerbals speak in this universe is English (at the end of Project Andoria). This leads me to believe that perhaps, Eridian is actually the language spoken by the aliens who left the Archive on Pluto and told the Kerbals to visit them at the Trappist-1 system when they're ready at the end of Project Andoria. Just a theory tho.
The centrifuge is made up of 9 meter habitat, greenhouses, and storage modules from space station parts expansion redux - it's not just one custom part.
This was really cool to watch. And the warp effects were really well done too. Also It's always great fun to see realistic mission failure scenarios play out.
The fact that this mission not only works, but also accounts for various failures and emergencies just blows my mind. And on top of that it looks good! HOW!!!! Your work is amazing honestly. It's been and probbably will continue to be a huge inspiration for my channel. I mean, the fact that i stole your Moon³ is the only reason i blew up! In conclusion, both you and your work are just perfect!
Nice easter egg with that Eridian translation. Just imagine kerbals casually whistling in the background :D Great job with your videos I really like them. I really apretiate your work.
How far Terminal Velocity has come, from tiny rockets to crew landing on the hottest planet in the solar system, and living to tell the tale. A little off topic, but would it be possible to do a crewed mission to the asteroid belt (Ceres?) or maybe even Callisto? In-universe it could be preparation for the crewed missions during the 1977 window.
Would like to see where this series would go from the 70s onwards. Space tourism! An international space station! Reusable spacecraft! A SpaceX like rocket!
Ah, kerbals. They can build several enormous and complex interplanetary rockets, invent materials that can easily survive on the surface of Venus, and launch the defiant into orbit but but can’t invent an inflatable/deflatable balloon
Inasmuch as the Kerbals have that asparagus DNA because you all used CRISPER to cross bred that green gourmet treat with Smurfs, I'm sure they'll be done to a tasty turn upon returning from that 900 degree oven. Just don't forget the Hollandaise!
amazing video! I loved the moment where you landed and ascent from the surface of Venus on a f**king airplane x) Do you think your mechanical airplane concept could work in real life? PS: at 19:36, why your kerbals does a weird movement to go back in the plane? Is this because it is impossible to turn over on Venus? I think I read something like this in some YB comment from the other Venus landing mission, but idk, might wrong!
Thank you! Honestly, depends on material science - right now, probably not. Low-speed landing thanks to dense atmo and electric prop ascent is practical, but the immense pressure, heat, and wind is very difficult to survive for a spacecraft, let alone a crewed rated aircraft!
Oh, and on the 19:36 part - it's just because kerbals follow the path of the one in front of them, so taking a "wide turn" allowed me to get them up onto the wing, instead of them turning too soon.
I am wondering what you do for space debris mitigation? Might be food for a video on space junk retrieval, maybe even fashion it all into a fueling station...
Id like to aee the continuation from this, doing missions to other planets hsing the defiant, but from the dry dock/space dock....itll be cool to see a series, where the size of the space dock and the size of thr fleet gradually increases!
This was super cool, but I have one problem with it. Seating was a little strange. 5 crew arrive on the defiant, they then dock to CHAOS. The ascent rocket only held 3, and then when they got to the station, the return module held 2.
The Apollo capsule isn't a normal one - it's a block III+ Apollo capsule, meant for LEO operations and can hold 5 people. (it would dock to a larger crew module in the SLA bay after launching) (can't find a source for this right now, IIRC its from the eyes turned skyward alt-hist) Similarly, the Gemini crew module for the way home wasn't a regular Gemini - it had a crew compartment attached to the back, making it "Big Gemini", capable of holding 7 people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Gemini
We wave advanced warp capability and we installed it on the most powerful starship designed! We can finnaly land on venus with its away team shuttles and transporter beam arays! TD Chamnel: nah thats just the transport, and we made it super inefficient :p
Space Station Parts Expansion Redux for the centrifuge habitat (saucer section) B9 Procedural wings (Saucer section panels, neck pylon) Textures Unlimited Recolor Dept. (red accents on mk3 parts) ROEngines (Raptor) ROTanks (Nacelles) Procedural Parts (Pylons)
@@CASA-dy4vs Most of the weight is close to in-line with the nacelles, but the engines are also tilted 5 degrees, and the engine gimbal is enough range to compensate for fuel drain from that point.
Yeah, a little bit haha. It had a "ladder" built in that's not quite consistent with the mesh. I originally built the habitat with the door into the runway, but separated it for orbital construction. Probably could've added an extendable ladder or something there...
I do! On the Defiant, With max multi-layer insulation (100) + some radiators built-in (hidden for aesthetics) the fuel doesn't boiloff. Luckily methalox is easier to deal with than hydrolox.
Certainly would! On the other hand, you'd soon encounter dense atmosphere and your Terminal Velocity would be pretty low... impact with the surface would be rough, but potentially survivable (if the suit survives with you). I wonder if a quick emergency launch of the Venus Amicus could actually catch up to the kerbal falling mid-way.
IRL of course anyone falling would be crushed in the atmosphere. I am surprised at how fast some things are moving when they hit the ground on Venus in these videos, in reality I don't think any probe has failed via hard contact with the surface, even if they weren't designed to land at all.
That was the initial plan for defiant, but once I went with the "constitution-class" styling of it, using methalox allowed me to have much smaller tank sizes. Otherwise the vehicle would look pretty odd with the gigantic tanks that a NTR needs.
What was your favorite part of the video? 🤔
Me being late
It leaving
I'm impressed that you actually made a full front page of a fake newspaper at 1:02
The starship
Departure for Venus
If nasa have the same budget as the army
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this is a real problem. people aren’t caring about space travel after the cold war. we need competiton.
I totally love how all that newspaper is properly written, especially 'we didn't forget about moon and will visit it few years later' part while they're going venus rn
Thanks! Me and a friend wrote it. That lunar section also serves as a bit of foreshadowing...
@@TDChannelKSP for historic 1969 event? Totally looking forward for it!
btw, seems like scatterer's ocean bounce bug (iirc happens when used with FARc) is still not fixed? to see that capsule at last bouncing on ocean,
@@jupiterbjy Since the paper is in 1965, "in a couple years" is 1967, so its foreshadowing the ending of this video ;)
1969 is a pretty big year though, and I'd love to do something special for it...
Oh yeah, the ocean thing. I'm still on an old install, so I don't know if it's been fixed in a later scatterer/far version.
@@TDChannelKSP aye thanks for details! and just installed those again and - sadly bug's still not fixed, so no need to update I guess
1969: “De-orbiting the moon and flying it to Proxima Centauri”
Loved the Star Trek and Project Hail Mary references, nice work on this! I think this might be the most impressive ksp series on TH-cam
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed them, and the series!
wait what project hail mary references
@@MinerBat At the audio there was an Eridian translation at the bottom
@@snaeb-ps3bd oooh
absolutely incredible that youve managed to return kerbals from VENUS, like what is even the delta-v requirements??
9500m/s for orbit, 3300 (on average) to reach venus. 2800~ to brake into low circular orbit. 40~ deorbit. Ascend (no balloon, or propeller) takes an OUTSTANDING 27000, 2800~ to return to earth.
So that means you need balloons or propellers
@@polishkerbal6920 my theory is a balloon, but knowing TD I wouldnt be surprised if he engineered a Venus rocket.
@@Harold-TheJass-Blingman TD's pc is crying from the venus ascend craft🇺🇸☠
@@Harold-TheJass-Blingman Unsurprisingly, this was my first plan. However, unlike previous landings on older RO where rocket engines functioned under surface-level pressure, rocket engines in RO don't function at all under the immense pressure (0 ISP, 0 thrust), so alternate means of partial ascent are required.
@@polishkerbal6920 well, in 2018 I just build a huge 1000t rocket with something like 16000m/s Delta V to take off from very surface with a single kerbal on board.
The fact that you gave the crew what is essentially a vehicle straight out of Star Trek… amazing. Wonderful. Hilarious. Corny. Cheesy. But wonderful.
:)
The defiant launch is genuinely one of the oddest and most insane launches Ive ever seen
I will never touch RSS or RO for as long as I live, so I can recognise and appreciate the effort put into this video and the storytelling. Fantastic work, you gained a sub!
Just… absolutely amazing TD. The editing, crafts, just everything was executed so godly. Can’t wait for the next big TV mission and Ep. 27!
This video was beautiful! it's incredible how every time I am amazed by things I didn't even think were possible in ksp.
Truly one of the best ksp videos of all time!
Это. Просто. Прекрасно.
These videos are insanely awesome, it's criminal they aren't getting way more attention than they are.
Docking bay 1 implies the existence of more starships, then.
Can’t wait to see where your NCC-1701 goes!
Where no kerbal has gone before!
I also absolutely love the transitions, they're so smooth!
Such extreme video quality and only 70 k views? This deserves atleast a million. Keep it up at this quality. The editing the graphics mods the vehicles perfect.
The quality of your work is top notch! Well done, and I hope this channel keeps growing, more people need to see your work!
Using the saucer section of the defiant to create artificial gravity is such a clever use of that design!
The understated insanity in all of your videos has peaked with this one.
Jesus! Your editing is insane. The video too. Great work!
My friend, this is insanely well produced! Great job dude
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before!
Didn't realise the Defiant had a spore drive nor the kerbals were in the mirror universe. Some bloody amazing builds here, I can only imagine creating something as a tribute to them. Beautiful
Yeah the kerbals are already super advanced somehow maybe... Idk... Time travel!? DUN DUN DUuUUUuUuUuUn
I like the text on the news paper talking about the moon. Good stuff.
Honestly, almost curious to see if it’d be possible to, later in the timeline, make a reusable VAV to allow the resurrection of CHAOS and Stella Amicus (given the fact that, as it stands, there appears to be no way to deliver a new crew to CHAOS, leaving it as an unmanned science outpost in Venus’ atmosphere).
My guess is that it’d involve nuclear engines - possibly a bi- or tri-modal NTR (able to generate electricity and provide thrust) - and electric propellers for approach and docking with CHAOS in-flight.
That would be pretty neat. It would also have to bring the life support supplies too.
A large spaceplane is probably the best option. Re-enter like SA, land on Venus, electric prop back up, dock back at the VAV port perhaps (the runway would be too small), ascent on nuclear engines like you mentioned.
It might be tricky to keep the LH2 for the NTR cool though, and I'm not sure NTRs are good enough in performance. When I made pathfinder, it required super light skylon-level tanks, and even then barely carried any payload other than the crew. Something a little more advanced like a nuclear ramjet or something would be needed.
@@TDChannelKSP yeah, I’d considered nuclear jets at first for atmospheric flight propulsion - so having those in addition to or in place of the electric props would potentially make sense. IIRC, there are mods that add nuclear jets which have RO configs - Kerbal Atomics springs to mind.
Hopefully this VAV will actually work properly.
@@FlutterTheWingedPikminif nothing else, a nuclear reactor would probably be less prone to actuator failures. And presumably the transfer vehicle to get to Venus would be a bit larger, negating the need for the high orbit rendezvous anyways.
A thing I haven't seen been point out yet, at 24:51 in the audio selection tab, there's three options: Kerbalese, the original audio and what the Kerbals originally spoke, English, so that we the audience can understand what's going on, and.... Eridian. As far as I know, there's no real world language known as Eridian, and the only other language we heard the Kerbals speak in this universe is English (at the end of Project Andoria). This leads me to believe that perhaps, Eridian is actually the language spoken by the aliens who left the Archive on Pluto and told the Kerbals to visit them at the Trappist-1 system when they're ready at the end of Project Andoria. Just a theory tho.
Heh, pretty neat theory! However, it's actually a book reference to Project Hail Mary ;)
@@TDChannelKSP I know you meant Hail Mary, but I'd like to think you're referring to HAL Mary, HAL 9000's wife.
@@Hunter12396 Whoops! Fixed.
This is one of the most beautiful KSP videos I've ever watched wow
What mod is the huge centrifuge at 28:39. I know the other centrifuges are stockalike station parts but i cant find anywhere
The centrifuge is made up of 9 meter habitat, greenhouses, and storage modules from space station parts expansion redux - it's not just one custom part.
The transport back from Copernicus Station being named Adama was nice.
Probably the best ksp cinematic I've ever seen.
Until your next one, of course! Seriously, awesome mission and video.
Love the newspaper and all of its details
This was incredible! Well done!
Using the saucer section of the starship for artificial gravity was GENIUS, and it fits perfectly.
“The USS Victoria (NCC-1013) was a Horizon-class heavy cruiser in Starfleet service during the late-22nd century and into the mid-23rd.”
-Memory Alpha
This was really cool to watch. And the warp effects were really well done too. Also It's always great fun to see realistic mission failure scenarios play out.
What is this man probably a genius hardworker
I think I found a new channel I'm gonna love
Love the worldbuilding you've done with this, and the references :p
I like the buttery-smooth transitions, the Saturn VII and the design of U.S.S Defiant.
Edit: the defiant-VAV docking sequence gave me anxiety
I watched this in VR and it is like watching a movie
The cinematography was AMAZING. My fav part was the launch of the defiant, very awesome
I am so excited to figure out the in-universe reason explaining why an _Enterprise_ form factor was the best choice here
Gene Roddenberry worked for NASA in this timeline :D
@@TDChannelKSP Or the Build The Enterprise nonprofit had a bit more sway
I just had to sub because of all the effort in this video
Thank you :)
I certainly hope we’ll get to see the construction of Copernicus station at some point! It looks really awesome!
Thank you! I've actually been working on that video right now... so eventually!
@@TDChannelKSP Awesome! I look forward to seeing it, and I’m sure I’m not alone in that sentiment
The fact that this mission not only works, but also accounts for various failures and emergencies just blows my mind. And on top of that it looks good! HOW!!!!
Your work is amazing honestly. It's been and probbably will continue to be a huge inspiration for my channel. I mean, the fact that i stole your Moon³ is the only reason i blew up!
In conclusion, both you and your work are just perfect!
Thank you! I hope you do well with your own videos :)
Nice easter egg with that Eridian translation. Just imagine kerbals casually whistling in the background :D
Great job with your videos I really like them. I really apretiate your work.
*appreciate
Sorry english is not my first language. And i cant edit comments on phone cause some youtube unga bunga.
man i love that his solution any problem is strapping saturn v`s to it
Definitely looking forward to THIS one! What on earth are you gonna have done this time?!
You mean what on Venus
@@logankreiger2597 ... I see what you did.
Defiant is boldly going where no kerbal has landed before...
The defiant launch wow !
The crew home flying over venus !
The news paper ! so nice
What mod makes the kerbals follow you?
EVA Follower forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/167310-112x-eva-follower/
@ 13:00 I can definitely hear the Finale VST choir samples. 13/10 video
Top notch work, mate. Loved every second of it.
Well produced and well scored. Want to see more although I know how many hours went into that one. Nice work.
4:01 when you realise the astronauts have been stickbuged
I truly have no words for this, other than congrats.
I swear to god, this is the best thing I’ve ever seen.
loved the "Project Hail Mary" reference with one of the languages being Eridian. thats gotta be one of my favorite Sci-fi books
Glad you liked it ;)
Yeah, it was an awesome book to read. All about problem solving, and Rocky is such an interesting and fun alien.
How far Terminal Velocity has come, from tiny rockets to crew landing on the hottest planet in the solar system, and living to tell the tale.
A little off topic, but would it be possible to do a crewed mission to the asteroid belt (Ceres?) or maybe even Callisto? In-universe it could be preparation for the crewed missions during the 1977 window.
they really boldly went where no man has gone before
As a huge Trekkie I am losing my shit because I just watched the mirror universe episodes in ENT and this is amazing
Edit:omg you had space dock too
Heh, that's awesome. I'm glad you liked it!
Just . Epic! 1 more subscriber and i wish atleast one million to come so.
Dang, this U.S Defiant design is so bada*s
Even though it lacks a warp drive, it looks so awesome
Bro really strapped 4 Saturn 5s together and it worked
this guy makes me want to play ksp again
Would like to see where this series would go from the 70s onwards. Space tourism! An international space station! Reusable spacecraft! A SpaceX like rocket!
With this timeline, it’d probably be an interplanetary space station
24:51 I love the Eridian option for the audio, 10/10
that's awesome!!
Ah, kerbals. They can build several enormous and complex interplanetary rockets, invent materials that can easily survive on the surface of Venus, and launch the defiant into orbit but but can’t invent an inflatable/deflatable balloon
Even TD channel can forget to enable suntracking on the panels
Inasmuch as the Kerbals have that asparagus DNA because you all used CRISPER to cross bred that green gourmet treat with Smurfs, I'm sure they'll be done to a tasty turn upon returning from that 900 degree oven. Just don't forget the Hollandaise!
Will watch it later buddy. Can't wait ❤
oh ma gawd my favourite ksp youtuber here 😂
@@nappalnation7877 I feel flattered :D
Not disappointed. This was awesome, I can roughly imagine how much work you put into this.
Pov: Accidently adding 1 too many zeros to the nasa founding
Hail Waloria
Thank you for giving me a plan of what to do
And they're just in time to see the moon landing to!
What a concept amazing
amazing video! I loved the moment where you landed and ascent from the surface of Venus on a f**king airplane x) Do you think your mechanical airplane concept could work in real life?
PS: at 19:36, why your kerbals does a weird movement to go back in the plane? Is this because it is impossible to turn over on Venus? I think I read something like this in some YB comment from the other Venus landing mission, but idk, might wrong!
Thank you!
Honestly, depends on material science - right now, probably not. Low-speed landing thanks to dense atmo and electric prop ascent is practical, but the immense pressure, heat, and wind is very difficult to survive for a spacecraft, let alone a crewed rated aircraft!
Oh, and on the 19:36 part - it's just because kerbals follow the path of the one in front of them, so taking a "wide turn" allowed me to get them up onto the wing, instead of them turning too soon.
Perfect and the centrifuge spinning you got it right. Dr Dent astrophysicist Rocketeledyne owner
1:26 interesting part of the rocket [rocket nozzle as cone thing]
out standing work TD just out standing
I am wondering what you do for space debris mitigation? Might be food for a video on space junk retrieval, maybe even fashion it all into a fueling station...
Breaking thrusters/ fire now.
24:50 I CAUGHT THAT CHEEKY LITTLE PROJECT HAIL MARY REFERENCE!!!!
Fun fact: Erid and Vulcan (Star Trek) are both in the 40 Eridani star system
Hehe, yup!
I had no idea about them both sharing the same real star system, that's neat.
Its 5 year mission to seak out strange new worlds. To boldly go where no kerbal has gone before.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏very well done I really enjoyed this video
Id like to aee the continuation from this, doing missions to other planets hsing the defiant, but from the dry dock/space dock....itll be cool to see a series, where the size of the space dock and the size of thr fleet gradually increases!
We choose to go to venus in this Decade and do the other things not because there are easy bu because they are hard
"But eating this bag of pinecones is also hard."
@windrose5988thanks. It was delicious
This was super cool, but I have one problem with it. Seating was a little strange. 5 crew arrive on the defiant, they then dock to CHAOS. The ascent rocket only held 3, and then when they got to the station, the return module held 2.
The Apollo capsule isn't a normal one - it's a block III+ Apollo capsule, meant for LEO operations and can hold 5 people. (it would dock to a larger crew module in the SLA bay after launching) (can't find a source for this right now, IIRC its from the eyes turned skyward alt-hist)
Similarly, the Gemini crew module for the way home wasn't a regular Gemini - it had a crew compartment attached to the back, making it "Big Gemini", capable of holding 7 people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Gemini
We wave advanced warp capability and we installed it on the most powerful starship designed! We can finnaly land on venus with its away team shuttles and transporter beam arays!
TD Chamnel: nah thats just the transport, and we made it super inefficient :p
Which mod did you use for the CHAOS to float?
Hooligan Labs airships mod!
@@TDChannelKSPthanks!
Great video, subed because of it!
What mods are used for the defiant thing
Space Station Parts Expansion Redux for the centrifuge habitat (saucer section)
B9 Procedural wings (Saucer section panels, neck pylon)
Textures Unlimited Recolor Dept. (red accents on mk3 parts)
ROEngines (Raptor)
ROTanks (Nacelles)
Procedural Parts (Pylons)
@@TDChannelKSPthanks!
@@TDChannelKSPquick question. How did you balance out the thrust if the thrusters are on the pylons because when I tried it my ship went nose down
@@CASA-dy4vs Most of the weight is close to in-line with the nacelles, but the engines are also tilted 5 degrees, and the engine gimbal is enough range to compensate for fuel drain from that point.
@@TDChannelKSP ah I see I tried to counter the weight by placing more engines
Who design chaos door its a bit extreme because its flying at 50 km above venus surface and have no railing
Yeah, a little bit haha. It had a "ladder" built in that's not quite consistent with the mesh. I originally built the habitat with the door into the runway, but separated it for orbital construction. Probably could've added an extendable ladder or something there...
How did you make the balloon? Its so useful on worlds with thick atmos like Eve and Venus
HL Airships mod: forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/49443-airships-in-1123-hooliganlabs-mods/
this makes me wanna rewatch for all mankind again
DO you have fuel boil-off enabled?
Amazing stuff btw
I do! On the Defiant, With max multi-layer insulation (100) + some radiators built-in (hidden for aesthetics) the fuel doesn't boiloff. Luckily methalox is easier to deal with than hydrolox.
I have rewatched this so many times
Now I wanna see a kerbal fall from CHAOS. Imagine how terrifying that would be!
Certainly would!
On the other hand, you'd soon encounter dense atmosphere and your Terminal Velocity would be pretty low... impact with the surface would be rough, but potentially survivable (if the suit survives with you).
I wonder if a quick emergency launch of the Venus Amicus could actually catch up to the kerbal falling mid-way.
@@TDChannelKSP if it were that slow, and according to the lore, the suit would fail before any rescue could succeed right?
IRL of course anyone falling would be crushed in the atmosphere. I am surprised at how fast some things are moving when they hit the ground on Venus in these videos, in reality I don't think any probe has failed via hard contact with the surface, even if they weren't designed to land at all.
How would we overcome the pressure in the atmosphere?
why have nuclear propulsion for CHAOS but not for defiant
That was the initial plan for defiant, but once I went with the "constitution-class" styling of it, using methalox allowed me to have much smaller tank sizes. Otherwise the vehicle would look pretty odd with the gigantic tanks that a NTR needs.
You should add this to the Terminal Velocity playlist!
Oh hey you're right, completely forgot! Thanks.