2.0 tons to Moho and back
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Some of the previous 'minimalist' missions:
• 0.57 ton SSTO in Kerba... Kerbin Orbit
• 2.998 ton manned launc... Duna
• The Odyssey by Bill, B... Eve
• Landing on all of Jool... Jool 5
• 1.3 tons to Minmus and... Minmus
Only Bradley Whistance would find a small, necessary loss in efficiency “psychologically painful”
I feel your pain.
Jerry Rupprecht agreed. I just say “OH IT’LL BE FINE.” Lol. I agree with your opinion about only brad feeling pain haha.
Lol.
He was burning near 45 degrees radial, that is not a small loss...
@@gallopinggoose6891 It's what, like less than 30%? That sounds big, but it's fairly small compared to the 10X+ ISP gained by using the Dawn engine in the first place.
KSP2: **comes out**
Bradley Whistance: 1.8 tons to another star system and back
With no less than 3 gravity assist from Interstellar bodies of less than Mün size.
no killing the sun with solar power
Yeah minimalistic interstellar is gonna be a thing imagine
@@n.m.8802 solar powered radiator to suck all the heat out
@@ahhhshit2327 nah, this is Danny's work
Litho-staging the tank, 10/10
And losing 12 m/s of velocity for extra braking!
Every time i watch a bw video i feel like he's cheating
that was beautiful
11/10 for not crashing another parts
When you're craft is so light that you can feel the impact of the diet of kerbonauts, you know you're go(o)d.
@@MFKR696 yes of course, just like they shaved the paint off the external tank of the Space Shuttle to reduce weight by something like 300 kg on a 2000 t rocket.
Dry mass is indeed the most critical weight saving one can make, especially when it's further on top of the rocket. Just like in Bradley's minimalist missions, adding even a 5 kg solar panel has to be taken into consideration and must be thought out thorougly !
In the notice : "Go to toilet before take off"
you know you are an O
Your*
@@fish-champ ❌️❌️❌️
You're is an abbreviation of "you are"
Your is referring to something in posession of someone, ex. "This Oscar-B fuel tank is *yours*"
I nearly died when he used the mountain to “seperate”
somehow it's even worse when he does those low passes and he's _not_ trying to blow stuff up.
So did bill
@@nethascotx24 wtf I was thinking of posting this exact same comment
Litho-staging at its greatest !
Litho??
Can you elaborate that?
@@FQP-7024 when you use the force of the ground
@@matsv201 ok thanks 👍
And thermo-staging! (separating stages by burning them off.)
You literally got to Moho with the same weight as 4 Magnetometer booms
Actually last week they made them weigh the same as goo canisters, a more accurate comparison is 2 LVT-30 engines
11:45 "Hopefully you guys are by now concerned [...]"
next step: bill gets to orbit and back with only his suit and willpower
He might need to lay off the snacks for that one.
shoopnooop haha
step after that; Going to orbit and back without turning on my monitor.
eva pack has not enough twr to take off on kerbin surfase so he also needs to use mountain launch
@@denisday14 mountains are not high enough for that, but maybe creating a ladder tall enough could get the trick done.
Ok Brad hear me out: A catapult that launches a kerbal into space where the EVA pack can circularize.
Or if you're feeling daring: a catapult that launches a payload into space where it gets a gravity assist from a moon to enter orbit
Perhaps using a fairing to minimise drag and avoid overheating? The payload in question will have to travel at basically orbital velocity from the moment it is launched, at ground level. I hope that catapult isn't at sea level
He just did that
This video feels so understated considering he amount of optimisation, planning and understanding of the game necessary for it to be possible. Inspiring to see so many techniques utilised all at once. An incredible achievement.
As for where should be the target for the next minimalist mission, I think I left my trophy on Tylo if you wouldn't mind fetching it...
He already visited tylo in the Jool-5
Tylo seems... impossible lol.
@@LokekoL I'm pretty sure Detonation is actually Damnation
Next mission: sepatron to the surface of Jool and back
Define seperatron.
You see this looks like a rocket, but it's actually a seperatron for the rocket that will carry the ksc into orbit.
Swdennis did decouples only to orbit, and the surface of the mun, but he couldn’t come back.
Why do I feel an r/wooosh coming?
@@bluemoonjune5178 No! Not funny.
It require propellers. stratenblits did this without separations but with refuelings
5:50 the time jump from 1D -> almost 3 years! Still in Kerbin Orbit :'D
You never cease to astound us Bradley.
@Jennifer Wang ayy :D
Agreed.
You can tap P to deploy a kerbal's chute
thank you for this great knowledge, O wise one
You can?
3:11 - Their low heat tolerance actually makes a lot of sense if you think about it - the basic fins are stated in-game to be made from aluminium, and aluminium and its alloys weaken and melt at much lower temperatures than other commonly-used materials.
Excellent work
Litho-staging has to be both the smartest and stupidest thing I've seen all year. 11/10 made me laugh like a hyena
When you make a loophole just to use it to break a record
F1 (any car racing series) Baby
Brad, you never fail to impress me. I haven’t even BEEN to Moho.
Everyone asks where is Bill Kerman, but nobody asks how is Bill Kerman?
It must be “psychologically painful” to go into space for a literal decade in nothing but a chair with solar panels.
This may be the most important, aware comment ever.
@@BradleyWhistance lmao im just seeing this now and this is amazing lol
@@BradleyWhistance yes
don’t worry, bill has a phone and a cable.
You disgust me. Sending that poor Kerbal all the way to Moho with no snacks, no sunscreen, and no A/C.
Must have taken a lot of attempts to properly "eject" the xenon tank at moho, impressive stuff!
"Who the hell need separators for a craft?"
The madman himself has returned and once again showed everyone why he’s the best.
i like how when you send it down the mountain bills expression goes from reassured to panicking, and it just keeps cycling
As you were describing the gravity assists at the Mun, Eve, Kerbin, and Eve again...
I realized that's actually pretty close to the plan for the ESA's BepiColumbo mission to Mercury, with its assists from Earth and Venus.
Imagine sitting in a fucking chair in the void for actual years
my god... solar panels, reaction wheels, MULTIPLE FUEL TANKS? bill is practically taking a luxury cruise on this one
Absolute madlad. And here I thought 'advanced lithobreaking' was just a harmless running gag.
Wow, the KSP community keeps blowing my mind with what can seemingly be done. I wouldn't have believed this was possible yesterday
I had to use that same trick of pointing up just to get a stable orbit just today, when I had to haul a 50 ton payload to minmus with definitely-not-the-highest-tier rocket equipment..
I've got pictures of my accomplishment (and the payload) on my steam account (Squishybrick).
It looks like a friggen castle, and it's the most awesome thing I've ever done in KSP, so far. But I'm constantly improving and learning, and I love that videos like these, that I used to watch and just glaze over the words, now I'm actually hearing the strats used and not only understanding them, but relating to them.
That's just amazing.
Burning off the wings was very clever! Great job 😃
36 years... madlad
Bill Kerman having the best 2 month holiday with awesome views.
The one thing I’ve learned from years of watching kerboyoutubers is that if a spacecraft can leave kerbin’s atmosphere, it can get anywhere in the kerbal system. There is no amount of gravity assists too great to stop a TH-camr with talent and an empty week. Fantastic job!
This guy's gonna send kerbals to space with firecrackers soon
9:20 - Is Moho the highest-surface-gravity body that the Dawn can lift its own weight on?
It is! However, Vall has even lower margins in practice, due to the high efficiency of photovoltaic electrical generation on Moho and the need for batteries on Vall.
I just went to both mun and minmus for under 5 tons, thanks for teaching me
insane green man slingshots planet to planet on solar powered lawnchair, possibly the most ksp thing ever
Rocket scientist at work
I don't know if they fixed this but apparently, you can use a fuel drainer on an air intake and it will produce thrust. Since Intake Air is infinite as long as you're in an atmosphere, this basically produces nearly infinite thrust production. This works because Intake Air gets counted as a Fuel Resource by the game.
That was fixed in 1.9.1.
Because of the weight, this is the equivalent of going to Moho with a car
Cassualy watching this while eating my home made popcorn
all of the separations would have been easy if bill packed a screwdriver.
but this was a huge achievement, don’t get me wrong. good job
But a scredriver would weight 200 grams
River Shen true, but he could lose some snacks haha
What a good surprise in the middle of my Sunday!
Me: Spends 2 tons before lifting off.
Bradley:
Actual lithobreaking, finally used in an actually useful way!
Truly the most kerbal of maneuvers.
Dude this channel is so underrated.
imagine sitting there for years...
First #LandAmerica, then a new minimalist Brad video? Can this Sunday get any better?
Brad in KSP 2: *Ovin and back in 0.9 tons*
I start giant rockets just to land on muna and this dude just flies across the Kerbolsystem in a box.
yes
I'd love to see a video on a vessel that through its own ISRU is able to return worth double the funds it cost to launch
That would be a unique challenge!
Use Kethane and I believe KSP Interstellar; the kethane can produce Xenon, which is much more valuable than the mining craft.
That was one unconventional gravity assist
HE DID IT AGAIN, THE MADMAN
Everybody gangsta til people landing on Mercury using jetpacks
A LEGENDARY return
Cosine losses are actually surprisingly modest until you are at very severe angle of attack. For a 30 degree angle of attack, you still get 87% efficiency. For a 10 degree angle, that's 97%.
Minimalist mission to an interstellar comet.
Return of a legend
Next destination: Dres. We have to see where they faked the mun landing.
Look, I get this is a joke, but imagine doing something way harder to fake something easier
Me: making 3.99ton Moho vessel, barely surviving the mission
Bradley: 2. Take it or leave it.
Wait 4 tons?!
@@hchskxnbcj yep
Can we get an “one engine to everywhere” ?
(without leaving any debris in space or on the surface of planets, as additional challenge if possible)
Depends on how you categorize "one engine". You could always make dockable containers and fly them up to orbit individually with one engine and have infinite fuel with sufficient time.
@@gajbooks I assume the challenge would be minimalist as well
Ze Great Pumpkinani or everthing has to be launched in one single time, no coming back to kerbin to take additional fuel
Matt lowne did one with 4 engines and maybe a few others to get to orbit
My brain: Hey it's 3 AM let's watch someone do a random KSP mission. Good stuff.
Next mission- literally a kerbal, a few solar panels and an ion engine to Eeloo.
What a nice surprise from the master, just rewatched Grand Tour2!
Minimalist mission to eeloo
This video was released right as online school started for me. I remember watching it on the first day of school while in a zoom meeting! Watching ksp videos was probably the only thing that got me through that horrible time. I can't believe its been so long since then.
when congress accidentally types one less 0 in nasa's budget
Have you ever thought of payload challenges? Where you have to get a heavy payload somewhere, and the goal is the heaviest payload possible.
That route would take like 40 years irl.
I'd be super interested if you made a video about the aerodynamics in KSP, since you have clearly become the kerbal equivalent of an airbender over the years
*Ah yes, using the terrain to your advantage*
Glad to see you're still alive. You are my favorite kerbal youtuber
this guy definitely likes mountains 😁
Oh my ruddy bloody goodness
Oh I just love the smell of air frying kerbals
Hell yeah! Another video! Great job dude
NASA: "How heavy will your rocket have to be?"
Bradley Whistance: "2 tons take it or leave it."
Worth the wait as usual
See if you can get to orbit with just monopropellant
Its like im freaking psychic
I'm not even surprised at this point by your shenanigans.
Next video is probably landing on the mun with 10kg propellant
Aaawwww yeaaaa a new video from Brad! Astounding as always!
That was freaking impressive
Truly amazing Brad, so fun to watch =]
Intersteller mod? Minimalist craft to another star system?
4 Dislikes? Let me guess, Jeb, Valentina, Bill, and Bob.
the frick
The ksp community is a amazingly intelligent community filled with people doing really stupid stuff. And that’s why I love it.
this is how humans will go to mars
I really like how you had to retroburn in the shadow of Moho, and that just like for the bepi-Colombo spacecraft that needed consideration.
The FLAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing as always!
no way you pushed your craft up the mountain for like 1 dv
Please can you make a video on how you plan gravity assists, I understand the theory of gravity assists but how to align the mun eve and kerbin like that makes no sense to me. Are you just doing dozens of solar orbits we don't see to get the window right or is there some crazy planning methods?
Can you do something insane on Real Solar System aswell? I Recommend trying principia, you can exploit astrodynamics even more like that!
I never knew this is possible, very good job and creative man, i wish this can be real, really cheap space travel
dude, I can't even go to the moon with all the cheats on.
Now send that pesky 500ish kilogram SSTO to Eve and back. Multiple launches though
i wish you'd comeback when KSP2 launches
HOW
IS THIS
MAN
Reach the highest point on kerbin and back to the ksc as light as possible. To maintain sanity, you're not allowed do walk and swim.