Have you heard of the book The Pilgrim Project? Basically, it’s a 1964 book where America, desperate to beat the USSR to the moon, uses 2 modified Saturn 1Bs to launch first a small hab module, and then a Mercury capsule to the lunar surface, intending to pick the astronaut up in a year or so with Apollo. Launch him supply ships in the mean time. Was made into the film Countdown in 1967, which drops the realism a bit due to stock footage limitations, and uses a Gemini. Either way, I thought it would be an excellent backup plan, especially given your experience with space stations, and your proven ability to send Gemini to Lunar orbit.
@@N9GamingOfficial Oh definitely. The size of the shelter in the book (just large enough in diameter to stand in, just long enough for a bunk) I think it would be suicidal. But I’m sure you can launch bigger, given you aren’t limited to a Saturn 1B. And you put SRBs on your equivalent now. The book has the shelter originally designed as a survival shelter in case Apollo got stuck on the moon (a very real idea, though not this particular design). You could also use it as a starting point of a moon base. Book, if I’m honest, was a little dull, but it’s saying something when it’s a 1964 book about a moon mission and I could only find one factual error (I don’t think they had any plausible way to power the habitat). Everything else, including how you cobble together a moon lander in a few months, actually seemed plausible.
The other interesting quirk, is that both Russia and America decide to home in on a Surveyor probe to land. Which means they both aim to land in the same location at the same time.
I just wanted to say that I'm so glad the algorithm recommended this series to me last week and I binged it all. The pacing and writing is excellent and how you're both doing (mostly) reasonable things for a space program but still maintaining some of the fun Kerbal flair that makes KSP so great. The worst thing now is having to wait for new episodes instead of being able to binge them all :)
Have you watched all of Beardy's and the one episode by Carnasa yet? Slightly different video styles, but similar mission profiles, that might sratch the itch ;)
@@bjornseine2342 I watched the series via N9s playlist so it went back and forth between his videos and Beardy's which was perfect. I'm watching Carnasa's first video right now :)
The Dyna-Soar is really neat, I only found out what it was through this series, really neat to see projects that never got off the drawing board or out of the prototype stage actually having a chance to shine
N9, what can i say? you 3 are just awesome! love your videos, love the story telling and music, love the science and math...most of all, i love the dedication you give to all of us clinging to our seats waiting and watching as the engines ignite on your latest creation. WELL DONE!!! cheers!
So incredibly cool having multiple spacecraft dock and orbit in one station simultaneously. I really hope we get some sort of ISS or something before this series is over, with you Carnasa and Beardy all getting to rendezvous modules and make a big orbital outpost
I freaking love your space station. It’s so cool how you can launch three crew at a time with dynosaur, AND you have a spare docking port that you could use for Gemini rescue missions or some other reason. You planned the whole station out in a really cool way.
NEWS FROM NBC, This is a recording of the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, he was speaking to his friend, who works at the Foundation, when one of our reported discreetly recorded his conversation: "You know, I think we oughta send one of our boys to Mars. We gotta say we're going to do that, cause the rouskees might get to the moon first. You know, John? If I were President I think I'd do that." Could this mean that Mr. Lieutenant Governor is going to run for president? Does he support a manned mars program? Find out later in half an hour.
Please don't stop running this series after moon landing. I would love to see a Sea Dragon launch, the construction of the ISS and maybe even a race to man mars and more.
Maybe you should consider doing a Saturn (Katurn?) IB Earth orbit test flight of the LM like Apollo 5 to get some more engine data on the LM engines to increase reliability Could perhaps be flown in the months between some of the Katurn V launches you have planned
I really wanted to do that, but it takes 160 or 180 days or so to build, taking a build queue and pushing back the lunar landing flight that long - simply don't have time!
Keep up the great content - I can't wait to see who gets to the moon 1st - you or Beardy. BTW - I asked Beardy if he had considered doing an ASTP style joint mission with you or Carnasa. I don't even know if it is possible to do this.
Maybe a wild thoguht but it would be cool to have an every single first launch of each rocket type or plane you use in the program, as a sort of history compilation idk
once again knocking it out of the park. I'm sad to see Katurn I go, as I have a bit of a soft spot for Cluster's last stand. But the switch to Kitan III makes sense, it's cheaper for the same capabilities (albeit not crew rated, but we don't talk about that).
Phenomenal video. Your presentation and music choice kept the video very intense, without taking away from the gameplay. Not to mention the docking part with Gemini 8; "Real Apollo 14 problem right there," had me dead in my seat. Subscribed.
top video mate and its good to see that aussie base getting used i just looked it up and its a 18 hour drive from my place 1700km cant wait for more videos mate and to see the sea dragon thanks mate
idk if you'll see this N9, but i just wanted to thank you, i was inspired by your videos to start publishing my own and ye. keep doin what you do, you're awesome :)
@@raptorfae.6645 I obviously can't speak for them, but I'm pretty sure in their version of RP-1, moon surface base contracts unlock after a successful crewed moon landing contract. So...
7:53 “There is something to be said safety wise about sticking crew on a vessel with massive solid rocket motors” *Laughs in Space Shuttle, SLS, Ares 1, Ares 5, Liberty, OmegA, Jupiter and Basically every other Shuttle-Derived LV* All jokes aside great episode, good luck on the moon landing
I loved the video! I’m not sure if there are RO configs for it (should be when RP1 updates to 1.12), but in the new BDB update there is a boilerplate Apollo CM and a recolourable CSM (eg. Skylab, ASTP and Apollo 7)
Oh nice! Even the bouler-plate textured capsule would have the crew rated tag, increasing build time by 100 or so days, so wouldn't have been able to use it either but good to know!
I'm tempted to say you'll win the race considering the differences in built speed, like how you can build all 3 at roughly the same speed, beardy can only build 1 at a time but really fast. If beardy has any launch failures, hes as good as lost. Same also applies to you but still, stakes are somewhat lower for you
i recommend trying out the Rocket Sound Enhancement mod sometime, it probably wont work for this series because as far as i know it only affects stock engines or engines that have an RSE config but give it a shot, if it doesnt work for the RO engines then oh well, if you do a more stock series then RSE is definitely worth installing
Having the real life crew of Apollo 11 (which I'm assuming will also be the crew of the manned Trinity moon landing) meet up at KIV? Is this foreshadowing?
Quick question- do you have any suggestions for a first attempt of recreating the scout LV in the current ksp version? I seem to be having trouble matching what you did earlier in the series, but would quite like it for my program
@@N9GamingOfficial I have been having trouble with the rocket spinning out even with upgraded rcs as soon as the second stage ignites. An example craft file would be a really welcome help, let me find the link to your discord
if this is multiplayer, how does timewarping and such work? Is it multiplayer in the sense you are competing or an actual server? im just curious how warp affects others in multiplayer since ive never tried it
It's Multiplayer in the sense that we are competing, and we also put our spacecraft in eachother's tracking station at the right time! So I can interact with other players craft, we cooperate with one another for situations that are interactive, which I have a feeling may start to happen soon
@@N9GamingOfficial thats pretty cool :) ill be honest i found the video before this first and didnt realize it was a collaberative thing so i was kinda confused. Great content tho i love it
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I give you NEIN point NEIN out of 10
Gud
I think Wernher would agree
Werner Von Braun is that you?
@@rocketchildv4213 "von" isn't capitalized. It's just German for "of," it's not a middle name.
@@starshipsn-9513 You are ded
Have you heard of the book The Pilgrim Project?
Basically, it’s a 1964 book where America, desperate to beat the USSR to the moon, uses 2 modified Saturn 1Bs to launch first a small hab module, and then a Mercury capsule to the lunar surface, intending to pick the astronaut up in a year or so with Apollo. Launch him supply ships in the mean time.
Was made into the film Countdown in 1967, which drops the realism a bit due to stock footage limitations, and uses a Gemini.
Either way, I thought it would be an excellent backup plan, especially given your experience with space stations, and your proven ability to send Gemini to Lunar orbit.
Oh man that would be miserable for the astronaut XD
@@N9GamingOfficial Oh definitely. The size of the shelter in the book (just large enough in diameter to stand in, just long enough for a bunk) I think it would be suicidal.
But I’m sure you can launch bigger, given you aren’t limited to a Saturn 1B. And you put SRBs on your equivalent now.
The book has the shelter originally designed as a survival shelter in case Apollo got stuck on the moon (a very real idea, though not this particular design). You could also use it as a starting point of a moon base.
Book, if I’m honest, was a little dull, but it’s saying something when it’s a 1964 book about a moon mission and I could only find one factual error (I don’t think they had any plausible way to power the habitat). Everything else, including how you cobble together a moon lander in a few months, actually seemed plausible.
The other interesting quirk, is that both Russia and America decide to home in on a Surveyor probe to land. Which means they both aim to land in the same location at the same time.
note: the titan III's main engines light up 10 seconds before SRB separation
"We paid for whole damn runway! I'm gonna use the whole damn runway!"
--- Neil Kerman
Gold
Got that KSP flair to it, too. I love it
love that quip after the dynasour landing. In true Gemini-Mercury era space cowboy sass
I just wanted to say that I'm so glad the algorithm recommended this series to me last week and I binged it all. The pacing and writing is excellent and how you're both doing (mostly) reasonable things for a space program but still maintaining some of the fun Kerbal flair that makes KSP so great.
The worst thing now is having to wait for new episodes instead of being able to binge them all :)
Thanks so much (:
Have you watched all of Beardy's and the one episode by Carnasa yet? Slightly different video styles, but similar mission profiles, that might sratch the itch ;)
@@bjornseine2342 I watched the series via N9s playlist so it went back and forth between his videos and Beardy's which was perfect. I'm watching Carnasa's first video right now :)
same her man! got a vid showing up in recommended 1 day last week and so glad it did and I clicked to watch it.
ALL HAIL THE ALGORITHM, IT ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING CORRECT!!!
The Dyna-Soar is really neat, I only found out what it was through this series, really neat to see projects that never got off the drawing board or out of the prototype stage actually having a chance to shine
Makes my heart warm.
As a kid obsessed with both space exploration and dinosaurs... The Dyna-Soar
In reality the Dynasoar is pretty useless, since only the glider returns, not the engines
Just like capsules!
@@N9GamingOfficial But more expensive and hard to fly lol
The dyna-saur was a cool concept irl socks I never flew
What’s sock mean
I mean sucks
@@liameddy5836 He means sucks I think?
@@lowcality ah ok I thought it meant something my bad
The whole briefing you gave for the Saturn V just gives chills man! Godspeed!
What a fantastic episode! Dynasoar in-flight abort, first successful orbital Dynasoar + station docking, first Katurn V launch? Amazing stuff.
N9, what can i say? you 3 are just awesome! love your videos, love the story telling and music, love the science and math...most of all, i love the dedication you give to all of us clinging to our seats waiting and watching as the engines ignite on your latest creation. WELL DONE!!! cheers!
So incredibly cool having multiple spacecraft dock and orbit in one station simultaneously. I really hope we get some sort of ISS or something before this series is over, with you Carnasa and Beardy all getting to rendezvous modules and make a big orbital outpost
Me too that would be very fun!
Just yesterday I was thinking "Hey, I wonder if a new Kerbalkind video will drop soon?" And lo and behold, here it is! Great work as always!
There is something special about gemini and X20, vehicles that were competing with eachother for funding, docked both to sort of Low Tech skylab
You should call dynasoar X-5 as it is technically a spaceplane.
It’s KX-20
I freaking love your space station. It’s so cool how you can launch three crew at a time with dynosaur, AND you have a spare docking port that you could use for Gemini rescue missions or some other reason. You planned the whole station out in a really cool way.
That Saturn V launch was so epic, awesome and beautiful! I got goosebumps
NEWS FROM NBC, This is a recording of the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, he was speaking to his friend, who works at the Foundation, when one of our reported discreetly recorded his conversation:
"You know, I think we oughta send one of our boys to Mars. We gotta say we're going to do that, cause the rouskees might get to the moon first. You know, John? If I were President I think I'd do that."
Could this mean that Mr. Lieutenant Governor is going to run for president? Does he support a manned mars program? Find out later in half an hour.
sadly i broke my arm on friday so this video is really helping to scratch my itch to play ksp
If you have one arm still working you would be able to use it as a mouse and build crafts. The ask mechjeb nicely to fly it for you
Please don't stop running this series after moon landing. I would love to see a Sea Dragon launch, the construction of the ISS and maybe even a race to man mars and more.
Well, our plan is to go to Mars! We'll see what happens :D
Maybe you should consider doing a Saturn (Katurn?) IB Earth orbit test flight of the LM like Apollo 5 to get some more engine data on the LM engines to increase reliability
Could perhaps be flown in the months between some of the Katurn V launches you have planned
I really wanted to do that, but it takes 160 or 180 days or so to build, taking a build queue and pushing back the lunar landing flight that long - simply don't have time!
Alternatively, there is also Apollo 10 for that
@@_mikolaj_ N9 would definitely lose if he pulled an Apollo 10. Just like in For All Mankind.
@@joshuaashton1929 crewed lunar orbit is required anyway. May aswel add LEM, even if stripped down without legs and other unnecessary equippment
thunderstruck shouldve been made in the 60`s, couldve played it during the launch of the real thing
Magic Carpet Ride could work... it worked for Zefrem Cochrane 😀... not to mention it was made in 68 I believe
@@SkyBound_1702 The Razor's Edge is from 1990
You have outdone yourself! Thank you for a thoroughly enjoyable video. I can't wait for Trinity 2, 3, and 4.
I’m almost sad we didn’t get a fireball at Katurn's main engine ignition
Love that part haha sorry, don't have time to mess with waterfall things
Keep up the great content - I can't wait to see who gets to the moon 1st - you or Beardy. BTW - I asked Beardy if he had considered doing an ASTP style joint mission with you or Carnasa. I don't even know if it is possible to do this.
Love the series and was waiting patiently! Thank you for the videos
Maybe a wild thoguht but it would be cool to have an every single first launch of each rocket type or plane you use in the program, as a sort of history compilation idk
A compilation would be neat! I'm working on something else to visualize the series, should be ready soon
The behemoth FINALLY lift off! Go foundation, go!
I've been looking forward to this!! Thank you :)
once again knocking it out of the park. I'm sad to see Katurn I go, as I have a bit of a soft spot for Cluster's last stand. But the switch to Kitan III makes sense, it's cheaper for the same capabilities (albeit not crew rated, but we don't talk about that).
Thank you once again for this wonderful series. I do enjoy your documentary style as well as seeing Dyna Soar as it might have been.
Loving this series! And the crunch editing turned out amazingly, I didn't even notice
Phenomenal video. Your presentation and music choice kept the video very intense, without taking away from the gameplay. Not to mention the docking part with Gemini 8; "Real Apollo 14 problem right there," had me dead in my seat. Subscribed.
top video mate and its good to see that aussie base getting used i just looked it up and its a 18 hour drive from my place 1700km
cant wait for more videos mate and to see the sea dragon
thanks mate
Love how you go silent during landings, the suspense is awesome xD
I watched the premier and am back for another bite. Thank you for your hard work and dedication.
Dynasoar is so cool!
I really hope you win the race N9. Your editing and storytelling is so much more compelling
Heck yeah! The race is on!
amazing music at the end... breathtaking
Great episode as always!
idk if you'll see this N9, but i just wanted to thank you, i was inspired by your videos to start publishing my own and ye. keep doin what you do, you're awesome :)
After the lunar landing, Will you and beardy continue the series with a potential mars landing?
Yep!!
@@N9GamingOfficial are you,beardy and carnasa eventually going to build moon bases too?
@@raptorfae.6645 I obviously can't speak for them, but I'm pretty sure in their version of RP-1, moon surface base contracts unlock after a successful crewed moon landing contract. So...
Perchance
;)
7:53
“There is something to be said safety wise about sticking crew on a vessel with massive solid rocket motors”
*Laughs in Space Shuttle, SLS, Ares 1, Ares 5, Liberty, OmegA, Jupiter and Basically every other Shuttle-Derived LV*
All jokes aside great episode, good luck on the moon landing
I hope that this series continues Beyond the moon, it's great fun.
It will!
Have to see who will be first to land on pluto
@@N9GamingOfficial nah first to land on proxima centauri
@@N9GamingOfficial Oh, it's confirmed now?
@@eannamcnamara9338 you mean first to colonise alpha centarui.
N9, always keep a rocket ready just in case beardy gets stuck in space, so you can steal their capsules!
Watching this after the N-1 fails three of it's 5 flights. GO TRINITY, GO USA, GO N9!!!
Wonder how far you guys will go. Are we going to see a Mars landing by the 80s?
We aim to go for Mars :D
Dynasoar? Dynasoar! been a while since i've seen this one lol, especially after taking a break
wow you managed to replicate the docking issues with such accuracy, I thought it was a skit.
I loved the video! I’m not sure if there are RO configs for it (should be when RP1 updates to 1.12), but in the new BDB update there is a boilerplate Apollo CM and a recolourable CSM (eg. Skylab, ASTP and Apollo 7)
Oh nice! Even the bouler-plate textured capsule would have the crew rated tag, increasing build time by 100 or so days, so wouldn't have been able to use it either but good to know!
The boilerplate is a separate part, just a probe core with no crew capacity, so I don't think it will increase build time.
Oh nice!
I'm tempted to say you'll win the race considering the differences in built speed, like how you can build all 3 at roughly the same speed, beardy can only build 1 at a time but really fast. If beardy has any launch failures, hes as good as lost. Same also applies to you but still, stakes are somewhat lower for you
A failure for either of us spells doom for sure
Nyeeeet! The glorious USSR shall win!
This continues to be beautiful work 👏
Nicely done N9
Carnasa has bloopers! We demand bloopers!! :D
Half my missions are bloopers! XD
i recommend trying out the Rocket Sound Enhancement mod sometime, it probably wont work for this series because as far as i know it only affects stock engines or engines that have an RSE config but give it a shot, if it doesnt work for the RO engines then oh well, if you do a more stock series then RSE is definitely worth installing
airbnb? theres no air in that bnb
Having the real life crew of Apollo 11 (which I'm assuming will also be the crew of the manned Trinity moon landing) meet up at KIV? Is this foreshadowing?
That's our Prime landing crew, lots of orbital experience and bonding now - the Trinity 3 slot is all theirs (:
Here we go lads!
28:23 Air force landings in a nutshell.
It's go time baby!
legend
over 1000 views in a few hours! If you watched and aren't subscribed shame on you.
So is that another milestone?
Two manned craft docking to a station.
The soviets have docked two crewed vehicles to eachother before, so not really
They didn’t dock two craft to a space station though. You definitely beat them In that department.
It's such a fun to watch your Videos
very nice
Great video, nicely done!
Is this series going past the moon landing?Maybe a Shuttle-Skylab program?
The current end goal is Mars landing!
@@N9GamingOfficial Great to hear! Hope to see those beautiful orbiters do some great things
Wait, Best orbital Airbnb in the World
What??
I’m sorry for asking another question, is the part that comes down to transfer crew into the station using infernal robotics? RO, or not?
Parts attatched to an infernal robotics part yeah
Who's playing N Korea then? I volunteer as I have no clue what i'm doing with the realism mod lol
Hey quick question. For the future mars mission, will you be doing something based on Stephen Baxters “Voyage” or something different?
I'm actually not familiar with that, enlighten us? :D
It's an alternate history novel about the "Ares" Mars mission in the 1980s. There have been recreations of it in KSP RSS and the Orbiter sim.
Common Neil W
What mod do you use for piloting the dynasoar?
For approach and landing? Mouse Aim Flight!
@@N9GamingOfficial thanks so much man, love the vids btw ❤
Quick question- do you have any suggestions for a first attempt of recreating the scout LV in the current ksp version? I seem to be having trouble matching what you did earlier in the series, but would quite like it for my program
Hey! What specifically are you struggling with? I could send you the craft file via my discord
@@N9GamingOfficial I have been having trouble with the rocket spinning out even with upgraded rcs as soon as the second stage ignites. An example craft file would be a really welcome help, let me find the link to your discord
Ah yup, I @mentioned you there
I’ve noticed this in a few videos, why is SAS always off? wouldn’t it help control the craft if SAS was on? or is there no SAS on the crafts?
A lot of times Mech Jeb's own SAS is on, though sometimes I do turn it off in some situations
where are the grabby arms from?
Edit: I found it.
if this is multiplayer, how does timewarping and such work? Is it multiplayer in the sense you are competing or an actual server? im just curious how warp affects others in multiplayer since ive never tried it
It's Multiplayer in the sense that we are competing, and we also put our spacecraft in eachother's tracking station at the right time! So I can interact with other players craft, we cooperate with one another for situations that are interactive, which I have a feeling may start to happen soon
NOOOOOOOO dang it....Egg
n99999 im sadddddddddd :((((((😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Shut up past me
Reply F to pay respect to the Katurn-1
F
N-9 are you going to do the proposed Saturn v Venus flyby?
I think it would be really neat to!
@@N9GamingOfficial yay!!!
I wonder if the N-1 could do the same with some upgrades of course.
@@joshuaashton1929 late but it could and it was planned. Called TKS i believe.
Go N9, beat Beardy!
What mod provides the "target circle" you had just before touch down in the water wit kx-20
Mouse Aim Flight!
So are the engine sounds added in ? Or are they actually like that with the game
I've added them during editing yeah, though some of the sounds are in game, just not the same
I think we should get an American's perspective on the N1 and a soviet perspective on the Katurn V.
KATURN 5 LETS FUCKING GOOOÓ
what is the mod that uses mouse aiming for planes?
Mouse Aim Flight!
Why is the flag on the flagpole so janky?
No idea!
I say here’s to selfish pricks. ‘Cause we move the ball forward for mankind. -Molly Cobb
Sometimes you got to roll a hard six
WHERE ARE MY NEW EPISODES N9
Today most likely (:
@@N9GamingOfficial I can’t wait 👍
I love :4:19
3:12 6:32 5:12
i’ll be honest i don’t get the multiplayer part of this
oh i see now
There will be more interaction between us soon I believe!
@@N9GamingOfficial thats pretty cool :) ill be honest i found the video before this first and didnt realize it was a collaberative thing so i was kinda confused. Great content tho i love it
N9 did you know you can use shift to make kerbals pose on the ladder? You can use it for moon landing
Yo really? That would be neat
@@N9GamingOfficial it is stock. It is really cool
@@N9GamingOfficial the orginal purpose was to shift kerbals between ladders, but damn that ladder sliding looks sick
I need to test this immediately
@@N9GamingOfficial use shift+d or shift+a for looking around
Ummmm Hol’up TBP is supposed to win the space race
Hi
Q1
Its not Apollo because there is sapost to be 3 deaths
Saturn IB has not been created yet, therefore apollo 1 cannot happen
plus, what kind of masochist are you?
9th
First lol