Hypersonic Planes & Getting Too Close To Rockets - Supporter Questions - Episode 15
Another handful of questions in my backlog, not that I have answers to all of them, but I like reading them and trying to answer what I can. This month we have questions about biological contamination, hypersonic flight, Mars bases, asteroid impacts and more.
I needed to make disk space so I compiled all the exploding rocket and other interesting snippets before I delete the files.
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Abstract Audio - Synergistic Effects - http://ccmixter.org/files/Citizen_X0/30776
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4u4ZtnT69I
Wherein I attempt to answer Questions from supporters over at my Patreon without the safety net of doing my homework first, because it's more fun this way.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_35VwHAg6xs
For everyone asking.... this is me just talking about it. No graphics, not pictures, not script, no snarky comments, just putting everything in perspective. Be nice to each other.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVKC54H3v78
Just launched on Playstation and XBox, the Enhanced Edition of KSP is a replacement for the original release which had many many shortcomings. Bugs have been fixed, the version has been updated, performance is better and the control scheme is a little (not much) easier.
Existing owners will get a copy for free, so here's hoping I can play some more Konsole KSP
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONkc1Y554sc
Once again working with 100g Rockets trying to shoot projectiles into space. Exploring limits or kerbal physics.
Originally broadcast on http://twitch.tv/szyzyg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKbfO7HerVk
After OSIRIS REx grabbed a sample a coupe of weeks ago many people remarked on how the asteroid just seemed to disintegrate when sampled. Some commenters took this fragility as a sign the asteroids would just disintegrate in the atmosphere before it hit the surface of earth.
Unfortunately that's not the case, Bennu is so large that it would still hit the surface, albeit in fragments and still cause massive amounts of damage.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OSvtznJYuI
There's a reason why we build aircraft with fixed wings, flappy wings are hard.
I made a bit more progress on the design afterwards, but it's still a long way from working.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T64Gfe_a_I0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzVbBANHgUk
Alternative Title: 'The richest man in the world shows off his sci-fi dreams and presents a small step to making it real'
Blue Origin had their super exclusive PR event which gave the audience the first look at their Blue Moon lunar lander. The BE-7 engine is headed for testing by NASA this year and will be a dual expander cycler engine designed for 40kN of thrust and deep throttling.
Watch the full presentation here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ98hGUe6FM
Explanation of Expander cycle engines here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSUhHYdyGJI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I17kvYhCB8