Another round of off the cuff questions from my supporters at Patreon are answered, hopefully some in a manner which is useful and or educational.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtWhv9Ic7Hg
Attempting to fly through the Arch on the moon as quickly as possible, decided to go with orbital approach instead of other options.
Edited version of livestream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=310bPBzdBR8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz30kObLChg
I get asked why specific impulse is measured in seconds, and why many of the equations using the value have a factor of 'g' in them - the factor is used as a conversion so that engineers working in different units can all correctly agree on the value of specific impulse.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnisTeYLLgs
Follow me on Twitter for more updates:
https://twitter.com/DJSnM
I have a discord server where I regularly turn up:
https://discord.gg/zStmKbM
If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/scottmanley
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_A-yPpDNVA
With Days to go the exact time of Tiangong-1's final descent are getting better and better defined, but it's hard to predict because of the numerous hidden variables.
Suggest following satellite trackers for latest updates:
https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek
https://twitter.com/planet4589
Historical Details of Mir Reentry
http://www.zarya.info/Tracking/Mir/Mir-Re-entry2.php
Also, apologies for the crappy sound quality.....
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB1ogyMgt_Q
By Coincidence the Delta III only launched 3 times.
None of them with any great success.
I talk about what it was, how it compared to the Delta II and Delta IV and why it had such a disasterous career..
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gAOLCLhiXY
The developers of this episodic space story sent me the prototype to take a look at, it's pretty bare bones in terms of content right now, and the science is lacking, but I suspect a number people are interested in its premise.
Check out The kickstarter here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keoken/deliver-us-the-moon
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeOtfWdIecs
Return of the Obra Dinn is the brainchild of Lucas Pope, best known for Papers Please. The game is another experiment in story telling using a unique 1 bit colour depth graphics system combined with a game mechanic that involves investigating the fate of the crew and passengers using a magic pocket watch.
This is only a demo, it's not even the first demo of the game that has been released, but it's shown a lot of progress in terms of visual design.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElrXAHogqBM
The Interplanetary mission leaves Kerbin for Jool. Because of the redesign halfway through we can't turn this particularly fast and acceleration is best performed at 10% thrust leaving me with practically unlimited delta V.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev8t-vw5tdk