The original version of my video I used on NASA TV, properly narrated to explain how bits of the Elite universe intersect with real space exploration being done by NASA
Flying by the seat of my pants, no external views, no map, no mods, just a calculator and some reference tables to help me figure out my trajectory. This is probably the hardest complete mission I've run in the game so far. This was one take, with a lot of extra time acceleration added to bring the duration down from 30 minutes to something more watchable.
Kerbal Space Program is a game developed by Squad, download it from http://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkO9WjoNHzc
From back when I was in Scotland, a little video with my brother explaining how he's trying to farm snails for gourmet food.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T50mitGGTk
Turns out some of my neighbours are really not that nice, we have religious fanatics, marauders and an expansionist empire that's claiming my border worlds.
Good news is I have a lot of minerals.
Bad news is I don't have the energy to use them.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNg74yT-maM
Another dump of space news including the 1st successful launch of 2 different rockets in China. A new crew on China's space station. SpaceX launching payloads for NASA and OneWeb and finding out that Starship is just too hard on the launch hardware.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWhMaO7RMwc
Some sillyness seems to be in order, can the power of kerbal physics replicate the mechanics of a Pole vaulter?
Originally broadcast on twitch.tv/szyzyg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Ovlzywxks
A new installment answering questions from my supporters over at Patreon, answering questions with minimal preparation, and maximum speculation, and maybe sometimes getting things right.
If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1TsOYcvq9A
The current minmus mission is serving as a testbed for constructing equipment on site, instead of having the engineers on the ground try to figure out how to fold a vital piece of equipment inside an aerodynamic fairing they're having the astronauts attempting to build the hardware on another planetoid. I mean the low gravity will make lifting those heavy parts much easier right?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfWR-rYBK68
In the last month or so we've seen a couple of major private space station plans revealed to the world - Orbital Reef lead by Blue Origin and Starlab Lead by Nanoracks. These are likely just the tip of the iceberg as NASA is currently reviewing proposals for the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations project.
The video showing the ISS reentering is by HazeGrayArt - watch the full version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfsidvoSIGA
Follow me on Twitter for more updates:
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I have a discord server where I regularly turn up:
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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=fJ01AtbRH2Y
NASA has launched a call for ideas on how to deal with human waste in space suits, with the goal of developing a technology which would allow astronauts to wear a space suit for up to a week.
https://herox.com/SpacePoop
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5y0mTqK54k