Entering the Cosmos!

[Cetera]

 

This is a new career series, from a novice/rookie youtuber. In fact, these are my first youtube videos ever. It took me quite a long time to learn to edit these, but I think I'm getting the hang of it.

Two videos are up now, with another on the way, and lots, lots more to come.

Special hat tip and thanks to Scott Manley for the inspiration.

Any advice, tips, or suggestions are welcome! (both for KSP and video).

Enjoy!

 

Mission Logs for Entering the Cosmos!

Edited January 27, 2016 by Cetera

[Cetera]

Here is a more-or-less complete (and subject to change) modlist for my new series "Entering the Cosmos!"

• Action Group Manager (ActionGroupManager 1.4.1)
• Action Groups Extended (AGExt 1.33a)
• Active Texture Management - X86 - Aggressive (ActiveTextureManagement-x86-Aggressive 5-0)
• Adjustable Landing Gear (AdjustableLandingGear v1.2.0)
• AeroGUI (AeroGUI v2)
• ALCOR (ALCOR 0.9.4)
• ALCOR IVA Patch (ALCORIVAPatch 0.9.4)
• Alternate Resource Panel (AlternateResourcePanel 2.7.3.0)
• Antennas (Antennas Version_1.1)
• ASET Props (ASETProps 1.3)
• Asteroid Day (AsteroidDay 1.0)
• BahamutoD Animation Modules (BDAnimationModules v0.6.2)
• Camera Tools (CameraTools v1.3)
• CapCom - Mission Control On The Go (CapCom 1.2)
• Chute Safety Indicator (ChuteSafetyIndicator 1.0.2)
• Coherent Contracts (CoherentContracts 1.02)
• Color Coded Canisters (ColorCodedCans 1.3)
• Colorful Fuel Lines (ColorfulFuelLines 0.3.1)
• Community Resource Pack (CommunityResourcePack 0.4.4)
• Community Tech Tree (CommunityTechTree 2.1)
• Contract Configurator (ContractConfigurator 1.7.2)
• Contract Pack: Advanced Progression (ContractConfigurator-AdvancedProgression 4.5)
• Contract Pack: Anomaly Surveyor (ContractConfigurator-AnomalySurveyor 1.4.0)
• Contract Pack: Base Construction (ContractConfigurator-BaseConstuction 0.2.1)
• Contract Pack: Field Research (ContractConfigurator-FieldResearch 1.1.0)
• Contract Pack: Grand Tours (ContractConfigurator-GrandTours 1:0.1.7)
• Contract Pack: Historic Missions (ContractConfigurator-HistoricMissions 1.4.1)
• Contract Pack: Initial Contracts (ContractConfigurator-InitialContracts 1.0.4)
• Contract Pack: Kerbin Space Station (ContractConfigurator-KerbinSpaceStation 2.2.1)
• Contract Pack: RemoteTech (ContractConfigurator-RemoteTech 2.0.0)
• Contract Pack: Rover Missions by Whyren (ContractConfigurator-RoverMissionsbyWhyren 3)
• Contract Pack: SCANSat (ContractConfigurator-ContractPack-SCANsat v0.5.2.1)
• Contract Pack: Tourism Plus (ContractConfigurator-Tourism 1.2.0)
• Contract Pack: Unmanned Contracts (ContractConfigurator-UnmannedContracts 0.3.10)
• Contract Window + (ContractsWindowPlus 5.3)
• CraftHistory (CraftHistory 1.4.4)
• Crew Manifest (CrewManifest 0.6.0)
• Crew Portraits (CrewPortraits 1.2)
• Crossfeed Enabler (CrossFeedEnabler v3.3)
• Crowd Sourced Science (CrowdSourcedScience v3.0)
• Dated QuickSaves (DatedQuickSaves 1.0.0)
• Distant Object Enhancement (DistantObject v1.6.1)
• Distant Object Enhancement default config (DistantObject-default v1.6.1)
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• Docking Port Alignment Indicator (DockingPortAlignmentIndicator 6.2.0)
• Docking Target (DockingTarget 0.1)
• Editor Extensions (EditorExtensions 2.12)
• Enhanced Navball (EnhancedNavBall 1.3.6.0)
• Environmental Visual Enhancements (EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements 7-4)
• Environmental Visual Enhancements - Low Resolution (EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements-LR 7-4)
• EVA Enhancements (EVAEnhancements 1.0.0)
• EVA Parachutes (VNG-Parachute 1.2)
• EVA Parachutes by default (VNG-Parachute-EVALoading 1.0)
• EVAManager (EVAManager 6)
• Federal Productions Flags (FederalProductions-Flags 0.1)
• Field Experience (FieldExperience 1.0.2)
• Final Frontier (FinalFrontier 0.8.6-1370)
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• FlagRotate (FlagRotate 1.1.1)
• Fuel Tanks Plus (FuelTanksPlus 1.2)
• Fusebox (Fusebox 1.50)
• Graphic Memory Monitor (GCMonitor 1.2.6)
• Historian (Historian 1.1.1)
• Hot Spot (HotSpot 0.4.4)
• Hullcam VDS (HullcamVDS 0.50)
• HyperEdit (HyperEdit 1.4.1.0)
• Impact! (Impact v1.1.0)
• Improved Chase Camera (ImprovedChaseCamera v1.5.1)
• Infernal Robotics Model Rework - Core Pack (IR-Model-Rework-Core v01b)
• Infernal Robotics Model Rework - Expansion Pack (IR-Model-Rework-Expansion v01b)
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• Interstellar Fuel Switch Core (InterstellarFuelSwitch-Core 1.15)
• Kerbal Alarm Clock (KerbalAlarmClock v3.4.0.0)
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• Kerbal Flight Data (KerbalFlightData R19)
• Kerbal Flight Indicators (KerbalFlightIndicators R10pre)
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• Kerbal Joint Reinforcement (KerbalJointReinforcement v3.1.4)
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• KerboKatz - SmallUtilities - FPSViewer (KerboKatzSmallUtilities-FPSViewer 1.0.4)
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• Kopernicus Planetary System Modifier (Kopernicus 1:beta-03-3)
• KSP AVC (KSP-AVC 1.1.5.0)
• LightsOut (LightsOut 0.1.4)
• Magic Smoke Industries Infernal Robotics (InfernalRobotics v0.21.3)
• MechJeb 2 (MechJeb2 2.5.3)
• MechJeb and Engineer for all! (MechJebForAll 1.2.0.0)
• Menu Stabilizer (MenuStabilizer 1)
• Mk 2 Essentials (Mk2Essentials 5)
• 'MK1-2 Pod' IVA Replacement by ASET (MK12PodIVAReplacementbyASET 0.1.1)
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• Navball Docking Alignment Indicator (NavballDockingIndicator 7)
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• Near Future Construction (NearFutureConstruction 0.5.4)
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• Near Future Electrical Core (NearFutureElectrical-Core 0.5.2)
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• Near Future Propulsion (NearFuturePropulsion 0.5.3)
• Near Future Solar (NearFutureSolar 0.5.3)
• Near Future Spacecraft Parts (NearFutureSpacecraft 0.4.3)
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• Outer Planets Mod (OuterPlanetsMod 1:1.8)
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• RemoteTech - Probe Control Enabler (RemoteTech-ProbeControlEnabler v1.0)
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• ShowAllFuels (ShowAllFuels 1)
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• Solar Science (SolarScience v1.03)
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• SpaceY Heavy Lifters Parts Pack (SpaceY-Lifters 1.0.3)
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• Stock Bug Fix Modules (StockBugFixModules v1.0.4c.2)
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• Surface Lights (surfacelights 1.0)
• Switch Active Vessel (SwitchVessel 0.4)
• TAC Fuel Balancer (TacFuelBalancer v2.5.1)
• TAC Life Support (TACLS v0.11.1.20)
• TAC Life Support (TACLS) - stock config (TACLS-Config-Stock v0.11.1.20)
• Take Command (TakeCommand 1.1.4)
• Telemachus (Telemachus v1.4.30.0)
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• Thermometer (Thermometer 1.0.10)
• ToadicusTools (ToadicusTools 15)
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• Transfer Window Planner (TransferWindowPlanner v1.3.1.0)
• Tweakable Everything - Engine Staging Toggle (TweakableEverything-EngineStagingToggle 1.12)
• Tweakable Everything - Fairing Staging Toggle (TweakableEverything-FairingStagingToggle 1.12)
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• Universal Storage (UniversalStorage 1.1.0.7)
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• Ven's Stock Part Revamp (VenStockRevamp v1.8.1)
• Water Sounds (WaterSounds 1.1)
• Waypoint Manager (WaypointManager 2.4.2)
• WildBlueTools (WildBlueTools 1.0.9)

 

Edited December 3, 2015 by Cetera

[Cetera]

Entering the Cosmos! Episode 3 - Vomit Komet is up now.

[Cetera]

Episodes 4-8 are now up on the channel. You can find the playlist here:

I'm about through all of my pre-recorded material, so updates will start slowing down to a more reasonable rate. Still, I think each episode is showing improvement. There are several fun movie references in episode 7, and episode 8 has a cliffhanger and everything! LOL.

[Cetera]

Entering the Cosmos! Episode 9 is up.

Jebediah returns from the first manned orbital flight, we conduct a launchpad test of a new engine, and we send Gradie into orbit for a couple of days to test life support systems.

Edited September 10, 2015 by Cetera

[TheAurora]

Are my eyes betraying me? That mod list is insane! Nice videos though.

[Cetera]

It really does barely run in opengl mode. We'll see how it goes. I may have to trim some unused parts as time goes on. I'm really, really looking forward to 1.1 and the elimination of the memory restriction.

[Cetera]

Episode 10 of Entering the Cosmos! is up now. I have a better microphone, which hopefully will help a bit. We crash a probe on the Mun, attempt to complete the X-15 contract again, and take a "rover" around KSC for science!

[Cetera]

Episode 11 of Entering the Cosmos! is up. We fail to improve our rover efforts to capture science around the KSC, and we send our first unmanned probe to Minmus!

[Cetera]

Entering the Cosmos! - Episode 12 - Intro to Communications is now up:

Episode contents: Rover science from KSC, two Kerbalnaughts embark on a one-week orbital test, we launch our first pre-liminary communications satellite, and we bring the Krasny 6 probe home from Minmus.

[Cetera]

This is the early unmanned probe I've been using for flybys of the Mun and Minmus:

http://i.imgur.com/RxiBkqW.png

**Edited: How do I insert spoiler tags for the image? It is too big to have just in the body of the text.

Edited October 26, 2015 by Cetera

[Cetera]

Blueprint of the Karattini unmanned probe from Episode 13 of Entering the Cosmos!

[Cetera]

BTW, episodes 13-17 are up. I need to work on updating this thread a bit more frequently.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLywQUwlwIfKHdiO8UE5CUchNT5UFN8mrk


Here's the blue print for my first probe lander:

Edited November 30, 2015 by Cetera

[Cetera]

We prep an unmanned mission to Duna/Ike, and we send Jeb and Gradie on a mission to test orbital docking procedures for an eventual Mun mission.


SOUNDTRACK

"Fiddles McGinty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Heart of Nowhere" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Light Thought var 3" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Peace of Mind" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Peacful Desolation" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

[Cetera]

Episode 19 is up!

Picking up right where episode 18 ended, we complete our docking mission in Low Kerbin Orbit.  We bring Gradie safely home, send Jebediah up into High Kerbin Orbit, get some extra science from our latest lander mission en route to Duna/Ike, and begin prepping for our RemoteTech satellite communications network.

Modlist: 
http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/119906-entering-the-cosmos/#comment-2159033

SOUNDTRACK

"Fiddles McGinty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Heart of Nowhere" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"On the Shore" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Wallpaper" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Mirage" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
 

[Cetera]

Episode 20 is up!

We use four launches to put up the first complete communications network, covering all of Kerbin and also having a full-time, live connection options to both the Mun and Minmus.

Modlist: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/119906-entering-the-cosmos/#comment-2159033

SOUNDTRACK

"Fiddles McGinty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Master of the Feast" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Mirage" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Plaint" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Healing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnE2UOfRdHU

Edited December 13, 2015 by Cetera

[Cetera]

Episode 21 is up:

 

After many unmanned missions, we design the future crafts that will take the first Kerbals to the Mun and to Minmus, where they will first step foot on alien ground.

SOUNDTRACK

"Fiddles McGinty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Vegas Glitz" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"The Builder" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Mr. Mealey's Mediocre Machine" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Anamalie" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Heroic Reception" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 

[Cetera]

Episode 22 of Entering the Cosmos! is up:

 

Back from our holiday hiatus, we launch a satellite to begin mapping and studying Kerbin, one also for the Mun, and we send an upgraded unmanned lander to the Mun to reconnoiter for possible manned-landing sites.

Entering the Cosmos Produced and Narrated by Cetera
https://goo.gl/asJcjB

Modlist: 
http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/119906-entering-the-cosmos/#comment-2159033

Soundtrack
"Healing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Eternal Hope" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 

Edited January 13, 2016 by Cetera

[Cetera]

We have a double-episode up now, for our first unmanned landing on Minmus:

 

 

We land an unmanned probe on Minmus in the pursuit of more science, to power our space program to new heights.

This is the first of a two-part episode. Try as I might, I couldn't squeeze the whole thing into less than 25 minutes, so we have two 17 minute episodes coming, back to back.

SOUNDTRACK

"Fiddles McGinty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Light Awash" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 

 

We complete our biome-hopping mission on Minmus with our first unmanned lander to the moon.  We also have the Karattini 3 probe arrive at Minmus to begin mapping the moon.

SOUNDTRACK

"Fiddles McGinty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Music for Manatees" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 

 

 

Entering the Cosmos Produced and Narrated by Cetera
https://goo.gl/asJcjB

Modlist: 
http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/119906-entering-the-cosmos/#comment-2159033

 

If you enjoy the episodes, please subscribe to the channel, and also give me a thumbs-up occassionally on Youtube.  Thanks!

Cetera

[Cetera]

As I'm creating these videos, I'm still using and editing gameplay footage recorded from September.  Yes, I'm that far behind.  It has been a huge learning curve creating this series, and I'm thoroughly loving every minute of it, but the time commitment has been a lot bigger than I ever thought it would be.

Because of the massive time delay, I'm starting to have difficulty remembering where and what each craft and mission was.  To help me out, I've created a Google Docs spreadsheet listing every mission and craft in the Entering the Cosmos! series so far, along with the type of mission, success or failure, the current location of the vessel, notes on the mission, etc.  

I've put a link to this document on the OP, and I'll put it here as well.  Feel free to commentate, make suggestions, notify me of errors, etc.

Entering the Cosmos! Mission Log

 

Enjoy!

 

[Cetera]

 

We send Bob and Kerner to the Mun in an Apollo 8-style mission, fully testing the new Bophus spacecraft, and collecting lots of science!

 

Entering the Cosmos Produced and Narrated by Cetera
https://goo.gl/asJcjB

Modlist: 
http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/119906-entering-the-cosmos/#comment-2159033

Mission Tracking:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w1NNOkFyL3LVyy2p03MNJIlSAras1jVjX1_xiKjCSTw

SOUNDTRACK

"Fiddles McGinty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Americana" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Crossing the Divide" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Death of Kings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

[Cetera]

Blueprint for the Bophus 1 mission:

 

 

Edited January 29, 2016 by Cetera

[Cetera]

Episode 26 of Entering the Cosmos! is ready:

 

Edited January 31, 2016 by Cetera

[Cetera]

Entering the Cosmos! - Episode 27: Bophus Minmus Mission is up:

 

Sean and Mirenna take the Bophus 2 spacecraft to Minmus in preparation for the first Kerballed landing on another world.  

I'm trying something new on this one.  This episode is entirely from Sean Kerman's point-of-view, complete with historical audio logs recorded during the mission.

SOUNDTRACK

"Fiddles McGinty"  Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Montauk Point" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Teller of Tales"  Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Eternal Hope"  Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

[Cetera]

It took a while to get this one complete, but Episode 28 is now available:

Narrated from Sean's missions logs, Sean and Mirenna complete the Bophus 2 mission, landing on Minmus, making a few discoveries, and safely returning home.  

 

Had to fight serious personal illness and a lot of personal drama to get the time to finish this up.  We still have a lot more episodes in progress.  Let me know if you like the kerbal voice work on these last two episodes.

Edited March 11, 2016 by Cetera