Kannonball - KSP cinematic

[LitaAlto]

Pardon me, I'm only screaming
Cuz you launched me yet once more
And tonight I know I'm feeling
Like a kerbal kannonball

Valentina Kerman got it into her head to cram herself and two other Kerbals into a little metal ball, strap it to the top of a rocket, and see if she could hit 300 kilometers and return without anyone dying. The truly impressive part was that she convinced Bob to join the flight.

I have a lot of creative projects all over the place at any given time and it is admittedly difficult at times to complete one project because another project beckons. All the same, if I can I'd really rather create a video a month, and if possible, put in enough time so it looks fairly decent. For this video, I created a simple rocket using Squad parts (stock + Making History) and tested it repeatedly to fine-tune an optimum launch angle of 4° East. This would assure a 300-kilometer altitude and a splashdown just North of the Runway Islands. I then turned on SAS, set up either the stock camera, Camera Tools, or KerbCam in turn, started recording, and pressed spacebar. Aside from occasional adjustments to the cameras and staging once, I sat back and recorded. Again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again. Dozens of gigabytes of video footage recorded over roughly six hours went into this five and a half minute video. And then I had to get fancy with the editing. Still, I think this is one of my finer efforts to date, and I sincerely hope you enjoyed it.

Rocket parts are stock or from Making History, with a few tweaks from Textures Unlimited for visuals:

https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/167450-142-textures-unlimited-pbr-shader-texture-and-model-api/

Other mod details available upon request.

Music: Stormfront Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/