Harpoon

Well, my Jeb died a horrible death by exceeding G-limit at reentry during early days of space explorations. There was no solar panels at that time and I miscalculated battery usage so I couldn't control the vessel and ended up on very high speed perpendicular reentry trajectory. The capsule survived thanks to it's heatshield (I managed to turn the craft engine down before reentry and everything up to capsule was destroyed) but when the rescue crew arrived they found dead Jebediah inside. He's got a nice memorial flag at KSP.

Or you can use KAS mod and tow the camera behind vessel. (just a theory)

IMHO there are several reasons why this is not so good idea. First problem is the cost. And I'm not talking about the cost of sending them to Mars, I'm talking about keeping them alive. AFAIK they would require constant supplies from Earth. Also this would have to be huge amounts of supplies, enough to survive for approx 2 Earth years. So, if the project for some reason looses it's money source they're doomed. Second, it could end in a catastrophic disaster simply because those ppl would have to spend the rest of their lives with just themselves and some of them just may not endure this mentally. Third, assuming this mission will not fail, sooner or later they will have to regulate their population somehow, which also can lead to conflicts and further problems. IMHO, I think we should wait for the ability to return home before launching such missions.

The jet engines in lates release are too powerfull. In .19 my 5 turbojet SSTO managed to reach 24km at 1600-1700m/s max. Now with the same altitude it can easily exceed 2k m/s. I noticed that in prev version you nerfed down engines but I didn't found anything about them in the latest .rar file. Cheers

Excellent shots. And music choice. The only thing which I don't like is, just like Capt'n Skunky said, quick transitions at the end. IMHO if you could change the scenes every 2 or 3 beats you would improve the feel without feeling out of sync. Great video nevertheless.