Kerbin to Eve In 4 Minutes: A Story of "Manned" Exploration and Spaceflight

[Kindred192]

I'm sure FRAPS based music videos have been done before, but I had a lot of fun cutting this together and thought I'd share it with you all. I work in Aerospace...think of this as a little poke at the future of robotic spaceflight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu9ZRy8lIsQ

Edited July 6, 2013 by Kindred192

[Commander Zoom]

Nice video! Good choice of music, too.

I admit a certain moment caught me a bit by surprise, though it probably shouldn't have ... thank Harv for quickload, eh?

How do you plan to get them back, though? Eve is the place from which none return...

[Scotius]

How do you plan to get them back, though? Eve is the place from which none return...

Not true. Scott Manley, Brotoro and couple of other guys managed to do just that. But yes, it is a huge engineering challenge (way above my head). And it's a really cool video with good music and funny curveball threw in

[The Destroyer]

It's not an animation, it should be in "Live from mission control!" section.

[Kindred192]

You're right, Destoyer! I didn't even see that there was a whole section for youtube videos. If someone has the power to move this, I'd appreciate it.

And Commander Zoom: returning from Eve is so difficult, it's part of the reason I chose the song. These brave little Kerbals would have to "find their own way" back I imagine it could be possible with a small spaceplane and a transport ship in orbit.

[Commander Zoom]

I wasn't speaking entirely literally.

I noticed that your ship does a bit of "dancing" around that docking connection while under thrust. Have you considered something sturdier for the next revision?

Edited July 7, 2013 by Commander Zoom

[Kindred192]

Yeah, I definitely could have used the large docking ports for big interplanetary ships. Really, I just thought this design would be more visually interesting for the video!

Flying and landing such a heavy vehicle is pretty difficult. I planned to use my nuclear engine stage as an orbiter, but it seems I underestimated the available delta-v...my next ship will probably be smaller