Gordon Plays KSP: Better than Starting Manned and Flier's Ed (v.25 & v.90)

[Elodia7]

Hello everyone! I have two new Kerbal Space Program Series started in v0.25 and now upgraded to v0.90I would like to share with you!

Better than Starting Manned - Season 3 - KSP 0.90

Better than Starting Manned is a part and progression balance mod which makes significant changes to Kerbal Space Program career mode. Some bigger changes include life support, tech tree changes and many other tweaks. The mod also requires Deadly Re-entry to function! A full list of the mods for this series can be found this google document. Episodes will be posted twice a week on Tuesday and Friday at Noon PST.

Series Playlist:

Newest Episode:

Thanks for watching and feel free to post here or on youtube if you have questions or suggestions! I appreciate you feedback and suggestions!

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Edited September 18, 2015 by Elodia7

[MisterFister]

Tune in weekly to view the educational gong show! Loads of info, light on the pre-planning, but it wouldn't be KSP otherwise, amirite?

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[Elodia7]

No doubt MisterFister. It's been an interesting learning experience so far!

Here are the latest videos!

Flier's Ed

Episode 3: We learn some tricks for orbital maneuvers and land on the Mun.

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Episode 2: I try to get to space having never played with the early weight limits. Interesting challenge here!

Episode 3: Time for our first manned flight!

[Elodia7]

Here are the latest video. I failed to schedule Flier's Ed Episode 4 properly, so it went live this morning as well!

Flier's Ed

Episode 4 - We begin to plan how to retrieve our munar mission.

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 4 - Time to figure out how to get reliable income at this stage in the game!

[Elodia7]

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 5 We just need one more gravity scan to get our next science item! Harder than it sounds with our current technology!

[Elodia7]

Flier's Ed

Episode 5: MisterFister and I continue to fine tune our Munar Rescue Mission for launch.

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 6: A minor bug costs us a bit of money. These early missions are really operating on tight budgets!

[Elodia7]

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 7: We are running on a very tight budget. Hopefully we can get it sorted out!

[Elodia7]

Flier's Ed

Episode 6 - A miscalculation has been made and a recording problem. Time for a plan B.

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 8 - Getting into orbit would be very nice. Let's go for it!

[Elodia7]

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 9 With our first successful orbit done, it's time to get some more science from Kerbin through a polar orbit. And I test a new mod to make doing various scans for science less of a headache!

[Elodia7]

Flier's Ed

Episode 7: Part 1 of Docking 101 as we continue our revised rescue plan.

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 10: The most absurd spaceship I've ever flown goes to space. Episode 10 is up early because I apparently can't tell the difference between 12 am and 12 pm.

[Elodia7]

Flier's Ed

Episode 8: In the interest of not making you wait a week, here is part 2 of Docking 101.

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 11 I attempt to put a kerbal in to space. It is far more expensive than I anticipated.

[Elodia7]

Flier's Ed

Episode 9: Docking with a claw and no RCS control!

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 11: A failure to read the fine print in a contract results in a severe financial penalty.

Episode 12: Well I guess I could get more absurd than the ship in episode 10.

[Elodia7]

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 13: Time to test out a design for a small payload lifter. I'm not sure about this design but we shall see.

[Elodia7]

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 14 I try to redesign the small payload lifer. So close, yet so far away. I need better engines.

Flier's Ed

Episode 10 with our space stations in place, it's time to send our rescue craft. But first, a lesson on Launching to Rendezvous.

[Elodia7]

Flier's Ed

Episode 11 - We examine some mods to see how they handle jobs I usually do manually.

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 15 - Let's try to put a Kerbal into orbit again!

Episode 16 - With success here, let's make another attempt at launching small payloads. Maybe this will be more cost effective.

Episode 17 - Small payloads are sorted out so lets make an attempt at medium payloads. A redesign will be needed though.

[Elodia7]

Flier's Ed

Episode 12 - We discuss the ups and downs of various launch trajectories from the Mun.

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 18 - I work on designing our first Munar Probe and then we do a very silly looking part test.

[Elodia7]

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 19 - We need munar science and we also need to try out a new 10 ton lift design. We don't have an antenna that can transmit back. Time for part 1 of a gamble.

[Elodia7]

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 20 - Part 2 of our gamble to return science from the Mun with a dead, out of control probe.

Flier's Ed

Episode 13 - We continue our discussion on methods for departing from Munar orbit and what it actually means.

[Elodia7]

Better than Starting Manned

Now in version 0.90!

Episode 21: Our second mission to the Mun, now with an antenna that can transmit data back.

Episode 22: After upgrading to v0.90 and the latest BTSM version, I detour from my original plans to look at military missions.

Flier's Ed

Episode 14: We discuss trajectories and look at some quirks of Kerbal Alarm Clock when dealing with multiple missions.

[Elodia7]

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 23: Another round of experiments with aircraft and military missions. Not a lot of tools to work with for aircraft at this point.

[Elodia7]

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 24: In preparation for our next Munar mission, I design a rocket to put 20 tons of payload into orbit.

Flier's Ed

Episode 15: Continuing our return to Kerbin, we discuss how to efficiently shift our ship's orbits while in transit.

[Elodia7]

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 25: With the success of our 20 ton lifter and a few tweaks to the design, it's time to get our Munar Lander on its way.

[Elodia7]

Flier's Ed

Episode 16: Looking at the impact and danger of deadly re-entry (part 1).

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 25: Time to get this lander on the ground.

[Elodia7]

Flier's Ed

Episode 17: Part 2 of learning how to handle Deadly Re-Entry.

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 28: I make a plan regarding a new mission and then interrupt it due to uncertainty about how a new feature works.

[Elodia7]

Better than Starting Manned

Episode 29: In the process of preparing for our Minmus Mission I ask the question: "How many different contracts can I accomplish at one time?"