I've actually noticed that some of those engines are introduced by Karbonite and Karbonite+ mods. It's so hard to tell RoverDude mods apart :D You're awesome guys!
I love your video series Mark Thrimm! During this episode you mentioned multiple changes to config files. Can you upload those for others who are trying to follow along ?
Mark, not only are you extremely smart and good at KSP, but you have one of the best youtube channels I've seen, I can't wait to see how big your channel gets to, and although you might not see this, I hope your channel gets a lot bigger.
Thank you, it's nice to hear that! RUclips is actually running a lot of channels (mine included) through a rough period and it's hard to tell how things will evolve. But I'm sure with viewers like you it's gonna be fun, so stay awesome!
Actually, in the upper atmosphere of Saturn (around the region where the relative gravitational acceleration is approximately 1g, coincidentally) it is also possible to survive without a space suit provided you are away from the most turbulent parts of the atmosphere. You'd need some sort of floating platform to stand on of course, and also some protection from the cold and some breathing apparatus, but that's about it.
That's very interesting! Although I suppose storms on Satrun might be a little more severe, since it's a gas giant with supersonic winds :D If you could provide me with a link where I can read a bit more about it, I'd be very grateful. Cheers!
+Mark Thrimm Actually the surface of titan would be by far the best, the pressure is 1.5 that of earth, and 99% of nitrogen, the mask would not even have to be tight, no problem if some leaks happen. Only real problem is that it is cold, but thats far more easy to deal with than 400c.
Hey Mark I just wanted to comment and say I've been rewatching your old ssto videos and enjoying it so I just thought I'd send you a message and say thank you very much and I look forward to watching more of your videos.
Since you're looking at modded intakes, have you looked at the Explodium Breathing Engines add-on? Their atmCurve numbers need adjusting yet, but if anything those adjustments would increase thrust and reduce ISP. They are useable now though, without being unbalanced.
Once again, you have put out a great video, thank you for including the config. file changes and how you made things make more sense. Keep up the great work!
Thank, I also think that this config was just and oversight, especially if we consider that there were two keys for exactly the same atmospheric density.
Great video! What skybox are you using? There's also a mod called Explodium breathing engines, wich are jet engines that work on intake explodium and oxidizer. The're also great for Eve operations.
God damn it.... I love you bro! So honest and entertaining. If only the ignorant people could understand your humor you would be bigger than pewdiepie.
Or bring more wood to the forest haha. It's pointless and I've never taken this contract in a stock game, as you'd spend more money on the vehicle than you'd get paid. But here it might just work so why not. Hopefully when the expansion hits, we'll have more control over making contracts.
I strongly recommend Hangar mod by allista. It gives hangars parts where you can put whole vehicles and they are unloaded until you undock them from hangars. It also includes fairings that carry unloaded ships, so you can lower part count in heavy starts too, if it is problem for you. For me it is must have mod, since my computer is "little" weak for modded KSP.
Isn't he the author of Ground Construction as well? We'll be building Duna base using this mod in the future, so similar types of containers will make it to the ship as well :)
The fact that you could survive a few time of Venus reminds me about the Venus equivalent of Mass Effect Krogans, where Krogans actually go without suit to show how Krogan they are and have all their bones crushed, expect one who could have all fertile females.
What you need is propellors to lift the engines away from sea level. :) But it's tricky to have both propellors and hypersonic flight for getting into orbit. Not impossible, but tricky. Edit: Oh! And then you mention propellors. I wonder... perhaps the mods have changed now, but I wonder if the electricity consumption was too insane for solar panels in the bright sunlight of Eve. Ah... hmm... I think it was.
Your baristochrone profile if done would get you to almost half of a thousandth of the speed of light. Hohmann trajectories are a LOT cheaper and vastly more possible though, even with a torch drive. I'm just shock the government gave you permission to light that thing up in the atmosphere honestly.
Oh and also if you didn't know Venus and mars are said to have had liquid water, oceans and life which may have been hit by asteroids and and the debris may have collided with earth
Once I ran to you (I ran) Now I'll run from you This tainted love you've given I give you all a boy could give you Take my tears and that's not nearly all Tainted love (oh) Tainted love Don't touch me, please I cannot stand the way you tease I love you though you hurt me so Now I'm gonna pack my things and go ( From "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell :D )
You've had reasonably aerodynamic SSTOs before, but both of your Karborundum vehicles were built like bricks. I'm left wondering what caused this change in design philosophy.
Like, in spite of bad jokes. Oh, who the heck am I kidding - the bad jokes are part of the like. :D Normally, I'd be a little skeptical/turn my nose at modifying the parameters of the mod engines, but I think you're right - those figures are ridiculously over the top and seems like a mistake. Also fun figure - rough calculation is that in a brachistachrone trajectory like you laid out in the episode, the time to Eve would be about 8 hours for the people on the ship, but almost 9 hours for people on the ground due to time dilation at fractional c velocities. (VERY rough calculation using an online calculator)
Sloane Mac Tíre That’s why I prefer Alcubierre Drives or Hyperspace Drives instead of accelerating in the laws of physics. Even a few seconds of intentional time dilation would weird me out.
In spaceflight simulator (basically 2D ksp, with the actual planet names), I tried to land on venus with a small lander. It took me about half an hour.
I know it's a bit late to mention this but, your biggest SSTO only has a 440 Ton payload capacity, Really? I built a 1000 ton payload capacity SSTO in my sleep! No but seriously I cannot express how much I appreciate that you've been doing this series, I watched your videos before I even had a computer! And you're videos are one of of the main reasons I even tried building SSTOs at all. So... Thank you, and please continue being as awesome as you are. For those who are curious, this is the SSTO I was referring too. kerbalx.com/Kronus_Aerospace/1000-Ton-SSTO
Thanks,I'm glad you like the series :) The only reason why I don't build bigger SSTO spaceplanes is the framerate. With anything that is actually useful this ship has about 5fps in the atmosphere with all the visual mods so it's already pretty bad. It's possible to make bigger ships, but flying them would be extremely boring and tedious, that's why I never make them. As you know, I repeatedly used rocket SSTOs to put payload that are over 1000 tons into orbit simply because they end up being lower on the part count. Cheers!
Mark Thrimm I completely understand, I honestly built some of my larger SSTO's just to put on Kerbalx. As I would never use them due to getting around 1-2 fps with them.
![[20] SSTO Space Program - Eve and Gilly exploration and anomalies - KSP 1.3](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/iGqJtRCsT2I/mqdefault.jpg)
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I've actually noticed that some of those engines are introduced by Karbonite and Karbonite+ mods. It's so hard to tell RoverDude mods apart :D You're awesome guys!
Mark Thrimm love your videos and keep doing what your doing also I really like your gallilos planet pack series also this series
I love your video series Mark Thrimm! During this episode you mentioned multiple changes to config files. Can you upload those for others who are trying to follow along ?
One of my favorite things about your videos is that you talk about real-world missions. I often learn something new, so keep up the great work!
Thanks!
Mark, not only are you extremely smart and good at KSP, but you have one of the best youtube channels I've seen, I can't wait to see how big your channel gets to, and although you might not see this, I hope your channel gets a lot bigger.
Thank you, it's nice to hear that! RUclips is actually running a lot of channels (mine included) through a rough period and it's hard to tell how things will evolve. But I'm sure with viewers like you it's gonna be fun, so stay awesome!
Actually, in the upper atmosphere of Saturn (around the region where the relative gravitational acceleration is approximately 1g, coincidentally) it is also possible to survive without a space suit provided you are away from the most turbulent parts of the atmosphere. You'd need some sort of floating platform to stand on of course, and also some protection from the cold and some breathing apparatus, but that's about it.
That's very interesting! Although I suppose storms on Satrun might be a little more severe, since it's a gas giant with supersonic winds :D If you could provide me with a link where I can read a bit more about it, I'd be very grateful. Cheers!
toughsf.blogspot.com/2017/08/how-to-live-on-other-planets-saturn.html
+Mark Thrimm Actually the surface of titan would be by far the best, the pressure is 1.5 that of earth, and 99% of nitrogen, the mask would not even have to be tight, no problem if some leaks happen. Only real problem is that it is cold, but thats far more easy to deal with than 400c.
That's the point about Venus. High up in the clouds the temperature is ~70C, much less than on the surface.
Protection against the cold on Titan is several centimeters of insulating foam at a minimum. You'd be the walking Michelin Man.
Wow, those engines are freaking insane!
They are quite op for sure, but they make up for it in their price and operational costs :D
Hey Mark I just wanted to comment and say I've been rewatching your old ssto videos and enjoying it so I just thought I'd send you a message and say thank you very much and I look forward to watching more of your videos.
Instant like. My favorite KSP series on RUclips right now.
Thanks, it's nice to hear that :)
Since you're looking at modded intakes, have you looked at the Explodium Breathing Engines add-on?
Their atmCurve numbers need adjusting yet, but if anything those adjustments would increase thrust and reduce ISP. They are useable now though, without being unbalanced.
I haven't actually. I'll check them it out, thanks!
Can't wait to see those forward stations in action. Just might have to make some of my own.
Once again, you have put out a great video, thank you for including the config. file changes and how you made things make more sense. Keep up the great work!
Thank, I also think that this config was just and oversight, especially if we consider that there were two keys for exactly the same atmospheric density.
Great video! What skybox are you using? There's also a mod called Explodium breathing engines, wich are jet engines that work on intake explodium and oxidizer. The're also great for Eve operations.
The effort you put into videos is amazing :) loving the whole series so far!
those monoliths is a reference to 2001 space Odyssey
Your Eve ship looks like some thing right out of star wars.
I've also made several modifications to Roverdude's mods. Good thing KSP config files are so neat.
i love your serie all the work you put into it , its great thank you
I'm happy you like it!
I enjoyed the Venus facts! Thanks Mark!
Ummm yeah, I take my history lessons from Mark Thrimm (keep up the work!)
Another great video, thanks for another interesting history lesson :D
God damn it.... I love you bro! So honest and entertaining. If only the ignorant people could understand your humor you would be bigger than pewdiepie.
A contract to mine ore from Eve and deliver it to Gilly. What's next? Collect sand from beaches and deliver it to the desert?
Or bring more wood to the forest haha. It's pointless and I've never taken this contract in a stock game, as you'd spend more money on the vehicle than you'd get paid. But here it might just work so why not. Hopefully when the expansion hits, we'll have more control over making contracts.
god damn u blow me away with every video, keep it up!
Thank you!
i loved the venus and eve joke
Any chance you could toss some of the custom config patches our way?
Loving this series btw :)
About the picture of the "crab" on Venus. You'd think they'd recognize part of their own probe?
I strongly recommend Hangar mod by allista. It gives hangars parts where you can put whole vehicles and they are unloaded until you undock them from hangars. It also includes fairings that carry unloaded ships, so you can lower part count in heavy starts too, if it is problem for you. For me it is must have mod, since my computer is "little" weak for modded KSP.
Isn't he the author of Ground Construction as well? We'll be building Duna base using this mod in the future, so similar types of containers will make it to the ship as well :)
The fact that you could survive a few time of Venus reminds me about the Venus equivalent of Mass Effect Krogans, where Krogans actually go without suit to show how Krogan they are and have all their bones crushed, expect one who could have all fertile females.
haha good one!
What you need is propellors to lift the engines away from sea level. :) But it's tricky to have both propellors and hypersonic flight for getting into orbit. Not impossible, but tricky. Edit: Oh! And then you mention propellors. I wonder... perhaps the mods have changed now, but I wonder if the electricity consumption was too insane for solar panels in the bright sunlight of Eve. Ah... hmm... I think it was.
Loving the series
I'm happy you like it!
Your baristochrone profile if done would get you to almost half of a thousandth of the speed of light. Hohmann trajectories are a LOT cheaper and vastly more possible though, even with a torch drive. I'm just shock the government gave you permission to light that thing up in the atmosphere honestly.
this is some good content
your are passionate about it
Mark how did you move the nav-ball?
Why didn't you do multiple oberth effect burns?
Oh and also if you didn't know Venus and mars are said to have had liquid water, oceans and life which may have been hit by asteroids and and the debris may have collided with earth
Well eve is more attractive but Venus is extremely hotter
It's so easy to fall for both of them and once you do it, you're deep in toxic relationship :D
Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Tainted love (oh)
Tainted love
Don't touch me, please
I cannot stand the way you tease
I love you though you hurt me so
Now I'm gonna pack my things and go
( From "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell :D )
400 kelvin? that's still hotter then boiling, but nowhere NEAR as hot as venus... (400K is about 126C, and water boils at 100C)
Great, thats all I've got to say
Thank you!
You've had reasonably aerodynamic SSTOs before, but both of your Karborundum vehicles were built like bricks. I'm left wondering what caused this change in design philosophy.
Looks mainly. I wanted this spaceship to look spaceshipy and less like a regular spaceplane :)
If you don’t release another SSTO Space Program, I’ll just turn this SSTO around and go home!
Like, in spite of bad jokes.
Oh, who the heck am I kidding - the bad jokes are part of the like. :D
Normally, I'd be a little skeptical/turn my nose at modifying the parameters of the mod engines, but I think you're right - those figures are ridiculously over the top and seems like a mistake.
Also fun figure - rough calculation is that in a brachistachrone trajectory like you laid out in the episode, the time to Eve would be about 8 hours for the people on the ship, but almost 9 hours for people on the ground due to time dilation at fractional c velocities. (VERY rough calculation using an online calculator)
Sloane Mac Tíre That’s why I prefer Alcubierre Drives or Hyperspace Drives instead of accelerating in the laws of physics. Even a few seconds of intentional time dilation would weird me out.
venus and eve pun is rated 10/10
In spaceflight simulator (basically 2D ksp, with the actual planet names), I tried to land on venus with a small lander. It took me about half an hour.
Definition of «overkill»
hey mark do u still read your comments cause im rewatching this series for the 3rd time from 2020 have a noice day comrade mark
I know it's a bit late to mention this but, your biggest SSTO only has a 440 Ton payload capacity, Really? I built a 1000 ton payload capacity SSTO in my sleep! No but seriously I cannot express how much I appreciate that you've been doing this series, I watched your videos before I even had a computer! And you're videos are one of of the main reasons I even tried building SSTOs at all. So... Thank you, and please continue being as awesome as you are. For those who are curious, this is the SSTO I was referring too. kerbalx.com/Kronus_Aerospace/1000-Ton-SSTO
Thanks,I'm glad you like the series :) The only reason why I don't build bigger SSTO spaceplanes is the framerate. With anything that is actually useful this ship has about 5fps in the atmosphere with all the visual mods so it's already pretty bad. It's possible to make bigger ships, but flying them would be extremely boring and tedious, that's why I never make them. As you know, I repeatedly used rocket SSTOs to put payload that are over 1000 tons into orbit simply because they end up being lower on the part count. Cheers!
Mark Thrimm I completely understand, I honestly built some of my larger SSTO's just to put on Kerbalx. As I would never use them due to getting around 1-2 fps with them.
Could you upload your config files please.
Yay for Endurance!
XD
You could make a new mod with the changed configs
Thanks for the video
Thanks for watching!
The joke was amazing :')
yay new video
Ahah! Now you get that potato FPS Mark :)
I had them since the beginning, I'm just reworking the footage so it's more fun to watch :)
Again no truck in craft File or mini drilling ships
19:30 Titan much?!
DO NOT GO TO THALIA IN YOUR GALAIO SERIES YOUR SPACECRAFT WILL EXPLODE!
This is out next stop :)
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posting drunk so I can amend tomorrow #NostromoDunashipftw
I think it's pretty much decided at this point, Nostromo it is then :)
Dude. You've made my night
Venus is hotter but Eve is more attractive
pls make shorter videos but mor often
i git it
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