Kerbal: Project B.E.A.S.T: Part 09

Extremely excited for Scott Manley / Drew. The west coast crew kind of spoiled the fact that he was coming in something, though I don't remember what (maybe on a UPF or podcast they said something in the background, not sure).

Why did nobody get Vinny a white vest to wear during this!?

Well it will be interesting to see Drew crunch some numbers but im wondering what Scotts role is gona be. Scott can probably rescue all 3 in a 20min mission if hes the one playing and help Drew rescue all 3 in one episode if hes only advising.

*applause*

Wait, does that mean Vinny, Austin and Alex are done with this?

Project BEAST: Chapter 2

@super_machine: Dark side of moon is always dark side, Sun never hits it based on rotation (unless I'm missing your request of them)

this is the visual explanation when NASA talks about skipping stones :)

I had to skip ahead to make sure I wouldn't have a heart attack at the end of this video. I, like Vinny, feel a tremendous weight lifted from my chest.

I cannot wait for the next episode.

Vinny - Tom Hanks

Austin - Kevin Bacon

Alex - Bill Paxton*

*(in Aliens)

@mjhealy: Scott Manley is a prominent Youtube Kerbal Space Program/Elite Dangerous/general space game guy and also an astronomer and also a Literal Rocket Scientist.

He's a lot of fun.

@robowitch: Yeah, they could have plunged much deeper into the atmosphere, I would've probably done thirty-some thousand and landed in one or two passes depending, they also left the moon in exactly the wrong direction; they were going the same direction the moon was moving so the moon's momentum got added to their own, that's how they briefly ended up on an escape trajectory. if they'd left the moon in the opposite direction they it would have had the opposite effect and dropped them into a much lower orbit around Kerbin

best series hands down!!!! I definitely understand why some people are getting burnt out on this but hopefully the next few shows mixes things up enough to get those burnt out people back on board

That was fun, gentlemen. I would expect no less from the G.B. Space Program.

I can't wait to see what the next episode holds!

@jdp83: I was wondering who that was!

These episodes continue to be amazing from start to finish.

Also, holy snap --

This is the BEST thing on the site. Please keep going!!!

What an ending!

A Lunar day is roughly 29 1/2 Earth days.

There is no "Dark Side of the Moon", it's tidally locked with the Earth, not the Sun.

Almost nothing they do in these videos is ever the best way of doing it.

Damn entertaining though.

Vinny you gotta start picking up those landed craft. click on them and press the yellow button. It's driving me nuts

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This has been a great series of videos.

That landing on Kerbin was incredibly satisfying. I'm ready for the rescue phase.

Just when I thought this couldn't get any better, the Next Time On... blew me away!

that intro is timeless. I laughed out loud hard!

Can't wait for the next one! Great job guys!

I can't believe they just stumbled into aerobraking, that's pretty amazing. It was pretty funny listening to their terror and uncertainty over the whole process. Good work guys!

Really looking forward to the rescue mission now!

this is some quality video editing. production values through the roof on this.

@mooseymcman said:

You can view some of Scott's most impressive Kerbal Space Program stuff here.

Seriously, the dude is legendary in the KSP community. Scott has almost half a million subscribers on YouTube that listen to his easy-to-digest version explanations of complex astrophysics/mechanics/etc. as well as watch him do various "let's play" type videos of games like Kerbal Space Program, Elite Dangerous, and Star Citizen, as well as a few other engineer-minded games like Infinifactory.

Somewhere at the point of timewarping into Kerbin's atmosphere, a wormhole opened caused by the intense mix of the electomagntic field and amplified gravity caused by time dilation acting on the hull of the ship, sucking Erodolin into a stasis of non-time in between universes.

Matter of fact it's all dark.

So what you're saying is, if we just reverse the polarities...!

This two and a half hour episode was more gripping than that fairly recent Sandra Bullock movie...

Great stuff guys.

Austin SkyWalker.

SCOTT FUCKING MANLEY!!!

That was another great episode. Can't wait for the next one! That preview!

Definitely disagree with the couple of you wanting shorter, edited episodes. I love seeing the entire process. They keep it entertaining and fun the entire time.

Gosh, I'm so pleased for them. Awesome!

My only regret is starting up Rocket Man too early

Nicely done.

After so many episodes of the guys being kinda slow, it's really cool to see them stumble into the concept of Aerobreaking. Good discovery!

Truly incredible. Congratulations, Vinny, Alex, and Austin!

Also, I love how Austin basically discovered aerobraking on his own.

My wife's contractions started on a Thursday evening at 21:00, we headed into hospital at 20:00 on Friday, labour proper stared at 23:30 on Saturday and our son was born at 08:15 on Sunday morning, by which time I'd been awake for a solid 48 hours.

This episode felt longer and only slightly less stressful.

That Preview, Son! YES!!!! B.E.S.T. Crossover ever.

Y'all should really check out Scott Manley's stuff on YouTube, if you don't already.

Walker maneuver "so slow you might as well walk".

OH MY GOD THAT "NEXT TIME ON..."

Great series so far gang. I am loving it!

Man I'm so glad they hit the chute at 10km rather than 1km. It would have been awful to see them get that far then not have the chute open in time. Good work crew!

From this day forward, aerobraking shall now be known as "The Walker Maneuver".