Yes, I did make a mistake by claiming that Mars is our nearest planetary neighbour (23:21). My apologies. Venus is our closest neighbour, about 37 million km closer than Mars (by semi-major axis). Let's say that I meant the closest planetary neighbour THAT WE CAN LAND ON. Because Venus surface is hell and with currect technology it is completely inaccessible for crewed missions. Please, there is no need to call anyone a moron, we all make mistakes.
@MrCubFan415 Жыл бұрын
Solution: Sunshade to cool Venus down until its atmosphere freezes, then ship the excess SO2 and CO2 to Mars.
@AstroPlayser Жыл бұрын
@@MrCubFan415fr that would take trillions and trillions of dollars-aswell with the fact you can’t just “ship” an atmosphere from one planet to the other.
@slenderbenji7 ай бұрын
@@AstroPlayser It was a joke, my friend.
@Little9087 ай бұрын
Well um actually, 🤓 Mercury is the closest the most, while venus's orbit is the closest
@rafaelcruzs24 жыл бұрын
When the crew landed on mars, I felt emotional like it had really happened. What a wonderful video
@jacobhise80443 жыл бұрын
Same. It was weird.
@CoolbroCoolbro-np7yq3 жыл бұрын
I for some reason feel attached to them like I feel bad when one dies
@acooks49683 жыл бұрын
over a game
@stuartyoung41824 жыл бұрын
First of all: this is WAY beyond my feeble KSP skills! The amount of thinking, calculating, planning, iterating, practicing...it's OBVIOUS this took a MASSIVE amount of work and...just PASSION! TRULY a work of art! But...I hope you know that this will NOT be the way Humanity gets to Mars. If we haven't been able to get to Mars yet using Dr. Robert Zubrin's Mars Direct mission architecture (needing only TWO launches per crewed mission of his proposed Shuttle-derived Ares launch vehicle - and that only having a TMI capacity of 47 metric tons) - or Mars Semi-Direct (needing only THREE launches per crewed mission) - or haven't even been able to launch SLS yet after 9 years of development (and just delayed again - to 2021 for its maiden flight) - which of course will only be able to launch 26 metric tons on an Earth-escape trajectory - well...you know. So, we'll assume that what's portrayed in your video - again, TRULY a thing of beauty! - is occurring in an alternate history timeline! ;-)
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
That's exactly how I treat the KSP career save in which I flew this mission - an alternate history timeline (that started by Apollo spacecraft NOT being retired in favor of a boondoggle Space Shuttle in the 1970s). This is what I truly love about KSP RSS/RO. I'm able to create my own fictional timeline, where dumb politicians do not change NASA's crewed plans between the Moon and Mars every couple of years. Where Boeing continues to be a competent aerospace company that ultimately develops the first reusable rocket (Ares I, predecessor of Ares II) or where Ares VI (my SLS equivalent, also developed by 'better' Boeing) is designed to actually launch hardware into deep space, instead of being a massive jobs program.
@stuartyoung41824 жыл бұрын
@@Lewy94999 That clarifies things immensely! I also noticed that your Ares VI uses the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne/Dynetics "Pyrios" booster concept proposed for Block II SLS - which each use 2 F-1-derived engines with Saturn V heritage - I always favored that idea as a (relatively) "easy" upgrade for SLS. Of course, SLS has turned-out to be a DISASTER - and THIS article proves that, yes, indeed, it CAN get worse: spacenews.com/sls-cost-growth-exceeds-threshold-for-formal-review/
@yassm4 жыл бұрын
@@Lewy94999 I can't but fully agree with your comment. But the Space Shuttle from an engineering standpoint was a remarkable vechicle. Unfortunately it failed on basically all its initial premises
@rpwrtorwpr4 жыл бұрын
Vassilios Pupkios same with basically anyone
@jacko49324 жыл бұрын
actually his plan is very similar to DAR 5.0 which was the layout for a constellation mars mission
@lipo84264 жыл бұрын
What an achievement, this is just beyond words
@ricomotions54164 жыл бұрын
incredible.
@buffaloc204 жыл бұрын
lipo 842 worlds works too
@projectretro82433 жыл бұрын
He has spoken
@astrionix71404 жыл бұрын
This channel is underrated.
@jessemclaughlan14254 жыл бұрын
my god man this is just wow !!!!!.. like I bet this is exactly how a real mars mission would be carried out STANDING OVATION MY FREIND
@fireflyspace40794 жыл бұрын
I am impressed that you can do this I only have 1 probe around Duna
@carlsmith26414 жыл бұрын
Endurance space enterprises this mission takes more delta v than my Jool missions.
@anuragkuldeep80594 жыл бұрын
We all start somewhere, Rome was not built in one day.
@sovietmusiclover84663 жыл бұрын
*i tried to send a orbital probe to Duna I missed and went for a orbit higher then jool*
@sovietmusiclover84663 жыл бұрын
And that really set me back cus I can only land on mun and minmus
@mrmaverick0073 жыл бұрын
@@anuragkuldeep8059 your right it was built in 2
@zacboyles13964 жыл бұрын
RSS/RO/RP0-1 are my absolute favorite set of mods and you are killing it. So amazing, congratulations.
@YANFRET24 жыл бұрын
Hi this is YANFRET the founder of CMES. It's fantastic to see your achievement here. It is a testament to our shared enthusiasm for this mission that you were able to bring together so many systems in such a detailed way. We are proud you chose to use Chaka Monkey hardware for your flights and wish you great continued success!!!
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
Thank you for creating CMES, it is a fantastic mod. One without which this mission just wouldn't be possible.
@alverro53514 жыл бұрын
Have never clicked faster on a video.
@simulationgaming35114 жыл бұрын
Awesome, man!!!
@underdevelopment98614 жыл бұрын
Happy to see, that people still making videos like this.
@Katniss2183 жыл бұрын
I made a couple like that too.
@SRFirefox3 жыл бұрын
Commenting before video is over, because I *love* the cranes you built using KAS and robotics. I have wanted to make something workable like that for a long time but never properly managed it. Kudos to you!
@Lewy949993 жыл бұрын
Too bad that it completely murders the fps. I deleted all robotic parts from later missions.
@yourstory1691 Жыл бұрын
The gliding booster landing was impressive great work man
@canislupis31294 жыл бұрын
What a swell of pride to hear the declaration that this endeavor is in peace for all mankind. When we are truly tested is when everyone pulls together. When we are united we are mighty in power.
@alexchivilev4 жыл бұрын
Nice! Havent seen such good RSS/RO videos for a while
@SouthpawGaming1124 жыл бұрын
You deserve a subscription so now you have one
@Trve_Kvlt4 жыл бұрын
I only ever play on sandbox, with an absolute fuckton of mods. My greatest achievement was getting an SSTO from Kerbin, establishing a base on the Mun, which I used to launch manned and unmanned missions to Duna. It took me a lot of trial and error, and took me a couple weeks to get it down right. But this, this is something else. I wish I had the skill and creativity you do. This is insane.
@space__idklmao4 жыл бұрын
Great work!
@evanraynor16574 жыл бұрын
More content EXACTLY like this please good sir!!! ❤️
@facundobarbagallo82124 жыл бұрын
The first woman in mars. That take my heart
@cheesepanini33734 жыл бұрын
This is astronomically amazing. I subbed
@darklyt7504 жыл бұрын
Here before this goes viral in the KSP community, not even 20 minutes in and this is so impressive
@darklyt7504 жыл бұрын
Finally finished watching this... and just wow. The amount of planning and designing is simply astounding. I couldn’t even pull something with tbis much detail off in regular KSP, and you did it in RSS. Incredible work
@alexadamsky4 жыл бұрын
Wow, congrats man this is incredible! I've been following your series of reddit/imgur posts and it's neat to see it all in video form. Well done!
@xandrkraken4 жыл бұрын
45 minutes of concentrated pleasure. From now on, I'm your fan.
@nicholaschavez51204 жыл бұрын
Great work
@CalvinMaclure3 жыл бұрын
I'm far from being at a point of making Mars missions in my channel playthrough, but can't wait to get to that point. Videos like this are a reminder to press on! 😄
@unhommequicourt4 жыл бұрын
Impressive amount of work. This video is really pleasant to watch, good job :)
@capnz153 жыл бұрын
13:30 Just got blasted back to 2014 Matthew Santoro with that soundtrack
@jacobstewart13653 жыл бұрын
*mein Gott*
@gabriellopes81864 жыл бұрын
Oh man, I loved that you had used the MMSEV from capsule corp!! I hope you had enjoyed!! (I'm the mod maker 😀😀)
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
Your mod is amazing and very well made, thank you for creating it. I enjoy the MMSEV so much, it performed flawlessly on Mars. :D
@YT-bk9wr4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fucking astounding, this is hall of fame material
@ncironjohn4 жыл бұрын
That was pretty sick. Well done.
@jarediannudalo60744 жыл бұрын
mannnn this is insane ❤️🙌🏼 amazing work
@flaviosalatino81924 жыл бұрын
Nice video and nice touch to use the same music of the other Mars ro/RSS landing video
@thatonespirit83584 жыл бұрын
Love the soundtrack ;)
@lindseykaiser3714 жыл бұрын
I am just starting out in KSP and this is the most amazing thing ever.
@decebalruben70564 жыл бұрын
This was legendary
@denniswoods39884 жыл бұрын
Awesome video... great watch from start to finish. 1st time seen any of your work... instant Subscribe at end. Cheers
@baptisteheraly1964 жыл бұрын
that was an awesome mission - thanks for that !
@hick27564 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant mate
@spaceenthusiast71604 жыл бұрын
This is awesome! Good job!
@lexiepexie78454 жыл бұрын
This is crazy my man you have gone crazy... in a good way!
@Piklzzz4 жыл бұрын
making all those mods work together was probably the hardest part of the mission
@CaptainOfGames4 жыл бұрын
Incredible
@rmosa114 жыл бұрын
Very well done! I can tell a lot of time went into this! I ran a smaller scale but similar mission in stock ksp. I opted to leave the Orion spacecraft behind in low kerbin orbit though. I didn't see much point in bringing it along because of the added delta-v requirements. Maybe I'm missing something though.
@Indiefraiche4 жыл бұрын
Love this video! You have cinematic talent!
@DamianE-20074 жыл бұрын
more captivating than "The Martian"
@EAGLESOUL1153 жыл бұрын
9:09 AKA KRAKENBAIT HAHAHAHA This was amazing.
@pontuswendt24864 жыл бұрын
The video whit the music composition, AMAZING!!!
@xxhansonmaxx4 жыл бұрын
nice cst 100 capsule :)
@malcolmanon47623 жыл бұрын
Thanks for cheering up my otherwise crappy covid year :)
@explodinglabs79164 жыл бұрын
Nice job! (300th sub!)
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@feelx92ger4 жыл бұрын
"Sweet and full of grace"
@JustNierninwa4 жыл бұрын
Also I know that I personally wouldn't be comfortable knowing the return flight (Perseverance I guess) is on it own in orbit… and sure, you can't just leave someone in there to wait for the whole mission duration… but still.
@iantemones58654 жыл бұрын
Great ksp skills hope to be like you someday
@Cresign3 жыл бұрын
Its funny that Mars transfer burn is on my birthday :)
@XavierBetoN3 жыл бұрын
.Sweet and full of grace.
@nerva20044 жыл бұрын
Bout time
@quintonmtyala36574 жыл бұрын
Just looking at all of the parts to make this possible and can't help thinking that it would have been an endless gravy train for aerospace contractors, and with hindsight, looking at the progress of the Space Launch System one starts to realise that launching the thing into space is a distant, secondary consideration.
@viper31stvfw864 жыл бұрын
awesome video, very impressive
@HCqvintus4 жыл бұрын
epic mission!
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@fyrelsfolly98754 жыл бұрын
Kevin Macleod has been diagnosed with severe back pain received from carrying the audio of so many KSP videos
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
Not only KSP videos, but literally half of the videos on youtube.
@YF-234 жыл бұрын
And half of the KSP game soundtrack...
@KnowledgeCorps4 жыл бұрын
Awesome 👍👍👍...
@thechampion95254 жыл бұрын
37:00 thats very cute 😄
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
Yea, after 300 days on Mars, those two rovers were like crew members.
@thechampion95254 жыл бұрын
@@Lewy94999 so the crew it will be back to earth ? I tough they could stay on mars forever or until die
@antoninbesse7954 жыл бұрын
What an adventure! Totally watchable, and amazingly well thought out. Now how about a Space X version?
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
Thanks! But I don't think I will do a Space X like Mars mission and even if I do, it won't be an exact recreation. I play my KSP career save as an alternate timeline, where a lot of things in spaceflight went differently after 1970s. And the thing is, Space X doesn't exist in my timeline (Boeing-Grumman took the role of pioneering reusable landing rockets instead). I have a candidate fictional company that might be able to do what Space X plans, but I don't promise anything. And if it ever happens, it will be much later, only after my current Mars mission program is finished (so after 2037 game time).
@Bramswarr4 жыл бұрын
I very much enjoyed the pairing of the Falcon 9 with Orion, as opposed to Dragon or SLS respectively.
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
My Ares II has nothing to do with Falcon 9, except the paint job.
@StarWarsJokes3 жыл бұрын
So beautiful
@planetearth22494 жыл бұрын
This looks almost like it's happening in real life :'3
@technocracy904 жыл бұрын
Dayum it's long
@slenderbenji3 жыл бұрын
Outstanding!
@winged4 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@stratosferastars4 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@ruzzodac4 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to coordinate muti launches via multiplayer in KSP 2. Hoping.
@AKun074 жыл бұрын
I feel like I don't have the brains for this, I have yet to fly to the moon
@Laffkin4 жыл бұрын
At 28:15 there should be music from Convoy (1976) movie. Mars, noon, on the seventh of June. When they highballed over the pass. Bulldog Mack with a can on back. And a Jaguar haulin' ass.
@CDWCAULDRON4 жыл бұрын
Good Going
@human_32174 жыл бұрын
Here i am landing a tiny rover on mars...
@PhillipBrown124 жыл бұрын
THIS IS WHAT THE GAME SHOULD BE normally. realism sure does knock the tar out of cartoon-like cute-ism with little to no options
@scavorthespacecowboy20964 жыл бұрын
Nah stock ksp is still fun ngl. If it used the RSS as stock it would be boring. You wouldnt be able to see Laythes incredible views of jool. Have a fun second moon etc etc
@hydroximane4 жыл бұрын
This is too great
@randomanimates4594 жыл бұрын
Fun fact I have killed jeb 3 times trying to land on mars in rss
@Spacevoyager-yi3gg4 жыл бұрын
You may here this a lot but You deserve way more subscribers, and I mean millions
@entropiated90204 жыл бұрын
During the first cargo run i was surprised by how complicated your unloading process seemed. I wonder if it wouldn't have been simpler to set up the trailer first, then lower the undeployed hab module onto it for transport back. The more complicated a process is, the higher chance of failure.
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
How you described it would likely be the way to do it on a real mission. However in KSP this would actually be harder to do, since there was almost no way to precisely steer and 'dock' the 14 ton storage module onto the trailer while it swinged in every direction. My way of doing it was just navigating around the game's and robotic mod limitations. Also not having a docking port on that trailer lowered the part count a bit.
@leikattp3 жыл бұрын
forty minutes of pleasure ♥ ️ ♥ ️
@harrisongilbert4 жыл бұрын
So, you said the Perseverance will depart next in 2031, but the capsule touched down in 2029. Were you already sending the cargo for the next mission during the first one?
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
Yes. When the crew departed to Mars in late 2026, I also send four cargo landers for the second crewed mission during that same Mars transfer window. Second crewed mission departed in the second MTVN in late 2028 and flew to Mars alongside cargo landers for mission #3. So cargo always departs one transfer window before the crew. This is mainly because the ascent vehicle needs about two years to produce methane/oxygen propellant on surface of Mars.
@harrisongilbert4 жыл бұрын
Scorpu Would you be able to give a quick written update on what’s happening in your save? I completely understand not being able to make videos often because they do take a lot of effort, but I’m really curious to see what’s going on since you’re kind of entering that era where we don’t really know what is going to happen with space exploration. Colonizing Mars or the Moon? Going to another solar system?
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
@@harrisongilbert Right now it is May 2031 in my save. Crewed Mars mission #3 departed in January 2031 in MTV Perseverance. After this, there will be three more Mars missions (they will include Phobos and Deimos landings). After those are done, I will begin construction of Mars surface base (mission #6 starts in 2037, first base elements will fly on the next, 2039 transfer window). I also plan a crewed mission to one of the Jovian moons during the 2040s. Closer to home, assembly of new LEO space station will be completed in 2032 or 2033 (previous station was deorbited in 2027 after 37 years of service). This new station is being built, maintained and resupplied by private companies, NASA (which I technically play as) is only a customer that pays for its astronaut stays on the station. Crewed flights to and from the station are also done by private companies. All this will eventually lead to full commercialization of low Earth orbit. Once LEO is fully commercialized, I plan to expand this to the Moon. Private companies will develop capabilities to fly humans to and from the Moon. This will eventually lead to setting up a surface base near the Lunar south pole and water ice mining operations. There is also a lot happening on the robotic missions side. Mercury Lander mission was launched in 2029. There is one orbiter around Venus (since 2017), one lander was sent to Venus during 2020s and there will be 3 Venus missions during 2030s (2 atmospheric probes, 1 orbiter). At the Moon, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is getting old (launched in 2009), so in 2030 I launched a new orbiter. There will also be a lander that scouts a location for the future Lunar surface base. Around Mars there are 9 active orbiters, that now mostly scout the surface for human missions and support communications. Some of those orbiters are getting old and will have to be replaced during 2030s. At Jupiter, Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission ended in October 2030. First robotic Europa Landing took place in May 2029. There is also a spacecraft in Ganymede orbit. Next missions will be Io Volcano Observer, Callisto Orbiter and Ganymede Lander. Saturn. Cassini mission ended in 2023. One month later, Titan Saturn System Mission arrived and since then has been a lone explorer of Saturn system. Until September 2030, when Dragonfly octocopter landed on Titan. Next missions will be Enceladus Orbiter, Titan Orbiter and Enceladus Lander. Uranus and Neptune. Last spacecraft to visit those planets were two Voyager probes in late 1980s and early 1990s. Uranus Orbiter was launched in 2021 and arrived in May 2031. Neptune Orbiter was launched in 2019 and will arrive at Neptune in 2032. In early 2030, Pluto Orbiter mission was launched. It will arrive at Pluto in 2046. It carries a small lander that will land on Pluto. Uhh... This came out long. Robotic missions are just as important as crewed ones (if not more).
@harrisongilbert4 жыл бұрын
@@Lewy94999 That was really interesting, thank you so much! Just out of curiosity, do you have any sort of plan for your next video? A human landing on a Jovian moon sounds really interesting, I don't think I've ever heard of a DRA-like design study for a Jovian moon landing.
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
@@harrisongilbert I have some ideas for next videos. Robotic Mercury Lander mission, crewed Phobos landing and commercial crewed Lunar mission. Also a bit further into the future, a robotic Pluto orbiter and crewed Jovian moon mission, but those two will be in mid 2040s.
@lightdark004 жыл бұрын
Hamm before 302 subs you made this and KZfaq is recommending it. You found the secret to being recommended on KZfaq somehow 🤔
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
I am just as surprised about KZfaq recommending it as you are. I could even say that... It's a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
@Knight75624 жыл бұрын
finally some RSS
@jessemclaughlan14254 жыл бұрын
wow thats absolutely amazing i wanna try taking somthing like this on after 3700 houre in ksp i think i could pull it off given a year
@willokeefe11354 жыл бұрын
Haha
@DenDen-si7kj4 жыл бұрын
Just one question: How did you calculate the landing point on Mars when starting from Earth? In KSP there are no tools for such calculations. You photographed the return process in detail, but the start to Mars - and this is the most interesting part - is cut out ....
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
When launching from Earth I was only focusing on getting into proper low Earth parking orbit and then getting a Mars encounter. Once the landers left Earth's sphere of influence, I planned out a course correction that cleaned up injection maneuver inaccuracies and brought Mars surface impact location close to the landing area (within 500km, MechJeb's landing autopilot has a landing location prediction function). Usually that first correction happened 130 to 180 days after launch. After completing first correction maneuvers, I planned out a second set of course corrections, 40 to 30 days before landers arrival on Mars. Then a third and final set of corrections, just after each lander entered Mars' SOI. For first and second set of corrections I used MechJebs Landing Prediction, for the third set I used Trajectories Mod's much more precise predictions to fine tune landers landing point to within 20km from the targeted landing site.
@DenDen-si7kj4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the detailed answer! I don’t use a MechJeb too often and I don’t know its capabilities very well.
@TryHardln4 жыл бұрын
I can't even dock in orbit or land at mun
@reeseekpuffs64984 жыл бұрын
Practice
@rory04534 жыл бұрын
ShiiDox or use mechjeb
@tomhocking56063 жыл бұрын
Your ship looks like a giant Epi pen injector
@Lewy949993 жыл бұрын
Maybe. But instead of a medicine, it shoots hydrogen at 9120 meters per second from its back.
@tomhocking56063 жыл бұрын
@@Lewy94999 probably would cause just as much adrenaline too
@TechTekker4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely incredible! What mod did you use for the rovers and how did you create new engines (and new variants for existing ones)?
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Rover parts are from a mod called Capsule Corp. Endeavour (Mars Base Camp). Most of the new engines I added by creating new variants in existing RO global engine configs (located in GameData\RealismOverhaul\Engine_Configs folder). So my F-1C variants are attached to F-1B global config, AJ23-242's use AJ10-190 config, MDV engines use SuperDraco config and J-2X-x use, well... J-2X config. This method saves a ton of work, because it doesn't require making new base part, RO part, RO global and plume configs for entirely new parts. But it only works for engines that are similar in size (mass can be adjusted per engine variant in global configs). For STME and MTV nuclear engine I created new parts that utilize existing engine models. STME uses RS-25 (SSME) model from SSTU mod, but I made new base part, RO part, RO global and plume configs for it. STME variants could work as attachment to SSME global config, but I wanted my STME to have several upgrade variants and I didn't want to clutter SSME config too much. Nuclear engine uses BNTR model from Chaka Monkey and it also needed all new configs.
@FeverDev644 жыл бұрын
A more cheaper alternative would be a SATURN 5 MLV with SRBs carrying MEM and a return vehicle with crew launch! Ofc this was a feasible option back in the 80s!
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
I think the cost would be comparable. Saturn V MLV would have three stages: MS-II with 5 J-2S engines, MS-IC with 5 F-1A engines and 4 solid boosters similar to those on the Shuttle (assuming Mars payload launch configurarion, for which MS-IVB wouldn't really be needed). My Ares VI also has three stages: EDS II upper stage with 2 J-2S+ engines, Core Stage with 7 or 6 STME (SSME derived gas generator engine) engines and two boosters with 2 F-1C (modern F-1A) engines each. F-1C and J-2S+ engines are also used on a smaller Ares II rocket, so a large production rate of those engines would lower the price per single engine. As for the MEM. I decided to split Mars descent and ascent between two vehicles, because a combined descent/ascent vehicle would have launch mass of 70 to 80 tons. Ares VI payload to Mars is 65 tons. And MEM would have to be launched fully fueled, because it wouldn't have time for ISRU propellant production, if it would land crewed.
@FeverDev644 жыл бұрын
@@Lewy94999 Then that makes sense too however the development cost of Ares family rockets might make it more expensive. Saturn MLV or 5B was actually planned to use SRBs that were used on Titan III rockets. I wonder the shuttle ones are even more powerful. What about redundency? Surely a failure during descent means no way for a ascent abort, resulting in a crew death.
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
@@FeverDev64 Descent Vehicle has 8 landing engines, divided into two sets. One set is mounted higher and is angled slightly, so that it can perform a deorbit burn, when the heatshield is still attached to the spacecraft. The other engine set fires straight down, but can only be activated after heatshield jettison. Those engines are pressure fed and use hypergolic propellant - all for simplicity and higher reliability. Should anything fail, Descent Vehicle can land with as little as two active engines, as long as they're on the opposite sides of the craft. Also, there are 3 sets of parachutes: a primary set and two backup sets.
@FeverDev644 жыл бұрын
@@Lewy94999 Oh I see that! Did you design the mission plan yourself or was it acutally considered this way?
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
@@FeverDev64 I took multiple existing mission plans and modified them to my needs. Most of the plan is from Constellation Mars mission (Nuclear Mars transfer vehicle, Orion, long duration surface stay). Uncrewed Cargo Landers are from a mission design that would be supported by Space Launch System. And split descent/ascent vehicles, with ascent element using ISRU propellant production are based on Robert Zubrin's Mars Direct plans and Andy Weir's novel 'The Martian'.
@mobsterduck83154 жыл бұрын
Goddam this is hot
@tsalVlog4 жыл бұрын
You're not far from where they landed in the Martian (film version anyway)!
@filip1997andersson4 жыл бұрын
The only thing you got wrong is that mars isn't our closet neighbor it's actually Venus. But if you go by the amount of time each planet spends on average closet to earth then it's actually mercury
@sahanabibi12504 жыл бұрын
9:09 aka krakenbait
@Mr.Deleterious4 жыл бұрын
This was awesome to watch. Love the detail and research that you put into it. Bravo! My only nit pick with attention to detail is that drop tank 2 is about 5 feet longer than drop tank 1 (to scale). Besides this, awesome job. Oh and not to be a total dick but Mars isnt our closest planetary neighbor. That honor falls to Venus. 😞
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Both drop tanks were the same lenght. It was just dumb me who firstly, didn't put the docking port exactly in the middle of those tanks and secondly, docked them rotated by 180 degrees relative to one another. I aslo didn't notice this until I reviewed the footage before making the video.
@Tinkman854 жыл бұрын
This is incredible! Out of curiosity, is that 70 tons you mentioned for a single ascent/descent vehicle assuming no ISRU or with ISRU for refueling?
@Lewy949994 жыл бұрын
Thanks. The 70 tons for combined ascent/descent vehicle assumes no ISRU. It would have to be launched fully fueled and that would be too heavy for either the Ares IV or the MTV (I also didn't want to fiddle with Mars orbit rendezvous). Launching it half empty, bringing it to Mars with the MTV and starting ISRU after the crew has landed also wasn't an option. I have a rule which states that no one lands on Mars, unless there is a fully fueled ascent vehicle already on the surface.
@Tinkman854 жыл бұрын
@@Lewy94999 I see, that's a very sensible rule considering human lives are at stake! Thanks again for the inspiring video!
@memekip5553 жыл бұрын
Surviving mars: small rockets that are always reusable and can be launched from earth to mars, vice versa, and they would still look the same
@hh7426 Жыл бұрын
What was that spaceplane docked to the crew transfer vehicle? It looked kinda like that automated crew return vehicle that nasa looked into, was it inspired by that or?