6:31 "This way is a little safer" He says while on an 80° incline

A couple of fun facts: Originally, the Space Shuttle had a two-stage fully-reusable flyback design, but that was too expensive to develop on NASA's shoestring budget. Later, there were plans for liquid fuel boosters and an ejectable crew deck on the Shuttle, but that was also too expensive. NASA has less than 0.5% of the US budget anyway (it had 4% during the days of Apollo), so no wonder they can't afford anything cool - they deserve more money.

Very useful. NASA could have used it for challenger

Those SRB on the heatshield wouldn't affect reentry? The heat could even ignite them

I don't think saving the whole Orbiter could work as those SRBs will certainly blow the ET and cause more more issue. Not to mention the G forces experience. The Pod idea was much more likely if they could do it but it require major redesign, reason why they didn't do it.

If the Space Shuttle had the abort system and it's reusable with low cost, the Space Shuttle would have never retired.

The Shuttle for the time you put solid rocket boosters at 4:48 look like a futuristic escape pod!

You should make one that would work on rentery (so just come in from like jool to simulate overheating) and also I don’t think that last one would work if ur to far down range

Imagine a starship with abort system in real life

this could be the best idea

I like that abort system I wish nasa used something like that it would have avoided the death of the challenger crew

The space shuttle did have an abort plan. It wasnt good because it was just extending a long pole and ziplining off of it. The pole was used to not hit the wing when jumping.

i think there was a plan to do this like have them sit in a pod in the cargo bay or somethin

None of these designs are practical in actual spaceflight (but very practical in Kerbal spaceflight). The numerous SRB's would add a large amount of weight, and would need to be jettisoned, or shielded to prevent them from disintegrating on reentry. Both of these would require a major redesign of the shuttle. The midflight abort system would almost certainly ignite the external fuel tank, which would lead to shrapnel and debris being ejected at high velocities, as well as a powerful shockwave. Coupled with holes in the structure caused by the debris, this would've led to a structural failure of the cockpit, and thus death of the crew.

If only he was the NASA administer back then

Texture replacer replaces the hairs of kerbals just delete the skin of kerbals in the folder

7:10 add parachutes when it lands

I wish NASA would have done this when they made the Space Shuttle. Rip Challenger and Columbia

5:05 its texture replacer

i don't think NASA would like if the shuttle dropped fully fueled SRB'S on the launch pad but it looked cool.

But it already has, its on the launch pad, its like a zipline

Great idea.

The challenger could have been saved is they had a abort for the crew module (not the nose area, but still you did a great job)

Remember piolet to use firework sparklers for the exes fuel burners for the shuttle and sls

Somebody get this man a mic

carrie fisher would have loved this abort feature sts 225

Thing is, most of these would be impossible irl because from the mid deck and the payload bay there is a hatch / airlock and if it were to separate there would be a huge hole in the back of the cock pit and the mid deck. NASA would have to create a new design for the forward part of the Orbiter.

hahahaha the name that appeared "DAVID DE LOS PANQUEQUES that is in Spanish aunque yo hablo español

The shuttle is now safer, kerbal style!

The rtls abort motors penetrate the heat sheld

Well this is kinda nice.

The shuttle’s abort system is the shuttle itself, kick the tank and boosters and just glide to safety

You forgot that SRBs aren't rated for long stays in orbit due to the temperature changes

*destroyed blimp in the backround still waiting for recovery*

Please make indian space station and do flights of gaganyan.

Why nasa not build this this work for failure launch

*mustard and mayonnaise awaiting eating*

would that mid-flight abort mode work in FAR environment?

Heya uhm… The space shuttle already does… It goes on emergency landing mode or smth I forgot whats it called 😅

im not joking i was doing this exact thing just last week

oh, I thought you were going to add the shuttle nose on top of the External Tank in replacement of the Orion!

"It kind of needs one" like mf that thing last flew 10 years ago

pog moment

When the first stage abort system failed and you used the second one It's big brain time

I hate the idea of detaching the cockpit

Shuttle. Why? Why! Why are you killing kids

When I did the shuttle tutorial you did the Srbs deployed when I ignited them Edit I did make sure the action groups were correct

epik vid

Hey do you know what the song playing at the start of the video is called

didn't the space shuttle have an abort system where you literally yeet yourself out of the shuttle and hope your parachutes deploys

Decoupler scuffed

Whats the mod of the kerbals

NASA should have done this

insert me being a channel mod

How did I get here?

If that happened irl Colombia and challenger would ve be still flying

hello i have a WIERD request for you. swap the apollo lunar and command modules. basically you will land the apollo csm and return to earth with te apollo lm.

What is a goog gaming laptop that can run ksp?

Craft files?

you sound like young VAOS

Come on it was my idea 😂😂😂

I made this video a month ago

Ah no.

DOOR

pog

Discord squad

oi! you copied my vid smh (JK) cool video!

Very epik 10 hours after posted, 210th like, 61st comment

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