I launched a 19km tall rocket to Pluto in Kerbal Space Program....

I launched a 19km tall rocket to Pluto in Kerbal Space Program.... | RSS/RO

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Күн бұрын

Ho Ho Oh no I've gone mad.
Truly pushing the limits of KSP RSS/RO here. I thought it would be a fun idea to use a Saturn V as a tree topper... but that means an enormous tree! 600 meters tall, 180,000 tons! To launch it to Pluto takes an enormous rocket, probably the largest ever truly flown in KSP?
Oh boy did the game really try to stop me with so many kraken attacks. But I prevailed - so here's your Christmas gift. I hope you enjoy!
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0:00 Just a Christmas tree
0:16 "Just" a Christmas tree
1:26 Launch
2:50 Orbit obtained
3:09 Trans Pluto Injection
4:15 Transit to Pluto
4:35 Arrival at Pluto
6:12 Landing at Pluto
7:21 A new Arrival
9:14 Outtro
9:40 Outtakes
We Wish you a Merry Christmas by Kevin MacLeod
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We Wish You A Merry Christmas by Alexander Nakarada
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Jingle Bells by Alexander Nakarada
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Silent Night Unholy Night by Alexander Nakarada
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Little Elf by Frank Schröter
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@theendlessvoid7124 2 жыл бұрын

This is the greatest ksp video I have ever seen. That first stage probably caused extinction events both on ignition and when it came down. Awesome video! If Earth is ever in need of a second moon, I now know who to call

@bonesoneuropa1610 Жыл бұрын

First lmao 😢😂😮😂😮😂😢🎉😅❤😊❤😊😮😂❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂🎉😮🚿🚿🚿🛀🛀🛀🛀🛀🛀🛀🛀🛀🛁

@DinoRicky Жыл бұрын

@@bonesoneuropa1610we don’t care

@bonesoneuropa1610 Жыл бұрын

@@DinoRicky ik

@ccib00 2 жыл бұрын

I never thought that you can cause an Extinction event with a single rocket launch.

@snakesareadorable8515 Жыл бұрын

@I do a alternate timeline last I checked asteroids aren’t rockets.

@thirdboylol95 Жыл бұрын

More like 3

@angelpenarolo7408 10 ай бұрын

i mean nuclear missiles exist

@ErickBRSAO 16 күн бұрын

@@angelpenarolo7408read my mind

@Hazardish 2 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely insane. By far the largest rocket I've ever seen in KSP - the shots of it orbiting from the surface were bonkers. Extremely cool, and enjoyable video!

@AluminumOxide 2 жыл бұрын

Guinness world record 2022 for the largest most ridiculous rocket in KSP

@ThePhantomRocket 2 жыл бұрын

I want this to be an actual record but then it would just come down to who has the best computer and suites of mods

@fork9001 2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhantomRocket You could also cheat by just making your own mod, then you wouldn’t need to use clusters and clusters of engines, but one single powerful engine maybe 1000x sea dragon engine thrust, that is efficient as hell (jet engine efficiency in a vacuum). And you could also use mods to make a 10km diameter fuel tank.

@pv40privatevtol4 2 жыл бұрын

Guinness World record for the largest engine and thrust

@kargaroc386 2 ай бұрын

@@fork9001 So your average guiness world record then.

@Toxythetoxopid Ай бұрын

When your christams trees is an titan n1 rocket

@Thirty-Two 2 жыл бұрын

I'd imagine those RCS engines are pretty much F-1 engines

@TDChannelKSP 2 жыл бұрын

They're more akin to Sea Dragon engine size instead of F1 at this point!

@fork9001 2 жыл бұрын

M1 for the extra efficiency

@fork9001 2 жыл бұрын

@@TDChannelKSP They look smaller than the sea dragon upper stages on the landing stage.

@Tmccreight25Gaming 2 жыл бұрын

That fucking first stage probably vaporized most of the Eastern seaboard

@DinoRicky Жыл бұрын

Or the nation

@ILikeBlackholes77 5 ай бұрын

@@DinoRickythe whole Earth

@Spaceman0025 4 ай бұрын

@@ILikeBlackholes77that's the reason he didn't try to return, because there was nothing to return to. 😂😂

@stevenlittrel2648 2 жыл бұрын

Correction on my previous statement. The launch produced nearly 10 gigatons. Roughly 650 times more powerful than the Tsar bomb

@h.plovecraftn-4307 Жыл бұрын

Correct

@TheShinyZoroark_ Жыл бұрын

Nice

@kargaroc386 2 ай бұрын

So "only" 1/7200th of the dinosaur killer asteroid.

@stevenlittrel2648 Ай бұрын

For a few minutes too

@topsecret1837 Жыл бұрын

I don’t think I would’ve have ever expected someone to literally launch a small moon to orbit.

@smitty7510 2 жыл бұрын

I spent a good 3 minutes laughing when i saw "4 billion ton srb"

@Sammy197 2 жыл бұрын

2:04 And to think that at this scale the Saturn V is invisible... Insane.

@alaingloster4405 2 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas. Just when I think you can’t get more insane, you go out and raise the bar

@davidstinger1134 Жыл бұрын

When your rocket needs an entire Saturn V as the escape launch system.

@DasMxD 2 жыл бұрын

That was simply amazing, yet hilarious and epic! :) Your videos deserve waaay more views! Keep up that good stuff!

@TDChannelKSP 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the fun. Will do. The channel slowly grows, just gotta keep making content...

@jojo_da_poe 2 жыл бұрын

One of the thrusters on the RCS blocks is probably strong enough to rival that of the Saturn V first stage.

@makerofgarbage5877 2 жыл бұрын

Largest rocket I’ve ever seen in this game

@polishkerbal6920 2 жыл бұрын

You are not alone....

@powdermonkey7697 2 жыл бұрын

TFW your first stage is a small planetoid in it's own right. Happy B day Jesus...

@Sol-cf9ko Жыл бұрын

The sheer size and reveal of the Christmas tree had me wheezing, phenomenal work!

@basesixty6739 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never heard a more ominous rendition of Santa Claus is coming to town.

@definitix4599 2 жыл бұрын

Elon Musk: Starship is the holy grail of rocketry! TD Channel: *hold my beer*

@HeidenLam 2 жыл бұрын

Hold my extinction 1st stage

@fork9001 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think “giant Christmas tree on top of a massive solids-only rocket with no scientific purpose” is the holy grail of rocketry, but sure.

@topsecret1837 Жыл бұрын

@@fork9001 It is efficient in its design. The heck are you talking about?

@fork9001 Жыл бұрын

@@topsecret1837 Stainless steel is a very heavy material (at least compared to aluminium or carbon composite). Uses rockets to land the upper stage. Uses ullage vents as RCS. Uses methane fuel. All the hallmarks of a mars lander/transfer vehicle and much less of an efficient cargo ferry/LEO launcher. Anyways I take back what I said about the inefficiencies of starship (although they could get much more performance out of a hydrogen upper stage for LEO and deep space missions where the fuel is expended/not needed for extended periods of time).

@topsecret1837 Жыл бұрын

@@fork9001 there’s still the issue of how to accommodate hydrogen with an architecture that would not hold LH2 spectacularly well (since hydrogen escapes metallic containers at the atomic level)

@GameplayReviewUK 2 жыл бұрын

Is that an angel on the tree? no it's a SaturnV of course 😄

@dr.redstone7980 2 жыл бұрын

The energy that SRB stack puts out over the course of the ascent is on par with the energy released by a few thousand tsar bombas

@jmstudios457 2 жыл бұрын

You did an excellent job with the forced perspective on the community post, I thought the tree was only 4-5m tall!!

@TDChannelKSP 2 жыл бұрын

The community post features the tree at the start of the video! So *that* tree is 4-5m tall... but not the big one.

@victorillo377 2 жыл бұрын

That first stage ignition probably evaporated the entire atmosphere of kerbin in 2 seconds

@TDChannelKSP 2 жыл бұрын

It's Earth here, not kerbin ;)

@DinoRicky Жыл бұрын

@@TDChannelKSPok so an ELE even before the 1st stage separation You just caused in 20 seconds what an asteroid can’t in 10000 years Impressive

@Rambow_Ninja94 2 жыл бұрын

dam, when i subbed like a year ago, i didnt think that things would be on THIS scale just a year later xD

@EvonixTheGreatest Жыл бұрын

Remember: if your ship is tall enough you don't actually have to launch it, the top is already at your destination and you can just climb out

@jezza4398 2 жыл бұрын

I came across this channel by random and now I am addicted to your videos.

@anonymous-zo5ml 2 жыл бұрын

and i thought the first stage was gonna blast a crater the size of texas in place of merrit island. Very cool that you sent the tree to pluto and can’t wait for the crewed pluto mission to visit the tree.

@sudantarescosmonautics9422 2 жыл бұрын

Damn this is purified kerbal essence at it's best! You are crazy! Love it!

@Hodaw1 2 жыл бұрын

This was complete insanity at its best. Amazing work!

@isaquest134 2 жыл бұрын

So the thing you launched at my among us was actually a christmas tree to pluto rocket.

@vilmospalik1480 2 жыл бұрын

Im curious, if half of your aircraft is in space and the other half isnt, does only half the craft experience drag

@Bluehemi 2 жыл бұрын

Short answer; yes.

@ionutcosmin4139 2 жыл бұрын

@@Bluehemi long answer?

@Bluehemi 2 жыл бұрын

@@ionutcosmin4139 let's say you have a large beam, 50km long. Stick one end in space and the other in the atmosphere. Only the lower end will experience drag, which while in orbit will make the beam spin, as the top end isn't experiencing any drag compared to the lower end.

@fork9001 2 жыл бұрын

It depends on what is negligible drag and what is not, because technically if you are within earth’s sphere of influence you are experiencing some drag. The atmosphere truly ends at a few million km altitude, but drag becomes mostly negligible at ~500km. If you have a giant 1000km long aircraft, the top 3 quarters will experience much less drag than the bottom quarter.

@sankang9425 2 жыл бұрын

In real life Yes, in KSP No.

@nathanball99 2 жыл бұрын

Woah, this is madness, and I love every minute of it.

@FLT401 2 жыл бұрын

you mentioned Apollo cubed at the end of the video so what if you put that 27 ton crewed moon lander on the top and did 4 landings? that would be scary edit: actually 23 tons so might be more possible lol

@Gdcat1472 2 жыл бұрын

It is 23t

@hallucinogender3810 2 жыл бұрын

You've probably launched more total mass in this one rocket than the entire total mass of every rocket ever launched on Earth in real life, by several orders of magnitude. I'm surprised KSP can even handle this. Also, that crewed landing vehicle looks excellent; I look forward to the video on it.

@polishkerbal6920 2 жыл бұрын

It has only like 100 parts, lil lag

@Darkherring 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing. Watched it with my jaw dropped.

@_Highxway 2 жыл бұрын

you earned my sub. this was too epic!

@RealFAFairman_Official Жыл бұрын

2022 Halloween: Satan V 2022 Christmas: Saturn Shuttle 2023 New Year: Christmas Vs Halloween

@mbmurphy777 2 жыл бұрын

Nice accomplishment! Legendary

@space__idklmao 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! The Andoria at the end gave me Nebuchadnezzar vibes

@alexsiemers7898 2 жыл бұрын

A space elevator would be more practical than this IRL. Absolutely amazing!

@Kataang101 Жыл бұрын

Christmas music in minor key is awesome. And this video is very awesome

@bonglambitco80 2 жыл бұрын

The Interplanetery Exploration Vehicle (IEV) was used in project andoria it has a manned rover with controls to land also the rover was used to find THE ARCHIVE.

@44R0Ndin 2 жыл бұрын

Now that rocket right there, is truly deserving of the title "Untitled Space Craft"! Amazing! Now I see how you could get a Saturn V fully fueled to Saturn! Basically just send this thing to Saturn! After seeing how much problems you were having launching this monstrosity, I have one mod I'd like to suggest to you, but IDK if it has a version working in the latest versions of KSP (that have stable versions of RSS/RO released for them anyways). UbioZor Part Welding Mod. It lets you weld together any number of parts that are "the same" in a broad sense. Fuel tanks, structural elements, not sure but probably engines... And when I say "weld", boy I mean it. The welding process requires a game restart since it literally adds a new part to the game (that is the combination of parts you wanted to weld together, but considered as a single gigantic part by the game engine, instead of multiple parts like it was before welding it). It should help you out massively with these gigantic payloads that are composed of many parts of widely differing sizes. The Kraken can't strike on a single part you see, no matter how massive it may be.

@mariasirona1622 2 жыл бұрын

Angled on the pad. THAT PAD IS THE WHOLE DAMN KSC! AWESOME!

@BulletsTheBlazing 2 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas

@raphraphgx5799 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible ksp video

@theairispure4314 Ай бұрын

That Stage 1 engine probably caused the sixth mass extinction when it hit the earth, because that's the equivalent of *THE CHICXULUB ASTEROID (Asteroid that caused the 5th mass extinction)* hitting earth. Also, the rocket looks very similar to Apollo^3...except for Stage 4 and beyond.

@hruschakaerospace2379 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, this was definitely worth it

@rocketcello5354 2 жыл бұрын

I never thought I would hear a metal cover of Silent Night.

@TomasRobles 2 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas!

@vilegutts Жыл бұрын

that landing burn melted all the ice on pluto

@AK_lover_123ABC 8 ай бұрын

Spacex: we have the biggest rocket!!! TDchannel: 💀

@ThatTwoPolishGuy Жыл бұрын

That thing is bigger than some actual moons.

@leonardobonanno5115 Жыл бұрын

How much crack did you need for coming up with this absurd monstruosity? I love this.

@netherite9051 9 ай бұрын

The fact by lore, the ar hive can now have a happy holiday

@JustLex25 Жыл бұрын

The griswold family Christmas tree!

@MACH-Space 2 жыл бұрын

that is for the mind of the game go foward into the stars and see what you can do keep going on expand your mind fly on kerbal gamers - sincerly, reckspace rp1

@stevenlittrel2648 2 жыл бұрын

What did you do for Christmas, “oh I just ended all life on earth by sending a Christmas tree to Pluto”

@lithobreak1748 2 жыл бұрын

Obscenely Amazing!

@sebastiaomendonca1477 Жыл бұрын

The launch site is henceforth known as Crater Canaveral

@CT-1035 Жыл бұрын

I love how one RCS thruster on the tree is half the size of project andoria

@LimeJuice0308 2 жыл бұрын

I have no words

@hatoffnickel 2 жыл бұрын

I have seen some ridiculous things in KSP, but this tops the tree

@LDTV22OfficialChannel 7 ай бұрын

I can't believe this happened last christmas

@bupekaonga 2 жыл бұрын

You know, sometimes the rocket equation is beautiful

@Joshs4stro Жыл бұрын

i have no words

@johnadler6987 Жыл бұрын

When I saw "JK. The saturn V is PART of the tree" I fucking died lmfaooooooo

@petersmythe6462 Жыл бұрын

*when the thing taking off is an extinction level event*

@graysoceanworld5662 6 ай бұрын

That rocket blew a very massive crater that’s over 40 to 60 miles wide and 10 miles deep which vaporized everyone and everything at Cape Canaveral. That first stage during reentry probably created a 20 mile high tsunami flooding everything in sight! 😂😂😂

@petterlarsson7257 Жыл бұрын

i like how the engines themselves are shaped like a christmas tree

@telescopesfs-officialchann3897 2 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTE MONSTROSITY

@Quantum_XI 2 жыл бұрын

Merry Insane-Mas.

@MemeMelodies181 2 жыл бұрын

You are a madman

@ee8475 Жыл бұрын

That kerbal held on for the entire journey

@mathieugariepy2948 Жыл бұрын

The most kerbal thing I have ever seen.

@breyongameing6379 2 жыл бұрын

Kerban probably now facing the apocalypse from the first stage hitting Kerben

@bruceismay5440 4 ай бұрын

Lmao the Andoria lander and the Christmas tree on the same save. An incedibly detailed, complicated and lore heavy project Vs a massive shitpost of a built (that is incredibly fun)

@stekra3159 2 жыл бұрын

I wish you a merry cristmes and a rocket powerd new year.

@Squeezbe 2 жыл бұрын

lets go

@thejanitor3263 2 жыл бұрын

Sea dragon: I'll launch out of the sea so I won't destroy the launch pad! Kerbal Rocket tree: who would have wanted Florida anyway? Who would have wanted to use low earth orbit either! Because with this upper stage and the space junk from it will render it unusable for some time!

@dariusmesina3086 Жыл бұрын

I WANT THAT CHRISTHMAS TREE!!!!

@K24B 2 жыл бұрын

U successfuly make Saturn v looks like the Launch escape system

@ericgolightly8450 Жыл бұрын

Oh my God it's glorius

@kerbodynamicx472 2 жыл бұрын

The kerbals prototyping their technology to turn Minmus into a giant spaceship!

@AutoBotPlays 2 ай бұрын

you know? Your always up to something ambitious maybe not always but you know but this on, How?????

@boraklc5950 2 жыл бұрын

I have a cool name for that first stage srb. ''The roaring bell of doom''

@anonomyspizza Жыл бұрын

Man really messed around with custom SRBs

@baptistecampion1052 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!!!

@Eth_Xreal 2 жыл бұрын

2:10 say rest in peace to earth because that engine part looks like a size of a meteor

@cryonixx8277 Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, I got the KSP2 early access trailer before the video

@wayacrazy. 2 жыл бұрын

That was a twist

@lorisperfetto6021 2 жыл бұрын

When the RCS nozzle is bigger than a Saturn V core stage

@stars-hk9uo 2 жыл бұрын

4:46 nice

@birdmcrandomsux 11 ай бұрын

I would be terrified to share a save with you

@magasarkangelas4586 2 жыл бұрын

image there was a one structral part holding up this beast

@Katniss218 2 жыл бұрын

POG

@SFSPerseverance69420 Ай бұрын

You know you have built a giant rocket because everything else starts wobbling from the floating point error

@extralargemcfries9891 2 жыл бұрын

Those rcs thrusters look as big as the Saturn V first stage

@Locutusofborg41 2 жыл бұрын

Valentina Kerman Retired!? I guess 70 years is a long time to wait for the next mission.

@terranampire6077 2 жыл бұрын

Andoria is a good name for something that lands on an ice world

@TDChannelKSP 2 жыл бұрын

Precisely my thoughts ;)