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Name: Kerbal Space Program 101 - Tutorial For Beginners - Construction, Piloting, Orbiting
Category: Kerbal Space Program
Date Added: 24 May 2014 - 04:24 PM
Submitter: FizziksGuy
Short Description: None Provided
This video is out of date, new players should really check the new series I've made covering all this in far more detail.
This video is aimed at new pilots in Kerbal Space Program, it covers all the basics:
- Building rockets
- Flight controls
- Staging
- Solid Rockets vs liquid Rockets
- Getting into Orbit (with the help of the new maneuver nodes)
- Maneuvering in orbit
- Landing
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Tremendous accomplishment -- our first Mun Landing in this year's challenge! Prize of $250,000 awarded!
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Great reports and screenshots. Awards presented for 2nd team to unmanned 10K launch ($5,000) and third team for manned launch to 10K ($5,000) for a total award of $10,000.
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Looking at your pre-flight plan, may I recommend a bit more research on how to achieve, maintain, and dissolve an orbit? Vertical thrust vectoring is a mighty difficult (and dangerous) method of initiating re-entry.
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Bonus $2500 for this timely public safety message.
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Outstanding!!! Way to go guys -- I especially like the solar arrays. Are there docking ports on the satellite?
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Cash bonus of $40,000 awarded for great posts. Please note updated award amounts.
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Milestone award of $130,000 to be released to Garalles following posting of appropriate screenshots. Congratulations!
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Rivoralsh Research fined $500 for polluting the atmosphere of Kerbin with crispy dead Kerbal bits.
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Big & Low LLP fined $500 ($250 per Kerbal) for polluting the ocean with dead Kerbal bits.
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Award for 50km manned launch, second prize, $15,000 awarded.
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First stable unmanned orbit award of $40,000 granted.
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Please make sure to include the post-launch report/debrief. When that is posted, Axburns Inc. will be awarded $10K as the first team with a documented launch to 10km (higher award as first to this milestone than third to the manned 10km launch). You're rolling now!
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Garalles Conglomerates awarded $10K for the second manned launch to 10km, and $50K for first stable manned orbit. Excellent start!
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Reward of $30,000 presented and approved to Rivoralsh Research. Nice start team!
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Rivoralsh Research has won the primary award for the 10km manned milestone. $20,000 Kerbins to Rivoralsh!
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Axburns employs only the best and brightest of Kerbin Society...
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And a view of Gareth running the show at the Kerbal Space Center:
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How Dyrleo choose their Kerbonaut candidates. It's a rigorous selection process.
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And this is why Pavel shouldn't be allowed to drive the land rover... (or Tim to fix it!)
Video Discussion: Kerbal Space Program Tutorial Getting To And Landing On Moons
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Name: Kerbal Space Program Tutorial Getting To And Landing On Moons
Category: Kerbal Space Program
Date Added: 24 May 2014 - 04:25 PM
Submitter: FizziksGuy
Short Description: None Provided
Following up to my previous tutorial for new pilots, this covers the construction of a rocket and lander that can go to another world. I get a lot of requests for a beginners guide to landing on the Mun, but for rookie pilots I strongly suggest heading to Minmus instead. Although it's a smaller target and requires more maneuvering in space to get there you can perform these maneuvers without risking the entire missions if you make a mistake. The target itself has lower gravity than the Mun so landing is more forgiving, and it also has nice flat areas to make the landing easy. Finally, because of the lower fuel requirements you can use a smaller rocket so launch is easier.
This tutorial covers:
Building a rocket capable of the mission.
Getting to Orbit
Transferring to the target body
Entering Orbit
Landing
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