Space.com Crashed Some Rockets In Kerbal Space Program 2 Gameplay
Watch Space.com editor-in-chief Tariq Malik launch (and crash) rockets and planes on Kerbal Space Program 2.
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00:00 Stage, stage, so first stage, second stage, third stage.
00:04 And...
00:06 Six stages actually, overall.
00:09 See there's a separation thing here, four engines on this one.
00:14 We've got three engines, we've got a big engine underneath here.
00:18 We've got eight engines on the bottom plus the two strap-ons.
00:22 Wow, look at that. Okay, we're gonna go. Let's go.
00:29 This should be all the stages.
00:31 Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:33 So we have to lift off.
00:39 I'm starting to get out of control here.
00:56 So far, not doing too bad.
00:59 No, no!
01:03 Why are my guys smiling?
01:07 Oh, here we go, here we go.
01:15 This is good.
01:16 Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
01:19 There we go.
01:24 There we go.
01:25 I think we're still not high enough.
01:34 We're in the right...
01:37 We're in the right direction now, which is a lot better than before.
01:43 So now I actually have to steer because the rocket's bigger.
01:46 We're not in the right spot, but we're almost there.
01:50 We're almost there, see, we're getting there.
01:53 Got it, got it.
01:55 All right, there go my solid stage rockets.
02:03 Oh, I think I have the hang of this now.
02:10 You do have to steer.
02:18 But I'm veering off course a little bit, it looks like.
02:22 But we're almost there, we're almost there.
02:37 I still have more fuel left over here.
02:41 Let's see if I can get back on track.
02:45 [Music]
02:56 No, no, no, no, no, no.
02:59 [Music]
03:09 There we go, there we go, there we go, better, better, better, better.
03:13 [Music]
03:16 Better.
03:18 [Music]
03:29 I've got a bit of a shimmy, it looks like here.
03:32 But we're still on track, we're still, we're still good, we're still good.
03:36 Because we can just cut off, there we go, okay, we can start.
03:41 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, no, no, no, no, no, no.
03:44 Oh, no.
03:46 Hold on, hold on, hold on, we can, this is a much more responsive engine.
03:53 We've got to turn around, we've got to turn around.
03:58 Oh, no.
04:02 No, we're going the wrong way.
04:06 [Music]
04:12 Well, how's this going to play out, let's see.
04:17 Can I, can I save it, do you think I can save it?
04:21 [Music]
04:32 We're clearly just pointing the wrong direction, so I've got to yaw.
04:36 There we go, okay, okay, okay, okay.
04:43 [Laughter]
04:49 Oh, I almost got it.
04:53 Well, I think that we should go back to the launch pad.
05:00 Oh, no.
05:02 Well, we aborted, and I think we're going to go ahead and deploy our parachute,
05:10 and bring our guys back to Earth.
05:12 They're not on the moon, oh, no.
05:16 They're not on Mun, but at least they're going to get home okay,
05:21 which is the important thing, right?
05:23 I'm sure Tandorf's family would be helpful, or, I mean,
05:28 helpful, or agree with my decision there.
05:31 Let's see them land.
05:34 All the way down.
05:40 We've got this last hundred feet to go.
05:57 Touchdown.
05:58 Well, any landing that you can walk away from, I think, is okay.
06:03 You guys okay in there?
06:06 Yeah, they look fine, see?
06:07 Pretty good.
06:08 All right, awesome.
06:09 Okay, let's bring this down here.
06:11 And then let's go.
06:15 [Airport announcement]
06:19 [Airport announcement]
06:21 Okay, so we're moving.
06:29 That's good, okay.
06:31 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
06:34 [Laughter]
06:38 Can I save this, do you think?
06:44 [Typing]
06:46 No, I cannot.
06:51 Okay, we'll revert again, and then we'll see.
06:55 Let's see if there's a tutorial about flying airplanes, how about that?
07:00 So we're going to get going, and then let's just keep going faster.
07:10 Maybe we're not going fast enough.
07:13 [Airplane engine]
07:15 Uh...
07:19 This is miles per second, meters per second.
07:27 No, let's see.
07:31 Let's keep going.
07:34 And then...
07:36 Oh! I hit the wrong button.
07:41 [Airplane engine]
07:43 [Airplane engine]
08:00 [Airplane engine]
08:02 [Airplane engine]
08:05 [Airplane engine]
08:09 [Airplane engine]
08:13 [Airplane engine]
08:16 [Airplane engine]
08:19 [Airplane engine]
08:22 [Airplane engine]
08:25 [Airplane engine]
08:29 [Airplane engine]
08:31 [Airplane engine]
08:34 [Airplane engine]
08:37 [Airplane engine]
08:40 [Airplane engine]
08:43 [Airplane engine]
08:46 So I got to orbit with my rocket.
08:49 I did have the staging wrong, but I was able to fix it in time, which is good.
08:54 And now we're just on our way back.
08:59 To Earth, to Kerbin.
09:02 With our capsule, with Tim C. Kerbin.
09:05 Tim, we did it! Are you happy?
09:07 We don't want Tim to leave the capsule.
09:12 But we're coming back down to Earth, to Kerbin.
09:15 And I'm going to speed it up a little bit until we get close.
09:20 But now I'm going to get down to one.
09:22 We're going to deploy our parachute.
09:25 [Plane engine]
09:27 And... it fizzled.
09:31 Alright.
09:35 I think that what happens is I have too much delta-V.
09:38 And I think it blacks out.
09:40 I'm learning a lot, though.
09:42 We'll figure it out one day.
09:44 [Airplane engine]
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09:57 [Airplane engine]
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11:21 [Airplane engine]
11:24 [Airplane engine]
11:27 [Airplane engine]
11:30 [Airplane engine]
11:33 Well, we're going to land in the water.
11:36 [Airplane engine]
11:39 [Airplane engine]
11:42 [Airplane engine]
11:45 [Airplane engine]
11:47 [Airplane engine]
11:50 [Airplane engine]
11:53 [Airplane engine]
11:56 Oh, my parachute!
11:59 [Airplane engine]
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12:05 [Airplane engine]