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I decided to talk about the weird spiralling of Elon this past week: picking fights with astronauts, and stating the ISS needs de-orbiting ASAP. I also discuss the implications of all this on SpaceX, the West's efforts to return to the Moon and go to Mars, and a whole lot more. youtu.be/eZb9ShrZHrQ

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments

Kerbal Space Program, as a franchise, is officially dead... or is it? 🤔 While the first game lives on through modders, Estes Rockets just dropped official KSP2-themed model rockets! 🚀 Could this be the franchise’s last hurrah? I decided to buy them to check them out! youtu.be/Cqv-G4r04to

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

New Space Update! SpaceX is heading for Flight 8 well, with both SuperHeavy & Starship successfully completing static fires! 🔥🔥 Falcon 9 set a NEW launch/landing record, China launched a brand-new rocket, & NASA made strides prepping the CADRE rovers for the Moon! 🚀 youtu.be/JGn9Ig8ty34

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Just discovered the cool Google Easter egg when you search "the DART mission" 🚀 🪨

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Space Update: SpaceX’s Flight 8 Static Fires, Falcon 9, Electron & Blue Origin launches, the last Soyuz 2.1v, Butch & Suni's return delayed AGAIN (Crew Dragon issues), & Boeing warns of SLS cancellation! Watch now! 🌍✨ #SpaceX #NASA #Starship #SpaceNews youtu.be/i6J5rj4iiOI

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Made it this far into rebuilding my old 6x6 only to discover it's missing a piece 😭

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

FireFly is a KSP mod that overhauls re-entry and aerodynamic effects, with stunning results 😍 I decided to try it out with a Space Shuttle, SSTO, Apollo Capsule, AND a Defunct Space Station! Enjoy! 🚀✈☄🛰 youtu.be/5HnsGknkeos

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Some news. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

submitted 20 days ago • 19 comments

Yes, it had its flaws, but imo no spacecraft will ever be as cool as the shuttle was

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Holy shit, the firefly KSP mod is unreal 🤯

submitted 21 days ago • 4 comments

New Space news video! Starbase now has 2 Mechazillas 🤖🤖 there were 3 Falcon 9 launches (one of which lost the booster 😢), a H3 launched from Japan, a GSLV from India, stacking ops for Artemis 2 continued, Butch & Suni conducted a spacewalk on ISS, & much much more! youtu.be/iwmuCSDExpw

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

New KSP video! I decided to build a craft that I frankly can't believe I've never built before - a spacecraft (in a SSTO form!) with INFINITE range and insane speed and acceleration, by utilising a weak-spot with the KAL controller piece. Enjoy! 🚀🦑 youtu.be/ohsTkY0pPKc

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

Busy week for Space News, from Starbase to SpaceX's Flight 8 plans, as well as lots of Falcon 9 and Long March launches! NASA also received its PUNCH satellites, and news was shared of the world's first ever meteor crash with AUDIO! youtu.be/igvDYsuArts

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

It's Blunderbirds time! Today, we'll be adventuring to Gilly, moon of Eve, in a SSTO! Fun times to be had! youtu.be/3WmN7VbRSl0

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Last year YouTube removed KSP 2 as a game category, but it seems that it's back - you can once again select it as a game when editing a video description, and videos now show the KSP 2 logo underneath them. Strange this coincides with the recent purchase of the IP, might be nothing.

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

Hot take: "Kitten Space Agency" will kill KSA's chance of success. It should not be kittens. Anyone unfamiliar with its KSP roots (huge % of potential players) will write it off as either "weird cat-person game" or "weird furry game".

submitted 36 days ago • 9 comments

Milestone reached 🥳🥳 Thank you everyone for your support over the years!

submitted 38 days ago • 3 comments

What a week! We had 2 huge launches, and 2 huge explosions to go with them! SpaceX nailed the catch of Booster 14 on Flight 7, and Blue Origin achieved orbit on their very first attempt with New Glenn, despite the other stage of each mission meeting a more explosive end 🚀💥 youtu.be/cOa71qRSY3k

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Today I decided to redo one of my all-time favourite missions: that time I launched a submarine spacestation into Jool's atmosphere! But this time, with VISUAL MODS! And in 4k! Let's do this! youtu.be/S1oGC4QFnac

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

I will not apologise for this and will not elaborate further

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

THE MADLADS DID IT AGAIN!

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

That is how it be

submitted 43 days ago • 3 comments

New Space News video! New Glenn and Starship Flight 7 were delayed to NET than this Wednesday, but SpaceX made big strides with Flight 7 prep, including WDR! 🚀 A Falcon 9 booster hit 25 flights 😲 a historic first! This and so much more, enjoy! 😍 youtu.be/XOOTD4RIB9o

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

New Year edition of Space This Week! 🚀 I thought it'd be fun to look back on all the best stuff from 2024, as well as prepare for the upcoming launches of both Starship Flight 7 and New Glenn's Maiden Flight! Exciting times lie ahead in 2025! youtu.be/64eyxMF9XJ8

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Obama awarding Obama meme

submitted 56 days ago • 3 comments

The end of 2024 is upon us, and so I decided to take a look back at all the places I went in Kerbal Space Program 1 and 2 in this crazy year! youtu.be/hWN84wTXJNU

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

It's been a big, big day for Blue Origin. arstechnica.com/space/2024/1...

submitted 62 days ago • 5 comments

Please think of the commitment 🙏

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

Winter miles ☔ 🚴 = Summer smiles ☀️ 🚴

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

New Kerbal Space Program video! This was a super fun one to do - building and flying a super small Space Shuttle all the way to the Mun, and deploying payload there! youtu.be/DLL48pf8w-o

submitted 68 days ago • 2 comments

Starship's 7th flight has been given the go ahead! 🚀

submitted 72 days ago • 2 comments

New Space News video! The Superheavy and Starship for Flight 7 have now both completed their static fire campaigns 🔥 Falcon 9 had just 1 launch, Artemis 2's SLS core went vertical, Rocket Lab launched a secretive suborbital Electron, and much more! 🚀 youtu.be/uSENnrGcMi0

submitted 73 days ago • 3 comments

Completely Safe™ and normal re-entry

submitted 74 days ago • 5 comments

Blunderbirds are BACK 🔥 A fellow player has 7 Kerbals stuck on the Mun, with NO EVA because they're tourists, and 3 more stuck on an abandoned space station 😨 And it's in an incomplete career-mode save, so we only have limited tech! Oh my! 🚀 youtu.be/4ca2F0-jNjQ

submitted 75 days ago • 2 comments

Super packed week for Spaceflight! More orbital launches than we've had in a VERY long time from around the globe, including 4 Falcon 9s, the 1000th R7, & 100th Long March 3B! At Starbase, Booster 14 roared to life today during its Static Fire test! 🔥 youtu.be/uCi7QdyGfY4

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

NASA just shared this photo of Artemis I's heat shield inside the Operations and Checkout Building following the flight 😲

submitted 80 days ago • 3 comments

KSP 0.16: released 20 July, 2012. This update was huge: Kerbals could go on EVA for the first time & 2.5m parts were added! But no maneuver nodes yet, making Mun missions tough. Let's take it for a spin! 🚀 youtu.be/0SxCP0lg9Rg

submitted 82 days ago • 2 comments

Question for Americans, is the word "Jank" commonly used to describe something of poor quality? I was thinking of using it in a video title/thumbnail but not sure if it's mostly just a word used in Britain

submitted 83 days ago • 4 comments

Nate talked about KSP 2, so I decided to talk about that. youtu.be/J8_ktenvZPA

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

Looks like Jared Isaacman is the new administrator of NASA 😲 I wonder if Elon suggested this? I expect his tenure will see big support for new space, & less old space. Spaceflight is going to be exciting for the next 4 years! SLS is probably gonna be dead soon too lol

submitted 85 days ago • 2 comments

New Space News video! Starship v2 is drawing closer to its maiden flight, & so are Neutron and New Glenn 😍 China launched 2 brand new launch vehicles over the week, one of which launched from a brand new launch site! All this & so much more, enjoy! 🚀 youtu.be/VJVxQ2JFSLc

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

Jaguar's new "Copy Nothing" car leaked. They probably should have copied something..

submitted 87 days ago • 6 comments