KSP: Recreating Project Gemini! Space Race Speedrun

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  • Опубліковано 14 тра 2021
  • In today's episode of "Space Race Speedrun", we'll be attempting to Speedrun the achievements of Project Gemini, NASA's successor to their Project Mercury!
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  • @ibimsjoni3160
    @ibimsjoni3160 3 роки тому +405

    You should call the Project "Racing the Space Race"

  • @justlosak6158
    @justlosak6158 3 роки тому +128

    From now, this is my favorite series of KSP

  • @KnightoftheSorryFace
    @KnightoftheSorryFace 3 роки тому +291

    Now this is a certified space moment

  • @thedoctor4637
    @thedoctor4637 3 роки тому +76

    I would have liked to see a recreation of Neil Armstrong's Gemini 8. When one of the thrusters was stuck on and the spacecrafts went into a uncontrolled roll.

    • @superbdul_1
      @superbdul_1 3 роки тому +1

      Exactly!

    • @brianchan8
      @brianchan8 3 роки тому +6

      No he was one upping nasa without bugs

  • @mitchlza
    @mitchlza 3 роки тому +110

    Gemini 10: Michael Collins did 2 space walks, and was the first human to do so.

    • @ahalfsesameseedbun7472
      @ahalfsesameseedbun7472 3 роки тому +19

      The first human to do it was a cosmonaut named Aleksei A. Leonov in March of 1965, the first American was Ed White in Gemini 4 the following june.

    • @CardZed
      @CardZed 3 роки тому +23

      @@ahalfsesameseedbun7472 He said he was the first human to do 2 space walks

    • @ahalfsesameseedbun7472
      @ahalfsesameseedbun7472 3 роки тому +13

      @@CardZed guess I just looked at it differently, it could mean either.

    • @russelthebastard
      @russelthebastard 3 роки тому +7

      @@ahalfsesameseedbun7472 he meant that Michael Collins was the first humans to do 2 spacewalks in one mission

    • @ahalfsesameseedbun7472
      @ahalfsesameseedbun7472 3 роки тому +4

      @@russelthebastard I understand, it has been pointed out.

  • @M4X-007
    @M4X-007 3 роки тому +139

    Matt’s ego while this video (proceeds to multiply by 10^10^100)

    • @henry55
      @henry55 3 роки тому +4

      is that a googolplex

    • @tomrigney8617
      @tomrigney8617 3 роки тому +2

      @@henry55 im pretty sure a googolplex would be 10^100 * 10^100

    • @henry55
      @henry55 3 роки тому +1

      @@tomrigney8617 i thought it was 10^googol

    • @shikhar3281
      @shikhar3281 3 роки тому +4

      @@tomrigney8617 a googolplex is 10^(10^100) that is 1 followed by a googol zeros

    • @tomo_ka3040
      @tomo_ka3040 3 роки тому

      @@tomrigney8617 i thought it was 10x10^100

  • @LoCoNights
    @LoCoNights 3 роки тому +33

    You should have used the agena to boost your orbit! Gemini 11 did this and holds a orbit record that stands today. Gemini 11 wasn’t the only mission to use the agena engine but it’s the only one that go that high. Love the videos!

    • @tobias_bohne
      @tobias_bohne 3 роки тому +2

      This! Thank you for saying that

    • @jamestrexler6329
      @jamestrexler6329 3 роки тому

      You beat me to it lol. I was even waiting for him to do a boost while they were docked, too. I'd thought it was done on 12, but that was solely from memory. Glad you had the real facts haha.

  • @augustinplagne7543
    @augustinplagne7543 3 роки тому +54

    everyone: wen hop
    me: when sovietic crafts

  • @sverrekolman4841
    @sverrekolman4841 3 роки тому +37

    Tbh I can't wait to see you do a Skylab recreation

    • @Hydralyph
      @Hydralyph 3 роки тому +1

      Skylab and Salyut/Almaz are such interesting points in space history imo

  • @CPS747-8
    @CPS747-8 3 роки тому +63

    I think you should try to do the flying Gemini capsule, where they thought they could turn Gemini into a paramotor craft and land it. That would be interesting if you could work that out.

    • @jakemckee1923
      @jakemckee1923 3 роки тому +3

      I was just thinking he should do the rogallo wing!

    • @MattLowne
      @MattLowne  3 роки тому +23

      Tricky to do! But I think it'd possible using a kerbal parachute 🤔

    • @jakemckee1923
      @jakemckee1923 3 роки тому +3

      @@MattLowne I think Scott Manley did it.

    • @jakemckee1923
      @jakemckee1923 3 роки тому +5

      @@MattLowne and as a big fan of Gemini, I was really mad to find out they made the Gemini service module the same width as the fuel tanks and without a taper.

    • @MattLowne
      @MattLowne  3 роки тому +6

      @@jakemckee1923 tbf having it tapered would have meant having to have another set of tanks and parts of that diameter in addition to the new 1.85m size, so I understand why they did it.

  • @BrightRedDingus
    @BrightRedDingus 3 роки тому +32

    As a space history super-buff (self-named)
    I approve and love what you're doing Matt please many many more

    • @daltonmojica
      @daltonmojica 3 роки тому +3

      I’m not quite sure whether your name is related to space history 😆

    • @BrightRedDingus
      @BrightRedDingus 3 роки тому +1

      Gonorrhea is space-borne

  • @Agent_B0771E
    @Agent_B0771E 2 роки тому +8

    I can't wait to see in the future: "Ksp 2: Recreating the whole Artemis program speedrun"

  • @Huberchet
    @Huberchet 3 роки тому +15

    Congratulations on being featured on the ksp2 showcase!

    • @xenno8496
      @xenno8496 3 роки тому +2

      That caught me off guard and I didn't realize it was his until the kraken ate it 😂

  • @kristiandiesalot
    @kristiandiesalot 3 роки тому +8

    Hey, Can you also do modern projects like SLS and alternate history projects like the soviet moon rocket the n1.

  • @raquelfabro7995
    @raquelfabro7995 3 роки тому +2

    title of the series should be "Matt Lowne's Race into Space" in honour to our forgotten DOS game, "Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space".

  • @phantompenguin1065
    @phantompenguin1065 3 роки тому +33

    What’s the next program? I’m personally exited for Soyuz

  • @KJ-vu4yp
    @KJ-vu4yp 3 роки тому

    I love this series! Definitely want to see you recover all the debris left scattered around the Kerbin system.

  • @diamondswiss8026
    @diamondswiss8026 3 роки тому +1

    I know I am late but this video actually means a lot to me. My grandfather was actually one of the NASA computer programmers who actually worked on the Gemini missions (as well as the later Mercury missions)

  • @quinnmarchionini7997
    @quinnmarchionini7997 3 роки тому +3

    Fun fact: Waterfall has effects for the rcs thrusters! Matt left the old models for the 4 and 5 way thrusters on the stock crafts so that’s why they didn’t show up

  • @samu_cornia9991
    @samu_cornia9991 3 роки тому +1

    Been waiting for this episode

  • @noevalop5088
    @noevalop5088 3 роки тому +1

    What a good moment to watch Matt KSP video In Raining day

  • @somerandomnification
    @somerandomnification 3 роки тому +5

    5:00 "And I don't mean to inflate my own gazebo here"... Thank you Matt. I don't think any of us want to see that. :)

    • @rbxless
      @rbxless 3 роки тому +1

      "Not to twang my own banjo but..."

    • @somerandomnification
      @somerandomnification 3 роки тому

      @@rbxless There is, of course, no way you could know that I actually play the banjo. I'm not sure if I'm enjoying the joke or if I'm being the joke. Oh wait, that's right, I'm a banjo player... :)

    • @rbxless
      @rbxless 3 роки тому +1

      @@somerandomnification Haha I was quoting Matt in an older video I'm not a stalker

    • @somerandomnification
      @somerandomnification 3 роки тому +2

      @@rbxless So you're saying that Matt's the stalker... Somehow I knew this was all about me! :)

    • @matt309
      @matt309 3 роки тому

      @@somerandomnificationдаруд сандсторм

  • @arikbord2256
    @arikbord2256 3 роки тому +4

    While not a scheduled test, the Gemini 8 accident was a huge test of pilot control systems and could be considered a post-hoc mission objective (training on how to correct an out of control spin is now standard astronaut training based on the lessons learned from Gemini 8). Perhaps you could do a separate series connected to this one which recreates accidents (Gemini 8, Appollo 13, Challenger, Columbia, etc.)?
    Also, are you planning to make a skylab?

    • @tvre0
      @tvre0 Рік тому

      They trained for out of control spins in Mercury with the big spinny chair, I believe.

    • @arikbord2256
      @arikbord2256 Рік тому

      @@tvre0 The big spinny chair was to test astronauts for disorientation, but it wasn't a simulator during during mercury and gemini, iirc. They do use it for that now though. In the early days they had to do math calculations and flip switches and do other complex tasks in the spinny chair, but they had no control over the actual chair. The original Mercury prototype didn't even have any pilot controls at all, as the engineers thought of astronauts as merely the passengers in their engineering marvel. it was the first 7 that insisted on the ability to pilot the craft directly (if they hadn't, Armstrong and Scott would likely have been killed in Gemini 8, as would Lovell, Haise, and Swigert on Apollo 13).

  • @Nghilifa
    @Nghilifa 3 роки тому +1

    You forgot using the Agena to boost the Gemini to a higher orbit and/or using the Agena to go to a higher orbit, then using it to go to a lower orbit rendezvousing with another Agena.
    It's just me nitpicking though, this was highly entertaining indeed!

  • @cavanaldred2329
    @cavanaldred2329 3 роки тому

    amazing video matt having a catch not watched for a while due to being busy ive missed the videos

  • @squeeb5012
    @squeeb5012 3 роки тому +18

    NASA engineers hate him:

  • @charliethompson2009
    @charliethompson2009 3 роки тому +2

    Matt... This is awesome keep up the good work!

  • @KlestoHeHe
    @KlestoHeHe Рік тому

    I’ve watched every video in this series, I even watched the Soviet space program. I’m on mobile and I’ve been playing spaceflight simulator. And I’ve took inspiration from each video and made it in sfs!

  • @Shaquiifa
    @Shaquiifa 3 роки тому

    5:20 Matt, there’s an anime called Planetes, which is about Orbital Debris collection in the near future. I dunno how much you know about anime, but Planetes is actually very scientifically accurate on how spaceships works, how debris are very dangerous, and there are bits of details that makes the viewer appreciate how the director understands the soundless beauty of vacuum.
    There’s is a ship in the show called DS-12 “Toybox”, it’s debris collection ship that have little rugs inside to capture large debris, bring it back to the space station or have have it de-orbited.
    Maybe do something like that?

  • @uyvisarez6390
    @uyvisarez6390 3 роки тому

    every vids of matt lowne is Very EXCITING!!!

  • @AdamJMeadTheOraclesClassroom
    @AdamJMeadTheOraclesClassroom 3 роки тому +3

    I look forward to these every week, thanks Matt! Perhaps you could have raised your orbit with the Agena and then spiraled out of control a la Gemini VIII. Always room for improvement. JK. JK. Nice work.

  • @Coldnessupreme
    @Coldnessupreme 2 роки тому

    Project gemini has always been my favourite, the look of the space craft was cool it often doesn't get mentioned unlike apollo, or mercury but it made some great achievements like the first american space walk in gemini 4 and the first docking of two spacecraft together in gemini 8

    • @PanzerkampfwagenausfTschechosl
      @PanzerkampfwagenausfTschechosl 2 роки тому

      It is interesting to me because it is almost like a bridge between Mercury and Apollo. It also paved the way for all space stations as it he,led us learn to dock and spacewalk.

  • @tarmagain2771
    @tarmagain2771 3 роки тому +14

    member privileges. early vids poggers

  • @Ciotkosul
    @Ciotkosul 3 роки тому +8

    You should try to recreate the venera 9 mission its a probe mission but almost noone knows about it and it deserves more attention

    • @InventorZahran
      @InventorZahran 3 роки тому +1

      The only Venera I've heard of is a resturaunt on Venus: Venera Bread

    • @MattLowne
      @MattLowne  3 роки тому +1

      The entire Venera program is probably the most famous and well-known Venus program lol. It would be fun to recreate but I'm not sure how interesting it would be for a video, given that it's a robotic craft and there's no return mission

    • @fousiyashaju6699
      @fousiyashaju6699 3 роки тому

      @@MattLowne Do you have planet shine mod installed?

  • @quantumrandomness5114
    @quantumrandomness5114 3 роки тому

    7:35
    matt: allowing me to one up those noobs at NASA
    NASA: WHY U BULLY ME

  • @oneistar6661
    @oneistar6661 3 роки тому

    Was pleasure flying with Lowne aerospace.
    Matt, when you'll get into RO+RSS+RP1 and show the real recreations or use it in other series of yours?
    Cheers!

  • @ur_pilot_4_2day82
    @ur_pilot_4_2day82 3 роки тому

    3:58 the space music at that altitude tripped me up

  • @silvereagle2061
    @silvereagle2061 3 роки тому +2

    Damn dude, you make this look too easy.

  • @dannypipewrench533
    @dannypipewrench533 Рік тому

    8:25 The AJ-10 could be ignited nearly indefinitely. It was used in its various versions on a variety of spacecraft and upper stages, including the Apollo Service Module the Titan Transtage, and the Delta II upper stage.
    All it needed to light was the propellant lines to open, due to using hypergolic propellants. I believe this indefinite property was true for the Apollo Service Module. Transtage limited it to 3 ignitions. I think Delta II upper stage only did one burn, due to being a lunch stage and not an orbital maneuvering stage.

  • @jakistam1000
    @jakistam1000 3 роки тому +1

    To simulate Gemini 8, take a laptop to a fast carousel and, while spinning IRL, spin the capsule in KSP. Then stabilise it, without the use of SAS, and in cocpit view.

  • @ZenothGaming1
    @ZenothGaming1 3 роки тому

    I love this series!

  • @raytan956
    @raytan956 3 роки тому +1

    missed the crazy spinning that neil armstrong did

  • @Eversoncars
    @Eversoncars 3 роки тому +10

    Rip rocket lab “Running Out Of Toes”

  • @imitt12
    @imitt12 3 роки тому

    I've seen a Titan II in person, and you're correct about it being taller.

  • @HermanVonPetri
    @HermanVonPetri 3 роки тому

    And you managed to do it without spinning out of control due to a malfunctioning RCS thruster!
    Seriously though, the Gemini series is seriously underappreciated. It was in Gemini that we really learned the functional basics of how to operate in space.
    Also, after resisting my whole life, I've finally come around to pronouncing it "Gimunee." I figure that if it was good enough for NASA and Walter Cronkite then it's good enough for me.

  • @legotrainfan1256
    @legotrainfan1256 3 роки тому

    Great Series Already

  • @augustinplagne7543
    @augustinplagne7543 3 роки тому +5

    Notification pogger. this is a always good way to start the weekend

  • @yuri_kerman1906
    @yuri_kerman1906 3 роки тому +1

    Yeah! Finally the splendid Gemini program!

  • @deceased8861
    @deceased8861 3 роки тому

    may i ask what skybox youre using? I love your videos and i hope you will keep uploading, perhaps you could inspect some mods like USI/MKS and its life support features... Keep it up!

  • @erik365365365
    @erik365365365 3 роки тому

    The large flight info was 👌🏻

  • @dannypipewrench533
    @dannypipewrench533 Рік тому

    15:05 Ah, so it is Gemini VII.
    Gemini VII stayed in orbit for just short of 14 days. I believe just a few days before it was de-orbited, Gemini VIA was sent up for the rendezvous. But, originally, VIA was supposed to go up first (as just VI), then VII would go up, rendezvous, and then stay up for the endurance test. But, launch trouble with VI resulted in a different schedule.

  • @no_name2882
    @no_name2882 3 роки тому +5

    ok now this is the earliest i have ever been. 1 minute ago? holy!

  • @tommasoperis3395
    @tommasoperis3395 3 роки тому

    I great video, what mod did you use for the engine exhausts visual?

  • @benisjammin8926
    @benisjammin8926 3 роки тому +1

    Now this is a certified moment

  • @TheHutchy01
    @TheHutchy01 Рік тому

    Gemini Seven sounds hellish. You would absolutely have to pick two astronauts who liked each other for that, or at the very least, two who could tolerate each other.

  • @kinkynagbag85
    @kinkynagbag85 3 роки тому

    It's look super good my guy 😁

  • @TLXGaming
    @TLXGaming 3 роки тому +1

    I can’t wait for the apollo program part

  • @forge_gamer5174
    @forge_gamer5174 2 роки тому +1

    please continue this and next do shuttle!

  • @CoreyKearney
    @CoreyKearney 3 роки тому

    FYI kerbin at 2.7x scale is just right to still use stock parts and makes the single burn to orbit just something you do most of the time following an efficient gravity turn. It adds about 2000 Dv to your accent. The other planets will depend on witch planet pack you go with.

  • @fr_rave
    @fr_rave 3 роки тому

    Just waiting for this

  • @jkjccon
    @jkjccon 3 роки тому

    You make very good models!

  • @maxepstein5955
    @maxepstein5955 3 роки тому

    There have been a couple historical missions to destroy/retrieve space debris. It would be pretty cool if you were to "one-up" them by getting it all in one launch while still showcasing what the original did

  • @johncarnett2668
    @johncarnett2668 3 роки тому

    Another video from our amazing British Rocket Scientist! Maybe you could try and colonize Minmus.

  • @TheStopwatchGod
    @TheStopwatchGod 3 роки тому

    16:02 You usd a fuel cell in your video about the mission Acapello 13. The video is titled "A Mun mission where absolutely nothing goes wrong".

  • @axeljohansson6050
    @axeljohansson6050 3 роки тому

    The highlight of the weekend

  • @Bizub4
    @Bizub4 3 роки тому

    Can't wait to see Matt speedrun Starship prototypes lol

  • @thenativemartian5169
    @thenativemartian5169 3 роки тому +1

    Cant wait for Apollo!

  • @eionjons1991
    @eionjons1991 3 роки тому

    Will you do a Gemini 11 where they used the Agena Target Vehicle to boost the capsule into an even higher orbit? That would be fun to see!

  • @sven518-7
    @sven518-7 3 роки тому +2

    Have a lovely day everyone!

  • @witekstadler4823
    @witekstadler4823 3 роки тому +2

    i'm waiting for apollo program speedrun ;)

  • @lachlanarbuckle8539
    @lachlanarbuckle8539 3 роки тому

    Amazing

  • @epicgaming8944
    @epicgaming8944 3 роки тому

    You realy deserve 1 mil

  • @mihirgajjarv-b6358
    @mihirgajjarv-b6358 2 роки тому +1

    Nasa be like - Give his address We are hiring him right now 🤣🤣

  • @andrewjohnroberts9113
    @andrewjohnroberts9113 3 роки тому

    if you can recall you you made a space station with all the gizmos gravity wheels and all that science stuff? is it possible to make a mothership by building it in stages and then attach them in space. After which you could utilise docking for boarding and then pilot the mothership like an SSTO. Have it refuel in space every so often. For it to travel the local and further systems. If so could you make multiple rovers to collect samples and then have them jettison back to the mothership and collate data?

  • @memeboi8483
    @memeboi8483 3 роки тому

    Are you going to do the space shuttle after the apollo video?

  • @jordandegraaff
    @jordandegraaff 3 роки тому

    Matt, did you see they used some of your footage from the Moonship video in a KSP2 video?

  • @GodOfWallpaper9526
    @GodOfWallpaper9526 3 роки тому

    This is nice

  • @capnrotbart
    @capnrotbart 3 роки тому

    If I recall correctly one of their objectives was spinning the Gemini Agena together to create some gravity. Well, instead they managed to spin Gemini around its main axis instead and have the astronauts nearly pass out and die. Luckily Neil Armstrong had a Jeb moment and saved the day.

  • @fetzie23
    @fetzie23 3 роки тому

    Will you including the explosions and disaster recovery when it comes to Apollo 13?

  • @jackandersen1262
    @jackandersen1262 3 роки тому

    Some of the Bell 8000 series engines (like those used on Agena) could be ignited practically an infinite number of times.

  • @ignArthurism
    @ignArthurism 2 роки тому +2

    "So maybe at the end of this series I'll do a big deep space cleanup"
    Well that aged like milk

  • @pranavarvind4281
    @pranavarvind4281 3 роки тому

    There is one thing. On Gemini 10, the Agena was used to boost the Gemini-Agena combination to a higher orbit.

  • @chrlz8211
    @chrlz8211 3 роки тому

    dang, 10 minutes after i went to sleep after being up in the middle of the night, i missed a matt lowne upload. feelsbadman

  • @weevil9256
    @weevil9256 3 роки тому

    I used a tapered fuel tank to 2 vector engines at the bottom for a cooler and more accurate looking titan II for my Martian Gemini mission

  • @SonicBST
    @SonicBST 3 роки тому

    I actually tried to build a stock N1 rocket but it didn't have enough fuel to get to the mun and back.

  • @etstudios
    @etstudios 3 роки тому +1

    So Matt, next year there's only one way to top this. Do it in again but in Realism Overhaul...

  • @catz8449
    @catz8449 Рік тому

    You forgot the part where the Agena docking nearly killed the astronauts as the Gemini capsule started spinning uncontrollably

  • @alejandraromero5825
    @alejandraromero5825 Рік тому

    Great lowne

  • @therealdeal3562
    @therealdeal3562 3 роки тому +2

    Matt throughout this video: nasa has ppl who has skill issues and I will be ez on them becuz am pro

  • @iembot8104
    @iembot8104 3 роки тому

    @Matt Lowne you can download this mod called FASA and make sure you download the dependency RapMasterProp. It able to give you parts for like NASA SATERN V

    • @marktynan6045
      @marktynan6045 3 роки тому

      He said in a previous video that he is using stock parts only

  • @Hal_Bennett
    @Hal_Bennett 3 роки тому +2

    Huh, I didn't realize how little I knew about the Gemini program

    • @iramercer4535
      @iramercer4535 3 роки тому

      Its kinda the black sheep of the historical space capsules. I think the mercury was much more known.

  • @outblucks6724
    @outblucks6724 3 роки тому

    Hello I love ur content keep it up

  • @disorganizedmaking
    @disorganizedmaking 3 роки тому +2

    “At the end of the day this series is not only about me showcasing you know very famous historic space flights, but also allowing me to one up the noooobs at NASA and showcasing my superior ability’s as a rocket scientist“ Matt Lowne 2k21. What do you mean he doesn’t brag a lot…

  • @TerminatorGamer98
    @TerminatorGamer98 3 роки тому

    very epic

  • @danteonpvp6602
    @danteonpvp6602 3 роки тому

    LESS GOOOOOOOOO1!!!!!1!!11 PART 2 BABY!!!!11!

  • @dekkert5272
    @dekkert5272 3 роки тому

    Loving this. Looking forward to seeing the Russian half of the race... :-)

  • @harmony6875
    @harmony6875 3 роки тому

    Can you do a Video about all your mods that would be great!

  • @adriansmith3825
    @adriansmith3825 3 роки тому

    Mat what is that visual mod for the engines

  • @infamousquest
    @infamousquest 3 роки тому

    Best UA-camr no better so good

  • @mrwaddles6840
    @mrwaddles6840 2 роки тому

    what mods does Matt use in this video for the the engines.