KSP RSS: Building Lunar Gateway with Realistic Gravity (Principia) - Part I

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  • Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
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    This game is Kerbal Space Program and I used a lot of mods when recording this video, including Principia. Principia is a mod that simulates gravity more realistically than the stock physics and that's why I could create this near rectilinear halo orbit that the Lunar Gateway will have.
    In this video I begin construction of the Lunar Gateway and send the first humans to it. Please stay tuned for part 2 when I land on the Moon! This video is inspired by the Artemis and Gateway programs.
    The main mods used are Principia, Real Solar System and Space Launch System and Starship parts pack. For the graphics I have the basic RSSVE and Scatterer but what makes it look so good is the post processing mod TUFX with Fox's realistic profiles.
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  • @drstowaters
    @drstowaters  10 місяців тому +7

    Thanks for watching!
    Part II is published! Go watch it!
    ua-cam.com/video/aV_d0m0GHus/v-deo.html

  • @CASA-dy4vs
    @CASA-dy4vs 10 місяців тому +47

    Average underrated youtuber: *cool and all* vs this underrated youtuber: *literally godlike*

  • @orbitalmaneuvers5452
    @orbitalmaneuvers5452 9 місяців тому +29

    This is fantastic work. The only downside is that you inspired me to go read about techniques for NRHO rendezvous, and just skimming the papers has given me a permanent migraine, along with roughly 784 questions about your mission as shown here. If you have a moment and are willing, I would be super interested in even a few words about your Ap and your relative inclination after lunar orbit insertion. The stuff I was reading (a NASA research paper) was definitely using NASA-level timing, as they were showing a capture burn followed by correction burns, and rendezvous during the first orbit. That seems somewhat (or highly) unlikely in KSP, but it would be great to hear your thoughts. Thanks, and congrats on a great presentation of this mission!

    • @drstowaters
      @drstowaters  9 місяців тому +12

      Thank you for enjoying the video, much appreciated!
      For creating the NRHO orbit I didn't have to arrive in a specific angle of the Moon, because almost automatically it would stabilize and enter the lagrange point, thus creating the orbit. Upon arrival I aimed for the Pe to be seated at the north pole of the Moon, as seen in the video. But of course it required alot of fine tuning after the capture. The NRHO orbit Gateway had required course correction about every 180-200 days but I'm sure that it could be alot more stable if I would put more time into fine tuning the orbit. Sadly I don't have any specific numbers I could give to you about inclination or any other orbital elements.
      To rendezvous with Gateway was very hard, it required precise planning because the orbit is in such a weird angle and high eccentricity. That's why when doing the rendezvous I used a more direct arrival and wasted alot of delta V and time, but I'm sure that with planning the rendezvous could be alot more both time and delta V efficient.
      You sure know alot more than me about orbital mechanics and NRHO orbits! I hope I could provide some useful information! And again, thank you for enjoying the video!

    • @orbitalmaneuvers5452
      @orbitalmaneuvers5452 9 місяців тому +9

      @@drstowaters awesome info, thank you! I really don't know squat about this stuff, and the math is way beyond me, but it's fascinating all the same! Almost all of my KSP time is in re-creations or pre-creations of RL missions, so this was really interesting to me. Thanks again!

  • @zappyfuel5152
    @zappyfuel5152 9 місяців тому +6

    bro the fumnail looked so real i thought it was an official fly by of the moon ngl

  • @Caborrrl
    @Caborrrl 10 місяців тому +4

    One day I'll have the balls to play with Principia. For now, I have to manage to circularize GEO in RSS...

  • @svoper3338
    @svoper3338 11 місяців тому +7

    Very nice!

  • @QualifiedAstrophyscist
    @QualifiedAstrophyscist 11 місяців тому +5

    Nicely done😊

  • @ilzuburgname1973
    @ilzuburgname1973 9 місяців тому +1

    fucking incredible, especially with the stellaris music

    • @RamanNoodles01
      @RamanNoodles01 11 днів тому

      That f-bomb wasn’t required
      (This comment was made by a hypocrite)

  • @17Nightmares
    @17Nightmares 2 місяці тому +1

    dude, I have been trying so many times to get that artemis building kit. I have no clue how you got it, but good video.

  • @Krektonix
    @Krektonix 9 місяців тому +8

    How the hell did the falcon heavy second stage do so much?

    • @yourbrojohno
      @yourbrojohno Місяць тому +4

      On paper, falcon 9 upper stage is incredibly OP. Especially for falcon heavy, where it has like 5000m/s DV in LEO with a 10 ton payload. Unfortunately, it lacks insulation and unless you spin it like he does in the video, engine reignition is difficult due to ullage. However with a few layers of insulation and solar panels it should be able to be active for the 3 days needed. Unlike starship, falcon upper stage has an incredibly low dry mass, and with a very efficient super high TWR vacuum engine, this thing wrecks centaur ii and Briz as competitors. It needs to be this strong because the booster only provides 2200m/s DV of the 9300m/s required for ascent and orbit of a typical falcon 9 launch. so with falcon heavy and especially if you don't reuse boosters, or do drone ship landings, you can launch crazy stuff.

  • @aq_ua
    @aq_ua 9 місяців тому +2

    Only complaint is that the IHAB was supposed to launch as a co-manifested payload on Artemis IV, still a very good video

    • @okankyoto
      @okankyoto 9 місяців тому +1

      Currently all parts after the PPE launch are comanifests

    • @paranaenselol
      @paranaenselol Місяць тому

      Ur wverywhere

  • @Bean-boi
    @Bean-boi Місяць тому +1

    Did you use Stockalike station parts and Artemis construction kit?

  • @cmdryukarin-suki1054
    @cmdryukarin-suki1054 4 місяці тому +1

    Pre FTL civilization

  • @justfelix1425
    @justfelix1425 9 місяців тому +1

    you should use Blackrack volumetric clouds

  • @Rxbbingo
    @Rxbbingo 23 дні тому

    The ICPS is not for the Lunar Orbit Insertion

  • @ZoeSummers1701A
    @ZoeSummers1701A 11 днів тому

    How did you get principia to work with ksp 1.12.5? Which installer/version are you using? Thanks! ❤

  • @robxcarlson
    @robxcarlson 5 місяців тому +1

    what mods are you using? i wont to use them to

  • @MarcusHelius
    @MarcusHelius 10 місяців тому +1

    Persistent rotation really detracted from this video.

  • @user-sk1ps7zi2j
    @user-sk1ps7zi2j 9 місяців тому +1

    A question : Can the second-stage of F9 Heavy restart for lunar capture?

    • @nukedukem6
      @nukedukem6 8 місяців тому +1

      armchair answer; yes, it has been done before on falcon 9 flights at least, not sure about heavy flights though.

    • @kman2747
      @kman2747 8 місяців тому +1

      It depends on a lot of things. What comes to mind immediately is things like LOX boiloff, battery power, mass, and a whole bunch of other stuff I can’t think of rn

  • @anguscovoflyer95
    @anguscovoflyer95 9 місяців тому +1

    isn't IHAB going to be launched with Artemis 4 on the SLS block 1B?

  • @possaxx3509
    @possaxx3509 9 місяців тому +1

    spacex vehicle ro config?

  • @JakubKnop-ml8fs
    @JakubKnop-ml8fs 8 місяців тому +1

    Principia always fucked up my cpu.
    Moon mars venus ok.
    But beyond them calculating many years in advance crashed my ksp pretty fast
    Thats why i lost the motivation for principia

  • @MarcusHelius
    @MarcusHelius 10 місяців тому +1

    Music?

    • @drstowaters
      @drstowaters  10 місяців тому +3

      Stellaris - The Last Stand
      Stellaris - Then Comes Light
      Stellaris - Main Title
      Stellaris - Creation and Beyond

    • @MarcusHelius
      @MarcusHelius 10 місяців тому +2

      @@drstowaters ty, I thought I recognized it from somewhere, perfectly fits the video!

  • @BigCulpLarge
    @BigCulpLarge 9 місяців тому +1

    King 🫡

  • @miovw1872
    @miovw1872 9 місяців тому +1

    😛🙂

  • @WernherVonKerman.
    @WernherVonKerman. 9 місяців тому +1

    cool but no waterrfall, 1/10

    • @drstowaters
      @drstowaters  9 місяців тому +2

      I had waterfall but it didn't work for that engine on the falcon. 😉

  • @Spaceguy69420
    @Spaceguy69420 6 місяців тому +1

    this doesent look like ksp :|

    • @taxmanfunny6729
      @taxmanfunny6729 5 місяців тому +1

      It’s modded so… :/

    • @morningstarkid07
      @morningstarkid07 25 днів тому

      It does once you install the Real Solar System and Realism Overhaul mods.