Project Andoria - Crewed Mission to Pluto Part 1. | KSP RSS/RO/ROKerbalism

Project Andoria begins! In Part 1 of 3, it's time for orbital assembly of a massive cargo ship to transport fuel, habitats, and a lander to Pluto quickly.

This is the largest Crewed Mission I've ever constructed in KSP RSS/RO. It took months of planning, filming, and editing! I hope you enjoy this trilogy :)

Primary Mods used:
AlphaMensae's Modular Launch Pads
AtmosphereAutopilot (Fly-By-Wire)
B9 Aerospace Procedural Wings - Fork (wings)
Camera Tools continued (filming)
CanaveralPads (LC-39A and B)
CRFP - CarnationRED Flexible Parts (Avro Arrow body)
EvaFollower
Ferram Aerospace Research Continued
Hangar Extender (HangerExtenderExtended 3.6.0.1) (build giant rockets)
Kerbalism - RealismOverhaul Config (Life support)
Kronal Vessel Viewer Continued (Blueprints)
KSC Switcher
KSP Wheel
MandatoryRCS Part Pack
MechJeb 2
Near Future Construction
Near Future Electrical (Fission reactors)
Near Future Propulsion (VASIMR)
Near Future Solar
Near Future Solar Core
Persistent Thrust (Handle VASIMR burns)
Physics Range Extender (multi-launches)
Procedural Fairings
Procedural Parts
Real Antennas
Real Fuels
Real Plume
Real Solar System
RealChute Parachute Systems
RealHeat
Realism Overhaul (And all its dependencies)
Realistic Progression One (RP-1) (But this is a sandbox save)
RO Capsules
RO Engines
RO Library
RO Solar
RO Tanks
RSS CanaveralHD
RSS Visual Enhancements - High Resolution (RSSVE-HR 2.1.4)
Scatterer
Test Lite (engine burn time limits)
TextureReplacer
Textures Unlimited
Trajectories
TUFX
WasdEditorCameraContinued
Waterfall Core

VASIMR drive is custom configured, based upon the same stats as lab-tested ones, just scaled up linearly much bigger to reduce part count.

Music:

Space Forces by WinnieTheMoog

Time Is Running Out by Frank Schröter

Familiar things - The Whole Other
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Gates Of Glory by Alexander Nakarada

Rinse Repeat - DivKid
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Digifunk - DivKid
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Sleipnir by Alexander Nakarada

Foreverlands by Alexander Nakarada

Unstoppable by Ross Bugden

Olympus by Ross Bugden

The Empty Moons of Jupiter - DivKid
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0:00 Intro
0:26 Janeway 1 - first robotic exploration of Pluto. [1970]
1:45 Why we are going
2:35 Orbital Assembly plans
3:42 Launch #1 - Seayuz, 3000t "Propulsion core" [2000]
8:06 Launch #2 - Seayuz, 3000t "Booster tank A"
10:30 Launch #3 - Seayuz, 3000t "Booster tank B"
12:10 Launch #4 - N2, 1000t "Shran Core"
14:50 Launch #5 - N2, 500t "Ice Giant"
16:35 Dual Launch #6 & #7 - Saturn V, 100t "Habitat"
18:50 Launch #8 - IEV, 200t "Interplanetary Exploration Vehicle"
21:10 Launch #9 - Saturn V, 140t "Return module"
22:53 Orbital Assembly of USS Shran complete
23:50 Departure for Jupiter [2003]

[Atlas_System]

An alternate timeline where science is being taken seriously and nations are cooperating with one another instead of fighting?! This seems amazing and so much would get done! If only this was really happening as things are really a mess right now

[HeidenLam]

I LOVE your interpretation of a Russian Sea Dragon and an American N1, great video as always

[fork]

You know, I made it to Kerbin space once on a suborbital flight.

Edit: I think some of you may recognise a similar joke in the comments of another ksp video, not by me, this comment was inspired by that one

[NGamingOfficial]

MAGNIFICENT! A mission for the ages! I can only imagine the building/test process was a journey in and of itself!

[charlesblithfield]

I LOVE how the AVRO ARROW makes an appearance! (my mother was the Chief Weights engineer on the Arrow)

[thomasmcdevitt]

I love the Star Trek references! Shran was one of my favourite characters in Enterprise and the Andorians are a fascinating species. The realisation that the color scheme of this mission was based on them was very fun. Amazing mission, I’m very excited to see the rest of it!

[FullyStaged]

I like how these rockets are so big that they make huge engines look tiny

[SpecimenSpiff]

When you see an ICBM being used as a retro rocket, you know it's TD Channel.

[CalvinMaclure]

This should be one hell of a journey! Can't wait to see it!

[orbitalostrich]

Every part of this was incredible. Music, vehicle design, cinematography. Perfect

[znatrix]

That Seayuz launch sequence looks so badass!!! I'm really looking forward to seeing the next parts :D

[MrHichammohsen]

6:50 Korolev would have been so proud! That video is AMAZING! Thank you for this production

[ryanrising]

To borrow some words, Shran’s propulsion module has a frightening quantity of NERVAs. Neutron cross-talk might get a little interesting, * especially for the ones in the middle.
*“Interesting” here meaning “prompt-critical.”
All that said, so far this looks to have been worth the wait. Very well-filmed and orchestrated, and I most certainly enjoyed the bagpipes. Can’t wait to see what happens next!

[TheandOnlyWog]

Amazing! I usually HATE the videos that try to use "Kerblish" with subtitles for dialogue, but you keep it nice and succinct. It actually enhanced the video, instead of detracting from it like it usually does for me. I can't wait for the other 2 to come out today and tomorrow. Which is why you have earned yourself a new subscriber. Keep up the great work!

[JuanPretorius]

Imagine after all of this, they forgot to add parachutes!
I wish I could like a video more than once - this is amazing.

[evildr.porkchop]

The scale of this is beyond impressive. So hyped for tomorrow's part two! 🥳

[KomradZX]

Wow man, the first video of yours I discovered was Apollo 3 and my jaw hit the floor at the speed of light 😂

Your skills ABSOLUTELY astound and amaze me. KSP is just a game, put people like you who think outside the box are literally the only ones who can keep humanity going forward.

Very, VERY cool.

Cheers from St. Louis, Missouri 🇺🇸

[PuncakeLena]

I love the Sea Dragon approach to the largest launch vehicle design.

A rocket I'd have loved to see fly, even just once.

[armaandude]

It’s always satisfying watching the Korolev cross

[marchionimaurizio]

You know it is an ambitious mission when "Sending Stuff to Orbit" makes up basically all of a Part.