KSP | Crewed Mission to Jupiter | RSS/RO

A concept for a near-future crewed mission to the Jupiter System and back, using advanced plasma propulsion and Starship, simulated in Kerbal Space Program. The mission is based on the HOPE study by NASA (resources linked below).

Timestamps:
0:00 Cargo Vehicle Construction
4:02 Flight to Callisto
5:55 Payload Deployment
7:33 PCTV Construction
9:28 Crew Launch
11:13 Crewed Flight to Callisto
13:04 Surface Operations
14:58 PCTV and Cargo Vehicle docking
16:05 Return to Earth
19:40 Earth Landing

Running KSP 1.8.1 with Realism Overhaul + RSS
NOTABLE MODS:
- Tundra Exploration (Starship, plumes to be released soon)
- Planetside Exploration Vehicle (Rover, mod is still pre-release!)
- Waterfall (Mesh-based engine effects)
- Near Future Construction (structural parts)
- Near Future Propulsion (VASIMR® Engine)
- Near Future Electrical (Nuclear Reactor)
- Interstellar Extended (Hydrogen Fuel tanks and radiators)
- SSTU (Orion capsule used in the lander)
- Stockalike Station Parts Expansion Redux (Habitation modules)
- RSSVE (visuals)
- TUFX (post processing, profiles by Zorg)
- PersistentThrust + SolarSailNavigator (necessary for low thrust engines)
- Katniss's Cape Canaveral (LC-39A/B and surrounding area)

NOTE: I adjusted a lot of parts in these mods to work the way I needed them to in RO, so don't expect all parts to behave the way you see in this video (especially Waterfall configs, don't ask why your plumes don't look like in this video).

Additional material and links:

VASIMR® is a registered trademark of Ad Astra Rocket Company

[MrIdontknowanyname]

Plot twist: The reason why Nessus was inactive is because it takes the ship 5 months to escape Earth

[LeonardoDaVinci]

I refuse to believe this is KSP. I’m so used to stock KSP, that this seems like a movie rather than a game! How do you even mod KSP like that? Absolutely fantastic!!

[robossbomb]

Everyone’s ganksta until it takes 5 months to leave earths gravity

[theKam]

This is probably the best KSP video I've ever seen.

[NGamingOfficial]

I've gotta praise you for the amount of time this must have taken to perform, amazing work :D

[franzberner]

The quality of all the details of the HOPE spaceships and supporting vessels is amazing! It must have taken months to create all the models, do the programming and mission planning. This is a milestone in KSP space flight simulation!

[Thomas-drnn]

*lands with one raptor engine*

Wait, i've seen this one before.

[Jodo]

Know I've commented before, but this got brought up on reddit so I'll just say again that this is right up there with "Build Fly Dream" for best KSP video ever IMO. Always nice coming back to it. Visuals, music, mission design are all stunning.

[sebastiaomendonca]

This deserves to be on trending, not those awful vlogs

[WasatchWind]

10:43 - this shot is just the coolest thing ever

[fragomatik]

Thanks so much for the mention, mate!
Wow, this is simply stunning work!
Everything - from the visuals to Torley's music - is just *beautiful!*

[DetriotSteel]

Just watched this on my big-ass TV so that I could see, and hear, all the details of this...let me say...Godlike creation...
On a scale from 1 to 10 YOU...sir...are an 11!!! 👍👍👍

[astronut]

I'm a simple man. I see Starship, I click.
Amazing work!

[BraveLittleTomato]

This looks like footage from some documentary about space and not ksp. Amazing!

[Luka_D]

Glad to see the starship being used for what it's good at

[Cloth-bkjn]

0:47 This part gets me so much, I love the music syncing with the de-orbit burn giving it a great vibe-

[leodufour]

Ive never seen this channel before and this is one hell of a first impression

[trbinsc]

I rewatch this video every few months, It's simply the best KSP video I've ever seen. Every time it gives me chills, such an incredible video.

[fernando]

I'm just stunned by the graphics, the work done, the ideation and the execution. My KSP missions look like PacMan or Atari versions in comparison. Congratulations! wow.

[readyplayer]

jeez i just realized i have the cargo starship mod and I've never ever once used it to construct an interplanetary stage. looks incredibly useful!