Minmus Base Online! EVA Construction, Bugs & a Massive Oversight
Part of Kerbal Space Program Interstellar?.
Chapters
- 00:00:00 Mission recap & today’s goal: build a Minmus science base
- 00:03:20 Designing the Minmus base lander (reactor, drills, life support, labs)
- 00:10:15 Overbuilding the Δv (hint: we really don’t need this much)
- 00:17:40 Launch to orbit & initial rendezvous setup
- 00:25:10 Transfer burn to Minmus & mid-course tweaks
- 00:32:45 Minmus orbit insertion & first look at target site
- 00:38:30 Assembling the stack: tugs, lander, and station hardware
- 00:45:10 Realizing the mass balance and engine placement problem
- 00:52:30 EVA construction begins: moving parts and planning the layout
- 01:00:40 “Halfway through I realized my mistake” (weight on the wrong side)
- 01:06:39 Fixing balance & stealing supplies from the station
- 01:13:10 On-orbit science: labs, goo, and discovering the small canisters can’t reset
- 01:20:00 Sketchy EVA: moving batteries, ports & “super dangerous ideas”
- 01:28:00 Phantom Kerbal & reload saga (weird seat / crew bug)
- 01:35:28 Final descent burn to Minmus – please don’t hit anything
- 01:35:47 Touchdown on the flats: Base Alpha officially landed
- 01:36:20 Spinning up the lab, life support and ground tethers
- 01:38:40 EVA screenshots, pylons plan… and realizing we forgot tools
- 01:42:00 Locking things down: engines off, mulch & machinery management
- 01:44:50 Planting the Base Alpha Flats flag & celebrating the new outpost
- 01:50:00 Power budgeting and drilling plan: nukes, solar, and EC usage
- 01:51:31 The horror: discovering there is NO ore tank on the base
- 01:52:44 Shutting down drills & accepting our fate (for now)
- 01:55:03 Building the checklist: ore storage, more power, habs & a Minmus ferry
- 01:58:20 Crash recovery, science lab comparison & series wrap-up
- 01:59:10 Outro: like, subscribe & PLEASE remind me to bring ore tanks