Apollo: To the moon and back p2 - Orbiter 2006

[monokhem]

God this music sucks. It is the worst repetitive over used hack piece of shit I have ever hear that wasn't coming out of the Black Eyed Peas.

[TheShiphoo]

more like a long film than a random youtube video

SUBBED!!!

[kamomato]

i can't do that. plz help me

[AroundSun]

what game/simulation is this?

[woutboeing]

@AroundSun This is live recorded footage from the free space simulation game "Orbiter" version 2006p1, by Martin Schweiger. The latest version of this simulation game is version 2010, p1. Google "orbiter space flight simulator" for more information.

[ryan0157]

can you make another videop on how to do all of this for some of us? by the way, great vid!

[JL52300]

Awesome

[Benjaminwwvd]

This is an awesome video. Great job!!!!!

[superfatttyfatboy]

Interesting movie wow

[Malisa104]

what's the music's name?

[woutboeing]

@Malisa104 The song is the theme from "Requiem for a dream": Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell

[fable2omg]

This is really, really, amazing. Seriously. Have you been in the NASA? how do you know all these buttons??

I don't think I'll start trying myself to do this. I'm happy flying with a maule in the swiss alps : )

Really nice work. It is a passion. I wish I could do the same!

[woutboeing]

@fable2omg Thank you very much :). As a matter of fact I have been to the cape Canaveral launch facility. They didn't teach me how to fly it though ;). Eventually it all comes down to practice. (I will admit though that my studies in aerospace engineering help alot with the process). In the comments I refer to tutorials, maybe go through them. if you try hard enough, it will work :), but first you will have to fail a few times. I don't know anyone who made it on the first fly...

Keep trying!

[woutboeing]

@fable2omg There is a major difference between FSX and orbiter. FSX is the 2006 well known FLIGHT simulator from Microsoft which costs about 50 euros. It has a basic spaceflight simulation environment, but its not true to life. Then you have Orbiter 2006. This is a FREE SPACEFLIGHT simulator, online available from many sites (just google it) and with many addons. The low-to-ground graphics aren't that good, but it has the best space flight enviroment. I suggest you give it a try...

[fable2omg]

@woutboeing Thanks, I've found The program to use the addons lol I though it was done with FSX. ITs almost the same. Just to be sure, you are using Orbiter Space flight simultor right?

[woutboeing]

@fable2omg hehe just to late :) see previous comment

[TheSpiritof1969]

@woutboeing

Nice to see a video where someone is trying to explain the basics of how it was done. Two minor points though...

You showed the ascent module with a visable plume coming from the engine, was this intentional for the purposes of the video?

Also the barbecue roll you showed was really fast (as opposed to the half hour roll) was this also done for the purposes of the video?

[woutboeing]

@TheSpiritof1969 Thank you.

If you are referring to the plume at 0:28, then it was unintentional. I did not modify the rendering/texture engine of Orbiter in any way. This was "programmed in". For second part of your question: the angular velocity shown in the video is the minimal one achievable within orbiter (a minuscule step-input at 0.1 time acceleration). If you speed this up to about 1000x time acceleration, that rotation becomes quite fast. This was more done for qualitative purposes...

[kirza94]

im really surprised about the views this is the best video about the Apollo mission to the moon and back ive ever seen I've actually told people bout this video ,,its brill !!!!

[woutboeing]

@kirza94 thank you for your positive reply! I'm glad that after 3 years, people are still enjoying this movie :)

[kirza94]

@woutboeing well it is one of the best vids ive seen :D

[hormanchung]

I like it

[MonkeyPoida]

My new favourite Orbiter movie, good cinematography and great choice of music. Knowing how hard this mission is, you made it look easy. I can never get the LEM capsule to get into a good orbit and dock with the CSM, I run out of propellant.

[woutboeing]

Keep trying! thats how i got there :)

if you liked the editing on this one, also checkout my FSX video for toronto pearson (a day in the life).

[vava54own]

6G? Omg.. didn't though it was that much... can you imagine the friction required for that? And the heat...

[benboy3236]

bravo..bravo... i cant even land with atlantis!!!im so lazy on this game :D

[Lars789852]

nice video :-)

[jonasrohde]

Hard Mission ! You are awesome ;) !

[Scientior]

I think the visuals are truly excellent but a more appropriate choice of music would have made it even better.

[donad0296]

awesome

[Preacher60]

EXTREMELY COOL

[NLonDS]

goeie video! 5 sterren!

[Bounty881]

HOW DO U CONTROL THE LUNAR MODAUL

[Ululuro]

sry to ask again but how the hell do i controll the RCS thruststers? all i can do when i want a lunar liftoff is getting straigth up and falling down again -.-

[woutboeing]

you have to set the right contacts on. before you fire up the engine; make sure you checked if your rcs was working; that'll save you alot of trouble when taking off.

you have to set rcs thrusters on; along with the correct fuel tanks; and the master switch. i do not remember the exact commands themselves, but play around abit with in the cabin of the lm, it shouldnt be so hard to find them.

[applesweeter]

Dear All,

I have some questions about sociology and psychology:

(3) Why do we love travelling to space?

(2) Why do we have a perception that space is closer related with America as well as Americans' culture and values?

(3) Why do we think that space exploration is benefitical to man kind despite the huge financial expense?

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE for your creative ideas and brainstorm!!! :)

[nikthepilot]

Holy Shit this Sim looks Pretty Tough Is there any trainning Missions ?

[exodus2142]

it free to download

[nikthepilot]

PLease Give me The Link!!!!! :D

[exodus2142]

just google it

not that hard

i can find any thing in 40 secs. all i need is a name

anyone can too

[woutboeing]

okay if you want to know how to get to descently fly in orbiter; well that takes practise... and lots of time

if you are referring to how to fly the nassp apollo; you should find the step by step tutorial i used on orbithangar (google this) ; its the first one that shows up if you type in 'apollo 11 tutorial' in the searchwindow; (it's a 30 page tutorial with screenshots)

[Ululuro]

thanks :)

i'll subscribe to you

[Ululuro]

how did you learn that? i just don't get it... how to launch the ascent stage and so... and how do you exactly know when you have to launch it so you can dock to the CM again??

[woutboeing]

it's hard; but here are a few steps:

- check the inclination of the cm

- check the minimum altitude of th cm.

- then wait untill the cm is almost at its closest point to you; you launch.

- your launch should be heading the inclination that the cm has. (your orbits should end up close to eachother) and also try to circularize your orbit at the minimum altitude of the cm.

- then use the dock-hud (using the right target) to dock.

but this takes lots of practise...

[woutboeing]

Sidenotes:

-it could be that you have to wait a few orbits of the cm before it gets close enough. anticipate this.

- just after liftoff; rotate your lm into the compas heading that you wish to fly. (the inclination) then tiltover; as soon as you can.

-while making your orbit circ. burn; correct if you see the orbit deviating from the target.

- if necessary, perfrom normal-track or antinormal-track burns to make the inclination exact; also use allign planes mfd to get the exact same orbit

[Ululuro]

cool thx...

but where did you learn the whole thing? i just downloaded it today... the whole thing is really confusing. do you know a good tutorial for the whole nassp?

[crazyaboutcheesecubz]

I suck at apollo missions just when i think i've reached earth orbit, my rocket falls back down to earth. what is the height for earth orbit?, also this is my like 4rth or 6 time watching this, i just got a youtube account :D

[woutboeing]

the orbit of the apollo missions was about 100 miles above the earth surface; which would make it 156-160 km altitude in orbiter... and just keep trying; use your instruments. (especially the orbit and attitude mfd's)

[crazyaboutcheesecubz]

also what is the control to switch to the cockpit view?

[woutboeing]

F1 switches to cockpit; F8 switches between cockpit once yu are in it. (3d-2d-mfd cockpit)

[osvicafi]

Hey! whats name of music?

[jastrebok]

I love Orbiter but I have some difficulties with Apollo missions since the documentation is in a few cases very poor. I had to make up a lot of things by myself :) By the way - very nice video

[mecagoentoooooooo]

LOL I am doing that emazing travel but by the moment I am wating the TEI Man. Date to return to our planet. I hope that I´ill could make the splashdown on the pacifc like you :D (sorry for my possibles mistakes in my inglish I am from spain ^^)

[jastrebok]

Can I have a question how to lift off precisely to be able to dock with the CSM? What is the DSKY program (if there is any)?

[dampierer]

magnificuttttt

very very good

this video

bravo!!!!

[Jathar2]

What song is this?

[woutboeing]

Requiem for a dream.

[Jathar2]

can you make one with U.S.S. Enterprise? I really want to see one. I have this simulator.

[dickunddoof122]

why i only can make a 30 second movie can anybody help me how i can make a longer movie

[dickunddoof122]

ok i have a question

if i want make a movie how this one. i want make a amso movie. but what i have to do to make a movie. can anybody help me please.

[woutboeing]

uh, you can go pretty cheap: just orbiter, a webcam and windows movie maker.

i used movie maker and Fraps. a game recording thingy. i could also suggest u use Sony Vegas as an editor its very very good

[dickunddoof122]

ok thank you! well soon here is a video from me:)

[Hren112]

Awesome job!!! I still couldn't go to the moon and back with out wasting all the fuel on the way with NASSP

[1BustedMyth]

Fantastic!

Hurry up private spaceflight!!!!!!!!!

[ParaglidingManiac]

Can anybody help me please? Why could I play it earlier and loved, but now I get this invisible shuttle glitch, stars but not blue sky.... it pisses me off! What's wrong? Please help!!!! :(

[woutboeing]

try a fresh install

[alphaaquarii]

A master work, congratulations!!!

[woutboeing]

thanks to everyone for the positive feedback!

[crankyman97]

awsome man

[berkinbuoy]

that was totally sweet! awesome! 5/5

thanks for postin

[choochooguy63601]

how do u get a man to walk out of the atlantis space shuttle?

[woutboeing]

if in th shuttle, just press "e"  then you can perform an eva

[ApolloAchtzehn]

How many tries did you need for this?

(again 5)

[woutboeing]

i think i got it right the 16th time.. (without having to refuel any time) this vid is i think the 19th orso try.

[oliverOwns1]

omg you are awsome at this best video seen yet and i seen lots

[TonyFirelli]

hoax?

[curea229]

Nice job!

[Wesx00]

Requirem for a Dream right?

[woutboeing]

yup... a classic;)

[drumsrus100]

true dat :)

[minorityop]

This simulation is a hoax.

[woutboeing]

nope, this simulation is real; made with orbiter. i really simulated this... so the simulation is definitvely not a hoax ;)

if you're referring to the real moonlanding? as a student in aerospace engineering, im convinced that we did go to the moon; and if you have a problem with that, you can join the rest of the youtube-crazyguys that believe that it's all a hoax, im not gonna start that discussion here...

[minorityop]

Sense-of-humor-challenged, much?

[KurdistanPlanetarium]

Fantastic, you truely recreated the greatest human adventure of all times. thankyou

[drummerboynano17]

nassp has no graphics amso has good graphics

[woutboeing]

let's be honest here: i cant fly the AMSO. i think the nassp is easier to fly... : )

[serge933]

How did you get the rest of the panel? All I see on mine is the left side of the CM nothing more, I can just move slightyly up or down with the keys. How do you get to the other panels and LEM?

[9TKyuubi]

Ctrl+what ever directional key, not numpad.

[killinisthegame]

my grandpaha saw and new every singal astronaut starting from mercury to apollo

[chum561]

sorry but i have just one more question. where can i find out how to do TLI properly.

[woutboeing]

i used a tutorial, download it its really reccommended.go to orbithangar and type in search `apollo 11 tutorial`

[chum561]

i downloaded AMSO off orbiter related site. so i assume that this is what your using. my question to you is during liftoff is it all auto guided and if it is not when do i have to take control.

[woutboeing]

i didnt use amso, i used nassp; for nassp its all automatic till the orbit is established, but idont know about amso; sry cant help you...

[chum561]

i think you should try amso it looks to be of better quality than nassp. also what was the song in first vid

[woutboeing]

the song is 'what if' by coldplay.

[darian5]

Awesome vid, on my Apollo missions I never did the BBQ role, :-) hope I didn't toast the astronauts. Is it a requirement for safety or just to keep the temp steady.

[woutboeing]

its required to keep the sun from toasting one side of the spacecraft while the other side freezes to the harsh enviroment of space... but you kindof had that figured out yourself;)

[twistor96]

Please can you tell me how to deploy the Drougue

chutes and the main chutes? Thank You.

twistor96

[woutboeing]

for me they deploy automaticly after reentry, but check the cockpit if they dont, on the lower left part, you have a panel with the jettison options, one of them is the chutes.

[twistor96]

The best orbiter vid i have seen on YouTube! Well done ;-D

[PSpadafora]

That was the best video I`ve seen on youtube for a long time. Hey you know how and where did you get that apollo mission add-on what web site do you download it from. I`ve got orbiter but I want that add-on.

[woutboeing]

thanks for your great comment, i'd be glad to tell you where i got mine: i googled nassp and downloaded their latest (for the link, try looking in the comments here) . Although latest comments tell me that the apollo from AMSO is much better. i havnt tried that one yet, but youtube vids make it very promising... also go to orbithangar for the tutorial that i used (search comments for link).

[PSpadafora]

thanks. I downloaded the AMSO add-on an it looks way better. It has much better graphics

[rmather161]

Have to say that amso 1.17 is far mor better with graphics the nassp is very poor when on the moon

[woutboeing]

it is i know, but you have to understand, at the time this movie was shot, i dont think there was no amso yet! and if there was, it wasnt known, because i googeld alot when i was looking for a apollo rocket, and nassp whas the only one that came up. so, if i would do it again, it woudl probably be with amso, but im not thinkin of that any time soon .

my video-editing skills improved alot since the time this was made, soon ill be uploading the Orbiter shuttle launch, you'll see;)

[Bikerpropaganda]

Why did you do a skip reentry?

[woutboeing]

actually, the whole reentry is there. only the apollo's made 2 short reentrys instead of 1 long one, to keep the heatshield stable and in one piece. right after the first 'bounce' the apollo went up about 20 km in altitude, almost heading out of the atmosfhere; it was to reduce the stress on the cabin crew aswell!

[Bikerpropaganda]

Did you understand me correctly? I wondered why you performed a "skip reentry", a reentry made with one or more smaller reentries. According to Wikipedia and other sources, the Apollo only did single reentries, though it was capable of performing skip.

[woutboeing]

i went looking for myself, and although i didnt find the exact reentry plan for the apollo, i did find the following:

-When an Apollo CM encounters the earth's atmosphere (300,000 feet), the vehicle bounces or skips back above the atmosphere. From this point, the craft follows a ballistic trajectory until it reencounters the atmosph.. (astronautixdotcom)

In an offic. nasa 5-phasereport on reentry:

Phase 4: Ballistic Lob:

Atmospheric exit and reentry...

Phase 5: Final Entry

so.. now you! ;)

[ProtheanFilms]

That was an excellent movie. I assume that was done in NASSP. Have you tried AMSO, the graphics are better.

[woutboeing]

yes, this was nassp, and i googled amso, and really that one looks way better (i dont know the inside of the launcher, but the exterior and launch pad look very cool, might try that one day (dont feel like redoing the whole movie though ;) youll just have to live with it ;) ) thanks for the tip!

[garl22]

where I can download apollo rocket ?

[Neudir]

What is the key if I want to see in the CM?

Nice video :)

[woutboeing]

it should be solmewhere on your F-swiches, try F2 or F3, i forgot what it was

[Neudir]

No sorry :( its more like first person view of space with guide line. Not in the CM module ;(

[woutboeing]

ok, try pushing F8

this should switch you between the diffrent incockpit views...

[Salrius]

Nice work, It was informitive and quite fun to watch

[woutboeing]

thank you very much

[9TKyuubi]

Hey can you make a video on the future cev mission?

[woutboeing]

ok, u guys may have noticed that i promise alot, but never actually do naything... its not because i am like that, but its justbecause im just having not enough days in a week, or hours in a day. if i could find an extra hour a day, id do it right away, but i really cant promise anything... sorry for any inconvenience

[Eddy589]

Hey can me tell someone how this Soundtrack is called(Name) i´m looking forward it!!!

Mail back

[woutboeing]

try reading the old posts ;)

requiem for a dream, the lord of the rings: two towers version.

[Eddy589]

Hey man I´m looking for the soundtrack of this movie! Can someone tell me how it Called (Name)

[TIREDNDBORED]

You also couldn't help me could you? I'm looking for the apollo add-on for orbiter but I can't find it anywhere

[kos83]

search for NASSP and you'll find it ;) It's pretty hard though, it's full of checklists.

[woutboeing]

ye, type nassp in google, and normally it will guide you to a sourceforge website where you can download it, for the manual, go to orbithangar and type in search apollo 11 tutorial, its a great one that got me to the moon...

[UncleBlakie]

hi. you seem to know a lot about the apollo missions. maybe you could answer this for me ?

what happend to all the dust on their suits when they got back into lunar orbit? did it float around the ship?

[woutboeing]

huh, im not really an expert, but itdhink it got filtered out in the oxigen filters, where the CO 2 was filterd out aswel, maybe they didnt get that dirty :)

[TIREDNDBORED]

As far as I know it was a bit of a pest really, the dust was so fine that it was extremely difficult to manage with. It also could have exploded if there was a loose circuit simply due to the huge surface area it had being dust. But as they only landed with the LM, the dust was mainly contained to that craft. Only trace amounts actually was taken with them back to earth, due to the TEI

[woutboeing]

that sounds pretty logic to me there,

indeed since the lm was disposed and returned to the moon, they could leave the dusty spacesuits in that one...

[TIREDNDBORED]

They didn't actually, they ejected them from the LM beforehand to save weight on the ascent to lunar orbit.

[PhantomReloadedProd]

cool

[MyleneV]

this is awesome! Hey mabey you could try to simulate the future cev flight. Respond back if done.

[woutboeing]

yea im also thinkin about that, though the difficulty is that orbiter keeps crashing on those scenarios (must be my pc) but im definatly considdering it. right now, its busy times here in belgium. but as i have time who knows what comes up ;)

[eeehnorm]

good clip! whats the name of the song?

[woutboeing]

i used "requiem for a dream" and if i remember correctly, it was the evan helsing remake", but im not quite sure bout that

[ranny528]

just to help out abit i have found this music and was listed under lord of the rings the twin towers also as reqiuem for a dream also as winter overture by clint mansell also lux aeterna. hope this helps and woutboeing how long for the next vid of orbiter 2006?

[ranny528]

also i meant to ask.. what is your apollo add on and where can i get it as mine is very good but not up to the level of yours. thanks ranny528

[woutboeing]

hey, nice to hear that u are interested!

im not working on any movies right now, but if you have any suggestions whatsoever (eg a tutorial or so)

thx and ttyl

[ranny528]

it's definetly got to be a tutorial and done so that we who are not so clever can follow and get to the moon and back in one piece. cheers ranny528

[woutboeing]

the original idea was to make a apollo-get-to-the-moon-movie, but as the movie grew, a change of plans was needed.that vid would be well over 40 mins; nobody would watch that. ill try to make small movies showing how to get to orbit, from orbit to moon and so on. but still, its gonna be lot of work; and since im at university now, i have lesstime, but im gonna try it! as we say in my language: wie niet waagt, niet wint (who dsnt try, doenst win) grts, woutboeing

[vercingetorix045]

so you had that thing running on your comp for 205 hours?

[woutboeing]

noo, orbiter is totally diffrent from flight sim. while flight sim is mostly played real time, orbiter has really handy time eccelerations (because of the distances): (up to X100.000 /1day=1sec) for coming coasting, i used X1000, this took me about 300 sec, but i did coarse corrections, so coasting took me bout 600 seconds, one way. thats 10 mins, so very doable, and thats how u go to the moon in 10 mins ;) be advised, when going this, u have to have a good pc, otherwise orbiter might crash

[ranny528]

Hi great video, Ican only get to the point of leaving earth orbit and end up heading anywhere but the moon. more practice needed. i am wondering though who is this music by i love it.

[woutboeing]

requiem for a dream, the lord of the rings: two towers version. i think. but im not sure

[vercingetorix045]

once again excellent, lol that music filled me wih suspnse i was like ok someones going to die lol, but they didnt cause of your expertise were say, nice vid, did it really take like 61 hours on the sim to travel back to earth

[woutboeing]

not only on the sim, but also in real life: almost 3 days of earth coast. the whole mission took place in 205 hours: -1.5 hour for making an earth orbit, then 3 hours of orbit, then 60 hours of coast, then a few orbits on the moon, intotal, about 65 hours they spent in lunar orbit and on the moon. thanks for your comment

[kleinmarten]

I love it realy. outstanding work.

[woutboeing]

thank you. if your an orbiter player, u know its hard... so i apreciate your comment

[LtdBoomer]

great!!...I like how this Video is composed.You have Director-skills!...Well done!!

[woutboeing]

thank you very much :) you saying this makes my day...