We accidentally had the wrong specs on our NERVA / RD-0410 card at 1:26:00. The engine cycle type should be “nuclear/closed” and fuel should say Hydrogen. We messed something up there, our apologies. Also: I pronounced names the best I could. I listened to lots of documentaries and stuff and tried my best, but it’s not great 😂 so sorry! I’m terrible enough at pronouncing things in English, let alone Russian 😬
Oh man Tim, you were so close to perfection! Mate, it was an amazing video, thank you so much for creating this. I firmly believe videos like this video will form key knowledge databases for centuries to come. 🤟🏽
You pronounce "e" in Korolev correctly (as "io"), but the thing that was bogging me was the second "o" - it should be the same as the first "o" (so "Koroliov", not "Koreliov")
Imma disagree with Korolev being 4 syllables. But at the same time if that’s the biggest gripe I’ve got about a 90 minute deep dive into rocket engines where most of the technical details you need are in a tricky foreign language then I’d say it’s a pretty bang up job you did.
Tim, there are big-budget documentary makers like Discovery & NatGeo who have far more resources at their disposal and make _far more_ pronunciation errors & typos in their graphics.... so on behalf of the dozen of vocal internet nitpickers & keyboard warriors who won't bother to check for your pinned correction, thank you for the clarification. From the rest of us viewers who live in the real world.... don't stress it, we completely understand & it has no impact on our enjoyment of all this hard work! 👍
Shoutout to people like Tim who put together highly polished, educational video content that is more intuitive and engaging than 99% of paid lectures, while being better structured than most textbooks and FREE. In a few decades time when the last public library gets boarded up, you guys will be the last bastion of educators freely sharing your knowledge and research with the public. Thanks for another great watch.
IT'S FINALLY HERE! Congrats Tim. Not that I have watched it yet, but we have seen you pour your heart and soul into this project and I am glad to see you've finally got to the end :)
So now I have watched it I can give a fair criticism; It's a fantastic work that takes a very complicated family tree and presents it so it can be understood with ease. All your worrying and rework paid off Tim, you and your team have produced a masterpiece.
Once again, I'm absolutely floored as to the accuracy and depth of this rather turgid, esoteric material. It is beyond me how you find it to begin with. As a rocket nerd, (if I didn't know better) I would assume there are about 34 people interested in this kind of stuff. Yet you are reaching literally millions of people with a level of production and quality that, frankly, puts a lot of NASA historians to shame, and leads to a level of understanding that the Discovery Channel couldn't convey. Most importantly, you have the young generations looking not at their smartphones, but at the night sky. Most important channel on RU-vid.
Amazing video! I hope Tim makes a history of US engines in the same format. Would like to learn more about the pros and cons of solid rockets, as well as hydrolox.
Thank you for such an awesome overview! My granddad, a rocket engineer, used to work with OKB-52 and later for the Energia project, so recognize quite a few anecdotes you're telling. :-) I think this is _the_ first overview of the Soviet rocket history made for everyday people. Certainly the first of such quality, depth, and extent. Огромное спасибо!
Soviet engines are such an underappreciated contribution to humanity's exploration of space. No one else has had the time, resources and will to tinker around and experiment so much with the design of their rocket engines. At first glance it feels like overkill to develop so many engines, but through their efforts we have learned so much about how to make them as efficient and powerful as possible. Thanks for sharing Tim!
Not underappreciated by engineering nerds! Those brilliant engineers amazing work will _not_ be lost to history, and the contributions they made will continue to play a significant role in mankind's reach into space. What's important going forward is to remember to give credit where credit is due.
Tim… this kind of work is what has EARNED you such a great reputation not only among spaceflight enthusiasts, but also with the highest echelons of the space industry! Congratulations on not only this production, but also all that you have achieved so far.
Tim Dodd: This was an incredible--and incredibly well-researched and well-produced review of the incredible Soviet rocket program. Thank you, both for the respect you showed to the Soviet program and the diligence that you put into this effort. Merveilleux!
por cierto una cosa que me parece extraño es que NUNCA en toda la lista de motores , vi un motor de ciclo expansivo a pesar de la cantidad que han ávido
I visited St-Petersburg three years ago and there is the Russian Rocket Museum where I could see all of them shown and explained. I was amazed about they have achieved and we never speak enough about the Russiansand indeed their scientists and engineers need a proper recognition.
I once heard a beautiful phrase. It was from a man from ex-OKB-154(КБХА as of now) who worked on Energia-Buran project. It was like "we thought in metal" (дословно, "мы думали металлом"). It was like anyone could say anything and if it barely made just ANY sense at all, they went for it. Just tested the idea over and over again. Imagine how cool was that. It may be some kind of nostalgia or over-romantic memories of the past or something else, but given the number of those engines just in this video, I really do believe in this. Anyway, this is video is truly epic. Thank you so much for the great job!
This was so awesome to work on. What an absolute MONSTER of a video, incredible to see my renders being a part of such a great end product. Big props on the editing too, it's so clean - I do not feel like I just watched a 1.5 hour video haha. Reading through the comments is so amazing too 😍
RD 170 is just a masterpiece. By creating ONE engine, the Soviets actually created FOUR. ENERGOMASH never built a 3 combustion chamber variant, but I am sure they would do it in record time if they ever neaded such a configuration.
I'm glad to see the Soviet scientists, engineers, and workers get the recognition they deserve, at least here in the west, for the fantastic rocket engines they created then that are still relevant and influential now. My personal favorite is the NK-33. It's a simple and elegant design, very high performance and the story of it's survival and resurrection is interesting. Thanks for this!
I live in the ex-soviet union now. The idea we were told by the propaganda that they were thick and everything was crap and poorly built and outdated is RUBBISH. Im into hifi and Soviet speakers of the 1970's were built in a way that very high end [$40k] speakers are today in the west. The capacitors they made are still used in new high end hifi today. Things were NOt built badly, but things WERE built to last for a very long time and be easily repaired so designs didnt change for the sake of it - so YES, designs looked old fashioned. I recently bought a 1960 soviet steam iron and it needed a cable. So i went to the local shop and bought the STANDARD soviet cable for things that get hot - rubber insulation wiht a ceramic plug on the end it it cost $1.50 and it fit and the iron works. Every household item that gets hot had the same plug for 70 years. Unlike an iPhone that has a new one every 6 months.
Nazi Germany had terrific technology too as does CCP, which spread a deadly disease, just to see how many it could kill. However. Neither of these countries has any morality or concern for the person. In America, ALL rights are INDIVIDUAL. The govt has NO RIGHTS, only laws and rules. Merry Christmas.
@@IvanIvanov-ni4rs I'd put the Bill of Rights & Constitution written to create America against Russia ANY DAY. The idiots running things now and the woke left ALL should go see what a communist controlled country looks like, and stay there.
Это великолепная работа, Тим. Мне 38 лет, я русский, интересуюсь космосом. За всю жизнь я не узнал о советских ракетных двигателях и половины того, что узнал за последние полтора часа. Браво!
Шикарное видео! В легком шоке от-того что блогер из США делает обзор на космическую технику СССР такого уровня. Надо быть исключительным фанатом ракетостроения и космической техники чтоб выдать такой уровень. Снимаю шляпу, крутейшее видео, аналогов которому (по полноте обзора, систематизации и качестве подачи) на ютубе точно нет. Смотрел с субтитрами в автоматическом переводе и все равно на одном дыхании, все понял без проблем. Пойду смотреть что еще есть на канале и подпишусь пожалуй.
@@la1m1e Можно. Советские технологии отличаются от капиталистических. Советские инженеры проектировали вещи таким образом, чтобы достигнуть максимальной функциональности при технологической простоте. При капитализме гораздо выгоднее усложнять технологию, так как это усложняет копирование и позволяет поддерживать высокую цену на продукт.
Translation: Great video! In a slight shock from the fact that a blogger from the USA makes a review of the space technology of the USSR of such a level. You have to be an exceptional fan of rocket science and space technology to give out such a level. I take off my hat, the coolest video, which has no analogues (in terms of completeness of the review, systematization and quality of presentation) on RU-vid. I watched with subtitles in automatic translation and still in one breath, I understood everything without problems. I'll go see what else is on the channel and subscribe perhaps.
@@hupekyser Given the personality of the founder, I don't think SpaceX's philosophy is different from Tesla's Cars philosophy, which killed the idea of an electric car, turning a cheap, simple, economical and environmentally friendly vehicle into a devourer of resources, money and energy. And NASA will forever remain a symbol of the fact that even in a capitalist society, only socialist methods of management are effective. I think it's obvious that the US wouldn't have a single orbiting satellite right now if General Motors or Lockheed were in charge of the space program.
" Soviet rocket engine family tree" needs to be an interactive map to give more info about each rocket and to see the relationships between the rockets. Please make one!
Just finished and WOW that's some seriously dense information. AMAZING job! I loved it. And yeah, it's a lot but you made it as easy as you could to follow. Really really appreciate all the work that you and your teams put into this.
It doesn't. The author deletes 50 years of Soviet rocketry and lies to his public by claiming. Soviet rocketry program bases on the German V2. This guy knows very well, that without Tsiolkovsky's work around 1900, there would be no modern rocketry. He also surely knows, that the first Soviet rockets flew in the 1930ies and that Korolyov's design bases on these works, not on the German rocketry.
You literally THE person who has inspired me to become a rocket nerd, and 13 year-old-me now is addicted to rockets. So thank you Tim and your team, and may you continue to inspire more young people to become rocket nerds!
Hey do I have the video game for you (but you probably already play its predecessor). Kerbal Space Program 2 is (hopefully) coming out sometime in early 2022, at least according to the last information we've been given regarding release dates that came directly from the developers (who are the only people you should trust for that kind of information). And like I said, I bet you already play Kerbal Space Program, assuming you have a console or PC to play it on (hopefully a PC, so you can use mods). Me buying KSP back in 2013 is what made me the rocket nerd I am today, but these days my tastes have moved firmly into the "exotic propulsion" field, which in terms of how I play KSP means that if it's not running on some form of nuclear energy once it's in orbit I don't really want to use it. (Ion engines powered by nuclear reactors in deep space such as out near Jool/Eeloo, and just generally heavy usage of nuclear thermal rocket engines (and the occasional fusion rocket). Put in shorter terms, my personal favorite solution to the rocket equation is the power of the atom.
A recent college grad here! Just started working in plasma physics. Keep up the enthusiasm, and don't be daunted by opportunities (projects, Kerbal, book, classes..), you'd be building spacecrafts in a few years. You can do it!
Right about that, I didn't know what to expect but sat and watched and thn it was complete. The only thing I skiped through was the final summary because I realised the time.
This is some of the highest quality video production I have seen, balancing a number of different qualities masterfully. In terms of the edutainment qualities, balancing technical knowledge, history, etc all done in as entertaining a way possible for something that could be considered to be "dry" overly technical content, by most.
Ok! Adding "EDA's Soviet Engine Family Tree video" to my "List of things that have been a long time in the making and ended up beating SLS, Starliner and JWST". Absolutely INCREDIBLE video. Also, I have no idea where you got the idea to pronounce Korolev like that, it's absolutely wrong, but I love it :)
@@helloimjryeem1087 The RS-25 is technically better then most anything, looking at it from a performance perspective. Economically, I would much rather work with close-cycle Kerolox
This is remarkable! It's like what 2 years in the making? Amazing job, can't wait to watch it tomorrow, when I'm awake properly. Awesome job Tim! Awesome job! :)
Unbelievable video Tim. Big round of applause. As a propulsion engineer it was fascinating to hear about all of these engines, many of which are completely left out of our studies here in the US. Thank you for your dedication to the research and the time put in to making the whole video+chart understandable.
I've been looking for a soviet rocket engine buyers guide for so long without finding a good source, but this is amazing, thank you Tim! Christmas is saved!
What an awesome video! The detail and time it must have taken to assemble is this is indeed impressive. I worked for Aerojet for a number of years and the references to the NK33 engines and the Antares and Atlas programs certainly brought back memories. Thank you! Cannot wait for your next series.
I started this intending to watch this in stages. I managed to finish it in one sitting not even realizing the time just melting away. If I could smash the like button more than once and have it count I would send this video to the moon. Seriously, outstanding work Tim.
Incredibly great job! There is no any other bloger, who proud of world space achievements (also soviet legacy in rocket engines) as this guy. We are grateful for your talent and efforts
Congrats Tim! You just accomplished what Ive tried to do 20 years ago, when "The Engines That Came in from the Cold" blew my mind! Its so cool that thousands can have the knowledge and talk about it , opposed to the old me version, that had goosebumps (still have) but no one knew what the hell I was talking about LOL!
This is very worthy of a few dozen re-watchings. I waited long for it, watched it immediately, and then a half dozen times since. Fantastic run-down, Tim!
Тим, это просто титанический труд! Особенно приятно было послушать про ОКБ-52 Челомея, потому что я получал высшее образование в его стенах. ОКБ-52 не только разработало ракеты УР-100 и УР-500, но и космическую станцию Салют (или его гражданская версия - Алмаз), ещё тот самый спутник с атомным реактором, который упал на Канаду, и много крутых штук, не связанных с космосом. Лень переводить на английский. Надеюсь, Ютуб сделает это за меня
@@KetanSingh i studied aircraft and spacecraft control systems, aerodynamics, celestial mechanics, non-linear processes. But i got no use of it, since the salaries of young space engineers or scientists in Russia are pretty modest
The "It's done when it's done" video development process really paid off! Great video! Watching it for the third time now, after having seen the patreon preview cuts earlier. The finalized graphics are so good!
Considering that this vid is so information dense I'm still getting a headache after several views, I can't imagine how much of a headache it was to research. Bravo, Tim & Team, you've come up with the best rocket history presentation I've ever seen...
A moment when you realize that some guy in U.S. did an amazing educational video that Roskosmos wouldn't make. Thank you, Tim! This is very inspiring, particularly for young rocket scientists!
Tim, you've outdone yourself on this one! I don't think there's a single resource out there that packs so much information on Soviet rocketry into one 90 minute documentary. This turned out way more impressive than I could have ever imagined. Thanks so much for this amazing gift!
1:13:46 "they planned to have foldable wings and fly the boosters back to the runway near launchpad" WTF!? This is the most insane plan I have heard of!! Amazing, Jesus, a total jaw dropping momnet! You must make a video about this!!!
@@MrMediator24 Can't compete with the spaceX... Hm lets me think about that.... Did you know that Elon and his team was in Russia and Ukraine 8-10 years ago more than once with a hefty wallet , not on vacation to be clear.
For a person with zero to limited knowledge in technical and scientific topics, I didnt realize this was 1.5 hours and I sat through this in one sitting. This material was so easy to sit through and through context, I was able to understand some concepts and it has motivated me to research more. Thanks Tim- New fan and subscriber!
*Loud and extended applause* Whilst I love everything Space, like many I'm a rocket engine nerd first and foremost... this was a pretty awesome early Christmas present. Fantastic job Tim / EA crew / supporters.
My favorite Soviet engine is the IRR solid propellant ramjet aboard the 2K12 Kub SAM system. It was a small scale solid propellant integral rocket ramjet that they managed to get running in the early 60s somehow. That technology is in the West considered to be ridiculously bleeding edge aboard the Meteor missile in 2023
How could you do this to me? I had a perfectly good evening planned out but now I need to watch an hour and a half video about Soviet rockets. Well thanks, Tim!
What an amazing video, watched the whole thing and couldn't part with the screen for the duration. This beats any entertainment movie I've seen this year. My favorite would have to be the RD301, such an insane concept. Also that Buran video (and possibly the max space plane?) Sounds like a winner. This work is too good to not give my support. The amount of work put into this is insane, so you earned my support for sure, and I'll get some merch too. Really really loved the video. Cheers
It's a genuine public service to study and consolidate information to this degree. Just as economies of scale bring technology to the everyday person, consolidation of large topics like this bring the everyday person a much better starting ground of comprehension. Keep doing what you do.
This is just awesome. Enormous amount of effort. Also, it would be interesting to dig deep into GRAU indexes because they can show relationships between some of objects. Especially that with space station modules and their families (including unrealized projects).
Wow...just wow. Work of art, looks amazing. All the 3Dmodels, animations and huge amount of info, incredible. Thank you for this vid, your work is very much appreciated.🧡
@John Houbolt Can't blame him, he's American, it is not easy for them to pronounce those words. I am Croatian which is, a bit closer to Russian, even I can't pronounce some of them😂 The content and the value are much more important than pronounciation imo
As an engineering student, I really love your channel, and this was one of the worthy to watch multiple times. And just a request, I think you can go a little deeper about technical details, we like technic things 😎, keep doing great Tim!
I've just finished watching your video of the history of Soviet Rocket engines & I have to say that you have knocked it out of the park! Bravo to all the Everyday Astronaut team for the most comprehensive and informative video made on this subject. You have turned a VERY difficult to get ones head around item into an artform that will last for decades & be the "go to" for anyone that needs the information. In shot, a fantastic job Tim & team. Scotty. 👍
Now this was an awesome video.. Truly shows how advanced the soviet rocket engines were for their time. Really had fun soaking up all that knowledge. Thank you Tim and everyone else behind the scenes who made this video possible. Kudos!
This was a truly fantastic video. I was apprehensive when Tim was mentioning the project, but this turned out really well presented and easy to follow. Thank you!
I'm ashamed that I didnt find this channel sooner. I used to have a huge fascination of space, but it died down as i though I couldnt go into the space field. I then got accepted into Aeronautical engineering and im hoping to go into Astronautical engineering as well (I'm not sure if Aeronautical engineers can get into Astronauitcal jobs, do let me know if I dont necessarily have to do Astronautical engineering (would save me a bit of time lol)). Tangent aside, this video really reignited that passion of space i had. This video is really awesome to me. I especially love the part at 1:28:50. The sound of the rocket engines firing... like no one can say that's not extremely epic. I also had a funny moment. I was thinking a nuclear rocket engine would be so awesome, then you mentioned a nuclear rocket engine developed by the USSR seconds later. My mouth was open lol. Its cool to know they at least thought of using them. (can't wait for the video on nuclear rocket engines!) In summary, I love this video and all of your content. Keep it up!
Tim, thank you for this awesome video! I think the more humankind is reminded of its history, the higher the chance of making new progress. I feel there's a growing community of those thinking in terms of our being one civilization rather than many separate countries. Just think of the progress that could be made if we all were to pull our resources together. I find great inspiration in the work you do.
Somewhere in the beginning of the video (I couldn't find the timestamp) you said, "... because I don't have the time....". THIS VIDEO IS AN HOUR AND A HALF LONG. Why is it so short?😭I enjoyed it. Good stuff.
Amazing video, can't wait for the nuclear rocket one! I'm doing my MSc in Space Systems Engineering at the moment but for my dissertation at the end of my Mechanical Engineering undergrad I developed a program to automate exploration of the design space of grooved ring fuel elements for nuclear thermal propulsion. I also wanted to give you a shout out Tim as my spacecraft propulsion lecturer has referred to your videos in lectures and linked them in lecture notes! Keep up the great work!
Loved the RD-270, are there any plans leftover from that thing? seems a BEAST of an engine. Love to see one on something someday, a shame it's hypergolic, probably will just disappear into history.
I just can't believe that this resource is available for free to anyone while being better quality than anything one could pay for. Thanks for the amazing work Tim & Team! Edit: One minor thing I noticed at 1:26:05, the NERVA isn't Kerolox and also didn't fly on the Saturn V - doesn't change the fact that this video is of incredible quality.
Bros and Sisses, everybody at Everyday Astronaut, great video!! The promises have finally come true and I've been waiting to watch this since it was first hinted at being made. The couple small mistakes notwithstanding, it is both entertaining and informative. It is a great way to cap off my first trip to KSC and allowing for comparing numbers to the Merlin, Raptor, the RS-25 and (of course) the RD-180 engines. Thanks for keeping things Norminal.
Tim, I know you've been working on this for a while. I just finished watching this video in its entirety. Definitely a legit reference piece that I will go back to over and over. There was a helluva lot of material presented, but in a very consumable way. Very watchable. My only ask: Please don't make this your opus magnum. I look forward to future similar content about other topics.. Thank you so much for your hard work.
13:40 , a very tiny correction with the chemistry there. When you pass hydrogen peroxide over potassium permanganate, the peroxide breaks down into water and oxygen gas. This is a very exothermic reaction, so the water will very often boil if you have enough mass in one place reacting. So in turn, you have steam power, yes, but you also have large amounts of oxygen gas being produced mixing with that steam. This reaction is done quite often on a small scale and classrooms and in shows and is known as the elephants toothpaste experiment when soap is mixed with the peroxide. But yes, it seems like you only left out that it's not just steam being produced. You have a mixture of steam and pure oxygen being produced.
Curious but could you create a machine that uses these principles to create oxygen for astronauts to breathe and even create fuel to burn? Sorry if my question is pretty rudimentary I know from your response that you’re quite knowledgeable about chemistry. Thnx for your answer in advance BYS.
@@chrisdooley6468 you're fine. No worries at all. From what I can remember, they either use potassium superoxide or lithium chlorate to produce oxygen and enclosed spaces like on spaceships or submarines or things like that. They generally don't use the same oxygen and stuff that they use for fuel for breathing. It's usually a whole different system for that. I believe that they do that just in case one system fails, it doesn't take the other out with it. But your idea isn't bad at all. That is indeed a way that they could make it happen. I just think that they have found more efficient ways that use less material and produce more oxygen. Sorry for my late response! For some reason RU-vid did not notify me that you had replied and I only saw it because somebody liked my comment and it gave me that notification. So I clicked on it and I'm just now seeing your comment.
Also, I feel like I should put it out there that I am not the same person as the backyard scientist. Similar names, two totally different people. But I will say that I have been using this name longer than he has had his channel. Lol!
the oxygen does not matter much. even with 100%h2o2 it would be only 33%% on mno2 cat, but you have a water solution, even though a concentrated. so it does matter, but not much
It should be noted that Elephants Toothpaste uses yeast or potassium iodide as the catalyst. Potassium permanganate reacts far too violently to be used for something as comparatively benign as elephants toothpaste
I am about half way through and really enjoying this. I work as a historian, indeed I used to do space history. Because of my bias, I found myself longing for introduction dates or time spans on the chart for each engine. That said, I totally understand that the poster is genius (and a lot of hard work) just getting the information on one poster and attempting to create order out of seeming chaos! Well done. Well done.
Tim: "remember when I said there was a weird boosterless version of the R7?" Me: Oooh Ooooh! I remember! Thanks for your enthusiasm and your passion Tim, I thoroughly enjoyed.
Tim your video was well worth the wait. Informative and enjoyable. Well done. Epic, in the true sense of the word. I’m going to dive back in and watch it again.
Amazing, just amazing. Well done to you and everyone that has helped create this amazing guide. I'm sure this will be used for years and years to show the complexity of the soviet rocket era. Thanks for sticking with it when it got complicated Tim.
Long long looooong time ago on one of the OLF episodes there was "what are you working on" like you guys always asked each other at the end and for the first time ever I heard you basically announcing this project. I am yet to watch it, but, congratulations Tim! When it's done is now. Thank you!
Tim, this video was amazing. Probably one of my favorites of yours. Thank you for your hard work uncovering all of this history. It needs to be remembered!
