Kerbal Space Program - Island Express 

*Sends kerbals to an island at mach 2, 32 SRBs, opens chute 1/10 second before impact at 30 m/s.* "I'm Scott Manley, fly safe"

I wonder if NASA ever had thought experiments like this... Hey Bob... you ever wonder how fast we can reach Cuba from Pad 39?

I always felt the need to travel to that island in under 36 seconds, so this solves a huge problem for me, thank you!

"Literally welded the pedal..." That's some Cave Johnson type of science there. "Now, you may notice that your acceleration pedal is welded down to the floor of the rocket. That's normal. We here at Aperture science believe in always giving 100%. 100% of what, you ask? Science, of course! Also whatever is left of your body parts after the experiment. You did sign the waiver, after all."

Evidently by "normal approach" Jeb means "approach vector normal to the ground."

I love how the entire thing looks like a massive, spectacular fireball once the final stage deploys.

Fly Safe? Are you kidding me!? :D

4:45 It seems the island is volcanic!

"I'm Scott Manley, fly safe." Scott, you're the worst of hypocrites.

Upside: You get there in 35 seconds. Downside: *YOU ARE LITERALLY ON FIRE THE ENTIRE WAY THERE* (And did we mention the hyper-lethal g-forces?)

what if you made a loooong rocket just about touching the island, then have jeb eva and BAM 1 second

I don't think the 120 G deceleration would be very healthy for poor Valentina.

I like how you just opened parachutes at 1.2 kilometers per second at sea level...

Knowing your history of approaching runways on a -0.05 degree glide slope, I found your comments pretty funny around 1:20 while approaching at a full 40 degree down angle.

Scott Manley Easter egg found, dres has a procedural asteroid belt now challenge: connect as many asteroids in the dres asteroid belt as possible to make a giant dres fuel mining station

So, what's the cost of a ticket to get you to the island in 35 seconds? How many Kerbals would you need on each flight to make this profitable?

If anyone's writing a Scott Manley fan fiction, I recommend using "gravity may not be strong enough to hold us down, the aerodynamic on the other hand are quite happy to punish me, disintegrating my spacecraft just a little bit early"

what's that? unused monoprop in the capsule!?! You can shave your times by a whole fraction of a second by emptying that this means! :D

The negative G force pop from 1200 m/s to 11 m/s in the span of 1 second must be a bit bad for for the lumbago.

I would love to be the Kerbal on the island: "MISSILE INCOMMING!!!" :D

Very nice job! I seen people trying this and I didn't think 35 seconds would be possible, but a Manley Kerbanaught like yourself always finds a way!

i've been having fun with a variant of this, where you take a Jet airplane from the space center, to the island, and back. -RATO is allowed, otherwise no staging -Land at the island and come to a complete stop -Take off, land back at KSC, make a complete stop -No broken/destroyed components, aircraft must survive My personal record is 2:22.

"Oh look, the SRB is still heating up because heat it being conducted to it from the pod! I'm Scott Manley, fly safe"

I was reallt impressed at the end, both by the flight and by the revelation that heat can conduct from one part to another. Meaning your nosecone can cool down between passes when doing multi-pass aerobraking.

"I'm Scott Manley, fly safe" Boi, this could not be _less_ safe without killing the rider! Though if there IS a chance for survival... I guess it's not THAT unsafe.

This is how Jebediah gets to work each morning. Dont worry, as he lands at KSC, he gets 100% funds back!

*everything explodes except cockpit* scott: perfect

Great video, put together really nicely. KSP (and your flying skills for that matter :p), have come a long way in the past few years!

You, my sir, are a king. It is people like you that make this world a better place. You are one of the few GOOD youtubers i have seen. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication. ~DibbonOwl

It took Jeb longer to roll down the mountain than to get to the island.

I love your KSP-Vids Scott, keep up the great work !

that tiny solid booster rocket used for the last stage is the cutest craft i have ever seen (the one with the aircraft cockpit)

How to play KSP: Cant get to where you want to get? Cant get there fast enough? ADD MORE BOOSTERS!!

You're totally crazy. And I totally like it :D Congrats

That was awesome! I hope scott starts making videos like these again

Holy crap, that was amazing Scott. Well done!

It's crazy how when you landed you could still see debris from early on falling down :O

That's quite a delicious voice I hear! Thanks +Nerdcubed for pointing out this honey toned pilot!

"Nice car." - "Thanks. How fast does your vehicle of choice accelerate?" - Oh, just about 18 seconds... from 0 to mach 3." :D

*does an hour of chiropractic adjustments to jeb* "I'm Scott Manley, fly safe"

The female Kerbals are really darn adorable and professional, props to the design team and well done Scott! Well done Vallentina. ;)

Hey Scott, fantastic video for all those people coming to KSP now that we've left beta. Perfect example of the good old MOAR principle: MOAR STRUTS, MOAR ENGINES! :)

The staging was an awesome beautiful pyrotechnics show! :D

Loving the new aerodynamic effects!

You are a crazy man, Mr Manley... I like that :D

Jeb: Yes, I’d like to go to the island but I need to get there in less than 40 seconds. Ticket salesman:ok we can get you there in 35 seconds. Jeb: Great I’ll take a one way ticket please Ticket salesman: Great that’ll be $7,000,000

That's quite an awesome fireball you've got there!

Very nice, i hope to catch your live streams one of these days!

3:52 That's the world-famous "cement mixer full of vomit" landing.

Island express: We'll get you there in 35 seconds dead on.

Nice, That was very impressive!

"and after an extremely long and painful fall, it came to me" -Rod Kimble

That Rocket of hell literally made me laugh more than it should of ! but i guess its hilarious to see how overkill it is but more importantly when you know this new aerodynamic engine dangers make it epic !

This is the Kerbal version of Top Fuel Drag Racing. Speed, Fire, and Explosions.

Very impressive, Scott.

Once again, Nerd Cubed has praised you for being the ultimate KSP player .

As of now, the record is 10 seconds. I held the former record when it was 11 seconds (for a few days). How far things have come!

“We’re at cruising altitude- time to land!”

My Greatest disappointment with V1.0: I wanted MANLEY KERMAN in an orange suit!! Thanks for the great video's Scott!

"Moar boosters!!" -Jeb

Fantastic!

Jeb survives a 9001g change in less than a second only to tumble 900 meters to his death lmao

Aaah the good old days of 1.00. When parachutes could stop you instantly.

How much faster could you go if you moved the launch clamps as high as possible, aiming you a bit more down towards the island? Or would it not really matter?

You are completely off the rails, man... this is crazy

I love how he uses sophisticated language...

2:00 just the type of car jeb would drive to work. really fast, and has explosions and reentry heat. it couldnt be better!

lol that was just impressive! :D

Valentina is one hell of a pilot!

That Jebediah fall was hilarious

More of this! I like these videos better than interstellar

_Ludicrous speed... _*_GO!_*

Ah Scott how lovely, you always amaze me on this game! Maybe you should try to see what's the fastest you can get to the moon? Either using conventional methods still being used today, or your own! Also, I'd love to see you try the lowest possible orbit around the sun! Cheers, thanks for the great video

Awesome!

"Thank you for flying Island Express. Please be sure to pick up your luggage and retinas at the baggage claim."

Great comentary!

that's one fast landing bro

WHAT? When I played ksp 3 hours ago I thought "What was the fastest sb got to the Island?" And boom: Scott Manley video. We must have a mental connection somehow :D

"It's safe" -forced to scrape Kerbal goo off the bulkheads

You can start up a Kerbal pizza delivery system! Just put the pizzas against the hull and you can cook them en route.

Always liked it, when you say fly safe. That gave me that feeling, that yes, I am going to fly safe. Anyways, no I am wondering what your interpretation of a safe flight is. BTW, anyone else learning to fly sailplanes here?

How many Kerbals died for Scott’s speed record? Scott, “fly safe!”

The first time I made it to the island was when I had to make a long range "bomber" witch I now modified no make it around Kerbin twice

Scott I would like to see your take on SSTO's now that the entire aerodynamics model has been changed, which leads me to think that the whole idea behind SSTO's is a bit more valuable now that they can use lift correctly and fling themselves into orbit with turbojet engines

The second one looks like a super-speed-bullet!

Dude the Speed Demon is insane

Brilliant

This makes me want to see how fast you could travel around Kerbin. Takeoff and landing on the normal strip.

I beat this challenge before it existed! I was into Kerbal wars, and I made planes that got there in 1:15 minutes, and that was with guns, bullets, bombs, missiles, and other things By other things, I mean life support, escape systems, entire military rovers, some planes needed tons of fuel to transport the tsar bomba to the North Pole to nuke another thing that slows down these things, bases, life support for those bases, weapons for the kerbals and... What I'm saying is, these planes carry entire colonies including an army far distances, my civil colonies are 25 to 30 kerbals and the army, 75 kerbals. Come to think of it I fly these planes at 30,000 meters in the air. Man that's a lot of things

I find this kinda educational... So! I'm going to try this out ^^ #KerbalSpaceProgram

We choose to go to the island by the end of this minute and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are fun. I ask Scott to commit himself achieving the goal, before minute is out. to land (wo)man on the island and RETURNING her safely to the home.

Thrill Mistress Extraordinaire!

"Fly safe..." as you attempt these extremely dangerous challenges. Heh.

The fastest way I found to do this is make a lawn dart type craft with a probe core, a fuel tank, a turbojet engine, a nose cone and four tiny elevons. I got to the island in 31 seconds

Could you try for the fastest around the planet trip in atmosphere? that would be sweet

Hey Scott, love your videos! Though would you consider ever doing another campaign playthrough?

There's a little known trick taking advantage of the landing leg physics to make a kerbal physics cannon that let's you get to the island in under a second

great speedrun

Personally I would like to see a "how fast can you get to the island AND land on the airstrip" challenge.

Nice Video Scott.Jeb Would Be Proud