Obliterating the Land Speed Record in Kerbal Space Program - Summary

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The video is about a person who tries to break the land speed record in Kerbal Space Program, a game where you can build and launch rockets and other vehicles. He experiments with different designs and methods, such as using jet engines, solid rocket boosters, liquid fuel engines, and even shooting a Kerbal out of a railgun. He faces many challenges and failures, such as exploding crafts, unstable wheels, and bouncy ground. He eventually reaches a speed of 1.8 billion meters per second by launching a Kerbal at the ground. The video is also sponsored by Enlisted, a World War II multiplayer shooter game that he briefly advertises.

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1. The text is a transcript of a video about breaking the land speed record in Kerbal Space Program, a video game that simulates space exploration.
2. The narrator tries various designs and methods to achieve the highest speed possible while in contact with the ground, using different types of engines, wheels, wings, and rockets.
3. The highest speed ever achieved by a real human being without leaving the ground was 1227 kilometers an hour, which is slightly over the speed of sound at sea level.
4. The narrator's first attempt uses a vehicle called Tonk 3, which reaches 35 meters per second, which is his personal best at that point.
5. The narrator's fastest speed by conventional means is 893 meters per second, using a craft called Jag V3 with multiple solid rocket boosters at the North Pole of Kerbin, the planet in the game.
6. The narrator's final and fastest speed is 1.8 billion meters per second, using a railgun to launch a Kerbal (a humanoid alien) at the ground.
7. The video is sponsored by Enlisted, a World War II multiplayer shooter game that offers historical accuracy and squad-based gameplay.