Elite Dangerous - Local explorations - Solar system landings part 1 - Mercury, earth, mars, etc

In this transmission I head off on a journey to land on every planet and moon possible within the solar system. See if I can make it to Mercury, Venus, Earth and the moon, Mars, Jupiter and its moons of Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa , Saturn and its moons of Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan and Iapetus, Uranus and its moons of Titania, Oberon, Umbriel and Ariel, Neptune and its moon Triton, and finally the dwarf planet Pluto and its moon Charon. Elite Dangerous Horizons - I recently saw this advertised in the trailers before Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Great placement Frontier Developments and David Braben! Don't own Elite or the Horizon's expansion yet? Fancy getting involved? Feel free to join me in Elite and support this channel via the affiliate links below: Get Elite Dangerous here WITHOUT horizons for just £9.99 for a limited time: ****** Get Elite Dangerous with Horizons expansion here: ****** Or just get a cool new paintjob here: ****** Use the same HOTAS control system as me: ****** ELITE: DANGEROUS 400 BILLION STAR SYSTEMS. INFINITE FREEDOM. BLAZE YOUR OWN TRAIL Take control of your own starship in a cutthroat galaxy. In the year 3300, across the vast expanse of an epic, full-scale recreation of our Milky Way, interstellar rivalries flare as galactic superpowers fight proxy wars. Some may know you as an ally; others will call you a pirate, a bounty hunter, a smuggler, an explorer, an assassin, a hero... Fly alone or with friends, fight for a cause or go it alone; your actions change the galaxy around you in an ever unfolding story. Start with a small starship and a few credits, and do whatever it takes to get the skill, knowledge, wealth and power to stand among the ranks of the Elite. Elite Dangerous is a sandbox game, but not like Minecraft, set in the future of our galaxy. Elite Dangerous: Horizons A New Season Of Expansions Elite Dangerous: Horizons is a new season of major gameplay expansions for Elite Dangerous, beginning with Planetary Landings across the Elite Dangerous galaxy. Elite Dangerous: Horizons will continue to introduce new features and gameplay as the season continues into 2016, enriching the Elite Dangerous experience with new activities and new ways to play. See my previous transmissions for, amongst other things: Elite Dangerous Review, Elite Dangerous Tutorial, Elite Dangerous Trailer, Elite Dangerous Black Hole, Elite Dangerous CQC, Elite Dangerous Mining, Elite Dangerous Beginners Guide, Elite Dangerous Bounty Hunting, Elite Dangerous Asp Exploration, Elite Dangerous combat, Elite Dangerous piracy, Elite Dangeous Pirate Guide, Elite Dangerous docking, Elite Dangerous dogfight, Elite Dangerous exploration, Elite Dangerous earth, Elite Dangerous flight assist off, Elite Dangerous Gameplay, Elite Dangerous getting started guide, Elite Dangerous Interdiction, Elite Dangerous Let's Play, Elite Dangerous Mining, Elite Dangerous Neutron Stars, Elite Dangerous New Ships, Elite Dangerous Nebula, Elite Dangerous pvp, Elite Dangerous Walkthroughs and much more! And soon on the Elite Dangerous Horizons expansion: Elite Dangerous Planet Landing, Elite Dangerous Xbox One, Elite Dangerous Imperial Ship reviews such as the Imperial Eagle, Imperial Cutter, Imperial Clipper, Federal Ship reviews such as the Federal Assault Ship, Federal Corvette, Vulture and the Federal Fer de Lance, Elite Dangerous smuggling, Investigation into the Elite Dangerous unknown artefact, Elite Dangerous Powerplay undermining, Elite Dangerous wings and more! Music used: by Jens Kiilstofte: ****** licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (******

I'm here in the M Gorbachev station obiting earth in the Solar, or Sol, system. As you may know, I've recently returned from a journey to the centre of the Galaxy to see the Supermassive Black Hole there. Feel free to click on the link that may be appearing, now, to see my transmissions about that journey. There are many wonders of the Galaxy located in, or not far from, inhabited space. In this series of transmissions I will be taking a look at some of those. in this specific transmission I am going to take a look at the solar system and every planet on which it is possible to land. So, without further ado, let's take a look at the system map. We will be starting with the planets nearest to the sun and working out from there. Starting with Mercury and Ehrlich City, perhaps the largest planetary city. We will bypass Venus, as we cannot land on it and head to Earth for a quick look followed by a look at its moon, The Moon. A quick look at Mars and then on to Jupiter and its moons of Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. We can't land on the moon of I O as it has an atmosphere. We will then transfer to Saturn and its moons of Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea and Iapetus. Titan not being possible due to its atmosphere. The next step then takes us to Uranus and its moons. Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon. From there we take a short step to Neptune, however its moon, Triton, is mysteriously off limits for now. Finally, we will visit the dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. Oh, Triton, what mysteries do you hold? And so now, we are approaching Mercury. Mercury is the smallest and closest to the Sun of the eight planets in the Solar System. With an orbital period of about 88 Earth days. It moves around its orbit in about 116 days, which is much faster than any other planet in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman deity Mercury, the messenger to the gods. Because it has almost no atmosphere to retain heat, Mercury's surface experiences the greatest temperature variation of the planets in the Solar System, ranging from 100 K at night to 700 K during the day at some equatorial regions. There! We are out of orbit! And now out of cruise and approaching Ehrlich City. This is one of the largest planetary cities outside of Earth. From here the city does not look that big. But just wait! Yep, that's right. It's massive. OK. Let's bring this ship into dock. And now, surely, the sheer scale of this place becomes apparent. Forgive the landing, I'm a bit out of practice. Wow. Just look at this. Look at this. They used the same dock design as within the space stations, I see. Right, let's check out this city. Deploy SRV. Err. Oh my. From ground level this place is vast! Oops better slow down for the kirb there. Right let's get some speed up and take a good look at this place. Not sure what those domes ahead house. I'm guessing that this grey part is some sort of official road. Shall we stay on it? Of course not. Looks like a bit of a drop off to the left there, I'd better be careful. I'm assuming the building lit up in blue ahead is the centre of things. OK, getting some nice speed now. Woah. Right over the road. I caught some nice air there. Or, as there is no atmosphere here, I caught some space. Unfortunately the SRV hull is now down to 50%. This appears to be a ring road around the base, lets follow it. Aha. What is this? Exit to surface. Sounds interesting. Lets take a look. Full speed ahead. A tunnel. I assume this takes us through the wall we landed on and outside the city then. Hopefully there is no checkpoint, or toll. Yes! Here we go! Oh No! Down to 25% hull already. This may be a short trip if I'm not careful. I'll have to drive rather gingerly from now on. Unfortunately. Just look at that vista! It stretches out strikingly! Woah Pew, slow down for this lump, don't want to wreck the SRV yet. We have only just started this tour of the solar system. But I can't resist it on the flats. This really is exhilarating. I highly recommend speeding across the Mercurian Flats. OK, after all that driving we can now see Ehrlich City in the distance, still looming large due to its massive size. With my hull at 14% I have better head back now. OK, OK, so I couldn't resist some more speed any you will notice I am now down to 1% hull. I'll try and nurse this SRV home now. How I long for that smooth road ahead. Ah, there we go. Not quite sure where my ship is? Err? Um? I'll have a look around. Finally found it and locked onto the signal in green ahead. Hey, what's that! Aha, another commander in an SRV, there is a fair amount of life going on around here. Very interesting. But i can't stop to chat, I've a schedule to stick to. Back to the ship hanger. Just ahead here as you can see. I've requested docking with my ship. Careful Pew, remember the 1% hull. Oh. Just a slight dent. There we go. And requesting lift off. Until next time Ehrlich City. Having been out there in the SRV I've gained a new appreciation for the vast expanse out there! And, indeed, in here. Boosting out, next stop, Earth, as we are bypassing Venus since we can't land there. And now approaching the Earth, historic home of humanity. Africa and Europe clearly visable there. Of course no trip to earth would be complete without a look at the Farragut Battle Cruiser. The Farragut Battle Cruiser is the mainstay capital ship of the Federation. Heavily armed with classified weaponry, the Farragut stretches over two kilometres long. The very backbone of the Federal Navy, it also forms the central core of the Federation Intervention fleet. The battle cruiser is capable of transporting and operating whole groups of Federal Corvettes, alongside housing multiple F63 Condor squadrons. What would she look like in battle I suppose. And so, now on to the Earth's moon, The Moon. No atmosphere so technically we could land. But, of course, they won't let us. Historic importance and all that. And so now, we have arrived at Mars. Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System, after Mercury. Named after the Roman god of war, it was once referred to as the "Red Planet" because the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gave it a reddish appearance. Of course, it has since been teraformed and so now takes on an appearance similar to earth, though if you look closely you can still see evidence of its former red self. And now we head on to Jupiter and its landable moons of Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. The moon of I O not being landable as it has an atmosphere. That journey, which I suspect will be highly interesting, will be the subject of my next transmission. Until then. Good Luck Commanders, and I'll see you out there.