Building an Epic Space Station with Reusable Rockets! - KSP 1.2.2

[@MarkThrimm]

We needed a new cargo terminal for the SSTO Space Program, so I thought this one might do. Station dry mass: 1000 tons, when full with cargo: 12500 tons. It needs parts from Umbra Space Industries mods. I hope you'll like it, you're great guys I love you!

[@f1viewer319]

Mark Thrimm you are really the best gamer in ksp! We love you!

[@michelledilullo2762]

Mark Thrimm when ur payload is bigger the the rocket pushing it 😄 love the vid btw

[@rusinol2137]

it was taller rocked had 8 engines and 8 tanks

[@jxmint4458]

Mark Thrimm you deserve way more subs , amazing

[@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120]

can you tell me what music is playing, I know it's from jonhames bornholf just don't know which.

[@Sashagamer614]

you know real shit is up when the launchpad blows up at launch

[@igors.oliveira5809]

"Not even NASA computers can run the take off in 60fps" Lmao

[@Shuroii]

Honestly it's game optimization which is at fault here

[@Skullbrothers]

@@Shuroii not really. No modern simulation runs perfectly in a modern computer.

[@iCore7Gaming]

@@Skullbrothers KSP is litterally put together with duck tape. It's terrible un optimised.

[@evelynscharf7828]

I don't know if you've noticed, but your rockets are slightly un-aerodynamic...

[@achillesa5894]

IIIDoctor_EIII with enough rockets, everything is aerodynamic

[@marcofava]

IIIDoctor_EIII the kerbal solution is More Boosters

[@alexandrearrive6199]

Think about it, how do you space? Simple. Boosters, struts, and moar boosters.

[@zj6074]

Achilleas Angelopoulos correction: With enough rockets, aerodynamics cease to matter.

[@dragonfyre8802]

But only slightly

[@alexandrearrive6199]

I... I have no words. This is simply amazing. You've earned my absolute respect here Mr. Thrimm.

[@thesilentecho2528]

I agree.

[@christyprice1798]

Wait a second why arn't you go to space in the space station or do you only stay on earth?

[@coalescence4479]

I keep coming back to this as one of the best videos you've created. Amazing work, Mark!

[@MarkThrimm]

Thank you, I appreciate that. Stay spacey!

[@MarcusHouse]

Now that thing is a freaking monster Mark. Superb stuff as always my friend! At 2:57 that liftoff must have shaken the bowels of Satan himself.

[@jam_herobrine1642]

You mean shook the Kraken right? well i think you did TAKE THAT KRAKEN THATS FOR ALL MY ROCKETS YOU MESSED UP and all the kerbals you killed eh have 'em i never cared about them anyway

[@LinksSpaceProgram]

Jam_Herobrine Kraken=Satan

[@technicallydifficulties7094]

@@LinksSpaceProgram the Kraken is Satan and God simultaneously, he rips apart space stations but blessed us with the Kraken drive.

[@floo1465]

Jam_Herobrine You at least care about Jeb, Bob, Bill, and Val, right? I only care about them. I even sent a randomly generated Kerbal into out of Kerbin’s SOI with no way of returning. Well, she could probably get back into Kerbin orbit, but she has no parachute. I don’t care about the random ones.

[@hh-ck6ko]

It probably costs more than my whole space program.

[@machintrucGaming]

He is only using recoverable space craft. Only fuel and station cost. And maybe the fairing cost too

[@bartacomuskidd775]

Shouldnt your space program cost half as much?

[@dallangenesis3370]

Jea right ... freegin money keeps kerbals going and brake em (out) one time >.

[@GigawingsVideo]

Your space program is to send dragons flying close to heaven and throw people to outer space expecting the best?

[@bartacomuskidd775]

Only half a man would ignore a short joke Tyrion...

[@fedor4655]

If you look closely you can see it is fake, it is recorded in a game called kerbal space program. smh unsubscribed

[@XsimD]

can't believe Mark would do this. Unsubscribe

[@LordGingerBerry]

Fedor didn't notice a thing untill you pointed it out

[@pandjitandyolegowo3588]

this is disappointing

[@funkymunky7935]

The earth is flat! Wake up sheeple!

[@khamaellol6260]

Fedor I can't tell if your being sarcastic or not

[@YelrocVideos]

Your combination of camera angles and music made the video feel epic. It's the kind of editing I expect from movies. So, professionally done. My only suggestion would be to add credits at the end of the video instead of in the video description.

[@kevinzheng7373]

But like what credits? I'm pretty sure he did everything by himself.

[@gmt1]

You're improving your amazing cinematic editing with every video you release.

[@bf00262]

This freaking amazing... I go to play after a long stint off and I'm like "YES! I GOT INTO TO SPACE!" Then watch this video...Where are my crayons?

[@Overlord2328B]

The marines ate them.

[@bf00262]

@@Overlord2328B Ha! I've got colored pencils!

[@ruhgamed2216]

@@Overlord2328B lol

[@avivfrai4858]

Oh god, you built Trevithick Dock! That looks just like one of the Elite: Dangerous Outposts.

[@MarkThrimm]

Then I guess I did a good job because I was totally trying to recreate its looks. I even had a working hangar at some point, but even with tweakscale it turned out to be too part heavy and I had to scrap it.

[@goistoist]

I thought it looked familiar. :)

[@kittyhawk2352]

I knew it looked familiar, nice catch o7

[@thetab0179]

Aviv Frai o7 Commander!

[@Silentdude__]

'Docking request denied'

[@DayMow1]

guys like you must be hired at the NASA dude, I can barely leave the atmosphere without any failures, good job...

[@markdavis160]

Looks like the NASA concept art of a space station with two or three space shuttles docked and an enormous cargo bay from the 1980's. Looks amazing.

[@awsw2159]

that was absolutely beautiful, good job man keep doing videos like this it's amazing

[@TeaxYT]

Fantastic video the quality is absolutely top notch. Keep up the good work!

[@leontodon4059]

She's a real beauty. Long may she reign! Well done :)

[@RandomPerson-jo7cw]

6:58 "Click Left mouse button to set focus on this part"

[@jacobberger5233]

That is a beautiful piece of work, that is a proper space port.

[@MassLox]

My station feels so inadequate after watching this

[@inf1nity_yt]

Same

[@DezDillendger]

Красавчик... такое замутил... сколько я страдал чтобы просто на орбиту выйти, а тут такое...

[@hamdoginc1]

Great job!!! The music you used is absolutely perfect.

[@leewonnell1192]

This was like a pretty big Space Station. So we got to remember we got to start building our ships in space. We got to have a Star Wars Galactic War. Space Station million people on board we have to just keep building. Something is 10 miles long. Maybe even three times that.

[@musicilike69]

Nice..I'd have saved on the part count by stripping out a lot of the RCS and using a tugboat in orbit to dock all the station parts. Thumbs up for blowing up the pad on launch too..Always nice when your monstrosity obliterates the pad on lift off. :)

[@lucas13flu]

Beautiful shots here and there. And amazing craft!

[@glorgifyn464]

I'm liking the fact you use the heat shields as drag rather than heat shielding.

[@chrishoesel]

So much struts! Such wow! Awesome work.

[@DarkDestinybyC]

Beautiful ! But the station is powered by nuclear power only? hmm... I think you could add some backup solar panels . But overall it's awesome !

[@multipletechnologies]

With something this EPIC you can't say "oh, here are the puny control towers".... Nope, those were CONTROL SPIRES!!!! Great job!

[@ViktorFerenczi]

Beautiful! Really good job! Only thing I missed are the escape pods on the side of the station. (Small return capsules with just enough propulsion to enter Kerbin's atmosphere.)

[@williamwolfs4819]

Does part welder still work? I imagine that could knock a hundred or so parts of this, right? Fantastic station, btw. Absolutely top rate.

[@stevebenz9741]

No, I don't think he needed that. But I bet he used the Konstruction mod & Konstruction docking ports an then used KIS and some kerbals on EVA to disassemble the RCS thrusters once the station was built.

[@OscarSommerbo]

The thing that hit me during this video was how incredibly impractical SSTOs would be in real life, at least for vertical take offs.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

Oscar Sommerbo Anithing with large wings would be impractical in real life

[@hamzaraza3178]

Better than space shuttles even though space shuttles are cooler

[@LBOUNCER101]

I know this video is getting very old now but I can tell you to rewatch it for inspiration for my own KSP series this video is epic

[@Eventzocker]

Oh my.... you sir are a ksp god! Amazing video, very well done! The end was a little too abrupt though, i enjoyed the music.

[@keksentdecker]

unbelievable!!! that is one of a kind space station that you have there :D

[@omamba5105]

Nice space station. Even better selection of music!

[@bartjr2527]

You never cease to amaze me with what you can launch! I'm lucky if I can get a satellite into orbit.

[@tazepsmg]

wow what the actual hell is this :O very impressive work man!!

[@Maddinhpws]

I wonder how accurate is that whole thing in terms of friction if applied to the real world? The reusable construct looks like it should break apart when reentering the atmosphere.

[@MarkThrimm]

It definitely should. Unfortunately KSP does not allow multiple parents for any given part (meaning that you can't make a closed frame) so the only way to get around that is by using struts of different kind. It adds sturdiness to your creations but takes away realistic looks quite often.

[@komitadjie]

*The* most Kerbal of launch vehicles. xD Well done!

[@igors.oliveira5809]

Woow Impossible to dislike this video!! its fascinating to see...

[@maritagarcia5592]

amazing also, neat SSTO can not wait until your next video.

[@hungnhat2602]

I like him when he launch the rocket,nice camera change mark!!

[@RandomnessCreates]

Oh hi mark

[@RaizyCas]

I have to know. How many times did the Kraken attack the station?

[@bartacomuskidd775]

The Jiggles? Ever get those?

[@richtigmann1]

@@bartacomuskidd775 I always get those

[@generalgrievous2782]

You won't truly believe the kraken is real until you've flown a ssto plane to orbit at x4 speed going 400m/s. I have seen things...

[@yoshi6236]

6:58 I thought it was a secret text you put in there. I paused it and it said "Click Left mouse button to set focus on this part". Lol

[@kituh600]

damn guys ! Happy Christmas .......impressive design

[@justiceoswald820]

You have earned your like and sub that was awesome to watch but I hate you because now I'm getting the game and letting it consume my life keep up the awesome work mate

[@Aj61406]

This channel is nostalgic!

[@MrStrictlyPro]

That was incredible man! Love to see more!

[@CupolaDaze]

So what's with the inflatable heat shields? you open them but then enter the atmosphere with them on the other end.

[@RiceWindu]

Andy Cox drag

[@agtshaw]

They work better as high-speed drogue chutes

[@shingojira6612]

Finaly someone who is observant

[@romist6465]

They don’t have abalator on them, they work by using aerodynamics to not murder the rocket.

[@jarediannudalo6074]

this is bonkers😳🤯 amazing man

[@almarman423]

Wowee! Savage build . Wish my ksp on console could handle this many parts so smooth. I get about 1 frame a second with 300 parts on the screen smh. Truly impressive build !!!!

[@James-qd3mw]

Al Marman That's your consoles fault

[@James-qd3mw]

Al Marman Besides, his PC probably costs >$1500

[@jacksondavey4438]

There should be a fairing mod just for these rockets...

[@screengames5307]

There is. It's called TweakScale

[@benjaminghysen4457]

ScreenGames can't rescale the fairings as far as i know

[@inf1nity_yt]

@@screengames5307 I wish. I had tweakscale installed at one point and they don’t resize fairings

[@Kai-bm3ue]

This is just so much more than epic

[@logandarklighter]

WOW. Those launches are amazing! Particularly the "Off center" one. How the heck did you balance that truss with the round tanks for launch? Is the big "U" shaped structure for docking ships like the Flame Leviathan securely with multiple docking ports? Or multiple smaller ships (like the "Bug") for transfer of cargo modules to and from the larger ships?

[@MarkThrimm]

It is for docking large ships like Kharon and Flame Leviathan, but I don't think they will dock with multiple docking ports. I just wanted to have more than one large docking port on the station, so you could technically dock three smaller ships there or one extra huge.

[@d.thieud.1056]

Could you maybe like place a regular sized space station next to it? That way we'd see just how huge it really is

[@MarkThrimm]

16:43 here you have a Kerbal deploying inflatables :)

[@jeremylevine6052]

EPIC!!! Just like all your vids (really need those KSP Forum emoticons)!!!

[@sharkman9k]

Thank you for your service

[@Thargrid]

Very nice. Every time I try to build something that size I get Krakened faster than you can say "God F***ing Dammit!"

[@alanrobbie4851]

Happy your Krakken is asleep. Mine wakes up to stations a third this size!

[@willhaney96]

i love how he uses the heat shield as a parashoot of a sort

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

Your next task: Smash one of those massive artificial gravity rings into it!

[@Crimson-Iden]

Just by looking at this I can see how similar this is to the outposts in Elite Dangerous, if thats what you were going for, great to see fellow Commanders all around! o7

[@TheJamie109]

I've made a fair share of massive rockets like the one you used. I giggle every time I launch one because it is like 10x louder than a normal rocket with 1 mammoth and boosters.

[@fergus247]

Did you see Nertea released a new mod? Its HUGE rockets. Cant wait for a video.

[@colinp8115]

Background music is fantastic!!

[@thetsarofall8666]

thats actually not a half bad idea(the vehicle you used to transport the parts). it could work irl if it had a sort of chamber to store the parts in that would make it more aerodynamic.

[@TheLaserlord]

If only my PC could handle more than 100 parts without chuging

[@brumby92]

its not you my dude. the game is a bit shit like that. I recently built a pretty sweet replica of Serenity but with its shuttles and rover it was 350 parts and was getting 20 FPS.

[@thatpersonyouknow3747]

TheLaserlord the games optimization is kinda crap it lets you build things the game can't handle...

[@comicsansgreenkirby]

but whats the point of the inflatable heat shields if you’re gonna decelerate bottom forward?

[@n4psters986]

this is epic as fuck i just cant imagine how much effort was put into this

[@MatterBeamTSF]

Quite incredible. It must have taken hours of work and dozens of frames.

[@Watson_25]

Я ракету до луны то толковую не могу построить, а тут целая станция, ещё и какая. Ты крутой, чел!

[@Haze1434]

Puts Heat Shields on top of every rocket. Lands rocket backwards, negating any effect of Heat Shields. Heat Shields: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@jaakumitsukai8682]

This is awesome, the only thing I feel that is missing is a solar panel array

[@AflacMan13]

So thiiiis is how a Roraqual is built. :-P

[@OTTaiga]

Hello, I've seen this stunning video of your epic space station. I think it's great that you post the construction files under your videos because I will never be a great builder like you. Unfortunately, the link below the video is probably out of date. Is it possible to get the plans somewhere? This text was created with Google Translate. Good work.

[@terralegend7297]

Ragnarok looks legendary!

[@Dr.Cosmar]

Me: inspired to build something massive in KSP by KZbinrs like this. Also me: realizes they must be using hax because whatever I build would blow up before leaving the atmosphere.

[@shadelz3305]

You know you are building something Big when the docking pads ALONE are more than a 100 tons.

[@YoungStudent444]

I'm from Brazil but I love your channel

[@Ioarseri]

Wow your framerate must have been real bad looking at the station :D

[@MarkThrimm]

It's not! The station has only 326 parts and is actually useful!

[@Ioarseri]

It looks like it has a lot more! Maybe it's my potato PC that causes me too much lag :)

[@JonathanLeitschuh]

How on earth did you keep the part count that low?

[@SeedlingNL]

Big parts :D

[@jokesonyou7667]

Jonathan Leitschuh tweakscale

[@oxocraft]

It's fantastic

[@schattenhai7652]

Epic. I wish we would have on of these things in orbit. ^w^

[@markprocopio7466]

where can i go to learn about mass to thrust and all the info on getting stuff like this to space????? this is awesome cool work

[@krispykrep912]

mark procopio Scott Manley

[@thesaturdaytechchannelwith553]

It would be amazing if you could walk around and see the internals of the space station

[@FunguyGriffin]

This inspires me to build bigger things with mks/oks

[@prakharsrivastava3568]

Kraken really had mercy on you.

[@TheJimtanker]

Absolutely beautiful station. How do you keep the Kraken away?

[@martijnellenbroek6448]

AMAZING VIDEO i love it, plus 1 sub

[@asvarien]

What are the heat shields at the top of the rockets for during reentry? Do they act as parachutes?

[@nicolamassarini8413]

can you show the inside of the base commanding a guy of the crew?

[@cryptictundra]

ok is there a setting I am missing in KSP.... I cant seem to zoom out far enough to make lifters this size.

[@gianb3952]

THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY FUCKING LIFE. It's your first video I watch, and I don't care if K don't like the lther ones... I will subscribe no matter what. THIS deserves a subscription...

[@uCruz_]

I saw that on the thumbnail and I almost screamed

[@johnjohnson1191]

Your computer is God. GabeN does not approve, no one can have a better PC than him!

[@fallen9746]

2 things: did you launch those tanks filled, and what are the engines in the middle of the boosters

[@indicus9075]

Those rockets are less aerodynamic than a mountain

[@Airixsas]

I dont want to even imagine the cost of all these things and the framerate while flying and docking

[@zedukelstarstryker9875]

What are those mushroom looking things at the top of the boosters?