Cleaning up SPACE with an SSTO! KSP 1.9

The space dolphins will be safe once again!
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This video is intended for audiences 13+ years old for the following reasons:
Fantasy/Cartoon Violence
Mature/Suggestive/Adolescent Themes
Crude Humor
Mild/Moderate language
Craft file:
Not supplied - it's a super easy craft to build with the video :)

[@MattLowne]

So I just had a quick look at the Micro Station video - and saw that in fact I DID de-orbit the booster, and it had enough fuel to do so. So I’m not sure how or why it mysteriously reappeared in LKO, probably something to do with an old save being loaded or something like that? Anyway, it did end up giving me a good excuse to make this SSTO, and I ended up having fun with this mission :)

[@giraffeman326]

Matt Lowne your vids are awesome man

[@Cryseris]

How DARE you leave debris in orbit

[@Dnstalford]

Matt Lowne the number of times I’ve accidentally reloaded the wrong save file and played for a while before realising is too damn high!

[@chisbraon9627]

Do you ever get tired of ksp?

[@MattLowne]

@@chisbraon9627 idk, I mean playing KSP is part of how I keep a roof over my head, so I can't really compare it to a different game that I play in my spare time. I still enjoy it though, I like to think that I'd probably still play it if I wasn't a ksp KZbinr

[@batriam5921]

Matt: plays Blunderbirds intro Me: YESSSSSSSSSSSS Matt: well actually no

[@SahajSpaceEX]

😂 lol

[@zack_the_nardo]

10:40

[@theflightchannel7840]

You know it’s serious when Matt swears

[@tuxido4913]

When? I'm lazy so cba to watch it all

[@linecraftman3907]

@@tuxido4913 18:42

[@wildgames5217]

@@linecraftman3907 you regret to die ma man...

[@krimzo7778]

@@wildgames5217 16:24

[@LacyLemur]

probably because of coppa

[@samsherlock2047]

2:37 Matt literally sums up every single video of his ever

[@pegasusted2504]

in every video :~)

[@iami3rian394]

He's always in a rush as well, if you notice. He'll explain burning half before and half after a maneuver node in almost every video too.

[@michaelfallon6382]

Matt: *casually landing on mars whenever he wants, building space stations, doing aerobatic manouvers in space* Me: *screaming at the screen as i crash and explode into the muns surface for the 78th time within this hour*

[@KSPAtlas]

Duna

[@henry-rosenberg]

Me: Crashing SSTO's into my satellites while i release them

[@first-last557]

that's more than a crash a minute god damn

[@KC-bu8qq]

78 mun collisions in an hour? Seems like your just practicing your trans-munar burns! Hopefully you can easily land on the mun now…

[@gsquared8730]

EXACTLY!!!!!!

[@jackalovski1]

Between the blunderbirds edit and the southern comfort review, this is the funniest video I think i've seen on this channel. love it

[@Ahmed_Hasan_]

Ernesto M. Probably not low but for a Matt vid it is funny

[@SomeGuy1000]

He should have played the entire theme song!

[@nzredwolf4048]

15:03 Solar Eclipse, Cool!

[@mathisstraat9967]

And that's why Saturdays are my favorite days ❤️

[@NaraCG210]

My dog just died

[@eleanoruwu]

@@NaraCG210 sorry to here that rip 🐶

[@mathisstraat9967]

@UnshippedFern Bro im sorry

[@LtDogoop]

@@NaraCG210 RIP 😢😢😢

[@Cryseris]

UnshippedFern Yeah, they do that.

[@shrubsong437]

Since Matt talked about uselessness of space stations it reminded me that a few weeks ago I built a dual gravity ring massive Moho station and my friend was like why did you spend 4 hours on that and I just said it looks pretty nifty

[@KSPAtlas]

The Waht

[@Cryseris]

I was watching this video when my grandma walked in and asked “is this that Minecraft game?”

[@Jdearly]

XD UR POOR GRANDMAW

[@fermentedcabbage5722]

Lol

[@secondlieutenan]

Lol

[@brockburton1998]

Its the new minecraft update

[@sodaithink]

Brock Burton yes they added s p a c e

[@sandboxgaming4826]

literally everyone: OMG DO MORE BLUNDERBIRDS!!!!! matt: best i can do is ssto housekeeper

[@dereksgc]

I like how serious you get even due to a single piece of debris. If you enjoy doing cleanup jobs, hit me up I'll give you my save lol

[@David-vz4yk]

DerekSP I got around 1k debri, but they clear themself up during collisions ;)

[@South_Skirata]

Put things up in reverse orbit, make it like nerdcubed's insurance scam plot and make things smash into each other.

[@Furrytrash428]

oh no

[@Ze_Boss07]

Looks at 100 pieces of debris in 1 month

[@SoupySuds]

@@David-vz4yk A

[@makinemecku5424]

This has reminded me of an amazing show about space called Planetes. It is set in the year 2075 when trips to moon are on regular basis and debris became a real problem. The main protagonists are employees of debris section at a space station whose job is to collect space debris. The show is really well made and scientificly accurate. It explores human relation to space and to each other and humans living and working in space. Absolutely amazing show, I recommend it to everyone interested in space. It is on Netflix, as well on other sites.

[@badbeardbill9956]

Is it on Netflix? Are you sure?

[@David-vz4yk]

Bad Beard Bill depends on your country

[@blazapelikan5559]

that's an anime

[@kituschownus4335]

Last time I was this early, Dreams wasn’t copyrighted. Great vid Matt :)

[@shrubsong437]

Kitus Chownus subtle reference Rip desincs old videos

[@InnoVintage]

If you make another mk1 ssto you should use the Soviet airlock as an extender with a docking prot on the end, I think it would look cool at least

[@QemeH]

Matt: "...because the SSTO is more environment-friendly" Also Matt: **loads some megatons of fossile fuel**

[@brucetheloon]

Also, Also Matt: *ignites nuclear engine in atmosphere*

[@MCWaffles2003-1]

Nuclear engines don't necessarily pollute, with many they simply heat up a fluid around the reactor and expel it out the nozzle.

[@QemeH]

@@MCWaffles2003-1 If the fuel decays into something harmless, which none of our current nuclear fuels do...

[@MCWaffles2003-1]

Throw it into space then while you're out there, its radioactive out there anyways

[@among-us-99999]

A nuclear engine that heats up the propellant via heat exchangers shouldn’t pollute anything, but heating the propellant by directly letting it touch the reactor (more lightweight and efficient) directly could lead to some neutron activation..

[@Joe-my2um]

I loved today’s whisky review

[@nethascotx24]

Yeah. Like who watched this for KSP anymore?

[@Joe-my2um]

Nethascot X betas do

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen7027]

I think my favourite part of your work is the style and the fact that you don't abuse part clipping. Keep up the good work.

[@espressocookie8965]

2:02 Annnnnd you're demonetized.

[@harrymanser1813]

I'd recommend placing a stack decouperer on the docking port, with a small nose cone. Then you can drop it before you reach orbit, and the will burn up.

[@Ederius445]

It's nice to see a KSP channel that isnt dead.

[@barmetler]

You could do an episode where you clean after Bradley XD

[@TyhgYT]

Jesus that would take forever. 2 days later he makes a 100 stage to orbit

[@Xibalba_FGC]

Bradley?

[@CountArtha]

@@Xibalba_FGC Bradley Whistance

[@barmetler]

@@Xibalba_FGC Whistance

[@Xibalba_FGC]

CountArtha I knew it. Thanks

[@noahweessmmiiinnn1752]

One of my favorite parts of these videos is the commentary, there are very few channels that do that, and it adds to the greatnesses.

[@patrikhjorth3291]

It occurs to me that it could be an interesting idea to put a small unmanned space vehicle either in orbit or attached to a space station, designed to fly around and push stuff out of space. Just a small thruster, maybe an ion thruster? Some solar panels, a probe core, a docking claw and a bit of thruster fuel. Whenever something gets stuck in orbit, send out this little thing to give it a push and done. Keeping space clean! No need for a dedicated mission to launch an SSTO from the ground every time.

[@jakeosullivan9053]

Make a large space station with lots of docking ports, which you can then dock ships to and refuel before going to wherever you need to go. Make a large rocket fuel tank on it and you can send refueling ships to refill the tank. You could make this orbit kerbin or the mun either would be useful for interplanetary missions. Consider this idea anyway :)

[@karolpietruszka347]

NASA :38615 debrits in the orbit- Calm Matt : 1 derbrit in the orbit - Panic

[@braeeee_]

For the junior docking port on the front you maybe could of just added a nosecose on the end of the docking port and just use the decouple feature on the nosecone to jettison the nosecone when in space :)

[@lirokangaming6937]

Once I was bored on my sandbox save and I decided to make a debris-removal rocket. I got a claw and a nucelar engine and started docking to stuff and de-orbiting it. After 4th debris I got bored, landed the thing on Kerbin, got the laser from BDArmory and started burning down stuff. Ngl, this was hella fun!

[@MikelNaUsaCom]

I'm planning a whole line of SSTO's for my KSP. - one of the roles of the SSTO department will be crew transfers... once the habitats or crafts are in orbit, ferry the kerbals to the crafts in orbit. - I also foresee creating an orbital ship yard, so a few SSTO would be needed to bring raw materials to orbit as well - finally i plan on creating an orbital junk yard, rather than de-orbit anything, I'll store it all in a orbital junk pile, so if i ever need parts out in space, i can grab them from the junk yard if they exist there, instead of pulling them back up into orbit again... rather refit and refuel and recycle... =D they could always turn into deep space probes...

[@MikelNaUsaCom]

also.. southern comfort was my first whiskey experience... good memories there, but I prefer a Guinness to anything else... =D

[@AshenElk]

lol, today's whiskey review was hilarious.

[@toothpastegobbler4434]

Therapist: cursing Matt can’t hurt you he doesn’t exist. Cursing Matt: 16:25

[@andrewmandrona7891]

4:25 things like that are 95% of the reason I use mods. Absolutely love finding little utility type things like that.

[@MarcWeavers]

should be careful with that word that starts with C and ends in virus, other's videos are being demonetised for mentioning it

[@djbeezy]

What is the reason for that?

[@societalreject4]

@@djbeezy KZbin likes to police what people can and can't say

[@HMan2828]

Southern comfort and tonic is great on hot summer days. It's a liqueur type spirit, not really meant to drink straight...

[@Cryseris]

ITS SATURDAY MY DUDES

[@Transit_Biker]

Ooohhhaaaaahhhhh.

[@darthhunter69]

I actually like leaving debris in space. It is beautiful.

[@redpanda7071]

How

[@keengan_]

hey OP, let me be the first to say what the fuck

[@Sorenzo]

I once launched a vehicle with a basket-shaped bunch of girders to push debris out of orbit... Putting docking ports on the debris is probably good practice.

[@josephhagen4493]

I was just thinking of creating a ship to clear debris. Debris gets soo annoying! I love your KSP videos, and I’m hyped for KSP 2.

[@vaultechwithsoup6569]

Matt, I have a challenge for you: You should see if you can get an asteroid in orbit around another asteroid while it orbits something else (yes you can do the sun) Edit: I recommend using the kerbin-asteroid bug where you time warp and they glitch into kerbin orbit then once there are 2 it is just getting a really big craft in orbit around the mun or something similar

[@camerondon3712]

I've suggested a very similar thing. Not exactly the same, but a while ago I suggested getting an asteroid into orbit around the Mun, just for the satisfaction of giving a moon it's own moon.

[@vaultechwithsoup6569]

@@camerondon3712 Nice but did you know irl the moon has its own moon

[@johnburr9463]

If memory serves me correctly, a standard docking port can dock to a junior docking port. So you could have had a shielded docking port.

[@cosmonautical_]

Make a science mode series that you have to have all your rockets recoverable, like Spacex.

[@mikecronis]

The atmosphere cleans up debris.

[@Herbertoes]

1:17 Am i the only one who thinks that ssto looks a lot like the blackbird? Great video Matt C:

[@pika--pika]

16 minutes of wait before today's whiskey review was totally worth it!!

[@luizfernando4497]

About the lab, i used it in my first and second plays, because i couldnt get to duna after going to minmus (and i didnt had enough funds to go anywhere but LKO), and its the only time i used its function

[@DragonsAndDragons777]

No corona virus cases on the smol space station Matt

[@shaunhoadley2676]

Wow Matt, your review of Southern Comfort could not have been any more spot on in my humble opinion. The simple fact that it has the name whiskey on the bottle is an insult to ALL whiskeys or whiskies. I wholeheartedly support the rating of 1, simply because it does in fact contain alcohol.

[@keegan707]

You can put a cone on the docking port and decouple it before your circularization burn

[@intel_v8488]

matt over here just chilling while i cant even pass the docking tutorial

[@samspeed6271]

Great SSTO video. I haven't tried to build an SSTO for ages and your rather cute yet useful spacecraft has given me some inspiration. Southern Comfort is not fit for human consumption. It might make a good antiseptic, but only because no self respecting bug would be caught dead in it. May I recommend you try Glen Moray scotch whisky. It's quite a smooth scotch and is one of my favourites.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Elon Musk making a mess in space again ^_^

[@marjosh30]

Literally

[@yoshi6236]

Recovered fairings and boosters: Am I a joke to you?

[@JebMotorsport]

the blunderbirds video out of nowhere was hilariouus. Nice one Matt!

[@yoshi6236]

Oh boy am I excited for todays hwiskey review! It's also really nice that you a bit of show Kerbal Space Program footage, which is a game I play.

[@markozvekic2448]

I have never seen a man so angry at whiskey

[@Zepha21]

Can't wait for KSP2

[@anishmalla7976]

Matt:*leaves 1 dibres Also matt:i will recover it Me with more than 900 rocket stuck in space:😖

[@hyperpickle4277]

5:50 just a timestamp for myself

[@Bernkra.]

I personally don't pay attention to it, orbits free of garbage and empty rocket stage and rocket booster, because I build each stage so that when they are empty they act as relays. So they still have a functon than just hanging around dead

[@Mr_HandsomeFace]

When that Blunderbird’s intro came on and the entire Southern Comfort thing happened, I laughed so fucking hard I woke my wife up twice. Love you Matt lol❤️

[@mbmurphy777]

Speaking of easy missions, I would love to see some Blunderbirds in RO/RSS

[@KSPAtlas]

SSTO TO PLUTO RESCUING 3948478585 KERBALS!

[@Cheesebread42]

You know, you could have just attached a nosecone to the Jr. Docking port, the docking ports double as decouplers.

[@initiatingspin195]

Yo, Matt be pumping out more videos than brain cells in my skull

[@lahugat3093]

Make a full Vlog of your Whisky collection and take a shot from every bottle. Never done before I swear!

[@gsquared8730]

What u need for an ssto: R.A.P.I.E.R. NERVA UR WELCOME

[@3ctjhseolere]

Having a hard time docking? Use the SSRMS!

[@freevbucks8019]

There is a magic function called 'Terminate'. You press it on a vessel and it dissappears.

[@t65bx25]

*matt the science ladder on the space station*

[@astralwither8402]

Yo matt you gotta rescue a warpship thats around a different STAR

[@kevinradtke3767]

15:02 eclipse!

[@gamereditor59ner22]

I bet in the future SpaceX or NASA will call you for rocket design

[@republicofgamers9842]

The SSTOs that need to go at 440: Artemis and Dragon from Green Harvest.

[@thomasg7864]

13:56 you’re welcome

[@fives6487]

Hey Matt I know I’m a bit late but if u see this you can jettison a nosecone off of the front of a docking port like the original dragon.

[@DragonKillah]

SoCo is vile. I agree with you, Matt and the swear was absolutely needed to convey just how horrid that stuff is.

[@anordinaryarcreactor]

I love Matt Lowne.

[@teamtdm7417]

I can tell that rocket at 0:36 looks like the ares I but a mini version.

[@samhicks97]

It's 2:45 AM and Matt uploads. No sleep for us lads.

[@MaipleRain]

southern comfort best whiskey 100% so good wow

[@oscarsoasisfan6507]

Matt: makes a whole ssto mission to deorbit debris Me: Terminates my debris in the tracking station

[@karynstarr3422]

Same

[@chalbers28]

I love your videos because whenever I watch them I always play kerbal

[@ScalarYoutube]

Your game looks amazing

[@davidcooke8005]

I just had my first near miss with orbiting debris. Gotta get some more orbiting debris up there so next time I don't miss.

[@mirjamberendsenlems]

There is a much more simple way to do it. Just go inside the Tracking Station, enable the look for debris. Then click on the debris and press the terminate button. It will remove the debris. I hope this is helpful.

[@TheFawkesGaming]

Since it has a probe core I don't think it counts as debris... but in any case, for debris within kerbins sphere of influence it's fairly simple (as seen here) plus offers a neat mission you can task yourself while your other rockets travel to further destinations

[@josephblomstrand2129]

He dosent like doing that as he says in other videos he finds this more realistic and fun

[@akthethotboi9711]

To make a shielded docking port just use robotics and a nose cone

[@tomsummers4005]

Haven’t had southern comfort since high school...35 years ago. It sucked then, so perhaps a bonus point for consistency.

[@juoig7799]

Always deorbit or crash your spent boosters. Even if you fling them into Kerbin's atmosphere to burn up, or make a Curiosity rover style landing (where the drone thing landed the rover then crashed). It just keeps the universe clean. Having dozens of random spent boosters flying around in deep space is a danger to operational spacecraft as they can crash and blow up. Even if it's a satellite that's ran out of power. It's best to deorbit it, rather than leaving it there to somehow fly faster than escape velocity and leave orbit or or something.

[@bodan1196]

"Southern Comfort", one of those drinks that taste better comming up, than going down?

[@mango_tgo8361]

thanks Matt for more advice on what whiskey to buy :)

[@got_sin]

99% KSP gameplay 🌍 🚀 1% whiskey 🥃

[@heyjay7176]

You should use MKS and Ground Construction and colonize and make bases and make it a career that would be really fun to watch

[@justarandogamr]

This reminds me of the sr-71 blackbird. You should make a sr-71 blackbird. They fly near the edge of space

[@helenrennie1527]

bananna he made one

[@Ivvelis]

sounds like matt is having wade's water curse

[@harveyandrews4361]

02:02 Did you just say Cor-oh-nah virus? I come here for a good British accent and PROPER pronunciation.

[@etdizzle10]

I'm still catching up on the storyline and inception level of inside joke's within the history of video's, but in this video, the quick wit to explain LITERALLY every reason a conclusion un-thought consequences could just be conveniently explained a way. . .

[@НикитаФедосеев-е9в]

Blunderburds mission? SSTO! Fly to the Duna? SSTO! space station refuel flight? SSTO! Jebidiah stranded on Eve?SSTO WILL HELP YOU!😂🤣

[@rithvikkona8922]

welcome to an episode of matt lowne therapy

[@TheKingjames57]

Never heard a more accurate description of a whiskey lol.

[@nomnoname3413]

For the docking port: Just put an nosecone on top of the docking port, you can jettison when you need the docking ports, its only a one way solution though..

[@TtEL]

1:08 look at that flag it's pretty nice 👌

[@joshmeyer5013]

we havent gotten a new ksp vid! R.I.P Matt Lowne confirmed...

[@TheDonner000]

Last update on his twitter was that he got quarantined due to a confirmed patient having been in a Eye Infirmary he'd been to. All of his tweets were deleted a few hours later. Scary.

[@TheDonner000]

New update: just checked his Discord and he has a update for us today. He was actually going through a personal issue right now, so no worries.