KSP 2: Building a Space Station Close to the SUN!

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Inspired by the popularity of when I did this in Kerbal Space Program 1, coupled with the fact that KSP 2 currently doesn't have any thermal heating, I decided to build an epic space station in close proximity to the sun! The Kraken tried its best, but we overcame lots of hurdles to get our Kerbals abandoned in one of the worse environments in the Solar System! For science, of course.
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[@MattLowne]

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[@hcgamer9354]

MATT PLEASE HAVE MY KIDS I BEG OF YOU

[@Wurtoz9643]

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[@endorstick1569]

HELLO 👋

[@blakethomas4462]

Hi love your vids

[@seantaggart7382]

That sounds REALLY good

[@idontknowpir5043]

"we've got that glitch again" is gonna be matt lowne's new catchphrase

[@leesoukup8787]

We need a tee shirt of a Kracken wearing a tee shirt with that phrase..

[@idontknowpir5043]

@@leesoukup8787 hell yeah that would be an amazing merch idea

[@EggdogGuy]

Its basically KSP2's "Houston, we have a problem."

[@SpinnR_FX]

5:20 Bob: "Alright, all systems are functional, ready for launch?" Jebediah: "Ready, commencing launch in 3, 2, 1-" Bill: *remembers he left the oven on at home and fricking jumps out the command pod*

[@DragonChess]

😆

[@patricks_music]

He realized the fate that awaited him

[@SpinnR_FX]

@@patricks_music if he didn't forget to turn the oven off, he would have entered an oven (the space station). True poetry

[@chrisc1609]

Was disappointed the balls weren’t blue..

[@jjeeqq]

When he at suns orbit and turning back to home he remember he forgot sun on, jumps off pod.

[@SamanthaLaurier]

It's been nearly six months and the game is still this busted? I have immense respect for you, you clearly have way more patience than I could ever hope to.

[@JLAvey]

Early access; where you pay the company to be a beta tester.

[@cpthornman]

@@JLAvey Which is funny because even according to Steam's own guidelines of EA that's not the point of it.

[@mattc2639]

not true at all [stares at non blurry text] ./s

[@tomnikoleris4338]

Its an embarrassment to even be released at the price it did

[@themini_b]

@@JLAvey We all knew that when we bought it, but I don't think anyone expected their patch schedule to be half the speed of a snail.

[@genocardosi4185]

I remember being so excited KSP2 was first announced, and seeing the state that the game is in now hurts me more than I can express, especially after seeing the joy and dedication from the devs

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

It annoyed me they paid all the creators to swear it was not early access while showing a timeline that was clearly early access and then switched it up and acted like they always knew it was early access. Not the same dev team or company as KSP1 either so they couldn't use any of the old code for legal reasons so it's going to be a hot mess for a long time.

[@shaynegadsden]

​@@MinistryOfMagic_DoMthey can use all the code from KSP, T2 bought everything from Squad and were even involved in the 2 DLC that were released for KSP. All of the KSP IP belongs to T2

[@Todestelzer]

Im glad I didn’t bought it when it released in EA….

[@DeadBaron]

"joy and dedication", more like "snake oil and acting". Looking back at the interviews, you never see real code editing, just people staring at blurred out code and spinning 3D models around. Then you have all the people talking to the camera that give off that fake corporate vibe.

[@Todestelzer]

@@DeadBaron StarCiticen shared code on yt and got a lawsuit because of it.

[@tarrantwolf]

I like to think, since Kerbals are immortal, that when trapped on a station or outpost for to long and their water, food, and air runs out, instead of dying they kind of become a bit desiccated. They look like living mummies or zombies and in that quasi hibernation state all they can do is stumble around moaning "snacks". But of course after feeding and watering they return to their normal selves.

[@gearandalthefirst7027]

You've heard of Plants Vs Zombies, get ready for... Plant Zombies

[@Jusbale]

Kerbals are fungus

[@md4luckycharms]

tardigrade tun state

[@wte2979]

They are green cuz clean water and food supply ended years ago and now they want to space explore for food and water

[@operator8014]

This interpretation relieves a lot of my guilt, thanks.

[@RadTheImpaler]

"no hope of the crew ever coming home to Kerban, but its fine because once the thermal updates rolls around they will be incinerated instantly"💀

[@Wolfsinga18]

I was sitting here thinking: "Well that turned dark quickly"

[@edwardscott3262]

It's ksp2. They'll starve to death long before thermal heating comes out.

[@nibblingonhistory]

​@@edwardscott3262wait ksp2 has food?

[@lazygamer-vb9rr]

"wow the sun looks so cool..." *Millions of years later where the thermal update comes out* "what another beatiful da-OAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-"

[@CertifiedMicrowave]

Not the sun my guy​@@lazygamer-vb9rr

[@RealNinjaMC]

Hey Matt, you wouldn't happen to be an Outer Wilds fan would you? As soon as I saw this vid I thought "huh sun station from outer wilds" and then I swear I could hear the sun station music from the game playing. If you are then that's amazing! That game deserves way more recognition then it received. One of the greatest of all time!

[@MattLowne]

Yes, that was the sun station music playing :)

[@Remik_alchemik]

Im a big fan of router wilds im happy to know that there are more people that know about this game😅

[@RealNinjaMC]

@@Remik_alchemik I especially like network switches

[@Remik_alchemik]

*outer not router :) misclick

[@opolyk9231]

I super appreciate you using the Outer Wilds' Sun Station theme.

[@mcawesome9705]

Holy frick I thought that sounded familiar

[@seantaggart7382]

Oh good!

[@FlatlandsSurvivor]

IIncredible respect for the OW Community, and/or channel moderation, for keeping any spoliery references out, cause when anyone references OW you know we come out of the woodwork

[@bradcogan8588]

I noticed that. Such a great game.

[@fefelepacha6026]

Was looking for this comment ❤

[@Renewablefrog1224]

*Sees the name "Sun Station"* Science compels us to explode the sun!

[@laird3789]

Science compels us to become cucumbers!

[@pixel_chip0]

I don't think i can work with such a depressing mission statement...

[@jacobbellet401]

The universe is, and we are.

[@Brite-um2tq]

Science compels us to find the Eye of the Universe!

[@ADonutMan]

As soon as I saw the thumbnail and the title my inner outer wilds fan has been reawakened. When I heard the music I was even more delighted!

[@zachbowles4516]

Glad I wasn't the only one!

[@ehtyarlandotiris1197]

Same ::)

[@michagrill9432]

::)

[@udgeyjudge4289]

immensely appreciate the outer wilds sun station music, made me smile so wide when it hit

[@HyperS_LaunchedUpStudio]

Ur pfp is cool

[@udgeyjudge4289]

lol thanks @@HyperS_LaunchedUpStudio

[@johntpoole]

The Kerbal Roaster 🗿🍷

[@JohnHelldiver-J1]

​@@orbitalengineer2800mmm rotisserie kerbal.

[@ElijahWatkins-l3y]

@@orbitalengineer2800yum

[@ThePixelated_kris]

mmmmmmmm alien meat is good 👽 🔫🗿🍷

[@dennyleung111]

tastes like plant too 🗿🍷

[@12pentaborane]

I have no idea why I thought this but I was thinking about a comedy roast.

[@おがまる-22]

I’m Japanese junior high school student but I learn English from your videos. That’s good way to learn English Thank you

[@virtzrl]

I immediately thought of outer wilds when I saw sun station. And I heard that sun station music at the end. Really cool mission idea!

[@charlesbedard4796]

I just love the fact that he put the sun station theme from outer wilds at the end of the video.

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

As a solar station, you should have painted it in gold or chrome color (in relation to the thermal constraints).

[@MattLowne]

When designing missions and crafts, the thing that I always consider is what the thumbnail will be. I painted the station white with colour accents because it would "pop" more in the thumbnail shot compared to gold or chrome :)

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

@@MattLowne Ah ok ^^

[@MatthewsPersonal]

What thermal constraints lol

[@nicklasmartos928]

The bitterness is palpable. I really appreciate Matt soldiering on with videos, but the slow death of ksp2 is painful and sad.

[@BagelBoi4000]

Science compels us to build a station really close to the sun with no other motivation, just science- outer wilds

[@BagelBoi4000]

Great music choice

[@laird3789]

Science compels us to explode the Kerbol!

[@greenwizard2000]

That clip you played in from your early KSP days is SOOO MUCH KSP in a nutshell! Only Jeb on board; 4 FPS; a totally unrealistic, ugly and probably wobbly rocket and some other game on a second screen because one burn takes like an hour. I absolutely loved that xD

[@CannonSP117]

Once the thermal attributes update comes out, you should do a "Sunshine" style mission to your local star. Big, long ship, even bigger thermal-reflective shield umbrella at the fore of the ship. Maybe minus the psychosis.

[@SeizureGman]

The film sunshine was a decen idea but then it went poor when they decided to make it a slasher film halfway though

[@Site90SRPOfficial]

i just got ksp 1 instead of two, and i just put my first station into kerbin orbit, it has radiators and solar arrays, and its an SSTO (in a way) its just one stage to get to orbit then it jettisons that stage and no more thrusters and its in orbit, took me a few trys but my inspiration was from you, thanks!

[@birdmcrandomsux]

If Matt Lowne and stratzenblitz decide to make a video together it’s guaranteed to be the most insane video ever

[@MichaelCoombes776]

Such is the absurd nature of some of the bugs in KSP2, I really thought that Bill jumping out the pod and running off was a glitch. Well played.

[@thegamesforreal1673]

Props to Matt for making the first ever sponsorship transation that I actually REWOUND because it was so hilarious.

[@snek9406]

Nice reference to the outer wild's sun station with the soundtrack during the completed orbit!

[@stevengigrich]

realizing that in order to do that ad read, Matt actually had to make a fake profile of Bill Kerman makes me laugh

[@devcoolkol]

Can't wait for this game to be fully released and see your full potential in this.

[@zllky6241]

game is abandoned

[@razorback8300]

@@zllky6241what’s your source or did you just made that up ?

[@Moritz_Space]

​@@razorback8300he just made it up

[@vaibhavsati538]

5 years at best?

[@dom_the3166]

Never gonna happen sorry bud, re-entry heating was supposed to be added one month after launch yet here we are. Extrapolate that to the rest of the game and it'll take 10 years to be finished

[@Spencer_Ace]

Sonic advance is one of my favourite memories I’m only quite young but my father had a game boy advance this was like 2015 😂😂😂

[@justmike9556]

I actually completely forgot about KSP2 after being hyped about it for the past like 3 years(?). Don't even know how long it's been since it was announced and don't even remember how long it's been out but honestly, don't even care.

[@SlaaneshChampionMako]

ngl i kinda like the random "this part broke off" it shows that you built redundancy into the craft that it could survive minor damage and mishaps without losing mission effectiveness, its kinda oddly realistic. "one of the solar panels broke during orbital adjustment but system redundancy resulted in no loss of function" is a very real-world type thing to happen

[@therealralts]

outer wilds reference

[@cdz9400]

OH MY GOD THIS IS AWESOME! This was one of my favorite ksp 1 videos on your channel

[@Alltel1871]

Y’all, who’s gonna break the news to this guy…

[@rebel6301]

@@Alltel1871 Either typo or I'm pretty sure Matt did the same thing in the original (not garbage) KSP.

[@Alltel1871]

@@rebel6301 k

[@Totally_Bonkers]

i actually love that the sun is so incredibly bright. it makes things so much cooler

[@stuchris]

Also very nice little Easter egg with the sun station music from outer wilds.

[@Totally_Bonkers]

Stormworks: build and rescue is adding a space DLC with semi working orbital mechanics. Definitely wanna see you play that

[@Redeyez2424]

It amazes me that this game has been out for 6 months and we were told right before early access dropped that science was a few months away and recently it was still "months away". I love ksp and it will forever be one of my favorite games but i have 0 faith in this game being finished. It just bothers me seeing their bug list being like 20 items long but then with every patch 5 more bugs come up. At this rate its gonna be years before we see things like interstellar. I hate to say it but i can totally see them scrapping this game.

[@interbard]

Where did the devs say that science was a few months away from release?

[@SaviorTheBurn]

Ksp 1 launch was just as bad. It'll be years before this game is polished.

[@Redeyez2424]

@SaviorTheBurn true, but.... ksp was an original idea and was made from the ground up by one guy in the beginning. This game has supposedly a large crew with all the framework of the original to base their game off of. And the original was free in the beginning and was what $30 when it was 1.0.

[@hurpaderpp]

@@SaviorTheBurn no itll never be polished. the devs dont care. ksp1 worked because it was a small group of devs passion project

[@SeizureGman]

@@SaviorTheBurn KSP was no where near as bad except right at the start and they priced the game as early access. Now there been greedy and pricing the game as a full release but making it as broken as KSP when it was a alpha

[@Slimebomb6478]

His channel is just sending small green things to places that they are not supposed to be

[@daddlebug]

You are so patient Matt

[@matszz]

I'm still upset about waiting for so many years for KSP2 and have this be the result. Releasing such a half finished buggy game, with the Kraken in it too is just a slap in the face.

[@strandedtimetraveler8435]

Your segway into the commercial was smooth and your dedication to what is still a very broken game is admirable.

[@DeadBaron]

They STILL don't have heat in KSP2? Man, I remember when KSP1 was being built by just Harvester before he got a team, and he was pumping out updates and bug fixes faster. Then he got a VERY small team, all of them amateurs, and built KSP to what we have now. KSP2's team is twice as big and actually has a budget not just from Take Two, but from all the Steam sales (which they refuse to refund). Happy for Matt and anyone else that can still have fun, but I can't even land on the Mun without something gamebreaking. KSP1's kraken was never this bad, and again, it was a small team with a small budget, so it was excusable and always was eventually fixed.

[@Thijs_NL]

Regarding the KZbin search, use the sorting option 2 times(Sort on date, and turn it off again), and you will get your normal search results (like, results you are really looking for). Ridiculous UX from KZbin's part

[@imdaogsee3648]

Love your content Matt. Here and Space this Week. I'm living KSP 2 through you vicariously (at least until it's stable and trimmed enough to be a little less of a nightmare than currently so), so please keep up the noble struggle! If space were easy everyone would go! ;)

[@eusuntlorean]

this game was so hyped and took YEARS in development and it's still bugged. really bugged... i'm surprised you're such patient

[@seyeruoynepotsuj]

I played and LOVED Sonic Advance 3. So glad someone else in the world remembers and appreciates it too.

[@rking157]

Oh god, a sun station don't let it blow up the sun. Or start a time loop..

[@Suppise152]

If you get closer to the sun the glow goes away and you get to see it in all its beauty I highly recommend

[@matt8291A1]

Might be before your time Matt, but Gameboy colour is best game boy of all time. It was my first digital camera too lol

[@nukewurld]

As someone that also played with a Gameboy color, I can confirm that you are delusional and are driven by pure nostalgia. That's like saying the original mac computer was the best PC of all time.

[@eekee6034]

It was interesting to see the old clip. That's how I would have played it. Nice use of _Joona's_ gravity. 😉 I like the glow! But the texture is great too.

[@Jake-bt7ig]

I felt a jolt of nostalgia when you played the GameCube clip. I felt like i have watched your content before. Love that.

[@jgproductionen8986]

Its been 6 months. Still no thermals… we will never see this game finished

[@poiu477]

TBH I think a lot of the joy with things like "sun stations" IS THE HEAT MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE. Should have radiators and stuff to carry heat away

[@MattLowne]

Yeah I'll definitely do this again when thermals are added!

[@wyattburke1837]

​@@MattLowneland on the sun

[@That_guy_with_the_videos]

The sun is a deadly laser ⚡️

[@davidchidester5463]

Not anymore there's a blanket. ☁️

[@bllltfi9879]

Somebody played outer wilds!😁

[@shazmodeus2795]

If the frame rates are this bad already, how are they ever going to implement colonies and interstellar travel.

[@T_Mo271]

I'm really only able to watch a KSP2 video up until the first catastrophic game-breaking bug appears, then I'm out. Made it though 11 minutes of this one.

[@kaiperdaens7670]

Hey Matt i hope you read this comment because just wanted to ask you a question, Can you please make a video listing all the mods you use in ksp 1(not only the graphical mods but also the parts mods and gameplay mods) because I have watched some/a lot of your ksp1 video's but I always wonder what mods you use. and maybe make some ksp1 content if possible bc that would be nice. Thank you.

[@dom_the3166]

I'm amazed you haven't given up on this game yet

[@i_dont_know_anymore223]

The cool thing is nasa’s original flight plan for the Parker solar probe was similar to Matt’s gravity assist (real engineering has a great vid on the mission)

[@jaredwilliams8621]

It was actually a more efficient flight path than the one they chose. This new flight path using Venus gives them a few more passes around the sun and the chance to study Venus, which has received less attention than Jupiter, plus much more time spent near the sun.

[@TheOrbitingBrick]

You can actually go through the sun's "surface", which I've done before, and on one attempt my probe reached the core of the sun and got krakened into an orbit.

[@bigstock21]

What a great game! So stable and lacking bugs, and it even had a great dev team that cares about it!!💯💯

[@froos_art]

nice use of the outer wilds' OST there

[@mgunnermusic]

The catch is that at some point they'll update KSP2 to have heat effects, at which point that Jebadiah will IMMEDIATELY BURST INTO FLAMING VAPOUR

[@breacher4423]

I'm happy with the inclusion of the Outer Wilds sun station theme (Or at least I think it's that)

[@christinabalfoort2126]

Possible suggestion: throw a probe with many science experiments and throw it into the sun/kerbol. To make it withstand the heat, put multiple layers of heat shields, you know, the big inflatable ones.

[@proatplanes]

Back when this video was made there was no thermal stuff, but now there is

[@Liesmith424]

Matt: "I built a Sun Station." Outer Wilds players: "I'mma auger into this thing at 2% the speed of light."

[@rainbowkrampus]

Ultimate Spider-Man, nice. That final Human Torch race was a nightmare.

[@panickal]

Outer wilds music 💙

[@rosimatnik]

Yeah, that's literally the sun station song

[@thetelpho2176]

i love all the outer wilds comments

[@laird3789]

::D

[@matteocavedon4684]

Brit makes sun station again for better weather

[@soplander]

Great video, i like how you casually mentioned that they would be incinerated upon thermals being implemented

[@PlanetaryExplorer]

23:21 - outer wilds sun station be like

[@thetelpho2176]

lol i was waiting for an outer wilds comment

[@tasorodri]

Was is the soundtrack too or I was imagining things

[@PlanetaryExplorer]

Did you know that I got the Hotshot achievement by somehow sticking to the bridge section of the Sun Station? Sometimes you're glad glitches exist.@@thetelpho2176

[@PlanetaryExplorer]

The soundtrack was also the same. Meaning Matt was possibly inspired by Outer Wilds.@@tasorodri

[@laird3789]

​@@PlanetaryExplorerunder one of the comment he said that he had played it

[@TheClaw47]

...the big thing I've learned through watching KSP 2 stuff, is apparently I'm the only person to use struts like this in KSP 1.

[@joelhemphill8005]

Playing another game while performing a burn in KSP (1 and 2), is so relatable. I am convinced that nobody uses ion engines without multitasking the game.

[@jimbobhootenanny4440]

It's so sad that a hole team couldn't achieve a functional game when like 2 people built the first one 😢

[@Tanvaras]

In true Kerbal fashion, if you're going to launch a station..... Do it as one massive launch vehicle! // Love the ending, how do you like your Kerbals..... Well Done it seems being that close to the sun LOL. - Great content once again!

[@Totally_Bonkers]

"I intend on launching this as one big monolithic structure because im a masochist" fixed it for you

[@laird3789]

Science compels us to become cucumbers!

[@meelun225]

Bill watching his homies flie to the sun like bye, have a great time

[@Tantalus010]

Have to say, I've been pretty disappointed in KSP2's extremely low update frequency compared to the original - especially given the number of high impact gameplay bugs that remain unfixed. Kudos for suffering so we don't have to.

[@Drnken229]

This proves that Matt has some huge balls, and they're purple.

[@Potatocore124]

13:02 The kerbals are having a dance party💀💀

[@metaworld567]

Matt talks about how he has nothing to talk about, best video ever.

[@RichardVazquez-nb2lk]

Modifying the save file to fix a glitch was a pro gamer move, glad I haven't had to run into that. yet.

[@VodkaDoge]

that transition from vid to sponsor ad was amazing

[@Cnupoc]

the ship having random unscheduled disassembly during rotation was hilarious

[@Jcewazhere]

'Kerberoasting' is actually a real thing in cyber security, and Matt's almost doing it ingame lol

[@Totally_Bonkers]

i wish radiators existed despite no heat, so that post-thermal-update, your ships dont get destroyed

[@RailsofForney]

What you’d want to look for is something called “Bloom” Bloom is a graphical effect which can alter the brightness or sensitivity of light reflections.

[@SpringySpring04]

When you mentioned playing Sonic Advance 3 while waiting for the burns because of the broken time-warp, I was hit with some nostalgia, as I used to have a GBA a long time ago and really liked it. I never played Sonic Advance games unfortunately, but I still really liked the GBA. Good times! Also [spoiler] is it just me, or was it that around 23:00 into the video you started playing the Sun Station music from Outer Wilds?? Haha, that would be cool, Outer Wilds is another fantastic and amazing space game!

[@Mohegan13]

Good thing you mentioned this in the new Eeloo video... YT decided it didn't need to know of its existence.

[@austincarrington7491]

Impressive rationalization for allowing yourself to strand kerbals around the sun!

[@SJ-nr2dj]

Best camera work I've ever seen in this little clip 😉👌

[@JeffreyRobinsonII]

Love the transition to the sponsor in this video, Matt; well done!

[@timkellermann7669]

thx for showing the fix for the bug. Now my kerbals can come home :D

[@Number_055]

Another thing you can do while the game is still in this super early state: Jool landings. Just a thought 😉

[@controversialquestions5095]

When you said bill escaped I thought he was escaping his fate😂

[@Jesse-zk9ge]

I would like to see a giant Interstellar Ark ship in Kerbal one of these days. I particularly like the tube-shaped ones what the gardens and houses and trees all in the interior.✌ Another idea I had personally. I'm surprised we don't use space balloon supported rocket launching platforms. Could we make a rocket station foot on the surface of our atmosphere?🤔

[@mansnilssonmoraeus1447]

You keep mentioning how the docking ports arent that strong when you can literally change the docking port strength before making the campaign

[@jakeumundo9306]

Looking at 2014 ksp really brings me back.