KSP 2: REALISTIC SpaceX Rockets are a thing now!

I unfortunately forgot to hype up the addition of grid fins in my latest KSP 2 patch video, so here I am again, here to make amends! Enjoy this little Falcon 9 inspired build!
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[@Lukemaster130]

So excited for what KSP2 has in store. Can't wait for this game to keep improving

[@Hectorlph]

Same. Since patch 1.5 I've actually been motivated to dabble in the game again. The performance improvements alone give me hope for the For Science update to be a fun patch.

[@HaiDefinitions]

If it just manages to be a bit better than ksp1, it would be pretty amazing

[@unwoundsteak17]

yeah it seems like the rate of improvement is getting faster

[@HaiDefinitions]

@@Hectorlph Building Planes and flying them feels so good in ksp2

[@jamesdavis-hc2su]

Same. I support our devs and know they are working hard to get us the game we want.

[@randomguy-jd8su]

You can make a stock falcon 9 by just ditching the lower stage right before your circularization burn, and then switching to the booster once the upper stage completes its circularization burn

[@MattLowne]

Yep, I've done this before, but to have a proportionally-accurate Falcon 9 (i.e. the same scale as the rocket in this video) the first stage doesn't have enough ΔV for this. Perhaps I'll do a follow-up using the bigger grid fins

[@kerbalengineeringsystems7415]

Honestly, what I do in game is just make core stages that can reach orbit and then land those back at the KSC after one orbit

[@f00ghters]

oh hey random long time no see

[@randomguy-jd8su]

@@f00ghters oh sup

[@f00ghters]

@@randomguy-jd8suhey

[@DIRTIE1]

i hope ksp2 eventually gets good enough to have stable game play in the very near future i am glad you have been able to do ksp2 content so well even with the bugs and glitches keep the content up man love your videos :)

[@ThisIsBoogieJar]

Yeah, but I’m not going to spend 40 dollars on a game that should have been polished at launch when I can (and did) turn KSP 1 into KSP 2

[@stormhawk4277]

I'm glad grid fins are stock now and I'm excited for the update next month. Great vid as always Matt!

[@aone9050]

Remaking the game and going the extra mile to recreate even MORE of the mods for ksp 1 in to base content 😂

[@Empire526]

I feel like there is a division forming upon KZbin viewers, the ones who only watch very short videos, and the ones that watch hour long videos that are hardly edited. Those long ones can be very relaxing.

[@ahmed4363]

i hate shorts but i cant stand hour long videos. I like Videos just like this length 10-20 minutes, dont care if its edited or not

[@dannypipewrench533]

I have a tendency to make hour-long unedited videos, so I am glad that you think I may have an audience.

[@pathecat_]

@@ahmed4363 same

[@mayfield3314]

1:02 Matt: "I've added 6 Griffins". Wait, what are Peter, Lois, Chris, Meg, Stewie and Brian doing on a rocket?

[@eekee6034]

Had me laughing the whole time there wasn't something more exciting on screen. Nice one, Matt! Binging your old videos in a recent patch of insomnia, I realised I like the 10-minute-ish ones like this one just as much as the longer ones, but for different reasons. Also, you keep getting better at videos!

[@EnderWahlquist]

Finally! I have been waiting so long to see you make something from SpaceX in KSP2. Now that there are grid fins, you had no excuse! :) Can't wait for Starship next. Even though there are a billion versions out there, it's more fun when you do it.

[@stetytielemans]

I like the Open TTD music in the background, very nice!

[@laser_red1820]

Love the use of the OPEN TTD ost in the start of the video!

[@ryanthemuppet]

I can’t wait till the game is properly fixed, I was so excited for it! Just as it’s looking like it’s getting there, your craft self destructs on loading…

[@Szaboo92]

Will it be fixed? You would think a year would be enough to fix the major issues.

[@theepicslayer7sss101]

2 things they need to fix for sure, the wobbly sausage/worm rockets, making them more rigid and quick load and quick save and switching to "integrity" cause it totally looks like the "data" that makes the rocket gets corrupted when saving/loading/switching!

[@ButcherFella]

Always enjoyed you content Matt and loking foward for when KSP2 is fully operational.

[@Selatapey]

That truly was a rapid unplanned disassembly.

[@ForzaCraft361]

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL ITS AMAZING BECAUSE OF KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM

[@scousesav]

Fantastic video Matt as always. Your designs are another level to mine on console

[@somepersonidk885]

you got here before me, grrr

[@jennykeele]

hes a member

[@somepersonidk885]

@@jennykeele i know

[@fomedome]

Looking forward to a career mode for Ksp2

[@AgrarAlex]

GTA6 got anounced AND spacex put out a video titled “ready for 2nd flight test”?! GREAT WEEK!

[@patricks_music]

I like how KSP2 included the details of the landing pads.

[@Szaboo92]

and yet they didnt include game mechanics for booster recovery. It's kinda unbelievable how unstable the game is still after like a year.

[@ptolemythespacenerd]

5:59 this is the real reason SpaceX has opted to catch Super-heavy - landing legs don’t work 😢

[@ben.vision236]

LZ4 is also the same pad the falcon 9 launched today landed on an Vandenberg

[@lordglorious351]

The open ttd music in the beginning tho… good old times

[@icaleinns6233]

Gonna be a lot of fun when multiplayer arrives and we don't need quick saves to do this!

[@brantuga9915]

I Love how he had to keep restarting over and over to make it perfect 😂🤣

[@JoXDDFive]

These shorter videos are great keep it up! also nice to watch someone else struggle with KSP2 and a good reminder to wait to play until they fix these major issues with basic quick save/load XD

[@BridgetParkGuitar]

having multiplayer in ksp would be so cool. Imagine 1 person piloting a crew dragon while another person lands a falcon 9

[@brendancopster7378]

Love the openttd music in the background 😄

[@ДмитрийКовальчук-р9и]

Thank you for your video. I was really surprised to hear OpenTTD music in a KSP2 video😊

[@martinvranovsky7085]

Omg, that OpenTTD music! Man, you know how to aim straight for the heartstrings.

[@arandomdragon1534]

Really hope they do something so that we can actually have reusable rockets and 1st stage recovery.

[@quantumwhiterabbit]

Your self roast around 7min in was absolute gold! So funny and honest! ❤

[@Koncosmic01]

Amazing video as always

[@Aero2045]

Its always a good afternoon when Matt Lowne uploads

[@leozp111]

ONE HOUR!!! Nice video matt, keep it going

[@alrightydave]

Ngl the landing pads in ksp2 are a sick aesthetic addition to recovering boosters

[@bobbleczar]

Re: Short form, I haven't been served one of your videos in a while until this one, and I was for a long time an avid watcher. Not sure what happened to my algo but here we are.

[@CornetGamingQc]

Epic man ! Loving it !

[@TheSkilledballplaya]

this game is evoking the scene from the Kingdome Come when Henrys mother goes "In fine state you are this morning..." thats what i think of every time i see KSP2

[@CosmicAggressor]

I ocasionally try to make an ssto falcon so that you can actually do your mission and get the whole payload back. That way if you are playing in career mode or whatever the ksp 2 equiveilent will look like you can actually get your resources back. Of course that particular sort of mission is really hard to make work.

[@airwaffle]

THe music is CRAZY. SOOOO HYPE

[@liquidusblue]

Keep up the good work Matt, Science mode is here now! been playing again for a few hours since putting down in June.

[@torbenellert9173]

An interaction in service of the algorithm, indicating appreciation of the content.

[@djcalvinate]

I really enjoyed this video. However I do prefer the longer missions. I'm excited that ksp2 is getting slightly more stable. Keep up your amazing work. Well done.

[@djbhi2]

I loved the use of openttd music

[@magnemoe1]

You can use the grind fins as wings? Well anything with an large enough engine on can fly.

[@blazikem]

I did not expect the openttd music in the beginning

[@simonl7784]

3:45 this is why, even though i'm a big KSP fan, I'm not touching ksp2 with a 10 foot structural girder.

[@ŠimonHanuščin]

Matt can i have a question for you?? How can i get like robotic arms and spining things in KSP1 in building menu?? You have it under the structural parts.

[@hellabisys]

Transport tycoon music :D

[@zeonianempireofficalzeotea9352]

8:30 Shotwell is the goat

[@Spacewalker1870]

how I do falcon 9 style rockets, is that i use 3.75m parts (not exactly realistic, as ksp is a smaller scale than irl, and real life falcon 9 is 3.7 meters in diameter. So, i do a real life sized falcon 9, in scale though it would be bigger than a falcon 9. this way, 9 vector engines just barely fit under the bottom. Also, its totally possible to recover the booster and use the second stage, in order to do this, the booster stage will need around 1700-2000 m/s, and second stage needs around 2100 m/s. its less efficient this way, but if you make second stage fully reusable, for example for career mode, it would be really useful and save funds. the flight profile for this style of rocket is that at first you need to take a steeper ascent profile, and when apoapsis gets around 70-75 km (needs to be above atmosphere though) you then separate, fire second stage and get to orbit, dont warp to apoapsis, and burn engines to orbit while ascending, this means you will need to pitch below the horizon a bit to counteract the fact you are already going up. when you get to orbit, quickly switch to first stage, and deploy airbrakes (or in this case grid fins) and then control it on the way down and then land it. Then, you can switch to second stage again to do mission. If you are sending first stage back to the launchpad, then you will need to do boostback burn before second stage iginition, but after stage separation. This method is less efficient than doing it normally, but it enables you to recover first stage, which for ksp1 career mode ends up saving tons of funds.

[@thecatgod280]

Really exited for the For Science! Update

[@madam94]

Looked like the algorithm likes this one, it added it to my feed randomly.

[@FullFatMark]

You have to respect Matt's existential crisis in the middle where he questions what he is doing in life and on KZbin 😅. Same

[@absolutelyindustrys5884]

Matt this is why I keep watching please stay you and human my friend

[@DrHuman-fj5xl]

Love the OpenTTD music! such a great game

[@danielseeh]

You could make the booster lift you up to orbit destack and then recover it.

[@lulu__dev]

Matt using OpenTTD music gave me extreme whiplash trying to remember where I had heard it before

[@Skill0r1987]

To get greeted by Open TTD Music is weird but a warm welcome :D

[@animeforever5069]

Robot lander is landing on Africa 😂😂😂 9:37

[@WernherVonKerman.]

that falcon 9 wants me to enlist in the army and invade britain

[@grahamwhybrow3904]

you should do a vid with eves sunset

[@thrasher2344]

I did the same thing, and those landing legs are sketchy. We almost need another type of landing legs for boosters. I used those legs and one ejected in flight lol

[@SpareTimeProjects1]

"Because I have integrity!" -hazardish has left the chat

[@danielbright5672]

"I don't really know what I'm doing, in life generally..." - Matt relates to his audience 10/10

[@unnecessarytalking4758]

crazy openttd banger at the start

[@landgreen1012]

Love that openttd ost

[@Doofwarrior88]

So happy the game is getting better

[@ioresult]

I agree that Gwynn Shotwell is one of the few people on Earth who can barge in a meeting and say "Elon shut up!" haha

[@CottonballSteve]

Red intro? How daring!

[@tvre0]

unfortunately launching crew dragon to the moon would require new navigation, avionics, etc to make it work. i doubt they would do those changes for a one off dearmoon flight.

[@LegalAlien682]

MATT HAS UPLOOAAADDDDEDDD

[@General_Turian]

Does KSP2 have the programmable block? You might be able to program the stage 2+3 so that it acquires orbit while you focus on landing stage 1, then switch over to the crew capsule and continue mission. Takes a bit of trial and error, but I managed this on KSP1

[@memethief4113]

interestingly enough while this video was extremely scuffed, only half of it was due to KSP 2 bugs. Great job yet again Matt

[@MattA-fi5qe]

Use your mouse to click and drag the throttle for significantly better control for landing burns

[@ryansgametime2146]

I didn’t know you can actually do that

[@impulsiveDecider]

Is that music from OpenTTD in the beginning?

[@CrockettsReturn]

”in life generally but youtube aswell” 😂😂😂

[@dantusmaximus]

I think it's time you made a space station in KSP 2 and did a crew dragon mission to it....around the Mun!

[@senoriceberg7729]

Opten TTD music With KSP2! Precious

[@joachim2464]

I wish they would introduce less bulky large landing legs that are more streamlined

[@QuadrophonicToppling]

Matt, how do you get the VAB building view to not slew to the root part like 0:14-0:18. It's infuriating trying to put stuff on the bottom of the rocket and not being able to see it.

[@MichaelLawler]

The frustration with loading quicksaves that are broken is one major reason I cannot devote my free time to this game yet. Sad...

[@jeremyrose4551]

hey sorry that google makes you jump through hoops to make any sort of progress for your channel, i love all your content and especially the long form stuff. keep killing space frogs and ill keep showing up! i use you as my primary source of KSP2 news and cant wait to see where this game and this channel go!

[@Lyndonberg_Gaming]

@mattlowne did you switch vessels quick with [ ]?

[@Zoso14892]

What do I think? Matt content is good content, dunno what performs better for you but I'll watch anyway!

[@emmata98]

And we need to wait until multiplayer or interstellar to be able to have the booster land, while the second stage is stil fireing?

[@dicedoomkid]

The recommendation system seems to like this well enough

[@ChevronQ]

I would kinda like to see the Matt-Lowne-gridfin-plane 😇

[@twoyuber]

please make a plane using only grid-fins!!

[@stuckerson8678]

Can’t wait til the game actually works

[@Ph33NIXx]

damn the gridfins look effeicinet! I tried to do the same with Airbreaks... really hard xD

[@Ultraramage]

The Falcowne 9

[@Danny_from_the_beer_store]

It's like 5 people arguing in one voice. Caffeine is a powerful drug? Nice landing. 😄🚀🎯

[@MeisVlk]

That looks a little bit better, maybe i have some hope for this game still :)

[@C_F_M]

It's ok Matt, I don't know what i'm doing in my life either

[@IHATEYOUTUBESNEWUSERNAMESTUFF]

ksp 2 is slowly but surely becoming a good second part to ksp

[@Thisandthat8908]

Because there are grid fins now?! More parts don't fix the big issues. The really big improvement is only promised with the science patch. And it isn't the lack of science. How much that patch will fix bugs, glitches, Kraken, wobblyness and performance remains to be seen.

[@小鳥ちゃん]

@@Thisandthat8908 I mean, at least it's already functioning a lot more stable than the first version, I see clear progress personally as a programmer and a gamedev myself, it's a difficult project but I can also see why some people wouldn't buy the game right now, so not really on anyone's side here, just enjoying seeing the progress and that's all

[@ez_theta_z9317]

not just the grid fins, practically everyone's reporting significant performance, stability, and aesthetic improvements with 0.1.5@@Thisandthat8908

[@pricelessppp]

​@@Thisandthat8908And can't change the col/com.

[@spearmaster-rw]

Can't wait for december. Christmas AND for science! update.

[@TommyLikeTom]

seems a lot easier than real life

[@prestopak8503]

hou!!! stubborn. i like it

[@ebenezer1690]

Matthew you da astronaut, yo.