KSP: Air-Launching a Space Shuttle...a REAL concept from the 80s!

[@MattLowne]

Enjoy! What's your favourite outlandish 20th century spacecraft design?

[@rockets_everywhere7543]

The Mustard space shuttles (you should build that one), and Energia II (you should alsp do that one). Idk if you have a Discord server, cuz I could give you some references that may be hard to find.

[@bnw5435]

Recoverable energia. The boosters had wings

[@budgi3bloops338]

The McDonnell Douglas DC-X is pretty cool

[@skyedodge3597]

do the x33 next!

[@lancisman]

The Energia by the soviets

[@thedoctor4637]

In memory of Micheal Collins 1930-2021. We need to get to the Moon during the lifetime of the final Apollo 11 astronaut, Buzz Aldrin.

[@xenno8496]

OH MY GOD HE'S STILL ALIVE!? dumbass google told me all three of them had died now

[@97marqedman]

@@xenno8496 Oh yes - Buzz is still alive and as feisty as ever!

[@johncarnett2668]

Agreed. Poor Micheal Collins. He was the mothership "commander", right? No-one deserves to die, especially hero's and legends. Death may be natural, but we cured Smallpox. Again: No-one deserves death. Except murderers.

[@xenno8496]

@@johncarnett2668 agreed and yes he was the mothership commander

[@scienceium5233]

@@97marqedman you're feist , mrrraw

[@axeljohansson6050]

i’d like to say on behalf of most matt lowne watchers, thank you for providing us with entertainment during these tough times.

[@johncarnett2668]

Can you not speak for all of us? Because we all want to say our own things. And while I agree that it is great to have Mr. Lowne making content in these trying times, I still have other things I want to say. And I think others may agree.

[@basesixty6739]

Most? 😂

[@falcon9482]

*Matt finished For All Mankind and got inspiration from the show to make an air launched shuttle*

[@williamfugere8816]

Pathfinder, you are go for launch

[@captainyossarian388]

Pathfinder's launch and Pathfinder in general was pretty fracking epic.

[@falcon9482]

Not only pathfinder, but also Apollo-Soyuz and Sea Dragon. Even then, I won’t lie, what a damn twist when the axis changes and it turns out Pathfinder is launched when airborne

[@ClemensAlive]

Matt: *releases the Shuttle beneeth Mach1 for realism* Also Matt: *flys the sled back with Mach2*

[@ajlaw4228]

Ok

[@ajlaw4228]

@Cosmic Gaming ok

[@yosiolivia5858]

@@ajlaw4228 ok

[@natwinger1428]

C O N C O R D E S T A T U S A C H E I V E D

[@benfennell6842]

P sure he was going mach 1 on the deployment due to his 10km altitude and actually mach 3 in the way back lmao

[@romanmorozov6974]

At 13:21, you described how to manipulate elevons for stability. That configuration is actually what is used in commercial airlines for controlling roll and pitch :)

[@spacebeans4985]

"playing beatsaber and getting very depressed at my general lack of fitness" why did you have to come after me like that.

[@johncarnett2668]

Fuck it. Keep playing what you like, no matter your weight. Unless your obese, because that can cause health problems. Get that checked out, if you are.

[@kbtrains]

@Chicom 3 14:50

[@MightySpaceman]

its always a good day when matt lowne posts

[@MightySpaceman]

OMG MATT LOWNE HEARTED MY COMMENT OMGGGGGGGGGG

[@johncarnett2668]

True that.

[@LSF17]

Agreed

[@nakoda1610]

yes, i like this one it lets me think of 'for all mankind' They did something like this in there

[@Hexagonal_Goblin]

@J6F05 CHEUNG Hei-yeung Andy I mean the fact that they air-launch a shuttle isn’t really a plot point

[@phantompenguin1065]

@J6F05 CHEUNG Hei-yeung Andy no, no it’s not

[@phantompenguin1065]

@J6F05 CHEUNG Hei-yeung Andy So? That doesn’t sound like a major plot point

[@denserstplays5151]

"old concepts, new life" would be a good title for this series

[@OlCrunch]

You should try recreating the Jamestown colony from For All Mankind:)

[@nythawkfpv]

Sea dragon ✅ Jamestown ❓

[@johncarnett2668]

I would love to see that. Maybe he could make a series of recreating all that stuff from All Mankind.

[@odieblafmans7788]

And if he does not make the expansion the video is not completed

[@odieblafmans7788]

@@johncarnett2668 Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

[@sleepdeep305]

Hey, with the recent test of the Stratalaunch System, this could possibly be a reality in the coming future :P Also you should definitely include it in your Space This Week series, because even though it isn't exactly an aerospace vehicle, it is being designed to aid in the launching of space-faring vehicles!

[@MattLowne]

Hmm, it's interesting to see what will become of Stratolaunch. Really hit a wall when its founder passed away, but I'm glad to see that new management are interested in keeping the project going, especially with the announcement that they're resurrecting their hypersonic rocketplane concept.

[@captainyossarian388]

6:11 "Uh, Jeb, we just lost several hundred thermal protection tiles." 12:55 "It's okay, Bill, we'll re-enter bottoms up." Seriously, great video, and nice to see that you watch FAM too.

[@the_soviet_onions_7198]

man the mod he used for the plumes look so nice

[@GiulioVonKerman]

It's called Waterfall

[@aniketsrivastava1870]

@@GiulioVonKerman mainly it's real plume Waterfall is just an aesthetic for the real plume

[@vovical]

@@aniketsrivastava1870 no, waterfall is its own mod. You can uninstall RealPlume and it wouldn't make a difference. When waterfall supports SRBs RealPlume will be gone

[@aniketsrivastava1870]

@@vovical I just recently installed both mods in ckan at first it told me waterfall is a dependencies for restock which in turn is dependencies for real plume that's why I m saying this was forced to install all three mods

[@appropinquo3236]

I agree it does look really cool

[@r.i.pwindowsxp6876]

There is a mod called Keep It Straight that remembers your camera modes so it doesn't change to auto all the time

[@aryanshirke7294]

9:27 U SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND BABY RIGHT ROUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@GoSlash27]

12:06 That comes down to the center of pressure vs the center of mass. Center of pressure is where drag acts, and is not shown in the SPH. If it's in front of your center of mass, your plane will want to fly backwards at high speed but will behave normally at low speed.

[@jgtrx]

Nerva in For all Mankind: Brings Pathfinder to orbit with ease. Nerv in Ksp: barely can get me in the air

[@squidneycreations8344]

It’s a great representation of the shuttle/jet

[@GeomancerHT]

Non PS4 videos are so good, I missed them so much! Thanks Matt, love the work, keep it up!

[@loganhuebner9062]

When you live in the U.S. so this was posted at 3 in the morning but your still up🤟

[@GimbleOnDew]

I get to watch this at 10pm in the US!

[@dr.copter7024]

Hell yeah bro

[@mautze_siggen7362]

When you live in germany this is the perfect Video for breakfast

[@mautze_siggen7362]

When you live in germany this is the perfect Video for breakfast

[@treymansfield7919]

Vid came out at 2 am here in Canada

[@ethanreichard4658]

Pathfinder?

[@rockets_everywhere7543]

Not quite, the shuttle is different, and so is the plane. The way it works however, is similar

[@PoorFoxface]

A little-known design that could be a good fit for this series is the NERO orbital rescue spaceplane. This was a 1962 concept by MIT, which stands for Near Earth Rescue & Operations and was meant to be a rapid-response craft to perform time-critical operations in orbit, fulfilling a similar role to a coast guard. The proposal is very detailed and contains full design schemes, mission profiles and other details. The NERO spaceplane itself was to be a two-man lifting body, strongly resembling an enlarged Northrop M2-F2, which was one of the experimental lifting-bodies being tested by NASA at the time. NERO had an integral jet engine to improve its range in atmosphere, and carried a small payload bay which could transfer critical supplies to spacecraft or stations, or be configured for passengers, in which case it could fit two rescued crewmen. Orbital manoeuvres were to be done with a small transfer stage, as the NERO itself had only the jet engine; this stage is very similar to the one planned for Boeing's X-20 Dyna-Soar. The launch platform for NERO was supposed to be a Titan III-C, which is a known quantity and should be quite reproducible in KSP. IRL, they chose Titan because it used storable fuels in its upper stages, allowing the Titan-Nero to be kept on the launch pad for up to two weeks at T-minus-3: this was the key to giving NERO the fast response times it needed. I think this would be a perfect fit for this series: it's a neat what-if whose intended role would make for an exciting video. For added excitement, you could put the spacecraft whose crew it must rescue into a fatal orbital trajectory, giving the rescue some real life-or-death stakes! Love the content, by the way, keep it up!

[@radicxl6802]

Great video matt. Keep up the good work!!

[@bautistamercader4737]

To deploy you have to have the shuttle at an angle in the shed preferably, and before deploying, you tilt the shed something like 10-15 degrees downward and you realease.

[@dylanclaesgens8394]

Love the vids. You got me into ksp and now I can not stop playing it. Thanks

[@brumby92]

You can make a much more efficient launcher with rapiers. Makes for a really cool long range shuttle. Get the right number of rapiers and cruise to 1400m/s before decoupling

[@coltonbolis8520]

What you should do next is the helicopter that would have caught the 1st stage of the Saturn 5. That would be difficult but cool to try

[@Th3BlackLotus]

Matt, the name of the show should be, "Spacecraft of Future's Past"

[@jackandersen1262]

Early concepts for the Space Shuttle used RL-10 engines as OMS thrusters, so not entirely inaccurate.

[@keegansmith6837]

Next video you should recreate the path finder shuttle from for all man kind!

[@raytan956]

you should do one on the dyna-soar

[@ericnator2962]

Hey Matt thanks for the vids. I finally built my first ssto after 1 month of struggling. Your videos really gave me good advice on how to build it and was the reason why I sussefull. Once again thx Matt😁

[@egyptiansoda8649]

stayed up for this :D looking forward to it as always

[@lightspeedvictory]

Name proposals for this series: Unbuilt concepts Concept hangar

[@skoovee]

I have been waiting for a mat vid!!

[@Hexagonal_Goblin]

Matt get ready for chapter 7 of Alyx, it’s the most amazing gaming experience I’ve ever had. Also, I get it doesn’t help now, but Alyx does have a left handed mode too

[@gate7clamp]

This is interesting I’ve never heard of this design concept before but KSP is great at simulating stuff like this great job Matt

[@grushaq5438]

I would really like to see the pathfinder space shuttle from "For All Mankid" in ksp

[@pivottech8881]

That concept seems super super cool

[@Admiral45-10]

I always try to build my Space Shuttles in a very specific way, to make sure statoc stability doesn't change after getting rid of cargo. It is farely easy when you build Space Shuttles out of monopropellant engines.

[@bhargavj0shi]

Next Video idea "PLZ MAKE RANGER FROM INTERSTRALLER " it looks cool! 🙏👍

[@jupiterbjy]

Atmospheric autopilot mod does excellent job making anything controllable. Pretty sure that thing could also fly well with it,

[@gage2189]

11:40 Nononono CoM in FRONT of the CoL is the way to get stable crafts. But a craft with a CoM near the front and CoL right behind the CoM makes for super maneuverable, very stable craft.

[@Jump_Immortal]

Woohoo! New video!

[@fractalelf7760]

Not sure why but I really liked that lander design. Alternative history builds are awesome btw Matt, love them! Like to see some alternative Soviet lander and NASA landers 😉

[@aayushde7537]

Oh my god, Matt! This is SO COOL! What a skilful hand you have, this is quite the build. Keep up the good work, mate! :)

[@behnkarrlsun]

Name for this category of videos: Paper rockets.

[@kiensino89]

Reminds me to the Buran Shuttle where they used the An-225 for test flights

[@xavierhernandez8007]

This is seen in “for all man kind” on Apple TV

[@dchitt94]

Matt: trying to use lots of different engines/parts Sounds like a challenge: find a way to incorporate every single part into launches in one video!! Build a space station or a surface base, idk, but every part must be used

[@kman2747]

The space shuttle used the aj10-190 engine as an oms engine which used monomethylhydrazine and dinitrogen tetroxide as a fuel. It was hypergolic and pressure-fed, but not monopropellant.

[@jeffhurckes190]

The AJ10 on the OMS of the shuttle is not monoprop, it burns hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide. It's hypergolic, like the Gemini craft and in-game analog of them being the Bobcat and Cheetah engines. So you were more faithful to the design than you thought.

[@HayderAbdulridha]

They did a similar thing in "for all mankind". Great show.

[@johnnyricoMC]

The concept drawing makes me think of the Zero-X from the movie Thunderbirds Are Go and the Century 21 comics.

[@orsonkerr9029]

Matt should really do a modded ksp series. It would be quite fun

[@hugojoly1831]

Hi Matt, love your videos ! I couldn't recommend you enough the FMRS mod for these type of launches. I know you don't like using gameplay-altering mods but it would make these videos much more convenient to record and also more immersive imo.

[@jadonholbrook2551]

Can't wait for the next one good job matt

[@sredacted1647]

It used hypergolic engines for circularization, which KSP LF/OX engines are, as they don't require anything to start.

[@ICKY427]

"keep trying, and you might succeed." thats the most realist advice ever XD

[@greenylp5631]

I would actually love to see you play vr-chat and do fan meetings! I would always show up!

[@jcskyknight2222]

You needed the nose of the sled to pitch down at separation. If you can set the front control surfaces as spoilers in vanilla that might have done it.

[@LostSonOfPluto]

If you're interested in another Air Launch shuttle there's one reatured in Superman Returns (2006) that's quite interesting to me as it is somewhat reminiscent of the Space Shuttle Enterprise test flights

[@Max-dr9dw]

More planat coaster please!

[@bautistamercader4737]

13:54 greatest advice ever

[@douglasdrakeley8937]

I've never felt more understood 17:30

[@Astrovklevi]

Can you make a movie and can you use the space shuttle please:) this is so good!

[@CPS747-8]

I know the free camera is better than the orbital camera, but it can be useful when docking and seeing if you accidentally burned too much in retrograde.

[@georgesazzi7060]

Hey Matt I really liked your universal surface base. A good idea you could attempt is making a universal space station that could orbit any planet or moon (or even the Sun, even you already made one) and make it orbit Eloo or Moho. The video was great btw! Continue the hard work 👍

[@TheRealGamada]

Great !

[@floppy8960]

Seeing this reminded me of the Apollo lander prototype in the book the "moon and its marvels" It's a book that has basically no documentation online as of the posting of this comment.

[@oscills]

Those engine blooms look so good man

[@GiulioVonKerman]

Hey Matt can you try the Restock visual mod? I really recommend it and it's compatible with all the other mods you installed

[@sredacted1647]

You should have done the Mun landing first, and return the lunar lander in the cargo bay.

[@markos.5539]

For all mankind

[@rockets_everywhere7543]

Well yes but not really

[@rockets_everywhere7543]

@The Catonaut in For all Mankind, there is an air launched space shuttle that can go to the Moon using nuclear propulsion. It uses a reusable apollo like lander to land the crew on the surface

[@MrDrunkinIrish]

Title suggestions - mAtt Long Last Launched - Finally Flying - Historical Hiccups

[@johncarnett2668]

Good to see you back again, Mr. Lowne! I like the idea of having a Space Shuttle, but it can carry heavy payloads into LEO. See you again soon!

[@dieterf.8826]

Space Shuttle did not use Monopropellant for it's OMS. The Space Shuttle did use 2 components that would, when mixed, ignite without the need for a spark, so called hypergolic fuel. Monopropellant is a single fluid that ignites when in contact with a catalyst but the catalyst remains and all the thrust comes from the Monopropellant.

[@beebop4409]

i left the windchime on the video announcement

[@MakisupaPolicia]

Thanks Matt! Here is some engagement to boost the videos standing within the KZbin algorithm! ;-D

[@zensunni1715]

Matt: "Don't fly this. Make another one. Plan better." Me: "Fly this with no plan. Gotcha."

[@mrbyzantine0528]

I make shuttle SSTOs without plans. Just design and go.

[@ahmadmudassir15]

Matt Lowne: *makes things that NASA can't make* SpaceX: Write that down!! Write that down!!!

[@vovical]

Half-Life Alyx has a one handed mode, one of the few games that actually supports it!

[@OpreanMircea]

what? you started playing VR games? awesome!

[@evelyna.visarezito2456]

Can you recreate the MUSTURD in ksp?

[@joostvisser6508]

You mean the Multi-Unit Space Transport And Recovery Device?

[@framezerogaming8727]

It would be fun to see you take a rocket to another planet with parts to make an entirely new rocket to fly back

[@chr0min0id]

That is perhaps the CHONKIEST space shuttle Ive ever seen in KSP

[@ryanqualley8143]

Can you do a recreation of the pathfinder shuttle from For All Mankind? That thing is really cool and I think it would be really cool to see a Kerbal version.

[@flynnpury]

matt i was about to write a 8 paragrapher on how you’re one of the best content creators out there but i’m not bothered because I just spent 40 minutes coming up with a. fictional story for a fictional plane.

[@jackyboi8832]

Great video

[@thplays8893]

I like how he still has raptor plumes

[@Whyyoutubewhyare]

Cool airlaunch system

[@MAX_-kz4eh]

Wow you are talented with building rockets keep it up 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@boingkster]

New Title - Stuff that could've happened but didn't. Or - Pipe Dreams!

[@superolo]

Good job!

[@laoutailao2865]

This is best way..to. Go. To. Space 🌌🚀

[@yogimojo4685]

Another fantastic vid thanks Matt, but as a console head I long for a ridiculous launch from the munbase, according to my shoddy instant calculator free maths kerbin launches need roughly 80% mass as launch fuel, mun launches in comparison require roughly the breaking wind of a gnat...

[@hakenbacker]

I see you've been watching for all mankind

[@ronancaine3832]

Good video

[@Empire526]

Recently I've been making a Falcon 9 re-creation in the Kerbal Operating System mod and had to quickly switch the camera to free before it would launch because the camera would just spin if it switched during launch and my OCD hates that. Eventually I had to lengthen the countdown. Either way, auto camera should die.