KSP: Laythe SSTOs Arrive at the Colony!

Life on Laythe returns! This week, we'll be adding a new Surface-to-space shuttle transportation system - 2 of them, in fact!
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[@MattLowne]

I decided to jump on the #Shorts bandwago, #YOLO right? To avoid spamming this channel with *DAILY UPLOADS* I've made a new KSP channel. It doesn't meet monetisation criteria so it's just for slips and fizzles really kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpOac6l_rK16h80

[@LawNeu]

Yay

[@rocketcello5354]

An unlisted video still shows up in discord, if you don't know. Glad that life on laythe is back!

[@thatonefriendiii2827]

You're probably really good at setting up colonies because you're British(i think, idk, just judging by the accent by the way). Edit: im guessing that you're British by like the way you speak and stuff, and well if I am wrong. Fuuu-

[@mactherebellionleader5394]

i like how u said medical emergency and it takes like 2 years to get back from jool

[@TastyReal]

Oooo Poggers champ

[@rowbot5555]

Last time I was this early I missed the transfer window

[@summitsecuritydoorandlock]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@kyrawendling559]

lols

[@ryanedwards4636]

Lol, the only reason you only have 149 likes is becuase people aren't smart enough

[@rowbot5555]

@@ryanedwards4636 oh shoot Thanks for the comment, I completely forgot about this joke that I made, truely you are so intelligent. you have such a masterful grasp on all the intricate works of the world to determine that it was indeed a dumb thing to try and force a train window early (if you read this know I'm not salty, I just enjoy being melodramatic) I bow down to you in thanks to your brilliance, if only we all could be as intelligent as you.

[@rowbot5555]

@@ryanedwards4636 also I had no idea that I got this many likes

[@Electric_Bagpipes]

“Medical emergency to go straight back to Kerbin without refueling.” Mmk, saves a few hours off a multi-year journey.

[@lankymaccrazyhair264]

hey, those few hours could be the difference between life and death for those kerbals. I mean, probably not, but you never know

[@mrbyzantine0528]

I'd say there's a medbay on the space station

[@GoSlash27]

@@mrbyzantine0528 Yeah, you probably want medical facilities closer than years away. Might as well face it, this capability isn't really a selling point.

[@rogerrabbit80]

@@mrbyzantine0528 What if the problem is that the station has gone bye-bye?

[@outblucks6724]

thats what i thought man maybe he got some cryo pods in there

[@animorphus5363]

Looking at the rocket got me like “Falcon Heavy, more like Falcon Heaviest!”

[@AstronomicalYT]

Imagine living on Lowne Island and hearing a voice come from space: "HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM VIDEO"

[@hyperboloidofonesheet1036]

That would be better than living on Lowne Island and hearing a voice come from space: "On a lonely planet, slowly spinning its way toward damnation..."

[@patricks_music]

@@hyperboloidofonesheet1036 Kerbals: Oh no.

[@outblucks6724]

Imagine if everybody on earth heard that

[@mariasirona1622]

Oh hi Josh, this comment is what i found your channel from!

[@AstronomicalYT]

@Maria Sirona Ohhhh that makes sense 😂 That's so cool haha

[@dvmpsterfyre6259]

Build a giant Freaking Laser Beam on the Mun. -Dr. Evil

[@outblucks6724]

OH MY GOD YES

[@cpthornman]

Was literally thinking this morning about Life on Laythe and how that it's been a while. Yes!!

[@Zirconium_]

Wait... So you control his vids? THINK ABOUT MAKING A STARSHIP

[@gadgetpotato1975]

@@Zirconium_ lmao

[@_.luminosity._]

@@Zirconium_ holy crap it worked

[@AramKerobyan-c5n]

1:36 Laythe SSTO from the Jool 5: Am I a joke to you?

[@magiicbeans6405]

20:30 so these kerbals where in that rover for 21 years?

[@Aviator_Shades]

21 years is the time that passed since the rover launched from Kerbin

[@magiicbeans6405]

@@Aviator_Shades oh, still a lot though

[@Vasari12]

Hello hello. Just stopping by to thank you, Matt. Your videos finally got me to boot up KSP rather than letting it sit on my drive collecting dust. I've managed to make my first succesful orbit today, along with a safe and smooth de-orbit. Here's to a succesful Mün landing on my end soon!

[@michaelfarrell4824]

Part clipping control surfaces gives me anxiety

[@awfulwaffle53]

Same... SAME

[@marcoplayz7911]

saME

[@summitsecuritydoorandlock]

shmeh

[@Aereto]

The Kraken: goooooood... Good...

[@pilotmanthing2590]

Is anyone else getting flash backs to that one destination duna episode

[@chesterwang3070]

yea I really want him to finish the ascent and return to Kerbin on that SSTO.

[@reactorfour1682]

I remember when I built and flew my first laythe SSTO, and I still vividly remember that I spent entire days time warping to perform maneuvers that would get me my gravity assists that would get me to laythe and back. That mission took 500 years of game time and 2 weeks of real time. Also I noticed that Matt put vectors on the upper stage of the launcher, and I do that too for a high thrust to weight upper stage and I thought I was weird for doing that.

[@kerbinkerman4401]

"I had wayyyyy to much Delta-V so, why not just waste it?" LOVE the logic. I should use the logic with kerbals … eh too many bobs, lets waste them!

[@jonmab6990]

"full spacecraft weigh more than empty ones" Jeb needs to cut down on the big macs

[@Charlottica]

he's so fat he's happy that he dies

[@farisaiman4891]

To this day, I still unable to make a SSTO that could fly properly

[@sergegordeev9426]

Watch Mark Thirrim's basic SSTO tutorial. They've got all the needed calculations. *My SSTO still don't fly well after that, but they've at least started flying.

[@brianbiesemeyer9719]

@Faris Aiman same

[@abeke5523]

Lol noob I can make SSTOs all day long Except it stands for single stage to ocean

[@GoSlash27]

Rockets are easy. Airplanes are hard. We have several tutorials on the subject over at the KSP forum. I'll just point you in that direction instead of trying to explain it here. Good luck!

[@sergegordeev9426]

@@GoSlash27 And helicopters are virtually impossible

[@mactherebellionleader5394]

Matt makes video: Everyone Loved That

[@maxwellpriore3579]

1 year later- AIRPORT ON LAYTHE WITH WORKING PLANES

[@SmikeMan]

I think aircraft carrier is a more realistic variant

[@greenkerbal632]

Matt lowne: *discovers lowne island* Rest of Laythe: Is Lowne isn'tland

[@VaporSpaceNumber101]

Isn't'ed

[@thenativemartian5169]

20:56 wow that's a beautiful shot ngl

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

Last time I was this early, it was too Laythe...

[@mrbyzantine0528]

I love the fact that your docking run with the space station was highlighted in a pink glow, as sunlight was refracting through Jool's atmosphere giving a 'dawn' effect.

[@loganstancil2235]

What I would like to see is utilizing the parts in Some Reassembly Acquired and building an expansion to the base using the shuttles, would be pretty cool.

[@jamesmorton139]

Was worried there was no video! Happy there is one!

[@FlamingNinja]

You’ve got a submersible Lathe water base and you didn’t call it Lathe-lantis?

[@RustyC216]

Or even At-Lathe-is

[@wyldcat9396]

Matt-lantis?

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

For the smallest correction burns, I use the RCS. It works great on big ships, as it allows me to have some 0,01 m/s increments =)

[@SiganQ]

I don't know how you do it, but I love the energy in your voice in your videos. I also appreciate KSP, but you're entertaining simply due to your energy, but also your skill. Have a great day :)

[@mrbenis8044]

I reckon it’d be an interesting challenge for him to do something like this or a career play through with realism overhaul

[@Lorange_7]

This is a career playthrough (I think)

[@mrbenis8044]

@@Lorange_7 yeah I was saying it wold be interesting to see him do this with realism overhaul

[@Lorange_7]

@@mrbenis8044 (im blind)

[@e_ffx]

You should put a medical facility on the station so they wouldn't have to go all the way back to kerbin to get treatment.

[@jellybean2755]

Favourite series happy its back again

[@patricks_music]

You built that plane in the time I read the comments. You're a god.

[@annakoczyjan2503]

Idea: build a ring around the Mun

[@wolfrunner6462]

haha lag go brrrrrrrrr

[@chrisdejonge611]

16:30 Lol nice docking there

[@M31MK]

discord gang

[@awfulwaffle53]

Discord gang

[@zefzec4462]

I definitely am glad that you are still doing Life on Laythe, and I love the fact that you are doing this second Chanel.

[@kieranbartholomew200]

You try so hard man. You put so much energy and effort into your videos and I just wanna say that what you’re doing is great and much appreciated dude. Keep going x

[@patricks_music]

Wooo! Life on Laythe 2021! Can't wait to watch! Also, so cool when you get to use the crafts you sent in the old videos.

[@OrionAerospaceKSP]

You could just have a med bay on the station. It's large enough. Trips home from Laythe aren't exactly quick.

[@gadgetpotato1975]

Imagine how cool it’s gonna be when we can colonise other planets and star systems in ksp2!!

[@fractalelf7760]

Some really nice visuals in the segment around Laythe!

[@burnee_dragon]

hey matt and fellow viewers, i had an idea. if matt ever wants to bring back the 'planet coaster' series he could base it on 'Lowne island'

[@CoreyKearney]

Hey matt, Here's something I do. I use rcs in docking mode for any burn under 20ish m/s. Blue fine control for those long distance decimal burns. The thing then is to ramp timewarp slowly so as not to introduce to many floating point errors to your orbit.

[@brianbiesemeyer9719]

This is the earliest I've ever been to your vids!

[@starshot5172]

I haven't watched KSP videos in a long time but I'm really excited to watch them again

[@oscaroutlaw1346]

Thank you

[@andreipendle1778]

This series is pretty neat. There's an extra feeling of accomplishment when you see all that hardware together on another planet (moon).

[@soramadoo4630]

"if they have a medical emergency and need to get back to kerbin"... that might be a bit of a long ambulance ride

[@sergegordeev9426]

I feel like Laythe colonization is easier for you than Mun colonization is for me.

[@eekee6034]

Old reply, I know, but I do think Laythe's atmosphere makes it easier. I wouldn't say a whole mission to Laythe is easier, but if you're playing sandbox mode, all you really need is a bigger transfer stage and faster timewarp.

[@evanmagnus3746]

You should send a mining/tanker ship to make laythe completely self sufficient

[@etdizzle10]

This is perfect. I'm spooling up my first Laythe mission and I plan on taking my first SSTO out of the Kerbin system!

[@sadiqahmed4143]

Lol what is outside the kerbin system

[@etdizzle10]

@@sadiqahmed4143 Basically other planets. I've taken my SSTO to Mun/Minmus many times, but never to another planet. I've used rockets for that so far. The Solar System (Kerbol System in this case) is maybe what you are thinking of?

[@GileadMaerlyn]

1:00 It would have been nice, while you listed all the crafts you have at laythe, to show them briefly to refresh our memory.

[@judet2992]

Mission plan: Apollo-style mission, but one you land and rendezvous with the command module, you don’t ditch the lander. You A: bring it back to Kerbin with the command module, or B: you make the lander a little too big so it can get back to lko on its own. Either way you bring the lander back and leave it in lko. Then as a separate or the same vid, send up a craft that adds a heatsheild and chutes.

[@susume6]

lol was listening to 'nya arigatou' when your commentary started. its was perfect

[@edwardbrown3551]

You should do a rescue mission for the dragonfly

[@ldhsmash2718]

You should expand the colony on lathe with like small buildings and colonists to live there with some resources to build houses and collect the resources from the planet to start a civilisation type thing

[@cheese7844]

You need to launch a surface miner to refuel these shuttles infininitely.

[@ICKY427]

dude just stuffed two whole ass space planes in a fairing. XD

[@blisteringstars]

ksp moment

[@timothymanukian]

Matt you should make a spaceplane/rocket that delivers a satellite, but then gets caught by a bigger spaceplane on it's way down which attaches to it and then safely lands (i.e. instead of parachutes, needlessly complicate the landing proccess)

[@nyranmiguel]

This week on: Matt is a mad-man

[@AndrewCollins7]

These plugs are great. Never change, Matt

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

OMG it's ABOUT TIME!!!! I've been waiting (Not very Patiently) for LOL to come back!!!!!!

[@swiftdraw]

That ending shot was gorgeous.

[@daytopotato8613]

YESSS!! Another ksp video

[@VaporSpaceNumber101]

That's gotta be the coolest looking SSTO!

[@americankid7782]

Thanks for taking a break from life on laithe. I get a little burned out when people don’t do anything different.

[@eier5472]

Flying an SSTO to another planet, that means it's *_RIDICULOUS FAIRING TIME_*

[@Fazbear7153]

Wow I'm a bit noob in ksp and I only travelled to mun, minmus and mars. And you are like the God of this game, great job, keep working this way :)

[@wayacrazy.]

Duna

[@joemama5891]

Thank you for all the great ksp content I love it so much keep it up pls

[@aryanshirke7294]

Yaaa once again in the first batch

[@DjKorppi]

I liked the training wheels on this plane

[@fnutarf2085]

Your attidude in your videos is amazing to watch, reminds me why I'm subscribed everytime

[@deccunnginham5712]

Another brilliant video, wish I could design space planes that look that good. Out of interest, what is the TUFX mod?

[@blazedgamingkr1438]

Landed me a Rover on laythe today. Was almost a disaster. Ended up screwing up my jool encounter and captured in the opposite direction of the moon's, so when I got my laythe encounter, my relative velocity was over 6km/s. I had to make a few minor corrections before my encounter, that way I was going to punch the atmosphere at the steepest angle I could get. Had just over 3km/s DeltaV, burned it all and I still hit that atmosphere at about 3400m/s. Landed going only 6.8m/s. Don't know how it survived.... long live ablative shielding 😂.

[@ChristopherB.]

Im liking this video not because you told me to, but because you are my favorite youtuber of all time. Keep up the good work! :)

[@adriansmith3825]

I was watching another life on laythe thinking when’s he gonna do another

[@DeezNuts17999]

LIFE ON LAYTHE IS BACK

[@kylebroflovski1698]

YES IT IS btw are you a fan of my show?

[@basesixty6739]

Again!

[@summitsecuritydoorandlock]

I know rite

[@joshuaandreasen3002]

Um, i havent been able to find some environmental mods for 1.11, can you tell me what one's you used? Also, great video, i loved it!

[@MailableTuba666]

Im excited to start following this series

[@aidenbrewster4209]

Matt how about you put a surface refuel base on laythe that produces fuel from le ores

[@GoSlash27]

And a SSTO fuel transporter to top off the fuel at the space station.

[@sebastianbetancur4329]

I speak Spanish and I had to write this in a translator to be able to communicate and because I like your videos, it continues as well as you go, greetings from Medellín Colombia

[@fboe68]

Great series to watch it was dope

[@tannerarmstrong1496]

Cannonicly it seems strange that a refule stop at the space station would be a differance maker in a medical emergency considering the transfer time between the planets. It seems more realistic that the direct transfer capability would be a way to ensure the kerbols could return in the case of damage to the space station

[@winterarkwright4743]

Hey, Matt, I know you don't typically do modded KSP but since you added some visuals, I figured you'd like this mod called "Rocket Sound Enhancement". It's a pretty small mod but honestly sounds pretty great. I don't know if anyone this reccomended before but it's a good way to make'em roar!

[@apersonthatshere3029]

Hey Matt, did you know that the kerbal engeniir redux had a Funktion that you can activate on the little options thing for the mod on the right in game. It helps with landing and is a little circle that shows you roughly where you will land after atmospheric entry. Also niche video, love this series

[@JoaoVictor-gk9vv]

this was the most stubborn rocket I've ever seen

[@nasalnex]

Another great video about SSTOs to help people like me that can't even reach Minmus with one of them lol

[@GoSlash27]

Don't worry, it's not worth it to build an SSTO to Minmus and back... At least, not in career. You'd be better served to keep SSTOs in service between KSC and LKO with as much payload fraction as possible.

[@nasalnex]

@@GoSlash27 that makes sense, I'm not a good player and I was trying to save my kerbals in Minmus from a different way, to learn more and have fun Thanks anyway :)

[@sarahballal9510]

Matt if you ever want a challenge you should try making a tether/skyhook

[@sixmint2904]

Next blunderbirds rescue vehicle idea: Build a bucket with a grabbing and thing or a bunch of external seats, and launch that into space using the most kerbalized rocket you can make. Edit: Make sure the grabbing arm and/or seats are inside the bucket.

[@lieutenantdiamond5601]

*Casually forgets to mention the random Jool 5 Laythe lander chilling on the Space Station*

[@ScarlettStunningSpace]

I love the Life on Laythe videos!

[@erinmccay1213]

Now you should make an air base that floats in the air using propelers

[@lexoshifter4066]

Making planes that fly well is surprisingly hard

[@ZeroGravityGaming]

I thought I u were re-entering with the space station then I realised it was ur visual mod glitch 15:27

[@mattevans4377]

The ending was like the end of most of my flights in KSP ;)

[@breaksbassbleeps]

Could you do a video on building craft using the no clipping that you use. Thanks.

[@braydenjustice9384]

Lets go! A Matt Lowne vid on my birthday!

[@readshift]

Happy Birthday to you!

[@braydenjustice9384]

@@readshift just now seeing this but thank you!

[@Vincent_A]

Your honesty has been rewarded by a like 👍🏻

[@wxb200]

That's an awesome ship!

[@andianderson4427]

I really love your SSTO videos. Thank you for them they are great!!! I wonder if you could do a video on easy builds of SSTOs for those of us stuck on console KSP? Keep up the great work!!!

[@rexzar]

POV: Matt just uploaded and you are trying to say something funny.

[@CptManny]

bro ur hacking

[@rexzar]

@@CptManny no, Im just working for the government

[@Zeunknown1234]

@@CptManny what?