KSP: Sending a Mobile Base to the Mun!

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[@bigchickenlover5464]

"And now we will take about a 70 hour drive to the Mun's north pole."

[@nerdemojiidkwhyimadethis]

😂😂😂

[@Czapeck]

I love your mobile bases so much. The sleek design is great.

[@jammyantom585]

only problem is that he's out of ideas... come on Matt.

[@Im-mv6bf]

I tried copying it. It just gets fucked up

[@patrickbowyer4714]

Terryl

[@tomareani512]

This Mun "landing" never actually happened. It was all done in a studio back on Kerbin. Note the evidence: There is no way that massive vehicle could have possibly survived such a rough landing totally intact. In addition, note the lack of footprints left by the Kerbal on the Mun's "surface"; if this were really on the Mun, he would have left obvious footprints in the regolith material that coats the Mun's surface. Lastly, note the presence of stars in the Mun's "sky". Actual cameras would not be able to pick up said stars because they have to filter out the overwhelming amount of overexposure light coming from the sun, and would therefore also filter out the much less radiant stars. And honestly, who could possibly believe that an entire species and its society exists solely to explore space, with absolutely ZERO infrastructure of any kind on their ENTIRE planet, outside of a single airfield/launch facility/R&D department??? This is an obvious attempt by the cabal, errr...KERbal, of super elite Kerbals belonging to the Kerbinati, The Free Kersons Society, the KIA (kerbin intelligence agency), and the Kerthlic Church, to distract kerbals from the truth: The fact that there is a giant, invisible monster in their solar system called "The Kraken", which if not defeated will one day destroy all of kerbin kind, but the aforementioned intend to capture and control The Kraken for their own nefarious purposes!! WAKE UP PEOPLE! YOU ARE BEING LIED TO!!!

[@ThomasKundera]

Love that comment :-)

[@ohhhhhyaa]

Bruh, it's friggin game

[@manvsworm7490]

ohhhhhyaa whoosh

[@nutfar4413]

ohhhhhyaa Whoooooooooooosh

[@gavinstarks2761]

ohhhhhyaa and? A game of little humanoid green dudes that speak backwards spanish is suppose to be taken seriously? His comment was a clear joke.

[@alternatelives8559]

I love how both of your 'roving bases' look like steam locomotives. That's not a bad thing; they look absolutely majestic chugging along on extraterrestrial worlds!

[@felpex1495]

Send a mobile base to Eve! Awesome video by the way

[@user-mz3om1fc5g]

FelpeXD _ops How about mobile Eve base which has a boat mod and smaller boats and rovers. Aka The Perfect Rover Base

[@ryebread1787]

Wow Matt, congrats! Last time i watched one of your videoes you where at 5k subs! You have ben growing so fast!

[@thedynamicdoggo4155]

OneSmallBirb sry but this is unrelated but it’s bird not birb

[@donut5818]

r/whoosh

[@shay2736]

Bagel 😂

[@Geobiery]

Love everything about this design. The "trireme" concept is really neat.

[@justanotherintrovert1012]

I have also established a shuttle with 2 stages, a carrier craft first stage, consisting of a mainsail, adapter, and 2 orange tanks + fairing, then the shuttle itself, made of an MK-3 plane with (by clever use of airbrakes) having extendable and retractable wings and tailfin, it has a payload bay consisting of 2 MK-3 singles, it has 4 Rapier engines and enough fuel to get to Jool and back without refueling (but don't think it can't refuel, it has 8 drills hidden inside a service bay) I have used it to establish a orbiting station around Kerbin, Duna, Eve, and the Mun

[@MrRushhour4]

Thats nice

[@KrustyKlown]

Mobile Moon base for real, could solve solar wind radiation problem, just keep driving 4-9mph and the mobile base could stay on the dark side, shielded from the Sun.

[@tobiashorowitz9676]

As a kid, I always had an interest in space and physics, my family and friends didn’t agree, but I’m glad there are people who get to do these simulators and be creative as if money were no issue 🙂 I hope you keep making videos, it makes me still hope that someday I’ll get to try this in real life 😌

[@TSPxEclipse]

Honestly, my own solution for safely getting the mobile base from a vertical to horizontal attitude would be to add some level of VTOL-style engines to at the very least slow down the craft, if not actually allow it to take off vertically. Also, I have managed to modify this design (thanks for providing the craft file!) So that I am able to have an actual refueling station for more convenient (and cheaper) system travelling.

[@tracegatlin6307]

Mortal engines London be like: dammit they beat us to space Do a Mortal Engines traction city build that'd be dope as hell 10/10

[@glorgifyn464]

A while ago I couldn't get to the Mun, now I can get to the outer planets (not always back). This is partly and or mostly in thanks to you, so thanks to you.

[@SRFriso94]

NASA didn't actually crash the Saturn V's third stage into the moon to prevent debris, that wasn't a huge concern in the '60s, for instance, the Apollo 12 booster is still up there. They did it because theApollo missions brought seismometers, but those needed to be calibrated. And this was a relatively cheap way of doing that, because it would be an object with a known mass hitting a relatively precise location at a known speed.

[@Rekaert]

7:00 Now there is a touchdown for the record books. Ass-backwards landing with a 180° rotational twist onto the landing gear. I feel it really needed a bunch of people nearby with scorecards to fully appreciate it. Pilot earned his wage that day.

[@red_five3325]

My munar mini-bus can do better than that - skip to 8:00 on this video to see it (kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6q2ial_gNZgiZY)

[@thomasfothergill1721]

absolutely awesome gonna try this my self hope it goes well it is an amazing design

[@r4tch3t]

What about making a rover with some science return probes and escape capsules capable of returning kerbals to kerbin.

[@cfzone8685]

7:04 - Close Call! Nice Landing!

[@JadedDark]

After making my first successful ISS, Mun Space Station, and deep space station, my game could not handle all of the parts. It's always refreshing to see more content. I suppose I'll be diving back in for some more KSP!

[@red_five3325]

I modified it with MechJeb and a docking port at the rear end (for refueling other ships). While fuel efficiency was a plus in the "getting there" phase, it was a minus in the landing phase when my third big engine was still attached to it. Next time: get rid of that engine and put RCS thrusters on it for landing stability.

[@ShadowDragon1848]

An orbital shipyard would be cool ^^ Also a realy big ship build in some kind of giant space station, but all parts must transported from kerbin to the station.

[@alexlandherr]

Reminds me of the MOLAB concept by Werner von Braun. Info about it is available in the documentary “Moon Machines” in the episode about the lunar rover.

[@planetaxolotl4398]

You could make a giant rover that has a mini launch/landing pad for a small vehicle, like an aircraft carrier, but IN SPACE!

[@antares8826]

If someone needs an idea for a blunderbird mission. This person could rescue a sunken spacecraft from Eves oceans.

[@maxwellmondo4857]

and/or build an underwater eve base

[@user-mz3om1fc5g]

Matt, How about mobile base to planet/moon with a cargo bay to load and unload smaller rovers?

[@user-mz3om1fc5g]

Plus,I really like your rovers

[@MattLowne]

Interesting idea, seems like the next logical step for building bigger rovers!

[@dcs_0]

how about a base that hangs below a munar arch with the grabber claw? It would be a challenge to "dock" under it though! :)

[@katequinn4402]

Or an escape module in the cargo bay in the case of an emergency

[@grifballa]

Biggest "rover" I ever made was a multi-trailer semi. Never left the ground. I just drove it up the coast a bit before getting bored and taking a hard right into the sea

[@DeusEversor]

i like it, it is pretty! :) i like imagining how interior is designed, where is com center, where is medbay, lab, habitats, engine room, engineering bay, air and water regeneration. obviously Brigde is up front ;)

[@morphman86]

That is an awesome design. The only thing I would add, for authenticity, would be a few landing legs to act as grounding for when the drill is active. It didn't do anything here, but if you tried that in real life, the Mun Machine might flip over. Perhaps something for the next one :)

[@you_just]

Haha, saw the flag on Reddit and it looks great!

[@tumblingsloth6206]

You should use a planet pack like outer planets mod to have more objects and challenges to do

[@rahul38474]

I think he has a video on Galileo Planet Pack, but OPM would be cool too.

[@BeezerWashingbeard]

RSS :)

[@rahul38474]

One of the suggested videos I saw was an underwater base. That would be cool for one of your videos, like a base on the bottom of the ocean of Laythe, Eve, or Kerbin.

[@jmstudios457]

Builds a roving base on Duna Builds a roving base on the Mun as a sequel Builds a roving base on Duna as a sequel to the Mun base *Inception sound*

[@benmarchessault7289]

That is quite a launch vehicle, much more than Xbox one ksp could handle

[@Micro-Lander]

So sad

[@huntercash2171]

It could handle it. Just it'd take too long. The controller sucks for building games such as ksp

[@spaceenjoyer8304]

If Kerbals invaded Mun, they will do it with THIS vehicle.

[@Bruhtimus]

Make a base in a cave on any planet with caves hanging upside down!!!

[@leomeyer9537]

Next mission can you go all out TAPE and make the rockets reusable?

[@ericgerber8841]

Finally someone who knows who TAPE is!

[@KookeePenguins]

Or the falcon heavy

[@noonehere4332]

Last time i was this early, Matt still posted music videos. Great work m8

[@thetechdude5011]

Thanks for doing the stream, literally saved my life ;)

[@PeterHamiltonz]

"The payload is big and long" I use that line a lot.

[@red_five3325]

Next Mission: use that rover to refuel spacecraft and fill up ore tanks for delivery back to Kerbin.

[@dino2dino911]

Purple bed comercial. Purple uses a powder on there products that can get into your lungs. Kind of like asbestos. Sounds great!

[@granth.1919]

Hey Matt! Got to say, when I first started watching your videos I had no idea what you were doing because most of the time I eyeball all of my missions. Love the videos though! I love recreating your missions for challenges!

[@fritz_schlorm]

i'm watching this in my basement home theater

[@braylonvuong8445]

Next on Matt Lowne:sending a huge base and rover to Alpha Centauri in rp-0 and RSS.

[@CockatooDude]

Wait there's a mod that adds other star systems? YES!

[@PamirTea]

7:00 that landing is beautiful

[@acebubbles5023]

not gonna lie i’m sitting in my buddies home theatre watching this so close enough matt😂

[@MrMario4president]

5:27 look at that kerbin rise!

[@crowing7]

That landing with a twist, 10/10 ;)

[@bbrdbr]

I think the fact that the thrust from the Mammoth engine is yellow, but the thrust from the Vector itself is purple, even though the Mammoth claims to be a cluster of four Vectors.

[@spook9780]

I watched this in my home-cinema

[@thealover]

Now we need a tylo rover! :)

[@ninobusgano315]

when this rocket lands back mother earth won't be virgin anymore

[@maxwellmondo4857]

Maybe an underwater base on Laythe/Eve? Sorta like a submarine base i guess

[@Micro-Lander]

He would have to either put a lot of engines inside each other but then it would go too fast when it hit the bottom or use some engines to submerge use the grabbers and then the Kerbals would float if he tried to eva to he would have to make some type of underwater jet pack and would have to put a panel over the entrance/exit (Kerbals still float when on a ladder)

[@sheldonmachiskinic3621]

KEEP MAKING THESE VIDEOS I LOVE SPACE STUFF AND YOU TOO

[@arco007]

I like your videos they are the best and your rockets are the best designs ever!

[@Mr.President0911]

I’m watching this in a cinema, a home cinema

[@wiljada1309]

I’m currently using the Duna and mun machine rovers to explore kerbin, thanks so much

[@ahjsbkdjhavkcjhvac]

0:30 omg i am in my own small cinema

[@gigamut11b86]

Nice...sweet lookin mobi-base...I need to really step up my game...lol...love the glitch walk...had me lmao XD Keep up the great work. Have a good'n & be safe.

[@redstonebear7_342]

Totally watching this in a cinema

[@zerka1892]

im watching this in a cinema

[@tibeauvanhekken7080]

The design is just beautifull

[@H311fi5h]

A trailer with a stock hinge would be pretty cool.

[@ralphmalone8337]

The Vectors are awesome inventions !

[@pringlex]

Love the mobile base! Question for you Mr. Lowne: Why have you added two unfolding dishes and one bigger dish? Redundancy?

[@tomrichardson129]

I've got an idea, try and rescue a mobile base on Eve or something. Fly a base to somewhere and then try and get it (the whole base) back.

[@thefinalunnamed312]

I'm watching this on the smallest cinama ever! Introducing the phone!!!!!!!

[@ilseaardenburg6970]

HE: sending a mobile base to the mun Me: did not even succeed to get in orbit

[@wukongamatics2748]

If I were you, I would blow up the MunMachine using decoupler/sepratron missiles

[@Expl0siveLem0n]

I am in fact watching this in a cinema

[@johngreco8259]

you make it look so easy, nice work

[@vaos3712]

Reminds me of the sandcrawler from star wars. Just needs some Droids.

[@alexsiemers7898]

Have you considered adding RealPlume to your set of visual mods?

[@liskers]

YES!

[@awesemo2702]

Whats RealPlume?

[@felpex1495]

Noah NiCe A kind of realistic exhaust gases

[@awesemo2702]

Okay I already found the mod. Thanks :)

[@BenNicholls]

Hey Matt, great video as always! Question -> What mods do you use?

[@comet8539]

I am actually watching this in my uncles at home cinema, funny enough

[@brianriley5108]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

[@anthonypelchat]

Really nice rover base. Too bad stock KSP doesn't give you much to do with it. I would love to see what you could come up with using the USI mods. Life Support and MKS for the habitation, agriculture, multiple resources, and manufacturing. And the built-in Karibou Rover pack for additional options and wheels.

[@tarkelp.6325]

Subscribed at the very start of the video because of the use of "syncophant".

[@torokun1504]

The New LEGO mobile moon Base!

[@giovantheunissen7234]

Hey Lowne! Heres an idea.. Remember that rover you said you still need to build with the giant wheels? How about a giant rover/colony/lab with the giant wheels FOR EVE?! :O

[@Adenite95]

Great video! How about sending a giant mining focused rover to one of the planets?

[@CuriousJourn]

IM WATCHING THIS IN THE CINEMA !!

[@wisnoskij]

Rovers is something I never really used outside of using one to collect science around the launch site. Are they really practical? Like how long does it take to visit multiple adjacent biomes? And can you realistically go those distances without saving and loading over and over again because of random parts falling off?

[@besafe2000]

"the payload is very big and long" -Matte Lowne 2017

[@peaoui165]

Can't you show us your build process? Love to see and hear what you're thinking when you design these contraptions

[@jaceofspades328]

Juna: 5X bigger than the mun, 1/2 roverbase Mun: 1/5 of Juna 2X BIGGER THE JUNA BASE!

[@glorvalmacglorvas171]

I mean, I can watch it in a VR cinema... Theres an application that sticks you in a theater and displays your desktop of a movie theater sized screen

[@jebediah246]

Hey Matt. I really like your videos. Keep going this way. BTW, in your eyes my PC is a potato. What tips do you have for me to have a nice gameplay, exept buing a ''not potato'' PC

[@pjotrpjotr2967]

I'm watching this in a vr cinema

[@xxx_dankmemelord_xxx2956]

Im watching this in a cinema.

[@The_RoboDoc]

Make a jool rover ;D

[@Name-nw9uj]

you can't land on jool...

[@carsonklein4707]

Caleb Robbins They were joking.

[@blakebevan1941]

to be honest bargaining with the kraken could make this a reality

[@bluebunnexyt]

(Puts on vr goggles, turns on vr cinema app) heheheh

[@benjaminbee4788]

A mobile sea laythe base would be sick

[@JoTheVeteran]

So you're eco conscious about space trash but still detach the fairings over Kerbin, you could detach them a few seconds before Mun landing.

[@amyshaw893]

also, the ascent vehicle looks fucking awesome

[@theadmiral3609]

Great video Matt! I wish I could I dream of doing this stuff

[@AGO2023]

I'm watching this in cinema!

[@raptormorty594]

Watching this in cinema! #BackToTheMun!

[@douglasparkinson4123]

you know, the 5 meter parts have sort of killed off some creativity. if you wanted to make a launch vehicle for this in current KSP, you wouldn't engineer an amazing trimaran launcher, you would stick it in a 5 meter fairing then put as many fuel tanks and vector engines as you could fit.

[@mrocelot0074]

Matt I just finished watching expedition eve in the odeon now i'm watching 'The adventures of the mun machine'