KSP: SSTO Spaceliner to Mun!

[@alanmakoso1115]

Space shuttle: Takes off vertically and lands horizontally. Matt's SSTO: Takes off horizontally and lands vertically on the moon.

[@scareeVR]

Matt: WELL YOU SEE-

[@GG-sd2dr]

It makes sense, there are no runways on the moon.

[@edwardhague7676]

Horizontally both ways?

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Hey, nothing wring with that. I just made a rolling rover. As in a Mun lander that has wheels on all sides and can drive when falling over sideways. It also has enough RCS thrust to lift off, orient itself in any direction, and do sick backflips. So it can land and take off horizontally and vertically, and even backwards.

[@Piglin_Emperor]

​@@GG-sd2dr BUILDONEUSINGWINGS

[@spikethelizard2770]

"NASA is looking for a New generation of Mun landers" NASA is playing KSP

[@InventorZahran]

The SLS is such a Kerbal-esque design tho... Take the fuel tank and SRBs from the space shuttle, slap on a Delta IV upper stage, and top it off with a re-skinned Apollo capsule. Totally not limited to the stock Kerbal parts!

[@cupofspiders5830]

InventorZahran 327 the N-1 was just the human way of saying, we don’t have big enough parts, so let’s add MOAR BOOSTERS! :D The Saturn 5 and Delta were just humans getting TweakScale.

[@Messier42-handle]

@@InventorZahran those srbs look just like the clysedale srbs though fr

[@rodrigoserafim8834]

Captain: "Attention passengers, we are starting the suicide burn phase. We should arrive at the mun in a few seconds." Passengers: "SAY WHAT!?!?"

[@cupofspiders5830]

When you know nothing about planes and the captain starts using weird terminology

[@Niki43377]

Lol

[@willrhodes3508]

I'm not sure I'd be any happier if the captain used the term "hoverslam", instead! Aaaaack!

[@Zeunknown1234]

Lol

[@ibuilder1175]

Matt Lowne: "...An SSTO to the mun!" Me: *likes immediately*

[@thunderbird1921]

A few months ago, I tried to build a space shuttle orbiter-like vehicle that could land on the moon and fly back. It wasn't as impressive as this SSTO plane, but it did work. Could this work in real life I wonder?

[@franzitheduck5914]

1. the Kerbal Space program is 10 times smaller than the real Solar system 2.normaly you stay with fule in orbit if you land on the mun because you need lesser fuel 3. a ssto is cheaper but needs more fuel 4. A falcon havy will be cheaper

[@ibuilder1175]

@@thunderbird1921 Yes, but we are a while from being able to use rockets just like normal airplanes and we have MUCH much mode experience with building rockets than spaceplanes.

[@AshikVetrivelu]

​@Geekimus Prime Atleast Kerbin has the same gravity as earth but for a smaller radius.

[@AshikVetrivelu]

@Geekimus Prime Earth's radius is ~ 6300km and kerbin's radius is 600km. Mass of kerbin is 5.29e25 grams. So the gravity is same as Earth ASL in equator.

[@frasercain]

Hey Matt, I just covered the Exodus Space AstroClipper - a 2-stage spaceplane - which will try to build this in reality. I'll pass along your video so they can learn from your techniques.

[@polartyyberk]

Wdym

[@Coreybug]

Love your videos

[@b-chroniumproductions3177]

@Caiden Samuel They're using TWO bots now (I've noticed that response every time the first spam reply appears). Clever. Sadly, nobody on this video will be falling for it.

[@dazedvegetable182]

" I'm 59% sure it's going to work." You had a chance, Matt. You had a chance.

[@lfox02]

My thoughts exactly. I'm so disappointed.

[@theelite8196]

Damnit..

[@markboyle1843]

A 59% chance

[@InventorZahran]

I'm 69% sure it's going to work...

[@mineeagle2651]

I heard that as 69 lol

[@patw8535]

Hey Matt, about the Delta V funkiness for the Munar injection burn- I've actually had the same issue myself. Because all the engines are in the same stage it is calculating them all together. If you separate the types of engines between two stages, it will calculate with the current stage. If you want to get an accurate readout, you simply need to separate the Rapiers from the nuclear and move the stages around as needed. Hope this helps!

[@HermanVonPetri]

Yes, this trick works. Splitting the unused engines off into a new upper stage in the staging column fixes the delta-V calculation.

[@dogmaticpyrrhonist543]

And it corrected itself when the oxidiser was used up, not due to rebooting ksp

[@johnstonsan]

You can also get around this by keeping the air intakes open, and leaving the rapiers active but in air-breathing mode.

[@honglianglim8637]

It was just because of the left over oxidizer.

[@rogerawong]

The other thing you can do is set the throttle for the Rapiers to 0, and then they won't be taken into account, leftover oxidizer notwithstanding.

[@sethdog_gamer2473]

this guy is actually super good. why? he does not beg for subs or likes, he actually has a good personality, he has a nice voice, he does not copy anyone, he is unique and there are so many other reasons why I like these videos by him.

[@evolved2be]

Nobody: Matt: Solving global warming with SSTOs

[@alanmakoso1115]

That day you realised that burning fuel is producing CO2 and other greenhouse gases. This is not to mention that nuclear propulsion is used which will generate some sort of pollutant(even if radiation is controlled)

[@AniMaTiX1]

@@alanmakoso1115 I think that a nuclear engines irl would use some light fuel like hydrogen. So, pollution due to fuel would not be a problem

[@donut5818]

Just use entirely nuclear engines, no fuel burned equals no greenhouse gasses emitted.

[@alwynwatson6119]

That’s not a problem if you made the fuel Out of CO2 and water in the first place.

[@DragonMasterCOD]

@@donut5818 If a Nuclear Engine were to explode, it would be the same as a Nuclear Explosion. It would be real life Fallout.

[@lieutenantsupascoop2126]

Americans: yay a morning with a new Matt video British: LET ME SLEEEPPP

[@eyezak_m]

American here, it's like 5-8PM ish here

[@ferrolon1795]

Hold on.... Erusean, what are you doing here?

[@Minecrafter6818]

Pizza Reed12 ahahahahahahaha

[@quentinlynch2492]

Who else thinks Matt Lowne sometimes sounds like grian

[@olympique3256]

i was about to say that

[@fadedspace]

Who likes roblox

[@olympique3256]

@@fadedspace now that's a r/nobodyasked

[@fadedspace]

@@olympique3256 looked at your channel and wanted to call you a wuss

[@fadedspace]

@RockySeeker 8330 only if you play roblox

[@Will-jk6nw]

One of my favorite daily routines is to watch Matt Lowne KSP videos on a Saturday morning with a cup of coffee.

[@ibuilder1175]

Yep

[@MetaJokeTT]

Yep

[@andrewduncan6768]

Yup

[@diegoalexandreribotluevano1194]

you do scratch????

[@ScentedCentaur]

Here’s a challenge, put an artificial gravity station as close to the sun as can be in orbit. Also if your reading this I like you videos.

[@space__idklmao]

Grass Stratzenblitz already did that.

[@biggiemilc2961]

Thats flippin awesome

[@621Tomcat]

Stratenblitz made one called Kerbol 0.

[@ibuilder1175]

@space nerd yes but he didn't use breaking ground so matt could probably make something cooler to go along with it

[@Brass_Monkey]

Nice name

[@t.d.knowles4944]

I've had that bug before with the delta V estimation time; a fix I regularly use is go back to the KSC, then return to your craft via tracking station. This is usually at least a temporary fix

[@corbinryswyk518]

Matt, I’ve just recently found your channel and am really enjoying your videos!

[@flowgoi1741]

Hey can you do a tutorial on propellers and how to use them effectively?

[@raphaelwaggoner3200]

There are plenty of existing tutorials on how to make stock propellers in vanilla KSP.

[@rhwlol]

no

[@originalusername6971]

no

[@Whisky2000]

Yes

[@jenniferkemp2337]

HOW THE FREAK DID YOU GET THE DLC'S TO WORK!?

[@skyrocks12]

"i'm 59% sure it's going to work" me designing any of my KSP rockets

[@thebeaniestbeanboys5735]

Me designing literally any ksp craft

[@randomdud3652]

I mean matt is not that bad. He could have put another 10% on there

[@droohinmukherjee2380]

I am 0% sure that my craft will work

[@Spolarvatska]

I am -100% sure That i will ever get to moon :/

[@BisexualPlagueDoctor]

@@Spolarvatska I agree that you will never go to the moon

[@David-py7os]

Nuclear engines aren't run by reactors, it's run by running hydrogen over uranium heating the fuel, causing thrust when ejected out of a rocket nozzle. 4:38

[@ryanspence5831]

this Nuclear fusion engines get even crazier with variable isp deuterium stuff

[@delta9827]

Since I am a chemistry Nerd, I am easily relatable to this Except the part about Hydrogen over uranium. If Nuclear engines use Nuclear reactors. They would need to have a large amount of Uranium, Plutonium, and Thorium to run for long distances. Although they could of used the type of Nuclear reactor that feeds itself. And nuclear reactors are way too big. Edit: Sorry I got a little bit too carried away.

[@David-py7os]

@Theminecraftmanishere 8000 cringe bro, cringe

[@Xingmey]

Nuclear engines ARE reactors. Inside happens a reaction. That's why they are called reactors. The reaction there is gas is heated up and the exhausted thru the nozzle. The thermonuclear reaction (aka fission) is that heats up the gas.... therefor nuclear reactor

[@Xingmey]

@@delta9827 you Not only get carried awy but nerded all wrong. Get Back to a textbook and read the chemestry stuff again als. Based on this comment i'd Not even give you a D in your Score....

[@jujubean7664]

Everytime I watch one of Matt's videos, I get inspired and play ksp, only to realize how trash I am )=

[@MisterItchy]

IKR?

[@slengor8257]

@@MisterItchy dude for real I started playing again because I never was able to make it into orbit and I did... But then idk what to do...

[@lieutenantsupascoop2126]

Same here lol

[@Minecrafter6818]

Jujubean same feeling

[@DragonMasterCOD]

@@slengor8257 Try getting an orbit around the Sun, or put a Space Station around it.

[@EZ168_]

Matt, the reason why the maneuver node got confused during your munar injection burn and mun capture burn is because of the mode of the rapier engines. If you switch them to air breathing, the maneuver nodes will fix themselves. This is because the game calculates delta v using the engines which are able to burn, even if they are off. Switching into air breathing mode in a vaccum will force the game to only calculate the delta v of the nuclear engines.

[@BananaBlaster64]

When the manouver node doesn’t work then turn the R.A.I.P.I.E.R engines to air breathing mode... then it would’nt take delta v from them Works every time for me😂😉

[@Telor21]

Genius

[@kypdurron]

I'm pretty sure the delta-v readout solved itself when he used all of the oxidizer so the RAPIER engines couldn't work anymore.

[@BananaBlaster64]

@Kyp Durron but the thing i said works... and then you dont have to burn all the oxidiser at accent

[@spinningsquare1325]

Lmao yes instead of turning rapiers off just switch them to air breathing so they turn on only on return

[@infected_hunter0genius620]

Someone how complex can rockets and space be. ksp: Allow me to introduce myself

[@dime8932]

Infected_Hunter0 Genius more like actual science: introduce myself. Cmon bruh. U really think that a game would be harder than actual astrodynamics and rocket engineering?

[@lachlanthomas4179]

I think how good a ssto looks directly influences how well it works

[@spinningsquare1325]

Real

[@tracytron7162]

I don't have OCD myself, but I honestly really appreciate that you didn't misuse the term OCD there. A lot of people don't even realise what it actually is, and it's nice to see someone who actually understands that and is polite about it. Thanks

[@phillipm7178]

I LOVE the landing procedure. Land vertical, tip over, small burn to dampen impact 😂😂😂

[@victor_silva6142]

@Matt: "SSTO are easy to build in real life as they are in KSP!" Me: "You just said it."

[@HitzThaDon]

Everyday Astronaut: SSTO's Suck! Matt: SSTO to the Mun!!

[@modelrc9500]

Me: celebrates landing on mun with an extra 2000 delta v needed for landing on the mun AND going back for a tiny lander that can’t even go back to Kerbin Matt: easily goes to the mun and back using a SSTO

[@Revaris]

It's like the Concorde, the SR-71 Blackbird and a NASA Shuttle had a child of the future. Beautiful.

[@lucadentrone5525]

this is so cool just like all your stuff, Matt Lowne. love your vids!

[@bertha3918]

Very planey plane Matt! Good job!

[@SyrusWeaver-Walls]

My mans corble Kerman still needs saved from dubs if u need a blunderbirds:)!

[@galahad6300]

The Craft looks really cool. It reminds me of the NX test craft from Star Trek: Enterprise

[@ghjkl816]

It's funny, this exact week I tried (and failed, I confess) to build an SSTO for 10 tourists for the Mun (and Minmus). Thanks for doing that for me ^^

[@marshmallowsgamer9405]

Matt lowne space industry the only company that make you go to the mun for a dollars,giy you are so creative this is incredible

[@pyromaniacal13]

That Vernier engine thrust was fantastic! I will definitely keep them in mind now.

[@Avetho]

When you were aerobraking and said the word "satisfactory" my brain decided to combine KSP and Satisfactory in my head with elements of Factorio. Wow. I have never been more impressed by my imagination.

[@The_Nonchalant_Shallot]

1:19 He says they're easy, but in the many many years I've been playing this game, I've never once been able to get an ssto to even make it out of the atmosphere before running out of fuel and crashing D:

[@GMartins222]

You should make a big space station that has a parabolic orbit which, at one point on it’s orbit, is about as close to the Sun as Moho, and on another point, out further than Eeloo

[@SuperMarioOddity]

that wouldn't be parabolic, it would have eccentricity < 1 if it was truly parabolic it wouldn't come back

[@aurata_karting]

Matt: NASA if you’re watching- NASA: takes notes aggressively

[@TheRojo387]

Specific impulse is everything. When you unlock engines with higher ISP, the lower ISP engines become basically obsolete. That is, unless you absolutely need them to escape a planet's or moon's surface, or for manœuverability.

[@stevenkendzierski9333]

This is the earliest I've ever been.

[@elgenestudio8698]

Me: "Can't even make a working aircraft"

[@enriquecruz4732]

Nasa: we need more employees Me: let me Introduce you to *Trumpet noises* Matt

[@adorimirable]

I have a series of jets that I make called "wyverns" I did that because I made the wings shaped like stuka wings.

[@_.l4n3]

I bet that looks pretty sick! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRWWWWWWWWWWW

[@robson668]

Matt, could you design a interplanetary heavy cargo dropship with swiveled engine mounts,a big cargo hold and a ramp? like the dropships from the Alien movies, curious to see if such design has some practicality to it. I mean, who needs rockets if you can have a dropship right ;-)

[@cupofspiders5830]

Sounds impractical but I think I know what you’re saying. Would be interesting to see

[@DarkDestinybyC]

We are honoured to recieve this epic free content

[@skyearthocean5815]

Thrust is actually the more correct term for what you are doing. For example in aircraft a prop has power levers, a jet has thrust levers. Rockets produce thrust, engines produce power.

[@exoplanets]

Great video !

[@drumpfbad5258]

11:26 my friend when I'm in a discord call with him and it's silent so he breaks the silence by saying something insane.

[@alexbuss3377]

Anyone of Matt’s subscribers “it has been irrefutably proven that Matt decides to chug 4 sugar filled drinks before he makes a video” he just has so much energy in his videos. Yet not too much, unlike my cousin who starts screaming when he has sugar. I’m actually a type 1 diabetic and so gimme all of the sugar jokes you got! I have 300+ units of insulin, so get to it!

[@Fizzure3000]

Jesus, that landing on the Mun was so damn smooth

[@planenoises5236]

bunch of kerbals: *stuck on duna* Matt: makes another SSTO to Mun

[@BallistX]

I don't know why but i really like the aesthetics and shape of the Mk.2 parts.

[@spinningsquare1325]

Mk2 is easier to fly than mk3 cus mk2 parts give you lift

[@karai5082]

I think what fixed the maneuver node burn thing is that you used up all of the oxidizer for the rapier engines so that the game wasn’t calculating them any more

[@Jbay2608]

Who doesn't get back to Matt to be on Blunderbirds. Madness.

[@bruh-moment-21]

your kerbin orbit entry was smooth!

[@jmstudios457]

When you get Matt lownes videos on Friday night rather than Saturday: AMERICA FUCK YEAH

[@trapsimpson2630]

That mun landing was 👌

[@BruhLordRBLX]

First video I finished!! ( Watched 4 months ago ) you inspired me to play ksp more!!!

[@kerikyl]

Thanks alot Matt!! I have exams this week and i didn't get a good score. But this video made my day :D

[@wyldcat9396]

I just found this channel and subbed about a month ago but gosh darn I can't stop watching. Keep up the good work, I look forward to your next video!

[@Purberus96]

The reason your maneuver nodes were not working as you were hoping was because you had oxidizer for the rapiers still. Precisely why the maneuver nodes worked on the way home because you used the rest of the oxidizer on your launch from the mun.

[@acanadianguy826]

Nice SSTO, looks cool

[@ruby023]

This... puts a smile on my face

[@bennyfactor]

11:10 Matt if you had never said this, I would have just assumed "throst" was just the fancy RP way of saying "thrust", like how "clerk" sounds like "clark".

[@senka__]

Holy crab that thing look awesome!

[@old_zitterhand]

Had a similar maneuver node problem with an SSTO . It seemed like the game got confused with the leftover oxidizer and the single stage so that it thought that only the Rapier engines were available

[@lttweety6397]

Next time the game sound effects disappear in the recording I vote for noise effects coutesy of Matt!

[@redstoneguy589]

Amazing video, you deserve more subscribers

[@alonso4668]

dude you leaving mun looked like the mun was saying:change the world, my final message, goodbye *windows xp shutdown sound*

[@sweetom888]

Your commentary was really good in this video!

[@sadtoad3252]

I’m new to the Channel and I don’t know what SSTO stands for oh and I love your channel ❤️

[@AlexandreJWKlaus]

Thanks so much! I used your tutorial and had a flip happy plane found this and it has worked so far! thanks! got to space and with a few SRBs found a duna way that did not get me adrift in the system of duna

[@il3968]

Myyy plane keeps on flipping how did you do that. Lol

[@il3968]

It’s not the weight I checked it soo many times.

[@Stormento_]

@@il3968 probably the wing placement if you cant take off try moving the wings forward, if you try to take off and it just keeps flipping try moving the wings backwards. (Im talking about the main wings btw)

[@il3968]

@@Stormento_ oh thank you, I will try doing that. I just created my own version but it’s trash; it did the job though.

[@Stormento_]

@@il3968 yeah this is coming from someone who cant even make space planes... go to space.

[@ggrcing]

Butter that landing Matt🤣🤣

[@loopingbricks899]

Thanks for that OCD clarification Matt! Much love

[@skillzmcgee8013]

I think activating the Rapier engine repaired the delta-v too. It must have re-read the the currently active engines and fixed itself

[@vorea]

The maneuver node readout got fixed because the rapiers are effectively dead without oxidizer, so I guess the game stopped calculating them. Right before they flared out the DeltaV stat on the stage list jumped up to 1.7km.

[@lardbarth5180]

You make me laugh, Matt. Keep up the good work. KSP player with 3000 hrs here.

[@toosafelol]

There is also an option in the settings (i think its advanced burn times) and it shows when you reach that 50% point of the burn time and its adjustable if you maybe wanna do 2 burns in 2 orbits

[@lucasvarela9088]

Thanks for the respect for us OCD sufferers, lovely video as always ❤️❤️❤️

[@LaggyWizard]

If nasa had Matt ( and wasn't cut down by the Senate) we would be living on Mars already

[@3ctjhseolere]

Regardless, at least we still have SpaceX!

[@gnas1897]

@@3ctjhseolere lol yeah

[@Karaoke__Queen451]

Very good video, I liked the design of the SSTO

[@avoidress1018]

Very Epic! Nice Job, eat food, live, sleep and play KSP!

[@DougalYoung]

Yes, I gladly smash that like button. I almost always forget to smash it so Im glad you tell me to !

[@BradleyWhistance]

Oh heck yes

[@LastRites47]

I bought this game a while back but never played it. Your videos always make it look super interesting and fun! I'm about to dive in for the first time!

[@starfyter87]

I personally prefer to trust the KER readouts for maneuver nodes and delta-V, since it generally is more correct. Not too sure if it also would have glitched out like the built-in one did in this video, though.

[@convolutedpeppercorn1078]

Wow. That name really butters my croissant

[@jimmer828]

Matt is so good and im absolutely terrible

[@jpstroebel7253]

You have some skills my man.

[@luisestebanr6311]

I can't avoid talking about the 3 faces shown into the corner of the screen, at the time of returning to planet home they look high on ketamine! hahahahahah

[@bodan1196]

You can, change and add to the staging inflight, and I would not be surprised if you were to place the rapiers in a new 'no.1' stage, the estimated burntime in the nodes would then be correctly calculated. The problem "got fixed" when the oxidizer ran out...

[@RobDeVos101]

I have the same problem with the man. nodes, i solved it by setting the thrust to 0 of the engines that were turned off.

[@piperthedoge2531]

If you slow the video speed down to 0.5, Matt sounds funny. Also, GREAT tutorial.

[@pikamochzotv539]

I guess you aren't enough brave to save Valentina from drowning on Laythe

[@judemaniom3470]

I loved the video, here's a cool video Idea, you could build a dry dock space station like "Kerbal Space Command" did. It would also be awesome if you did a few tutoruals slightly more advanced than Lowne Aerospace 2, like a manned return mission to laythe or surface bases etc.

[@cmdroldar]

Ah yes. The Imperial Clipper.

[@thomashanson6603]

The navball Dv thing was because the game realized that you couldnt use the rapiers anymore. You ran them out of oxidizer.