KSP: That Rocket We All Drew as Kids

This week, I decided to take a break from Laythe trips and tried my hand at making a "Rocket Ship" SSTO, in the style of old retrofuturism designs.
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This video is intended for audiences 13+ years old.
Here is the video where I built the refuelling station (core only)
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[@jagermantis]

"Look mommy I designed a single stage liquid fuel ssto with adjustable airofoils and reaction control systems!"

[@bonbin6053]

“T-that’s great son, well done” **damn I’m gonna raise an engineer as a child**

[@HeidenLam]

“911, what’s the emergency?”

[@anunayy]

@@HeidenLam Mommy is flying!

[@MattLowne]

You forgot the crackers Gromit

[@royrequireswifi488]

Heiden Lam *this child is not a child*

[@hannalot_]

Stratzenblitz last night: LET'S COLONISE EELOO Matt this morning: My rocket is designed by a 3 year old

[@bonbin6053]

Lol

[@awstreub1707]

YYY

[@MattLowne]

ssto go vrooom

[@saffran8155]

@@MattLowne They see you rolling, they hatin'.

[@BiggestNoodle]

@@MattLowne vrom

[@benjaminlazarus1]

You should make a "Will it fly?" series where you recreate rockets from TV shows and movies :)

[@stuff2924]

yup

[@emqueue1h]

i rly wanna see the petercopter in ksp

[@superscatboy]

This would make an excellent series

[@FreetheFreckles]

Aw hell yeah

[@GodzillaJawz]

Yes

[@ClemensAlive]

"Cooper. We dont have monopropellant boosters. We cant dock. It's not possible." "No. It's nessecary" (probably written wrong. sorry. I'm german^^)

[@NovaScopz]

Don't worry mate, you have better spelling than some native English speakers I know XD

[@pedrovicnt_]

Invert the c with the ss, sometimes i too have trouble with english since i speak portuguese

[@michaelbusch1154]

Endlich ein Landsmann

[@JaxonWX]

I'm learning german.

[@redthunder6183]

I love that movie

[@GileadMaerlyn]

I'm French, so your rocket reminds me of Tintin, a Belgian comic. They go to the moon with a similar rocket in shape. Although their rocket only has 3 "feet" and yours has 4. The episode when they go to the moon was written in the 1950's.

[@Thefuror38500]

Exactement ce que j'allais écrire l'ami :D

[@seagull4432]

actually in Tintin the rocket was much bigger, almost the size of the saturn 5( about 70 meter when the saturn 5 was 111 meters. was actually half the size but quite still massive). the writer of Tintin wrote this before humans land on the moon and no he wasn't DUMB.

[@GileadMaerlyn]

@@seagull4432 Who says he was dumb? And yes, I said it has a similar *shape* not *size*

[@seagull4432]

@@GileadMaerlyn the rocket matt lowne built is no way close to 70 meters and no way close to 4 feet either, it is much bigger than that. Same goes for the tintin rocket which was about probably more than 4 times the height of his rocket.

[@seagull4432]

just realised i am stupidly dumb XD sorry.

[@sven518-7]

Still remember a rocket like that from a children's book in which a boy and a dog travel to the moon

[@bumcheese1981]

Tintin

[@aimossy6466]

Tintin is great, though unrealistic in terms of astrophysics

[@_astrale9073]

I'm french, so this rocket so familiar for me

[@sven518-7]

I didn't mean tintin. It's called "3,2,1 into space" but in Dutch. Nice book.

[@edoont]

Tintin, used to be one of my favorite book

[@capt_kelris9954]

so, this is what we can tell to the kid we were : "Ok boy, your rocket is functionnal. But to go somewhere, you first need to place a refuelling station of billions of dollars in orbit first, and you have to keep it full for every trip you want (but don't expect to go further the moon, by the way), including to come back home. So take your crayon again and draw me that station. Don't forget the parachutes too, because your rocket will flip over and crash because of physics. And don't forget to wash your hands before we lunch, by the way." .... Quite depressing, isn't it?

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

You must be the kindest father of your town 😂😂

[@lily-x2c7n]

@@fridaycaliforniaa236 or mother

[@dannypipewrench533]

No, I would love to be told to add more craft to my "fleet." I never designed SSTOs as a young child (or an older one), because I was too busy modifying the Saturn V (fairly realistically, too, I might add.). I still like to come up with new ways to use the Saturn V, and illustrate a short flight with it and some interesting spacecraft.

[@kevinzheng7373]

"Suicide burns are dead easy now!" I see what you did there.

[@BigLoser43]

I dont get it

[@jimmysavile69]

@@BigLoser43 I'd explain but it includes something I don't want to talk about

[@yoot3008]

@@BigLoser43 *dead* easy

[@HDTomo]

@@jimmysavile69 explain 🔫 (pretty sure I know it anyways lmao)

[@moogie1942]

I can assure you I never drew one of those rockets. When I was little I was so ungodly afraid of space that I cried at the title for the Big Bang Theory. The. Title.

[@nicazer]

forgive me for laughing at your trauma but I have to imagine this first-grade teacher: alright kiddos, draw a moon rocket! you: *raises hand* Ms. Wonderful? have you ever thought about the vastness of space? The emptiness? Have you considered the absolute loneliness one would feel if stuck out there in space, in miles and miles of absolutely nothing, confined to a claustrophobic suit with but a few hours to live? Have you realized how terrifying space is? Can you imagine what it would be like to be 500,000 miles from the nearest visible object? Yeah, sure, draw a moon rocket. It'll be great. rest of the class: *crying*

[@alwinstock8795]

@@nicazer LMAO I LAUGHED MY ASS OFF

[@matteofeyaerts]

@@alwinstock8795 🤣

[@CreeperDude-cm1wv]

*says the guy with a rocket ship PFP*

[@mrwomanstealer]

Profile picture thinks otherwise

[@jpase]

Tip: If you are building a rocket like this and have the breaking ground dlc, put the smallest grip pads to the bottoms of the nose cones (you can also make them round to fit the appearance). They will raise the impact tolerance and make the legs slide less so you can land on inclined surfaces as well

[@Aereto]

The round nose cones can be swapped for a adapter cone to put round pads. And for a true kiddie experience, make it 3 landing legs instead of 4 for a 70s authentic experience.

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

Nothin to do with that, but I have this damn f*cking problem with "slippery" parts on Mun's surface with a ground base I built during this summer. It's like the ground is made of ice. That sucks (sorry for my english)

[@theacegecko7018]

"They are quite far away from the KSC." Meanwhile the KSC is a walk away.

[@bonbin6053]

You didn’t even get chased by a fridge on the moon, or let it ski. 1/10 needs more fridge

[@bonbin6053]

Evan Sherman ikr

[@Competitive_Antagonist]

Evan Sherman They didn't need cheese where they were going.

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

I almost cried at the end. I was so sad that the little oven guy didn't get to ski on earth like he wanted.

[@oliverstransky4254]

Well in czech republkc while the country was soviet we had a show wgere a kid made an inflatable ssto rocket that had 4 weirdly shaped fins and 4 big engines and 1 small engine it was colored pink for some ungodly reason also uninflated the rocket would fit into a violin case

[@matyastorok8624]

We have that too in Hungary

[@kubakornijenko1927]

@@matyastorok8624 And Poland to.

[@einszwei3737]

Smolíkovi? :D To je Maďarský ne?

[@fractalelf7760]

Soviet era technology is just now something we are coming to appreciate Comrade!

[@Caleb-en5bo]

@@fractalelf7760 What?

[@tvz_luigi3233]

You should do a mission where you visit all your space stations to pick up home sick kerbals

[@lazilexi]

Blunderbirds - Operation Operation has a nice ring to it

[@gavinfaulkner9873]

Perks of being US East with a bad sleep schedule. I can watch Matts videos as soon as they get uploaded

[@user-qz5it8nt1l]

Perks of waking up 'early' (10 AM) in the UK

[@closingyak17894]

@@user-qz5it8nt1l I literally set my alarm so I can see this asap so this is early

[@eeee-pn2nm]

8pm australia so EaRlY

[@stanleybowman-hood6194]

I’m in Britain so I’m good but I like how all of us are almost in complete different days

[@crocfighter.1322]

@@eeee-pn2nm Only 7 if you were in the sunshine state

[@jackboil84]

The rocket reminds me of the red/white rocket of "the adventures of tintin" :D

[@sillyseagull9468]

YES! I LOVE THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

[@ryanzhao4744]

yup

[@gsquared8730]

YYYYEEEEEESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@floppy8960]

Child me's brain: Rocket engine + Fuel + Cabin + Fins = MOON + FUN

[@theothertonydutch]

Yees but: MOON + FUN = ?

[@ranialaoun4013]

Moon+fun=smashing into the surface of earth

[@10Tabris01]

MOON + FUN = KRAKEN

[@Maxtherocketguy]

@Chara Dreemurr did u mean fuck the moon because that was sprayed on the enterprise in the movie moonfall

[@Maxtherocketguy]

@Chara Dreemurr ?

[@gate7clamp]

I love the Wallace and Gromit movies their really funny, that and chicken run Matt

[@jamiechen9705]

Heavy Tintin vibes going on here

[@benodriscoll4617]

Yeah. He didn't run the engine the whole way to and from the Mun though

[@thejanitor3263]

Is that still on Netflix?

[@thejanitor3263]

I loved that show

[@thejanitor3263]

Please I need to know

[@tapist3482]

@@thejanitor3263 Nah, don't watch the show. The comic is the real gold.

[@randomguy0047]

Me: can't rendezvous without cheats for now, uses a shitload of monoprop to dock Matt: gets a close intercept in a suborbital trajectory, docks with no monoprop and almost zero fuel remaining

[@crowguy506]

It doesn’t happen? That’s exactly like Starship is becoming reality.btw congratulations to 350k.

[@rikolbe]

Not exactly. Starship will be a two-stage rocket.

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

@@rikolbe I think he confuses with Starhopper, but anyway

[@fractalelf7760]

Ah Saturday mornings with coffee and a Matt Lowne KSP video.... perfect way to start my weekend days. With SpaceX's Starship retro is definitely in, cool video!

[@tingarini]

"Jebediah and Valentina have disembarked their craft. They are a very long way from the Kerbal Space Center, so they're gonna have to await some sort of rescue crew to come and get them and pick them up." Next episode of Blunderbirds confirmed.

[@sebastianloessl7982]

The rocket we drew as kids had a TWR of like 40

[@dieleg]

true lol

[@jpase]

4:26 I mean, I drew Saturn V's as a kid. I was obsessed with the moon flights and used to draw Saturn V's and Apollo capsules all the time. I actually can't remember drawing a cartoonish rocket like this, because if I drew a rocket, it was always a Saturn V.

[@MattLowne]

everyone get a load of this nerd 😂😂😂😂😂 lmao gottem

[@jpase]

@@MattLowne Rocket science and space stuff is propably the only aspect on which I take getting called a nerd as compliment lol But yeah, I was obsessed with Saturn V back then

[@Maxtherocketguy]

I designed expander bleed cycle engines in ksp

[@jenniferlumiqued]

I tried to make a V 2 rocket but it was huge and had laser guns and emp missles in it so it can fight everyone else’s rockets with ease

[@jessegd6306]

@@MattLowne Single Stage Saturn V landing on the mun.

[@MobileTech296]

OMG a classic 50’s sci-fi rocket in KSP! Awesome!

[@Kyole4255]

we all know that Matt Lowne is lying. As a Child, he drew Mk1 Command pods sitting on 60x Large orange tanks :) Edit: How did this comment get 96 Likes. You guys are awsome! Edit 2: This was 1 year ago. We're sitting at 384 now according to @A random guy whos having a bad day. Wow.

[@chunkycat1298]

Yeah

[@danepolchin7034]

TBH, when I was a kid, I drew words, and before that, I drew incomprehensible multi-color smudges.

[@Kyole4255]

@@danepolchin7034 We all did :p

[@danepolchin7034]

@@Kyole4255 Yes, we did. Now, however, we draw *slightly* *more* comprehensible smudges, but this time in black and white!

[@ShreyAeroSpace]

@@danepolchin7034 I used to draw pokemons

[@VGamesAreFun]

A new Matt Lowne video? Spend my morning coffee watching this. Love u matty

[@camerondon3712]

This is the first time I recall ever actually seeing a retro rocket in this game.

[@edwarddormer1103]

😀 nice

[@roberthoughton1627]

This is the wallace and gromit rocket and you have done us all proud

[@KiwiMapper]

That rocket reminded me of one found in a Tintin book which gave me the idea for a video (or possibly series) recreating rockets found in books/tv shows/movies!

[@flakstruk-8481]

Tintin rocket was my first thought too

[@eekee6034]

Oh hey, that's a really nice integration of the Skipper engine onto a size 1 mount. Using fins to meet the pipes is really neat.

[@g4l4x83]

SpaceX CyberRocket; Just like the Cybertruck, anyone can draw it.

[@jm56585]

Ye

[@chunkycat1298]

Lol

[@NightBeWheat]

The Starship is quite a good candidate for a cyberrocket

[@Benjordy2]

bruh

[@chloe_gospinny]

Yep

[@_dayoo3480]

LOL looks great matt! Giving me some 50's sci-fi vibes!

[@baschdiro8565]

Jebediah is so badass, he does not even need a free-return trajectory.

[@eekee6034]

This rocket makes me absurdly happy! :D I was an adult before Wallace and Grommit came out, but I think that style of rocket was a classic before I was born. Tintin has of course been mentioned, but there were many other comics & cartoons. Even films, especially if they were black & white.

[@Saturn_57]

Fun fact: the rockets that kids draw is only the v-2 style!

[@Saturn_57]

@Platynowy Dzban i was aying in general

[@sillyseagull9468]

YEah BoMb ThE JEWWS mommy look I bOmBEd The BRI' ISH

[@lazilexi]

@@sillyseagull9468 Bruh I am the bri'ish innit, ya dirty wanker

[@jenniferlumiqued]

I drew a giant ass space ship instead of a rocket bc I thought everyone else’s designs wipers too unrealistic and mine would be launched independently in there own rocket it’s called the interstellar and has antimatter reactors powered by anti matter bacterium to power the whole moon sized ship and the “bubble drive” that fucking bends space time around the ship to go faster than light using the black hole creating ion engines and a bunch of laser guns that create emus to disable other craft Yeah it’s big

[@jovankabroz6858]

Oh god, i see what you did the- **explosion** WHAT THE HELL IS TH- **dies**

[@sebastianwlodarczyk]

Thank you and your mysterious discord user- that fix sounds way better than having to quicksave and reload each refuelling!

[@ГлебСтепанов-е1ъ]

When i was a child, i drew something like Soyuz... because i am russian and i grew up on documentaries about space.

[@Cleptro]

I always wondered about this. Good to know kids do have different perceptions of rockets depending on where they're raised

[@gsquared8730]

@@Cleptro I don’t think I ever drew a rocket;I have no memory of doing it.

[@Zartren]

Aww it looks like Tintin's Moon rocket's little brother. I should try to make a replica of that monster of a spacecraft some day.

[@fizzyballast]

I will never know how you are able to put literally anything in space, let alone a perfect orbit

[@marsar1775]

With enough brute force, and a dash of skill... Anything is possible

[@Mike-oz4cv]

Just do a nice gravity turn eastwards?

[@Purberus96]

It means a lot to many people that you continue to make this content. Thank you

[@grtninja]

Marvin the Martian: "nobody remembers me..... D:"

[@Haggispk]

This is honestly the only good thing about me not being able to sleep till 345am I get to catch the Lowne uploads right as they arrive. Thanks for the bedtime vid my guy. Your internet night owl ❤

[@MK-xc7pl]

I also thought the moon was following me!

[@thedoctor4637]

I like the drogue chutes for this mission. I think they fit better than air breaks to "That Rocket We All Drew as Kids" profile.

[@Tulin258]

On time!

[@nikospapageorgiou57]

This is now one of my favourite videos! Reminds me of Thunderbird 1 ! Great job!

[@elliotexists8681]

I still feel bad for Gromit when his card tower falls over on the way to the moon :(

[@jackm4036]

This is the guy that never clickbait us good job Matt Lowne

[@yaladoodle]

Reminds me of Herges Tintin comic “Destination Moon”.

[@Flyguy4500]

Matt is not only a cool KZbinr, but I think he’d be a cool friend

[@riscaper1598]

You should have put 3 fins not 4. So you cold recreate Tintin's space ship.

[@Mike-oz4cv]

And the nose is too stubby imho. Should be more needly.

[@riscaper1598]

@@Mike-oz4cv yea that too.

[@pipsqeak7104]

I loved those two books as a kid

[@DanTheMan10293]

Phillip D I still do

[@riscaper1598]

@@pipsqeak7104 same.

[@PTNLemay]

I call it the "Tintin Rocket" look. That big red and white thing always felt so iconic to me.

[@astronomical4763]

"We forgot the crackers grommit!"

[@Jesin00]

This rocket is just delightful. I love it.

[@andreasmuller4666]

Honestly, if you have all that infra structure sitting around it´s more immersive if you include using them into your videos. While i see the self contained argument for the vids, staged missions with stops for service, fuel and all that just has a more, "real" feeling to it.

[@dannypipewrench533]

I was always obsessed with the Saturn V (and still am), so my vehicles always looked more like that, very large and multistage. I have been writing 200+ page humorous picture books for several years now, and there is always a part in the middle that typically includes at least 3 Saturn V launches, usually with some sort of special payload. Never the Apollo spacecraft, but vehicles based on it.

[@ScalarYoutube]

You missed out on the opportunity to create custom kerbals called 'Wallace' and 'Gromit' for this mission

[@ThatBoiOnLaythe]

Wow! “We’re gonna have to rely on the Skipper engine to do the bulk of our deceleration and ultimately our landing burn” is a VERY complicated way to say “i’m gonna do a powered landing”

[@Pitachips22]

that rocket was drawn by me aged roughly 3 to 7. i since then got into rocket science and if i was able to would draw a saturn V. this probably wouldn't make any sense if i say i am 12... edit: the farthest i got in ksp was creating my own apollo, and this dude just goes and flies to jool. i have years of learning left

[@matthewdossantos1414]

You'll get there remarkably fast. I found in my personal experience with KSP, once you do your first interplanetary mission (I'd recommend a probe to Eve, then either Gilly or Duna, Gilly if you find delta-V is a problem, but if you have trouble getting encounters and such go for Duna), but once your first interplanetary mission is done, try doing a crewed mission. If you can do a crewed mission there and back, then you tend to rapidly speed up where you can go. My first half or three quarters even of my KSP experience was never leaving Kerbin's system, and I've been to Duna, Ike, Dres, Gilly, Laythe, and Vall. Don't give up hope. Once you get going you'll be able to go a lot of places! And of course, fly safe! (Insert Scott Manley outro here)

[@Ender-hm1dh]

I never really drew that rocket from the video. It was generally a big fat base, with a window and a smooth nosecone. It also had red small curved fins

[@Pitachips22]

@@matthewdossantos1414 Wow! I feel much more inspired now! Thank you kind stranger. I will take your word and try my hardest to create a ship to go farther than the kerbin system!

[@Eli65479]

I always thought the moon or the sun always followed me while in the car so I used to say randomly in the car "go away moon"

[@cvmor]

I was born in France so all the spaceships I used to draw was the red and white one from Tintin. PS: Tintin is one of the most famous comic books in france

[@XF90]

That is a perfect replica of what I drew when I was a kid!

[@johnpontikakos1501]

Could you make for the next big project a replica of the USS Enterprice from star trek series?

[@henryatkinson1479]

This reminds me of a certain red and white checkered SSTO I read about as a kid.

[@falcon9482]

“Now, boys and girls-” I thought Matt was COPPA compliant...

[@falcon9482]

he doesn’t exactly talk ab alcohol anymore because demonetization

[@ssenzalx]

Whatever u always decide to do. We just love it

[@danlaventine]

Woo

[@DeezNuts17999]

Woo

[@tarunbasra8230]

Woo

[@newzealandmanmcchezz9300]

Cool I’m just getting the hang of ksp and your videos are really helpful thanks from New Zealand!

[@ГлебСтепанов-е1ъ]

Single stage to orbit... FINALY someone explain what means " SSTO", thank you.

[@liormalka8246]

and we also believed you went straight up and hit the moon any time, anywhere

[@burritoboy1012]

Last time I was this early Well, I’ve never been this early before

[@Tyhammonds06]

Same

[@rentisme]

I was just watching TinTin, it literally is that rocket!

[@KSPAtlas]

Ah yes quality Soviet engineering

[@appl.ju1c]

oh hey there

[@millermonsterair]

when i was a kid, i never drew anything like that. i dont know why, but i understood space flight pretty well back then. i always drew more "realistic" rockets and space vehicles as a kid.

[@zzqqoo123]

yes

[@thick45]

We drew as kids? I still draw rockets like that and I'm 20

[@tubz9848]

A true British I say

[@akronite47]

The captions are just amazing

[@OpreanMircea]

I drew space shuttles as a child

[@camerondon3712]

So did I, if I recall. More often than not though, I was drawing dragons.

[@InventorZahran]

@@camerondon3712 Mythical dragons or SpaceX Dragons?

[@DFPercush]

I also thought the moon was following us on road trips, lol, you're not alone.

[@lyncistso1111]

you can't imagine how much I hate see these kind of rockets when people talk about it or when im searching for rockets on google...

[@BigLoser43]

A stage is a diiferent section so u can put a thruster in it then you can luanch and when one stage is out of fuel you can disconnect the first stage and use the fuel on the second stage and thats what a stage is Edit:different

[@Patchuchan]

The mission profiles with the craft remind me of how things will be with Spacex's Starship. From the ground it can only get into LEO but with refueling it can reach the Moon and Mars.

[@abunchofidiots5431]

When I saw this I clicked as fast as I could

[@MatthijsVDS]

Fastest click in the west

[@ViktorStorm]

Matt. I dont know if you realize, but this is almost the spittin' image (except for the color and fourth landing leg) of the TinTin moon rocket.

[@jameshailerthepostmaster4389]

Looking at my old rocket design. Yep still looks like a V2 rocket.

[@chairpara]

Hi Matt!!! Big Fan!!! Keep up to good work!!!! Everybody reading this have a great day and stay positive!

[@Cby0530]

Thank you for making us see the dream, however nonscientific it is.

[@libertyprime656]

I did not know that there were compartments on the lander module, thanks for showing me!

[@ursamajor911]

So true tho I made rockets like this when I was younger

[@cyrushunt2406]

evidently NASA needs to get it together, you built a rocket modeled after a childhood drawing that actually goes to the Mun

[@xdmcboris659]

To that one person who disliked, you didn’t deserve a childhood

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

I haven't messed around with VTVL SSTOs in KSP enough yet, but if they larger, something that simulates a tripropellant system could work. Meaning a combination of high TWR engines for takeoff and low TSR high ISP for later in the flight.

[@rexzar]

You haven't had a childhood If you haven't drawn this rocket

[@BallMuncher555]

No Matt, you aren’t the only one who felt like the moon or sun was following you.

[@brockburton1998]

Hey is there any way I can’t contact Matt about an interesting blunderbirds mission?

[@brunociria5527]

You can talk to him in his discord

[@brockburton1998]

Bruno Círia thx dude I’ll give it a try

[@brockburton1998]

Bruno Círia also can you tell me where I’m the discord because you can’t dm him

[@brunociria5527]

You will be invited to Matt's server

[@brunociria5527]

@@brockburton1998 You can also try talking to him in person, but i don't think you will be successful

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

Matt, that would be a fun thing if one day you could post a video about all your failed attemps, bloopers and all. Once a year or something like this =)

[@totallynoteverything1.]

I made rockets that looked like old beta ksp rockets when I were a kid

[@maxepstein4910]

I don't play ksp but I watch his vids b/c they are satisfying to watch

[@tudorfilip7006]

I was 20 seconds late :(

[@squidwardtortellini4982]

I was 17 hours late

[@neuronoc.7343]

I remember a book where a bunch of kids built a rocket to apparently rescue Pluto, like the full-blown kuiper belt dwarf planetoid.