NASA's Deep Space Gateway & SLS Rocket - Kerbal Space Program

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Intro cinematic was based on the official NASA SLS animation:
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[@MattLowne]

Hi everyone! Sorry that content has been slow this week. I'll try and make a shorter version of this video set to music that should be uploaded at some point next week, but not sure when. A lot of stuff has/is happening with me IRL right now so it has been hard finding time to spend making videos. One of the things I'm dealing with is looking for a new house to live in after having a bit of a battle with my current landlord, which is eating up a lot of my time. Should be business as usual following this, thank you for your patience and continued support :)

[@averyshaham1697]

Matt Lowne how do you make it look so good

[@evanradigan4497]

Matt Lowne you’re all good, glad to have you back

[@marblerun5149]

Matt Lowne more more MORW

[@arifkramer4974]

Its okay. I would say worry about IRL stuff first.

[@rhyscooper1534]

I really enjoyed when you talked about yourself and if in a longer video like this one it would fit perfectly

[@CadeTwo2]

If you switch e and a in gateway you get “deep space getaway”

[@krblus9565]

I actually thought it WAS getaway until now

[@argon7624]

Getawey*

[@krblus9565]

Collin Thompson Oops!

[@ax2bxc]

Dees Gacept wayee

[@leeterthanyou]

Precisely what Boeing planned to do with like 70% of the Artemis program lol

[@matchstickgameplay]

And now 3 years later, the SLS is a real, tangible thing, the gateway has full funding and the launch plans are basically scheduled in. We're going back!

[@Cleptro]

Oh, they actually funded the gateway? I haven't heard much about Lockheed Martin's Mars plans lately, so that's good to hear! The only thing I've seen lately is that there is an SLS completed, a second well on the way, and a third beginning construction; while SpaceX's StarShip continues to make steady leaps forward to eventual completion. If either rocket launches before the end of the year (I'm assuming SLS won't, it's scheduled for next year), it might make 2020 just about tolerable.

[@randomguy-jd8su]

It isn't ready.

[@randomguy-jd8su]

They've built all of the components for Artemis 1, but almost none for Artemis 3.

[@randomguy-jd8su]

I mean, they did build the core stage, but it quickly shattered after a pressure test.

[@Cleptro]

@@randomguy-jd8su A pressure test in which it lasted hours at a pressure 260% what it was rated to handle. Like it or not, SLS is making progress, and WILL launch by the end of next year. Artemis 1 hardware is complete, they have a launch date. October 2021, if I recall correctly. There's a lot of Artemis 2 hardware existing, and although it isn't yet complete, it also has a launch date in 2022. I will submit to your point on Artemis 3, although if the first two Artemis missions are successful, I doubt the third won't be done in time for a 2023 launch.

[@squiffer2024]

'SLS system' Space Launch System System

[@InventorZahran]

Yes. The system here is made of system.

[@mike-0451]

InventorZahran system, system system system system system system system system

[@GaiusJuliusCaesar59]

Smh my head

[@an.ma.2937]

lol of laugh

[@duckworth_75]

idiot mario Btw the way

[@nickbecker3872]

The cinematics are actually frickin amazing, great job Matt

[@taxavoider9889]

Imagine if the Deep Space Gateway discovered a certain monolith on the moon. Also on an slightly irrelevant. As much as I am excited for the Deep Space Gateway, I am really skeptical for the mission with the budget and all that. But hey, hopefully I am terribly wrong

[@LinksSpaceProgram]

The Professor Maybe it discovers the aliens that live on the moon (some pepole really believe that

[@brycec2397]

Will the certain monolith be investigated by a man named Mr. Floyd?

[@karilynn0104]

the price of new spacecraft is cheaper and will not require what apollo had. i think the 1 percent of the government funding is enough for nasa to do it

[@Link2edition]

Nasa isn't even a whole percent of the US budget right now. If it was we would probably have been to Mars already, they have managed to do pretty impressive things with what little they do get though. I am looking forward to seeing what becomes of this.

[@HeizouHaver]

Yes, especially that now we have the utah monoliths

[@alexsiemers7898]

The sad thing is that part of the reason NASA hasn't been doing well is because 10% of the US population doesn't even think space travel is real.

[@atooch213]

yeah. I remember watching a video a few days ago about the things NASA could do if they had even a fraction of the budget of the military

[@alexsiemers7898]

WhiteTrashPlayz Thus why someone needs to "leak" a false memo of Russia planning on making a military base on Mars. We'll be there by 2020 if that happens!

[@pumpkin6429]

So that means 90% of Americans believe it. What's the problem? In what world does the minority rule?

[@alexsiemers7898]

Pumpkin Loud minorities ruin everything.

[@pumpkin6429]

Alex Siemers Only if you give them your attention.

[@sirjazziejeff9711]

Am I the only one who read this as Deep Space Getaway? Because I pictured someone lounging poolside on Mars

[@awesomemercerdude]

I did too, lol

[@HeidenLam]

No, because I also read it as ‘Getaway’. Wasn’t it official?

[@HeidenLam]

@Charles Calvin Yes get away

[@Gingerbred_Hed]

2 years later: Artemis' lower stage is finished.

[@irishtrains1396]

AND IT'S NOT EVEN REUSABLE

[@Space_Man909]

Actually, its finished, and their on the verge of finishing the service module, I think we will be able to see this on 2023-2024

[@tomrigney8617]

SLS is fully stacked now!

[@ShoeNerd]

2 more years later, rollout!

[@feralkitty9378]

2 Years later, the SLS is built

[@creepercosheriff3444]

I have a really strong feeling that spacex is going to arrive before nasa

[@EinfachLuz]

I Have the same feeling

[@TheWindigomonster]

They most likely will. SpaceX is way less effected by government budget and as such is less vulnerable to bureaucracy . There’s a lot of stages in the development of the SLS where NASA paid more then they should’ve for certain things because of their political sponsors.

[@toptechtrend453]

Blue Origin is close to overtaking SpaceX as far as booster technology

[@TheWindigomonster]

I'm not sure why but having the CEO of amazon be in charge of a leading aerospace company is a turn off for me. Then again Elon Musk was a billionaire too... and some competition will be good for spaceX.

[@danielsancarter]

TopTechTrend they've yet to build an orbital class rocket and they're more focused on selling their engines than actually using them. And they're traditionally a lot slower than space x in terms of development

[@t65bx25]

It’s been 2 years and I haven’t gotten over the fact that Matt made the Orion SM the same diameter as the capsule. I d o n t l i k e i t

[@chloe_gospinny]

To bad you can't do that in ksp...

[@chloe_gospinny]

The SSTU mod will work tho.

[@t65bx25]

All I meant is that it would have been better to use a few clipped FL-T200 tanks instead of a Rockomax 32. SSTU looks interesting tho, I’ll check it out.

[@HalNordmann]

Or he could use the 1.875m tanks for the SM (the Gemini ones).

[@heroofthenation]

SLS = space launch system. So everytime you said SLS System I was rolling my eyes. Nice video beside that :D

[@DmackTV]

Space launch system system

[@Sarastrasza]

@@DmackTV You need a lot of redundancy in space.

[@Panda5ace]

That’s kind of like saying RIP in peace

[@GaiusJuliusCaesar59]

Smh my head

[@harrymack3565]

*ATM MACHINE*

[@MarkThrimm]

Awesome!

[@Scrampy]

Ikr

[@PTNLemay]

"either that, or the upper stage will be fully robotic" That would make the most sense, and it was the original plan back when the SLS was called the Ares V. Bring up the crew in the Ares I, bring all of the equipment and modules in a separate, unmanned rocket. Automated docking has come a long way and it's really not that difficult to assemble things in space with robotic arms now. But... for some reason they decided to combine it all into one for SLS. I'm sure there will still be a variant of the SLS which will be cargo only. And for when NASA does need to just send people up, they can hitch rides aboard SpaceX rockets.

[@TheDartFrog]

1:56 "recreation of SLS system..." "recreation of Space Launch System system..."

[@lucistired]

I hate to keep doing this but that's not the right Orion upper stage. The one you recreated is the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion stage (which will fly only on EM-1) but the Deep Space Gateway will be built using the Exploration Upper Stage (EUS). Also, NASA doesn't collide their stages with the Moon. Bits of rocket hitting the surface that fast has a high likely hood of creating space junk, so instead they use a gravity assist and allow them to fly into deep space. For EM-1, a handful of cube-sats will be deployed later from the ICPS to test radiation and such.

[@MattLowne]

Yes I mentioned the design a bit more in the alternate version of the video (out tomorrow hopefully). I mashed together EM-1 and SLS block 1B cargo to showcase both crafts, and the fact that crewed missions are more fun!

[@lucistired]

The Block-1B will be crewed, and your construction was accurate. The only mash up was the second stage. Good video, though.

[@whiplash7400]

+baxter van west Actually, on all the apollo missions after apollo 12 they crashed the s ivb stages into the moon, so I would assume they would do it today too, The debris hits the surface.

[@lucistired]

They're not going to do that because the third stage of the SLS is carrying a series of cubesats (I believe 8?) to be deployed into deep space for observation as I mentioned.

[@awesomechiphat1991]

my name is orion :/

[@EnricoDandolo1204]

I think it's important to remember that, right now, SpaceX is just a decently successful and promising launch provider, while NASA and its contractors (an ecosystem to which SpaceX belongs -- the company wouldn't exist without NASA infrastructure and government customers) have considerable experience in human spaceflight and interplanetary robotic missions, both from a launcher and a payload perspective. Meanwhile NASA has to contend with constantly changing priorities and funding cuts. SpaceX's figures aren't public, but plans like the BFR seem to try to probe a market that doesn't exist, and it seems to me that there's only so much money you can raise by offering rich idiots translunar flybys. Grandiose plans don't count for much if you can't see your way to enacting them.

[@pegasusted2504]

Enrico, it won't be limited to rich idiots mate. If they get the point-point on earth sorted for the BFR I think it would revolutionize long distance earth travel, especially for things like business or possibly disaster relief....

[@jmdibonaventuro]

Same with Elo claiming he'll be on Mars by "X Date in near future". He always claims that, and then moves the goalpost (Most likely because a near-future Mars Mission is unprofitable for anything other than hype). Like, I know how much he's accomplished, and that's all amazing, but surely there's only so long he can dangle a carrot on a stick before the fanboys lose interest.

[@CherryBotV2]

@@jmdibonaventuro Elon just wants to stroke his own ego

[@jmdibonaventuro]

@@CherryBotV2 Also a very good explanation lol

[@Sir_Gibby]

NASA:Takes A Long And Expensive Time Too Develop The Rocket Matt:Fine I’ll Do It Myself

[@ratchet12653]

Regarding that separation ring that you use, it's much easier if you just attach the engine of the second stage directly to the docking port of the module and then decouple the docking port when you want to separate. You can even right click the docking port in the VAB and enable staging on the docking port. That way there will be no separator in the way and Jeb doesn't have to get out and push.

[@danielsancarter]

I think he's going for 'realism' rather than convenience

[@ratchet12653]

Daniel Carter Apollo did just fine without an intermediate separator between the Service and Lunar modules

[@MattLowne]

Yeah someone mentioned this, I actually didn't realise decouplers could separate from non-decoupler parts!

[@danielsancarter]

Matt Lowne I found out because I forgot to put a separator on one of my rockets. You were just too good to make that mistake I guess :P

[@proved5356]

Matt, you know how you reassemble your one launch crafts, can you make a tutorial on how to actually pack a craft so it could be reassembled?

[@mynllama5173]

I LOVE it when you do rocket recreations, they are always so accurate!😁

[@christianlabanca5377]

for these kind of videos (real missions representations) it would be pretty cool if you use the visual mod of "real plumes", it makes the engines look much more realistic and exciting

[@Brixxter]

Pls do more missions like that! It's so cool to see the transport vehicle return to Kerbin after setting up the station.

[@louisewilliams1783]

Matt when you said ok at the beginning I thought you were behind me I was so scared lol

[@junolynch1263]

Love the cinematic intro on this video.

[@Spessforce]

Outstanding camerawork! I loved the panning shot with the flag at the beginning. And the music strangely fit...

[@_questionmark_]

1:57 “SLS system” Space Launch System system?

[@argh1989]

Check out your username.

[@SomeDudeInBaltimore]

Docking and reconfiguring while not even having a circularized orbit yet? Bold move, Cotton.

[@ingplaysvr]

that countdown is perfectly timed with the ad

[@henrythompson795]

Wow I forgot how unlikely the Artemis program sounded back then. It’s so crazy seeing all these concept rockets and programs actually flying now like Orion/SLS still sound like concepts like they don’t fell real to me

[@SK-zl6sl]

Honestly the most amazing intro to a video I’ve ever seen.

[@RoccoGermani]

Woah. This has amazing photography. I am blown away, as always.

[@lunarlunatic274]

I really like this, well done!

[@jackdog06]

4:13 that was so satisfying to watch. I don’t know what about it was so good but I just loved it.

[@cloverdove]

The start made me say: ''Now this quality is what i've subscribed for.''

[@ilikekspwaytoomuch4691]

you forgot that russians are also gonna add a module

[@tinygod6206]

Great work Matt, keep it up👍

[@thefinalfrontier318]

well this was worth the wait

[@Taricus]

17:47 Matt, you metagamed the metagame with your commentary.... LOL! XD

[@kyle.saikiulee7431]

An ad shows up when the countdown goes to 0. you pulled a sneaky on us matt

[@Formula1st]

Back before I knew how to make manoeuvre nodes, I used to do mun missions without them all the time! I’m glad I know how to now, people don’t realise how important they are.

[@holyqwap]

Yay - miniseries! Looks good, can’t wait for MOAH!

[@HNW00]

Was just reading up on the Deep space gateway today!

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

The DSG will exist one day, no matter NASA's funding. It's just a matter of how long.

[@wxb200]

Your KSP Content is super enjoyable.

[@RyanTheGuy1]

As someone who is interested in space travel, I am so excited to see that gateway is on the horizon.

[@jenniferkemp2337]

not how i expected it to start... nice!

[@paulriggs42]

The video equivalent might be "Groundhog Day" ? Another great KSP video

[@Arminyus]

That intro was next level

[@keiyakins]

Back in my day, burning prograde at munrise was just how you did it because maneuver nodes didn't exist.

[@fmobus]

8:10 turning a ship around while an astronaut is on EVA is absolutely badass

[@vpheonix]

I noticed Jeb has to keep EVA to move the stack separator out of the way after separating the command module and the payload. Did you know that you can just use the docking port as a stack decoupler?

[@klaasgersson4517]

Brought to you by: the hyper dramatic shader pack

[@theeyesofakid2214]

I have an idea for a series, that the viewers show a rocket they have built. and then you're going to test how you can fly with it, and whether you can fly to a planet.

[@Neoh53]

Can you make a tutorial to create cinematics like you ? I love it !

[@marcelanesnerova1285]

The DSG will be on a very eccentric orbit (Ap reching halfway to the edge of the SOI)

[@bvsveera]

Awesome video! Please do make a mini-series involving Lockheed Martin / the Deep Space Transport. Also, wouldn’t your launcher look more like the latest SLS design if it used the orange tanks? This one as it is looks like some of the previous renders, resembling a Saturn V with SRBs.

[@crimsondragon257]

I tried this and while my kerbal was out reconfiguring stuff one of my satellites orbiting kerben nailed him and sent him back into the atmosphere

[@wooo_gaming8719]

Crimson Dragon statistically there's a very low chance of that happening

[@Pedro1745]

And no one remembers that deep space Gateway is a collaborative mission between russia and usa

[@engineergaming1493]

Pedro Núñez Moraga Me I remember

[@zoiloraymundo721]

Donald trump was supposed to “strengthen”the us and Russian relationship

[@directcurrent5972]

WAT

[@jacko4932]

not really, nasa is during everything and roscosmos is just helping

[@sebastianochoa5385]

Not anymore

[@binkymagnus]

I love how Jeb just knocked the separator ring out of the way! Very Kerbal move!

[@SnaxDesAvions]

I liked the STS-134 footage at the beginning :)

[@General12th]

Mun? MUN? The umlaut is there for a reason.

[@valinkdevr5520]

J.J. Shank stfu

[@klirtek]

YEY NEW VIDEO !

[@lechiken4495]

I am tired as fuck at the moment but i do think that matt deserves the views, so i focus and watch the video!

[@iwasborninohio1992]

Matt you should do an updated version of this with the new artemis mission!

[@kabanostv262]

Yeah. The intro is magical. That was best intro ever. Even better than Blunderbirds

[@hannalot_]

You can’t get better then Blunderbirds

[@mateocruzat6903]

Really cool ststion!!!

[@Tokii141]

You should re do this now that we know more in detail about artemis!

[@nickgallo4935]

good job on the roffis

[@speedbird00_13]

DAMMMMMMMM THAT INTROOO

[@benno6981]

SpaceX: hell yeah! We're going to Mars! NASA: we'll get there..... Eventually...... Maybe..........please?

[@t65bx25]

NASA: Well, we’re taking people, not cars. Give us a minute.

[@henrijayy]

Government to NASA: *SMB Toad noises*

[@cakeinparadise]

"Don't worry if you can't get it as close as I did, I've probably been playing longer than you." Matt gets closer than I can first try and I've been playing since the second update

[@KingPhantom]

hi matt. can you post a list from all the mods you use? important is also the setting and if possible the order you install them after an update. i tried SVE and EVE and everything but my clouds don't look that nice like in your videos :). I never changed the settings and configs of this mods (scatterer screen in the menu). probably ii have to change something :). thank you very much. greetings from switzerland & keep the cool ksp videos going :)

[@apillow123]

If anyone wanted to know about the video broken record trailing he went off on there is a video version of it. I know in audio cassette and eight tracks have a looped tape and I don't see why this could be done with a VHS tape though the player would have to slightly modified to keep from eating tape.

[@auroraanaya630]

Cool video

[@irishroyalty9277]

Ayo that discord squad! Love the videos, Matt. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@niteshmurti]

Hahaha watching Jebediah/Valentina EVA-ing to remove that separation ring was hilarious XD Go work for NASA/Space X Matt Lowne! Yes! Please do the mini-series!!! Why didn't you show a mission going to Mars, I mean Duna, while making use of your new space station? Would have been a nice way to demonstrate the purpose and usefulness of the space station you spent so much time building...

[@arconnelly5365]

Artemis 1 is set to launch in January 2022, so they clearly want to do this, plus, Artemis 3 is set to deliver the first module of the Deep Space Gateway.

[@arconnelly5365]

Update: Artemis 1 was a success, Artemis 2 has its crew chosen, and gateway is happening.

[@deafenziv3596]

Hey just wondering, are you sure that the missions constructing it would be manned, I’m sure it would be more efficient to do it unmanned becuase you would have to include food, o2, and other such things

[@TurBoChaRgeD011]

Cool video man, but I have to ask: what graphics mods are you using?

[@Mineeeter4gret]

I think "Scratched DVD" would be the best kind of reference to that kind of medium you would get.

[@chr1styn806]

Matt, you were talking about the altitude that the station would be orbiting at - it's not exactly a lunar orbit, they're planning on putting it at L1, and unfortunately Lagrange points don't emerge in a patched conics simulation.

[@simobassad3707]

Best Video Ever of the moon

[@nebblank4118]

Would it be possible for you to use the Re-entry Particle Effect mod? It makes re-entry look much nicer .

[@AHHEUS]

Matt: builds a space station around the mun Me: cant even build a station around kerbin

[@mikagaming7297]

If you read this, can you make a Tutorial how to build the station (the modules) and the rocket?

[@elopeous3285]

Do you really need to circularise over kerbin? Why cant you just boost to the mun straight away? (Just a thought)

[@just_aprank5239]

Hello i want to ask if it is easier to dock with other rockets at the moon ?

[@r-baticle]

Coolest. Intro. Ever. On Earth. And space.

[@cas4400]

Cool video, I would recommend you spend more time on the sound of the video next time. The beginning had some double music and not very well equalized sound effects. Just a tip :) Keep up the videos!

[@myname_not_rick]

1:33 congrats, you predicted the future

[@carterjojo7864]

I can only find the 1.2 version of environmental visual enhancements, where can I get the 1.3 version?

[@tkmaida]

At this station, would they have a lander attached to the station so they could visit the surface?

[@krazzee6143]

Je suis français et t'es vidéo sont les "best" :)

[@lukesmith8896]

i've just docked to a station for the first time, heres what happened: i tried to disconnect the command pod so i could return the crew to kerbin, and it exploded, i immediately tried to get everyone out of the pod, but i only got one, then i docked the station to the pod again, then i sent a replacement pod with a new crew and extra monopropellant, it worked *swimmingly*

[@distinguished199]

Nice use of spratrons as igniters

[@jaceofspades328]

Matt, how did you get those epic cinematics?

[@tubbyscrubb6721]

On console, how do you adjust the throttle beyond full on and full off?

[@alexlandherr]

I can see the target vector on the navball, but I can’t see the little square indicating distance to target in normal view. Can anyone help me?

[@argh1989]

I vaguely remember to have had a similar problem - or even exactly the same. Fairly sure there's a key that you have to press in order to toggle the display of markers. Should be easy to google.

[@quoniam426]

The power and propulsion bus is supposed to be fitted with ion engines.