KSP: Exploring the Most Distant Planet with a Rover!

As chosen by the discord members, this week's KSP adventure will see our Kerbals travel to the furthest point in the Solar System - the icy tundras of Eeloo!
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The song used in the discord conversation bit is called "Bonetrousle", by Toby Fox, and is part of the Undertale OST.
#KSP #Rover #Eeloo

[@MattLowne]

I hope you enjoy my video! NB at 24:13 there's a verbal typo, I meant to say Eeloo, not Duna, obviously!

[@MrWide-ht9rp]

Dude how did you type this before it was uploaded

[@SFSAtlas]

Huh ok you're first lol

[@nikolastarcevic8]

Pog

[@Arstronaut34]

thats fine matt

[@bmx540bikeride2]

Hi

[@ryanrising2237]

“I love democracy. I love the republic.” -Sheev (and apparently Matt as well)

[@MattLowne]

I am the senate

[@iamgirlfromsweden1459]

@@MattLowne Not yet

[@chissaa-ec5pg]

Matt Lowne proceeds to kill 3 jedis

[@Pyxis10]

It's treason then.

[@Lekawie]

@@Pyxis10 aahhhhhhhhrg

[@ClemensAlive]

After 7 years in space, Valentinas' first act back home: Going for a jogg. In an interview she said the famous words: "Never skip leg day!" Nike signed her the same day.

[@Sag3brush]

I've been reading percy jackson lately so when you said Nike I thought you meant the goddess for a second lol

[@MandMs05]

@@Sag3brush The company was named after the goddess, so in a way, yes

[@randomanimatorandgamer9392]

@@Sag3brush lol yeah. I almost read 3 books series in 180 days. Percy jackson (done) the heroes of Olympus (done) the trials of Apollo (almost done)

[@ssgoko88]

@@randomanimatorandgamer9392 wow wild 😜😜😜😜 crazy 🤣😧

[@gsquared8730]

How is this only four replys wat

[@danielfiene7770]

I noticed that I've started to refer to docking with the Patented Lowne Lazy Method of Docking™ as the Patented Lowne Lazy Method of Docking™ in my head when docking today. And that even though I came up with that method independently on my own... but I never had a name for it. The power of branding!

[@aaaaastr0man584]

No You Didn't

[@ryanrising2237]

MimusPlayz3945 it’s not a hard thing to figure out on your own, dude.

[@GumballAstronaut7206]

@@ryanrising2237 I found this technique before I even watched Matt's vids

[@dimanyak373]

Same! I didn't even understand english at the time when I used this method to dock literally everything

[@dracenheard9196]

@@dimanyak373 cap

[@smokingsnake8276]

"Maybe Valentina could heat up the oven, make a nice dinner for when Jeb and Bob are back..." Jeb: Ah yes, my favorite meal: dehydrated nutrition snacks... yep

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Only that the oven is in the capsule, so Bob and Jeb need to heat it up while Valentina can stretch her legs after a couple years in space.

[@smokingsnake8276]

@@HappyBeezerStudios can imagine it feels really cramped

[@getoffmedamnnet]

Irradiated an entire hemisphere with that transfer stage...

[@ozgeozkose]

Has gray made an Kerbal space program video yet

[@peterprime2140]

@John Smith No, they just steal your girlfriend.

[@larscd2002]

Matt: “I name my crafts appropriately...” Also Matt: ‘Cold boi’

[@gravityzap08]

It’s “Ironic” and funny. Well done

[@CASA-dy4vs]

I name my crafts “Big tube with Taco Bell toilet”

[@severalcakes3267]

*Exploring other planets in science fiction:* (floating continents and dragons and stuff) *Exploring other planets in real life:* IS THAT A ROCK I SEE?!?

[@raytan956]

Wow that's so weird RSS just disappeared

[@Victor-vc9br]

:’(

[@NotTheHeroStudios]

I would love to see an RSS video even if it doesnt have RO or RP1

[@MattLowne]

copypasting from my other comment, I declined that suggestion for a few reasons: 1) It effectively turns KSP into an entirely different and almost unrecognisable game - I like to keep my videos fairly close to stock 2) It doesn't work for the latest versions of KSP iirc (kopernicus hasn't been updated) 3) I've never played RSS and didn't feel like learning the ropes in the few hours I had to prepare and make this video lol

[@insanelynuts3106]

Matt Lowne do you think you’d ever try rss? Say it gets updated to the current version, would you consider a series instead of a one off video?

[@NotTheHeroStudios]

@@MattLowne Thats fair, I myself have been playing RSS RO and you aren't wrong it is 100% a completely different game. I do enjoy how you do SOOOOO much Epic space stuff in Stock, It would be cool to just watch you do a Stock with RSS mars rover XD. But you are still one of the best youtubers out there! keep it up!

[@conanbrownlie5613]

can u make a starship recreation with the shiny fairings

[@MattLowne]

It's on my "to-do" list :)

[@racingmhf9157]

@@MattLowne please do replica of SNs with the mass simulator on the top.

[@drewmcclennon7606]

Racing MHF check out @Space X - KSP they do that.

[@racingmhf9157]

@@drewmcclennon7606 ok, thanks!

[@csx_cat5893]

@@MattLowne Make a duna base with starships!

[@user-te7rf8ik7z]

This rocket is like Ariane V but TALLLLLLL

[@SFSAtlas]

Rickets

[@user-te7rf8ik7z]

@@SFSAtlas thanks, corrected

[@ifocus1279]

Yeah hahahahaha

[@arjunamin9399]

I love how he named it "Cold Boi"

[@sharkbitesback2749]

I know lol :D:D:D:D

[@sharkbitesback2749]

anyway... hi

[@sharkbitesback2749]

i replied to a reply

[@TheRealGamada]

@@sharkbitesback2749 mister ! You forgot your drugs !

[@Cby0530]

"Democratic decision" Matt: types out his own suggestion amid chaos and vulgarity Well I guess that's democracy when the populace is unruly...

[@hugoamkreutz2081]

E A Sports

[@lachlanthomas4179]

Hugo Amkreutz it’s in the game

[@CardZed]

@@lachlanthomas4179 just gotta pay 35,99$

[@Bo_N_Herr_]

Russia

[@ImInSpainWithoutTheS]

also deleting the RSS suggestion

[@xeno1912]

Matt: Tells the women to stay back home and prepare dinner while the guys go explore the new planet Me: oh dear

[@duccio1299]

Don't worry, feminists don't watch ksp videos

[@antan2329]

Duccio theyre too stupid

[@MattLowne]

Jebediah Kerman is the superior Kerbal to all others, so he *had* to come on the surface mission. Then I needed a scientist to reset the experiments, meaning that Val had to be left on the mothership by process of elimination

[@NovaCosmo]

​ @Duccio @Anonbot Can we leave these guys behind on Eeloo too?

[@duccio1299]

​@@NovaCosmo Yes please, at least it's cold there. I was just saying that it could be one of those random innocent things that trigger feminists, but they aren't going to find it. Was i wrong?

[@trincabeast3507]

Build a Dyson sphere around the sun

[@SFSAtlas]

Out of vaccum cleaners?

[@myriadleviathan]

**Kurzgesagt Dyson Sphere vibe intensifies**

[@zerozerosprivate5547]

Jay kurzgesagt

[@thereaperanimates4245]

Make it out of kerbals

[@soyuzvostok5927]

Why

[@austin-multicellular]

very heroic action, saving bob from suicide! I hope he got into therapy when he got home and is doing okay now. 25:44

[@ltldamage]

The thumbnail looks so cool! Great good on it.

[@arshawitoelar7675]

"Great Good" I'm gonna use that from now on haha

[@ltldamage]

I am great good at typing

[@brighamruud5090]

Yez

[@fbicknel]

Bob: "Hold my beer while I push this eject button..."

[@paulclavoo516]

Watching Matt Lowne land a rover on Eeloo is clearly more important than doing school work

[@kartikpathak629]

Hey man I wrote that before you

[@sweeeeeeeeet_1694]

I would agree

[@kartikpathak629]

@@sweeeeeeeeet_1694 on what?

[@HeidenLam]

Wow that’s true and realistic

[@aaaaastr0man584]

No it's not :)

[@niklaspirsch1350]

Hey! For liddle tweaks in your manouver node, you can use the build in tool from ksp. When in manouver mode, there are two gray distance indicators just above the delta v stats. There you can edit your manouver by klicking and inputting the delta v values. It made my live a lot easier. Luv ur vids!

[@MattLowne]

I know, but I'm old and stubborn and I'm just used to doing things this way lol

[@greentea1396]

this is the SLS, ariane v, and N1 combine lol

[@theinternetrocketscientist5770]

what makes it into an N1?

[@Tulin258]

@The internet rocket scientist yes

[@greentea1396]

@@theinternetrocketscientist5770 the bottom stage is the SLS, the booster is from Ariane V and the payload section is like the N1 if you don't believe me just search it up lol

[@stevengaming3689]

I already know, but the payload fairing closes in. So, it's pretty much SLS and Ariane 5.

[@seantaggart7382]

@@theinternetrocketscientist5770 pure Russian chaotic energy

[@new_risk8341]

What is “RSS” tho, I saw a lot of people saying it in the intro and I have no idea what it means.

[@captainbip1104]

Real Solar System

[@racingmhf9157]

Real solar system mod

[@donut5818]

RSS turns the traditional Kerbol system into the irl Solar System. It takes much more delta-v to get to most places. In fact, it takes more than 7000 m/s of delta v to get from the ground into low earth orbit. For comparison, it only takes about 2,500-3,000 m/s to get into low kerbin orbit. It is often played in a form called RSS/RO, which adds more realism than is already in the Real Solar System mod by adding more parameters and other such processes to keep track of.

[@thereaperanimates4245]

Real solar system + reallistic space stations

[@MattLowne]

As others have said, Real Solar System. I declined that suggestion for a few reasons: 1) It effectively turns KSP into an entirely different and almost unrecognisable game - I like to keep my videos fairly close to stock 2) It doesn't work for the latest versions of KSP iirc (kopernicus hasn't been updated) 3) I've never played RSS and didn't feel like learning the ropes in the few hours I had to prepare and make this video lol

[@kerballaunchalliance7839]

21:20 Jeb the Epic stunt kerbal doing a stunt that was unauthorised by KSC

[@ultrasuperkiller]

Boi, im so happy they revamped Laythe so we have Life on Laythe again, my personal favorite episode is the first one, i like that one the most!

[@damirvakhitov9213]

The reason I keep my second stages in orbit is so the space dolphins get entangled so that the krakens food source dissapears and has to migrate to another place

[@simond.455]

Task: Explore Eeloo. For science! Matt: Does Rover flips at 90 km/h and ejects Bob almost into orbit. Reminded me of that time when my Rover got caught by a speed camera (i.e. screenshot) on the Mun: racing down a mountain at 120 km/h (32.9 m/s), leaping 37 meters off the ground at a ridge. Good times...

[@DagoDuck]

Checking out these (somewhat) old videos after finding this channel back in August, the beginning got me good.

[@r3ttgaming177]

I don't know why I enjoyed this video as much as I did. I just found it really entertaining and well rounded over all. Might have been the pacing that kept me watching or something, who knows. Something I do know though is that this felt like one of your best videos. Well done! Made my day just a bit brighter, thanks! :)

[@AbeDillon]

You should do a series where you capture asteroids and put them in orbit around moons: Moon Moons! Give every moon its own moon (and maybe moonless planets should get a moon). Make a base on each moon-moon with a theme: science, tourism, mining, etc. Each moon-moon could be multiple videos long because each one would be quite a project.

[@Ciubix8513]

It not flings the kerbal, it YEETS the kerbal

[@SteveDK40]

I was in a video! Get in there. Got to watch Velocity Lake before the lot of you too!

[@williknie9165]

hey matt one of the suggestions was rss maybe you can make a short mod installing tutorial if you do a play trough or a video with mods !

[@jb_lofi]

I agree with this, but Matt didn't seem... Enthusiastic about doing anything involving the RSS! :D

[@David-vz4yk]

J B cause it sucks

[@j.r.7339]

When you watch 15min of the video in 0,75× Speed without even relalizing because he then just seems tired.

[@inthesky771]

i love this video dude! thank you so much fr making these

[@engineerkieran]

Thanks for the video Matt. As someone who lives in a time zone 8 hours ahead of you it never bothers me of you upload after 2pm... just watch it on the Sunday morning :)

[@zureffboricav6733]

Matt is incredible. I have only been to Eeloo once, where I tried slowing down 2300 mps with just a small terrier engine. And you know.... I crashed.

[@elliew8662]

For a better control over the rover turn off the motor in the rear wheels and also turn off steering, enable braking only in the rear wheels and your rover should be very stable

[@_motho_]

You can also have “gears” for your wheels. Using action groups with separate speed limiters. I actually use KAL to drive my wheels by connecting them to my throttle, switching directions with an action group. It makes it a lot smoother and also lets me use reaction wheels without flipping my rover every time i press w a s or d.

[@Perseagatuna]

@@_motho_ I bind the reaction wheels to the RCS action group, so I can disable and enable it quickly if I flip

[@simjans7633]

That ejection force slider on the seats is such an awesome feature that I've never used before!

[@CURSEDvids]

I like the Apollo esc type rover! Great Job Matt!

[@overlord1037]

Inclination Burns are cheaper to do at Apoapsis!? I've been able to recover a "floating mission" in career because of this. YOU SIR, are a True Gent and Scholar!! I thank you . . . @Matt Lowne

[@jacksonmorgan309]

Were fine here in a America if you upload later on Saturday

[@martijn9568]

"In a America"

[@ShadowHunter120]

@@martijn9568 North, Central, or South.

[@seantaggart7382]

@@martijn9568 yeah In one of them Don't know which but its one of them

[@NomadUniverse]

Watched quite a few of your videos now, I started watching them to try to learn but you pack so much info into a tight space both visually and audibly, I just cant keep up. It's more of an entertainment thing now, seeing what's possible to try to make my own gameplay more interesting. I'm a fairly new player, a lot of Mun and Minmus landings, a lot of tourist missions, a few satellite missions, built a couple of rovers. I trashed the one on Minmus but it's still there. First two careers didn't work so well. On the third and doing quite well. No successful rendezvous/docks/rescues or other planets yet. The moons are still yielding science and surprises.

[@gnarlypotato2592]

He should make a mission that seems like a normal plane and when they least expect it they are in a low orbit around the sun

[@notjebbutstillakerbal]

For extra whiplash, launch at night.

[@kartikpathak629]

When you are the 7th person watching. And realise that Eeloo is more important than studies.

[@Liam_The_Great]

holy roman empire is superior empire

[@kartikpathak629]

@@Liam_The_Great Are you commenting on my Profile pic?

[@Liam_The_Great]

@@kartikpathak629 yes

[@kartikpathak629]

@@Liam_The_Great ok thanks

[@VaporSpaceNumber101]

Well, *science!*

[@VicSuhettBR]

Matt! Make kerbals visible inside the ships!! Once I started doing this I never stopped 😁👌🏼 🤯

[@michaelgalvin6559]

Very nice job Matt keep up the good KSP content

[@fyrecrackerz2934]

I watch this, because it shows me what's possible when you are *good* at KSP.

[@gbeans4494]

you should send a rover to all planets with one rocket

[@SFSAtlas]

Someone did that in sfs

[@alexanderwatson9845]

AuStRaLiAn MaTt!? 26:43

[@STARBIRD3000]

Alexander Watson oh my god he is australian

[@alexanderwatson9845]

@@STARBIRD3000 he's British I thought

[@1Lucas_Lua]

0:48 BONETROUSLE-papyrus

[@nathanong]

Watching that rover cartwheel around is some Premium Kerbal content 👌👌👌

[@MrHichammohsen1]

Bro the intro is sometimes better than the whole thing. Thanks again.

[@demben9335]

Every time i watch matts videos i get more and more inspired to go further

[@wilfstor3078]

Ah yes, bass boosting Bonetrousle while zooming in on "Several people are typing" peak Discord comedy

[@P.Fisher]

Great video man! I'm new to KSP and I can't even get to the Mun!!!

[@chugwhiskey6605]

Good vid Matt, fuckin love watching these videos

[@Guywiththetypewriter]

Thats it Matt, Aerospace Engineer here and i'm throwing the gauntlet down. Visit every planet, every moon, but you have to launch within the first hour of a new saved (so whatever position the planets are at, that's what you have to deal with). With the only rule after that point is 0 timewarping to get better encounters. You got this ;)

[@gsquared8730]

20:50 Danny: Now what would happen if I closed it in… *in the hall of the mountain king starts playing*

[@lotharthestunty7941]

And here I go, watching all the videos again cause Matt needs a break lol it’s okay buddy, I’ll watch all of them 5x over while waiting for the newest episode ☺️

[@ot2933]

luv your chanell cant wait for ksp2 keep it real dude

[@leolin6009]

I thought if Eloo collide with Jool one day, Jool is a gas giant so it will go straight through Jool.

[@rollrollenbeck3267]

It would mald and work for 2sekends as it's on ablative heat schild and the it's gone

[@rollrollenbeck3267]

There is friction wat create heat and that mealed it

[@aali778]

Nah obviously eloo would glide through jool, leaving wonderful space flowers and bees in it’s wake, and eventually fulfilling its own dream of becoming a fireworks display :D

[@tpatkinson12]

You should try to get to orbit on minmus via the ejection from the rover seat!

[@gulubdur]

I know this video is old but I love how close you can orbit Eeolo.

[@anoniemw.222]

imagine the capsule landing on the one kerbal that jumped out. Sounds like the kind of bad luck I would have

[@daanm3869]

Those seats are an easy way to launch kerbals back to orbiting ships!

[@captainbip1104]

When are you going to go to a comet?

[@mrbyzantine0528]

THIS ^

[@brighamruud5090]

Yes

[@fore9141]

Hey Matt love your vids keep it up

[@MultiCatRain]

Schoolwork: please fix my problems.... Me: MATT LOWNE

[@angelbenji691]

Love your videos keep up the good work :)

[@ididntaskforthat8208]

Yea! A New video

[@oliverlrblx2960]

Dude I love the vids keep good work up

[@Crinlorite]

Epic! Thanks for the video :)

[@myriadleviathan]

Atleast that one ball didn't ruin our day! *THE MUN!!!!!!*

[@leahdoberne-schor7611]

Hey Matt, for your next video, you should do a blunder birds mission to pick up the two Kerbals that you put on the surface of Tylo when you colonized it. There are not too many Tylo missions that you have done. I bet that the two Kerbals that are on the surface of Tylo are getting homesick, and there's no rocket that they have to go back to Kerbin. As you probably know, the save file is Lowne Areo space, the Second One

[@eekee6034]

Come for the challenging mission, stay for the cutely bumbling rover. It's adorable! 😂

[@sosiska5124]

0:55 Daring TheDevil's idea was good too, i think you should make it in your next video

[@oscarmaller714]

love your videos... seeing you 4 years now!

[@pedrodemarco8083]

Okokok they just announced possible life on Venus. Next week Matt should do an Eve mission to celebrate or maybe create a new series: Life on Eve an Life on Laythe Spinoff

[@Sh1tbagActual]

You could do an N1 style LES, where the entire payload is lifted from the stack.

[@opacocastilla8238]

0:46 A teeny tiny amount of trolling from Matt over here

[@gamingbelowzero542]

Petition for Matt to do a career mode play through

[@ThomasFarquhar2]

Those are kinda boring tbh it's just credit grinding to build anything good

[@gamingbelowzero542]

Thomas farquhar I still want to see him do it as he has unique crafts

[@noahb.9764]

Brad Whistance has a great career mode play through that lasts all of 2 episodes

[@gamingbelowzero542]

Noah B. I think I saw that one

[@rosco8453]

I got this in my recommended RIGHT after that eeloo revamp

[@Fifka_Gaming]

i like how you could see him getting tired as he changed the name from eeloo rover mission to cold boi

[@digiprog-master]

I'm learning English with your videos) Thank you, Friend! Hello from Russia))

[@gagemccrillis]

Good vid, what caught Me was the Undertale Boss music. For any people unfamiliar, but remember things through memes, remember Megalovania? That one music composition that’s been meme’d to death? So for the boss battle with Sans, that’s what plays. He has a brother. His brother’s name is Papyrus, and there’s a boss battle with him too. Just like Megalovania, there’s a song called ’Bonetrousel’ that plays. Does Matt Lowne know what music that is? If You’re looking, Matt, do you play Undertale?

[@missinglynx9204]

This guys so funny and does such insane stuff I feel like sometimes he turns on infinite fuel hack but I never really think that 😂

[@wyattbruch4314]

Mathew, I’m going to say it one more time. If you don’t post another life on lathe video after you said you would continue it, I’m going to cry

[@VortexStolenName]

29:11 tranfer the fuel to the main stage and ditch the extra weight, you will 100% gain more delta-v.

[@askhowiknow5527]

"Several people are typing..." God help us

[@isabellesenecal5901]

Maybe you should send a phantom-class SSTO with a boom arm to Eeloo to see what drives those "ice waves".There is,after all no wind on Eeloo,no atmosphere for that matter.

[@thesteelrodent1796]

if you're going for realism you should drop the escape rocket (aka Launch Escape System) when you hit ~500 m/s, because at that point the main rocket's deltaV exceeds the escape rocket's, so it becomes effectively pointless and excess weight. Also if you're going to use the LES you need to set up the abort action group to stop the main engines, decouple the pod, and activate the escape rocket engines - by default the LES is effectively useless if you don't set up the action group

[@been6619]

I saw in discord a comet base that would be a cool video

[@killreg4456]

i love this channel

[@rexzar]

Ooh yes eeloo

[@kypdurron]

If you're tired of anti-climatic parachute landing you could go for power landing, this add more challenge to ship design and mission planning !

[@capnrotbart]

Wait, this is a shared KSP - Planet Coaster universe? Kerbal Coaster? Velocity Space Program? The possibilities are truly limitless!

[@dominicthorpe2894]

Watching this after Jeb Kerman was killed in action during a mission to the Mun. RIP Jeb, second casualty of the save.

[@andreslosada559]

Such a satisfying rocket

[@niels3710]

Try the green arrow thing once, right to the nav ball before a manouver

[@patricks_music]

it becomes exciting when the parachutes don't deploy