Outdoing NASA in Kerbal Space Program 10 years later! - MAVEN

On this day, 10 years ago, NASA launched their MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft to Mars. So, in order to celebrate this historic anniversary, I decided to dunk on NASA, and show them how it's REALLY done!
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#kerbalspaceprogram #ksp #nasa
00:00 Intro
00:33 Build
03:29 Transfer Window
03:45 Earth to Mars
09:04 Mars Mission
19:40 The Return
23:41 The Grand Finale!

[@wyattsawyer5063]

I wonder what NASA unlocked on the tech tree with the 478 science earned 😂

[@mcdonallink1906]

not much, that’s why they’re stuck using space shuttle parts for the SLS

[@spaceflight001]

​@@mcdonallink1906they also still used the RS-25

[@mousebear4219]

I reckon they used it for a strategy in the Admin building to use private companies for missions...

[@Harold-TheJass-Blingman]

@@spaceflight001 hey! The vector is a good engine!

[@spaceflight001]

@@Harold-TheJass-Blingman yes, but why they didn't switch to new engines? They have lots of *Edit: -science

[@joemcz2564]

To be fair to NASA, they didn't have any of Blackrack's mods during their mission, which puts them at a large disadvantage.

[@fazbeark1ng]

plus they where on ultra realistic mode

[@danzstuff]

they also had RSS/RO/RP-1

[@liamoliverdarroch6482]

@@danzstuff LOL

[@flanbie4780]

Plus the astronauts nasa have can't stay a year alone, without oxygen water or food

[@johnyoseflee8945]

nasa is in in irl career mode

[@4077Disc]

"Over The Hedge" in 7 languages doesn't count as 7 different movies, Matt.

[@willum223]

It's an indisputable fact that NASA have never even successfully launched into Kerbin orbit.

[@filippplay9811]

NASA: using unmanned craft. Fearless kerbals: SEND MAN

[@morph3ous75]

matt: trash talks nasa also matt: *rips off solar panel*

[@JacobsLifeToday]

STOP ROASTING MATT

[@roboticfuzzball179]

@@JacobsLifeTodayDeadass Matt is easily the worst “popular” ksp player, he really doesn’t know how to efficiently design a rocket, most of the things makes are overkill, I’ve never seen him play through a career (the only mode where efficiency is key).

[@cpt_nordbart]

He could do better than the Mars Climate orbiter at least.

[@K-SHABAB]

​@@roboticfuzzball179because of him ksp is popular kid go watch his older videos 😂

[@pinkdudebutgacha]

@@roboticfuzzball179 He's so me frfr

[@kaz49]

OBJECTION: Real Slim Shady mod needed to be installed for this to be a real recreation of NASA's mission I am so disappointed that this critical oversight has occurred.

[@lachieslan3970]

Another fantastic video, great work as always :D

[@JacobsLifeToday]

What you said.

[@ganymedemlem6119]

The lander gives me some ideas for building my own lander can (because I'm never satisfied with the ones in-game).

[@leafy1939]

you are such a great creator i have been watching for along time and take great inspiration from you. thank you for making great videos.

[@SuperPietro09best]

Good ol’ Matt never disappoints us with his KSP videos

[@deino8348]

Are you missing the Starship launch while playing KSP? Or will they break for the fireworks?

[@dinerd4n]

Hi Matt, i´m quiet new in KSP1 but i love it. I am really impressed what you did here and what you build. Lander in a 2.5 meter box, -> Duna, out of the box, land, doing science things, take off and back into the box and safely back to Kerbin. Well, that looks all very easy when you doing this. Congrats to this successful mission. NASA should have asked you for help sooner /kappa And the most important result of the mission? If you can't manage the landing with gold aluminum foil, you didn't wrap enough aluminum foil! (like The Rock using much tape in skyscraper) I´m looking forward to the science update in KSP2 and many videos from you. Greetings from Berlin/Ger, Daniel

[@khyron6]

Thanks. Keep the KSP1 videos coming. Please. You Rock. :)

[@GattsBerserkArmor]

I can't wait for december when the science update, the fix for noddle rockets, the better atmosphere and reentry heating gets added to the game. WIll be waiting for Matt video about it to decide if i should buy the game there. 😁

[@apillow8724]

I really wish they hadn't cancelled the followup mission, GRADLE.

[@torbenellert9173]

Social media, woosh, all that good stuff! What good content this is.

[@doobiedoode7817]

you are the reason i re downloaded ksp and actually learn it, great video and thank YOU

[@SkywaySpace]

Good look in Paris Matt!See you soon(also can’t wait for Starship flight 2)

[@airwaffle]

"why mars be that way?" -Matt Lowne 2023-

[@gate7clamp]

NASA watches this video and then Bill Nelson shouts to his assistant, get Matt Lowe on the line we’re making him head of our discovery program now, then shouts Kevin your fired

[@cj719521]

Played by JK Simmons

[@matteocavedon4684]

we need more ksp 1 videos until ksp 2 gets better

[@WeekendWarrior92]

soon! Science progression and wobbly rockets fix is coming next month!

[@matteocavedon4684]

@@WeekendWarrior92excellent

[@TNH91]

KSP 2 should have built from the ground up to take care of the things that limit KSP, and it hasn't. Using Unity for a gigantic space simulation game is a _very bad_ decision. Not to mention all the other problems with Unity. Probably the best would've been to build everything in KSP from the ground up to support a space simulation game, which is quite different from what the commercially available game engines are designed for. Then it might have become something worth paying money for. But then again it is T2 that owns it now, so it probably shouldn't be bought by anyone anywhere.

[@bakerstudio9335]

Love your vids Matt!

[@csljr1]

Good luck with the competition - sounds like it might a be fun challenge.

[@Youn6J]

Man I just started playing this game and have been blown away by your designs!

[@NolanWolf]

Good luck in Paris Matt!

[@johnburr9463]

I could sleep in a 2.5 cube. I could also play a board game with a few friends. We'd each have to sit in a corner and it would feel a little crowded, once you include the snacks, but it could work.

[@TaeSunWoo]

0:33 me: “didn’t you say that you didn’t get based at KSP until like 2015/2016 tho 👀🤣”

[@LegalAlien682]

i get excited every time i see you uploaded

[@StarBlaster2000]

Good luck with the Esports event, Matt!

[@Paradox-lj3td]

I LOVED URVIDEO I HOPE U WIN THE EVENT :DDD!

[@jadencory6169]

Fun vid matt!

[@webkilla]

Oh that was a perfect mission- love it

[@jamoecw]

14:48 they don't get used up. so you only ever need one kit even though they stack to 5.

[@cluelessgod97]

I must say, I think atm I do prefer watching KSP1 videos more than 2's. Just such a easier watch imo

[@JacobsLifeToday]

Keep up the good work❤

[@jessee4246]

I really like how it fits in the little box like at 18:50 satisfying

[@pavelr4381]

Can you please recreat some of soviet (clearly SUPERIOR) mars missions please

[@user-bu5hy5ge2e]

Love you're video

[@coltinl33t]

hope your mission is going well IRL matt!

[@coolcatx47]

will the mentioned ksp e-sports thing be steamed somewhere / will a recording of it be on the channel at some point?

[@VonOutlaw]

Good luck on your competition event that you're currently doing

[@beeman9229]

"Who are you?" "I'm you, but better."

[@dirtbossplayz]

When you do a smooth camera spin around the craft do you do it with your mouse or camera tools

[@dbh_]

Hey Matt! Will you ever play RSS it's a heck of a ton of fun also nice video!!

[@sudwittagore6855]

Can't wait till he makes a vid on the E-Sports event... I'd bet it would be amazing!

[@crystal-2869]

Now, I find that Learning about Mars's atmosphere is a useful thing to do, but a way to one up it further would be to actually have the probe in a orbit that intersects the atmosphere by just skimming the top with a high apoapsis but a very low periapsis. This is Just an Idea that popped into my head during the intro and starting of the build.

[@kittyloafplays2301]

The items-still-in-storage thing is a bug, yes. Under some conditions, things that you take out of storage while on EVA can get duplicated. According to a quick web search, the problem is most often triggered when entering command pods after changing inventory while on EVA.

[@nevadatorres2865]

6:06 now it’s a recreation of the indian probe that launched that same year, with the one solar panel

[@jjthejetplane11]

Those are some is re-entry level burns in the beginning!

[@dodleboper]

this will be the last time Nov 18th will be dedicated to the anniversary of Maven so good for Mat to send it off well

[@bigdogben]

Wow doing this video just a few hours before IFT2. (also really cool video)

[@foxyahriana]

Nasa holding their hands over their eyes crying while thinking about how useless humans are compared to kerbals. With their immortality, needs no food and water plus has perfect moral 100% of the time XD

[@quantumrandomness5114]

Matt Lowne: makes this video NASA: y u bully me

[@HYv47]

As someone who is extremely interested in space and thinks NASA is most of the time just wasting money like any government organization. I think Matt should be put in charge of NASA with absolutely no barriers to his command with an unlimited budget

[@Arc1acr]

i know this is completely unrelated to the video but a real Saturn V is approximately 131 kerbals tall. {love your vids btw }

[@eekee6034]

The pseudoarrogance is cracking me up so hard! 🤣Though having said that, it's a sweet & sour kind of joke and it did get a little too strong for my taste. The early part of the video could perhaps have used a little bit more talk about the lander or mission to break up the dunking on NASA. I can't wait to see how the competition turns out! 😄I've been hyped for it since I first heard about it. I hope you and Beardy have fun, Matt! Plymouth to France... I miss driving. I was based in Worthing and loved driving the A27 and A31; beautiful roads! I can't recommend the coastal route to Dover though, there aren't enough bypasses for such a long distance. I love that lander! 😄I'll look into the box challenge. I'm fine with how your videos look, Matt. I like seeing what's going on so much that even when playing on my own, I delay my own dockings until they're on the light side just because it looks better. *Light-siders unite!* 😂 You know, it is pretty funny that you were dunking on NASA while your own ship is missing a solar panel like some beaten-up old banger. 🤣 Oh man, flying on Kerbin. That lander really is something else! :D The Twitch engine is amazing! Its only weakness is its Isp, but it's so light... Sorry for the long comment. I've been trying to cut down, but my life's not all right at the moment and I just... I hope each paragraph was light and fun, at least.

[@chrisdiantonio7622]

Bruh chill

[@eekee6034]

@@chrisdiantonio7622 it's nice of you to say so, but 'chill' doesn't seem to be a thing i'm capable of, unfortunately.

[@leavell101]

Daily KSP task: one up NASA with green goobers

[@Spacewalker1870]

fun fact: you can use eva science experiments multiple times although, i had have a bug where it disapears, but not during use. i think that bug is where kerblas inventory got reset to default, but most of the times i can use eva science experiments multiple times

[@octavius32a64]

As their failure was so complete, I vote we give Matt NASA's budget :)

[@landonhedin4100]

Hi Matt, Good luck hope u do well!

[@streemd]

Love the NASA trash talk. Just saw the NSF stream of SpaceX launch!

[@AutoBotPlays]

how do you Always one up nasa your so good at the game!

[@1mariomaniac]

The crash tolerance of those structural panels is absurd 😆

[@Blazing_mello]

CANT WAIT FOR SPACE THIS WEEK WITH STARSHIP!!!!!

[@andrewcoates3050]

*spacecraft breaks* me: why do i hear the blunderbirds theme in the background?

[@scousesav]

1st here again 😂 Another great video Matt thank you.

[@MartinsTimermanis-ed6jm]

I bet the lawn hasn't been mowed in 10 years

[@BobzBlue]

How fast can you get to duna with stock parts? brute force your way with massive burns that take weeks?

[@dronedump]

“cheap hotel in London” yeah good luck from a Londoner

[@oldthrasbarg641]

Woooo janner boy! I'll meet you down union rooms when you're back.

[@BrandoGames47]

you should to an entire municipality mission in first person

[@kosmicdakerbal]

18:38 It's Matt's British genes speaking again!

[@A_piece_of_broccoli]

I get the bug with no sound from engines in vanilla too. I dont think its a mod issue i think its a game bug that was introduced in the latest update.

[@MisterItchy]

November 18th, 1922, my grandfather was born. He passed in 1994. November 18th, 1935, my father-in-law was born. He passed away earlier this year.

[@dorchcorporation7578]

I'm suprised you don't have an aerospace industry job yet

[@HaloTheKitty]

Can't believe NASA didn't consult Matt on the MAVEN. Sad.

[@SirNobleIZH]

When he said "my craft", i heard Minecraft and at that moment realized how similar Matt Lowne and Grian sound to each other

[@MasonMinerr]

Have You checked out the outer Planets Mod?

[@adamvialpando]

Matt: going to Duna Me: struggling to build a basic satellite

[@sinabarzyar5766]

Mat: conquering the KSS Me: struggling to get into orbit with a simple SSTO

[@josephmatthews7698]

Same man. I over engineer everything.

[@BedRockgood]

Star Ship launched!!!!!!!!

[@Gesso64]

cant wait for the next modded video

[@viperjavo]

What mods did he use? it looks so sharp

[@Terry-jo5us]

Hi Matt! Do you have a folder of KSP mods you use or a list of mods? I would like the same composition of mods)

[@ICKY427]

oh you mentioned the chat gpt missions. ask GROK to design a ksp mission and see what it comes up with

[@segganew]

Programmers be like: b… b… but… Gradle! 😢

[@valentinstudio3334]

What’s the mod that makes atmosphere so beautiful? And adds clouds and all

[@khornethegrim8258]

Who doesn't love a little cheek-tongue?

[@Nerbal_the_second]

3:44 never gets old

[@sterling19]

Sometimes I wonder if NASA is even trying!

[@AltName7]

The mental image of you being in the bathroom as you release the video is hilarious.

[@Kevin-hb7yq]

7 whole movies seems like a lot.

[@deniro7775]

Cool

[@jamesmills4097]

would you consider doing a new mod list video? @matt

[@MrOneWolfe]

Here is a comment. "Still waiting for that Starship reaction video" ;)

[@stijndevocht8026]

poor NASA, always up for grabs

[@tomalper4760]

DUDE! YOU LIVE IN PLYMOUTH?! MAN I live in London, hit me up dude!😁

[@valmine7507]

nice

[@T33nno]

I just want to go to mars because earth is too loud.. I just want 8 months of white noise

[@koremona2762]

what visual mod you used for the video?

[@sinabarzyar5766]

Seems like EVE, scatterer, and waterfall, your welcome:D

[@koremona2762]

@@sinabarzyar5766 thx man