The CRAZIEST Method To Catch Asteroids - The Kerbal Way!

Yeah, I know I am late to the #AsteroidDay party, but we can still talk about some concepts how to prevent an impact of a giant space boulder on Earth. Of course, there's always the Kerbal way of doing things. Which is hilarious. As always.
0:00 Intro
0:36 Asteroid Day
1:12 A near miss in 2019
2:31 What can we do?
5:02 The KERBAL way!
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[@jacplac97]

How to catch asteroids -NASA and ESA: Lasers or rockets, idk. -Kerbals: ✋☄️✋ 👏

[@xerosfs]

LMAO

[@michaelfarrell4824]

The Kraken must have loved this thing

[@ShadowZone]

The two have an intimite relationship now.

[@michagrill9432]

@@ShadowZone 🤣

[@cbowers318]

I could see my laptop catching on fire.

[@Sans-fl4pe]

Me: KRAKEN GO OR I SHALL UNLEASH EVERY NUKE AND GLITCH Kraken: ok :( bye ShadowZone: howdy Kraken:TIME TO FEAST

[@daskampffredchen9242]

@@ShadowZone Did you use AutoStrut? Or was even that not enough?

[@mrmoore2050]

30 seconds of demonstrating a craft followed by 5+ minutes of showing the attempts to get it into orbit is the correct Kerbal proportions.

[@benbaselet2026]

This is the way

[@aviationist1018]

Earth: Gets hit by an Asteroid Shadow-Zone: Again!

[@iliketrains0pwned]

Marco Inaros: I like this guy!

[@ricksmidlifecrisis2137]

Accounting for the extent of the debris field on Kerbin when the capture vessel fails to launch, maybe letting the asteroid hit would result in less possible damage.

[@thethiemenator1488]

Now that's what I call a space ball

[@harcourtfentonmudd7980]

Usually when I find an asteroid that is passing close to Kerbin, I redirect it to actually hit Kerbin.

[@nootonian4149]

Satan: well, I just wanna say that im a huge fan

[@machekazzo]

I have captured quite a few class E asteroids (I think the largest ones) and have taken them into orbit around kerbin. Each asteroid has rockets that I can command, basically they are remote controlled asteroids. They are all there ready to be shot down at the enemy head if there's one...🤣

[@machekazzo]

@Garmezon 🤣

[@pqddachu]

@@machekazzo Nope, there is a class G. Still hella impressive though. Congrats 👏

[@pqddachu]

@@machekazzo nvm I just found a class h asteroid

[@BingusTheWockis]

That launcher looks like a rejected NASA design from the 70's lol

[@thewanderer4564]

Usually when I find an asteroid from the tracking station, I just see it's orbit, if it has an encounter with Kerbin I check it's periapsis, if it's above Kerbin's atmosphere I just let it orbit and do nothing, if it's below Kerbin's atmosphere I just let it orbit and do nothing also, cus I'm rly trash at rendezvous

[@theairacobra]

You can use mechjeb to help you out on a rendevouz, even after 80 in game hours its a life saver

[@thewanderer4564]

@@theairacobra I'm too stupid to figure mechjeb out.

[@theairacobra]

@@thewanderer4564 just fuckin use ckan it takes like 5 minutes and mods have only made ksp more enjoyable

[@thewanderer4564]

@@theairacobra 1 I do use mods though? mechjeb is just not my type of mod, and 2 the hell you getting angry for?

[@theairacobra]

@@thewanderer4564 im not angry?

[@MarcusHouse]

The king of epic bigness is at it again. Ready to catch some roids!

[@ujjibanbhattacharjee6904]

Marcus!!

[@aiceplays2851]

Nice Vids

[@Hoyt-pn3ky]

The wobble is the very thing that taught me to make my rockets as sleek as possible, if it's flat and its aiming up, nose cone/anything to round it off.

[@eliyasne9695]

Your contraptions never cease to amaze me!

[@PsiCommando]

I'm not gonna lie, I watch this for the explosions.

[@vaos3712]

I LOVE IT!!!!! YOUR AWESOME!!

[@duneydan7993]

I stopped playing KSP last year due to a corrupted save. I lost 1 year of progress plus all the aircrafts I spend hours ( litteral days for some) to build. I had build a P-38, Gotha G. Bomber, Handley-Page hp42 and the XF-85 Goblin to name a few. Honestly Your videos makes me want to try it again!

[@GrandMoffOfMars]

top quality content as always from the mad scientist

[@Brixxter]

How long have you been working on this? Pretty sure you've shown parts of this in a much older video

[@ShadowZone]

I had the concept done last year, but missed Asteroid Day where I wanted to release it. Did the launcher just this week. And missed Asteroid Day again, but I released it anyway because it had to be done finally :)

[@DistracticusPrime]

@@ShadowZone Better late than never. In my case, it's usually the "never" option. So good for you getting stuff actually done!

[@arandomcommenter412]

💀

[@TrayTerra]

Yep, got a reading on the kerbometer, this one definitely checks out with the Jedediah Seal of Approval. Man, that was awesome 👏

[@JWfrosty]

You deserve more subscribers man

[@benwillems8584]

I love how you show your failures too. So many ksp youtubers hide those

[@BixbyConsequence]

I sure hope KSP2 will allow us to keep making crazy huge stuff like this.

[@swarley2500]

why wouldnt it? it would probaly get even more huge.

[@BixbyConsequence]

@@swarley2500 I seem to remember something about limiting vessel sizes.

[@swarley2500]

@@BixbyConsequence That you can build in the vab, (which btw is still gonn be very lrge considering the size of the launchpad) In orbit its limitless.

[@machekazzo]

Now with ksp 1 you can use mods (procedural parts for big ones and hangar extended) and then use cheat (debug toolbar) for send it direct into orbit without karen effects, sorry, kraken effects🤣 I have build a 20km diameter ring with about only 70 parts(the main body).😅 For example, but you can build strong big ship with low parts and good fps if you use well all the mods that you need. But these large ships don't have much detail because otherwise the parts count increases to astronomical numbers. I hope that ksp 2 will allow you to merge all the parts together and make them behave as a single entity(maybe flexible too), except when too much force break it or when ships collied and then for the areas they touch, the computer then counts them as separate parts. That is, they are a single part until they take damage to an area, and only in that area do the parts come off.

[@machekazzo]

Maybe if there'are too much big collisions, like 2 parallel planes 2kmX2km with 4000 parts each and you collied them the pc see that 8000 parts are too much for your computer and count them like for example 400 bigger parts/entity and the game don't crash.

[@name.placeholder1965]

Always a good day when you upload.

[@ErufuLP]

Give NASA the money the army gets and do both

[@clayel1]

dart hit didymos well! we’re still awaiting full results from licia cube to see if it worked or not

[@brucetheloon]

The baby version of Cindercone from Schlock Mercenary. Still as insane as always, keep it up.

[@g-gon8869]

Holy crab you finally did it! You captured the asteroid

[@austin_green]

The trumpets are just 👌

[@brantcarter5355]

That intro blew out my ears lol

[@revnook]

Plot twist: The rocket sound is actually the fans on the graphics card ramping up.

[@Ganymede2076]

Fargetanik has entered the chat Fargetanik: Bring it to me and i will make maps of it

[@gamingchamp6728]

1:02 Thanks to this statement I spent a while searching about Kerbal Civilization

[@tiny_desk_engineer]

the first launch attempt is truly *kerbal*

[@Sans-fl4pe]

Me: KRAKEN GO OR I SHALL UNLEASH EVERY NUKE AND GLITCH Kraken: ok :( bye ShadowZone: howdy Kraken:TIME TO FEAST

[@atlasf5756]

you have to be crazy when building that huge rocket and that sphere, just for catching an asteroid

[@acompletelynormalhuman6392]

The obvious defense mechanism against giant asteroid is giant railguns (which may or may not be also used for artillery/killing impractically sized aircraft)

[@StealerOfPreciousThings]

Me: *open Lay's in classroom* Everybody:

[@AD_SPACE_2024_...Aditya...]

have you tried luna multiplayer its a great mod for ksp

[@fokur9611]

This is insane

[@michaelfarrell4824]

Music for the launch sounds so familiar, has it been used in a movie or something?

[@ShadowZone]

The track is "Volatile Reaction" by Kevin McCloud, he has done multiple royalty free tracks that a lot of youtubers use.

[@Bob_Kerman_SPAAAACE]

When in doubt add -more- a ton of boosters(and struts)

[@maxboiiyeeet1041]

NASA takes notes like NASA: write that down write

[@sunnyjim1355]

9:45 Shadow killed Pac Man's great grandpa. 😢

[@finneganlong6865]

Big scoop

[@draysoncrook4898]

Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom

[@dvwegner]

You’re insane.

[@ShadowZone]

Thank you.

[@chriseffpunkt4333]

8:00 MORE STRUTS!

[@Implestik]

Kraken will never be hungry again

[@edheadgaming8411]

kerbal launch for a kerbal craft

[@dustintaber]

11:55 hahaha this reminds me of Austin Powers. "The radar sir, it looks like a giant..." "Johnson!"

[@AjayXD__]

seeing all the fails to launch the asteroid catcher into space kinda makes me feel better about my rocket when i see it destroy its self in the air lol

[@FoEDekker]

MOAR STRUTS !!!

[@MarcoAdventures]

NASA... This is the way.

[@delta-7operativeAK]

5:35 SIRENHEAD!!!

[@BSpeakman80]

When I think boots on the Moon, I think of two things. The show Space Force and Iron Sky.

[@ImmortalAbsol]

If they were redirecting it to lunar orbit they would go to the moon anyway? Merge the missions because both missions include going to the moon so the one they have chosen would have been redundant if they had picked the other.

[@RondoChonk]

Kool

[@nissethepear4743]

Didnt you build that ship like 2 years ago? 🤔

[@adamantium1983]

Mother of god… that is wicked

[@SM-bf8pv]

1.12 docking ports?

[@wxb200]

This whole mission was an ordeal...

[@Alewxx]

Why do i get the impression the cups for catching the asteroid were welded ;)

[@ShadowZone]

Because I sped up the footage about 8x. If you wanna try it out for yourself, the vehicle is on KerbalX: kerbalx.com/The_ShadowZone/Roidball-Asteroid-Catcher

[@Alewxx]

@@ShadowZone nice one.

[@Stubby0266]

Moonbase first. Can build and launch ships due to less gravity more efficiently and use the resources from the moon.

[@NoNoSot]

Gravity is heartless even In vid games

[@ShadowAgMoonFang]

6:50 would it be cheating if a side_decoupler was added with a tiny cube, that you shift_click drag all the way down to the fuel tanks, then add struts? 7:20 would look like 6:50, but doesn't have the wobble, just like 7:20 ... ... ...

[@wacawkrol1824]

13:00 BOTH

[@kilometerbob2662]

as much as i like the idea of moon^2 i would prefer that we direct the asteroids away from earth instead of towards it

[@pikpikgamer1012]

7:40 if Charlie Brown played KSP

[@ComradePhoenix]

Asteroids are stored in the balls.

[@VortexStolenName]

You should check out the game "Starbase"

[@MedicMainDave]

Let's hope he never plays Space engineers... He would probably mine an entire planet with a giant rocket

[@xcruzrr6]

OMG bro autostrut XDXDXD

[@Francois424]

This craft almost puts my 0.23.5 solar cruiser to shame... umm on second thought it DOES put it to shame. I concede victory only because you put a sphere over an asteroid, good sir ! Now, do you think you could have launched something like that in 0.23.5 ? By the way it's no wonder you had no time to run the mission. Welcome to my world: Lacks of free time means lots of mission scrubbing :(

[@Isildurd]

Again!)

[@lucaingi79]

Again!

[@RhelrahneTheIdiot]

Is it a bad sign that my device started lagging just by watching the launch attempt?

[@WorivpuqloDMogh]

I reallt wish they brought back an asteroid and put it in orbit around earth. Or the moon

[@DAH_WHAFFLEZ]

Turn earth in in Kerbin by adding minmas lol Jeb would be proud

[@dustintaber]

I definitely prefer going back to the moon with astronauts and hopefully establishing a base over a robotic mission to grab an steroid

[@Splinter-ge9pf]

idk, going back to an empty rock is kinda pointless

[@ericb3157]

i've actually made a ship with a grabber and miners, and grabbed a comet...

[@CASA-dy4vs]

Why you using miners when you can use mino-

[@CASA-dy4vs]

(Labour joke without the child)

[@pivottech8881]

bring a crap ton of space rocks and sell them make big bucks

[@arnelilleseter4755]

Why don't you use the joint reinforcement mod? I mean it's entertaining to watch rockets wobble and blow up, but it would save you from so much frustration.

[@1Kaisermerlin]

I assume its about beating the game stock.

[@raidermaxx2324]

im from the future, and can confirm NASA's DART was a resounding success, and changed the asteroid's trajectory. Your welcome.

[@jbreefer148]

Love how you teach that failure helps us to learn and innovate. AGAIN!!!! If we are not failing enough we are not innovating enough. Elon Musk O7

[@jamesgraves8887]

Bro we wanna go to the moon

[@casualbird7671]

I prefer NASA going back to the moon quite a bit, given how valuable moon based travel and harvesting is for our species

[@Afanasii_Kamenkoi]

Clamp-o-tron? Who's that?

[@ARandomOSDever]

Crazy? I was crazy once.

[@tntultramax8019]

HAU MANY KERBALS ARE DEAD FROM TIS MISION

[@yossarianreborn2904]

So I come here because I want to be lazy and play computer games for a bit. End up learning about future space programs, astronomy, physics etc... I miss Kong.....

[@eliyasne9695]

3:02 they did a terrible physics mistake here: the dust shouldn't have halted without any gases to have friction with.

[@DistracticusPrime]

But, where's the outtakes?

[@theairacobra]

mmmmm ball

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

Hollywood also loves to throw realism away totally

[@Thepeepeepoopooman508]

Hello!

[@ghoul2682]

it isnt ksp without catastrophic failure at some point in the mission

[@jackschwitzer3006]

You can tell by these launches that Shadowzone isn't much of a believer in using rigid attachment. At least explosive deconstruction is entertaining.

[@xandersfs2346]

I feel bad for your computer

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

Why didn't you assembly it on orbit? Smaller Rockets so maybe less kraken.

[@KaptenKlant]

More docking ports = more kraken bait. The game is just janky bits of barely working code held together with duct tape and wishful thinking, that's why KSP2 is a total rewrite.

[@voidseeker4394]

@@KaptenKlant so, KSP was developed by kerbals?

[@rowbot5555]

Multi asteroid bases are... Not freinds with the kraken. Speaking from personal experiences

[@stephengoodwin7123]

It's a bra for the Kraken! ;)

[@DistracticusPrime]

Bro! Space bra! Bruh.

[@crnobog]

Why do something the logical way when you can do it the Kerbal way? And as a result incur more explosions than the combined nuclear arsenal of Kerbin, and delay the video :)