KSP: Full PROJECT MERCURY Recreation! Space Race Speedrun

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  • Опубліковано 7 тра 2021
  • Welcome to a new KSP series: recreating every major program in the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union! The twist? We'll be speedrunning it, fulfilling every major achievement of each project in as few launches as possible! This week: Project Mercury!
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    This video is intended for audiences 13+ years old.
    No craft file provided, as the build is much slower than usual such that you can easily follow-along. I always encourage people to try and build stuff for themselves so that they can "enhance their own skillz" ;)
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  • @MattLowne
    @MattLowne  3 роки тому +246

    LOWNE SQUAD UNITE! If you want a cool token next to your name then make sure you hit "join" below the video! I am sure that current poggers members will showcase the custom emoji you can get in the replies to this comment 😉

  • @FireRacer4131
    @FireRacer4131 3 роки тому +436

    Thinking quickly, Matt constructs a homemade moon rocket using only some string, a squirrel, and a moon rocket.

    • @okalright3941
      @okalright3941 3 роки тому +5

      What is the squirrel for.....

    • @marekmichalovic8711
      @marekmichalovic8711 3 роки тому +14

      @@okalright3941 It's a reference to "Thinking quickly, Dave constructs a megaphone" - just look it up on UA-cam, better than me trying to explain it

    • @okalright3941
      @okalright3941 3 роки тому +7

      @@marekmichalovic8711 my original comment was a joke but you're pretty cool and it sounded better in my head so you arent wooshed

    • @ZaccoOfficial
      @ZaccoOfficial 3 роки тому +1

      @@okalright3941 the moon rocket

    • @RavenTheVelociraptor
      @RavenTheVelociraptor 2 роки тому

      A regular Macgyver mate 😎

  • @user-qh9wo9ls5s
    @user-qh9wo9ls5s 3 роки тому +290

    You covered entire program in 20 minutes? One russian streamer spent 8 hours on recreating just Alan Shepherd's suborbital flight...

    • @user-te7rf8ik7z
      @user-te7rf8ik7z 3 роки тому +5

      Можно ссылку?

    • @JMP256
      @JMP256 3 роки тому +28

      @The Catonaut and i spent 6 years not buying ksp and i still dont have it

    • @user-qh9wo9ls5s
      @user-qh9wo9ls5s 3 роки тому +1

      @@user-te7rf8ik7z поищи канал Nikadim Games

    • @blurpp2047
      @blurpp2047 3 роки тому +5

      @@JMP256 and i spent 9 years to found out ksp

    • @zasypayu_pod_slipknot
      @zasypayu_pod_slipknot 3 роки тому +10

      But he focused on the story of the flight itself and communication with subscribers

  • @kiwifruit4734
    @kiwifruit4734 3 роки тому +201

    “Speed running the space race” I guess speed is a relative term

  • @WouldDieForChomusuke
    @WouldDieForChomusuke 3 роки тому +162

    Matt Lowne and Scott manly upload within 45 min of each. Very epic

  • @Mynameistux
    @Mynameistux 3 роки тому +44

    "Are you guys excited"
    Yes, yes I am

  • @user-te7rf8ik7z
    @user-te7rf8ik7z 3 роки тому +215

    Is this the perfect merge of Matt's KSP videos and "This week in history"?

    • @bobbyflen248
      @bobbyflen248 3 роки тому

      The colab of the century

    • @nickburton9366
      @nickburton9366 3 роки тому

      It's prep work for the anniversary. in fact, Matt, those Indian launches you can't show? How about you do a kerbal artists sketch?

    • @Cleptro
      @Cleptro 3 роки тому

      Yes

  • @javierbates6031
    @javierbates6031 3 роки тому +85

    Ha ha. Was literally building building a mercury Atlas. It does have mods though. Keep up the good work Matt

    • @haydenrueps6866
      @haydenrueps6866 3 роки тому

      What mods are you using? I use a large mod list because I love seeing what people make.

    • @javierbates6031
      @javierbates6031 3 роки тому +1

      @@haydenrueps6866 Blue-dog design Bureau is a great mod for recreating American rockets

    • @TheEmeraldMenOfficial
      @TheEmeraldMenOfficial 3 роки тому

      @@javierbates6031 ayyy

    • @hihi-rp2uy
      @hihi-rp2uy Рік тому

      Restock+ has heatshield colors AND a mercury launch escape system (more stuff too)

  • @sodaithink
    @sodaithink 3 роки тому +9

    Nobody talking about how absolutely AMAZING the Atlas he built looks?

  • @picknikbasket
    @picknikbasket 3 роки тому +27

    Awesome idea. Looking forward to the series, Matt!

  • @jamlessdoughnut
    @jamlessdoughnut 3 роки тому +139

    Imagine not being a member.
    Couldn’t be me

    • @doodleboi7034
      @doodleboi7034 3 роки тому +4

      But me poor :(

    • @saint_lewis
      @saint_lewis 3 роки тому +2

      What a flex 🤍

    • @ccm2059
      @ccm2059 3 роки тому +5

      Imagine flexing on kids who can't get the membership

    • @LT101YT
      @LT101YT 3 роки тому +2

      Member gang

    • @ccm2059
      @ccm2059 3 роки тому

      @The Catonaut thanks for the correction

  • @TheChin58
    @TheChin58 3 роки тому +39

    Love watching these at work on my break. Perfect timing!

  • @galehar
    @galehar 3 роки тому +1

    I'm really excited about this new KSP series. Great idea Matt, loving it!

  • @abuBrachiosaurus
    @abuBrachiosaurus 3 роки тому +5

    FINALLY A NEW VIDEO! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A NEW LOWNE VIDEO ALL WEEK! Kinda been having a bad week...

    • @MattLowne
      @MattLowne  3 роки тому +3

      I did upload a KSP video on Wednesday, so you wouldn't have had to wait ALL week ;)

    • @abuBrachiosaurus
      @abuBrachiosaurus 3 роки тому

      @@MattLowne I must have missed that video, gonna go watch it when I am done with this one!

    • @woodbyte
      @woodbyte 3 роки тому +1

      Every day without a new Lowne video feels like a week, though.

    • @abuBrachiosaurus
      @abuBrachiosaurus 3 роки тому

      @@woodbyte Same

  • @jayhurley2116
    @jayhurley2116 3 роки тому

    Hi, Matt! I found your channel a few months ago and have watched almost every video of yours since. Just wanted to say I love how knowledgeable you are about both space and KSP. I also love how you explain so much about what you're doing in-flight and give us so many tips for the "best" way to fly. Can't believe I'm making *that* pathetic essay comment but I just wanted to show you some love and tell you thank you for all your wonderful content!

  • @mustang5132
    @mustang5132 3 роки тому +9

    You forgot to keep the thruster pack on for Glenn's re-entry!

    • @mattr7994
      @mattr7994 3 роки тому

      The thruster pack didn’t actually stay on, though. The light in the capsule was malfunctioning, so they *thought* it was still on, but it had actually detached just fine.

    • @mustang5132
      @mustang5132 3 роки тому

      @@mattr7994 I could be mistaken but I think you’re thinking about something else. They purposely kept it on because his heat shield was coming loose

    • @mattr7994
      @mattr7994 3 роки тому

      @@mustang5132 I looked it up and it turns out I remembered a slightly mangled version of what happened - you are correct. The faulty light was telling them that the *heat shield* had come loose (although it was actually just fine), so they kept the retro package on in an attempt to hold it in place.
      I remembered the problem was actually a bad indicator light and not a real problem, but I was thinking the issue was failure of the retro pack to separate, not of the heat shield to remain where it was supposed to be.

    • @brianchan8
      @brianchan8 3 роки тому

      No he was one-upping nasa

  • @recifebra3
    @recifebra3 Рік тому

    great video!! Love the Mercury missions.

  • @Hex2906
    @Hex2906 3 роки тому +7

    "3 rockets m8, sall u need" I've repaleated that about 20 times now

  • @sleepdeep305
    @sleepdeep305 3 роки тому +20

    Your upload schedule is not nice to my sleeping schedule, BUT I SHALL BE DAMNED IF I MISS A MATT LOWNE UPLOAD!

  • @NotTheHeroStudios
    @NotTheHeroStudios 3 роки тому +6

    This was probably the best Atlas Recreation Ive seen using only stock parts, nice

  • @nickmiller3501
    @nickmiller3501 3 роки тому +1

    Brilliant idea for a series, looking forward to the rest

  • @stardust4089
    @stardust4089 3 роки тому

    I’m so excited for the rest of this series! Great work Matt!

  • @bennyfactor
    @bennyfactor 3 роки тому

    Great idea, Matt! Fun video

  • @patricks_music
    @patricks_music 3 роки тому +1

    I love that you are building historical rockets. It’s nice to educate everyone on the history of where we got to today.
    Keep up the good work!

  • @MightySpaceman
    @MightySpaceman 3 роки тому +13

    "our history in space is very interesting, and long" that pretty much exactly describes the canceled NASA Ares rocket 🤣

  • @jennydrexler9200
    @jennydrexler9200 11 днів тому +1

    “If it fails on the a suborbital mission it’s fine” “If it fails on an orbital mission you need THE BLUNDERBIRDS!”

  • @keithwasntbarrumsing483
    @keithwasntbarrumsing483 3 роки тому +3

    Cool series idea!

  • @highqualitypinewood717
    @highqualitypinewood717 3 роки тому +19

    Three cheers for SN15 :D

  • @SpaceDave-on8uv
    @SpaceDave-on8uv 3 роки тому +8

    1 and a half stage, mmmh yes perfect name

    • @doodleboi7034
      @doodleboi7034 3 роки тому

      Does that exist?

    • @anonymouskerman8318
      @anonymouskerman8318 3 роки тому

      @Merton Wu it wasn't a case of whether it was possible l, it was more that its difficult to do and they didn't really have the knowledge yet.

    • @MattLowne
      @MattLowne  3 роки тому

      @@anonymouskerman8318 Yeah, Atlas was developed as a missile in the 40s, if memory serves me correctly then by the time Mercury Atlas launched they already knew you could light engines in flight, but the Atlas vehicle was already built

  • @hephep22314
    @hephep22314 3 роки тому

    Epic Matt! Keep up the great work love your vids!

  • @ZenVistaYT
    @ZenVistaYT 3 роки тому +2

    6:28
    Subtitles: murky red stone rocket
    help me i am laughing hard right now

  • @GameplayReviewUK
    @GameplayReviewUK 3 роки тому +1

    Fun video, I loved the end where they where all in flight together :D

  • @justcruisin81
    @justcruisin81 3 роки тому

    Great video Matt 👍

  • @Matthew-pn1qu
    @Matthew-pn1qu 3 роки тому

    Great idea for a series, looking forward to more videos!

  • @SirJonathanTPunkbottom
    @SirJonathanTPunkbottom 3 роки тому

    great idea for a series dude! love it

  • @haburger5607
    @haburger5607 3 роки тому +9

    When you have done all the irl space race do the for all mankind timeline!

  • @maximk.617
    @maximk.617 3 роки тому

    That's one hell of a series! Love it!!!

  • @rbxless
    @rbxless 3 роки тому +7

    Vostok next? Probably my favourite space program after Lowne Aerospace

    • @MattLowne
      @MattLowne  3 роки тому +12

      The next will be Gemini. My current idea is we do all of America up to the Moon landing, then we rewind and do it all again but in the Soviet Union...possibly ending with another moon landing 🤔 🤔 🤔

    • @NovaCosmo
      @NovaCosmo 3 роки тому +2

      @@MattLowne That would be cool to see! A bit of spaceflight alternate history is always fun to watch.

  • @pristan416
    @pristan416 3 роки тому

    Really cool idea, keep it up!

  • @JeffDG
    @JeffDG 3 роки тому +1

    In addition to the # of orbits...John Glenn’s flight also did not jetison the retro-pack. They had a sensor indication of the heat shield coming loose and kept the retro pack on to hold it on for reentry.

  • @dsmiley53
    @dsmiley53 3 роки тому

    I love this idea for a series and I can't wait for more videos.
    If I had one super tiny nitpick, it's the retro pack on the Mercury capsule was solid fuel rather than liquid fuel and so they had to time the burn correctly since it was a fixed amount of delta-v and thrust. But otherwise you pretty much nailed everything -- I especially loved the Atlas, maybe the best stock Atlas I've seen -- and that was a great video.

  • @paulschmidt9827
    @paulschmidt9827 3 роки тому

    Love this series idea looking forward to more!

  • @kidcollectable4043
    @kidcollectable4043 3 роки тому +1

    Great series Matt!!!!

  • @likkleleyley
    @likkleleyley 3 роки тому

    Wow keep up the great work you really deserve everything!

  • @tmo_117
    @tmo_117 3 роки тому

    Been really enjoying learning about the space missions and playing them in Reentry, seeing this makes me want to do this myself in KSP

  • @notkyrill1144
    @notkyrill1144 3 роки тому +1

    Nice Video! Cool Idea

  • @TheKagento
    @TheKagento 3 роки тому

    I think the idea for this series is great. Keep it up!

  • @gamersheheryar8770
    @gamersheheryar8770 3 роки тому +8

    What if the space race was in ksp and not in irl : this is what would happen probably

  • @stanisawholesz8763
    @stanisawholesz8763 3 роки тому

    great video, can't wait for the next part :)

  • @Nghilifa
    @Nghilifa 3 роки тому +2

    Very impressive! It's "funny" that a/the continuous burn to orbit was the standard back then (Mercury/Gemini/Apollo) compared to what we do in KSP.

  • @hiltibrant1976
    @hiltibrant1976 3 роки тому

    Great idea for a video series!

  • @midasd7925
    @midasd7925 3 роки тому

    Great idea!!

  • @dathiccestpotato9426
    @dathiccestpotato9426 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome! Id love to see a series on the space race from you. I had the same idea on my channel too, but I was just doing Apollo and Artemis.

  • @tor3875
    @tor3875 3 роки тому

    Great work!

  • @gonuhi
    @gonuhi 3 роки тому +10

    U matt lowne making a space race video
    Best day of my life harlaelooyar.

  • @mattcox221
    @mattcox221 3 роки тому

    Love ur vids!

  • @fhqwhgads97
    @fhqwhgads97 3 роки тому

    good stuff, would love to see more interior pov shots

  • @NikitaWolf1776
    @NikitaWolf1776 3 роки тому +2

    You also jettisoned the retro-rockets after your second mission. IRL there were some suspected problems with the heatshield so the retro-rocket package was ordered to not be jettisoned in the hopes that it would help hold the heatshield on better

  • @Admiral45-10
    @Admiral45-10 3 роки тому +4

    ,,We don't have a money, but we have a Jebedaiah - who could notice a diffrence, anyway?" XD

  • @jacobodrzywolski9906
    @jacobodrzywolski9906 3 роки тому

    Really enjoyed this. Love space history.

  • @spheralflunky59BR
    @spheralflunky59BR 3 роки тому

    Nice!!! Keep that series please!

  • @julius6103
    @julius6103 3 роки тому +1

    Best idea!😍

  • @GoSlash27
    @GoSlash27 3 роки тому

    That's an awesome looking Mercury/ Atlas!

  • @staceydesavoye5030
    @staceydesavoye5030 3 роки тому +1

    please keep going with this series

  • @AdamJMeadTheOraclesClassroom
    @AdamJMeadTheOraclesClassroom 3 роки тому +3

    Greetings from Alan Shepard's home town of Derry, New Hampshire! Home of the Astros at Pinkerton Academy (nicknamed because of Shepherd, who was a graduate).

  • @Michaelonyoutub
    @Michaelonyoutub 3 роки тому

    I was trying to do this in real solar system and man is it simultaneously the most interesting and difficult thing to pull off. You learn about as much as you learned the first time you learned ksp but now it is to the level of mass fractions and fuel/mass efficiency equations, rather than just "I need more deltaV" and "point engine in this direction to raise orbit". You have to learn actual rocket science and the history behind it, and as someone who love science, history, and video games, it was actually some of the most fun I have had playing a video game.

  • @alexanj1989
    @alexanj1989 3 роки тому

    Mat i love your KSP vids

  • @CPS747-8
    @CPS747-8 3 роки тому +2

    I'm very impressed with how well you recreated all of these. I'd love to see more!
    Weren't the retropack rockets supposed to be solid rocket motors, though?

  • @jvn7023
    @jvn7023 3 роки тому

    Nice on Matt!

  • @frederik8108
    @frederik8108 3 роки тому

    Amazing series
    Exited for more

  • @theyellowdoor8677
    @theyellowdoor8677 3 роки тому

    so hyped for this new series 😊

  • @dapotatoking4699
    @dapotatoking4699 3 роки тому +2

    I’m surprised I haven’t heard of the Mercury project until now

  • @jordandegraaff
    @jordandegraaff 3 роки тому

    Love this new series!

  • @MrSpruce
    @MrSpruce 3 роки тому

    That chrome fairing looks great!

  • @MrAstonishing47
    @MrAstonishing47 3 роки тому

    Exactly an hour after video was uploaded!! Nice video

  • @haganfrey5490
    @haganfrey5490 3 роки тому

    Yay! Such a good new series!

  • @szf4rniak367
    @szf4rniak367 3 роки тому

    I love the idea of recreating the most important space programs of the Cold War. Looking forward for another videos

  • @desmond-hawkins
    @desmond-hawkins 3 роки тому +1

    12:00 I had never realized how chonky these Mercury-Redstone rockets were. It looks like a sizeable shiny silver sausage slowly soaring skyward.

  • @BALDO3
    @BALDO3 3 роки тому

    Matt, this series rocks :)

  • @scp-049
    @scp-049 4 місяці тому

    My great grandmother was one of the mathematicians that worked on this project! Awesome!

  • @tristo00
    @tristo00 3 роки тому

    This is an awesome series!

  • @sendachimptospace
    @sendachimptospace 3 роки тому

    love these

  • @Liastnir
    @Liastnir 3 роки тому

    Cool idea!

  • @jkbricks455
    @jkbricks455 3 роки тому

    Love this series!!!

  • @C_F_M
    @C_F_M 3 роки тому +2

    "I am very eccentric here" understatement of the century :PPp

  • @naschholz2224
    @naschholz2224 3 роки тому

    Very nice idea

  • @Gamerguy10yt
    @Gamerguy10yt 3 роки тому

    let's get matt lowne to 500k subscribers by the end of the year!!!!!!!!

  • @OfficialInstallation
    @OfficialInstallation 3 роки тому

    Very excited!

  • @ajblaze7028
    @ajblaze7028 3 роки тому +2

    Super impressive thing, but one small detail
    on Mercury Atlas, They kept the retrorockets attached entering the atmosphere because they were worried that the heat shield would come off. Good mission none the less though!

  • @Ze_Boss07
    @Ze_Boss07 3 роки тому +1

    To make a Soyuz descent module, take a pomegranate pod, disable the decoupler, and put a fairing base below it, and create a fairing that connects half way up the pod. Clip Separatrons with the minimal amount of fuel inside the faint base to slow down for landing. Then put a heat shield below that. On top of the pod put a reaction wheel, clip it into the pod, and add parachutes.

  • @ryanhebron4287
    @ryanhebron4287 3 роки тому +1

    I'm down for the historical recreations. It would be cool to see the most famous failures reenacted as well

  • @JoeBoat0T
    @JoeBoat0T 3 роки тому +1

    I love this

  • @ryandharwadker7508
    @ryandharwadker7508 3 роки тому

    Yay!!!! Finally a space race!!!

  • @zindleethan2061
    @zindleethan2061 3 роки тому +1

    you can see how heavy the last rocket is just by how fast its going like the poor rocket is trying as hard as it can

  • @csljr1
    @csljr1 3 роки тому

    Looking forward to the future iterations of this series - do you think you will need to split them into multiple parts (i.e. Apollo part 1, part 2, etc.), due to the sheer number of flight objectives that Gemini and Apollo accomplished, will you combine multiple missions into a single launch,or do you anticipate making a longer video summarizing the whole program? I'd like a longer one just due to the quality of your work, but imagine it would take you much longer to make as well

  • @tiny_desk_engineer
    @tiny_desk_engineer Рік тому

    17:40 NASA spent those years by calculating, receiving money to buy recources to build the rocket and finally, waiting for the moment to start the launch. But, you're cool too because of making your videos and doing cool things that we're so exited to see, like, doing space stations around Duna! Thank you!
    !Attention! You will be rickrolled in next one minute
    Never gonna give you up!
    Never gonna let you down!
    Never gonna tell a lie,
    And hurt you!
    Never gonna make you cry!
    Never gonna say goodbye!
    Never gonna run around and
    Desert you!

  • @Haniel93
    @Haniel93 3 роки тому

    Very interesting Series :)

  • @pop5678eye
    @pop5678eye 3 роки тому

    8:02 Nice demonstration on how brutal the g-forces were on such a steep flight profile.

  • @fastor_5606
    @fastor_5606 3 роки тому

    Epic vid

  • @daviddavis
    @daviddavis 3 роки тому

    well I made it quickly than ever. Cool series idea!