Wait it's spelled "segue" I thought it was spelled as "Segway". I've seen a few people say it like that is it a dialect of English like how Americans spell "color" while Britian, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales spell it as "colour"
I have a feeling that the final leg design for Lunar Starship is going to be much longer leg elements that splay wider from further up. The sheer height of the LS just screams necessary.
Quite funny that I thought the thumbnail was the real deal and that it was weird that he didn't just take a screenshot of his version haha... So in other words, well done!
I had trouble with that. I was able to pick them up and deploy them but I could not interact them or start them, but they did work as I saw messages later.
Hi Matt, there's a mod called FMRS that allow you to "travel back in time" to booster separation and land it after you finish your mission/ get in orbit.
I also have to acknowledge that amazing sponsor transition, even having read a couple of the comments I totally didn't see it coming. I thought you were going to put the Union Jack up with some bass boosted "rule britania" or something. 😂😂
@@stadtrepublikmulhausen4121 Apparently people chose to be "triggered" by simply not responding XD I check back here every few days to see if anything changed, starting to look like nothing will :P
Here in America, we have Costco. It's literally a warehouse full of groceries, electronics, hardware, cloths, toys, etc. If you can think of it, they probably have it. They own a brand called "Kirkland" that's the discount brand exclusive to Costco & Kirkland stores. They ain't bad, though. Glad your hand's better, man.
i think there is (or at least used to be) a mod that when you seperated, allowed you to first perfom one ships' manouvers and you could then later switch back to the seperation point and redo what the other ship was supposed to do. But the amazing part is that the game remembered what you did before and will do exactly the same thing again while you are controlling the second part. giving the illusion that these things are happening at the same time.
I'm from the Future. The SpaceX Moonship was a huge success after several Launch Scrubs. However, in-orbit Refilling had some issues. Only 80% of the fuel was transferred. Leaving the Moonship in a decaying orbit. So sad. But a success nonetheless!
@@benjaminrickdonaldson Lies. It docked perfectly. Then poop floated across the vestibule & Scott said "shield your eyes, fools! pink eye in space causes space pink eye!"
Yes, stores in the US have a "house brand" that is pretty much the name-brand stuff but usually a bit cheaper. Target has their Home brand, Costco has Kirkland, etc.
As for anyone who has had corporate sponsors on their rockets: that guy who made steam powered rockets to prove the Earth was flat had a crap ton of sponsors on his rocket. Not sure how he convinced folks to let him do that but I mean it's a thing. You're definitely the first I've seen do it in KSP and that was a smooth sponsor spot. 10/10 would get bamboozled again.
Great recreation of the Moon Ship, Mr.Lowne. It really is exciting to think that humans will finally return to the lunar plains after decades. Great times ahead! Btw, great way to talk about your sponsors, by taking their logo to the Mun. That company will go stonks soon! ;)
Matt's sponsor segues are the best I've ever seen. Sending Jeb a phone with Raid Shadow Legends made me laugh for about 10 minutes and this was just as smooth. Also, isn't the real moon lander going to use a ring of engines partway up the ship for the landing? I think the reasoning is to prevent the Raptors from throwing up big dust clouds.
Hey Matt can you do a question of the week on space this week. The way that it would work is someone would post a space related comment and you could answer it. Just an idea :)
Big thanks to CuriosityStream for sponsoring this video! I'm a huge fan of the service they provide, and with the link below it can be yours for just $15 per year! Link: curiositystream.com/mattlowne Code: mattlowne Just to pre-respond to any potential comments: 1. "The Real Moonship won't land with the raptors, but will use different engines so as not to disturb ground material" - Yes, but I couldn't find an elegant way of executing this in KSP, as the side-mounted options are either too weak (twitch) or too bulky (thud). 2. The Real Moonship has 4 landings legs, not 6 - Not confirmed yet, the newest render appears to show 4 legs, but the geometry looks a bit off, the spacing between the legs does not look right if there are only 4 legs. I used an imaginative leap when making this replica! 3. Here is the blooper reel: ua-cam.com/video/9-uslpNv0J0/v-deo.html
Tip for vertical landings, switch off from retrograde to surface to radial out after you’ve killed off any horizontal speed and are close to the ground
Starship is 50m tall, not 70, but yes you’re right that stock parts are half as big as real life, that’s what I aim for when I make stock replicas usually for the larger rockets I build
love your videos for many reasons. but the way you run sponsors, its the best thing about your channel. you have the best raid shadow legend segway for all of youtube.
Everyone is talking about the legendary sponsor segue, but nobody is talking about the fact that the music during the segue is the same as what Grian plays during the HCBBS
I mad a falcon heavy launch in KSP where I recovered all 3 boosters AND put the payload into orbit. Easiest way is to have a very shallow ascent before ditching the two side boosters when apogee was around 40km (lets you avoid a boost-back burn as they'll naturally land near KSC), then had a hard nearly horizontal burn on the final booster until apogee was roughly 80km. Gives plenty of time to switch back to the side boosters to land them (had to use mechjeb to land them both at the same time).
I knew the matt lownes' sponsor segways are smoother than marble, but never, will I ever, see that coming in a million years. well played, matt, well played
A little tip just put a little extra fuel or delta V into your building then go near orbit. Then stage and swap to the travel section and push it to orbit. Then swap to the launch vehicle to land it. Then go to the tracking station and swap back to the travel section.
@9:30 in Canada, we have a store called SuperStore, and they sell the best "no name" (literally the brand name) products. You can google the images, but they have the most simplistic names in bold print. they even have started to make their own Beer, No Name Beer. Best part is; its all Cheap af. really helps on the grocery bill
Yes, American stores have their own value brands. Walmart has a million of them, depending on the type of item. Food/Groceries are “great value.” Furniture is “Mainstays.” Medicines and personal hygiene things are “Equate.” There are also clothing brands and such, but I don’t feel like naming anymore lol.
Having taken an astronomy class with a professor who worked on Apollo at NASA, the 30 being half of 70 type math is fine for larger scales. 10 million miles and you’re a third of the way there? Cool 3 million miles. Another cool video Matt cheers dude
I do the 1st stage return all the time and its actually fairly easy. You need to orbit the entire rocket, ssto style, then you're free to deorbit the 1st stage(return booster) whilst your upper stage safely orbits kerbin.
I would highly recommend reentry particle effects it is a great mod and makes reentry looks so much better and adds a huge plasma trail behind your craft
I know this is an older video but I wanted to say to be fair, SpaceX does use super cooled, extra dense versions of the fuel to increase the deltaV and thrust of their rockets. KSP doesn't have any way to account for that other than clipping tanks inside of each other.
Builds an ultra-modern, state of the art spaceship. Recovers the lower stage. Refuels in orbit. Goes to Mun to throw a bunch of science equipment out of the window and kill it. Returns home.
It would be more interesting to make this lunar starship with the ring of small engines in upper first third of vessel. Just like it is planned. I wonder how good the stability would be.
Vacuum Raptors also can't gimbal, Sea Level Raptors will probably still be on Moonship even if it's just for control purposes, but I've also heard that all 6 engines are still needed for the thrust to reach orbit.
so first off, good build, much better than anything I could have come up with. However, you did manage to illustrate why I think SpaceX's plans are very dangerous and, in my opinion, are likely to kill their crews. The first being your attempted water landing, which demonstrates the fallacy of doing a suicide burn to land with live crew onboard. For booster recovery, it's great, unmanned rockets, great, quite astounding actually... but with live crew the risk is too great. There is a reason we don't land rockets like 50's cartoons and that is precisely why. The second, being the fallacy of making a landing vehicle for the moon so tall and, relatively speaking, narrow. I have tried to fly craft much smaller, but of a similiar ratio of height to width many time on KSP and every time I have about a 50% change of laying it over on it's side due to unstable terrain. Again, there is a reason the LEM was built the way it was, squat with wide legs. Both of these plans are... foolish in my estimation and I am almost sure that if green lit, they will kill their crews someday, both of them. Good video though :).
To answer your question about sea level raptors being useful on a Moon-focused Starship, Earth's atmosphere falls away so quickly with altitude that by the time you get to ANY second stage rocket, you're too high for sea level engines to be useful.
"And I imagine that the first iterations of SuperHeavy will have landing legs, because that will be quite the technological feat to incorporate a launch tower that could catch the booster" haha little does he know
"Flight Manager for Reusable Stages" is a fantastic mod that allows you to recover stages with probe cores on them. I know you try and keep the save files as mod free as possible, but this mod doesnt add any parts (or if it does just ignore them) and it is almost entirely a quality of life improvement
actually, they arent planning to use the RVACs to land. Spacex is most likely going to use something similar to the superdraco: a side mounted motor. this is to prevent the thrust from disturbing the lunar surface. however, it may use the RVACs for liftoff, just for the extra kickoff thrust.
Moonship will have the 3 SL raptors, it needs all 6 raptors firing to get to orbit as 3 raptors isn't enough TWR for a fully fueled starship. Plus the vacuum raptors can't gimbal and that's a very important thing for getting a precise orbit and moon landing before switching to the upper landing engines.
9:28 Got the Tesco reference xD and you mention Costco, spot on yeah, I could see their branding department in action already. "Kirkland Signature Heavy Rocket; Value 2 pack" flying off the shelves
The best part of that sponsor Segue is that the image still didn’t fit inside the flag frame
Segue
@@blob1820 thanks
That’s Matt Lowne for you
Wait it's spelled "segue" I thought it was spelled as "Segway". I've seen a few people say it like that is it a dialect of English like how Americans spell "color" while Britian, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales spell it as "colour"
@@tony-ci7zd I’m 99% sure that’s just the correct spelling
That sponsor segue was something to be remembered
Indeed
Yea, Matt is good at that
It was perfection
Yes it’s mind-blowing
It was smoothe and the adds which are smoothe are amazing
That sponsor transition was smooth
Every sponsor transition by matt are smooth
@@CptManny they really are, but that was even better
Curiosity stream never had a better salesman ;)
I have a feeling that the final leg design for Lunar Starship is going to be much longer leg elements that splay wider from further up. The sheer height of the LS just screams necessary.
The image still dint fit lmao
Matt's segues to the sponsor are a new type of art
Yes
Nailed it
Segue
@@blob1820 english is not my first language, thx for the correction)
Mattsponsorseguistic art is the best!!!
* drops device from 70 feet up * mat: why not work?
Ikr lol
Calendar: ,,Our product is kinda fragile, so be carefu..."
Matt Lowne: *Yeet*
I think i may have discovered a bug!
or for you British people 29 plates of fish and chips
@@bucketmann3443 jest tell ,,24 metres" and all of Europe will understand.
Watching Matt yeet all of the stuff out of the starship was the most kerbal thing ever.
I was looking for this comment
Crew-2 docking on one screen, this video on the other. What a great day!
same
Sameee
Crew-2 has docked!
Same
7:34 If you look closely, you can see that the curiosity stream logo doesn't fit in the template either
I noticed that too lol
Matt: Oh no...
Union Jack would fit😉
@@Admiral45-10 we would all fit ⚫️🔻⚫️
Now you realy need to build a Gateway Station
he already has just search up matt lowne lunar gateway
@@SanjayVerma-bc7bs oh ok thx
Quite funny that I thought the thumbnail was the real deal and that it was weird that he didn't just take a screenshot of his version haha... So in other words, well done!
Everyone is talking about the Lowne Aerospace starship. But what about the Potato Aerospace starship?
Ive had a save called potato aerospace for like a year now, and i still get caught off guard when i read this.
That one's called the starch chip
@@DFPercush eyyyyy
@@DFPercush eyyyyy
Now I'm Hungry
I was literally watching this part of this space this week when I got this notification
If you drop science items in EVA build mode, you must pick them back up in build mode to deploy them.
Yes. I made that mistake
I had trouble with that. I was able to pick them up and deploy them but I could not interact them or start them, but they did work as I saw messages later.
Hi Matt, there's a mod called FMRS that allow you to "travel back in time" to booster separation and land it after you finish your mission/ get in orbit.
the thing is matt mostly plays stock
well you can still do it in stock anyways
@@peopleperson Wdym you can't travel back in time in stock
@@Perseagatuna ik im late but you can , you need to be fast enough.
@@irfanawan978 wtf
Can you build the hermes from the martian?
If not, a duna starship would be excellent!
You just got more British when you said "keep it shimple"
"Walterfall"...
5 feet
Sunflowa
Twenny
Fiver
6:03 And starship did one day make the dream of catching the booster a reality...
Next Visual Update: Change the config of TUFX with Zorg's config!
What does that do to the config? Just curious :)
@@elirothstein1646 It is a post-processing config that makes the game look so much better. Just google it and see for yourself.
I’ve wanted to make a config myself but I don’t know how...
6:30 as it turns out, super heavy never had landing legs😂
6:21
matt: if you download this craft file, remember to add the actual rocket.
i have the same problem. Does the game say, "craft not compatible?"
Dude I have ksp 1.11 not 1.11.2 so will it work on 1.11
@@amoghjoshi3973 are you in career/science mode? if so, make sure you have all parts necessary unlocked
@@Perseagatuna bruH nevermind, i made my own version.... and it worked after i unlocked everything
I also have to acknowledge that amazing sponsor transition, even having read a couple of the comments I totally didn't see it coming. I thought you were going to put the Union Jack up with some bass boosted "rule britania" or something. 😂😂
I am going to trigger the comments section...
Scotland should be independent .
Good luck
@@stadtrepublikmulhausen4121 Apparently people chose to be "triggered" by simply not responding XD
I check back here every few days to see if anything changed, starting to look like nothing will :P
"Twang my own banjo" shall now replace toot my own horn as the standard usage
A KSP youtuber called Piolet1549 (that is the correct spelling) made a really good video about the moon ship and regular starship.
yep I once got silenced in his historical rockets stream
@@manlikestrainsinnit Why? He normally doesn't do that when I am in his stream
Here in America, we have Costco. It's literally a warehouse full of groceries, electronics, hardware, cloths, toys, etc. If you can think of it, they probably have it. They own a brand called "Kirkland" that's the discount brand exclusive to Costco & Kirkland stores. They ain't bad, though. Glad your hand's better, man.
Walmart?
It literally has the same name (Everyday Value)...
@@Cleptro Walmart, Costco, Sam's Club, etc. All the same, really. Costco was just the first to come to mind.
i think there is (or at least used to be) a mod that when you seperated, allowed you to first perfom one ships' manouvers and you could then later switch back to the seperation point and redo what the other ship was supposed to do. But the amazing part is that the game remembered what you did before and will do exactly the same thing again while you are controlling the second part.
giving the illusion that these things are happening at the same time.
I'm from the Future. The SpaceX Moonship was a huge success after several Launch Scrubs. However, in-orbit Refilling had some issues. Only 80% of the fuel was transferred. Leaving the Moonship in a decaying orbit. So sad. But a success nonetheless!
no that didnt happen.
@@benjaminrickdonaldson or did it? We shall see...
@@wxb200 nah it failed to dock with orion.
@@benjaminrickdonaldson Lies. It docked perfectly. Then poop floated across the vestibule & Scott said "shield your eyes, fools! pink eye in space causes space pink eye!"
Yes, stores in the US have a "house brand" that is pretty much the name-brand stuff but usually a bit cheaper. Target has their Home brand, Costco has Kirkland, etc.
That sponsor segway was smoother than Linus Tech Tips
That docking was a true “tip to tip” experience!!
lol i just finished watching the latest everyday astronaut video thanks matt you just made my day
I found that video to be very educational
Same
Me watching Crew 2 docking: see’s this
Also me: this or that? This or that?
As for anyone who has had corporate sponsors on their rockets: that guy who made steam powered rockets to prove the Earth was flat had a crap ton of sponsors on his rocket. Not sure how he convinced folks to let him do that but I mean it's a thing.
You're definitely the first I've seen do it in KSP and that was a smooth sponsor spot. 10/10 would get bamboozled again.
Ah yes, Curiosity Stream, my favourite country
To be fair, its probably the only country that spends an appropriate amount on the education system xD
Matt, I can’t even be mad about your sponsors when you creatively flow them in with your videos. nice work dude!
It would be cool if in the ksp 2 they would add some sort of program that you can made to land a booster controlled by AI
thats literally kOS
@@k-aerospace without mods
We definitely need more SAS and computer options, since real rockets aren’t exactly.. manned
I was going to say that his comments during the booster landing would be a perfect argument for multiplayer in KSP2 but this is true as well.
I recover both stages using that steep ascent regularly, it works really well and doesn't really lose you that much Delta V
That was the best sponsor segue I have ever seen!
Great recreation of the Moon Ship, Mr.Lowne. It really is exciting to think that humans will finally return to the lunar plains after decades. Great times ahead! Btw, great way to talk about your sponsors, by taking their logo to the Mun. That company will go stonks soon! ;)
Finally! I was waiting for a matt lowne upload!!!!!!
How on earth does this say 22 days ago?? Absolutely Impossible...
@@Why2k4 i think they were being sarcastic...
Matt's sponsor segues are the best I've ever seen. Sending Jeb a phone with Raid Shadow Legends made me laugh for about 10 minutes and this was just as smooth.
Also, isn't the real moon lander going to use a ring of engines partway up the ship for the landing? I think the reasoning is to prevent the Raptors from throwing up big dust clouds.
Hey Matt can you do a question of the week on space this week. The way that it would work is someone would post a space related comment and you could answer it. Just an idea :)
I really like that idea, could be a nice addition to the show
6:23
Mechazilla arms go brrr
Hope ur hand gets better :)
It has
That S26 replica is beautiful!
ikr
Big thanks to CuriosityStream for sponsoring this video! I'm a huge fan of the service they provide, and with the link below it can be yours for just $15 per year!
Link: curiositystream.com/mattlowne
Code: mattlowne
Just to pre-respond to any potential comments:
1. "The Real Moonship won't land with the raptors, but will use different engines so as not to disturb ground material"
- Yes, but I couldn't find an elegant way of executing this in KSP, as the side-mounted options are either too weak (twitch) or too bulky (thud).
2. The Real Moonship has 4 landings legs, not 6
- Not confirmed yet, the newest render appears to show 4 legs, but the geometry looks a bit off, the spacing between the legs does not look right if there are only 4 legs. I used an imaginative leap when making this replica!
3. Here is the blooper reel:
ua-cam.com/video/9-uslpNv0J0/v-deo.html
Hi Matt!!!
Good job :)
Good job
Hi Matt!!!
Tip for vertical landings, switch off from retrograde to surface to radial out after you’ve killed off any horizontal speed and are close to the ground
Omg he did something realistic. HE EVEN LANDED SH AND INSTALLED REAL PLUME
nah it’s waterfall
@@kyle.saikiulee7431 same shit
@@kyle.saikiulee7431 SHUT UP
Starship is 50m tall, not 70, but yes you’re right that stock parts are half as big as real life, that’s what I aim for when I make stock replicas usually for the larger rockets I build
Finally!
You promised something like this back in the making history DLC video with the saturn V in it.
I like how the entire comment section is dedicated to the amazing sponsor section. Best sponsor ever.
love your videos for many reasons. but the way you run sponsors, its the best thing about your channel. you have the best raid shadow legend segway for all of youtube.
Imagine doing this is KSP 2 with multiplayer, and just landing both in realtime.
Everyone is talking about the legendary sponsor segue, but nobody is talking about the fact that the music during the segue is the same as what Grian plays during the HCBBS
I mad a falcon heavy launch in KSP where I recovered all 3 boosters AND put the payload into orbit. Easiest way is to have a very shallow ascent before ditching the two side boosters when apogee was around 40km (lets you avoid a boost-back burn as they'll naturally land near KSC), then had a hard nearly horizontal burn on the final booster until apogee was roughly 80km. Gives plenty of time to switch back to the side boosters to land them (had to use mechjeb to land them both at the same time).
you should add the either restock or vens stock revamp it makes all of the engines look beautiful and parts and stuff like that
I knew the matt lownes' sponsor segways are smoother than marble, but never, will I ever, see that coming in a million years. well played, matt, well played
"I don't want to twang my own banjo" *twangs his own banjo*
Matt Lowne: I can't land both
Parachutes: ever heard of me?
A little tip just put a little extra fuel or delta V into your building then go near orbit. Then stage and swap to the travel section and push it to orbit.
Then swap to the launch vehicle to land it. Then go to the tracking station and swap back to the travel section.
@9:30
in Canada, we have a store called SuperStore, and they sell the best "no name" (literally the brand name) products. You can google the images, but they have the most simplistic names in bold print. they even have started to make their own Beer, No Name Beer.
Best part is; its all Cheap af. really helps on the grocery bill
This man is a space wide variety and then the rest is history and philosophy in your area.
Yes, American stores have their own value brands. Walmart has a million of them, depending on the type of item. Food/Groceries are “great value.” Furniture is “Mainstays.” Medicines and personal hygiene things are “Equate.” There are also clothing brands and such, but I don’t feel like naming anymore lol.
Matt Lowne: The only UA-camr where I never skip the Sponsor Section.
Starship and lunar starship together at space moment:
Lunarstarship:I WILL MISS U BROTHER:<
Starship:I WILL SEE U ON THE NEWS!
Having taken an astronomy class with a professor who worked on Apollo at NASA, the 30 being half of 70 type math is fine for larger scales. 10 million miles and you’re a third of the way there? Cool 3 million miles.
Another cool video Matt cheers dude
(Drops delicate science equipment from 30m tall rocket) Damn, why this not working?
“I’ve been looking forward to this”.
The Starship moonship was picked by the Artemis Program from NASA and the Space Launch System or SLS rocket with the shuttle parts and Orion Capsule
This is (I think) my second time watching this and now I'm questioning every single thing you do. I knew that sponsorship was coming.
Hey Matt. I got an idea for your next video. Make an X wing from Star Wars and send it to minimus
Those engine plumes look so good.. gonna have to get that mod!
I do the 1st stage return all the time and its actually fairly easy.
You need to orbit the entire rocket, ssto style, then you're free to deorbit the 1st stage(return booster) whilst your upper stage safely orbits kerbin.
I would highly recommend reentry particle effects it is a great mod and makes reentry looks so much better and adds a huge plasma trail behind your craft
I absolutely love the in flight "design adjustments"
7:28 is a sponsor transition equivalent to a RickRoll
I know this is an older video but I wanted to say to be fair, SpaceX does use super cooled, extra dense versions of the fuel to increase the deltaV and thrust of their rockets. KSP doesn't have any way to account for that other than clipping tanks inside of each other.
Matt's Sponser Segues are the works of a True Hero
19:46 😂 You just made my day.
Linus shaking in his boots with that segue
Starship is 50 meters high, so 30 m is actually a bit too tall. Still better than you thought!
The booster is 70 meters. So that would make it 25 m and 35 m at half scale.
7:31 Matteezy you did it again, you a genius
I like how he always made different rockets now that they are letting people going on DEARMOON he is making lunar starship
@17:42 reminds me of those nights during Boy Scouts that my Scout Master told me not to tell anybody about because I'd get in trouble!
Builds an ultra-modern, state of the art spaceship. Recovers the lower stage. Refuels in orbit. Goes to Mun to throw a bunch of science equipment out of the window and kill it. Returns home.
It would be more interesting to make this lunar starship with the ring of small engines in upper first third of vessel. Just like it is planned. I wonder how good the stability would be.
Thank goodness your hand is feeling better. I can watch your videos again! Oh yeah ... and it's good for you, too.
Suggestion for next video: Manned flight on Duna!
Vacuum Raptors also can't gimbal, Sea Level Raptors will probably still be on Moonship even if it's just for control purposes, but I've also heard that all 6 engines are still needed for the thrust to reach orbit.
Vector engines? More like Venn diagram! OH BURN. Great job Matt, I love the videos.
His flag inscription was “Munship Lands! Eat your heart out Elon”
so first off, good build, much better than anything I could have come up with. However, you did manage to illustrate why I think SpaceX's plans are very dangerous and, in my opinion, are likely to kill their crews. The first being your attempted water landing, which demonstrates the fallacy of doing a suicide burn to land with live crew onboard. For booster recovery, it's great, unmanned rockets, great, quite astounding actually... but with live crew the risk is too great. There is a reason we don't land rockets like 50's cartoons and that is precisely why. The second, being the fallacy of making a landing vehicle for the moon so tall and, relatively speaking, narrow. I have tried to fly craft much smaller, but of a similiar ratio of height to width many time on KSP and every time I have about a 50% change of laying it over on it's side due to unstable terrain. Again, there is a reason the LEM was built the way it was, squat with wide legs. Both of these plans are... foolish in my estimation and I am almost sure that if green lit, they will kill their crews someday, both of them. Good video though :).
this guy can make an ad out of any conversation
To answer your question about sea level raptors being useful on a Moon-focused Starship, Earth's atmosphere falls away so quickly with altitude that by the time you get to ANY second stage rocket, you're too high for sea level engines to be useful.
"And I imagine that the first iterations of SuperHeavy will have landing legs, because that will be quite the technological feat to incorporate a launch tower that could catch the booster"
haha little does he know
"Flight Manager for Reusable Stages" is a fantastic mod that allows you to recover stages with probe cores on them. I know you try and keep the save files as mod free as possible, but this mod doesnt add any parts (or if it does just ignore them) and it is almost entirely a quality of life improvement
actually, they arent planning to use the RVACs to land. Spacex is most likely going to use something similar to the superdraco: a side mounted motor. this is to prevent the thrust from disturbing the lunar surface. however, it may use the RVACs for liftoff, just for the extra kickoff thrust.
perfect thing to watch while drinking tea
Moonship will have the 3 SL raptors, it needs all 6 raptors firing to get to orbit as 3 raptors isn't enough TWR for a fully fueled starship. Plus the vacuum raptors can't gimbal and that's a very important thing for getting a precise orbit and moon landing before switching to the upper landing engines.
You have to do a video where SLS (Orion) docks with HLS in lunar orbit!!! Bc SLS will be crew rated for earth launches and Starship won’t.
9:28 Got the Tesco reference xD and you mention Costco, spot on yeah, I could see their branding department in action already. "Kirkland Signature Heavy Rocket; Value 2 pack" flying off the shelves