Colonizing MARS with SpaceX Starship in Kerbal Space Program



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Happy Winter! I’m back with another upload, very different in style from my normal content. I’ve wanted to do a Mars colonization video for some time, but I wanted to get Far Future Uranus out and work on a couple other things not content-related beforehand. Making this video was pretty fun, surprisingly. I expected far more terrain buggyness than I actually encountered, and the Starships were really fun to fly. Getting good Starship / Super Heavy landing catch shots was a bit tedious, but it ended up looking good in the end. I’ll be back to more normal content (stuff like Far Future Uranus/Beyond Sol) next time. Also, the 1st part of this video (the part synced to Flight Hymn) is obviously inspired by @NessusKSP in his Far Future Saturn video, hats off to him for making some great content with it!

Disclaimer:
This video is in no way suggesting that the timeline used is realistic or possible.

Game: Kerbal Space Program 1.12.3

Mods (nonexhaustive list):
Real Solar System (obvious)
Realism Overhaul (makes things more realistic and difficult)
PRVE (RSS visuals)
RSSCanaveralHD (Makes the Cape look good)
TUFX (postprocessing, Ballisticfox’s configs)
Parallax 2.0
Starship Expansion Program
Far Future Technologies (ground components)
Near Future Technologies
Stockalike Station Parts Expansion Redux
Planetside Exploration Technologies (colony parts)
USI Kolonization Systems (used for the large domes on the colony)
Procedural Parts
Kerbal Reusability Expansion
Booster Guidance (landing guidance)
Camera Tools (advanced camera movement)
Time Control (slowing down the game occasionally)

Music:
Flight Hymn, Ross Bugden (https://www.youtube.com/@RossBugden)
Deep Space, Michael Curran
Reunited, Geoff Knorr

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24 thoughts on “Colonizing MARS with SpaceX Starship in Kerbal Space Program”

  1. Sorry for all the premiere buggyness! Something happened to the video on YT's side and it seems like it thought it was premiering the video when it wasn't, so it never showed it and now I can't premiere it again 😢. I've set it to public now, apologies for the inconvenience caused! If you'd like to discuss this video with me or other viewers, you can join the Discord server (I promise I'm not just plugging the server, I really do care about giving y'all the opportunity): https://discord.gg/TNB4nSCKBt

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  2. Great video! Using Starship outside of LEO is horrible idea though. At what's going to be well over 100MT dry, it's a horrible upper/departure stage.

    Still don't understand the stainless steel decision, it absolutely kills the effectivity. But hey, its coming from a company which still insists it doesn't need a flame trench.

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  3. In my 6 years playing kerbal space program, I have never seen a video as beautiful as this, the perfect landing of the Super Heavy, the expanding colony and the starship in operation, if this is possible in KSP, anything is possible. you have my like and my subscription❤

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