Clues About SpaceX's Second Starship Launch Tower!

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@NASASpaceflight 2 місяці тому

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@NealeUpstone 2 місяці тому

What's going on with posting "updates" that are re-hashing the destack. It seems that numerous popular channels are now trying to out clickbait each other, and it just turns out... There's no new news.

@dphuntsman 2 місяці тому

Sorry; but can’t/won’t consider downloading software that is Chinese-owned (I.e. subject to PRC/CCP data gathering and control laws).

@ousley421 2 місяці тому

tiki bar should be inside a nosecone

@PowerScissor 2 місяці тому

@@dphuntsmanIn China's court of content creation, the serial punner gets locked away for crimes of 'pun-ishing' proportions...so there's that to think about also.

@kokomo9764 2 місяці тому

I would prefer that they take their time and get it right. There is no real rush. I want to see a fully successful flight.

@niri2506 2 місяці тому

No real rush? Oh the rush is real. It's just not as immediate as "we know it's only a few days/weeks/months to save our species". So yeah we have some time. But I'd say less than 2 decades. We are about to be the first humans in a long time to witness a magnetic pole reversal on our planet. We currently get lucky like every other week or so. Just a couple of weeks ago there was a really massive CME which luckily happened right on the other side of the sun but hell half a year later we would have been mostly done with. Just in recent days 3 X class flares 2 of which did hit us and caused massive outages. All the aurora borealis we can recently see all the way down to southern Europe are results of an active sun. There's also increasing evidence that there's such a thing as micro novas that stars go through multiple times in their lifetime and that is has happened here in our solar system already at least once. Timing of which might also be something we are about to witness in our lifetime. So I'm not so sure how relaxed we can be about all of this. All the world should put a single minded focus into making sure our species can survive whatever is coming. And having survival shelters on just one planet doesn't seem like a very good preparation for system wide events. So can we please all agree on stopping to fund wars and put all that money into the survival of our species? Please? Even if all this turns out to just be minor issues (though worst case Earth's axis tilting massively will definitely not be minor and might end up making life on the surface as we know itimpossible) shouldn't we be prepared? Let's just assume it will happen in 2035. That's just over a decade away now. Can we get into a rush as if we knew that's how much time we had left?

@jamescobban857 2 місяці тому

The FAA will clearly not extend the license to permit the number of launches that SpaceX is clearly capable of in 2024 if tests continue to blow up. SpaceX needs those 9 flights, and will have completed more than 9 stacks in 2024 based upon their current construction rate, never mind the rate they can achieve with two MegaBays and two StarFactories.

@appliedfacts 2 місяці тому

I agree. Better to get all this foundational work done up front so they can get on with Starship development at an accelerated pace forever.

@paulmcmillan5941 2 місяці тому

Was the way NINE TIMES used as a Ferris Bueller reference? ..... if so ... well done Jack!!!!

@williamflitcroft4845 2 місяці тому

Love these updates here in the UK!! Glad Jack now takes his time giving the information however, videos have gone from 10 mins to 18 😂 Seriously thanks guys 😊

@MilBard 2 місяці тому

Nine Starship flights in 2024?!!? That is more flights than NASA's Saturn 5 moon missions with a bigger rocket.

@williamflitcroft4845 2 місяці тому

I can’t see them doing 9 this year even with approval. As much as I want IFT3 to succeed it don’t think it will (although data rich it will be), so another investigation. Plus, I don’t think they will be hardware ready either.

@allanrose3661 2 місяці тому

I wish NSF would publish a book on Starship.

@fredpryde8555 2 місяці тому

thank you for your time keeping us upto date

@BusstterNutt 2 місяці тому

Another well crafted synopsis, thank you.

@TheDaexiled1 2 місяці тому

With "The Two Towers", I wonder if Sauron will be summoned bit by bit with each launch? I always enjoy the weekly updates from ya Jack, as a flatbed truck driver and rocket nerd, I hope to randomly get a load assignment to SpaceX one day to see it up close with my own eyes

@AdaminChina666 2 місяці тому

It's really amazes me how confident they are that nothing will happen when they attempt catches! Look at NASA's launch pads aren't they miles apart? Space X is really ballzy by putting their pads so close together!

@billsimpson604 2 місяці тому

And that super strong, heavy stainless steel will crush and cut through everything it hits since it is much tougher than the aluminum most rockets are made of. Those towers should be at least 2 kilometers apart. You want to be at least 10 kilometers away from that vehicles when it is fully fueled. I doubt a combination of cryogenic methane and liquid oxygen coming into direct contact will just burn. It might explode outward along the ground, as well as upward. That much energy released in a couple of seconds could cause a powerful pressure wave which could break glass for 15 kilometers. If I was NASA I would have taken a couple of tanks of LOX and CH4, chained them together and cut them apart with detonation cord to see how it burned, before letting anyone put thousands of tons of the stuff together 10 kilometers from South Padre Island residences. I will be shocked if they can catch those vehicles reliably. That seems like a crazy idea to me, especially when legs would work. So what if you lose some mass to orbit in exchange for near 100% reliability. In orbit refueling will also be tough to do. It will be interesting to watch what the Chinese do with their Moon landings.

@gordonstewart5774 2 місяці тому

That swing work platform on the QD is cool!

@appliedfacts 2 місяці тому

Yeah! This was my first time seeing it. It makes so much sense too.

@starchilled 2 місяці тому

Thank you, Jack ( my favourite nsf presenter) for all of the latest star ship information 👍🍻

@corrinastanley125 2 місяці тому

Thanks for the updates Jack and the NSF team.

@waynzignordics 2 місяці тому

You guys keep doing fantastic work documenting this vehicle's development. Great job.

@mustang607 2 місяці тому

On Monday mornings I get my cup of coffee and my NSF Starbase update.

@davidkillens8143 2 місяці тому

We need to hang a nifty moniker on the 2-point lifter tongs. I propose "Tron Tongs" in reference to the old movie "Tron" where there were robot enforcers that were very similar in appearance. My second submission is "Texas BBQ Tongs".

@isacolivares Місяць тому

This is the coolest thing I've seen all day!

@badrinair 2 місяці тому

thank you Jack, Sean, Mary and the entire NSF team for these updates. THings are looking promising.

@officialwildcardadventures 2 місяці тому

Nice work Jack. 🙌🏼

@adolfoangelsanchezgomez1565 Місяць тому

Can't wait to see this thing take off!

@niklas6576 2 місяці тому

That one dude just casually carrying a box of high explosives cracked me up :D

@anthonylosego 2 місяці тому

If they have no mishap investigation, they can turn right around on launches. Keep that in mind. That means they have to meet all mission objectives.

@appliedfacts 2 місяці тому

Yeah! Once the mishaps are no more then it's full focus on Starship itself! 🎉🎉

@fwd79 2 місяці тому

Good update.

@markotto4281 2 місяці тому

Jack Beyer rocks!]

@tacampbell4819 2 місяці тому

Thanks Jack 👍 you the Man. And like always be excellent to each other .

@brianivey5682 2 місяці тому

Thanks

@emmabentley7945 2 місяці тому

Don't boo Shop 26. It's special❤.... Jack Kilt when❤

@Nick-vu2bz 2 місяці тому

F YES! SB updates are the best! ...... because of Jack ofc..... ;)

@ShelleyEchartea 2 місяці тому

Wish you the best with this rocket 🚀

@Eike979 2 місяці тому

thx

@nfa10 2 місяці тому

When they built the parking lot, did they not know it was the site for the second tower? I mean, it was built few months ago..

@oldmanstumpie1061 2 місяці тому

They seem to do a lot of things two or three times. Seems a bit of a waste but I’m sure they have a plan 🤷‍♂️

@appliedfacts 2 місяці тому

There are inefficiencies in their work. Sometimes they tend to leap before they look. BUT the times that they have to scrape is far less than the times they move forward. Money seems to be plentiful so they can afford a bit of waste. 💪😎💪

@spacemanmat 2 місяці тому

They did have other plans to build further away from the road, guessing they looked at the time it would take to get approval and decided this was a much quicker route. There is also a proposed land swap, although I don’t think that played into it.

@Duneadaim 2 місяці тому

We currently don't have any clues about where Jack's beard went. Is it on Das now? 🤔 🧐

@iamaduckquack 2 місяці тому

Crawling around the wilderness last I heard.

@Shivaho 2 місяці тому

He traded it for some Space Bacon... Don't worry He'll just grown a new One.

@wildlyoptimistic1352 2 місяці тому

Fuel transfer test. Could it be they are having problems with testing that capability on the ground. Thus the deep dive into the internal tank.

@Aku6Soku1Zan 2 місяці тому

define excellent

@proesterchen 2 місяці тому

I'm going with 18 months between the start of the foundation work of the new launch pad and the first launch. And I think that's optimistic.

@craseder 2 місяці тому

Crossing fingers that it'll wait until the second week of April when we'll be down there for the eclipse

@Tomfoolery1972 2 місяці тому

That theme music slaps. Wish there was a longer version 😂

@thomasroutson3046 2 місяці тому

Love Jack's updates!

@gokussj9840 Місяць тому

Forget the Falcon 9, this is the future!

@taeyeolkim2502 2 місяці тому

🚀

@100SteveB 2 місяці тому

I think SpaceX may just concentrate on getting just a second tower up - rather than worrying about building a whole pad to go with it. Why? Think about it, if they want to practice catching boosters, it would make perfect sense to have the minimal amount of hardware in the danger area. Why risk a whole pad when only a tower is needed to catch a booster? Once they have perfected the catching process, then they can go ahead and put the time and money into a second pad. A standalone test tower for catching makes perfect sense to start with.

@bradleymarks 2 місяці тому

Hmmm... maybe the wet dress issues weren't the ship... maybe it was the qd on the olit...correction orbital launch table not the tower

@thisguy23 2 місяці тому

I believe the second launch pad would be at the old Masseys place.

@user-en1sc7us4d 2 місяці тому

Have you thought they might be testing the fuel transfer into the header tank that they plan on trying this flight ?

@Demi2210UA Місяць тому

4:15 for Opera AI

@davegagne6270 2 місяці тому

There is no plan for a second OLM at this time, they only need a catch tower for now. enough far away from the lauch pad and Starbase. Massey maybe, can be a safe place to do it.

@DU7HS 2 місяці тому

950K subscribers

@crixmorgan 2 місяці тому

Love ya Jack... but try to smile a little more for us;) I know it's hard to sometimes, in this world, but we love your smiling face buddy!!

@dphuntsman 2 місяці тому

I’m not sure Jack is entirely comfortable having to play it straight these days.

@billsimpson604 2 місяці тому

We will be lucky to get 5 more flights this year.

@zoranocokoljic8927 2 місяці тому

"Then the watch upon the walls of Mordor slept, and dark things crept back to Gorgoroth. And on a time evil things came forth, and they took Minas Ithil and abode in it, and they made it into a place of dread; and it is called Minas Morgul, the Tower of Sorcery."

@TheGhungFu 2 місяці тому

The cables from the SQD to the ship are perhaps grounding to prevent static electricity discharge. Like a grounding wrist strap for working on electronics.

@jasonslick9383 2 місяці тому

The irrational hate for the stubby nozzle and ship 26 is baffling to me.

@raydemos1181 2 місяці тому

How about a metal portrait of Mary, they would sell like Hotcakes on a Sunday morning

@grogman1911 2 місяці тому

Seems to me that it is still the sub-orbital launching area. Soon to be renamed.

@robbysmet7676 2 місяці тому

It's not paint they're spraying, it's spray foam insulation.

@michaeldeierhoi4096 2 місяці тому

I though spray form insulation expanded. I don't see it expanding.

@Brianmatthewward 2 місяці тому

Ship 26 has to be fuel depot

@user-ox4wl1tu9e Місяць тому

I wonder how many Starships they'll build?

@edwardrosier1805 2 місяці тому

I hope the protect the Gateway to Mars wall.

@DeadManWalking2 2 місяці тому

Lifting Biceps

@shawnmatheny195 2 місяці тому

The Eye is upon Texas

@romec3435 2 місяці тому

👀🚀👍...😊

@user-rc6yk7fy1p 2 місяці тому

Should we call the new launch pad site, the future orbital launch site?

@paullangford8179 2 місяці тому

You do realise that the next episode has to be called "The Return of the King"?

@BreakingBarriers2DIY 2 місяці тому

Mmmm…I’m thinking those were pizzas…rather than explosives? :P

@TheCritterWindow 2 місяці тому

The Second tower will do the first test catches.

@robinsonmitchell9995 2 місяці тому

I think the second tower will, for a time at least, be a Catch Tower rather than a Launch Tower. It only makes sense. SpaceX has to learn to catch boosters. They don't want to use their main launch pad. It took a while to get landing F9s down, but now they've done it hundreds of times. It will take a while to perfect the art of catching boosters and Starships with chopsticks, and they're not going to want to do that on their main launch pad.

@erikbarsingerhorn4485 2 місяці тому

Question: Is it wise to show in detail how and by whom the explosives are delivered?

@paullangford8179 2 місяці тому

If someone wants explosives, they'd follow at the other end of the route, where it's all stashed!

@ernestgalvan9037 2 місяці тому

Oh wow…. We now know HOW the explosives were delivered (BY TRUCK!), and delivered BY WHOM (BY THE VENDOR!)…. Horrors! No terrorists/baddies would EVER have guessed that without the “detailed information” from this irresponsible 3/4-second-long shot of the delivery! 🥸

@richarddavis9460 2 місяці тому

❤️ S26 ❤️

@colesonafrank5329 2 місяці тому

Given how important to Starship's potential usefulness in-space fuel transfer and storage is, and the probability that Ship 26 might be used for developing and testing those capabilities, perhaps the humorous suggestions that it is bad and "cursed" is at best in really bad taste. While I appreciate that we all need lots of good humor, please cut out the negative humor.

@MrFoxRobert 2 місяці тому

👋👍

@hashmagandy2012 2 місяці тому

Hey Jack, are you and Alyssa ‘an item’? IMHO you ought to be. 😊 Keep up the good work.

@dr4d1s 2 місяці тому

My guess is one depot to fuel them all!

@jai5433 2 місяці тому

second tower will be used for catching only. For now anyway

@artemkras 2 місяці тому

Whenever I hear "wet dress rehearsal", it sound to me like a rehearsal in a wet dress )

@kilianclasen5521 2 місяці тому

Didnt they make a whole event of the fts charge installation last time with tree guys carrying the charges in metal containers on their backs and such? Now we see them get delivered by one mail driver carrying them in a carboard box under one arm? XD

@thomashayden804 2 місяці тому

I assume (I know nothing about explosives) that they're packaged much better upon arrival, but when they're going for install they're much more exposed. Could be totally wrong though lol

@Spectator1959 2 місяці тому

I suspect that not all the explosives needed for a single launch are delivered in the same shipment, possibly for safety and security reasons.

@LordTimelord 2 місяці тому

Since they have to climb up onto the rocket. That's why they have the charges in the backpack so they have both hands available for stability. The last thing you would want to do is trip and fall because your hands were full when you're carrying that stuff!

@Thats_Mr_Random_Person_to_you 2 місяці тому

@LordTimelord high explosive is actually really hard to make accidentally detonate (like the traditional C4 basically require a pecursor explosion to make it do anything, hitting it it a hammer just does nothing). They require a significant amount of energy to get the to go off.the firing charges however, now they are dangerous. Sure they have much less explosive in them (still enough to seriously maim someone) but they require much, much less energy to go off, thus much more dangerous. The High explosive delivery is pretty 'safe' in terms of delivery. As the install team was carrying both the high explosive, and detonators at the same time (albeit across different people) that's why thre was much more overall caution. Putting it into backpacks just helps maneuverability as you say, but not really for the reason you suggest

@alexandrdovganj1402 2 місяці тому

👀🤳👍

@robert-brydson-1 2 місяці тому

I like ship 26 much more than Virgin Galactic

@nerufer 2 місяці тому

9 times

@Imagine_Beyond 2 місяці тому

Spoiler alert: the engine which was replaced on S28 is the one which is going to be used on the deorbit burn. Currently a single engine static fire is planned.

@user-zy9vn2qi5t Місяць тому

First!

@mrdebris1217 2 місяці тому

You know you‘ve got lots of money when you pave a huge parking lot and rip it apart some weeks later.

@johnferris1913 2 місяці тому

If it takes so long for human crews to attach the two point lifting system to the ship, what chance does the chopsticks have of catching a ship while it hovers?

@oldmanstumpie1061 2 місяці тому

Plus they move SO slowly. There’s going to be a 10 minute booster hover while they line it up. Think they’re going to have to reinforce and catch the grid fins. Time will tell…

@TheMovieLoft 2 місяці тому

Tower 2 will be tower ‘lite’ for the first catches, less collateral damage

@wpcgi69 2 місяці тому

Jack and Co, let this antipathy towards Ship 26 go! The poll showed that subscribers do not feel the same. Be nice!

@appliedfacts 2 місяці тому

I think that ITF3 will go really well right up until the soft landing in the water. Boosters have never even tried to land even once and Starship only had a single successful landing ever. But once orbit is reached then development of refueling ships, starlink satellites, commercial satellites, etc can start. Successful landings can be developed as those are actually launched.

@jimlaz7456 2 місяці тому

Mornin' @NASASpaceflight wen kilt?

@Zwanni1270 2 місяці тому

Stop Boo Ship26 !!!!!!!! 🤨🤨🤨🤨

@ispacedesign 2 місяці тому

Ferris Bueller reference. Like if you caught it too.

@shmuelnathan4813 2 місяці тому

Wraptors jack. Not booties plz

@jac0m1n0 2 місяці тому

Built a factory and tower at Robert's RD FLA; stopped that. Now built a complete factory in Bocachica. Built a parking lot next to OrbitalLaunchPad and now tearing it out 7 months after. Built a complete tower @ Complex 39A and that's paused/unused. We're all fans but we have to admit SpaceX is scattered and not "following A plan." What's happening at SpaceX and which journalist/UKpostsr is gonna ask?

@gamemeh 2 місяці тому

1-2 years for a 2nd tower.. Nah, this is SpaceX...

@moodmusicytc 2 місяці тому

HES ORANGE

@oldmanstumpie1061 2 місяці тому

Not sure why they’d build a catch only tower. Unless they plan to update to launch later 😊on.

@grahamcook9289 2 місяці тому

The US Army Core of Engineers stated 12 February 2024? How un-American!

@Spectator1959 2 місяці тому

“Corps” of Engineers. “12 February 2024” is the date format the US military has used for decades.

@grahamcook9289 2 місяці тому

@@Spectator1959 But yankee-doodle-dandies use MMDDYYYY. It wasn't 11/9 but 9/11.

@ernestgalvan9037 2 місяці тому

@@grahamcook9289… as @Spectator1959 pointed out, the US Military uses DDMMYYYY format, and a 24-hour HHMMSS time format. Doesn’t matter what format “Yankee-Doodle-Dandies” use, US Military uses their system.

@grahamcook9289 2 місяці тому

@@ernestgalvan9037 But why?

@stinkybritches7241 Місяць тому

Brought to you by China.

@timchance2002 2 місяці тому

Thumbs down for the boo on S26… I’m actually sick of it…

@DunwellAntwi 2 місяці тому

Seriously, Sawyer? How dare ye degrade thyself with an inferior joke!

@MatsukawaZaraki 2 місяці тому

Your constant hate on ship 26 is getting really old and annoying. I hope they do something cool with it so it makes you swallow your hateful comments. Let's try to just be positive going forward man because the negativity is just off-putting

@dr4d1s 2 місяці тому

Agreed. Also, everyone harassing Jack to wear a kilt. It's obvious he doesn't want too and his annoyance is pretty noticeable when people bring it up.

@michaeldeierhoi4096 2 місяці тому

It's called sarcasm. Of course maybe that's what you are doing. Sarcasm can be subtle these days. 🙄😅😂

@MatsukawaZaraki 2 місяці тому

@michaeldeierhoi4096 it's not sarcasm, they literally do it every video and every stream. 🙄

@michaeldeierhoi4096 2 місяці тому

@@MatsukawaZaraki Yes, and I find it amusing or I'm just indifferent to it.