Second Starship Tower Progress | SpaceX Boca Chica
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День томуStarbase's second launch tower remains in pieces at Sanchez and the Port, cleanup and repairs were ongoing at the launch site, and work on the Starfactory continued.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Work Continues on the OLM
0:22 LR 11000 Crane Raised
0:37 Tower Sections at the Port
1:07 The Production Site
1:20 Tower Sections in Starbase
1:36 The Rocket Garden
2:04 New Parking Garage Location
2:17 The Launch Site
2:33 The Orbital Launch Mount
3:18 Chopstick Actuator
3:34 Raptor Maintenance Platform
4:35 Two Point Lifter
5:43 Massey’s Test Site
6:23 The Production Site
7:01 The High Bays
7:17 Starfactory Construction Continues
7:50 The Launch Site
8:03 Pipe Work at the Tank Farm
8:16 Concrete Poured
9:06 The Chopsticks
9:22 Boca Chica Beach
@hotrodandrube9119 Місяць тому
The amount of simultaneous work getting accomplished is insane. The launch was 4 days ago.
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
6 days ago. But yes this place is the busiest anthill on average of anywhere i can think of.
@AidenHere. Місяць тому
WAW
@dungeness99 Місяць тому
Amazing how much more is accomplished if the top and only priority is maintaining the share price
@hotrodandrube9119 Місяць тому
@@dungeness99 what share price? It's a privately held company.
@hotrodandrube9119 Місяць тому
@@Vatsyayana87 I was assuming the videos were taken at least a day before this video was edited and published.
@taran1900 Місяць тому
The level of activity at Boca Chica never ceases to amaze me. Love these videos!
@radart6037 Місяць тому
Seeing the rockets lined up in a row like that you really understand how ambitious the SpaceX program is.
@Imagine_Beyond Місяць тому
It is great to see the progress
@badrinair Місяць тому
thank you sean, and NSF team for sharing such amazing updates. Great to see such progress.
@moehawkins6396 Місяць тому
So damn amazing to watch such industry.
@WiilyDerbbinphlatte Місяць тому
Yes love their explosions
@MrKellymcilrath Місяць тому
Great video footage Jack, Mary, Sean, & NSF, Thank you so much!
@MickRonald Місяць тому
Looking at the work crew on top of the chopsticks just shows their massive size 9:07 (referring to the chopsticks:) Thank you NSF for this latest time lapse video.
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Absolutely, those things are on a scale most people just cant get a grasp on without that direct comparison being shown.
@zachb1706 Місяць тому
Ain’t no way I’d be working that high up 😂
@paullangford8179 Місяць тому
Mind you, some of the work crew might qualify: I'm sure I saw at least one 6 x 6 guy (6 ft tall, 6 ft waist).
@Pintuuuxo Місяць тому
Ending the video with images of the sea is great.
@corrinastanley125 Місяць тому
Great video summary, thanks NSF team.
@32BitArcade Місяць тому
Always exciting to see work being carried out! Amazing the amount happening! Thanks for the video!
@NOM-X Місяць тому
At least the scaffolding is coming down faster than usual. Good thing right. lol. They work so darn fast! Its amazing!
@wizardofhoz7216 Місяць тому
Thanks Sean , great job I bet time flies leading up to a launch 🚀, now you can focus on what you do best, capturing wildlife with the everyday happenings at Starbase, wishing all your prayers get answered!!!
@getone007 Місяць тому
Thanks for this video
@The_mighty_banana Місяць тому
I’ve been waiting for this video
@rsc9520 Місяць тому
Me too !!!
@fredpryde8555 Місяць тому
awesome shots
@wadefortune7874 Місяць тому
very nice! We thank you-
@anthonycamilleri7297 Місяць тому
nice aspects sean
@johnfisher7143 Місяць тому
Most worksites you see one or two people working and the rest just standing around watching. Not here, everyone looks to be fully engaged.
@dissaid Місяць тому
Morning...great job guys..I 😎😎😎
@dunbarautomotive Місяць тому
10k subs to go!!!! Wa-hoo!!!!🎉
@matthewboyd443 Місяць тому
When I had to zoom in to see the guys on chopsticks! Wow!😂
@sergiomg8500 Місяць тому
I❤NSF
@mb-3faze Місяць тому
0:33 cyber truck alert :)
@merxellus1456 Місяць тому
I really wish to see SpaceX engineers finding another way to attached those tiles as soon as possible .. especially after knowing they can achieved orbit and will now be facing lots of entry burn with every new test(hopefully) Those tiles falling off everytime during test makes me nervous..
@JanLukas97 Місяць тому
Only 10k left to the 1 Mio subs!!🎉
@DougBrowne-gc5to Місяць тому
Loving the 21st century !
@cogoid Місяць тому
I do not remember when NSF started to use the chapter title _"Work Continues on the OLM."_ Was it three years ago? When the sections of the orbital launch mount were first delivered to the site and the assembly work begun, nobody imagined that it would take *so much work* to get it in shape. Probably not even SpaceX themselves.
@David-yo5ws Місяць тому
For the record: The separate pieces were stacked at the production site on 11th February 2021 and 'Bucky' & 'Frankencrane' teamed up to lift the welded sections on to the Pillars, on 31st July 2021.
@dirgemcelvoy2583 Місяць тому
Always possible as long as is excellent project managment and good reliable tradesman + Money.
@Klaatu-ij9uz Місяць тому
God bless "All" the men and women working this venture into reality!
@ArthurSB73 Місяць тому
Not that the newer hosts aren't doing a great job, but I miss Jack and Dos on the stream. Now I realize that it takes 3 times the on-site personnel to cover all of the activities at Starbase.
@flips300021 Місяць тому
SpaceX for the World/Worlds
@Imagine_Beyond Місяць тому
Who else here likes the video before they watch it?
@dcf476 Місяць тому
Always do because I know it'll be awesome! Also so I don't forget 😁👍
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Have for years, never once considered taking it back as of yet.@@dcf476
@blairbuchanan8789 29 днів тому
While there is some great camera work here, and many hours of filming and editing invested, the days are numbered for streams like this. The best views are all but completely obstructed and the highlights have now become focussed on concrete pouring and pipe fitting. NSF’s shift to live streaming of commentary could benefit from a good dose of credibility. With lightweights like EJ providing inane comic relief, it appears NSF is grasping to reinvent themselves for the day when the cameras are all but useless.
@FrelanceEQ Місяць тому
@ 1:36 "and HLS pathfinder" !
@davida6882 Місяць тому
I was wondering why they couldn't just float the tower segments on a barge with a low draft onto the beach by the tower. Too shallow/permits/closing beach/etc?
@ReinReads Місяць тому
IFT4 by middle of May. Maybe IFT5 for the 4th of July?
@clivesimmons9712 Місяць тому
I was wondering if they would just build it for catching returning boosters and ships for now. To avoid risk of destroying launch pad.
@Tetra84 Місяць тому
Why is there still scaffolding at the top of the first mega bay?
@Cape_Cod_Steve Місяць тому
👍👍
@jcdavis5871 Місяць тому
I think someone messed up going to the rocket garden for everyone. When I was out there before Flight one someone was trying to touch S20s flaps and we had to stop them. Even if it was ultimately a SpaceX reason to close it I wouldn't be surprised if stuff like this was a factor
@fayaZZayaf Місяць тому
How are the SPMTs guided?
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Two ways, either a remote control on a cable trailing behind it or by the operator sitting on a chair hanging off the side. But overall by a person directly nearby.
@radart6037 Місяць тому
I feel there should be a dance called the Boca Chica.
@AKjohndoe Місяць тому
Is anybody else just dying to see the inside or star factory?
@S1nwar Місяць тому
Will tower 2 have 1 more segment for bigger starships?
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Dont know yet but i dont think we have seen any evidence to suggest it.
@michaeldeierhoi4096 Місяць тому
At 1:20 is the view of the top sections of the tower designated as 8 and 9 which look exactly the top sections of the current tower.
@richfeist Місяць тому
What's missing? A new launch mount... I believe the new tower will be used to test catching before they risk the stage zero infrastructure below a landing ship or booster. What do you think?
@michaeldeierhoi4096 Місяць тому
Since the idea of catching returning vehicles is going to be off to the side of the OLM it won't be a problem. So another OLM will be built with the tower to increase the launch cadence. Launches can alternate from each pad so one pad is refurbished after a launch to prepare for the next one.
@richfeist Місяць тому
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 I agree with you down the road. But you can't launch at all if you damage the tower or mount. The catch is never been done so why risk everything until it's proven reliable.
@michaeldeierhoi4096 Місяць тому
@@richfeist I don't know how Space X transitions from soft water landings at sea to catching the vehicles with Mechazilla, but is going happen somehow. The booster will be caught first and the ship later as that is harder. But I really don't concern myself with how its done to avoid a RUD on a landing attempt. Space X has repeatedly proven that it can accomplish what was previously thought impossible so I suspect they will figure this out too.
@dudermcdudeface3674 Місяць тому
Are there any advantages to a hydraulic system over an electrical system? Just curious.
@cogoid Місяць тому
The system still begins with an electric motor driving a hydraulic pump. It's just a different way to deliver the power from the motor to where the motion must occur. You can use gears and fancy screw mechanisms and electronics, or you can use a very straightforward hydraulic cylinder, hoses and control valves. For very high force linear actuators there are many companies which will sell you a custom made hydraulic cylinder. With the power electronics and custom electro-mechanical linear actuators it is not that simple. That's why so much construction and industrial machinery uses hydraulics.
@madmilner78 Місяць тому
What’s the 2nd launch pad for? Will this allow less time between launches?
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Also they will be able to do upgrades on one while the other does launches.
@christopherpetersen342 Місяць тому
won't they need a different count or size of tower segments if starship: the next generation (SS: TNG) is taller? any bets on whether the next OLM has a flame trench so they don't have to drain the gulf for water deluge?
@David-yo5ws Місяць тому
The water is fresh town supply water. Any contaminants would cause abrasion. Due to the low water table, there will only be a flame trench for the Starship tests at Massey, rather than the use of concrete with titanium wires in the mix. (I forget the name it's given)
@christopherpetersen342 Місяць тому
@@David-yo5ws wow! tough to imagine them tapping that much from the town's supply x multiple launches per month (eventually)...
@sae1095hc Місяць тому
Does SpaceX have its own dock on the Brownsville Ship Channel?
@user-kv5fw7xz9c Місяць тому
Excavator timelapse is funny (0:22).
@dineshhulangamuwa9364 Місяць тому
👍👍👍👍
@HarryNicNicholas Місяць тому
i hope they can figure a better design for the OLM before too much more construction goes on, i hate to criticise but there has to be a more efficient way to deflect the flames away from vital kit than we have at present, and if they want to turn around ships every day someone has to come up with something better than "everything gets fried every launch". i want to go to mars, so i'm rooting for the enterprise.
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Well, to be honest the system has been working extremely well. There are two main evolutions that will be happening to increase the robustness though. First, once they gain confidence that the rocket wont just fall back on the pad right after lift off, which will be soon. They will likely stop doing the "Pad Avoidance Maneuver" which is why half of the pad gets directly blasted and roasted black each launch. Its inefficient and obviously rather rough on the setup compared to just going straight up. I expect that to not happen within the next few launches. Secondly is a small scale of what you are talking about, each launch they are making small upgrades to things that show they wont be able to handle a hundred of these events. So far the water system has worked incredibly well, and the design of it is really quite genius. Using the huge momentum of the water to capture and change the direction of the plumes energy outward while simultaneously absorbing much of the sound energy and converting heat into a state change from liquid to gaseous water. Overall yeah they are certainly using this as it was intended, as a test platform to learn how to build future ones much more robust.
@WiilyDerbbinphlatte Місяць тому
No SpaceX never learns from previous mistakes.
@WiilyDerbbinphlatte Місяць тому
@@Vatsyayana87Hahaha! If you say so. SpaceX never learns from their mistakes.
@thomashayden804 Місяць тому
@@WiilyDerbbinphlatteI'm sorry? SpaceX are far and away the best launch provider at learning from mistakes. It's what's brought them their success
@jaredmundi3599 Місяць тому
@@thomashayden804 haha this guy is cooking
@richardcarlson1850 Місяць тому
This what the sixty’s look like we could do anything
@minsetnaing7531 Місяць тому
Why 2 point lifter move to laung site?
@ghost307 Місяць тому
Coment neads to b much more gooder.
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Only one option, to lift a ship. That means SN29 will likely be showing up in a day or two for static fires.
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Less likely, SN30 is coming down for initial engine testing. But the fact they are making a permanent ship static fire setup at Masseys means they plan to light the engines on ships for a long time to come and they havent done that yet on SN29.
@cipedead0777 Місяць тому
When did the new tower get moved to Boca? Or is that the ones getting made at StarBase
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
4 of the 6 body pieces that were at the cape moved over by barge like a week or two ago. The top parts of the tower are being made on site at Sanchez. I assume but havent seen evidence of the other 2 pieces coming from the cape yet, though they have been making upgrade to said pieces.
@cipedead0777 Місяць тому
@@Vatsyayana87 weather is not the best for light shipping. I think there will mover the rest of the tower from the Cape in or around end of April. There will move the OLM Ring at the same time.
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
That brings up a good question. Will they be bringing the ring from the cape. I havent really considered that option. I suppose it is certainly possible. @@cipedead0777
@RobertP-zk8vh Місяць тому
was the pad damaged after the launch last week?
@michaeldeierhoi4096 Місяць тому
There was no significant to the pad after the last launch and perhaps a little less than after the second launch.
@RobertP-zk8vh Місяць тому
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 hey thanks , i was wondering
@deklanthegamer Місяць тому
Where is the new tower being built in location to the already built tower?
@David-yo5ws Місяць тому
That's the 🔥 topic at this current time.
@colinstevens6837 Місяць тому
does the launchpad get moved/rebuilt every launch?
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Moved? goodness no lol. It took one of the biggest cranes in the world to put that pad on there. Not "rebuilt" either but there was major repairs and upgrades after the first launch, minor repairs/upgrades after the second and third. They are still learning what parts cant quite handle such a magnitude of abuse that is a Starship launch and what parts show they need to be stronger to endure hundreds of such launches. These lessons are being flushed out pretty well and will be incorporated into continuing upgrades and designs of future towers/pads.
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
If there is something specific you see being moved, feel free to put a time stamp in a response and i can clarify what that thing is and its purpose.
@colinstevens6837 Місяць тому
@@Vatsyayana87 i was just asking with there being concrete ripped up and the amount of parts being dismantled and built
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Ah right, the concrete being removed is in front of the newest section of the fuel farm. I assume to make a "permanent" tie in setup to the rest of the farm system but i honestly dont know for sure yet. I put Permanent in quotes because Spacex concrete is the least permanent concrete on Earth lol. @@colinstevens6837
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Otherwise there is a lot of scaffolding and access platforms used on and around the launch pad between flights for repairs and upgrades.@@colinstevens6837
@duanium Місяць тому
I think SpaceX needs a lot more OLMs (Orbital Launch Mounts) than they are building. The amount of energy that Starship is capable of unleashing every time they launch is too much for just two OLMs to maintain the number of launches that they want to do.
@jwoak0913 Місяць тому
Apollo Energy Resources 😂
@xfabya6440 Місяць тому
I think this tower will be removed (its a old version). For example there isnt a arm for astronauts. I cant believe that the “new tower” is completed but there arent works for building (new concrete structure).
@Lexington-Concord1775 Місяць тому
👍
@simonpfau7408 Місяць тому
At some point spacex should buy or build a steek foundry
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
I would think cryo consumable processing would be a higher priority since it will continue to be in such massive demand and only a few kinds. If they could just do O2, N2, Argon and CO2 which could be done from the atmosphere (So on site). It would save 10s of thousands of truck orders over the years. They tried this on small scale and gave up on it not too long ago. Im hoping they have been drawing up proper plan to do this large scale and a pipe network to the launch site for the N2 and O2. A side thought on this same ball park that would be amazing: I would love to see them using the same conversion system they plan to use on Mars to make propellant in situ. This way they can begin understanding and perfecting the process that will NEED to be extremely well understood before they even consider relying on it to work on another planet in order for Starships to come back to Earth.. If i remember right they only need the atmosphere to provide CO2, H2O and a relatively small amount of supplemental hydrogen in order to create the CH4 and O2 needed to fuel Starship. This will be a crucial part of colonizing Mars. Unless they end up deciding to leave every ship there..
@moehawkins6396 Місяць тому
This is what unharnessed human ingenuity looks like.
@StrykerFox Місяць тому
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Birb
@jeettrivedii Місяць тому
Where's the second Pad positioned at?
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
If you mean the second Orbital pad that will be going in, it will be to the right of the site if you are standing on the road looking in. As of now the first OLM is on the left, The sub orbital side is on the right. They will be removing this and replacing it with a second Orbital setup. If you would like, look up RGV Aerial Photography, they do fly over photos all the time. Find where they are over the launch site and you will see a large dirt area by the smaller sub orbital tank farm. That is the new orbital site location.
@justingrunwald4431 Місяць тому
Does anyone know how many people are working at Starbase? Must be heaps
@dadcooks1347 Місяць тому
This is what happens when you have a singular simply stated objective for your company, make life multiplanetary. Boom everyone’s onboard.
@gracemwende8054 Місяць тому
Amazing congratulations great progress spacex tongethar ❤ tongethar family
@TheWheels1965 Місяць тому
I don't understand why that road is not 4 lanes by now or more!
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Its a state highway, Spacex probably doesnt have rights to do so (even though i remember them replacing the asphalt once without asking lol) but really there isnt a need to do so. If people drive like decent human beings it all runs smoothly with a few interruptions of large or slow Spacex vehicles running the 2 mile stretch. Some of the highway there is set to 30mph now anyway. People can be a little late getting to the beach...
@alexandrdovganj1402 Місяць тому
👀🤳💪👍
@elijahslater5999 Місяць тому
Did anyone else se the Tesla truck at around the 20 second mark ?
@apongimsong Місяць тому
Yes ! So ?
@prollek3893 Місяць тому
This could also be named Human Scale National Geographic Beehive Documentary
@dQ-sl6uy Місяць тому
I love the way SPACE X team take this mission like making bullets they dont stop and they will have better results in the name of GOD so beautifull live this era U.S.A is built tough the best teams crews tools minds GO SPACE X GO TESLA thank you Elon
@JP-rf7px Місяць тому
Elon's checkbook must be getting a workout!
@dannyarcher6370 Місяць тому
Ummmm...where the hell are they putting a second launch tower at Boca Chica? It's called Chica for a reason!
@michaeldeierhoi4096 Місяць тому
The second launch tower will be where the suborbital launch pad is located which has been used for ship static fires. A stand is being built a Massey so that static fires will be conducted there along with all of the other ship testing.
@dannyarcher6370 Місяць тому
@@michaeldeierhoi4096OK, well that makes sense, cos as I understand it, there's no more space at BC.
@antonybastin3432 Місяць тому
👍👍👍🇮🇳
@therichieboy Місяць тому
First comment gets a free membership!
@Imagine_Beyond Місяць тому
Lol
@anthonyhall9211 Місяць тому
Humans are too small and slow. They need BIG robotics to do the work bigger , better, faster, more . . .
@WiilyDerbbinphlatte Місяць тому
Still no flame deflector. Wnat a joke. SpaceX learns nothing from previous mistakes.
@thomashayden804 Місяць тому
The deluge plate is a flame diverter. It's just not a trench, but functionally there's not much difference
@WiilyDerbbinphlatte Місяць тому
@@thomashayden804 Ever heard of sound suppression and cooling of pad using water deluge?
@thomashayden804 Місяць тому
@@WiilyDerbbinphlatte Well that's a different system. I suspect we'll see that at some point, but it must be low on their priority list since we haven't seen any work towards it yet
@michaeldeierhoi4096 Місяць тому
@@WiilyDerbbinphlatte The water deluge at the OLM both deflects the raptor exhaust outward AND acts as a sound suppressant.
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Dont talk if you have no idea what you are talking about.
@intelligenceservices Місяць тому
why is it called a starbase/starship? unless there's a stargate we don't know about, nobody is going to a star unless it's the sun.
@thomashayden804 Місяць тому
Companies seem to love using "star" in their names despite the reasons you point out. Even Boeing is on board with their Starliner capsule that goes to the ISS
@Vatsyayana87 Місяць тому
Stargate is the name of the command center where they conduct the launches from. When you first pull into the build site and look left, thats Stargate.
@intelligenceservices Місяць тому
well, there it is. :) @@Vatsyayana87
@dannmann17 Місяць тому
I feel fortunate to live in the time of Elon Musk, oh and by the way FJB!
@Hubble222 Місяць тому
I’m second
@juliefizpatrick513 Місяць тому
👍👍👍👍
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