SpaceX Starship: Final Launch Preparations! Will IFT-4 Make It?

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КОМЕНТАРІ: 475

@Whataboutit 14 днів тому

Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code FELIX for an extra 3 months free at surfshark.deals/felix What do you think Starship will achieve by this time next year? Drop your predictions in the comments, and let’s revisit them in 2025!

@daveogfans413 13 днів тому

Primary Space X fuel is copium.

@AndyOO6 13 днів тому

remember every device you log in can have a different account name and be subscribed to the chanel so your phone and your pc can have different viewing history and profiles :D

@Ruzeeck 13 днів тому

Predicciones Starship 2024: IFT-4 (Ship 29/B11) segunda quincena de Mayo, Booster logra aterrizar pero no controladamente, starship sobrevive la reentrada y se estrella en el mar. IFT-5 (Ship 30/B12) Inicios de Julio, suspenden atrapado de Booster, así que aterriza en el mar, Starship tiene exáctamente el mismo perfil de vuelo que IFT-4 IFT-6 (Ship 31/B13 Algún momento de septiembre, intentan atrapar el booster y sale bien pero no lo reutilizan, Starship intenta hacer una maniobra de aterrizaje propulsado IFT-7 (Ship 32/B14) En Diciembre para analizar mejor los datos, Intentan aterrizar el booster una vez más y Starship tiene exáctamente el mismo perfil de vuelo que IFT-6 -Después de Ship 32 y B14 Hay una ralentización pequeña pero no considerable en la cadencia de lanzamientos, para después de unos meses volver a aumentar -Ship 31, más probablemente Ship 32 hará el primer encendido estático en el flame deflector de Massey's, entre Septiembre y Diciembre -En la Segunda OLM sólo hay señales de trabajo de rebabas (foundation) (fin de año) -Starfactory está terminada en su exterior y se ve hermosa (fin de año) -En todo 2024 no vemos ninguna Starship V2 ni Super Heavy V2 -Todos los tanques verticales han sido removidos (fin de año) -El nuevo edificio de oficinas está terminado (fin de año) -Highbay tiene puerta (año 2025, inicios de año o algunas semanas/meses de haber iniciado) -En todo 2024 no se ve actividad en la OLM de florida

@Ruzeeck 13 днів тому

-No cargas útiles en Starship V1, sólo pruebas de diseños para el dispensador PEZ

@UncleFjester 12 днів тому

*Fix your teeth, You got the UKposts money!*

@costaricaflyer1532 13 днів тому

I'm 74 years old and grew up as a boy watching the first astronaut launches culminating in John Glenn orbiting in 1963. I never lost the dream of manned exploration of space. Now it's becoming real. I just hope I live long enough to see us land on Mars. THANK YOU Elon!

@alanbelancik2207 13 днів тому

Ooops! February 20, 1962

@user-hc9lp3hb1r 13 днів тому

Also, I think the culmination was the moon landing on July 16, 1969.

@ingerlander 13 днів тому

I could have written the exact same opinion but made just one change...I am 73. I was hooked on it all and America (I am English) shared it all with us, triumphs and failures. And now Spacex, I am hooked again

@Marc_Gagne 13 днів тому

yeah, me too!

@LoSGatoS-pe9hk 13 днів тому

Live long and prosper 🖖

@pennypackmtb2542 13 днів тому

Red and blue Adhesives relate to permanent and temporary adhesives. A tile that wont need to be removed to gain access to the area under it, or they know wont need to be removed gets the red stuff. Where as a trial fit tile, or one that might need to be removed for access to what is under it gets the blue sticky stuff. Just like Lock Tite.

@pietersmit621 13 днів тому

Why don't they manually weld pins like they use for the other tiles?

@hifox21 13 днів тому

Felix makes space so fun! This is such an informative and illuminating channel. Let’s Go team Space X! 🚀

@gregedmand9939 13 днів тому

I have to wonder if sending more advanced analytical equipment in a specialized robotic lab to Mars, wouldn't be far cheaper than a sample return mission. The huge leap in AI, barely imagined 10 years ago, could likely do as much scientific examination on site, as here on Earth. What Perseverance has been able to achieve with its level of design has been remarkable. A Percy II, based on today's capabilities, would be phenomenal!

@regolith1350 13 днів тому

Starship’s greatest contribution to a potential Mars Sample Return mission isn’t a cheap launch, but a much greater mass budget, which will greatly simplify the design and construction of all the other necessary parts, which will make those parts cheaper and easier and quicker to make.

@arturoeugster7228 13 днів тому

starship lands people to Mars, they will just pick up the samples far earlier than ANY unmanned mission!!!

@antibrevity 13 днів тому

I don't see how a Starship can help with MSR. You need simplicity, not mass. Starship's only potential role is if you put a trans-Mars stage + lander inside Starship and that simply doesn't exist and can't even escape the cargo bay in current designs. Far better to build a traditional system and put it onto 1 or more Falcon Heavies if you want this mission done in a reasonable time frame. As Felix said, launch costs are not a major factor in mission cost. No one should be expecting Starship to become a Mars vehicle anytime soon unless they want their mission cancelled after multiple delays and the whole concept of MSR is nearing the end of its rope. If you're designing a mission, you assume that Starship doesn't exist... because it doesn't. What you do have is the greatest rocket program of all time and it's called the Falcon family.

@lanav9679 13 днів тому

Dig it Dude! Yeah !

@737smartin 13 днів тому

⁠@@antibrevityStarship’s promise of affordable mass helps TREMENDOUSLY because it’s much, much easier to design the systems needed for the return mission if you’re not struggling to keep the mass low. Designing a return from Mars with 50 tons of available hardware and fuel is SO much easier than designing a return with one ton of hardware and fuel. 👍

@johnd.7792 13 днів тому

The cost per ton is absolutely relevant to making it to Mars. However, this system, while designed for Mars, will end up being so much more useful. Such as space mining, now we can slow, eventually stop all together, and MAJORLY help with climate change. Space platforms to have transportation hubs, for not just international flights, but things like manufacturing. Who knows, maybe the ship that goes to Mars will be built in such an environment and just carry starship as a primary reentry and launch vehicle. There will be many, many other applications that have not even been thought about yet. Similar to magnetic residence, he had no clue what so ever that it would be used massively for medical imaging, yet MRI are live saving machines used daily.

@ronaldlebeck9577 13 днів тому

Once they get the exterior done on the Star Factory done, there will be a lot of interior work -- wiring, plumbing, ventilation, equipment, etc.

@JS-og6lh 13 днів тому

Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC work does not wait for exterior to be done. Once the basic frame is constructed, all of this is taking place concurrently. It's common for high-rise buildings to have completely finished floors before the upper floors are even built. And remember, SpaceX builds stuff even faster than typical commercial contractors!

@mikegardner107 13 днів тому

Sample return? Starship. Bring back the rover with the samples on board and the helicopter.

@relox2827 13 днів тому

im really hyped for ift 4

@juhovalio5906 13 днів тому

I´m really hyped for ift 5. Hope they´ll attempt a catch if 4 goes well....

@djw7141 13 днів тому

I think that IFT 6 or 7 will see the first landing, considering the super heavy has to hover exactly in place.

@garyc1384 12 днів тому

@@djw7141 They MIGHT get 30 tonnes to orbit with flight 100........

@antibrevity 13 днів тому

"[SpaceX] are the people that turn impossible into late." Very nice.

@johnbrobston1334 13 днів тому

"The difficult I'll do right now, the impossible will take a little while . . ."

@MarkWoodrow00 13 днів тому

SpaceX will have people on Mars by the time they get near returning those samples. They'll just send a guy out on a rover haha.

@benjaminmeusburger4254 10 днів тому

SpaceX came from landing tests to su-orbital crashes and incapable to close a garage door in 5 years where do you see them in another 5 years?

@1_Limbo 10 днів тому

@@benjaminmeusburger4254prepping a few tankers on orbit to send a buncha guys to the moon

@jundergaming 13 днів тому

1. Super heavy tower landing 2. Successful flip maneuver and soft landing in ocean of Upper stage 3. 1st payloads

@garyc1384 12 днів тому

HAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

@arnaupradas6877 11 днів тому

Timeline 3 - 5 buisness days

@kstricl 13 днів тому

Mars return mission - Spacex could set up a starship with a clamshell nose, and an anchoring mechanism to secure the ship (plus other sundries like solar panels, etc), stuff they will need for their own future missions, and carry the mars return mission. If NASA had that much space to package the mission, they could include a LOT of individual components, possible a secondary return rocket, etc. This would go a long ways (literally) in understanding some of the issues that will occur with a manned mission, especially with a cryogenic fueled landing craft.

@steverobbins4872 13 днів тому

Hypothetically, the first Starship that returns from Mars could carry all the old Mars landers and rovers for museums.

@bofh85 13 днів тому

No. They don't belong to our museums. They belong to Mars and should be protected there from future colonists, protecting the landing sides from any kind of modifications

@getnoob3945 13 днів тому

They should be in MARTIAN museums bruh

@AnyWayICan 13 днів тому

Musk has stated that the first Starships to reach Mars will be scrapped for construction materials. Also, gathering up all of those landers and rovers from the surface of Mars would be a huge task that no one wants to do.

@vernepavreal7296 13 днів тому

ironically if one considers the longevity of the landscape on Mars and other celestial bodies artefacts would be much more long lived then in a museum on earth where political unrest or simple societal change would invariably limit their endurance to a few hundred years compared to hundreds of millions of years on the surface of Mars Cheers

@frankmcgowan9457 13 днів тому

@@AnyWayICan Those first landers contain anything but parts for prefabricated facilities of predicted necessary types builds in risks for the first people to arrive. Parts for prefabricated buildings that would be buried by robotic bulldozers (also in loads delivered early), mining equipment, at least one prefabricated fuel production facility, rovers that operate in manned and unmanned missions, meteorological measurement equipment, and the necessary AI assembly machines and machinery to fabricate necessary structures and machines for *_unpredicted needs_* are all things I think should be delivered to a fairly compact area well before any people are sent. Save cannibalizing any ships until there is a demonstrated need to do so. A hundred ships sent for this purpose puts 10,000 metric tons of usable equipment on Mars and another 10,000 metric tons of usable stainless steel *_if it is required_* or 100 ships whose useful parts can be viewed as "parts inventory" for the later arriving manned ships.

@awesomeink 13 днів тому

I have always felt that the vertical tanks were a temporary stopgap measure that they built on site or not meant for long-term use. It takes months or years to have horizontal tanks made and transported and I feel like they were working on time constraints and a budget

@edmilsonbtu 13 днів тому

Today too is one year my second son Vicente , I watched the first launch inside the nurse room in maternity...

@scottlymbery7948 13 днів тому

I never understood why Perseverance has been dropping the samples all over the place. Surely keeping them in one place (inside the rover) and then dumping in one site would have made far more sense?

@Sarthvastavgamer1 13 днів тому

That's a great idea

@unitrader403 13 днів тому

afaik they collect two or three sample tubes from each spot. one is kept in the rover as primary sample for a return mission, the regulary dropped ones are a backup in case the rover fails at the time of the return mission and cannot release the primary samples anymore.

@douginorlando6260 13 днів тому

They should have been dropping off seismometers instead of packaging samples for return. The return is too expensive for NASA and they will never fund it. A network of seismometers would tell a lot about the internal structure of Mars including ice deposits and CO2 deposits and strata

@douginorlando6260 13 днів тому

The other problem with collecting samples for return is NASA’s internal politics. There will be some managers who will try to kill alternative projects competing for the funding … regardless how compelling the alternative project would be. Their reputations will be destroyed if the sample return project is a total waste of money because it never delivered. Anyone else returning samples will collect their own samples

@joelweinert3580 13 днів тому

Even the concept of separate collection and return processes seems highly suspect.

@MalrusOSC 13 днів тому

I believe that SpaceX will catch the booster by Flight 6 or 7, and in the same timeframe they will try out refuelling. They have been making progress extremely fast so I believe that they could get this done very late this year

@arnaupradas6877 11 днів тому

And in what timeline do you expect to have launch 7?

@jl_6996 13 днів тому

Felix, you and your team are kicking ass!!! 👍 I learn so much from your channel! I really see no reason to go to other channels to get all things space data/entertainment/updates! Love your humor throughout each post! Keep up the amazing work!!!

@marcusoutdoors4999 13 днів тому

This is truly inspiring. I was hoping for launch 4 on May 4th… but any time in May will be a strong test program. I am hoping that Launch 4 is 100% successful so we can see a catch on launch 5 with Starlink being launched successfully by Launch 7… ladies, gentlemen… place your bets 😂

@jimday6244 13 днів тому

Mars Return Mission - Just saying but, has anyone involved with this EVER watched any Sci-Fi that deals with the return of samples from another planet? Ya know like maybe “The Andromeda Strain”, “Life", “Species”, “Alien", or the “Thing", just a name a few. Yeah, yeah, I know it is fiction, but it is amazing how fast can become fact.

@tywhite2130 13 днів тому

Great channel and never miss an episode, thank you for what you do!!! Also love the bloopers at the end. 🤣🤣👨‍🚀🖖

@jenohathazi920 13 днів тому

Thank You dear Felix

@AutoBotPlays 13 днів тому

land the booster, successful reentry of starship, Eventually the Booster Catch, and Ship catch Hopefully 🤞

@thomaslangkabel 13 днів тому

I think we will see 4-5 launches in the next 12 months, Booster catch, Starlink Dispenser and maybe Ship2Ship refueling in orbit. I'm worried about the heat tiles, for me the weakest point in the whole system/concept.

@WilliamRWarrenJr 13 днів тому

Nice update!

@StarShipWatcherGdub 8 днів тому

Felix, I love your passion! Listening to you is so Amazing! I have decided to upgrade my membership as I feel you are now the UKposts leader in Starship and everything Space and Launch related. Thank You!

@andrasbiro3007 13 днів тому

I hope SpaceX is building a proper Kerbal Space Center. That office building looks like it.

@unclejunesgaming4325 13 днів тому

in the next yr: a streak of perfect mechazilla catches

@douginorlando6260 13 днів тому

The real deadline for starbase construction is before a hurricane hits. September is the peak hurricane month.

@RichardIresonMusician 13 днів тому

I predict that the predicted accuracy of future predictions will fall short of the hoped predicted accuracy...

@surferdude4487 12 днів тому

I'm just glad I wasn't trying to drink something when I read your comment.

@JustinMcFly1980 12 днів тому

Awesome update, and nice throwback to The Last Starfighter, loved that film🎉😊

@coastguardcaptain 13 днів тому

cool stuff man, love following your channel

@Utahskiing1 13 днів тому

Felix! So glad to see you!

@unfundedopportunities7278 13 днів тому

Capturing the booster is ridiculous. Rockets follow all different trajectories - that's why drone ships are used. Too much fuel will be used during boost back, meaning smaller and lighter payloads that don't go out as far.

@johnbrobston1334 13 днів тому

Smaller and lighter with Starship still means more than Saturn V. And with on-orbit refueling they'll be able to "go out" a lot farther.

@maxfieldcarpenter4436 13 днів тому

Who is going to the Mars? WE ARE, and WAI will tell you all about! Thanks Felix!

@tmikkelsen8066 13 днів тому

Not me man. Too claustrophobic, but i will sit on the sidelines and scream my head off cheering for everyone who wants to go! Woot!

@AidenHere. 13 днів тому

@titanrem2010 12 днів тому

I think the best advancement from SpaceX and Starship is bringing back the excitement for space.

@bendobbing7015 13 днів тому

I think on the second tower we may see steel plates and active cooling on the launch mount legs and the shielding on top of the OLM too, it would eliminate the need for painting the launch pad legs after every launch

@TimothyLipinski 13 днів тому

Great Video ! For the MSR have the Mars Rover drive to the Mars Surface Outpost/Base or pick up the samples in Mars Low Orbit ! Then the Samples can be dropped off at an isolated Lunar Surface Lab... to protect the Samples and the Biosphere of Earth ! ! ! tjl

@angeldanielhernandezortega166 12 днів тому

Loving the Starship updates!

@kryptonitegaming7552 13 днів тому

If they do catch the booster during the fifth flight, don't you think they will need a flame deflection system on the side where they will be doing the catching? If not a water suppression system may be re-enforcing the concrete, so the booster doesn't dig another hole.

@rustyupton168 10 днів тому

Concrete covered with steel plates now.

@pauljcampbell2997 13 днів тому

Great video, thanks mate!

@pilotdawn1661 13 днів тому

Stag 1 chopstick catch by this time next year....likely not as early as IFT-5 but soon after.

@davidlee8551 13 днів тому

Thank you.

@Vollmilch-Joghurt 13 днів тому

What will happen until april 20. 2025: - IFT 9 will be the first flight with both vehicles recovered - one failed landing will end in a epic fire ball at the launch site - Date for the first Starship to leave earth orbit was anounced =D i know... but we need to keep it optimistic Bonus: - one ship landing will give us live footage from floating debris that survied splashdown in the midle of the ocean

@danielrioux6410 13 днів тому

Love your content ❣

@opensource111 13 днів тому

Another great video Felix ….Thankyou

@michaelcoghlan9124 13 днів тому

Thanks guys, very interesting. Have a great weekend. M. ❤

@dlewis8405 13 днів тому

Great article today from Eric Berger about possible modifications to the Artemis program. Sounds like Artemis III will likely just be a test of Orion/Starship rendezvous in earth orbit.

@stephenthomas729 13 днів тому

I would love to see at least five launches in the next 12 months.

@rogerphelps9939 13 днів тому

Maybe two if you are lucky. The problems will take ages to fix.

@kadengundersen498 13 днів тому

@@rogerphelps9939eh still faster than NASA

@clarencehopkins7832 12 днів тому

Excellent stuff bro

@adblevins2 13 днів тому

Why not have sample return mission use a car sized space plane with a ejected sled landing undercarriage then extended maneuver wheels to make it a rover a topside hatch door set with robotic grab arm with flexibility lift fingers to pick up the samples and a few under 4 " rocks, close up top lower forward skids on rover wheels then rocket back using testing of a methanol rocket and some solid booster ones to get off planet. Then use ion engines to get back to earth slow and steady

@rickmarkgraf2617 13 днів тому

How about a Tesla Roadster with an Optimus inside?

@LordDustinDeWynd 13 днів тому

Sample return - Prospectors from Muskton will be mailing them to NASA?

@ElviaYanez-fi9sl 12 днів тому

Flight 4 preparations are looking good!

@tonylulof5502 13 днів тому

"Turn the impossible into late" best throwaway line ever :)

@fenilkheni9494 13 днів тому

I day next year this time we might see a starship leo fuel depo moke-up, and preparation of hla launches.

@jam2190 13 днів тому

Wait what, it's really been a year since the 1st flight??????? Kinda rather amazed by this. It is crazy to think about

@Rednosty 13 днів тому

Wonder if Thinner tiles but doubled up would work better?

@kenhelmers2603 13 днів тому

Thanks WAI! :)

@thetobi583 13 днів тому

"That led to the installation of the fire prevention system." Correction. From my understanding, Musk had the deflector planned and in the middle of fabrication when IFT1 took off. It was debated whether or not he would wait for it or pray the concrete would survive. Elon went with praying in his impatience to launch on 4/20

@diego777cartman2 12 днів тому

Lion Vapa Plus has got me covered for all my product photography needs.

@malenaluevano4561 12 днів тому

The hype for Flight 4 is real!

@BillWiltsch 12 днів тому

" They turn the impossible into late". Gold.

@Bible1960 13 днів тому

Hey Felix We enjoy the updates on every episode ! If you can talk to Elon , I be been studying how they may be able to secure heat tiles better . Keep using the pins , but make the tiles Tongue and Groove fit all around tiles with some slack between them to allow for temperature changes ! This would lock tiles together and the pins will keep them centered and stationary . Also on the last tiles on edges use titanium Z shaped bars to lock edge tiles and leave expansion space also . Thanks Hope this doesn’t sound too stupid to mention 🧐✝️

@martinbyrne5626 12 днів тому

Thank you, Felix

@lvlndco 13 днів тому

Just have SpaceX figure out the sample return mission. They will get it done faster and at a fraction of the cost!

@shanehumphrey4827 13 днів тому

Well to be honest many minor glitches are popping up. So i give booster controlled to hit target a yes. But starship going as far as surviving re entry but heat will disable it to crash un controlled.

@stephenoakley7870 13 днів тому

I reckon they'll achieve fuel transfer in space by this time next year. That is as well as catching booster as well💪! Goooo SpaceX!!

@robertshade2490 13 днів тому

Thanks for providing all of the accurate Star Ship data.

@modallas8034 13 днів тому

"Gulp" LOL 😆

@ricchamen6304 13 днів тому

They should consider thinner but double layered tile application on the nose area. It’s a safe approach in 2 ways. And even potentially inner tile application. Although if the metal goes it’s gone. But the space between the nose nose tanks as well as the flaps is increasing the heat in this area. It’s gotta be kept down.

@viridianacruzmartinez2993 12 днів тому

The changes are crazy!

@DaisyVision15016 13 днів тому

Thanks Felix

@robertspence1977 13 днів тому

I'm impressed with all the SpaceX Teams that have done great things together.

@clavo3352 13 днів тому

I keep thinking that an autogiro copter could make it safely to the surface of Mars. Now that we know the Perseverance could fly with its rotary wings why not a high performance autogiro? High heat resistance and high spin speed adjustable blades. Still might need the retro rockets to slow down . Another total rethink is to design an actual saucer shaped craft that is a huge gyroscope; something like a Frisbee that uses both gyro energy for stability and air resistance to have a parachute effect. Ship it folded and unfold and spin up at an optimal height.

@markhuebner7580 13 днів тому

Go Felix, go!

@user-ri1cj6it3n 13 днів тому

GO space X !!

@ClintFisher-ui8fh 13 днів тому

Would it be possible the ship is shrinking because of the cool.

@wilbotiberiusbaggins2694 7 днів тому

Brilliant

@Lucas-mf1tc 13 днів тому

1 year from now they will be in final preparation for the second orbital refueling test. Which will include the final goal of placing a Cybertruck on the Moon…. Maybe they would modify the Cybertruck to do a few laps?

@ashleykerlin 13 днів тому

Never seen someone cross their fingers that way around, instead of 🤞 I was like ′hang on!′ Rewind. I was not imagining it. Huh.

@ReggieArford 13 днів тому

Prediction: Within the first two catch attempts (#4 & #5?), at least one will crash, and the Launch Tower will be damaged.

@dextermorgan1 13 днів тому

That's almost guaranteed. I hope we're wrong.

@rogerphelps9939 13 днів тому

Destroyed!

@jason59k55 13 днів тому

flight 4 will do a simulated landing with a virtual tower, if that succeeds then it lands on the real tower on flight 5 personally im confident it will work, spacex has much experience with suicide burns on falcon, which are even harder than hover burns the starship will use as falcon has no room for error when landing, starship/superheavy will have error room

@jeric_synergy8581 11 днів тому

No bet. They really need a 'dumb' tower without all the expensive plumbing, and further away from the fuel farm. SpaceX is capable of really stupid actions: risking both the OLT and the farm would be a classic example.

@richardfoster6902 13 днів тому

I hope to see the booster get caught by the tower. And a successful landing of starship!

@johnthibodeaux1412 19 годин тому

They should glue heat tiles to the stand legs This would be a good way to test the glue. And protect the legs.

@jamescobban857 12 днів тому

Heat is not as much of a problem with the recovery of boosters or fairings as you imply. The second stage separates and fairings are released when the system is going less than mach 5. Reentry from LEO is at mach 25. And remember your high school physics! The energy which must be eliminated is proportional to the *square* of the velocity. So the booster only needs to handle 1/25th of the energy!

@ImpulseNOR 13 днів тому

It's the "what?" following the acetylene torch party for me

@crestfallensunbro6001 13 днів тому

do we know if star factory will be all, starship production or will there be payload work done too?

@josueeduardosilvanmorales6271 12 днів тому

If Starship crashes, at least it'll make a cool fireworks show.

@Wrangler-fp4ei 13 днів тому

It would be interesting if they were able to mount the old engines on a Falcon Booster/2nd Stage Just use them. I know they use different fuels...but it be good test of them despite them going next generation of engines. There isn't a lot flight time on them, frankly it goes along with their tradition failing forwards. That's better testing with engines in air and throttling.

@SimonAmazingClarke 13 днів тому

Instead of the sample return mission it would be easier, and a lit cheaper, to build a rover that is a laboratory and send that to Mars to analyse samples. If not a river a stationary unit that has helicopters to collect the samples for ut to process

@user-hj9wu7tt8b 2 дні тому

I think that next year the starship will have made moon orbit

@MarkKiss-qv6gx 12 днів тому

Pull a wolfram net around Starship to hold heat tiles in place.

@modallas8034 13 днів тому

Good coverage! 👍👍👍 U.S.A. 🇺🇸

@tylerjmast 13 днів тому

Im guessing the red adhesive is basically just standard hight temp rtv from the auto parts store

@mikepeterson9733 11 днів тому

"After all, they're the people who turn 'impossible' into 'late.'" 🤣🤣🤣

@darthbuzz1 12 днів тому

Loving the 'new' 'acting' inserts in the videos Felix. Very funny.

@G7LJL-Steve_Murton 12 днів тому

Nice

@ThatOpalGuy 12 днів тому

It has a good chance of actually orbiting in control and reentering as desired. Will it survive? the booster, probably will execute the splash burn and land 'softish' on the waves.

@veronicareyezvelazquez4732 12 днів тому

Flight 4 prep is looking tight, like SpaceX's funding.

@benjaminmeusburger4254 13 днів тому

I wish the best for SpaceX but my guesses would be that in one year they will have been 3 flights - 2 of those they will only achieve one further step in their mission plan and one will end too early due to engine failure that had engine issues in all 3 flights - from the getgo, after seperation, before smashin in the ocean they will most likely have also issues for the flip manouver and the hovering