Elon Reveals Starship Version 3; We Have Questions!

Sdílet
Vložit
  • čas přidán 15. 04. 2024
  • The latest revelations from Elon Musk's internal SpaceX presentation, covering Starship Versions 2 and 3, including enhanced performance figures and design evolutions. Includes the upcoming booster catch simulations planned for Flight 4 and potential actual catches in Flight 5.
    🔗 NSF Store: www.nasaspaceflight.com/shop/
    ⚡ Become a member of NASASpaceflight's channel for exclusive discord access, fast turnaround clips, and other exclusive benefits. Your support helps us continue our 24/7 coverage. Click JOIN above to get started.⚡
    🤵 Hosted by Adrian Beil (@BCCarCounters)
    🖊️ Written by Adrian Beil and Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13).
    🎥 Video from Mary (@BocaChicaGal), Sean Doherty, Jack Beyer, D Wise, John Galloway, Starbase Live, and SpaceX.
    🖼️ Graphics by ChameleonCircuit (@ChameleonCir).
    ✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@dpoddolphinpro)
    💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed)
    🔍 If you are interested in using footage from this video, please review our content use policy: www.nasaspaceflight.com/conte...
    L2 Boca Chica (more clips and photos) from BC's very early days to today.
    🔗 forum.nasaspaceflight.com/ind...
    (Join L2 and support NSF here: www.nasaspaceflight.com/l2/)
    #SpaceX #ElonMusk #Starship #StarshipV2 #StarshipV3 #SpaceExploration #RocketScience #SpaceTechnology #AerospaceEngineering #SpaceInnovation #FutureOfSpaceTravel #BoosterCatch #SpaceXLaunch #SpaceXUpdate #MarsMission #InterstellarTravel #SpaceColonization #AdvancedRocketry #SpaceIndustry #RocketEngineering #SpaceMissions #OrbitalLaunch #TechUpdates #SpaceXGoals #NextGenSpacecraft #SpaceXDevelopment #SpaceXNews #SpaceFan #RocketLaunch #NewSpaceRace #SpaceCommunity #Astrophysics #PlanetaryScience #TechNews #StarshipUpdate #BoosterTesting #SpaceXBooster #SpacecraftEngineering #SpaceXProgress #SpaceFlight #MuskVision #SpaceXFans
  • Věda a technologie

Komentáře • 640

  • @tmcb_
    @tmcb_ Před měsícem +81

    "What's for lunch?" LOL

  • @michaeldeierhoi4096
    @michaeldeierhoi4096 Před měsícem +43

    Your presentation was interesting however it also reflects Elon's tendency to jump way ahead of reality at the present. When it came to the questions at the end I thought 'we'll see it when we see it'.

    • @Rogue_Leader
      @Rogue_Leader Před 20 dny

      We won’t see it. Musk is a hype man who’s fooling his investors.

    • @ANTIStraussian
      @ANTIStraussian Před 18 dny +4

      None of the Mars city stuff is close to reality. Majority of the presentation was all lies and a copy of his last 2 speeches.

  • @Imagine_Beyond
    @Imagine_Beyond Před měsícem +33

    20:53 What’s for lunch? That’s the most important question out of all :)

    • @MidnightCustoms111
      @MidnightCustoms111 Před měsícem

      Tacos

    • @Vytirix_RBX
      @Vytirix_RBX Před měsícem

      Bacon bacon bacon!!

    • @peterford5408
      @peterford5408 Před měsícem +1

      Whoever put that line in has plausible deniability. It was just a typo!
      Q: What's for LAUNCH?
      A: Definitely not TEA-TEB.

  • @AdrieKooijman
    @AdrieKooijman Před 26 dny +18

    By now most people have discovered that if Elon says 'next year' he actually means 'in my dreams'.
    And just like with normal human beings dreams only very occasionally come true. 😊

    • @ThinkingNow
      @ThinkingNow Před 18 dny +3

      I had never fully understood imaginary numbers until I heard Elon make a prediction.

    • @LLachs283
      @LLachs283 Před 17 dny

      but dont you understand? he works 80 hours a week and sleeps on the factories floor! XD

    • @FlorianXXV
      @FlorianXXV Před 16 dny

      @@LLachs283 *his workers. no I mean he totally does, he knows more than them too. A true elon certified genius he is.

    • @LLachs283
      @LLachs283 Před 16 dny +1

      @FlorianXXV absolutely. A true genious, working so hard selling unfinished products

  • @MickRonald
    @MickRonald Před měsícem +29

    Lots of questions raised. Looking forward to future videos updating us with the answers as they become available. Thank you NSF.

  • @Ellie-pc4rc
    @Ellie-pc4rc Před měsícem +4

    Congrats on 1million subscribers !

  • @kamikazeuk2434
    @kamikazeuk2434 Před měsícem +35

    Awesome.... Thanks Team NSF for the content

  • @ThexBorg
    @ThexBorg Před měsícem +2

    Such a tall Ship landing vertically on the Moon and Mars, seems odd now?

  • @jwoak0913
    @jwoak0913 Před měsícem +6

    Good job Adrian and thx for the update.

  • @davidelang
    @davidelang Před měsícem +11

    more pressure in the chamber can be due to more pressure in the pumps, or due to less pressure loss between the pumps and the chamber.
    simplifying the plumbing is one good way to reduce the pressure loss between the pumps and the chamber.

    • @daveevans2527
      @daveevans2527 Před měsícem

      Good point. NASA did the that with the Shuttle's engine.

  • @TheBonsaiZone
    @TheBonsaiZone Před měsícem +5

    Version 5 will be so tall, Starship will be in orbit without even firing the booster.

  • @JGS123WRPTP
    @JGS123WRPTP Před měsícem +7

    Brilliant detail!

  • @muleskinnerfilms6719
    @muleskinnerfilms6719 Před měsícem +6

    Well done guys!

  • @willneal-boyd7161
    @willneal-boyd7161 Před měsícem +1

    Amazing video! Would also love to see a video on the other parts of the presentation like Moon Base Alpha, different industries coming together for Mars development, etc. But love this technical side of Starship!

  • @pewterhacker
    @pewterhacker Před měsícem +1

    @20:25 "A lot of this is very notional". That's a very nice way of putting it.

  • @TheScientificPotato
    @TheScientificPotato Před měsícem +1

    Great video answered a lot of questions I had. Thank you NSF!

  • @RyanSmith-dy7fk
    @RyanSmith-dy7fk Před měsícem +1

    Thanks for the great breakdown, Adrian.

  • @johnhanson6039
    @johnhanson6039 Před měsícem +6

    I think you already went too deep with those renders, none of this should be expected to be exact, they most likely dont know themselves

  • @corrinastanley125
    @corrinastanley125 Před měsícem +3

    Thanks Adrian and NSF team, great update and explanations. I think they might be babying the engines to ensure they complete the mission. They can learn how much more they can push once they inspect the returned engines.

  • @oldmanstumpie1061
    @oldmanstumpie1061 Před měsícem +1

    Fascinating. Not sure how I felt like that 20 minute video only went for 5 minutes. So much good stuff in there. Live long and prosper NSF.

  • @dredlock3000
    @dredlock3000 Před měsícem +3

    Cheers NSF!!!

  • @photogeNK
    @photogeNK Před měsícem +21

    That long Starship just won't stop haunting my dreams man..

    • @thatyoudliketoknow1628
      @thatyoudliketoknow1628 Před měsícem

      Lucky u

    • @trystanbarnett2477
      @trystanbarnett2477 Před měsícem +1

      Real im traumatised

    • @kennethc2466
      @kennethc2466 Před 29 dny

      Suction of the Elon member, will be a nightmare of normal humans. SIMPs, on the other hand, will revel in the 'long starship dreams', as they clean their sheets of Elon ecto 'plasum'.

    • @dmrr7739
      @dmrr7739 Před 22 dny +1

      I think the long design is meant to chase some marginal improvement in capability, as the spacecraft are currently underperforming.

    • @trystanbarnett2477
      @trystanbarnett2477 Před 22 dny

      @@dmrr7739 oh yes absolutely agree it’s definitely a performance optimisation i just dont like how it looks haha

  • @joansparky4439
    @joansparky4439 Před měsícem +2

    nice work, thanks

  • @thomvinson
    @thomvinson Před měsícem +2

    Nicely done!

  • @user-jp8wb8th2r
    @user-jp8wb8th2r Před měsícem +1

    Great video, thank you for the commentary.

  • @richardknapp570
    @richardknapp570 Před měsícem +1

    Excited...and can't wait to see them start testing V2s!

  • @MrKellymcilrath
    @MrKellymcilrath Před měsícem +7

    Great video NSF, & Adrian, Thank you, You answered many questions, but left many more to be answered!

  • @59seank
    @59seank Před měsícem

    Great job Adrian!

  • @bobthegreat297
    @bobthegreat297 Před měsícem +2

    thanks nsf!

  • @Moosmannl
    @Moosmannl Před měsícem +11

    Metric system is so much better.

  • @Rawkus919
    @Rawkus919 Před měsícem +5

    The crowd response is telling.

    • @bear4278
      @bear4278 Před 29 dny +2

      Especially when you remember that they are all SpaceX employees! It is really not a good look when the people actually designing and building the thing are just quietly staring at Musk like he has gone completely insane.

  • @matthewkaiser7803
    @matthewkaiser7803 Před měsícem +50

    20:55 Bacon is the answer

    • @Midcon77
      @Midcon77 Před měsícem +6

      A safe and valid answer. Bacon always is an answer for any question that can conceivably be asked. Well played. :)

    • @djw7141
      @djw7141 Před měsícem +2

      42

    • @tbjtbj7930
      @tbjtbj7930 Před měsícem +2

      Bacon, Discovery, and more cowbell.

    • @Midcon77
      @Midcon77 Před měsícem +3

      @@tbjtbj7930 Also a satisfactory answer.

  • @davidbritton-ohl1672
    @davidbritton-ohl1672 Před měsícem +2

    Thanks!

  • @danswan1047
    @danswan1047 Před měsícem

    What an outstanding overview of this prototype vehicle. You folks are amazing. Great job.

  • @TheMarcusGomez
    @TheMarcusGomez Před měsícem +2

    Going to need bigger Mega bays ....Giga bays!😮

  • @Spacenoodlesisgreat
    @Spacenoodlesisgreat Před měsícem +8

    Oh cool member’s only!

  • @Eddy525_violin
    @Eddy525_violin Před měsícem +12

    Im a simple guy. I see a NSF Starship video, I click. Wow so original I know right

    • @Bluswede
      @Bluswede Před měsícem +1

      Simple is good...less to go sideways!
      Kinda' puts Mama's, Simple is as simple does." statement in a whole new light, dunnit?

  • @spacemanmat
    @spacemanmat Před měsícem +3

    The hotstage changes are all about reclaiming the space lost when they retrofitted the original hotstage. Pretty sure what they have done is to bring the tank dome together with the hostage diverter. As a result the grid fin actuators need to be moved down so are recessed into the tank.

  • @zachreyhelmberger894
    @zachreyhelmberger894 Před měsícem

    Fantastic presentation!! Well done!

  • @TheWadetube
    @TheWadetube Před měsícem +1

    good job

  • @MichaelSmith-kn4cl
    @MichaelSmith-kn4cl Před měsícem

    Excellent assessment of the numbers, thank you!

  • @lesumsi
    @lesumsi Před měsícem +2

    I would expect a lot of the major changes to come with the next iteration of Mechazilla.

  • @cyteen02
    @cyteen02 Před měsícem

    Love the level of detail you guys go into in this vid - thanks NSF

  • @laurenmp7486
    @laurenmp7486 Před 26 dny +33

    A Saturn V had half the thrust of a Starship and could put over 100 tons into space. So the fact Elon is saying it could only do 40 to 50 tons means there's something really not right.

    • @Awaken2067833758
      @Awaken2067833758 Před 19 dny +17

      If Musk is a conman everything makes sense

    • @kennethferland5579
      @kennethferland5579 Před 19 dny +2

      Yep, this is a huge glaring warning that this development effort is on the rocks. Trying to stretch your rocke and pull forward thrust incresses which should be the impovements of several years of refinement just to get to the original performance mark is a sign of extreme desperation.

    • @laurenmp7486
      @laurenmp7486 Před 19 dny

      @@kennethferland5579 also when Falcon Heavy, with a third of the thrust of Starship can put 40 to 50 tons into low earth orbit, the idea that at present Starship can't do any better, like something has to really be up.

    • @f1o18iwi9
      @f1o18iwi9 Před 18 dny +7

      he´s sanke oil salesman

    • @Awaken2067833758
      @Awaken2067833758 Před 18 dny +2

      @@laurenmp7486 by how the first and the latest lauch went, I think starship can barely put itself in leo with no cargo

  • @michaelkeane6518
    @michaelkeane6518 Před měsícem +1

    WOW Lot of information!

  • @Av8or7
    @Av8or7 Před měsícem +2

    Hopefully 4 on May the Fourth be with you.

  • @sadequrrahman1910
    @sadequrrahman1910 Před měsícem +1

    Congratulations

  • @chrismoule7242
    @chrismoule7242 Před měsícem +4

    This is excellent stuff - thank you. Several questions that await answers - brilliant. Looking forward to seeing & hearing about them!

  • @corycrandell2682
    @corycrandell2682 Před měsícem +1

    What an exciting time! I remember watching hopper doing its thing and thinking how cool it would be when they actually build a starship. And here we are.

    • @larryscarr3897
      @larryscarr3897 Před 23 dny

      Musk is a con its time to stop the idiot from killing more people.

  • @hawkdsl
    @hawkdsl Před měsícem +5

    A couple of things that maid me go Hmmmm; V1 has LESS payload capacity then Falcon Heavy. The assembled employees acted as though they would have loved to be anywhere but there. V3 is probably what is required to actually go to Mars, and not just talk about it. I do hope they make V3, if for no only reason than it's just gigantic. Despite every fan channel on the planet declaring how "fast" SpaceX is, it only appears that way. They have years to go before people fly on those things, and I doubt NASA will ever allow it's Astronauts to land on earth in them.

    • @ale131296
      @ale131296 Před měsícem

      V1 is also flying on fully reusable configuration. Falcon Heavy in that kind of configuration wouldn't be able to lift more than 10-15 tonnes

    • @hawkdsl
      @hawkdsl Před měsícem +1

      @@ale131296 No, V1 was supposed to lift 100-150 tons in full reusable mode. But thanks for the reply.

    • @ale131296
      @ale131296 Před 29 dny

      @@hawkdsl I'm not talking about "supposed". I'm saying that you're comparing the performance of a rocket in fully reusable mode with one in fully expendable mode (Falcon Heavy) which is apples to oranges.

  • @SebastianWellsTL
    @SebastianWellsTL Před měsícem +1

    Very cool!

  • @JohnSmith-yp2nt
    @JohnSmith-yp2nt Před měsícem +3

    Raptor is fuckin sick. That's all i got to say.

  • @thethirdeve5089
    @thethirdeve5089 Před měsícem +8

    2 videos one day? epic

  • @cratecruncher4974
    @cratecruncher4974 Před měsícem +1

    Nice deep dive on that Elon presentation. That new hot staging configuration reminds me of '60s Soviet design.

  • @Naultarous
    @Naultarous Před měsícem +14

    More questions than answers .. marketing 102. Always leave them wanting more.

    • @iamaduckquack
      @iamaduckquack Před měsícem +1

      Yep, thats how I treat my Mrs.

    • @rtqii
      @rtqii Před měsícem +2

      After all, it is just marketing. Blowing up rockets is not really rocket science.

  • @Paulobrrs
    @Paulobrrs Před měsícem +1

    Maybe we will see a new version of the booster after the new stage zero.

  • @douglaspeale9727
    @douglaspeale9727 Před měsícem

    In the ring section factory clip (14:18), that fourth ring on the far right seems to have a dome on top like the top of booster 2 or booster 3 in the comparison picture (9:25)

  • @james-reid
    @james-reid Před měsícem +1

    Thanks Team NSF! I'm wondering... being conscious that Starship 3 is significantly taller than 1 and 2, is there anything to indicate that the launch towers are being built to accommodate this (ie taller from the beginning / could be stretched in the future (would particularly mean that the lower parts of the towers would need to be designed to take more weight than what they would initially need to carry) Thanks!

    • @imconsequetau5275
      @imconsequetau5275 Před měsícem +1

      It might be that the chopsticks must be made shorter to assure they handle greater mass (at the shorter tips), and the ship QD definately must be raised. There is reason to believe that the remainder of the OLM and Mechazilla are adequate. The lifting hardpoints can be kept at the current heights/altitude of the stacked pair.

  • @The_Devil_Riser
    @The_Devil_Riser Před měsícem +2

    The booster will cook the landing zone if it’s anything like the render

  • @carrie4696
    @carrie4696 Před měsícem +5

    Congrats on 1M fam (I know you’re not making a thing of it)

  • @iandennis1
    @iandennis1 Před měsícem +4

    Thank you for this excellent update!

  • @officialwildcardadventures

    Will there be a deluge system for the catch? In order to preserve the OLM, or is it unnecessary? Great video @nasaspaceflight

  • @KestutisJanuskevicius
    @KestutisJanuskevicius Před měsícem

    very good recap

  • @genelomas332
    @genelomas332 Před měsícem +1

    With IFT4 planning a soft water landing of the booster some 25ks down range, will NSF be putting a starlink-enabled tracking camera on a barge 15ks offshore, and just north of the exclusion zone?
    Seems like a premo opportunity for a one-of-a-kind bit of footage.

  • @notsomadscientist9602
    @notsomadscientist9602 Před měsícem +1

    Mind blown!

  • @TheGalacticIndian
    @TheGalacticIndian Před měsícem +2

    Honestly - how stage zero looked after OFT-1 is peanuts compared to OFT-5 aftermath with supersonic booster smashing into the tower or one of the high bays👀

    • @hamzahkhan8952
      @hamzahkhan8952 Před měsícem +3

      im pretty sure the booster reaches subsonic speeds before the landing burn starts. the booster would be aiming for outside the launch site when its manuvering with its grid fins (incase engines fails or it loses control) so it would prob not hit anything important. its possible that it could crash into the pad after the landing burn starts. but if it did, it would be at considerably lower speeds than that of it during free fall. also, if the booster ever diverted from its intented path towards the launch or build site, im sure AFTS would destroy the booster before impact.

    • @shaung949
      @shaung949 Před měsícem +3

      That would be why it comes in at such an angle to the tower, it makes the initial decent over water. Only if things are going well would it turn to land on the tower.

  • @MrBlackhiller
    @MrBlackhiller Před měsícem +1

    I think they will build the second OLIT for the new v2+3 Booster specs. So they can go on with testing v1 boosters und v2 ships. When OLIT 2 is functional they will change to booster v2 and make OLIT 1 changes. That would privide constand testing.

  • @Tiki71
    @Tiki71 Před měsícem +1

    I hope you guys keep a separate tracking camera on the booster for this next flight.

  • @mattfarrar5472
    @mattfarrar5472 Před měsícem +1

    I was waiting for this! To be honest though I'd completely forget about V3 it will change a heap by the time they get to it!

  • @thomasbedford1258
    @thomasbedford1258 Před měsícem

    there going to have to increase the size of the launch tower for upgrade version 3 possibly 2 as well as how would they get astronauts in there

  • @ChrisUK27
    @ChrisUK27 Před měsícem +1

    So the V1 of New Glenn will take a similar payload mass to LEO as Starship V1?

  • @ReinReads
    @ReinReads Před měsícem +1

    What is the maximum height of a booster that can be built in the megabays ?
    Could they tear down high bay for an extra
    tall megabay for taller boosters? Leaving the existing megabays for taller starships at higher production volumes?

  • @Duckariffic
    @Duckariffic Před měsícem +1

    3 booster grid fins!!!!

  • @rchilton
    @rchilton Před měsícem +3

    Oooooh I'm all special!

  • @terryp.luvsjenifer.winklem1314

    So true

  • @clytle374
    @clytle374 Před měsícem

    Note that the flight 3 thrust numbers were at liftoff and initial. I assume without payload you throttle down to keep the velocities the same as if you had a payload.

  • @timw6596
    @timw6596 Před měsícem +1

    Maybe the reason that the OLM and tower is slowed is that they are designing it for version 3 super tall Starships !

  • @RussW_Comments
    @RussW_Comments Před měsícem +1

    Seems more efficient to have an OLM dedicated to landing (no plumbing for launching) ... still think a mobile transporter for catching is better (the "legs" would be on the transporter not the booster/starship). This approach would increase the ability of the "ground" to adjust its location ...

  • @cal9688
    @cal9688 Před 29 dny +12

    Wake me up when that thing lands well. In say 100 years

  • @daviddeflyer8671
    @daviddeflyer8671 Před měsícem

    Regarding thrust differences between advertised and stated (for IFT3), I'd suspect they are using older engines since the booster and ship were made quite a while ago.

  • @proesterchen
    @proesterchen Před měsícem

    Of course, it's Adrian talking about the Long Stick 3.

  • @fjallavindur
    @fjallavindur Před měsícem

    13:50 Hot staging like on a Soyuz rockets

  • @terryrichardson1933
    @terryrichardson1933 Před měsícem

    The launch tower will need to be much taller or they won't be able to stack n the QD arm won't be able to fuel the ship. I wonder if it's possible to raise the tower that they have how.

  • @potloodthedutch
    @potloodthedutch Před měsícem +4

    Please tell me im not the only one hearing Starship version "Free" :)

    • @maurice_walker
      @maurice_walker Před měsícem +3

      th is hard to pronounce for many native German speakers since such a sound doesn't exist in German. Similar to many native English speakers struggling with pronouncing the German ch.

    • @ViperPilot16
      @ViperPilot16 Před měsícem

      Thanks for buying Winrar

  • @williamknagg
    @williamknagg Před měsícem

    Question, Do you think that starship could be landed on the current drone ship fleet that F9 Booster lands on? I appreciate its much wider but with the accuracy needed to catch with the chopsticks, they could fine tune the positioning out in the ocean before trying a catch.

  • @JR-ey3oo
    @JR-ey3oo Před měsícem +1

    Is the metric units maths? And when can we expect Raptor free and version free?

  • @IiIytIi
    @IiIytIi Před měsícem +3

    Great video NSF! Exciting times ahead!

    • @miamisasquatch
      @miamisasquatch Před měsícem

      Keep smoking that hopium

    • @IiIytIi
      @IiIytIi Před měsícem +1

      ​@@miamisasquatch I would take this reply seriously since it's coming from a SmarterEveryDay clone

  • @SVanDykTX
    @SVanDykTX Před měsícem

    Great video. I hope we get some of these answers soon. It would be amazing if Elon would do a subscriber space and address some of these questions with us.

  • @aq_ua
    @aq_ua Před měsícem

    Removing the heat shield on super heavy is wild

  • @mack1541
    @mack1541 Před měsícem

    on Elon's love for sci fi whats the chances of the next launch being on may the 4th for flight 4

  • @markhuebner7580
    @markhuebner7580 Před měsícem

    Whoohoo! "...Changes many...", I want to see thrust augmentation rings, Starship & booster, turning all those long flametails into propulsion!

  • @not2busy
    @not2busy Před měsícem

    Those positioning thrusters may have to fight hard against a good stiff sea-breeze, unless captures will only be attempted in ideal conditions.

  • @arnoldsmith5754
    @arnoldsmith5754 Před měsícem

    i will just watch as usual

  • @bobolam7342
    @bobolam7342 Před měsícem

    It seems (looking at how part of the heat shield now appears behind them) that ship V2/3 have the smaller, multiplanar and tilted forward flaps Elon mentioned 3 years ago.

  • @c.s.miller
    @c.s.miller Před měsícem +3

    Hmm what is for lunch?

  • @opcn18
    @opcn18 Před měsícem +14

    It seems like we are being offered a significant upgrade in the next version to a capability below what was talked about for this version.

    • @miamisasquatch
      @miamisasquatch Před měsícem +7

      You've finally started to realize Elon is full of shit?

    • @kargaroc386
      @kargaroc386 Před měsícem +2

      Let me know when someone else single-handedly flies and lands a hundred partially-reusable rockets a year, until then stop whining.

    • @opcn18
      @opcn18 Před měsícem +1

      @@kargaroc386 that is the “your father works hard to feed this family so when he hits you keep your mouth shut” excuse for spacex here.

    • @robnobert
      @robnobert Před měsícem

      ​@@opcn18 that is the "I was abused so I'm fucking braindead and can only think in terms of abuse metaphors" response here

    • @benjaminmeusburger4254
      @benjaminmeusburger4254 Před měsícem +1

      @@kargaroc386 they signed a contract with NASA to land a rocket on the moon in 2027
      and still nobody is able to name the number of Starships they would need to refill in orbit
      in ITC3 they had issues with playing straight and opening a door
      Don't you think that is fishy?

  • @jasonmcgee7457
    @jasonmcgee7457 Před měsícem +1

    6:33 I noticed on the X stream for the launch attempt that at the time of lift off, the boosters fuel tank was not completely full. Check it out yourselves.
    It does line with these numbers. I still don't know why they did it though.

    • @Spherical_Cow
      @Spherical_Cow Před měsícem +1

      They had no payload mass on the Ship, and they didn't want to repeat the excess propellant dumping exercise that doomed the second flight. So, I believe both Ship and Booster were loaded to only ~85% of full capacity (as can be observed also on the SpaceX 'telemetry' graphics around 10 min prior to launch.)

  • @alexlabs4858
    @alexlabs4858 Před měsícem

    I wonder if the current pad setup could even handle the power of a starship V3 launch

  • @pantheraerospace752
    @pantheraerospace752 Před měsícem

    Anybody notice the booster without a hot staging ring in the catch render?

  • @nightsky1979
    @nightsky1979 Před měsícem

    For me the big question is why SpaceX focus on the version with pez doors only. It seems to be death end, as they can apply that only for deploy starlinks and nothing else, but there was already a lot of efforts given to stanghten structure around pez doors, try pez doors performance etc. If that version take so much effort how long it take to prepare "fuel tank" , different / bigger satellite deploy version or cargo for ISS and of course HLS versions. In my opinion they should focus on more universal version, what do you think?

    • @MrBuyerman
      @MrBuyerman Před 10 dny

      They are focused on Starlink because there is no interest in Starship as a payload launch vehicle by anyone other than Starlink yet.
      There is still much debate as to whether this ship can get anything to orbit, let alone a commercial 100 tonne payload, so designing payload mechanisms seems premature. In addition, NASA is paying for human rated to support Artemis. Do you see anything like life support apparatus yet? This is just another Elon con.