Why SpaceX Is Starting Its Own City
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
- SpaceX’s facility in Boca Chica has grown a lot in the last couple of years. But if they want to attract the brightest minds to come and work there, they need to turn Boca Chica into a thriving city. This video looks at the plans to create Starbase and what SpaceX needs to do to make it happen.
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» Marianas - Quincas Moreira
» Sprightly Pursuit - Cooper Cannell
» The Plan’s Working - Cooper Cannell
» In The Atmosphere - Bad Snacks
» Oceans - Bobby Renz
» See You - Maxzwell
» Stuck In The Air - The Tower Of Light
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Narrated by: Beau Stucki - Věda a technologie
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I personally like Starbase. It really symbolizes the aspirations of the Starship program.
eh.. i guess... starbase? i would call it "long tone".. what.. is it weird? lemme explain.. so you got those long rockets starships flying around and tone.. well.. it would be full of kind people with a great tone :v.. but starbase will do it i guess..
I perfer starbase because it sound very futuristic.
@Heather Leigh okay :v... i guess thats fine
I cannot wait to look back on these videos in 10/15 years and see what has been achieved
Who'd be looking backward? I really wonder 🤔.
@@solapowsj25 to see how far we’ve gotten
Nothing. Nothing will be achieved. It’s all illusion.
@@lynncohen2897 lmao
@@lynncohen2897 No.
The speed of this development is ludicrous.
You should go to google maps and see how empty that area was just a year ago
The site looks so empty last year it’s been so much progress in what? 5-7 months!
they're going plaid!
Close down the three ring circus! Secure all animals in the zoo!
@@Sbinott0 holy shit i did that! and didnt realize it was a picture taken x-yrs ago. Its fuckin nuts how fast that company moves!
(video in two years)
"Why SpaceX is starting its own country"
(video in 10 years)
"Why SpaceX is starting its own planet"
50 years later : Why spacex has it's own Universe
@@saisrinivas1027 56 1/2 years: Why is SpaceX building it's own multiverse
@@lucasoreidopunho3556 70 years later: why spacex is starting its own simulation
Video in 6 years:
"Why SpaceX is starting a moon colony"
@@faroffstudios4112 100 years later: why Spacex restart the world
Imagine the Space tech boom in TX thats about to happen within the next 30 years.
And all because California treated Elon like shit.
@@stimpy_thecat SpaceX move to TX was logical, regardless of the relations with CA. Orbital mechanics is a major factor in selecting a launch site and the eastern shoreline of the sparsely populated Boca Chica is the perfect location for efficient launching of heavy rockets at high cadence.
@@stimpy_thecat Eh... Texas provides launch azimuths that are impossible with California. Elon/SpaceX's choice went well beyond that BS with Tesla that had Musk go to Texas. Its a very, very strategic location.
@@theofficialcybermonkeys1271 Only because Hollywood is based in California. During that time movies & shows were controlled by Hollywood. Other than that a more logical location would have been Cape canaveral FL for Star Trek. However, in reality it’s actually Boca chia, TX.
Everyone is commenting and no one mentioned Texas and the equator. Lol but you guys are spot on. The timing made it look like California beef but this is strategy not emotions
"what are they doing there?"
"oh they're just building a water tower"
"are water towers meant to fly?"
Lol
The Starships aren't flying, they're falling with style!
Literally...
As a current spacex employee I'll tell you this, if you can't speak Spanish you're gonna have a real hard time working at Starbase currently. It's funny watching engineering and manufacturing trying to discuss complicated issues with each other.
Interesting lol, in which area are your currently working?
This comment singlehandedly made me give a shit about Spanish class in about 3 seconds
Oof. It should be common courtesy to only speak and write English with McGregor's and Hawthorne's anglophones.
I say this as another south Texan.
This is awesome, if true! If anyone knows the Brownsville area industrial construction workforce, it’s not surprising: truely a “local”project! I would think this is on the launch pad construction bits, though! I’d be surprised if this was true of the engineering and welding and construction done on any of the flying projects.
Once again proves the foundation of any big project is built majorly on the back of my fellow Latinos.
Sounds like we are getting closer to the Buy N Large universe.
Great Wall E reference!
@Eli Snyder Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.
Bro 😂😂😂
@Eli Snyder But hay that just a theory
Lol now I'm singing the bnl song!
🎵🎶Buy and large! Super store! All you need! And so much more! 🎵🎶
SpaceX found an incredible momentum with the Starship program and they are progressing stupendously fast. They are showing no signs of slowing down at all. This level of progress is truly never seen before.. I so can't wait to see how Starbase will look like in 2025.
Damn, i hope they will build a "Starfleet Academy" somewhere there :D
For future Astronauts when SpaceX has multiple Starships flying around
@Eli Snyder Spaceport
YEAH THAT'D WHAT Strabase is
@@sumreensultana1860 I still demand a Starfleet Academy ! :D
Remember, Star Fleet Academy (in the future) is in San Francisco; maybe they had time to CLEAN UP the human waste.
@@50buttfish It would probably be an Academic there in Califórnia, in the future. And the Workforce in Starbase.
Always a good day when Primal Space releases a video
@@cechk01 yaa I've too seen this
"Boca Chica Star Base" would be a great name for the next port to the stars. Native to Brownsville sever 25 years USAF.
They already applied for Corporation. It'll be just Starbase. Boca Chica will still be the name of the beach though.
I wanna work at the bar and live out my days hearing space travel stories.
cringe
@@Preetvnd your panties
These are the things that make me wish many decades of life just so i can see more and more..
If not extinct, humanity will never cease to expand and explore as much as it can.
That's worthy and so exciting to witness!
Of course it would be fantastic, but that don't make me wish many decades of life because i don't believe that could happen in my life time.
I regard only the things that i can see/ appreciate.
Ik it would suck to get hyped up and only to die the day right before humans take off to Mars oh well maybe we become ghost and will still get to see it xD
So very true, We seem to be hitting that point we had in the 60’s, There were so many advances in a short time back then
@BlackholeTtson452 I hear Elon Musk wants to send people to Mars sometime this decade, gunna be interesting to see how that all plays out, definetly living in some exciting times rn
This name of the base is quite prominent!
Well,the large area is only owned by one company with one goal sooo
Love the story telling along side the educational explanation!
The Majestic Theater at 7:36 is still standing only to serve as several businesses within. I have been going to watch movies there as a child and teenager. Great memories.
I feel bad for the locals but progress cannot be delayed beyond reason, and SpaceX has been generous. Goooo SpaceX!!!
You feel bad that they got paid?
the thing is...if this is the poorest town in the state, why would they be against something that will bring more businesses and more job opportunities? It's not all gonna be rockets and construction. More money both from the state and a nice size chunk of change from Elon has already rolled in. Not trying to be an ass and maybe I'm missing something. Granted, if they liked the slower pace of life and the small town feel that I could understand being upset about losing. But that wasn't quite the impression I was getting from the vid
@@MrGoesBoom Yeah it surely will improve overall living conditions. But the problem here lies within the fact, that never everyone will be part of this new upsurge. And for the ones left behind, increasing living conditions mean rising prices. But if so many people are poor, some of them may consider learning some skills and start working for Spacex. Though I think that it may be a hard job to work at Starbase. At least if you are not convinced by the idea of the company.
@@leoh3616 (longish post ahoy! ) I guess I don't get it....from 1998 to 2012 I had a steady job working in a supermarket bakery...no special skills, I got the job through a friend and was trained to do what they needed me to do.... eventually they were looking to get rid of full timers in favor of part timers and I was 2 to 5 minutes late a few times too many and let go. It took me more than a few months to find a new job ( with nothing more than a high school degree and 14 years working in a supermarket )...from there I worked at a literal cupcake factory, an organic pet food producer, a medical device manufactuer and several other jobs. None of them needed special education to get started, just that I be willing and able to show up, learn what they needed me to do, and get good at said job.
So if new business is rolling up, and jobs are opening up...well nothing says everyone is gonna live like kings, I certainly haven't, but I've always managed to keep a roof over my head, food in my belly, clothes on my back and keep up with an internet connection and some games/movies and stuff even if low rate of pay or having to shuffle jobs has left me one paycheck from being homeless at times.
So again why would SpaceX drawing in more and more opportunities be bad, outside of ruining the slow pace, small town feel the area has apparently had for awhile ( which admittedly might be a thing, several small, outta the way areas around here and they get along fine like that and I could see the appeal )
Itll bring middle class employment which is what the area needs.
Thank you so much for the yellow bar during your ad!
This is what we have all been waiting for waiting to go to mars
That poor guy that sold for 54K where everyone got 3x offers
Lmfao
That was a shell of a house that was valued at 18K, 54k was a high offer
Not sure about Boca Chica specifically but Texas in general has a VERY skilled workforce.
YES!!! LIke "Space City, Houston" and Research Blvd. in Austin!
Very much indeed. Just consider that the center of science is starting to divert from San Francisco to Austin. I think, finally the tax policy of Texas is really paying out. Remarkable.
Of course, but Brownsville is not where they are. It's the poorest large city in the country
"...Texas in general" But Texas is huge. Boca Chica is 6 hours from Houston or Austin, further than Los Angeles to Las Vegas. To say Texas has a skilled workforce is as irrelevant as saying the west coast has gambling.
Not really though. The intelligence of Texas is declining rapidly
Thanks for keeping ghs updated on the future. Appreciate it
It is a perfect location physically outside of Florida as it is on the gulf coast with the water to the east. It being less inhabited is also ideal. It is close enough to Houston and Austin to draw high tech Engineers. Texas is in general a great place for that. It will grow over time.
2021 : "Im afraid of flying with plane"
2031 : "Im afraid of flying with rocket"
1:00 extremely important for SpaceX was to be as close as possible to the equator to save fuel for their rockets! Boca Chica is roughly 2,5° more south than Cape Canaveral, that matters a lot!
Also that you have a huge empty area to the east (in this case the Gulf of Mexico), so that in case of a disaster, the debris doesn't fall on populated area. Unless you're China of course, in which you don't give a f...
@@dejanpejkic1300 so true! I forgot to mention this important point! Thank you for mentioning it! Godspeed 🚀✨
@@dejanpejkic1300 but the debris did fall on a populated area already. A bunch of SpaceX employees were frantically looking for pieces on South Padre Island a few months back. They said if you find any to not touch them because they're dangerous. And they're littering the ocean with rocket pieces as well. I'd show you a piece of rocket coast guard found if CZcams let you post pictures 🙄
@@nunya2138 which launch was that? South Padre is about 10 miles north from the Boca Chica launch site, seems weird that debris would end up there.
@@dejanpejkic1300 it was on or around March 30, 2021
2:47 I cant even tell you how many times I've seen this dude xD
Who is he
your videos are just too good, you deserve way more
Working at the speed of Elon. Truly amazing!
I love your video ,so much
Always a good day when Primal Space rwleases a video
Goosebumps throughout the video................STARBASE!!!!
This was great, I've been following this since the start but to wrap it up like this, shows the huge changes that has been made
a city that starts with a star ship factory and a bar? sign me in!
This is what I was wanting!
@@shinyguy3766 huh
@@shinyguy3766 wait was I reading one of your replies correctly are you really a flat earther
@@shinyguy3766 well, i beleive its more about the idea of progress towards the future. many comapnies nowadays are only in it for money, and dont really care about humanities future. for example, Blue Origin and jeff bezos, who are money hungry retards. Elon musk and spacex i would say dont do it for the money. now, they arent the only company like this, and im definitley not a spacex/elonmusk biased fanboy, but i think the city is a good idea just because it is cool and futuristic.
@@unoriginalclips9923 what reply?
@@poisonketchup8098 click on their profile you can see their comments/replies on this video, one says they are a flat earther
I love how Elon and his team are not just thinking about the SpaceX but aswell how to make it more atractive to live there.
good show. i went ahead & bought the S dual motor long range till my tri motor fsd cyber truck get here. i have lost of solar & backup battery system to charge them both at home. i also love spacex too. we drove from California to Texas Boca Chica to see the starship getting built..it was so AWESOME to see it LIVE!!
So you are back !!!!!!!!
Imagine retiring and moving to Boca Chica and then getting paid 3 times the amount you paid for your property a few years later. Effortlessly winning at life.
That does sound pretty good, but from what I heard, some of the owners of these properties had had generations of their families living there for a long time and surely they are not too happy to be kicked out of their home.
There was a recent military article (on a UT Austin site) suggesting the US Space Force buy starships for conversion to space cruisers.
Long shot, the military should fund the research for a reliable railgun instead of the current design which disintegrates after a few shots. Because railguns would be the most capable direct weapon to be mounted on a spacecraft.
They can do both. And 'star cruiser' is not a longshot. Here's the article, if you're interested.
warontherocks.com/2021/05/a-starcruiser-for-space-force-thinking-through-the-imminent-transformation-of-spacepower/
@@TenOrbital I said 'long shot' not because the technology and the capability isn't there for it to become a reality, but because the congress will almost definitely reject the development of such a highly advanced project. Space Force is still just a term coined by Trump during his presidential period, but if Space Force can only truly be established, it need the current president and even next future US presidents to push the idea so that the congress will be compelled to provide even more funding to the already substantial military budget.
And there's another problem associated with funding. Here's an analogy: Developing and building a new tank is quite simple, but doing that whilst also creating the infrastructure to support its logistics, maintenance and not to mention the troops required to be trained to use it all the whilst needing the appropriate barracks for the troops and the tanks to be be housed in. Now replace tanks with military-starship. That's the difference between building a vehicle VS a vehicle within a space force.
Maybe read the article.
@@Joe-nq6hy Tell that to the paranoid US government.
got to know the insights about Starbase ...Thank you Primal Space...I always love watching your Videos.
Very informative, thanks a lot! Lot's of information around infrastructure and development topics.
Very cool. This whole situation reminds me of the movie Transcendence.
the hole situation reminds me of Hurrican Ike and Harvey.
I was thinking the same thing Rahul! Great movie!
Is it me, or even as it came together, did it still remain looking almost like a model toy of sorts! So fast, (no pun;) & so much fun to watch them evolve.
Amazing Video 👍❤️
Awesome video!
Love the video, keep it going!
You havent even watched the full video 😐
i love these videos!
Great videos and info. Great channel
Kids(200 years later):hey,when was starbase built?
Guy that is over 200 yrs old:look in CZcams
I am new to your channel. But by this one video, you are worth my subscription. Never let me down. Continue to make better informative videos. Thank you for your service.
It's like star fleet HQ being created in real life 😂
More like a creepy corporate town where everyone living in it is under control of the dear leader. This is not new. It exist in China. Creepy stuff.
A good overview. Well done.
Boca Chica looks vulnerable to hurricanes.
I would love to work with space X at least just kitchen helper or cleaner for free. My dream is to take part of the future of space exploration
Same as me, aspiring to be an engineer there one day!
I'll be using my bitcoin money to buy a nice little quiet house on Mars overlooking the landing sites.
Cool expansion DLC!
I was just there this past weekend. I got to see SN15 on the launch pad.
It's actually cheaper to fly in their workers for 6 months at a time compared to the amount of taxes they would have to pay the state of California for building and testing starship there.
"Nice Tesla Jim. 'Thanks Bob.' Like your new Tesla as well. How you like your new Tesla house Jim? 'It's super nice, just like yours Bob.' And that wife of yours...
6:00 Been wondering where the work force was living at while all this massive construction is going on. Suppose that answers that question. Thanks for the vid, some interesting info and a lot of nice shots showing just how much this place has changed from a simple dirt patch and humble construction tent to today's sprawling complex.
Excellent
Awesome, bring it on Starbase
Wondering if they will build a sea wall? Looks like a sand spit... otherwise - WOW- Excellent!!!!
A lot of the land around there is a State wildlife management area. Boca Chica state beach is right by the launch pad.
Great video!
Great wideo!
I'm happy for the future🇺🇸
I'm definitely moving there when it's ready, anyone else?
Yeah.
The nearby beach at South Padre Island will benefit from all the tourism and people relocating here
I’m from there! It’s about time something big gets this place growing in the right direction!
SUPERB!
The new CEO of Starbase is actually called Buck Rogers.
What do you mean I'm making that up? How dare you!
nice , I am expecting to go down there soon
Epic video :)
such a wonderful video, and wish it was more open on media on how this is being built! I knew SpaceX never knew they are basically making maybe a new city area?
"the *main* village" as if its a huge city
Star Trek is closer to reality
9:06 killed the vibe :(
in 4.5 billion years = why SpaceX is evolving to the 7th civilization
i like how private internet access thingy as your sponsor can protect my toaster :3
Samsung smart toaster
@@user-pj9ie4bs1z yee
kinda feels cool when you realise you're entire career is based on the existence of outer space 🌌
I changed my mind of becoming Navy Seal, Now I want to be Starbase Police officer or Starbase Sheriff's Office.
I love how it would sound, SPD/SBPD or SSO/SBSO
I've read this script before. But instead of saying "Boca Chica, Texas, 2021" on the cover it said "Orlando, Florida, 1965".
Brilliant!
Wow :) Stunning :)
I couldn't even imagine an idea like this.
And SpaceX is really doing it omg :)
Is this the 21st century version of a company town?
@@sonacphotos The thing I'm wondering though is if it will _really_ be like a traditional company town. It feels more like an old railroad town to me - the company starts the town, but then it grows off of that - the company doesn't own the town itself.
It will sure be Somewhat Different seeing a Rocket company build a city
I freaking love your videos
I'm just imagining in 200 years there's going to be a literal spaceport connected to an space elevator on Starbase City.
Imagine being a boomer and getting everything you want, your way, during your whole life, then stopping the progress of the next generations because you want calm last years.
imagine be a zoomer and never accomplished anything but crying for everything to be handed to you
I swear I will live in Starbase when I'm older
Bucket list to visit now before I die.
I’ve been living in Brownsville since 2009 and I’m happy that space c is growing I went yesterday it’s beautiful hopefully they can put resorts around the Boca Chica island area like hotels restraints and a beach view that’ll be really cool and attract a lot of people
"I sold my soul to the company storrrrrrrrre..."
Yeah, they did this back in the early 20th century where mining companies basically ran the town. It did not end well.
This is history rhyming with itself.
@norman-m [KANDAGAIGO] Regardless of the industry in question, having a corporation run a town is a bad idea. Facebook has a town and in principle it seems great -- a synergized life for their employees, but the reality is different. No public office to be held accountable, if you get fired you lose your residence, all rules set by a corporation that has profits as its legally mandated motives etc.
Miners did not really have a choice of work. Spacex wants to attract the best engineers in the world and people like that have plenty of choice in their employment. So while i agree corporate run towns is a bad idea in general i think that most of the residences in this case will be fine. The easier to get workers will live further away in more normal housing anyway because they don´t need to be attracted.
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
Silicon Valley...
Seems to be quite successfull, they have no public office...
@@jackmerry1972 Silicone Valley is successful? It's like the most expensive community to live in. And the amount of Homeless in California is ridiculously higher than the averages anywhere else in the US. Silicone Valley, at least anecdotally, proves my point. You don't want corporations running communities. You really don't. But if you want to defend the techbros and think that they're doing good in the world, well that's on you.
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 LMAO, Silicon Valley is one thing, and Silicone Valley is another VERY different thing... Look it up.
It might be wishful thinking on his part but I don’t think you’ll attract the talented and skilled workforce to move from California to Texas. Other companies have tried something similar and it never works
And it only to build and launch starship...so there is no profit to be made with this...at one point Elon will have to realize that he is going no where with is Mars illusion...after he put 100 or 200 billions into this from is pocket he may wake up...
@ben esterberg Not one person not even Elon want to move there now! the technology is not ready and it's a one way trip for the next 4 years! and the radiations are deadly for anyone that stay there many years.Maybe in 2031 when 4 Starship will have successfully landed with 300+ tons of cargo and robots to build a small base could Elon send a few peoples that have a chance to survive there.
We can only land there every two years because when of the planets align and only 10 of the 50 NASA missions on Mars successfully landed.
Do you even know that?
@ben esterberg You are dreaming! a few peoples(12) living on Mars in 2041 already a very optimistic goal! and how many would die just to get there?
@ben esterberg SpaceX has 9 500 peoples working for them;500 at Boca!
NASA has 17 500.
NASA invested 650 billions since it's start.
was one of the first companies to receive money from ; the company was just 4 years old at the time. for roughly half the cost to develop workhorse Falcon 9 rocket.
has invested over $3 billion in to develop its Crew Dragon capsule as part of its Commercial Crew Program, which began in 2010.
will Elon Musk's $2.9 billion to build a lunar landing system to ferry astronauts to the surface of the moon.
And yet, we have so many people leaving California to move to Texas. The cost of living is cheap here! Make your money here and have plenty of it to pocket!
I thought, for a brief moment, I time traveled and this was a video about Space X setting their city on mars
Nice sharing
Sounds both scary and cool^-^
Governor and Elon: Invests millions in the city, economy will flourish
Poors: Meeh, I dont like
Great video
This is simply amazing. I love living in the future
Amazing
Man keep it up
that’s so cool‼️ i want to live there 🙏🏼