Starbase Pad B's New Methods & Challenges

Starbase Pad B's New Methods & Challenges | Starbase Update

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With SpaceX around a month away from Flight 5 of Starship, the future launch cadence of Starbase will be aided by a second Tower, which has started assembly at the launch site.
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@FerociousPancake888 15 күн бұрын

Looks like starbase avoided Beryl which is great and I see cranes standing back up already! :)

@janschurch3840 14 күн бұрын

Im from Chile, but there is no way im missing watching the chopsticks catch B12, my credit card will hate me.😂

@Rotem_Golan22 15 күн бұрын

Let's go godspeed IFT5

@saintuk70 15 күн бұрын

What is the speed of god?

@MrKellymcilrath 15 күн бұрын

Great video footage Mary, Jack, Sean, & SBL! Awesome commentry Ryan!! Thank you NSF for another awesome Starbase Update!!!

@stevengaming3689 15 күн бұрын

Can't wait to see a catch at the pad!

@Demi2210UA 14 күн бұрын

💯. The chat will very likely go nuclear 😅

@BenjySparky 14 күн бұрын

Ryan and NSF, y'all rock! Peace

@brucerigsby7321 15 күн бұрын

5:23 it looks like the tower segments are being permanently attached to those shorter stands that they were placed on at Sanchez. there are lots of good pictures on various sites that if you pay attention, you can see those little extensions being attached and painted. They are even installing a wider cross brace that’s how the towers getting taller each segment is growing by a couple feet.

@daedelushex1841 14 күн бұрын

I hadn't seen that before. If that's true, then it would explain a lot about Tower B construction. I hope this gets picked up and mentioned in the next update.

@ghost307 15 күн бұрын

Assembling prefabricated sections is definitely the way to go. Just look at how quickly ocean-going ships are made using that construction philosophy.

@Machine_State 14 күн бұрын

It's a little deceptive. The parts have been around for a long time before final assembly.

@BusstterNutt 15 күн бұрын

A great update as usual thank you very much.

@jfgenie 14 күн бұрын

Hurricane Beryl just "Beryling" down the coast... I'll see myself out...

@NexusVR_heinzbeanz 15 күн бұрын

Mom nsf uploaded!

@saintuk70 15 күн бұрын

change my diaper

@NexusVR_heinzbeanz 15 күн бұрын

@@saintuk70 bro wtf 💀

@digi3218 15 күн бұрын

mom I need some milk

@danielalejandroochoaalvare590 15 күн бұрын

Happy to watch this on my birthday❤

@ghost307 15 күн бұрын

Happy Birthday.

@Rotem_Golan22 15 күн бұрын

@@danielalejandroochoaalvare590 Happy birthday !🎁

@danielalejandroochoaalvare590 15 күн бұрын

@@ghost307 thanks!

@corrinastanley125 15 күн бұрын

Happy Birthday.

@dannyboy4186 15 күн бұрын

From one Dan to another, Happy Birthday.🥳

@richardhunt4576 15 күн бұрын

Most of us are naturally thinking up solutions to the perceived problems at Starbase, so no need to apologise. I've almost given up worrying about them, the incredible achievements thus far continue to lessen my concerns.

@SpaceflightExplained 15 күн бұрын

Thanks for the Update once again I wholeheartedly believe that the Hurricane was specifically placed by Blue Origin and ULA to attempt to demolish Starbase

@MrGoesBoom 15 күн бұрын

Bezos hiring witch doctors to make that happen isn't as ridiculous as it really should be. I could see him doing that

@kauffmanba 11 күн бұрын

Great work, Ryan! Very clear and precise enunciation, with humor sprinkled in when least expected.

@Kyzyl_Tuva 15 күн бұрын

Love these updates. Thank you for the great work you all do!

@alanm500 15 күн бұрын

It shrinks when it gets cold? I can relate.

@rf071968 14 күн бұрын

It’s been about a year now, don’t think we still need “formally known as Twitter”

@corrinastanley125 15 күн бұрын

Thanks Ryan and NSF team. Great update.

@MegaSn0wb0ardJunkie 14 күн бұрын

CONGRATS ON 1,000,000 SUBS!!!! LOVE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO!!! KEEP IT GOING!!!!!

@user-bp4dd1hh5d 12 күн бұрын

Thank you Ryan, lots of great information on many aspects of Starbase and Starship! You do a great job!

@fredpryde8555 14 күн бұрын

thank you for keeping us informed

@romangamez9316 15 күн бұрын

Great job

@joaohenriqueneuhaus2023 13 күн бұрын

The ablative survace below the actual heatshield looks genious. It would absolutely remove most risks involved with plasma passing through the heatshield as well as missing tiles, but since it's just a backup layer that hardly would take all the heat it wouldn't need to be replaced everytime like other capsules, making it reusable.

@ferdi5407 15 күн бұрын

That cc something something number crane can more easily be called "T Rex" 😅

@HaloChiefReach 15 күн бұрын

All hail the mighty CC 8800-1!

@jbanannas 15 күн бұрын

Thanks

@myredeemerlivesakatom2314 15 күн бұрын

A centimeter off at one, two or three of the corners at the base can lead to a huge issue by the time you reach the top of the tower causing leaning or massive stresses on the structure.

@knowledgeisgood9645 15 күн бұрын

I am sure they will have better tolerances than that. 1 cm difference between two corners (about 150 cm apart) would become 100 cm at the top of the tower. No engineer would ever accept that.

@user-dr6vs7ot3q 15 күн бұрын

Always with the armchair engineers

@myredeemerlivesakatom2314 15 күн бұрын

Sorry but I am an engineer.

@bobferranti5222 14 күн бұрын

They need to start calling the CC8800-1 crane "Big Yellow"

@DUKE_of_RAMBLE 13 күн бұрын

Yea, it's painful hearing him and WAI insist on speaking every number... 🤣 Granted, I admit it's because I'm an American and am used to the fact we streamline stuff like that. It's not a Ford _Eff-Three-Five-Zero,_ but an _Eff-Three-Fifty._ Same with Chevy... their equivalent pickup is a _Thirty-Five-Hundred_ (3500) 😊 As such... _Eighty-Eight-Hundred Dash One_ So yea... I'm onboard with Big Yellow, or Super Mega Crane _(ala SuperHeavy Booster)_

@tonyowen116 14 күн бұрын

Guessing Flight 5 will happen within the first few weeks of August, or the middle of said month.

@garylcamp 14 күн бұрын

nice video.

@philleng480 14 күн бұрын

Early September for sure for IFT5. Things never happen quicker in giant projects.

@ghost307 15 күн бұрын

8/8 works for me, but I was really hoping for a July 20 launch to honor Apollo 11.

@matthewota3647 13 күн бұрын

I think the work will be done on tower 2 by the end of August. IFT-5 I think will fly the second week of August

@Brentonlangaigne_93 15 күн бұрын

So glad that Beryl is coming as a tropical storm to Starbase and not as a major hurricane. Can't imagine what Starbase would look like after what it did to my country as a Category 4.

@tood6459 15 күн бұрын

Perhaps the tower itself won't be taller, but maybe the OLM will be shorter?

@dogbreath6974 15 күн бұрын

Elon said the tower will be taller. If the sections are only a few feet taller, that will add up.

@Spectator1959 15 күн бұрын

Zack Golden said the base is 1.5m taller than the original.

@JohanMsWorld 15 күн бұрын

Early to mid august is my guess. Hurricane delays not accounted for.

@michellestewart8679 15 күн бұрын

Why are station fires still being done at the launch pad instead of Masseys on the new test stand? I thought that was the whole point of the test stand

@davincimachen5517 15 күн бұрын

Would make sense to make a high bay at massey's for engine installation and what not so ships don't have to go back and forth between production and testing sites

@stargalacticfederation 13 күн бұрын

Landing the Starship Booster on the Oil rig platform using the Mechazilla's Chopstick would be a much safer option in case something does go wrong.

@clay-tw5gc 15 күн бұрын

Perhaps the tower will be, for the time being, the same height as pad A but will be upgraded with additional sections (oops, modules) later on when needed.

@direbearcoat7551 15 күн бұрын

Four to five weeks in Elon Time. Even in Elon Time, that's quite a conservative estimate if we only had to add a couple of weeks to Elon's estimate.

@Pug71 15 күн бұрын

Ship 31 is Sparky!

@peterkitts8815 14 күн бұрын

That new crane can be called Sissy Spacek (CC SpaceX)

@OlafGodredsson 14 күн бұрын

I wonder if they will end up with flaps more like the space shuttle with the pivots not exposed ?

@DUKE_of_RAMBLE 13 күн бұрын

In Ver2, the nose ones will be further back and out of the slipstream. However, Elon said that one the camera was on, was actually the only one that burned through. _(which makes me wonder if it was intentional, like the other test points where they removed tiles in order to see how resilient things are, but they're not admitting it 🤷‍♂️)_ So with thicker tiles AND ask ablative mat, this might be enough to prevent it from happening on the tail flaps.

@joshuadarochahillairaud7202 15 күн бұрын

2:38 yes

@flightofone 14 күн бұрын

They could 3D print the vulnerable flap hinge metal parts in Inconel, which should provide much greater robustness against hot plasma than stainless steel, without much additional cost or design changes and no significant mass or cost increase.

@seldoon_nemar 13 күн бұрын

Traditionally the crane would be pronounced "CC Eghity-eight hundred" And the " felt" is basically the same idea as fiberglass but made with ceramic. it's called kaowool, its used in furnaces and foundries and oh boy, you want to talk about dust that's not good for you, that's up there (new sheets aren't that bad, but once they have been worked they start to turn to powder

@sdebeaubien 14 күн бұрын

Extra parts for pad B may not exist - they may be fabbed on site.

@HomerKM1914 15 күн бұрын

End of July for flight 5

@S1nwar 15 күн бұрын

good to see ships cadence decrease exponentially

@jhfu64 14 күн бұрын

How do the people in the factory that make the CC 8800-1 talk about the crane? "yeah Phill, we need those 2 3/4 plates for the cc 8800-1 in the back ------- yeah, serial number E1042 ----- no, I said the CRANE CC 8800-1, Phill. not the part... no... the CRANE --- the CRANE Phill --- the CC 8800-1 serial number E1042 in the back"

@themanwnoname3454 15 күн бұрын

🥂🥂

@riparianlife97701 15 күн бұрын

It would be crazy not to make the tower taller. Better for catches even if they don't build taller rockets.

@joaohenriqueneuhaus2023 13 күн бұрын

Considering the sucess of flight five, It's tge 1st time I actually see Elon's "4 weeks" as an actuall possibility. Although slipping one or teo would be most likely

@TitanIV_Pad_Rat 15 күн бұрын

👍

@viccie211 15 күн бұрын

*draws a path of the hurricane over Starship with a sharpie*

@Booster-13I 15 күн бұрын

Report all of the bots everyone

@NASASpaceflight 15 күн бұрын

Heh, YT has a problem with the boob and arse bots that always throw in the first 10 comments. We hide them every time, but there's a lot of them!

@markmonaghan2309 15 күн бұрын

Boob and arse bots lol , yep going to be 49 this year hopefully I'll make it to 69

@savethedeveloper 15 күн бұрын

"hurricun"

@charliemaynard2554 11 күн бұрын

what ship and booster is next to fly? by the way the throat mounted mic is too bassey

@danielb5801 15 күн бұрын

September please.

@Shivaho 14 күн бұрын

Crane Looks Like Big Bird...

@CraigRothmann 15 күн бұрын

It will launch by labor Day. next one wont be ready till what?, November?

@Supac617 15 күн бұрын

Hurrican 😂 love your accent brotha keep up the good work!

@ScottnotBob 15 күн бұрын

Still amazing engineering/luck with the flap having that much heat damage, yet still maneuvering, AND held on!

@mitchellsmith2555 15 күн бұрын

In regards to the taller tower situation, I don’t think there will be any extra “modules”, if they are going to be building a flame trench could it be possible to resemble the one over at the test site (but way bigger)? And if it is it will have a much lower profile to the ground unlike the current OLM, bringing the base of the stack way closer to the ground. So instead of going up there going down? Just a thought. 🤔😁

@dogbreath6974 15 күн бұрын

If you watch the Elon interview, he said the tower will be taller.

@mitchellsmith2555 15 күн бұрын

@@dogbreath6974 oh yeah I’ve seen the interview, it’s just the lack of the extra module/ parts for said module. That’s what got me thinking, as the OLM is on essentially stilts and the flame trench will possibly be much closer to ground level.

@kargaroc386 15 күн бұрын

hurruhcun

@wkrpaz5620 14 күн бұрын

8-8-2024

@antonybastin3432 15 күн бұрын

👍👍👍🇮🇳

@avon_c6199 15 күн бұрын

Perhaps we can abbreviate the crane name by calling it CC-8? xD

@starz_yeep 15 күн бұрын

Under 1 hour gang 👇

@plasmaquark 15 күн бұрын

Idea why don’t Space X build 4 towers and run High tension cables in between the four towers creating a square in the centre of the four towers to catch the booster. So the booster drops into square and the four cable close using a horizontal mechanism. Then once the booster is caught it can be lowered by releasing the tension on the cable onto the moving platform and then moved back to the tower to be lifted by the arms back onto the launch pad. Seems a lot safer than risking taking one of the towers out. I don’t know what the physics implications would be to construct something like this but it seems it would be hell of a lot safer that what their going to attempt. Don’t be harsh on me if you think it’s a stupid idea, just would like to know if this would be possible by someone who’s in the know.👍

@ReinReads 15 күн бұрын

China is working in this idea but with a much smaller rocket. They created an animation for it. Would be far more challenging to build it in a scale needed here. The easiest solution is to add landing legs like the do with Falcon 9 booster. They are not looking for anyway to land it but rather a way to land it that maximizes mass to orbit and minimizes turn around time.

@rustyredbeard 15 күн бұрын

"...there's a good chance booster 12 will be on the pad, or in Oz on a whitches house..."

@wimzi9343 14 күн бұрын

they never catch it next laucnh it will destroy the pad bad idea

@motokid6008 14 күн бұрын

Nah. It's only 3 engines and much higher up.

@wimzi9343 13 күн бұрын

@@motokid6008 I know it’s not a lot of fuel but I bet you they will not try it if the next tower is not ready or almost ready for the next launch

@westphaliaphilosopher1900 15 күн бұрын

It's the National Hurricane CENTER (not SERVICE).

@vauny24 15 күн бұрын

The Tower is already going to be higher isn't it, they just built an additional 1st section at the bottom

@romec3435 15 күн бұрын

👀🚀🚧👍👾👾👾

@Jim.Thunda 14 күн бұрын

Your a pretty boy .

@kargaroc386 15 күн бұрын

Houston, you have a problem

@ForestvilleOppa 15 күн бұрын

Macbeth, method, metal, petal, why are we pronouncing methane as meethane?🤣

@SpaceflightExplained 15 күн бұрын

english is Dumb

@cletusfordwicke7608 14 күн бұрын

He is Bri’ish.

@DUKE_of_RAMBLE 13 күн бұрын

How THIS for odd/comical... I'm American, but have watched so much space stuff that when it comes to _celestial objects,_ I say MEEthane... (at least I do in my head 🤔) When it comes to cows, garbage dumps emissions, or SH/SS's fuel, I say METHane! 🥴😅

@jebediahkerman3946 14 күн бұрын

You Brits, always butchering the English language. It's hurri-cane, not hurri-cun. I should know, I'm American and my wife's English. 😂

@sushi9903 15 күн бұрын

Zero views in 14 seconds … bro fell 😮

@malbers35 13 күн бұрын

Dude you need to fix your hair.

@BeachGramps3361 15 күн бұрын

🤜@Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro); awesome show. How about a permanent on-screen-display, in a corner maybe, showing the next Flight, Ship and Booster config (e.g.: F5-S30-B12)? I'm too slow to keep track of all the numbers you talk about😁