SpaceX Prepares Chopstick Test and Advances Second Launch Tower

SpaceX Prepares Chopstick Test and Advances Second Launch Tower | SpaceX Boca Chica

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SpaceX is preparing a test of a Chopstick Test Article B14.1, which will likely verify some of the forces the Chopsticks will have to endure during a catch attempt. Meanwhile, over at the Production Site, Ship 30 is receiving more and more tiles, while at the launch area the second tower is advancing.
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Timestamps:
0:00 B14.1 Test Tank
0:32 GSEC-3 Scrapping
0:52 CC 8800-1 Crane
1:27 Pad B Tower Sections
1:59 Parking Garage and STARGATE
2:07 Ship 30’s Tile Work
2:43 Ablative Layer Fitted
2:58 B14.1 and the Chopsticks
3:17 CC 8800-1 Construction
3:24 The Production Site
3:32 Ship 30 in the High Bay
3:44 Ablative Material on a Forward Flap
4:24 Tower Sections
4:32 GSEC-1 Removed
4:53 The Vertical Tank Farm
5:06 GSEC-1 Scrapping
5:39 B14.1 Test Tank
6:10 The Chopsticks
6:25 The Ship Quick Disconnect Arm
6:32 Orbital Pad B Construction
6:45 Tower Base Concrete Pour
7:08 CC 8800-1 Construction Continues
7:28 Starhopper Supervising Operations
7:36 Tower Section Preparation
8:14 Ship 30 Tile Work
8:57 The Parking Garage
9:04 Office Building Construction
9:26 Strange Edome

Пікірлер: 67

@SomethingFishyGoingOn. 3 күн бұрын

NSF is a serious part of my daily entertainment fix! I just love diving into the superb content 🏆

@Lensman864 3 күн бұрын

Mary is a superb videographer. Also, watching her current tower construction clips makes me feel 4 years younger. 😉

@sachaschnauzer2903 3 күн бұрын

That "Ablatve" layer looks just like a silicon baking sheet, but larger 😅

@alexlabs4858 3 күн бұрын

Dang the end of an era with those vertical tanks being gone. That CC8800 crane is hot.

@rory-red 2 күн бұрын

never heard of someone having crane fetish lol

@corrinastanley125 3 күн бұрын

Thanks for the close up views NSF team. Much appreciated 👍.

@russmarkham2197 3 күн бұрын

I like this video format the best. You can really see and hear what it is like at the site with uninterrupted audio from the site. I prefer this to having a voiceover or presenter. And Mary is a great videographer, photographer.

@badrinair 3 күн бұрын

Thank you Sean, Mary, Jack and the entire NSF team for sharing his amazing updates. I really can't wait for the next few weeks for an attempt number five

@RedTideRTS 3 күн бұрын

That concrete pump boom at 6:49 looks like a creature's proboscis as it feeds.

@MrKellymcilrath 3 күн бұрын

Awesome video footage Mary, Sean, & SBL, Thank you so much!!!

@christophermaguire9206 3 күн бұрын

Thank raw footage is brain candy for this bedbound shedding so thank you.

@rchilton 3 күн бұрын

Mini 14.1's would make great earrings for Elysia!

@mudkatt2003 2 күн бұрын

8:43 bottom right dude looks like a train robber lol

@Pintuuuxo 3 күн бұрын

It's good to be born in the USA and have the chance to work at the Starbase...

@FireMegaDragon 3 күн бұрын

if theyre starting to work on the tower sections, then surely that means stacking is getting pretty close

@zephyro76 3 күн бұрын

that new Edome is beautiful

@mongolloyd8310 3 күн бұрын

Huge investment, hope the data pays off. V2 and Raptor 3 on the horizon. Catch baby!

@sxmolin 3 күн бұрын

That strange dome is for the in space fuel depot

@jblob5764 3 күн бұрын

4:00 The flap is so much bigger than i realized 😮

@anthonycamilleri7297 2 күн бұрын

thank you mary

@nelsonlanglois9104 3 күн бұрын

Tell " Star Hopper " their doing a Great Job Keep it Up

@jaywatson7286 3 күн бұрын

So the weird e-dome; reinforced booster dome for starship separation?

@williamhutchings3453 3 күн бұрын

how much more mass/weight to the starship with the underlay, makes it much harder to reach orbit!

@bryanillenberg 3 күн бұрын

9:38 HLS?

@joansparky4439 2 күн бұрын

very nice 👌

@stargalacticfederation 2 күн бұрын

There are already a couple of capsules docked at ISS. Those would be a better choice to use to get those two astronauts back home.

@io9883 Күн бұрын

Driverless high-speed rail and drone transportation systems need to be established here to facilitate logistics transportation.

@ariadnelecoutre9453 2 күн бұрын

At 2:50, plasma deflection tiles?

@mansoortc2452 3 күн бұрын

what modification they done on tiles?

@richardknapp570 2 күн бұрын

When is next shipment arrival from KSC due? (tower sections and attachments) TIA

@sargefry 3 күн бұрын

The new crane shall be named BIG BIRD

@1fastal1 3 күн бұрын

GODZIRRA!

@zacharybarker4433 3 күн бұрын

Will they test catching other boosters first or just the next starship launch catching that booster

@knowledgeisgood9645 3 күн бұрын

They will launch S30/B12.

@HarryNicNicholas 3 күн бұрын

some of those tiles look really, really, really thick.

@stevenworton 3 күн бұрын

Llike parachuting speed is 70 mile hour + wait increases over the cable snaps all the chopsticks lower itself to compensate for Speed. In one of my post l said the tower need to be higher.

@jblob5764 3 күн бұрын

Pretty sure spacex has about half of the man lifts in Texas now

@DebraJean196 3 күн бұрын

What’s up with Ship 31?

@Loommy203 2 күн бұрын

That’s a big crane

@Increase-Sfs 3 күн бұрын

So can u zoom onto them now pls

@SteveWindsurf 2 күн бұрын

Double skinned “thermos” tanks maybe needed for orbital fuel depot.

@hayleyellis5914 Күн бұрын

I have just 3d printed a SpaceX Starship & I don’t know which Ship. 24 or 29? What’s your recommendation?

@m.theresa1385 3 күн бұрын

👍

@riparianlife97701 3 күн бұрын

I'd love to see a special booster and special Starship with 3 engines and small fuel and oxidizer tanks launch and land over and over.

@knowledgeisgood9645 3 күн бұрын

Sorry, but that will not happen.

@rogerc7960 3 күн бұрын

Will minitank hover, and get caught by the chopsticks?

@michaeldeierhoi4096 3 күн бұрын

Maybe it will do a virtual hover if it's lowered by the LR 11,000 crane?!

@ericpaul4575 3 күн бұрын

No it will remain attached to the OLM and the chopsticks will be lifted up simulating a catch.

@danapeck5382 3 күн бұрын

Heavy crane work at night, all pro

@johnferris1913 3 күн бұрын

I hear Elon says the new tower will have extra sections added to make it taller for V2 Starship.

@alexlabs4858 3 күн бұрын

Well they’re going to have to make it taller sooner or later, especially for V3!

@thomashayden804 3 күн бұрын

Yeah, which is interesting because we haven't seen any materials or work for more sections. I guess they'll be made once the start stacking the existing ones!

@striker4863 3 күн бұрын

Actually a V2 edome

@themanwnoname3454 3 күн бұрын

🥂🥂

@jblob5764 3 күн бұрын

Hey bro i heard you like cranes, so i got a crane to help build the crane that builds my crane.

@TwstedTV Күн бұрын

👋🥰👍

@anthonyshepard9606 3 күн бұрын

: Loving the CC-8800-1 CRAWLER CRANE. Does it look beefier than the original crane? Will they add additional sections like the last time to complete the job? 🐢 🏗 🐢 🚀 🐢 😀

@ericpaul4575 3 күн бұрын

Yes. There is an additional section for the double wide span and several others for the latter single wide section. They will probably only need those for the last two tower sections.

@anthonyshepard9606 3 күн бұрын

@ericpaul4575 : I enjoy watching them assemble and add on more sections and disassemble the Liebherr 1100 crane or 11000. I'm not sure about the number. LOL. And, of course, building the tower. I love watching them build this space stuff. 🏗 🚀 🏗 🚀 🏗 🚀

@Ch33ziTzsk8R 3 күн бұрын

When it comes to the heat shield tiles I’d just love to mess with those guys, like you missed one over here😂😂😂

@samuelealessi234 3 күн бұрын

Stubby booster

@blinkhomemonitor8053 2 күн бұрын

This is 10 minutes of my life I will never get back.

@crazyalien42 2 күн бұрын

I really love all of your content and am very vigilant to ensure I watch every video. The new orange band you guys are using on your thumbnails is making it very difficult to see if I have or have not seen the video though. This may be intentional to make people click a second time on a video to double check if they have seen it, but personally, I really don't like it. Keep up the excellent work, coverage and research!

@allanphillips2373 3 күн бұрын

There’s a bunch of hard-working, smart motherfuckers working for Elon, he’s one of the few companies out there that are making life great for a lot of people!

@michaelbrady9548 3 күн бұрын

You stated you weren’t going to talk and let us hear the engines, and six seconds later, you started talking as the rockets left the pad. Disappointing