SpaceX Starship Splashdown is more important than you think! NASA Is Shocked

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SpaceX Starship Splashdown is more important than you think! NASA Is Shocked
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0:00-0:37 : Intro
0:38-1:34 : Starship splash down
1:35-6:46 : Why
6:47-8:43 : New launch tower
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SpaceX Starship Splashdown is more important than you think! NASA Is Shocked
The starship splash down into the sea.
All of us want Starship to return to Starbase grandly. But the path to that vision is indeed not easy.
Even Elon Musk has indicated this: (23:03)“We want to have at least two consecutive successes of a given design, land at a specific point in the ocean, or smash into a specific point of the ocean before we try to bring it back to the launch site”
So, how will SpaceX and Elon Musk make the Starship splash down into the sea?
Why doesn't SpaceX land Starship on a drone ship like Falcon 9?
Let’s find out on today’s episode of Alpha Tech:
SpaceX Starship Splashdown is more important than you think! NASA Is Shocked
As we all know, Starship has gone through three explosive launches, but what SpaceX has gained is invaluable. These can be considered foundational launches according to SpaceX's development plan, and this will not significantly hinder the goals SpaceX is about to achieve.
For the fourth Starship launch, as outlined by CEO Elon Musk: “We'll get through the high-heating regime and smash into the ocean at a controlled spot.”
SpaceX Starship Splashdown is more important than you think! NASA Is Shocked
SpaceX will test-launch the super-heavy spacecraft into orbit, and it will attempt to land on a virtual tower.
This means that in reality, Starship and Super Heavy will have to perform a controlled landing on the ocean. The spacecraft will hover precisely over a specific point in the ocean until it runs out of fuel and then falls down.
This method will indeed bring many advantages for SpaceX. The clearest evidence of this is what they did when practicing landing the Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea-they had to try several times before they were confident enough to perform it on a real drone.
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@cccmmm1234 13 күн бұрын

Spacecraft are not reinforced well enough to take a massive whack from the side (what a belly flop is). Reinforcement is heavy. That would be taken straight out of carrying capacity. In Apollo, the only bit to land in the sea for recovery was a small, highly reinforced capsule and even that had parachutes to slow it down.

@cccmmm1234 13 күн бұрын

"The nurturing embrace of water..." hitting water at speed is like hitting concrete.

@johnd.7792 13 күн бұрын

Things can only compress so much, after all.

@djohannsson8268 13 күн бұрын

Assuming the booster's vertical descent velocity is almost 0 at the virtual catch tower altitude. Hovering there for a few seconds, emulating the chop stick catch. After that the booster again descends slowly, to the ocean surface which begins to act as a fluid landing pad, space X will probably let the booster rockets burn until the engines enter the water.

@johnd.7792 13 күн бұрын

@@djohannsson8268 correct, this will ideally lead to a floating tank that will need to be sunk.

@davidachorn931 13 күн бұрын

Something tells me NASA is not shocked.

@k.sullivan6303 14 күн бұрын

Sometimes cooling off metal too fast is a problem... according to Shag Wellington. Some of the analysis of the recovered ship might be inaccurate because of uncontrolled expansion and contraction.

@knowledgeisgood9645 14 күн бұрын

No ship will be recovered. All they need to find out will be collected before the ship reaches the water.

@chrisose 12 күн бұрын

This is the equivalent of saying that slow moving taxis in tunnels are more profound than you think.

@planktonau 14 күн бұрын

"Innate softness of the ocean"? Since when? It's not cotton wool.

@twotone3471 14 күн бұрын

Yeah, it's why one actually stands a better chance of survival from falling from a plane if they hit land, vs water. Water is non-compressible in liquid form.

@garylester3976 14 күн бұрын

Nobody knows anything on the outside, but we have alot of fun guessing! I dont worry about the site plans, or what they build for ground equipment, I'm more interested in design and function of the actual rocket, and rooting for its success... Everything else is secondary to the ship itself. And once its prooved out the other stuff will fall into place over time. As will increasing financing, more Starlinks, better service, more users, likely better deals, and we can get past the Krappy Internet era... If thats all Elon ever did, he would be a hero. But, the profits gotta go somewhere! And a Moon Base, and Mars Colony would be a worthy endeavor for humanity. Personally I'm more interested in interstellar, but first steps are necessary. Will be watching the next launch, crossing fingers it gets past the heating phase, and makes a pleasant splash. If so, it pretty much sets the new course for humanity's future.

@TeslaElonSpaceXFan 14 күн бұрын

Starship ❤❤

@helithopter 13 күн бұрын

Awful padded dialogue, really difficult to listen to.

@k.sullivan6303 14 күн бұрын

Does anyone know what the approximate temperature of the hull of the ship might be by the time it is hovering over the ocean? Could the final 10 km of decent actually do a lot of cooling on the hull?

@riparianlife97701 14 күн бұрын

High flow of a liquefied gas out of a tank has a cryogenic effect on that tank.

@harryhanz1690 14 күн бұрын

It will be at least 100 degrees.

@jakesmith4506 14 күн бұрын

The thermal contraction upon entry into the water is going to be a big problem. Everything is going to shrink a lot when the temperature of the metal contracts.

@undertow2142 14 күн бұрын

The metal won’t be that hot. If it’s not glowing red then the sudden cooling won’t effect it’s microstructure much.

@knowledgeisgood9645 14 күн бұрын

That is irrelevant. They are not meant to survive the landing. If they do anyway they will be destroyed remotely or physically. No matter what they will end up at the bottom of the ocean.

@jakesmith4506 13 күн бұрын

@@undertow2142 you are correct for the most part but other temperature factors are at hand, like circuits relay switches and wiring that take a huge temperature change. I worked in automotive for years and temperature is a factor in automobiles with wiring fluids, and mechanics. A space craft is going to have a much more extreme fluctuation in temperature. Possibly the reason so many of Elons' rockets failed. They might not have factored in 'thermo' within calculating how much a part will expand and contract. I had to factor temperature into my solutions for automatic transmission design and assembly. People that do not have an engineering background would not be aware of these factors. No disrespect.

@alainarchambault2331 14 күн бұрын

Yes, at least this time it didn't explode.

@sixdegrees6434 13 күн бұрын

Water is anything but soft at the speed this will be impacting. I thought a guy talking about rockets would know this. SMH

@ShenTree 12 күн бұрын

Hope he doesn't hit this on the way down. www .youtube .com/watch?v= XQKS0kvTWzQ

@piergaay 13 күн бұрын

Did anyone ever ask the question how that bellyflop manouvre might be experienced by a human crew? To be honnest I would never want to experience such after a prolonged time in space, with just a fragile body and hardly any muscles left; I would end up like sallad in that thing.

@cccmmm1234 13 күн бұрын

Belly flop with parachutes might not be too bad, but a pure belly flop is going to hurt - people and the vehicle itself.

@piergaay 13 күн бұрын

@@cccmmm1234 Who did mention parachutes?

@cccmmm1234 13 күн бұрын

@@piergaay Nobody. But that would be how to do it.

@piergaay 13 күн бұрын

@@cccmmm1234 But that might be the way to do it! Brilliant!

@cccmmm1234 13 күн бұрын

@@piergaay The rocket would have to be designed for it. There are only a few points which can take stresses like those.

@Soacwiththaface 13 күн бұрын

There loosing Lz one and two so F9 will have a landing pad right next to the launch pads in fla 39A and Slc40 will have rtls pads i guess.... its going to get bustling again at the cape what a time to be alive...🏁🏁🛸👽🍻🦈🤙🍀

@brianbs7348 13 күн бұрын

how on earth will all this happen before the Chinese land humans on the moon I'm surprised they don't use 2 Falkan heavies for the first mission like the Chinese.

@EasyThere 14 күн бұрын

Will be interested to see what will happen to the metal and heat shields when quick cooled in the ocean. They should add pop-out wing extensions and land it more horizontally.

@castheeuwes1085 14 күн бұрын

6 NASA executives committed suicide after hearing about it!

@jessiemartinfostersr.6067 14 күн бұрын

PLEASE STOP. WITH THE WHY ,,?

@michaelreid2329 14 күн бұрын

But why?

@Smokeyr67 13 күн бұрын

@@michaelreid2329Why not?

@michaelreid2329 12 күн бұрын

Because. So there!

@dustup2249 4 күн бұрын

At 5:28 I realized your episode had not addressed your click-bait. Padding your view hours this way alienates viewers and will eventually reverse your channel's progression. I know for sure I will never click on another Alpha Tech announcement knowing that you disrespect viewers.

@skyrtoprdr3543 14 күн бұрын

you can also go to the ship 's platform , but it is so multi - ton . and that's the only way it won't fall apart directly on the ocean. Yes, exactly, to the ocean. Well, so far, Musk is doing everything normally. The crew will be fine.

@geoffreyrichardson8738 2 күн бұрын

Obviously you have never tried cliff diving, the higher you jump the harder the water becomes.

@iankroll169 14 күн бұрын

You sound a lot like the guy from Fermilab. Are you?

@TroyRubert 14 күн бұрын

Don Lincoln?

@Comin_at_U_Live 14 күн бұрын

He's a fake text reading ai robot

@chitoon100 14 күн бұрын

Fermilab in Illinois is another Joke.....

@iankroll169 13 күн бұрын

Yes, Don Lincoln is the guy I was thinking about

@clownzfeet 10 күн бұрын

The clicking sounds are annoying and distracting.

@dustup2249 4 күн бұрын

Sorry. That was me clicking on the thumb down button constantly because the channel was taking forever to get to the point of the click bait title.

@davidboivin7996 14 күн бұрын

Starship taking baby steps. Will be walking and running soon.

@Kabalyero 14 күн бұрын

So, if it falls into the Indian Ocean, what's stopping China from recovering it?

@mikeomolt4485 14 күн бұрын

India might get there first.

@sonnyburnett8725 14 күн бұрын

My point exactly.

@johnslugger 8 күн бұрын

*Musk is slowly losing his dream!*

@otiebrown9999 14 күн бұрын

Takes real leadership. Takes guts! The $ billion gamble, that MUSK can pull it off

@alphatech4966 14 күн бұрын

Yeah!

@duran9664 14 күн бұрын

❌ I hate channels who can’t stop ass-kissing Elon & SpaceX with little if any critical take🤦‍♀️ u know u r actually hurting Elon & SpaceX on the long run🤏

@AudiTTQuattro2003 14 күн бұрын

So true, but endless speculation for the cult of Elon is obviously very profitable.

@user-hz5rk5vy1t 14 күн бұрын

Why don't you start a channel and make videos? Your video sounds hilarious, hater.

@chitoon100 14 күн бұрын

that Looser Gov....Nelson is in charge of Starship....LOL

@harryhanz1690 14 күн бұрын

Who?

@ludwigvanzappa9548 13 күн бұрын

And the delusion is huge and funny at the same time. What will all those Elon fans do when everything will fail for their god? They will find excuses...

@cccmmm1234 13 күн бұрын

Yup, Musk loads up on Ketalmine and scribbles on a paper napkin. All the fans bow down and pay homage.

@hukphin740 13 күн бұрын

...and 10yrs from now, will you be swallowing your prose? We shall see, won't we. I would bet money, you'll still be a hater.

@cccmmm1234 13 күн бұрын

@@hukphin740 Are you still waiting for the roadster promised in 2018 or so?

@cccmmm1234 13 күн бұрын

@@hukphin740 SpaceX is burning cash (taxpayer funding) fast. If they can't deliver on NASA contracts (ie. next year) then Space X will not exist in 10 years.