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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@Rotem_Golan22 11 күн бұрын

Let's go godspeed IFT5

@saintuk70 11 күн бұрын

What is the speed of god?

@FerociousPancake888 11 күн бұрын

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

@janschurch3840 11 күн бұрын

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

@NexusVR_heinzbeanz 11 күн бұрын

Mom nsf uploaded!

@saintuk70 11 күн бұрын

change my diaper

@NexusVR_heinzbeanz 11 күн бұрын

@@saintuk70 bro wtf 💀

@digi3218 11 күн бұрын

mom I need some milk

@BusstterNutt 11 күн бұрын

A great update as usual thank you very much.

@BenjySparky 11 күн бұрын

Ryan and NSF, y'all rock! Peace

@stevengaming3689 11 күн бұрын

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

@Demi2210UA 11 күн бұрын

💯. The chat will very likely go nuclear 😅

@brucerigsby7321 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 күн бұрын

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

@MrKellymcilrath 11 күн бұрын

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

@danielalejandroochoaalvare590 11 күн бұрын

Happy to watch this on my birthday❤

@ghost307 11 күн бұрын

Happy Birthday.

@Rotem_Golan22 11 күн бұрын

@@danielalejandroochoaalvare590 Happy birthday !🎁

@danielalejandroochoaalvare590 11 күн бұрын

@@ghost307 thanks!

@corrinastanley125 11 күн бұрын

Happy Birthday.

@dannyboy4186 11 күн бұрын

From one Dan to another, Happy Birthday.🥳

@rf071968 11 күн бұрын

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

@richardhunt4576 11 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.

@jfgenie 10 күн бұрын

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

@SpaceflightExplained 11 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 11 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

@Kyzyl_Tuva 11 күн бұрын

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

@MegaSn0wb0ardJunkie 11 күн бұрын

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

@kauffmanba 8 күн бұрын

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

@alanm500 11 күн бұрын

It shrinks when it gets cold? I can relate.

@fredpryde8555 11 күн бұрын

thank you for keeping us informed

@romangamez9316 11 күн бұрын

Great job

@corrinastanley125 11 күн бұрын

Thanks Ryan and NSF team. Great update.

@user-bp4dd1hh5d 9 күн бұрын

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

@jbanannas 11 күн бұрын

Thanks

@joaohenriqueneuhaus2023 9 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.

@myredeemerlivesakatom2314 11 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 11 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 11 күн бұрын

Always with the armchair engineers

@myredeemerlivesakatom2314 11 күн бұрын

Sorry but I am an engineer.

@HaloChiefReach 11 күн бұрын

All hail the mighty CC 8800-1!

@bobferranti5222 10 күн бұрын

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

@DUKE_of_RAMBLE 9 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)_

@ferdi5407 11 күн бұрын

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

@Pug71 11 күн бұрын

Ship 31 is Sparky!

@garylcamp 11 күн бұрын

nice video.

@tonyowen116 10 күн бұрын

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

@philleng480 11 күн бұрын

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

@ghost307 11 күн бұрын

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

@matthewota3647 10 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

@tood6459 11 күн бұрын

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

@dogbreath6974 11 күн бұрын

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

@Spectator1959 11 күн бұрын

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

@JohanMsWorld 11 күн бұрын

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

@joshuadarochahillairaud7202 11 күн бұрын

2:38 yes

@stargalacticfederation 10 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.

@direbearcoat7551 11 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.

@peterkitts8815 11 күн бұрын

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

@Booster-13I 11 күн бұрын

Report all of the bots everyone

@NASASpaceflight 11 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 11 күн бұрын

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

@davincimachen5517 11 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

@clay-tw5gc 11 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.

@flightofone 11 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.

@TitanIV_Pad_Rat 11 күн бұрын

👍

@OlafGodredsson 11 күн бұрын

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

@DUKE_of_RAMBLE 9 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.

@HomerKM1914 11 күн бұрын

End of July for flight 5

@sdebeaubien 10 күн бұрын

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

@themanwnoname3454 11 күн бұрын

🥂🥂

@seldoon_nemar 10 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

@michellestewart8679 11 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

@Brentonlangaigne_93 11 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.

@S1nwar 11 күн бұрын

good to see ships cadence decrease exponentially

@savethedeveloper 11 күн бұрын

"hurricun"

@joaohenriqueneuhaus2023 9 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

@viccie211 11 күн бұрын

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

@Shivaho 11 күн бұрын

Crane Looks Like Big Bird...

@jhfu64 11 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"

@danielb5801 11 күн бұрын

September please.

@riparianlife97701 11 күн бұрын

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

@Supac617 11 күн бұрын

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

@CraigRothmann 11 күн бұрын

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

@charliemaynard2554 7 күн бұрын

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

@wkrpaz5620 11 күн бұрын

8-8-2024

@ScottnotBob 11 күн бұрын

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

@kargaroc386 11 күн бұрын

hurruhcun

@mitchellsmith2555 11 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 11 күн бұрын

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

@mitchellsmith2555 11 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.

@antonybastin3432 11 күн бұрын

👍👍👍🇮🇳

@wimzi9343 11 күн бұрын

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

@motokid6008 10 күн бұрын

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

@wimzi9343 10 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

@plasmaquark 11 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 11 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.

@avon_c6199 11 күн бұрын

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

@starz_yeep 11 күн бұрын

Under 1 hour gang 👇

@rustyredbeard 11 күн бұрын

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

@romec3435 11 күн бұрын

👀🚀🚧👍👾👾👾

@westphaliaphilosopher1900 11 күн бұрын

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

@vauny24 11 күн бұрын

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

@Jim.Thunda 11 күн бұрын

Your a pretty boy .

@kargaroc386 11 күн бұрын

Houston, you have a problem

@jebediahkerman3946 10 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. 😂

@ForestvilleOppa 11 күн бұрын

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

@SpaceflightExplained 11 күн бұрын

english is Dumb

@cletusfordwicke7608 10 күн бұрын

He is Bri’ish.

@DUKE_of_RAMBLE 9 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! 🥴😅

@sushi9903 11 күн бұрын

Zero views in 14 seconds … bro fell 😮

@malbers35 9 күн бұрын

Dude you need to fix your hair.

@BeachGramps3361 11 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😁