I had a nice comment but my internet connection went down and it was all lost. The point I was trying to make is that IFT4 was a huge deal because it proved that the rocket was not only robust, but also very capable of actually doing what Musk said it would do. Obviously advanced technology like this is usually classified or top secret due to the potential to cause a 'sputnik moment' in foreign countries. So I think the military assumed the project would go nowhere and was just hype until IFT4 when the whole world saw that Musk was actually right about Starship. However, by this point it would be impossible for the DOD to try to turn it into a classified project because the major capabilities were seen by everyone. So I'm pretty sure that all the issues with the FAA, a journalist who 'accidentally' reported the wrong number regarding water contamination, and the EPA were all caused by the DOD trying desperately to slow down the project in order to get more control and intelligence over it.
At 6:00 spacex recently revealed what the tanker would look like and the updated HLS variant. The tanker looks like a stripped down version of the new HLS variant and docks horizontally with a normal starship
I once got bored and decided to calculate how much DV a fully fulled Block 2 and 3 ship would have when in LEO and while also saving 40T of fuel for landing. I also combined the Isp of the engines and estimated the dry mass of B2 and 3 ships to be around 150T and 175T and also have their max payload of 100 and 200T’s. A B2 ship would have 365s Isp and 6,400m/s DV. A B3 ship would have 369s ISP and 6,500m/s DV. You only need around 3,400 m/s to get to Mars which I’ve also calculated that would equal around 500T of propellant or around 5 refuelling missions to send a ship to Mars, assuming no boiloff. Finally, assuming they are able to get the launch costs down to around $2M, then that’s around $10M for 100T to the surface of Mars, or around $100K per ton, $100 per kg, when it’s currently around $1B per ton or $1M per kg to the surface. Feel free to use these numbers as well. I went with the aspirational thrust of 330T per engine or around 3,250kn and 330s Isp in a vacuum for sea level engines and a little bit more thrust for vacuum engines in a vacuum of 3,375kn and 380s ISP. This gives B2 ships 365s Isp and B3 369s. Again, I just got bored and did this.
Funny thing about a bigger starship is leon talked about an 18m diameter ship for future architecture. The fmale trench being constructed at boca and 39A are the same diameter.. annd 39a was made that wide to support the Nova rocket as a future proof pad during Apollo because the thinking was we would continue to go farther after Apollo.
What a great video. This video has 1k views, meanwhile this platform recommends AI slop videos about starship instead, with a lot more views. You have earned one new subscriber.
Relax the algorithm has already found him, all his other vids have a couple 100 views so i think the algorithm is doing what tiktoks does and is just testing the reception
This relies on Spacex hitting their LEO tonnage target which seems unlikely considering how much fuel test flights needed just to get to orbit without any payload, I have hard time believing they can hit their basic 100 tons target even with all the upgrades to Starship size, much less 150 or 200 tons. Another problem is the heatshield, I fail to see how they can reuse it over and over considering how much refurbishment Space Shuttle needed after just one flight. It won't be nearly as good as SpaceX sells it but it'll still blow every other rocket out of the water.
Imagine if elon just ups the crack cocaine usage and is like "well put solar sails on it?" or something. all my knowledge on rocket science comes from ksp so i know if someone actually tries this its just gonna blow up, but man, what a sight it would be.
Yeah from IFT-7 onwards they will be using a new variant with altered flap design and placement to cope with reentry heating a little better. Fingers crossed it pays off.
If they are really in on the mass produce side, if 1 starship needs refurbishment of 1 week and costs around the 5 million ball park to make it fly again, it still orders of magnitude cheaper then any planned competitor. Reusability of the full booster with just refuelling is already insane (Falcon 9 1st stage costs around 10 million to refurbish), and if the second stage is 5 million to refurbish, thats still around 7-10 million dollars to send 100-200 tons to orbit. Thats 100 $/kilogramm on the worst case scenario. Plus around 100% markup, 200$ for 1 kilogram. The cheapest currently is around 2500 $. Thats 10%, and then you get the economy of scale...
They made one design, it didn't work, so they added a bunch of duct tape and it sort of worked, then they chucked the third prototype into the blender with even LESS shielding and it somehow performed better than the first. I think the redesign is going to work just fine
"speedrun" *checks notes* ≈15 refuels for a Moon landing... Lmao I'll pass on yet another SpaceX simping channel, I prefer to hear qualified engineers instead
@Brick_Wall_quote_Entertainment i'm not calling a prone to failure architecture an amazing feat of engineering until it's actually been flown successfully Starship is nowhere near being capable of putting the necessary payload in orbit yet, let alone do orbital refueling, lunar landing and zero/low boil-off
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Somebody puts a nuclear thermal rocket in orbit and we're there.
There are so many people out there that love this channel and just don't know it yet! Algorithm has one job, get to it!
you should continue with the space stuff! seems to help your channel alot and i like space.
We need infrastructure on the moon. We need to build fuel refineries and shipyards on the moon to expand into the solar system.
Agreed
I had a nice comment but my internet connection went down and it was all lost. The point I was trying to make is that IFT4 was a huge deal because it proved that the rocket was not only robust, but also very capable of actually doing what Musk said it would do. Obviously advanced technology like this is usually classified or top secret due to the potential to cause a 'sputnik moment' in foreign countries. So I think the military assumed the project would go nowhere and was just hype until IFT4 when the whole world saw that Musk was actually right about Starship. However, by this point it would be impossible for the DOD to try to turn it into a classified project because the major capabilities were seen by everyone. So I'm pretty sure that all the issues with the FAA, a journalist who 'accidentally' reported the wrong number regarding water contamination, and the EPA were all caused by the DOD trying desperately to slow down the project in order to get more control and intelligence over it.
At 6:00 spacex recently revealed what the tanker would look like and the updated HLS variant. The tanker looks like a stripped down version of the new HLS variant and docks horizontally with a normal starship
I once got bored and decided to calculate how much DV a fully fulled Block 2 and 3 ship would have when in LEO and while also saving 40T of fuel for landing. I also combined the Isp of the engines and estimated the dry mass of B2 and 3 ships to be around 150T and 175T and also have their max payload of 100 and 200T’s.
A B2 ship would have 365s Isp and 6,400m/s DV.
A B3 ship would have 369s ISP and 6,500m/s DV.
You only need around 3,400 m/s to get to Mars which I’ve also calculated that would equal around 500T of propellant or around 5 refuelling missions to send a ship to Mars, assuming no boiloff.
Finally, assuming they are able to get the launch costs down to around $2M, then that’s around $10M for 100T to the surface of Mars, or around $100K per ton, $100 per kg, when it’s currently around $1B per ton or $1M per kg to the surface.
Feel free to use these numbers as well. I went with the aspirational thrust of 330T per engine or around 3,250kn and 330s Isp in a vacuum for sea level engines and a little bit more thrust for vacuum engines in a vacuum of 3,375kn and 380s ISP. This gives B2 ships 365s Isp and B3 369s.
Again, I just got bored and did this.
Actually good sarcastic type youtube comentator 🙏
We should learn how to make stuff on the moon and how to send it to space for cheap as soon as possible.
How has the algorithm not pushed your channel yet?? So glad I found this channel.
I was about to reply with "???" but then I realized that this channel has 925 (now 926) subscribers, NOT 925k. WTF.
Funny thing about a bigger starship is leon talked about an 18m diameter ship for future architecture. The fmale trench being constructed at boca and 39A are the same diameter.. annd 39a was made that wide to support the Nova rocket as a future proof pad during Apollo because the thinking was we would continue to go farther after Apollo.
It would be insane to see an 18m diam Starship. I really hope they go for it once the Starship program has already proven itself.
Underrated channel. Dont change when you blow up and get big
i sure can't wait to sit in spaceship for one week to a year whit the same crew and haveing couple of million ping while trying to gaming =D
they just gotta an xbox 360 loaded with a fuckton of games and you got split screen game entertainment for the crew for months
Dude throwing in Neo Seoul for the intro was a throw back. Nice one :)
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What a great video. This video has 1k views, meanwhile this platform recommends AI slop videos about starship instead, with a lot more views. You have earned one new subscriber.
Relax the algorithm has already found him, all his other vids have a couple 100 views so i think the algorithm is doing what tiktoks does and is just testing the reception
hidden gem
I enjoy the vibes of your channel! This vid was great!!
How is this only 20 hours old. I thought this would be like 3-4 years old
The algorithm called to me.
Instant sub, you're the right kind of weird space nerd
Both entertaining and informative that's impressive .
This relies on Spacex hitting their LEO tonnage target which seems unlikely considering how much fuel test flights needed just to get to orbit without any payload, I have hard time believing they can hit their basic 100 tons target even with all the upgrades to Starship size, much less 150 or 200 tons.
Another problem is the heatshield, I fail to see how they can reuse it over and over considering how much refurbishment Space Shuttle needed after just one flight.
It won't be nearly as good as SpaceX sells it but it'll still blow every other rocket out of the water.
this is one of the only times im glad youtube recommended me a weird video with low views
+1 sub for you
Yes.
Fun fact, Brazil had its own space program. It failed tho.
There is something known by economics that can fuck up humanity. Money
this is awesome, I love the humor
thanks algorithm!
The algo pushing you and am happy it did best find in a while
I just stumbled upon a GEM of a channel!
2:58 I feel violated
The Timing os everything lol 😂😂😂
0:03 i feel like you forgetting about china space program, also what are you thoughts about China's state and private space programs?
great vid
a seeing my fav green spherical mombasan ai talking about spacetravel
Love the content and the jokes
Imagine if elon just ups the crack cocaine usage and is like "well put solar sails on it?" or something. all my knowledge on rocket science comes from ksp so i know if someone actually tries this its just gonna blow up, but man, what a sight it would be.
Dude, you're basically thee science version of highboi. He blew up pretty fast. U will too!
I can't wait for the first racist joke on Mars
another belter.
Amazing video
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2:25 Bri’ish detected
In all seriousness you make some great content and should totally have an extra 3’000 subscribers
Teh guys who say New Glenn i better than starship 💀💀💀🤪🤪
Does not seem SpaceX can figure out the flaps at the moment. the Plazma leaks into the hinges every time and melts them.
Yeah from IFT-7 onwards they will be using a new variant with altered flap design and placement to cope with reentry heating a little better. Fingers crossed it pays off.
If they are really in on the mass produce side, if 1 starship needs refurbishment of 1 week and costs around the 5 million ball park to make it fly again, it still orders of magnitude cheaper then any planned competitor. Reusability of the full booster with just refuelling is already insane (Falcon 9 1st stage costs around 10 million to refurbish), and if the second stage is 5 million to refurbish, thats still around 7-10 million dollars to send 100-200 tons to orbit. Thats 100 $/kilogramm on the worst case scenario. Plus around 100% markup, 200$ for 1 kilogram. The cheapest currently is around 2500 $. Thats 10%, and then you get the economy of scale...
They made one design, it didn't work, so they added a bunch of duct tape and it sort of worked, then they chucked the third prototype into the blender with even LESS shielding and it somehow performed better than the first. I think the redesign is going to work just fine
Can you pls remember me when your popular 😢
Hopefully it isn’t just for the rich
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reusability is a meme but I hope spacex can con the US gov out of enough money to try a mars landing
That would be pretty nice tbh
"speedrun"
*checks notes*
≈15 refuels for a Moon landing...
Lmao
I'll pass on yet another SpaceX simping channel, I prefer to hear qualified engineers instead
even if its hella unpractical, you still have to admit its an amazing feat of engineering.
@Brick_Wall_quote_Entertainment i'm not calling a prone to failure architecture an amazing feat of engineering until it's actually been flown successfully
Starship is nowhere near being capable of putting the necessary payload in orbit yet, let alone do orbital refueling, lunar landing and zero/low boil-off
We shall be watching your career with great interest... 🎦
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