SpaceX's Frantic Push to Move Forward with Starship! Big Changes Are Coming!
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Well, unless you have been living under a rock for the past week it will be no surprise that SpaceX used Mechazilla to flawlessly catch Booster 12 out of the air. We already now see SpaceX's Frantic Push to Move Forward with Starship! The Booster is back at the production site, while new Version 2 vehicles appear. Indeed Big Changes Are Coming with Version 2, and we’ve learned and seen so much more around this epic catch event. It has been an absolutely epic week for SpaceX in many ways such as the incredible spectacle breaking a new SpaceX record with Falcon Heavy and Europa Clipper. Then we also have some great new information from VAST and their mini Space Station. So let's jump right into it.
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Trying to find out if the side boosters etc will re-enter for a burn up on the clipper? cant find anything anywhere?
@@MrComfyAustralia The boosters were all suborbital. They re-entered minutes later.
Your speculating on later starships perhaps being titanium matches my thinking. The mass increase to orbit would be fantastic.
My 10 yr old son wants to work for SpaceX. When we were watching this live. My son said “now we know what it felt like to see humans land on the moon” watching this, I bet you was the same feelings. People had back then.
Exactly right! A great comment to share here. Thank you!
I wonder how big the biggest space station will be by the time I'm old
Does he want to work on the SpaceX Earth or Mars location?
Landing on Mars would top the moon landing, definitively. I can't wait😅🎉 🚀🎉
It is close to the feeling I had watching them land on the moon at 3 years old. And every televised landing after. But the catching of Starship will be the next big milestone followed by a crewed launch. This is closer to watching the first Space Shuttle launch and landing. The kids today will have a lot of milestones quickly with the rapid advances SpaceX is making. If some of the competitors can actually get their craft into orbit, it will be a fun time to be around.
That catch was nothing short of surgical precision by the SpaceX teams.
It really was one of the most freaking bizarre and incredible things I've ever seen.
I’m sure the SpaceX Team is looking forward to catching the Starship 2nd Stage for IFT6!
@@alesh2275 I don't think they can do it for the next flight, as it would need a new licence. Unless they decide to wait to get it. I guess they will keep the ship return to the block 2 ships.
They need the second tower up and running unless they ditch the booster which Im not sure if they want to do that. Does the tower in Florida have chopsticks installed? That would be crazy if they caught it there @@Edino_Chattino
@@Edino_Chattino Yeah they have lots of TPS testing to do and they aren't going to put that on hold just to get a license for the landing attempt.
I scoffed when it was said heavy booster splashed down on flight 4 with "half a centimeter accuracy". After flight 5 I believe them.
A remarkable fact about the Europa Clipper mission is that SpaceX charged $178 million for the launch. I’ve seen estimates for the originally planned SLS launch of up to two billion USD. Even a Delta would be significantly more than Falcon Heavy,
Even fully expended, the Falcon Heavy is cheaper, at least for interplanetary missions!
The mission is old as hell too. I think it was first named about 20 years ago if I'm not mistaken.
@@negirno but with the help of the SLS, it could reach Europe faster, three years
@kirillperov3843 200% faster for 1000% more cost, I don't mind waiting if that means that money can used elsewhere in NASA's budget
@@kirillperov3843With the added bonus of Clipper becoming a junk of metal due to intense vibration
I love how the booster bumped and banged it's way into the arms, and the arms were like, "don't worry, I've got ya buddy". I know I'm anthropomorphising, but the tower really did look like a live arm catching it.
SpaceX out here parallel parking a 70m tall Boosters and some people can't park their car if they tried 😂😂😂😂
🤣
Some can't even back into a parking spot 😂
Tesla gave FSD to SpaceX ….
As a Floridian this is hilarious, you put your blinker on to take a spot and as you back in someone will try to take the spot regardless, even if it means "parallel parking" completely backwards, then because they did it backwards they can't figure out how to park less than half way in the road
Yeah, it’s called computers. Let me know when spacex starts manually steering the booster like you manually steer your car. 🤦♂️
You also stole this comment.
The craziest thing with SpaceX is that... there will basically never be solid competition in this market they're in within our lifetimes, what they've been able to do so quickly is absolutely nuts, yes blue orgin and rocket labs, but they're not in the kind of scale that SpaceX is currently. Its just so crazy to see, the collective chills that everyone got when that booster was caught... insane.
100%. It is just at a completely different scale.
First mover advantage..
Blue Origin has accomplished very little considering it was founded 2 years before SpaceX. Most rocket companies seem to take 6-8 years to achieve orbit, BO 24 and counting with not even an orbital launch attempt. Pathetic.
It's almost an oxymoron to use Rocket Lab and Blue Origin in the same sentence. Peter, like Elon, is the epitome of overcoming adversity and doing the impossible. Bozos is a clown.
Elon - tries to buy a Russian ICBM, gets laughed at, says, "All right, I'll start my own company!" ==> 300+ flawless launches.
Peter - no college, comes to US & wants to work for NASA, gets laughed at, says, "All right, I'll start my own company!" ==> 50+ flawless launches.
Jeff - I think I will fund a huge toy that will only go straight up and then straight down but it will make a lot of noise and I will sue anyone that laughs at me.
@@GntlTch and I will sue anyone that laughs at me.
Given all the BO lawsuits against SpaceX it is more "I'll sue anyone who does better than me".
After being destroyed on the 4 previous launches, seen super heavy being brought back in one piece must have been an incredibly emotional sight for the space x team, like seeing a mate come back home.
One of the SpaceX lady hosting was crying when the booster was caught. You can hear it in the audio
I don't think anyone expected the catch to work first time, it is a very difficult operation and impossible to model accurately. A lot of it would have been experience and intuition on the part of the engineers dialling in control system settings. Even getting the booster back to Starbase is pretty complex let alone catching the thing out of the air.
Yes if you're a woman or a gay it would be very emotional
Especially the guys who built components, maybe snuck in a signature here or there. Seeing your baby come back alive must've been a huge sense of satisfaction to the talented engineers.
@@zognaldblormpf5127 WTF is wrong with you?
What an incredible week and that catch was absolutely amazing. Besides getting the ship to hit the spot accurately, one thing not being talked about was the orientation of the pins and how unbelievably accurate that was, just incredible. Thanks for your videos Marcus, I wait for your videos and literally ignore the other videos until I see yours because you always give the best coverage.
It’s crazy how fast the booster slowed down right before it approached the tower
When the booster was coming back to the tower , the vision of it coming in at warp speed 9 was incredible, thought it would have to smash into the ground. Instead the unbelievable happened with the chopsticks catch. Still can't believe it. I seen it but I can't believe it 😂
This has to be one of the greatest feats involving an actual booster, since they became reusable. I was so happy for all at Spacex that I actually burst into tears. Emotional or what? I feel so silly😂. I’m glad the exterior damage happened in flight, so is probably easily solvable, rather than by slight collision with the tower. Marcus’s various videos have been great. The chat between Marcus, Fraser, Scott was really enjoyable and informative. I can’t wait till launch six. Here’s hoping it will be even more successful, with an even better catch and a no tile burn through on the starship. 👍👍
I think that the catch was so much slicker than I was expecting. Certainly for a first attempt.
But the whole process was more like a choreographed dance than the launch of a new space launch system.
A fantastic job from the team.
And well done to all the people involved in providing coverage for us.
Excellent work 👏
I'd have loved to have seen the reactions of all the old astronauts seeing this. This is something they could only dream about...even during Shuttle. The Chinese might be able to manufacture etc at a similar rate, but they'll never match the quality or the genuine innovation. This is the kind of excitement and general giddy positivity that the early Space Race must have elicited in the population. I know that this is the most positive I've ever felt during my 48 nerdy space-loving years on this rock. I am starting to feel confident that I may be able to get off this planet in my lifetime, even if it's only temporary (but I'd go to Mars or the Belt one way in a second flat)
6:08 I appreciate that they put a little pie graphic on engine 314
almost equally as impressive, they sat the booster back on the launch mount and hooked her up to the fuel lines.
it blows my mind to think that one day this will be normality.
Spacex here playing basketball with the booster, while BlueOrigin cannot even go past 100km 😂😂
I wish SpaceX would release the footage of inside the engine bay of starship. They used cameras there for the 10km hops. The footage is probably amazing coming back through the atmosphere.
It's interesting how when space x are unable to fly for a few weeks, they don't really fall behind as they just go and launch loads of rockets in the same week to catch up!
Don’t get it twisted… the delays likely DO slow SpaceX’s plan. They press on as best as feasible, but things might go faster if they could launch at their own pace. Had flight 5 gone up six weeks ago, the resulting findings might have resulted in changes implemented before flights 6 & 7. As is, they pressed on with build-out and testing WITHOUT being able to incorporate possible flight 5 findings. Now decisions must be made… launch without possible improvements, which may accelerate evolution or delay a bit more to incorporate new findings. Either way, progress is likely slowed.
Catching the booster will go from being unprecedented two weeks ago, to standard operating procedure by next year.
Now let's land Starship intact!
I can't wait for starship orbital refueling
I have already started waiting! 😁 It will have so many innuendo opportunities!
@@geirmyrvagnes8718 😂😂
next year maybe?
It'll be interesting to see what changes are made to booster. Having one intact is great for engineering teams.
TBH I really didn't think they would pull off the booster catch, hoped they would though but watching it was pretty amazing, kudos to SpaceX.
The degree of precision of that Landing cannot be possibly overstated. The avionics team has to be out of their mind happy, but the real credit has to go to whoever created the gimbal system, and the software control that takes in so many variables and keep the rocket upright while slowing it down. That's just insane.
It's like balancing a 40 story building on your finger.
It’s hard to believe what they are achieving. Catching a Starship, and reusing it will be unbelievable. Once they can do this routinely, the cost to or it per kg will plummet, and off planet exploration will be transformed.
Are you sure?
@@My_Fair_Lady How do you mean?
😂😂😂
The scale of SH is such that I would have never guessed the landing pegs protrude .5 meter!
What an absolutely bonkers week! 3 Falcon 9s and landings, a Starship launch and catch and a Falcon Heavy with Europa Clipper, which was first proposed god knows how long ago. Is it 20 years?
Space X is the FedEx of Space.
I am sure I am among many who enjoyed your chat with Scot and Fraser. Great stuff.
SpaceX is a very well oiled machine
Totally agree with your comment at 2:50 , looking back now it has an almost dreamlike quality.
News that invokes joy and excitement about space 🚀 tech progress is so welcome, to offset stuff covering suffering like hurricanes, Ukraine, Gaza, US election angst etc.
Thanks Marcus 👍
To Quote a wise and strong man from a galaxy, far far away.... "Another happy landing"
Reconnecting the booster to the quick disconnect would have been to purge the methane tank most probably, until the tank is purged with nitrogen it isn't safe to have people work on the booster or transport it. Using the launch mount and it's automated systems allows this to be done without risking a crew to go manually connect up nitrogen hoses to the booster.
Even if all they did was prove it COULD reconnect after a launch it would have been a worth while test.
2:34 Cloverfield!
What I found annoying is the falcon heavy launch of Europa Clipper. They did not display graphics to give us a sense of how expending the boosters gave us a better delta-v. Even at release of payload from second stage we were not given even a hint of the escape velocity!!!
I really appreciate the love you put into editing these videos and the analysis you perform. In particular I noticed the audio effect and smooth cuts, thanks for putting effort into your content.
Takes a long time. All wonderfully supported by our amazing Patrons and Members. So thrilled and lucky to be able to do this.
Long term, the need for quickly relaunching is a necessity. Short term, why not use a catch tower that would not endanger the equipment needed for the next launch? Catch tower would only need the chop sticks and the ability to lower the booster/ship to a ground transporter to return for refurbishment.
That's just a waste of time and money. They already have to repair the olm anyway
Here at 6 views and 29 seconds :D
That booster catch was spectacular, left me speechless.
Super early.
@MarcusHouse we do need more coverage on VAST! great video this week!
Be interesting to see where that Falcon 9 second stage heads to?
Wonderful celebration of am amazing week. And Vast gives a peek at future triumphs of House-in-Space. Go SpaceX Go Marcus
3:37 is that the coast guard chasing down a boat 😂 that hot staging ring could have landed on them 😬
They didn't loose any engines this time so I hope they have the issues fixed just have to fine tune the heatsheild and maybe put some fire suppression on the tower at engines hight
Short Crew rotation reference while showcasing Suni.... that's a deep cut
@6:30
Looks like a vehicle from the original Star Wars.
Awesome coverage of an extraordinary week!
Yes i live under a rock... its called the moon and we are in love.
I honestly thought the grid fins were going to take the weight lol...
Literally everyone: watch the booster! They're going to land it on the tower!!!
Lucas: Heh. HSR go sploosh.
ive been caving, so actually have been living under a rock for the past week. still following starship :)
One major issue with a Starship catch is there was a lot of contact between the catch arms and the booster during the catch. That won't work catching a Starship as it would destroy the heat shield. In fact the arms dragging along the mounting pins for the heat tiles could tear a holes in the starship. This was the first attempt, I'm sure they'll refine their process over time, but really in the end the arms can only touch a Starship at the landing pins nowhere else.
When I saw the catch first, I thought that this was really good CGI. Its just so unreal that they can do this.
always a pleasure to listen to your enthusiastic coverage!
It's friging amazing to see that multi-ton booster going from a zillion MPH to the hover of a humming bird. It was good to see you with Scott and Cain, I thoroughly enjoyed it as I did this video, thanks.
2:57 Another record set by SpaceX -- World's biggest lightsaber.
Excellent recap as always Marcus House.
One keeps up with it all by watching Marcus House
I bet everyone got goosebumps
This is getting exciting!
Thanks for all the work Marcus - a fantastic week!
SpaceX launched five rockets and they ALL worked! This era in spaceflight is awesome! Elon should go to the top of the catch tower and drop a mic! Well done sir. Thanks for the excellent update Marcus.
Great shots❗️👍 Thanks.😊
Great video. Well done!
It was surreal watching it all live. I was waiting for the KABOOM.
I'm excited for the future!
I quite enjoy watching the booster ping around off of the bumpers as it is being caught.
SpaceX had a busy week indeed. So did you Marcus!! Thanks so much 🙏🙏🙏
getting the piece of the panel... making it into amulets... boosh. Moon tour financed. :D
"FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames at landing", certainly doesn't seem to be Leaning Left to me, Ground News!
A rocket plume measuring 1/4 kilometer! Are you kidding? That's just nuts!!!
Hey! Hey! Another week!
The pin sticks out half a meter? Holy crap, that's a big pin.
I love engine 314 😄
Marcus, what a time to be alive mate! Just Awesome!
Now that the flood of dopamine has subsided, I've been thinking of some possible improvements. I think it is ill-advised to use the same "arms" to both catch and manipulate the booster for launch, however, I do recognize that the same Tower should be utilized to provide rapid reusability. In that case, I would build a second set of arms on the opposite side of the Tower above the original set specifically made for catching the booster, including a pivot to swing them over to the launch side arms. That way, once the booster is caught and secured, it can swing to the launch side where the launch arms can receive the booster and take over.
I don't think the gridfins problem is that problematic. They need to change the hot staging ring anyway (it's not reusable right now) They could change the geometry to mitigate the flow of hot gas on the gridfins and they could make the gridfins vertical to minimize the area exposed (vertical or at a angle that does the same thing). They might need to change the geometry of the gridfins if they choose to put them vertically at launch because it looks like they would put significantly more drag vertically. Or maybe they're fast enough to make the switch just before the hotstaging.
Thanks Marcus.
I really like the look of planned new space station. Very cool, as it looks more like a 'design', rather than a cobbled collection of bits and bobs.
And by being modular, it won't ever get "old". Just replace the older modules.
It’s amazing to me how many people have been “living under a rock”.
And Nasa wanted to use a 3 billion SLS instead of 100 million Falcon Heavy, lmao
that clip of the HSR splashing down reminds my of the satellite coming down at the end of Cloverfield.
Starlink 272 needs to add a mission
That stainless steel expansion was obvious on those grid fins.
Just ordered the flight 5 shirt. :D
Like General Grievous said: "Another fine addition to my collection" ;)
plasma still got through flaps, that area needs even more protection
"Pay - Tent" ? Tazmanian accents are so much fun :)
wow
I was thinking for the fins, they might need only to cover the exposed parts with a more heat resistant material like titanium, rather spending incredibly large amounts on solid titanium fins.
Really hope spacex starts to do more useful things with these launches now that they have successfully achieved the mission profile.
They can now recover a booster and can land the starship with precision.
Time for starship v2 and an orbital attempt or alternatively catching the starship at starbase as well.
If we want to go back to the moon in 2026 there is still a ton of work left.
If I had to guess, I'd say that IFT6 will keep the same profile as IFT5, being the last block 1 ship test. IFT7 will go orbital with cargo (Starlink). IFT8+ will attempt refueling if the previous tests were ok.
They may not do a orbital attempt till they show they can reignite a Raptor 3 engine, which means a block 2 Starship at least.
"Truths protective layers" - N. ARMSTRONG
Imagine how fast Europa Clipper could have been sent to Jupiter/Europa if launched by an expended Super Heavy!
i hope the next mission goes far beyond the expected next step - maybe orbital refueling?
Outstanding job on this video Marcus, thank you! It's easy to see how your enthusiasm has returned. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to next week's video. 🔆👍
😎 Marcus, Just WOW Mind Blowing few words.😎
39A in on KSC, not CCSFS.
I've never been this early!
6:28 How many people thought of the Jawa Sandcrawler from Star Wars IV?
Those pins are needed precisly place the booster to plug helium starters for outside ring of engines. No launch was planned after the landing, hence they could omit instalation of those pins to place the booster on OLM.
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