SpaceX's genius move on how to build sea and land-based Starship launch platforms!
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- Опубліковано 21 чер 2021
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How will SpaceX manage to have the same Starship and Super Heavy system no matter where they launch? How will they unite Land and Sea based launches? And how will the orbital launch sound suppression system work? Let’s find out!
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Maybe the pipes are a frame for the crane/boom of the launch tower?
Was that a custard coloured Austin Maxi at 13:25 ? ^oo^
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Draw works are amazing machines. They can lift immense weights very quickly and stop on a dime (so to speak). They have to hold tens of thousands of feet of thick steel tubing hanging gently millimeters above the bottom of an oil well being drilled, while lowering the whole thing slowly enough to keep the drill bit gently touching the bottom as it chews away at the rock (if there is too much pressure down, the drill bit bogs down and can break). Then it lifts the whole drilling column a bit, so the column can be hung from the edge of the well, while a new section (called in the industry a 'joint') of pipe is added between the hung drilling column and the top drive (the motor that spins the drilling column). All that, and it can pull the whole drilling column up ('tripping', as it is said), stopping at every joint to remove them, just so the drill bit can be brought up to the surface (to change it for a new, sharp one - or a smaller diameter one - wells are drilled large at the top, with diminishing diameters towards the bottom).
In short, they pull insane weights with amazing control, capable of stopping and holding thousands of tons with great accuracy.
Exactly what SpaceX needs and on top of that it's tech that's already used on oil rigs/sea launch platforms! Brilliant move! Thanks for the comment!
@@Whataboutit I love how SpaceX, and to a certain extent, Tesla, Will either find a technology in another market instead of paying Aerospace company's ridiculous prices, or make something do double duty. Often both approaches at the same time.
How are they controlled? Are they stepper motors?
@@rodschmidt8952 since it's an AC (alternating current) motor, I would expect it to be a "VFD" (variable frequency drive) controller. We'll, that's the type used on 50 hp to 100 hp motors I've been around. 6000 hp (combined) is just insane. 🙂
@@rodschmidt8952 I don't think so, no. Just big, unthinkably beefy motors to move and equally massive disk brakes to stop.
Felix, as a father there are no excuses needed when kids have birthday! Happy Birthday to the little Schlang!
Thank you!
little schlang sounds weird.
what's little schlang?
@@eddjordan2399 what about klein Schlang?
"little schlang" = "little snake" in german
The water has excellent _damping_ properties as well as excellent _dampening_ properties.
Wut???
@@everydayspacenerd8192 damp(humid) and dampening as sound supressing
@@nalle5227 Damping is sound suppression. Dampening is making wet.
Way to put a damper on this video lol
Happy birthday to you daughter Felix
Thank you! Passed it on!
Happy birthday Felicia!!!
If it was his son’s birthday it would be Felix Jr
Thank you! I passed it on!
0:38 Best community ever! Go team space!
Wooohooo!
Regarding the Yellow Win95 assembly...
I used to work in a shipyard where we built Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) powered ships.
This kind of sharp angle is usually included to absorb the sudden contraction of cryogenic fluids. You can't design a sliding seal that will work under those conditions so adding a sharp diverted section allows to concentrate that movement in a single place instead of having the pipe break out of it's holding structure at the risk of failure.
It is for instance quite common in LNG emergency valve divertion.
That sounds interesting! Could you maybe send me an email to whataboutit.contact@gmail.com to explain in detail?
Good thinking but I don't agree in this case. Putting shock bends in pipelines is common. In fact you might have some in any long water pipes in your home. But they don't use bends greater than 90 degrees. The sharp angle we can see in the video would be a stress concentration point and be likely to break, creating a worse problem.
I'm thinking the yellow structure(s) might be part of the booster catching mechanism that will be mounted to the tower. They could fold back when not required. Necessity is the mother of invention and catching a huge rocket booster is going to require the mother of a solution. Hold onto your seats.
@@philipgrice1026 Good points.
We'll see soon enough. 😉
Can they use some liquid gas (nitrogen/helium) for sound and vibration dampening ?
@@architgupta4883 No, it would complicate things needlessly to spill cryogenic liquids everywhere.
It's the fact that a liquid is sprayed that dampens the vibrations somewhat, not the nature of the liquid. Might as well use the cheapest, simplest and least likely to cause problems.
Great update, that deluge tower is freaking incredible!
Enthusiasm, as good as gold. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing it!
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The outtakes are hilarious! 😂😂😂
I loved the renderings of the launch table coming together.. so cool, hopefully those steel rings will be attached soon!
Thank you!
The yellow pipes remind me of the way supports for steel rollercoasters are constructed. Those handle giant repeated dynamic loads.
The water Pipe on sound supression system is WAY to small.
It looks like it's something for fire fighters.
Agreed, it looks underwhelming for such a job as so many, most powerful engines.
Every little bit helps
Speculation, remember?
Anyone can build a bridge that stands. Only an engineer can build a bridge that 'barely' stands.
@@faustin289 If it was bridge it would probably collapse.
And ground support of rockets is place where there should be pretty big margins of error. (because stacked Starship with Super Heavy would explode entire complex would be gone)
Your presentations are always so slick and professional! Loving the starry blue sky behind you. 🥰. Looking awesome!
Great thanks to all contribution maker,
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Thanks for taking the time to meet with your community, and for posting this video!
You Rock!
Really glad I found your channel again. Turned on notifications so hopefully I don’t lose you again. Great episode love how you’ve upgraded. But the good work
We love you keep up the amazing updates Felix
Happy birthday to your daughter!! Thanks for sharing this video!!
As always, amazing work!
the ring pipe is much too small for feeding the valves with enough water...
Yep! When I watched the finished episode I thought the same.
There could easily be feed pipes that we haven't seen yet.
One of the best videos so far! The dissection of the orbital launch mount was very informative and interesting.
The yellow pipes could be filled with something like cement or so, maybe something lighter, to be something for stacking or a catching mechanism? Hm.
How much helium would you have to compress inside of those yellow arms to counteract their weight?
@@camaro406ss what?
@@camaro406ss that's uhh.. not how buoyancy works. lol
@@camaro406ss helium still weighs something, you’re just adding weight after a certain point
@@camaro406ss the question becomes: how big a volume filled with helium at atmospheric pressure would you need to counteract the weight?
Another amazing episode 👏
Thanks for all your hard work! Incredible videos
Felix, your show has become so professional and slick! I have been a subscriber of WAI from the very beginning and I remember how awkward and hesitant you seemed in the first few episodes. Now you truely, genuinely rock, with a confidence and charisma that is nothing short of inspirational. Good onya mate, best wishes from Oz.
Thank you! It's been a wild ride! 😄
@@Whataboutit It has been a wild ride, and plenty left to look forward to. Best of luck with the move. Looking forward to what you will bring from there!
Felix - your quick / full updates are great as your enthusiasm ebbs through thereby getting all of us even more excited! ✅
Oh yeah - and Happy Birthday to your daughter!😊!
Great, well done, content Felix. Looking forward to seeing you over here in Titusville one day. We have a great aviation community at X21.
I love how when I miss just like 3 days, I can barely recognize anything at the production site or launch site!
Great video! Also a great idea to use something already on the oil rigs as both a crane and catching device.
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Nice update, thank you!
Ahhhh I have dinner and I JUST started the video!!! PAIN! Love your videos felix and I can't wait to continue this one
Thanks Felix! :)
Happy birthday Felix's daughter!🥳
Thank you! Message relayed!
I really appreciate the upbeat message.
His English skills are mind-boggling.
He isn't a native speaker and constructs sentences better than a majority of Americans
Very true
Germans do everything better.
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ADS-30Q, wow I love it! Brilliant indeed! Thanks for sharing that. I really enjoy your channel and look forward to future episodes.
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Way to go Felix on the 200k subs!! It took way too long as you should've been at 1M subs a while ago. I swear that every time that I watch a video, I keep looking at how much time has elapsed because I just don't want to the videos to end. They're like a fine wine, they get better with age. Keep up the good work my friend! When are you and the family moving to the sunshine state with us?!?!
I'm tipping this is the catching frame (in yellow).. & yes, very mecha.
its looks like one side of crane arm
@@vcilko or a truss arm? Curious to see.. 🤔😊
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Wat about India? They are launching rockets on no budget
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Felix I guess the yellow pipes are for the cranearm of the launchtower. It is probably the most lightweight solution to go with pipes.
NOV stands for national oilwell varco. I worked near one of their branches when i worked in Norway.
13:26 - Austin Maxi on the right - my dad had a couple of those. I have several of the Minis on the left.
This channel keeps getting better and better!
Happy Birthday, to your daughter! Thank you for another fine video, thank you, you rock, Sir.
So much exciting to see all your videos
This starship series matches my Netflix shows!!😘😘
This is better than Netflix.
In the netherlands we build pipe like constructions for weight distribution ....the yellow paint on it make it rust resistants normal .
It sure was awesome to meet up with you as well as fellow space enthusiasts! Next time we're all in Florida! 🚀🤙
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There is so much awesomeness going on at SpaceX, that that incredible crane gets little attention. I'd like to hear about that crane!
Happy birthday to your daugther Felix! And thanks for all the amazing updates, keep up the good work! ;)
Great Video -- Thanks
Cool about reusing the draw works. Love seeing something familiar off the rigs breing used.
Great!!! Thanks Felix !! :D
Happy birthday to your daughter from the Dillon family. With you as a dad she may grow up to be a space pioneer.
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Did some research about the drawworks. they will get power from the large diesel engines delivered several days ago. Maybe that's what the new foundation is about just NW of the tower. And yes, i'm sure the yellow pipes will fomr the catching arms.
amazing!! m as kes ne so happy seeing all this in my lifetime (and hopefully for many other lifetimes of others) 😊😊
Congrats on hitting 200k subs! You've been doing a great job :)
Once again great episode, you can see that you plan your work , unlike all these new channels that just comment on what they see on other channels.
Thank you!
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Hey Felix, you and the team ROCK!, All the best from down under :-)
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Great Spacex videos. 😎
Keep up the great work!
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I'm not an expert but that weird pipe assembly feels like the catching arm
I don't think they'll use pipes for that. I'd assume something completely solid or reinforced would be used, but these just look like fully hollow pipes. No rings, no struts. It probably won't be heavily load bearing. It can't take the force of a falling Superheavy.
Or, maybe, a ribcage for the arms of "Mechazilla"? 🤔
@@subashchandra9557 It's still early, it might be the inner structure of the arm or something, if you think about it, superheavy's gridfin mount won't be much larger in diameter so I don't think it would actually be that stupid to think that that is some part of the catching arm and who knows, it might just be a pathfinder, it might be close to the final part's shape and they'll practice attachment and handleing on a light version if that isn't part of the final design
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Great video, keep it up!
Orange thick wall tubing looks to be part of the boom-arms for the catch system and servicing from the launch tower.
My thought as well. Looks like a boom.
Another boom? They already had a few.
Great exposition of work being done at Boca Chica, Felix.
More accurately, BN2.1 simulates the forward and aft sections of a Superheavy. The top dome is a forward dome, not a common dome.
@9:28 " What ! ? ! " ... lol, nice presentation !
Excellent stuff
Another update - what appears to be a hot gas thruster for BN2 has been spotted by NSF. Wohoooooo. 🚀
If it is indeed is a hot gas thrusters then this is perhaps one of the largest technological leap of the entire program
Yep! Seen it already! Amazing stuff for the next episode! They never stop!
If I am not mistaken(I probably am though), the current pipe configuration is close to matching the extra foundation we've seen--
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didnt even know that launch table was that beefy. bro.
Where are you from?
The yellow pipes could be used to make a lifting arm to go on top of the launch tower to lift starship and super heavy onto launch mount
Yellow pipes are likely for a custom crane design that sits on the top for lifting and catching the booster.
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12:45: That's a lot of water pouring down, where is it going?
Draining system. That would be the normal approach. I wouldn't be surprised though, if SpaceX just makes it magically disappear though...
@@Whataboutit LOL, a bit of magic goes a long way. Your right about the drainage system, that would be the first thing i would have built before building the launch pad.
Most/much of it will flash into steam & vapor. Will be fresh water so I wouldn't be surprised if drainage system strains remaining water & pumps it back up into the holding tank, ready for next launch at 2pm. haha #goelon
@@StephenMattison66 They'll almost have to, because Starbase is barely above sea level and has a very high water table.
It´s vaporized with Raptor-fed floor heating.
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