Why SpaceX Is Buying Oil Rigs

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  • Опубліковано 24 бер 2021
  • In 2020, SpaceX secretly bought two oil rigs with the intent to convert them into offshore rocket launch platforms. This video looks at why Starship will need these platforms and how SpaceX will convert these old rigs into rocket launching platforms.
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  • @primalspace
    @primalspace  3 роки тому +271

    When do you think we'll see the first Starship launch from one of these rigs? - Shoutout to Skillshare for supporting this video, try it out for free here: skl.sh/primalspace02211

  • @20_percent
    @20_percent 3 роки тому +2165

    Elon bought two oil rigs AND he's launching rockets from his backyard? He was destined to be in Texas.

    • @jonny555ive
      @jonny555ive 3 роки тому +77

      That's some real cowboy sh!t right there, y'all......Hahaha

    • @chloekaftan
      @chloekaftan 3 роки тому +51

      2 oilrigs for only 7 million usd too, normally 1 would cost upwards of 515,000,000 and if he bought 2 brand new it would have costed him 1.3 billion usd. To get such a good deal takes shrewdness to levels ive never dared dream of.

    • @SahilP2648
      @SahilP2648 3 роки тому +46

      @@chloekaftan there's too much we don't know about that deal. They could have sold him just the hull or the platform of the rig without any equipment cause those drills and pretty much everything can be stripped off it. Then that price makes sense. Not to mention spacex will need to install all of their custom equipment on it which will again cost at least 10 milion USD each, don't know how high it can go. And lastly you are gravely mistaken if Elon himself negotiated all this. He takes all the design decisions regarding the company as a whole and individual tasks are designated to the employees... like any other company. What he does do is create plans for the company as a whole like creating BFR's designs and the overall concept of travel starting from the engine to refuelling to logistics. And obviously like any other CEO he executes and regulates everything.

    • @teteeheeted
      @teteeheeted 3 роки тому

      He’s also destined to be raided by the national guard for that sweet sweet oil

    • @littlesam6280
      @littlesam6280 3 роки тому +6

      Jesus Christ loves you all more than you know, please repent of your sins God Bless you and your family Jesus Christ died for our sins so that through him we might be saved😃

  • @husky4782
    @husky4782 3 роки тому +646

    "Almost the same size as the falcon 9"
    Yeah, and I'm almost the same size as the Rock.

    • @davidrikelv9529
      @davidrikelv9529 3 роки тому +31

      Year, and a banana is almost the size as a regular mango

    • @whenthe2209
      @whenthe2209 3 роки тому +5

      damn you must be small lmao

    • @mysterious6856
      @mysterious6856 3 роки тому +3

      @@whenthe2209 Rocks get pretty big, and come in all sizes, even if you don’t see them day to day. The joke went right over your head

    • @stop8738
      @stop8738 3 роки тому +16

      @@mysterious6856 i think it went over your head too, he's talking about Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

    • @eddyst4955
      @eddyst4955 3 роки тому +1

      The next thing i'm waiting to see is that he contracted the russians to buy plutonium 235 to make a reactor in his backyard

  • @jolio81
    @jolio81 3 роки тому +1053

    "Used to be a former oil rig"... So... it's not currently a former oil rig... but it once was... so it currently is a not-former oil rig... so it's an oil rig! ... Wait...

    • @comradeorange1645
      @comradeorange1645 3 роки тому +12

      what ._.

    • @ryanthompson3737
      @ryanthompson3737 3 роки тому +69

      Was an oil rig, was then retired, was then bought to be repurposed. Used to be a former oil rig.

    • @vangildermichael1767
      @vangildermichael1767 3 роки тому +3

      everything you said, AND. Because it's all dirty and stuff. We are going to have to rebuild it. So, lets pay a bunch of money. And then rebuild what we just bought. Until nothing remains of what we bought. Yup, that's a good deal.

    • @tejasjain7041
      @tejasjain7041 3 роки тому +16

      Nice, you caught the double negative

    • @jowillll
      @jowillll 3 роки тому

      @@ryanthompson3737 ohh that makes sense

  • @leoncampa
    @leoncampa 3 роки тому +910

    What a time to be alive. This was the domain of science fiction just a few years ago.

    • @S3l3ct1ve
      @S3l3ct1ve 3 роки тому +14

      it still is man... I urge you to look up Mcdonnell Douglas DC-X
      The science fiction you never knew existed...

    • @djinn666
      @djinn666 3 роки тому +2

      I'm still waiting for my $30,000 electric car. I'll believe Starship when tickets go on sale for less than the price of an average US house.

    • @S3l3ct1ve
      @S3l3ct1ve 3 роки тому +1

      @@djinn666 A Tesla cost like ~50k new, Musk himself said he will manage to offer a ticket to Mars for A 200k... So yeah...

    • @oneaboveall1895
      @oneaboveall1895 3 роки тому +3

      Anytime is a good time if you alive

    • @user-op1tq9ur3t
      @user-op1tq9ur3t 3 роки тому +3

      Yea so nice to see are oceans and skies polluted beyond are understanding! Keep it going...lets see what happens.🌎😆

  • @faustin289
    @faustin289 3 роки тому +176

    Imagine a $3.5m resale value for a $550m asset. That's serious depreciation right there!

    • @Andytlp
      @Andytlp 3 роки тому +10

      it probably costs 3.5m in raw materials. Labor thats the remaining 546.5m. Elon is a fan of breaking down costs to raw materials and in house labor. Companies need to stop outsourcing labor to asia the effects of losing local money is huge and it hurts even the same companies long term even if their short term profits go up.

    • @stejer211
      @stejer211 3 роки тому +9

      It's like buying an American car.

    • @vangildermichael1767
      @vangildermichael1767 3 роки тому +9

      by selling at 3.5m, they will only retain .00636 percent of the original price. That is like selling a $50,000 car for 318. That's not a typo. Just three hundred and eighteen dollars. From an original 50 thousand dollar investment, So, yea. That is some, serious depreciation.

    • @stejer211
      @stejer211 3 роки тому +12

      ​@@vangildermichael1767 I notice that you have a calculator.

    • @vangildermichael1767
      @vangildermichael1767 3 роки тому +4

      @@stejer211 it's still OK to use a calculator? This ain't grade

  • @matthewpopp1054
    @matthewpopp1054 3 роки тому +188

    SpaceX using Lone Star in their company name does put a smile on my face

    • @PresidentialWinner
      @PresidentialWinner 3 роки тому +2

      What is that?

    • @justintimefordinner4902
      @justintimefordinner4902 3 роки тому +17

      @@PresidentialWinner It's the main character in Spaceballs. It's like how Elon named the new tesla model s feature Ludicrous speed.

    • @PresidentialWinner
      @PresidentialWinner 3 роки тому +2

      @@justintimefordinner4902 Ooooooh riight. I haven't seen that movie in a long time (and just once) so the characters aren't as recognizable to me as say, Vader or something.

    • @damnedson4685
      @damnedson4685 3 роки тому +10

      "The Lone Star State" is what texas is also called. Mineral Development can be a synonym for developing mineral oil based propellant alternatives. Spaceballs Reference, Texas Reference, Punch in the face for Oil monopolists, pure goodness.

    • @PresidentialWinner
      @PresidentialWinner 3 роки тому +6

      @@damnedson4685 As a European i had no idea about that. But now that you mention it, it's likely mostly just a Texas reference haha.

  • @captainzoom854
    @captainzoom854 3 роки тому +321

    Thank you primal space for making me more interested in learning about space

    • @user-cd4bx6uq1y
      @user-cd4bx6uq1y 3 роки тому +3

      69th like

    • @shlok975
      @shlok975 3 роки тому

      Perhaps try Scott Manley next for details or everyday astronauts longer videos.

    • @hrsh042
      @hrsh042 3 роки тому +1

      Watch melodysheep's

    • @shlok975
      @shlok975 3 роки тому

      @@hrsh042 it doesn't seem nearly as informative but there could hardly be a better place for inspiration.

    • @PlaneBuilder2
      @PlaneBuilder2 3 роки тому

      @@user-cd4bx6uq1y Noice

  • @halfeddi3152
    @halfeddi3152 3 роки тому +228

    1:39 These guys from the 80's just censored the bottom parts of the rocket, they knew how internet would be nowdays.

    • @balam314
      @balam314 3 роки тому +61

      Lmao yes
      that's probably because the engine technology was secret or smth

    • @polishkerbal6920
      @polishkerbal6920 3 роки тому +30

      @@balam314 "rocket r34"

    • @user-jd7zj1bs7n
      @user-jd7zj1bs7n 3 роки тому +18

      @@polishkerbal6920 "rokn hub"

    • @thalys1015
      @thalys1015 3 роки тому +7

      @@user-jd7zj1bs7n LOL

    • @therunning-farang3656
      @therunning-farang3656 3 роки тому

      it's a steel platform with sub legs........not rocket science lol.

  • @BotherRed
    @BotherRed 3 роки тому +103

    I saw the title and brain when to "Oil Rigs? I think you mean Launching Platforms"

    • @AvengerSho
      @AvengerSho 3 роки тому +3

      buying oil rigs to convert to a launch platform

    • @erridkforname
      @erridkforname 3 роки тому

      Hmm yes an oil rug tapped into oil that might go boom

    • @ivantimofeev2233
      @ivantimofeev2233 3 роки тому +2

      @@erridkforname mmmm you don't seem to understand how this will work
      it won't have oil or use oil fuel in any way shape or form
      only methane (natural gas) and most probably produced in site by renewable source (electricity from renewables for oxygen separation from air and methane from CO2)

    • @erridkforname
      @erridkforname 3 роки тому

      @@ivantimofeev2233 ok

    • @jewishmafia9801
      @jewishmafia9801 3 роки тому

      Nearly had a stroke trying to read that

  • @-fuk57
    @-fuk57 3 роки тому +63

    “L O N E S T A R!”

    • @drewk6500
      @drewk6500 3 роки тому +14

      Before I read this comment, I thought Lone Star was referring to Texas being the Lone Star state. Now I think its a nod to another one of Elon's Spaceballs references. :)

    • @druunderwood5602
      @druunderwood5602 3 роки тому

      BraveStarr.

  • @bred8363
    @bred8363 3 роки тому +52

    I think this is a great idea, I've worked on offshore oil and gas rigs/platforms for a while and they're engineering marvels & designed to operate in hazardous environments. Its also great to see that theses very complex and specific machines could a new life in another industry

    • @tuvoca825
      @tuvoca825 Рік тому

      Why aren't they turned into hotels? Or cheap living accomodations? Or fishing destinations and "artificial islands"? Or casinos and radio stations? Or schools? Or gyms? Or...???

    • @conordyer2307
      @conordyer2307 Рік тому +1

      ​​@@tuvoca825 what even is this comment?.... why would you have a gym, school, houses, hotel etc miles from shore out in the sea?

  • @jaredccain
    @jaredccain 3 роки тому +5

    That was an excellent video. Thanks for taking the time to make it.

  • @jaredjames7018
    @jaredjames7018 3 роки тому +6

    Thank you for the descriptions Bird Person!

  • @shiftrip
    @shiftrip 3 роки тому +47

    I work on one of these trash cans. Good thing SpaceX is putting them to better use. 3.5M is a steal indeed.

    • @aljaz4ever
      @aljaz4ever 3 роки тому +1

      May I ask hows the pay?

    • @loganwalker8537
      @loganwalker8537 3 роки тому

      @@aljaz4ever i suppose working ona oil rig pays well since its so god damn dangerous

    • @therunning-farang3656
      @therunning-farang3656 3 роки тому

      @@aljaz4ever depends your expertise.

  • @parkejunior
    @parkejunior 3 роки тому +5

    It's always a pleasure to watch your videos, thank you!

  • @InsidiousDr9
    @InsidiousDr9 3 роки тому +18

    Lone Star was also a character in the movie Spaceballs (1987) - which has also has references to "ludicrous speed' and going so fast a ship turns plaid; which have also been referenced by Tesla.

  • @lucasrossiemc
    @lucasrossiemc 3 роки тому +15

    Rigs have tanks called "reserve pits" located below the sea level - that's the most likely location of the fuel and LOX tanks, since it also keeps everything much safer from a catastrophic failure above deck. Also, they'll be keeping the diesel generators, as the rig uses its thrusters to maintain its position (a system called "dynamic positioning"), and there's no way to provide that much power for so long using batteries or solar or whatever - also, it's more reliable and cost-effective is a variety of ways.

    • @csgergo80
      @csgergo80 3 роки тому +1

      It might be more cost effective to replace them with methane gas turbines, so one less fuel type is needed.

    • @lucasrossiemc
      @lucasrossiemc 3 роки тому +1

      @@csgergo80 I understand the sentiment, but if they intend to launch from different places, Diesel is available everywhere as it is the fuel used by ships, so refueling doesn't become an issue.

    • @FindingJabin
      @FindingJabin Рік тому

      Been reading up about natural gas options, technology has crazy advanced where it could be possible. Maybe they will explore that route? Especially since the rockets themselves will already need a refuel option on each of these rigs. Excitedly following along either way

  • @k0dede
    @k0dede 3 роки тому +8

    you are making very high quality video with your clam voice. good work!!

  • @DrTubeman
    @DrTubeman 3 роки тому +113

    "These rigs will be saturated with oil and crease after many years of service in the oil industry" Guy hasn't got a clue on what the hell goes on on an oil rig at all!
    Every surface on an oil rig is coated in the highest grade fire-retardant paint and materials, for the very reason of in case of a fire!
    Throughout the lifetime of oil rigs, all surfaces on rigs are maintained and kept clean and free from grease, oil, or any accelerant build-up as well, so as to not be a fire hazard!

    • @NeoSaurfang
      @NeoSaurfang 3 роки тому +3

      Which will most likely have to be removed and replaced regardless. Recoating, etc. It flakes off evevtually, rust under the surface of the coating materials

    • @NeoSaurfang
      @NeoSaurfang 3 роки тому +2

      If u doubt what im saying, ive recently been part of one of the first oil rig refurbishes. Been a part of the entire process. So i very well know what it looks like after 20 years of use and what has to be done to restore it to a decent level.

    • @RV-jw7nb
      @RV-jw7nb 3 роки тому +9

      I liked the video, but it seemed like the creator was reaching a bit with some of the facts. The hole in the deck, oil and grease buildup, etc.

    • @moffatcam
      @moffatcam 3 роки тому +1

      @@RV-jw7nb hole in the deck is actually pretty sound logic though, it’s not like it’ll be using the helipad to take off from!

    • @fposmith
      @fposmith 2 роки тому +2

      Saturated with oil, hold my beer, I'll get a mop !

  • @liliatarlev6104
    @liliatarlev6104 3 роки тому +1

    Hey. Primal space thx 4 the subscription it warms my heart and I watched this oil rig video tons of time

  • @G-loid
    @G-loid 3 роки тому +440

    Elon will buy all the oil rig so that Tesla's competitors will not get petrol for their cars.😂

    • @aeichelberger15
      @aeichelberger15 3 роки тому +38

      I think the causation is the other way around, you can buy rigs pretty cheap these days precisely because of companies like Tesla.

    • @user-gc1hg9sp9k
      @user-gc1hg9sp9k 3 роки тому +17

      Just like car company in 50s buy trams acrosss the city just to scrap them, so the populstion is force to use the car and boost car sales

    • @tomhill2497
      @tomhill2497 3 роки тому +5

      Ever heard of synthetic fuel? Nobody will need electric cars or oil rigs in the future

    • @magicalmagicmagician5223
      @magicalmagicmagician5223 3 роки тому +6

      @ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀᴍᴜᴛᴇ _ bro, why so toxic? That's just his name, it doesn't even matter anyway, so what's with the name calling?

    • @Neojhun
      @Neojhun 3 роки тому +1

      @@tomhill2497 LOL FAIL! Engines are still WEAK & Fragile. Even if we have clean cheap Synth Fuel. It will be used to generate Electricity to drive Electric Motors in series hybrid EVs.

  • @Black-Re4per
    @Black-Re4per 3 роки тому +98

    I think the reason why they bought 2 platforms is that they will fuse them into one giant platform one for the fuel and one for the launch.

    • @arthurwagar6224
      @arthurwagar6224 3 роки тому +7

      Makes for a mighty big "bang".

    • @deanc9453
      @deanc9453 3 роки тому +2

      That is a good idea

    • @0623kaboom
      @0623kaboom 3 роки тому +1

      that would be a fair assumption ... then you just do rotating launch and lands on each platform ...

    • @fumusdemoonus9343
      @fumusdemoonus9343 2 роки тому

      @@0623kaboom attach platforms and detaching platforms so like fuel then detach

    • @keithscommunityanddomestic9513
      @keithscommunityanddomestic9513 2 роки тому +1

      no, they will need 2 sites so they can actually have a safe destination to go to without having to land on the ground, and Elon doesn't want to have to use other people's facilities

  • @hvrmnd
    @hvrmnd 2 роки тому

    it's been some time to find some great in-depth information juice presently simply and calmly. thanks for what you are doing man.
    cheers.

  • @docbrown9018
    @docbrown9018 3 роки тому +16

    Have been waiting for this! Finally someone makes some more content about the rigs

    • @user-lv7ph7hs7l
      @user-lv7ph7hs7l 3 роки тому

      Someone snapped some pics recently and they're already being stripped down.

  • @EmazingGuitar
    @EmazingGuitar 3 роки тому +37

    It’s all fun and games until one day you’re actually at the entrance hatch to a fucking rocket.

    • @rever4217
      @rever4217 3 роки тому +6

      That's when the real fun begins!

  • @Klaatu-ij9uz
    @Klaatu-ij9uz 3 роки тому +3

    VERY informative episode!!

  • @themorganator
    @themorganator 3 роки тому +2

    great video - really informative and interesting.

  • @77numerouno
    @77numerouno 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for this very informative video ✌️

  • @apacheattackhelicopter8778
    @apacheattackhelicopter8778 3 роки тому +3

    Great commentary!

  • @groundsymphony
    @groundsymphony 3 роки тому +6

    As cliche as it sounds, this video is super great! Lots of insights, thanks!

  • @maikel3572
    @maikel3572 3 роки тому

    Amazing and informative presentation 👍

  • @terrancopeland6978
    @terrancopeland6978 3 роки тому +2

    Damm that transition at ~ 8:57 is real smooth

  • @handsomeblackmuscle9845
    @handsomeblackmuscle9845 3 роки тому +8

    My friend: Are you..are you crying?
    Me: The oil rig idea is so beautiful! 😭

  • @joe_mckirdy
    @joe_mckirdy 3 роки тому +46

    Multiple problems, while they may switch out the diesel generators, it would most likely be for methane powered turbines if they do, but diesel generators are pretty rigid. LOX will most likely be done on land as the amount of oxygen and power needed will use allot of space to create enough for a large cadence. Also, a LNG tanker has enough LNG for at least 8 launches, so it is very likely one rig will be used for bulk storage and the other for launching.

    • @Benkenobi8118
      @Benkenobi8118 3 роки тому +1

      yeah. I don't see why Elon wouldn't power it with methane if he's already needing to fuel starship. His methane plant in Boca Chica is going to be interesting for sure.

    • @matildastanford7019
      @matildastanford7019 2 роки тому +3

      Why not simply use the tankers to store and transfer to the launch pad rig? When empty run back to a depot dock to refill.
      That way there can be three or four tanker ships (each for LOX & L CH4) in a rotation pattern to enable almost continual lauches. Also they can be independently driven away from the launch pad as to minimise accidents and bad weather.

    • @joe_mckirdy
      @joe_mckirdy 2 роки тому +4

      @@matildastanford7019 I'm pretty sure that no LNG ship captain would be willing to sit next to a rig launching rockets. If the rocket blew up, the ship could low up. So docking over and over and over again becomes mundane. Keeping extra LNG onboard could cause excessive dmg from a larger explosion. I envision a bulk storage on one rig feeding multiple launch rigs with pipelines. In this manner, it would decrease the number of dockings, reduce the amount of potential damage.

  • @InquisitiveYouTube
    @InquisitiveYouTube 3 роки тому +1

    Great video as always

  • @ArjunKumar-lt8jd
    @ArjunKumar-lt8jd 3 роки тому

    WOW MAN, love your research

  • @mokeyallaucope8987
    @mokeyallaucope8987 3 роки тому +8

    Ayo the new rust oil rig update looking sick

  • @alexanderkenway
    @alexanderkenway 3 роки тому +4

    These are exciting times!

  • @MemesnShet
    @MemesnShet 3 роки тому +7

    Thought oil rigs' columns were based on the sea floor on shallower areas or something
    Holy shit this is insane

  • @Galbex21
    @Galbex21 3 роки тому +1

    Man this is so amaizing. I cant belive it.

  • @SaifKhan-wu4jt
    @SaifKhan-wu4jt 3 роки тому +34

    I think this is the one of the most underrated educational channels. Keep up the good work❤️👍🏻

  • @mangizo96
    @mangizo96 3 роки тому +9

    Imagine being a fish in the sea near this rig when a rocket goes off

    • @j0nathanclyiss680
      @j0nathanclyiss680 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah the environmental impacts of this idea are frightening

    • @0623kaboom
      @0623kaboom 3 роки тому

      @@j0nathanclyiss680 potentially make exon valdez crash on the west coast look like someone dropped a bottle of baby oil in the water ... 100k liters of kerosene in the ocean ... yeah talk about killing off life on this planet
      .
      dont forget the seas provide us with 70% of our breathable air ... and he wants to launch from a place where he can kill off a large portion of that when he crashes ... MAJOR environmental problem there

    • @CeoMacNCheese
      @CeoMacNCheese 3 роки тому +2

      @@0623kaboom Well it is a risk worth taking to become a interplanetary species

  • @MrHuntVideos
    @MrHuntVideos 3 роки тому +1

    Great video, thanks

  • @ramganeshrg4125
    @ramganeshrg4125 3 роки тому

    clear explanation.. thankyou

  • @c.oyenarte
    @c.oyenarte 3 роки тому +5

    Amazing content, new sub here

  • @hrvojemikulcic7074
    @hrvojemikulcic7074 3 роки тому +3

    This is amazing!Sea launch

  • @lasersailor0080
    @lasersailor0080 3 роки тому +2

    Both of these rigs are in Pascagoula, Mississippi right now. They are absolutely massive they even dwarf the Navy destroyers nearby in the harbor

  • @eamonshields2754
    @eamonshields2754 Рік тому +2

    AWESOME STUFF

  • @davet80000
    @davet80000 3 роки тому +39

    sounds like they got a good deal on those rigs, even with the refit costs

  • @avykh99
    @avykh99 3 роки тому +3

    Several problems regarding things like "everything covered in oil residue" and the part about them powering it with wind or solar instead of the diesel engines, but other than that great video.

  • @pebre79
    @pebre79 2 роки тому

    Very insightful. I subbed

  • @MortyMortyMorty
    @MortyMortyMorty 3 роки тому +41

    Fishes when SpaceX launches a Starship: 😳😳😳🔥🔥🔥💀💀💀

    • @maticz3923
      @maticz3923 3 роки тому +1

      So true
      Even worse if one crashes
      Fishes will get their own Hiroshima

    • @nytro4152
      @nytro4152 3 роки тому

      I think they're fed up with SpaceX 1st stages in the ocean

  • @nicosmind3
    @nicosmind3 3 роки тому +43

    Ive heard a lot of people talk about this and speculate as to whats happening, but this video was by far the most informative out of everything ive seen.
    Congrats guys (or guy) you easily beat the competition with the work you did on this video

    • @conchaiii4167
      @conchaiii4167 3 роки тому

      we've known for like a month now that the purchased oil rigs. this is nothing new

    • @nicosmind3
      @nicosmind3 3 роки тому +2

      @@conchaiii4167 Lol, weve know its for Space X sure, i never said they didnt, but we did not know a lot of the details. Weve had people speculate to the details, but actual information? Videos have been light on that

    • @conchaiii4167
      @conchaiii4167 3 роки тому

      @@nicosmind3 im not saying this video is bad. i loved it. but i already knew most of the things.

  • @tank7474
    @tank7474 3 роки тому +27

    5:06 lmao, renewables wouldn't suffice. That's just an outlandish speculation

    • @kevinrobben1999
      @kevinrobben1999 3 роки тому +3

      Thank you

    • @tank7474
      @tank7474 3 роки тому +6

      @Xp Reflex depends on what? Are you going to put windturbines and solar panels on the rig where space is limited as is? What happens when there is no wind or sun? Its not like there is an electricity outlet in the middle of the sea either.

    • @floxer
      @floxer 3 роки тому +4

      @@tank7474
      Wouldn't hydrogen be a possibility?
      Create it in a renewable way elsewhere and ship it to the platform like the diesel.

    • @floxer
      @floxer 3 роки тому

      ​@@Nighterlev Ah, I got it backwards... I meant fuel cells that utilize hydrogen.
      Thats why I wrote "and ship it [the hydrogen] to the platform".

    • @StormWarningTV
      @StormWarningTV 3 роки тому +1

      @@tank7474 I would think they would build an offshore wind or solar farm nearby and use a bunch of Tesla batteries for reliability... But I would think that would be a much longer term solution

  • @wanderingaceminecraftandmo8034
    @wanderingaceminecraftandmo8034 3 роки тому +1

    I see the idea of an Oil rig being a useful launch pad idea. With the proper modifications, it is possible to do launching off these modified oil rigs.

  • @TylerWitucki
    @TylerWitucki 2 роки тому +1

    The development of the sabatier process is exciting!

  • @Davethreshold
    @Davethreshold 3 роки тому +7

    This world is changing SO FAST!! Stuff like this is not normally in the news. At age 68 I only hope I live long enough to see us land a person on Mars, and bring them back! 😱😱😱

    • @phoenixfront
      @phoenixfront 3 роки тому +4

      I’m so happy at your attitude! I am fairly confident we will get a person on Mars in your lifetime. I like your contrasting views to the majority of the older generation as most people I’ve spoken to have opposed space exploration. Thank you for you additions!

    • @phoenixfront
      @phoenixfront 3 роки тому +1

      @Smit Shilpatul I think that it will be hard but is definitely not impossible, Elon Musk wants to send the first people to Mars in just two years so I think it is definitely possible.

    • @crhu319
      @crhu319 3 роки тому +1

      No return tickets.

    • @Davethreshold
      @Davethreshold 3 роки тому +1

      @@crhu319 LOL!! They were going to leave them there, but now they are talking about bringing them back. They will use a huge 3D printer to print space ship parts. - Seriously, NOT April fools joke.

  • @macjonte
    @macjonte 3 роки тому +21

    Fuel and oxygen will probably be stored inside the legs of the platform.
    Has been many ideas on the internetz for how to use the space on the rig. Interesting to see yours, not bad! :)

    • @Unmannedair
      @Unmannedair 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah, that's a good idea if you're looking to sink the platform... Fuel maybe but not likely, oxygen, definitely not.

    • @macjonte
      @macjonte 3 роки тому +4

      @@Unmannedair
      You might be right, the future will tell. :)

    • @lucasrossiemc
      @lucasrossiemc 3 роки тому +9

      FYI, rigs already store fluids inside the legs. Those are called "reserve pits". And they hold several thousand barrels of fluid, while also making the rig more stable when they're full. Think of it like ballast tanks. No, it won't sink the rig - remember Archimedes.

  • @keithscommunityanddomestic9513
    @keithscommunityanddomestic9513 2 роки тому

    nice subtle product placement at the end there

  • @WhitefoxSpace
    @WhitefoxSpace 3 роки тому +1

    Great video as always, keep it up!

  • @milkdrinker7
    @milkdrinker7 3 роки тому +8

    Your graphic at 2:43 is pretty misleading in explaining how florida-launched rockets reach geostationary orbit. Rockets don't do equatorial plane-change maneuvers in low earth orbit. You could have just said that because the equator is the farthest from the earth's axis, rockets launched from nearer to the equator gain more horizontal speed from the earth's spinning.

    • @eladdaniel8734
      @eladdaniel8734 3 роки тому

      yea but also no one cares. focus on elon

  • @haimbenavraham1502
    @haimbenavraham1502 3 роки тому +3

    The power in Names. Then again I thought it would be more efficient and secure to build their own rigs.

  • @simateix6262
    @simateix6262 3 роки тому +1

    The future is here. Hope will live long enough to be able to fly to space
    Great video 👍

  • @darkisland04
    @darkisland04 3 роки тому +1

    Pretty impressive company with some very impressive goals--and the likely skills to carry them out. They will be--and are--very interesting to watch.

  • @dinoplatinum3301
    @dinoplatinum3301 3 роки тому +3

    Wow. They be launching starship at sea!

  • @mxdanger
    @mxdanger 3 роки тому +10

    5:16 I was thinking you were going to say something clean and cost effective like nuclear but I guess he could also go with something less economical. Offshore wind maintenance is too much and you need more area for solar to be viable.

    • @AsteroidM749A
      @AsteroidM749A 3 роки тому +1

      I know right.. wind or solar?!?

    • @jonusjonus9271
      @jonusjonus9271 3 роки тому +5

      @@AsteroidM749A totally agree. when i heard that i rolled me eyes....some people are a bit to far into fantasy land...

    • @sproctor1958
      @sproctor1958 3 роки тому +2

      Uh... middle of the ocean?
      WAVE ENERGY!

    • @AsteroidM749A
      @AsteroidM749A 3 роки тому

      @@sproctor1958 hahahahaa nooooooooooo

    • @sproctor1958
      @sproctor1958 3 роки тому +1

      @@AsteroidM749A hahahaha.....
      edit:
      After significant consideration, using "Wave Energy" may cause too much drag and slow the Earth's rotation, advancing climate change, and maybe even accelerate the pole reversal event... earthquakes... volcanic eruptions... tidal waves......(hmm...more energy...)... maybe even destroy the ozone layer and disperse the Van Allen Belts... eventually the Moon will escape Earth orbit, the oceans will stop having waves, and that energy source will then be exhausted....
      No, after careful consideration, there is really little or no future in "Wave Energy".

  • @Lance0685
    @Lance0685 2 роки тому +2

    It's like SpaceX went to a thrift store and found an off shore oil rig: "Look, Harold! Well we have to buy this!"

  • @atomspalter2090
    @atomspalter2090 3 роки тому +1

    this is nice!

  • @Ubernator
    @Ubernator 3 роки тому +13

    Side note, these platforms are not called "oil rigs" they are drilling rigs. If oil gets to the surface its a bad time. Their only purpose is to drill a hole in the ground

    • @VictorRuiz-dc9ed
      @VictorRuiz-dc9ed 3 роки тому

      And how do they get profit out of drilling? I mean, how do they get the oil afterwards?

    • @oleeliassen5658
      @oleeliassen5658 3 роки тому +3

      Some platforms can drill and exstract oil

  • @calebknight3611
    @calebknight3611 3 роки тому +5

    Do you have any sources for the 112db at @ 8km? Is that based off of any estimates or current measurements?

    • @maticz3923
      @maticz3923 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah i imagine it being much higher
      And a lot of sealife will die thanks to loud sounds. Just as sea turtles already do in boca chica

  • @lostzwolf7269
    @lostzwolf7269 3 роки тому +2

    DAMN this is cool to see. i can alreadt imagine flying with one of them starship Spaceliners series X haha

  • @mpmansell
    @mpmansell 3 роки тому

    Using a separate tanker as a fuel farm seems more sensible if launches are frequent. Not only would it mean that the launch rig would be less prone to rapid unscheduled disassembly in the inevitable event of a failure, but there would be less risk from explosion while pumping from the tanker to the on-board storage. During launch and landing, the tanker can also serve to evacuate personnel from the danger zone.

  • @jana31415
    @jana31415 3 роки тому +5

    "lone star" is a spaceballs reference

  • @robertschlesinger1342
    @robertschlesinger1342 3 роки тому +6

    Interesting and worthwhile video. As stated, this sort of endeavor has been done before. Presently, China and UAE are pursuing similar endeavors.

  • @thefuturekidsofficial
    @thefuturekidsofficial 2 роки тому

    This is beyond exciting

  • @florianplack2973
    @florianplack2973 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome thumbnail!

  • @NovaLand
    @NovaLand 3 роки тому +10

    One word: ARMAGEDDON - everyone knows they need oil drilling equipment!!

    • @JSp4wN
      @JSp4wN 3 роки тому +2

      😆🤣😅

  • @SameBasicRiff
    @SameBasicRiff 3 роки тому

    That was the best transition to an ad lol Linus should call you

  • @darthjump
    @darthjump 3 роки тому

    Very exciting. I just wonder about all the problems we don´t even think about they have to solve before it can work as planned.

  • @notarmchairhistorian7779
    @notarmchairhistorian7779 3 роки тому +4

    how crazy it would be of spacex actually started mining in space! I would love to see that happen in my lifetime.

  • @isaytheenay5961
    @isaytheenay5961 3 роки тому +3

    According to you, someone noticed the oil rigs were sitting at port with Diemos and Phobos written on them. At which point sleuthing was done, and it was determined they had been purchased by a SpaceX subsidiary. Following the logic of your story, the NASASpaceFlight channel then sent a cameraman back in time, to film them coming into port.

  • @Askejm
    @Askejm 3 роки тому

    that sponsor segue was dangerously smooth

  • @davidspencer1558
    @davidspencer1558 3 роки тому

    great video

  • @palabinash
    @palabinash 3 роки тому +7

    Will that shock wave of engines affect the marine life as sound travels faster in water.

    • @Lucky-be3oq
      @Lucky-be3oq 3 роки тому +2

      IIRC on another video that I cannot remember, it was proposed that they will be using air bubbles as dampener for the noise generated by the rocket.

    • @balam314
      @balam314 3 роки тому +2

      Well yes, but actually no.
      ua-cam.com/video/9tbxDgcv74c/v-deo.html
      A rocket launch would cause a lot of localized damage, but not much else.

    • @thesauce1682
      @thesauce1682 3 роки тому

      It will.

  • @proon.
    @proon. 3 роки тому +5

    "will smash windows if close enough"
    SpaceX platform: *literally every angle has 30 windows*

    • @LaughingOrange
      @LaughingOrange 3 роки тому +1

      Windows can be engineered to take this pressure, but normal houses aren't meant to take it.

  • @b14ckyy
    @b14ckyy 3 роки тому +1

    what I could imagine is, to use both rigs together. One for the tank farm andoff-shore fuel production and the other one as a launchg and landing pad. Separated by a safe distance and connected by flexible pipelines?

  • @ifrite3
    @ifrite3 3 роки тому +6

    history will repeat itself. the same way apple lost their way after steve died, spacex will soon follow suit after elon passes as well.

    • @BestHakase
      @BestHakase 3 роки тому +1

      SpaceX IS Elon Mask. So yes.

  • @PoppingPro98
    @PoppingPro98 3 роки тому +4

    Really feeling for the aquatic life below the thrusters...

  • @craftingnerf2593
    @craftingnerf2593 3 роки тому

    smoothest transition to a sponsorship section ever

  • @mohammadal-qurashi1884
    @mohammadal-qurashi1884 3 роки тому +2

    Exactly, and Nueralink is one of my favorite most!!!

  • @kevinmiller8443
    @kevinmiller8443 3 роки тому +3

    I worked as a oilfield hand on one of the rigs spaceX bought.

    • @v44n7
      @v44n7 3 роки тому

      so cool, what you used to do?

    • @kevinmiller8443
      @kevinmiller8443 3 роки тому +1

      @@v44n7 I was a roustabout....chase the crane all day lol. It sucked. Paid well though

  • @Norminal1
    @Norminal1 3 роки тому +6

    Wishing spaceX much success in paving the way human kinds future.

    • @carholic-sz3qv
      @carholic-sz3qv 3 роки тому

      Yeah by using million pounds of fossil fuels to pollute even more right!

    • @ik1408
      @ik1408 3 роки тому

      And killing animals in the process. Dolphin, whales, fish are super sensitive to loud sounds. Scientists think that whales and dolphins commit suicides throwing themselves on beaches because of the super loud sounds created by ships, submarines, oil exploration devices. It looks that SpaceX have found another way to destroy the sea living world. Humankind is the name of the sixth mass extinction of animal life on this planet. Just one more reason to be proud to be human, and the sh.t with all those useless animals.

    • @ik1408
      @ik1408 2 роки тому

      @Black Stone You, SpaceX PR people, have very primitive selling brochures.

    • @ik1408
      @ik1408 2 роки тому

      @Black Stone Truth is never a broken record. On the other hand, oligarchs robbing nations and their servants yapping around - that's been around for a long time.

  • @hal8683
    @hal8683 2 роки тому

    I saw the Sea Launch ships in LA harbor. they would show it when in on the Harbor Cruises. They would tow it from Calif. down nearer the equator which is easier to get into space! Very cool!

  • @MrMuki61
    @MrMuki61 3 роки тому +1

    I wouldn't be surprised if the fully stacked system would launch half submerged like the conceptual Sea Dragon rather than from the rig itself. 304 Stainless has great corrosion resistance and is widely used in the marine industry, so the Super Heavy should (theoretically) be well suited for semi-submerged launches.

  • @seldoon_nemar
    @seldoon_nemar 3 роки тому +3

    Why would they mess with the original diesel engines of the platforms? they are already going to have giant methane reserves onboard... those engines would run fine on CNG, and the de-rating from less energy in the fuel wouldn't be a problem because they will still probably be oversized for what spacex is doing

    • @PeterLawton
      @PeterLawton 3 роки тому

      I'm not so sure diesel engines would run fine on CNG. Those are compression ignition. NG has been widely used on spark ignition generators for home power backup, and NG has also augmented diesel engines still using diesel fuel. But I expect some modifications would have to be made to those 7 big diesel engines of the drilling rig.

    • @seldoon_nemar
      @seldoon_nemar 3 роки тому

      @@PeterLawton I mean, i'm sure there are methods of conversion. I'd be interested in seeing how CNG tanker ships are run, whether it's still using bunker fuel or bulk fuel.

  • @AJexplorer2
    @AJexplorer2 3 роки тому +3

    And I was dreaming to start a company which will be the future competitor of SPACEX

  • @irvalfirestar6265
    @irvalfirestar6265 3 роки тому +1

    It'll be more logical for their tank farm to be based entirely out of a ship near the oil rig launch platform rather than onsite itself, maybe piped in from underwater via insulated tubes and coming up entirely shielded from the launch flames through one of the platform legs into a small onsite fuel pumping station.
    One benefit of a ship or barge-based tank farm system instead of onsite is allowing for the fuel to be located further from the launch location for safety reasons and be unloaded autonomously once the pipe connection has been done by crews. You can also switch out one ship for another once the tank run out with minimal disruption, or have two or more ships on the hook at any one time allowing for continuous fuel usage during operation.
    Given that the platform can be anchored to the sea floor and might only need towing by tugboats to a specific site at sea before anchoring it semi-permanently, SpaceX can ditch the engines entirely and maybe put in concrete ballasts to lower the center of gravity instead, allowing for a more stable platform overall. One tugboat operating multiple platforms when needed is much cheaper and more financially viable than having each launch platform self-propelling themselves.

  • @ProperLogicalDebate
    @ProperLogicalDebate 3 роки тому +2

    8:30 Sounds like lots of torches followed by primer paint.

  • @ClockinLoot
    @ClockinLoot 3 роки тому +5

    Hopefully this doesn’t disturb marine wildlife

    • @maticz3923
      @maticz3923 3 роки тому

      It most certainly will kill most of it due to the extremely loud noises and vibrations