SpaceX Overdrive: Flight 4 Final Prep - Florida Starship Is BACK!

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  • @Whataboutit
    @Whataboutit  26 днів тому +28

    💼 Create a free website or request a demo at www.odoo.com/r/Rfp9!
    What do you think? Which prototype will be tested first at this new stand, Ship 26 or Ship 31?

    • @drshoe8744
      @drshoe8744 25 днів тому +3

      They're using Ship 26 to test the new facilities, why risk a new Starship and possibly damaging it, when you have an already tested, obsolete model that'll be scrapped anyhow?

    • @aarondyer.pianist
      @aarondyer.pianist 25 днів тому +1

      "There are more starships on the road than cars." LOL

    • @barrya5191
      @barrya5191 25 днів тому

      Ship 26, or maybe not. Elon time rules!

    • @RWBHere
      @RWBHere 25 днів тому +1

      10:47 Someone used the wrong image there! Those dates are for December 2023.

    • @jedder2572
      @jedder2572 25 днів тому +1

      hi, there is a typo on the second road closures. december instead of may. caut me of guard....

  • @anthonyjobey8821
    @anthonyjobey8821 26 днів тому +78

    Cracked me up with the 7 of 9 joke! Well played 😂

    • @jaeluatl
      @jaeluatl 25 днів тому +2

      Yes it was…………

    • @TheFlow2006
      @TheFlow2006 25 днів тому +3

      yes, i wonder how many will still now where she´s from though

    • @aladintobstar
      @aladintobstar 25 днів тому +4

      @@TheFlow2006 we know, that must be enough ;)

    • @fridaycaliforniaa236
      @fridaycaliforniaa236 12 днів тому +1

      I don't get the joke; Can someone explain, please ? 🙂🙏✌

  • @bwuepper439
    @bwuepper439 26 днів тому +42

    10:50 in video, graphic appears to reference items in Dec 2023

  • @turner120995
    @turner120995 26 днів тому +116

    Oops! Your road closure graphic said DECEMBER instead of May. :-)

    • @HachimitsuBears-kl6vj
      @HachimitsuBears-kl6vj 25 днів тому +6

      It also says 2023 instead of 2024, haha

    • @lanav9679
      @lanav9679 25 днів тому +2

      So What Dude Chill !

    • @turner120995
      @turner120995 25 днів тому +10

      @lanav9679 I was just letting them know, in case no one had yet. I had not seen other comments when I added my comment. I even put a smiley face and said 'oops' as a playful way of bringing it to their attention. Your comment, on the other hand, is totally displaying an unpleasant attitude. I would offer the same advice back to you. Cheers.

    • @user-nu4uq6pe7e
      @user-nu4uq6pe7e 25 днів тому +1

      At 10:45. The "13" was in focus, therfore don't worry about year and month 🙂

    • @Specialeffecks
      @Specialeffecks 24 дні тому

      Just keeping up on our toes. Now if had been a metric versus imperial units blunder....

  • @iancanty9875
    @iancanty9875 26 днів тому +173

    It’s amazing that Spacex can build stuff almost faster than the top space news channels can report on it. What an amazing company. What an amazing workforce. It’s incredible that none of this would be happening but for the ambition of one man, Elon Musk.

    • @quivalla
      @quivalla 26 днів тому +6

      Henry Ford

    • @graysonbaker9053
      @graysonbaker9053 26 днів тому +2

      glazing so hard

    • @bruceyoung1343
      @bruceyoung1343 26 днів тому +12

      Go Baby Go. Fly me to the moon. Let me play amongst the stars. Let me see what weathers like on Jupiter and Mars

    • @luckywilson5469
      @luckywilson5469 26 днів тому

      Cuba😂

    • @HaharuRecords
      @HaharuRecords 26 днів тому +3

      YEs, its when work more than talking

  • @Enigmatic..
    @Enigmatic.. 26 днів тому +68

    Can you imagine how cool it would be if they launched two starships at the same time.

    • @Whataboutit
      @Whataboutit  26 днів тому +24

      We'll see the day that it really happens!

    • @mochachaiguy
      @mochachaiguy 26 днів тому +11

      I wonder how the shockwaves would interact…

    • @MatsCooper
      @MatsCooper 26 днів тому +5

      minutes or hours apart perhaps but simultaneously?

    • @giorgiolelmi8175
      @giorgiolelmi8175 26 днів тому +10

      @@mochachaiguy Now instead of the watching flying concrete blocks, you will see levitating rocks between the powerful resonance waves.

    • @Enigmatic..
      @Enigmatic.. 26 днів тому +2

      @@MatsCooper I know its not likely any time soon, i'm just dreaming lol.

  • @trapjohnson
    @trapjohnson 26 днів тому +16

    Silly Felix, Vulcan's only raise ONE eyebrow ;)

  • @philipkudrna5643
    @philipkudrna5643 25 днів тому +11

    „Seven (out) of Nine“ Segments! - Haha! 😂 Made my day! Long live Jeri Ryan!

  • @arbortube1561
    @arbortube1561 26 днів тому +34

    One day I want to see Felix live from space in a Starship or even from the moon or Mars! With help from starlink, live could be possible from space!

    • @glenkeating7333
      @glenkeating7333 25 днів тому +1

      Now your talking. It would be great to see Felix to a broadcast from space!

    • @straighttalk2069
      @straighttalk2069 25 днів тому +7

      I think Tim Dodd (The everyday astronaut) will be the first UA-camr to do that as he already has his Starship flight booked.

    • @mikegardner107
      @mikegardner107 25 днів тому

      “Felix and family, live from Luna 1, continuing our report on our first Starship trip!”

  • @johnstewart579
    @johnstewart579 26 днів тому +26

    "7 of 9 segments" LOL

  • @rowanalbright7711
    @rowanalbright7711 26 днів тому +10

    Ayyy the 7 of 9 joke! He is a true Trekkie

  • @seftondepledge3658
    @seftondepledge3658 26 днів тому +70

    Great video. Btw the slide at 10:47 says "December 14" not "May 14". This is probably a mistake as the audio says May and gven the current date.

    • @owenklijnsma
      @owenklijnsma 26 днів тому +5

      Also 2023 instead of 24

    • @henrikjordfaldolsen4011
      @henrikjordfaldolsen4011 26 днів тому

      Templates are b if you are not particular about updating information contained in them

    • @Whataboutit
      @Whataboutit  26 днів тому +21

      Ah! Man! Where were you during the episode QC?

    • @vernux5299
      @vernux5299 26 днів тому +6

      @@Whataboutit Always happy to join as 2 extra eyes and ears 😉

    • @RobbPage
      @RobbPage 25 днів тому +3

      just so you know, youtubers do this shit on purpose to generate comments since comments are a big part of the youtube game.

  • @mochachaiguy
    @mochachaiguy 26 днів тому +11

    Great episode, Felix!! You crack me up AND educate me at the same time 👍🏽

    • @Whataboutit
      @Whataboutit  26 днів тому +4

      It's my pleasure! The only problem is that SpaceX needs to slow down so that we can report on everything! This is crazy! :O

    • @Misst2050
      @Misst2050 24 дні тому

      I watch all your videos as well as others, and I cannot keep track of all this lightning speed progress OMG!! 👏🏻

  • @keithplymale2374
    @keithplymale2374 25 днів тому +17

    i don't expect things to really get going until SpaceX succeeds in not only catching the Booster and Ship with the arms but also turning that Booster and Ship around and launching them successfully and doing that at least a couple of times. I do expect we WILL see Booster and Starship flying as often as Falcon 9 does today. After all it took a few years and launches to get from Falcon 1 to Falcon 9.

    • @imconsequetau5275
      @imconsequetau5275 25 днів тому +1

      I suspect that the "bottle neck" in rapid turn around will ultimately be the rate of tanker trucks filling the "tank farm". However, for the near term, SpaceX will be upgrading the launchpad in every interval between launches, causing most delays.

    • @odysseusrex5908
      @odysseusrex5908 24 дні тому +2

      The day will come when we will see Starships lunching multiple times per *day.*

  • @artisteric
    @artisteric 26 днів тому +10

    You keep me caught up and excited about the progress! Thank you!

  • @Nathan-vt1jz
    @Nathan-vt1jz 26 днів тому +10

    Looking forward to this next launch, hopefully we get to see a water landing.

  • @Velotrix94
    @Velotrix94 26 днів тому +10

    captivating episode ty:)

  • @MattBorgardt
    @MattBorgardt 26 днів тому +10

    Almost 500,000 go WAI

  • @chrischeshire6528
    @chrischeshire6528 26 днів тому +7

    Building Starship and a booster, testing it and getting into orbit is just half the work to be done. Designing and testing the interior for human use and survival will take just as long. This was a great video Felix, full of information, thanks and good job!

    • @odysseusrex5908
      @odysseusrex5908 24 дні тому +1

      They are, of course, already working on that under the HLS contract.

  • @crashtestrc7213
    @crashtestrc7213 26 днів тому +11

    Typo: you showed Road closures for December, not May.

  • @KomradZX1989
    @KomradZX1989 25 днів тому +3

    I’ve been a looooong time subscriber and not a video has gone by where I don’t smile 😁. Keep up your awesome work guys!
    YOU ROCK ❤

  • @deathwing5639
    @deathwing5639 26 днів тому +8

    What a epic episode 🤩.
    Love the jokes, awesome photos a really mind-blowing animation's. Y'all Rock so much ❤️

    • @Whataboutit
      @Whataboutit  26 днів тому +3

      Thnk you so much! It's a pleasure!

  • @digitalplayland
    @digitalplayland 26 днів тому +12

    Oh, boy! Maritime platforms. Fuel from the atmosphere, power from the sun. The sea as a condenser... It's such a fantastic picture.

  • @Rekuzan
    @Rekuzan 24 дні тому +1

    The most amazing part is the flying grain silo survived long enough to be repurposed into a storage tank that is still used to this day!

  • @mikakettunen7939
    @mikakettunen7939 25 днів тому +2

    Booster droneship names "CATCHEDIAN RHAPSODY" "GOTTA CATCH ´EM ALL" "CATCHA LA VISTA BABY"

  • @tmuny1380
    @tmuny1380 26 днів тому +13

    I AM BEYOND EXCITED ! 18 MONTHS WE WILL BE ON THE MOON WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL SHIP AND COOL SPACE SUITS !

    • @TheMoneypresident
      @TheMoneypresident 25 днів тому +2

      The suits are only for limited use space walking.

    • @johnd.7792
      @johnd.7792 25 днів тому +5

      ​@TheMoneypresident
      I'm sure spacex has quietly 🤫 been working on that...
      Makes me wonder what all is under way incognito.

    • @TheMoneypresident
      @TheMoneypresident 25 днів тому

      @johnd.7792 doubt that. Elon advertising everything long before it even works.

  • @scottymoondogjakubin4766
    @scottymoondogjakubin4766 26 днів тому +8

    I remember keeping track of the raptor engines and serial #'s now im like well it has engines ! 😝

  • @lanav9679
    @lanav9679 25 днів тому +2

    Red line Heli is the Coolest !! Super Cool Dude !

  • @henline.robert
    @henline.robert 25 днів тому +1

    Thoroughly enjoyed this episode love the enthusiasm and the duh 😅

  • @mhernandez96
    @mhernandez96 23 дні тому

    Felix, I do Appreciate all efforts that you do in every episode to keep us informed and entertained. God Bless !!!!

  • @markbottcher9623
    @markbottcher9623 24 дні тому

    Great episode.
    You've definitely become my favorite channel for spaceX news.

  • @devlinwalters7650
    @devlinwalters7650 25 днів тому +2

    Love all of your
    "it's happenings"
    😋

  • @lanav9679
    @lanav9679 25 днів тому +1

    So Cool ! Wow ! Great Show !

  • @user-gl2yf3yc7e
    @user-gl2yf3yc7e 25 днів тому +2

    ❤😂🎉 wish all go well to SpaceX

  • @Misst2050
    @Misst2050 24 дні тому

    I truly enjoy all your episodes, filled with tons of information, enthusiasm, and humour 👌!! 😁

  • @clarencehopkins7832
    @clarencehopkins7832 26 днів тому

    Excellent stuff bro

  • @christianpoynter7971
    @christianpoynter7971 25 днів тому

    Congrats on 365 episodes! Watching an episode a day, it would take a year to get caught up - that's a lot of content!

  • @1doalbeck
    @1doalbeck 26 днів тому +4

    Great show

  • @brave_ulysses5958
    @brave_ulysses5958 25 днів тому +1

    Outstanding

  • @spacekrebel2331
    @spacekrebel2331 26 днів тому +8

    WHAT ABOUT IT!
    Best source everything starship ❤️

  • @kevinkley6259
    @kevinkley6259 26 днів тому +2

    Can’t wait for the time where they start catching and restacking then launching again for the first time that will be exciting

  • @MergeManny
    @MergeManny 25 днів тому

    I cannot lie, I jump in joy whenever Felix releases a new vid! I love seeing some starship news!

  • @alanmckinnon6791
    @alanmckinnon6791 25 днів тому +1

    04:20 Hey, Felix. you forgot to mention Hoppy - first to fly!

  • @gregsteele806
    @gregsteele806 26 днів тому +4

    I wonder if Space-X will ever build rails to move starships and boosters around the site? I think the SPMT's are great, but I wonder if it would be more efficient to use dedicated rails once they really ramp up production.

    • @dphuntsman
      @dphuntsman 26 днів тому

      I think it’s almost more likely that he’d make the SPMT’s self-driving first.

    • @imconsequetau5275
      @imconsequetau5275 24 дні тому

      There may not be enough property to build a rail system. There are State Park and Federal Wildlife Preserve right beside the road.

  • @RajabNatshah
    @RajabNatshah 25 днів тому

    Thank you :)

  • @faisalsvideoworld
    @faisalsvideoworld 16 днів тому

    good to see florida starship is coming back

  • @lizmramsey6852
    @lizmramsey6852 20 днів тому

    That new starship was was is Stunly beautiful

  • @johnrday2023
    @johnrday2023 25 днів тому +1

    Love yr show - always good updates ! But hold on, what is the launch date for 4th flight ? Nothing else matters !

  • @jameslandon9194
    @jameslandon9194 25 днів тому

    The December 2023 road closers got me chuckling.

  • @surferdude4487
    @surferdude4487 25 днів тому +2

    There was a time that The EPA and FTC were dragging there feet so bad that I thought the water launches from international water would be the only option.

  • @Angusrangus344
    @Angusrangus344 25 днів тому +1

    This might be dumb, but I think spacex should build a road from masseys to starbase. It would be very conventional.❤

  • @websightdotwebsite
    @websightdotwebsite 25 днів тому

    7 of 9 lol... you guys at WAI are great

  • @dennispasch9538
    @dennispasch9538 25 днів тому

    GOOD LUCK

  • @brickeyp1
    @brickeyp1 25 днів тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @nischaysoni502
    @nischaysoni502 26 днів тому +1

    @felix , hi felix always love your work. ✨

  • @josealcides7482
    @josealcides7482 25 днів тому +1

    Thank you very much👋👋👋👋Brasil, estado minas gerais, city belo horizonte👋👋👋

  • @michaelbuzbee
    @michaelbuzbee 26 днів тому +2

    Interesting way to spell MAY ;)

  • @CarlosPedroOliveiraTavares
    @CarlosPedroOliveiraTavares 24 дні тому

    You rock

  • @jundergaming
    @jundergaming 25 днів тому

    Hey Felix if you and your team are struggling to compress all this info into a 20ish minute video I’m sure that most fans wouldn’t mind longer episode lengths during these busy weeks. Helps keep the quality up and helps to inform even better. 😊

  • @terrysmith8655
    @terrysmith8655 25 днів тому

    Good video as usual. At around 10 minutes and 45 seconds you announce the road closures forMay. You listed December, just a heads up

  • @annikwok2536
    @annikwok2536 26 днів тому

    You where mentioning the closure dates for transporting the tower sections but you went from 13 directly to 15 .... 14 may is also in the list you show us.. By the way very good editing work 😊

  • @subthousandoaks
    @subthousandoaks 25 днів тому

    7 of 9!! ❤ Jerry Ryan! Haha love it. That's my girl BTW. 😂

  • @rocroc
    @rocroc 26 днів тому +3

    Good to see that SpaceX is finally going install a catch tower for the Super Heavy. It should have been part of the initial plan to begin with. It can only save time, money. improve efficiency and minimize ancillary damage. They will no doubt catch the second stage as well. As to the drone ship, I suspect it will be an alternative for use at Boca Chica as well. That should be a landing worth seeing - a 20+ story building.

    • @Scanner9631
      @Scanner9631 25 днів тому +1

      The initial plan was landing legs. Catching as a concept hadn't occurred yet.

    • @rocroc
      @rocroc 25 днів тому

      @@Scanner9631 - Well, of course that was the initial plan but once they decided on a catch tower there was no mention of a landing tower.

    • @Scanner9631
      @Scanner9631 25 днів тому

      @@rocroc but once they decided on a catch tower there was no mention of a landing tower.
      When was there ever mention of a landing tower that wasn't a catch tower? What would a "landing tower" actually do?

    • @imconsequetau5275
      @imconsequetau5275 24 дні тому

      Actually, all this talk of "catch-only" is just speculation and social media echo chamber effects.
      The only comment SpaceX has made is that they are building a complete second orbital launch complex.

    • @rocroc
      @rocroc 24 дні тому

      @@Scanner9631 - Think about it or read one of my earlier comments. I think I mentioned a couple when I wrote the comment on which this discussion was made. They are significant.

  • @timboo1005
    @timboo1005 26 днів тому

    Love the Star trek reference ... 7 of 9 Xd

  • @photolife8511
    @photolife8511 25 днів тому

    Felix at 10:50 public notice you put is from December 14th hah

  • @smavtmb2196
    @smavtmb2196 25 днів тому +1

    Sucks waiting till June but
    We are still waiting on SpaceX to finish and turn in their flight 3 report. So clearly the FAA can't approve anything until SpaceX has done that.

  • @allenlane3345
    @allenlane3345 25 днів тому

    🙌
    Booster!

  • @marinoceccotti9155
    @marinoceccotti9155 25 днів тому

    Can't wait for the next test. We NEED fiery balls of fire !

  • @jeffingram8279
    @jeffingram8279 26 днів тому

    5:18 I don’t think it’s gonna be more challenging because I think there’s gonna be testing every day at the pace that they want to set

  • @Jon-ky6st
    @Jon-ky6st 25 днів тому

    Will be visiting starbase June 17ish hopefully there will be a small delay. Either way just would like to see it!

  • @otpyrcralphpierre1742
    @otpyrcralphpierre1742 26 днів тому +6

    What? No mention of the Electrical malfunction on the booster? Color me Surprised!

    • @vooper1699
      @vooper1699 26 днів тому +3

      Script was made before that incident

    • @Whataboutit
      @Whataboutit  26 днів тому +6

      Was too close to recording. An episode is in editing for roughly 2 days with the content locked down. Next Episode!

    • @otpyrcralphpierre1742
      @otpyrcralphpierre1742 25 днів тому

      @@Whataboutit I'm looking forward to seeing it! Thank you for replying.

  • @clavo3352
    @clavo3352 25 днів тому

    Great video Felix! Hope you're enjoying the Whataburgers and the Bill Millers Fried Chicken and the Jalisco Mexican Restaurants. Lucky you are down there near Delia's Tamales too! I dare you to show how to eat a tamale ! They sort of look like booster rockets; No? LOL !

  • @eddygun46
    @eddygun46 25 днів тому

    Waiting for flight 4

  • @Hutch400
    @Hutch400 26 днів тому

    Wow!

  • @jrdaparker
    @jrdaparker 25 днів тому

    I think as space activities ramp up, this week will have seemed easy.

  • @kstricl
    @kstricl 25 днів тому +2

    Having a catch barge for booster would make so much sense. The reduced risk to infrastructure, as well as the reduced delta-v requirements would pay off quite rapidly. Every ton of fuel not needed for the return is another ton in orbit or that much higher an orbit.

    • @Scanner9631
      @Scanner9631 25 днів тому +1

      Slows down potential turn around for another flight. Takes time to bring that barge and rocket home and get the barge out for another landing.

    • @simongeard4824
      @simongeard4824 25 днів тому +1

      @@Scanner9631 Yep, turnaround time for drone ships seems to be the biggest limitation on Falcon flight cadence these days

    • @imconsequetau5275
      @imconsequetau5275 24 дні тому

      Propellant is cheap. There is no good reason to minimize propellant consumption due to cost. Rather *_propellant mass_* is a huge issue, but mostly for the second stage, not so much for the first stage.

    • @kstricl
      @kstricl 24 дні тому +1

      @@imconsequetau5275 Every bit of velocity imparted to the second stage by the first is that much more mass that can be put into orbit, sent to the moon, etc. If you recover the booster on a ballistic trajectory, the fuel that you would use to return to the launch pad can instead be used during the initial burn. Yes, the fuel itself is cheap, but it's a limited resource you need to manage during a launch. Having a barge out at the LZ of said ballistic launch means you can recover a booster that would otherwise be destroyed.

    • @imconsequetau5275
      @imconsequetau5275 24 дні тому

      @@kstricl
      If payloads suddenly exceed RTLS capacity, then downrange landing platforms makes sense, especially if too many boosters would otherwise be sunk. Customers may not want to pay for expendables. But there is a great advantage if you can get the booster back for the next launch within minutes instead of days. The SpaceX "rapidly reusable" way would normally be to just slap on more engines to Starship and stretch the tanks.
      This cannot be rapidly done for any version that is rated for crew, so there might need to be _version forks._

  • @Kr0N05
    @Kr0N05 25 днів тому

    Clearly a catch only tower could be converted to a regular launch tower once they are confident - would be the smart way to go.

  • @johnposton9743
    @johnposton9743 26 днів тому

    With sooo much MOVEMENT... they need dedicated gantry crane trains... oh but that would be TOO EFFICIENT🤯🤯🤯

  • @alexu1951
    @alexu1951 26 днів тому

    One tower will be for launch, long arms, other to catch, short arms

  • @richardloewen7177
    @richardloewen7177 26 днів тому

    I strongly suspect that they will need to weld 2 or 3 semisubmersible platforms together, to get the needed deck area for offshore launches / landings.

  • @theradioweyr
    @theradioweyr 25 днів тому

    I predict that dedicated catch towers will be useful for at least 3 years from now, to mitigate risk, help launch cadence and to make it easier to work on things like the the QD et al.

  • @jimhorvath3567
    @jimhorvath3567 26 днів тому

    I fully agree Elan needs to go offshore and ferry starships with ship to launch offshore

  • @JasonBlack66
    @JasonBlack66 24 дні тому

    ~/me singing: "Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go.... Here we go, here we go, here we go...."

  • @TheSchroedi2108
    @TheSchroedi2108 26 днів тому +1

    Sorry, you posted an old table of road closures at 10:46 😆😉

  • @EvilDaveCanada
    @EvilDaveCanada 23 дні тому

    Please Stand By For a Massive Text Dump
    My thoughts on how to test the catching capabilities of the tower would be:
    1) Remove the hot staging ring from a booster and put an aerodynamic cap on top of it instead.
    2) Launch just the booster with a limited fuel load & maybe pressurize the fuel tanks using nitrogen.
    3) Try landing the booster just offshore from StarBase, still inside US territorial waters, using the virtual tower method until they get that right.
    4) After the Virtual Tower landings are working correctly, then launch just the booster again with limited fuel to start testing the catching maneuver with the real tower.
    The same steps 2-4 can be done with the upper stage.
    There is no reason that full orbit testing can not be done at the same time as this would allow full orbit testing of all functions of the upper stage including re-entry heat resistance, but flying the limited fuel tests 'should' be possible in-between the orbit launches, therefore getting more landing testing done.
    The booster does not have to go as high as the upper stage does during testing because it does not need to do the horizontal maneuver like the upper stage does.
    Less height required, less fuel required.
    And not all the Booster engines would be needed, just use static weights in place of a real engine for proper weight during landing.
    I mean, how long does it take to build a booster for a limited fuel testing of first the virtual tower landing and than the landing tests using a real tower?
    SpaceX already is planing to build additional towers at StarBase, so use multiple towers to do multiple flights in a day.
    Until landing tests are being done with real towers, I would think each tower could launch at least one test a day, if not more, unless a tower get damaged during a launch.
    SpaceX's Company Motto should be:
    If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

  • @michaelpetty8867
    @michaelpetty8867 25 днів тому

    They will need a catch only tower for a couple of years. Only need to miss the mark once to realize that would have been a good idea.

  • @adriendecroy7254
    @adriendecroy7254 24 дні тому

    How are the tiles even made? Seems to me they would have more luck keeping them attached if they were about 10x the size (and curved)

  • @audriusg1536
    @audriusg1536 26 днів тому

    checking flight 4 and 5 simultaneously... are they planning to launch them back to back basically? Withing days.

  • @StevenMelnychuk
    @StevenMelnychuk 25 днів тому

    Tell me how they are going to mount the fower sections when there no foundation yet.

  • @graftonbailey3307
    @graftonbailey3307 26 днів тому

    Almost a panicked rush

  • @williamhatfield8935
    @williamhatfield8935 24 дні тому

    The information we really want to know is at what stage the disintegration of booster and starship will be declared an outstanding success.

  • @allanrose3661
    @allanrose3661 26 днів тому

    Looks like launches from the 2nd orbital pad will over fly pad 1 and its orbital tank farm. Isn't that a problem?

  • @matthewpenning4505
    @matthewpenning4505 25 днів тому

    what about a test to see if the new vents don't freeze over like last time. maybe they have added heaters to the vent orifice.

  • @sttmw
    @sttmw 23 дні тому

    Bientôt à nouveau, le sombrero sur la tête de Félix !🤠🤠🤠 hieoouh!

  • @stevezelazny6987
    @stevezelazny6987 24 дні тому

    I love what Space X is doing for the next flight, however, no one gives a crap about the new Star Factory!! The biggest and most updated "Tool" that Space X has built and no one has invested any time trying to see inside or updating us on the progress going made. I think this is something worth digging into. I'm sure nothing is too secretive going on inside. It would be cool to see a clip or two of the progress each week considering the importance of it! Just an idea.

  • @johnd.7792
    @johnd.7792 25 днів тому

    I'd like to see the next landing barge be called "Live long and prosper".

  • @adamstywall7
    @adamstywall7 26 днів тому +7

    I got noti’s on

  • @statemonster
    @statemonster 24 дні тому

    I’m hoping it’s a bit delayed as I’m busing family in Florida at the end of the Month, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A ROCKET LAUNCH THAT WOULD BE SO COOL

  • @martinbeaumier7172
    @martinbeaumier7172 26 днів тому +1

    Im going to Florida at the end of June hoping to see a launch where is the best place to watch as a tourist?

    • @Whataboutit
      @Whataboutit  26 днів тому

      A1A half way across the indian river or at Jetty Park!

  • @GavinFAllison
    @GavinFAllison 25 днів тому

    I wonder if they would ever build a booster and or upper stage at Starbase then launch it just high enough for the trip over to Florida so it could land there and be prepped for its mission.
    It would save having two full scale production sites??