Beautiful day for a ride...

So cool to see this from the other side. What a great vantage point! Awesome footage. Thank you for sharing

11:58 I was thinking about the second, quieter sonic booms. We thought it was the hot stage ring, but I really think it was an echo off either the hotels at SPI or the high bays at the production site. My reasoning is that the original double boom is from the bottom of the booster and the grid fins both producing one because of the distance between them. I don’t think the ring would produce a double. Also the timing makes me think the high bays. The original is about 11:13. The second is about 11:54. The boom and the landing burn happen is quick succession. From seeing the burn start to hearing the boom is about 10 seconds. We were about 4.5 miles from the pad. The high bays are a little farther from where the boom/burn took place. Using the old “1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi” counting when you see lightning to hearing the thunder, where 5 Mississippis is one mile, the 41 seconds between the booms makes it a little over 8 miles total distance: 4ish miles from the boom to the high bays and 4ish miles from the high bay to us. I guess the proof would be if the people at Raptor Roost heard the second one. I would think that their angle from the high bays would negate their hearing an echo, or they would hear the echo much sooner. Or it was the hot stage ring.

It was like watching the launch with darth vader and his breathing . Great video still.

Very Nice capture!

Awesome footage Robert!

Awesome vid. That's so cool that you and April got to go up before the launch!

Best ride Ever!

Wind-In-the-Hair, fun with an amazing fella named Rick that made a dream cimr true for me!!! To ride past the Launch Facility on Highway 4 on a Harley!!!! A very specific Dream to be sure!!!! Thank you Rick!!!!

Hanging and banging what a way to make a living L.U. # 5 for 55 years .

Nice shot man!

I am an 86-year-old man and was an ironworker out of Local 3 in Pittsburgh until I figured out an easier and safer way to make a living and went to college and traded my union card for an MD.

I’m 26 just started doing this. Unlike a lot of people I don’t dread getting out of bed and going to work on a Monday, I’m eager, gung ho and ready to full send it all day everyday From the Marine Corps into being a SteelWalker (IronWorker)

I’m 26 just started doing this. Unlike a lot of people I don’t dread getting out of bed and going to work on a Monday, I’m eager, gung ho and ready to full send it all day everyday From the Marine Corps into being a SteelWalker (IronWorker)

Where are your helmets?

Now Thats some serious High Balling through the Jack Rabbit City!

Be careful with the people that you meet that pretend to help you because you are sleeping on the beach and speak so much shit about everything and everybody including you.

Time lapse works well, getting me motivated!

Sweeet!

Looks awesome meow! Snowing where I am!

Beautiful work....

thats my school

That so sucks you did not get the return catch! I love all the ant actors!

Great short! awesome lighting.

Awesome video robert. Next time we'll be there with you

Great video...is there other equipment that you can use to track the rocket at the beginning (sunglasses)....or it is going so fast it is hard to track at the beginning?

Great views from Mexico

I was very suprised how it sounded just like it does on the videos...that Crakle! Amazing!

Nicely done!

From the side, it reminds me of the Jawas’ junk machine transport in Star Wars Episode IV…🤣

I'm happy and grateful for you Robert! This is an Amazing time, and we get to witness it! Love you!

Wow! I wish I'd seen this footage a year ago ! Glad I met ya!

Hey Robert this is Caden Smith. Did you know that the guy name Ed Dicken. he is the one who restoration the Big Boy 4014 back in 2014. he did change the firebox and the some the control system because they don't work or outdate so Ed have to do what best for the Big Boy. and it had a PTC system. Positive Train Control (PTC) systems are designed to prevent train-to-train collisions, over-speed derailments, incursions into established work zones, and movements of trains through switches left in the wrong position. It does have some modern technology as like The new system's components - computer, GPS satellite and radio antennas to the Big boy and it crews and you will ask yourself why? Well the Railroad was not made for steam anymore and they don't do coal or water towers and they don't do paper or things they do back then. so they have too what best for Big Boy and it crew. other thing is that it burn oil because it clean and less expensive the other hand is that the coal is more expensive and can cause fire and can get the locomotive itself dirty and the parts too. most people ask me why does the big boy have to need diesel from the back and i will say this it because they don't want use 100% steam power which that will cause to worn out real quick. so the diesel is pushing the big boy to burn less fuel and help the breaking when it want to stop. they don't make the brake shoe wheel and the parts anymore so everything you see the parts is customize build by hand and 3d metal maker. I have been researching about the big boy a lot lately.

thems some bad ladys

Super cool!

Just say NO to vehicle mandates, vote RED.

Man I had no idea you could get this close to it. So cool!

Hey Robert how did you get so close!? Awsome video!

I want to be there

Jealous Meow. Wish I were there.

Them Texas boys tandem trippen that cat head like a boss!!!

Awesome, you seem much closer than everyone else at rocket ranch & south padre island judging on the sonic boom right before the booster catch.

Meow!

Nice job! Thanks for being down to earth!

I hope u will record Starship 6

Just listening yo the audio, I'm thinking this video will be flagged for pr$n o graphy. Damn dude.

breathe brother breathe. ❤❤❤

Man I am so glad I clicked this despite of so few views. The actual BEST video coverage of this test, because of the extra perspective...despite of losing the target a few times. And man your emotions are just crazy 😅 but make the video that much more special

From Mexico? So you were at the closest spot where the public was allowed? Lucky.