Busy 2025 Ahead! Starship, New Glenn, and Stoke Progress | KSC Flyover

[@winstonsmith478]

GREATLY appreciate the New Glenn coverage. I'm bored with Starship coverage that everyone does.

[@bluesteel8376]

Yes! There is more to talk about than Spacex all the time.

[@z30_HUNGARY]

I agree, SpaceX needs the competition, in fact, the whole space industry needs it, this monopoly-like situation is not great

[@jim6584]

Well Blue has been around for just over 25 years, and as of Dec 11th, we're still waiting for them to put a 1 Kg into LEO. Not sure there is anyone else to blame except the incompetency of Blue as an Aerospace company. The Aerospace news kind of follows the company's that are actually launching. It just works that way. Blue has so much riding on this test launch of NG. As an example, if it fails to get off the launch pad or even stage properly, that means they still haven't really tested the other parts. The all important landing systems for the 1st stage will still be completely untested. The likely-hood of everything working perfectly on this 1st launch seems rather slim. I am NOT trying to be negative just using the entire history of 1st time rocket launches as real evidence. Not just being mean with my "incompetency" label but, it would seem some kind of Hopper test program years ago would of really helped develop the landing systems for NG years ago. Trying to get everything right on their 1st test launch seems to be extremely risky. Yes it worked for the Sat V but the teams that built the Mercury, Gemini and Sat 1 rockets were also involved. The F1's and J2's were also tested extensively. While I do wish Blue well, but again it is reasonable, to expect a few flaws to get uncovered on this 1st launch. Using Blue's history of extremely long development times, how many years before a 2nd flight after they make adjustments? How long before they are able to refly a proven 1st stage? Maybe they are the exception in the entire history of rocket development engineering? But wasn't New Shep was grounded, 18-24 months over an issue and NS still only flies a few times a year while that other company has flown over 100 times this year alone. Keeping it real with real facts and real history. Hopeful thinking and good vibes aren't rocket science.

[@Spherical_Cow]

Someone at ULA needs to get a promotion for coming up with "SPOC" for Vulcan.

[@marcelomapurunga6936]

Nem a capacidade de levar o Dream Chaser vai salvar a ULA

[@gary-pietz4147]

It's nice to see more coverage in blue origin finally they're starting to open up to the public it looks like

[@CSLRProductions]

the way adrian pronounced chemical at 11:04 caught me off guard

[@DemetriusTrumpClips]

"Shemical" 😅

[@knowledgeisgood9645]

@@DemetriusTrumpClips His German affected his pronunciation.

[@MaTTK74]

if you spelled it how it actually sounds it should be "kemicle" lol he pronounced it like you would for other "ch" letter words like chance, change, charge.

[@julesboth1103]

@@knowledgeisgood9645This is not the German pronunciation. In the German language it is pronounced with a ‘soft g’. The Dutch language is using the soft g in the South of The Netherlands which sounds similar to this pronunciation. In the North and the West of The Netherlands this is called a ‘hard g’ which sounds to foreigners like people are trying to create a nice thick spitball. Unfortunately it is really hard to phonetically explain this sound. If you go to Google translate you can hear the actual pronunciation.

[@namagemx]

Schfifty-five chemicals

[@anthonycamilleri7297]

many thanks to Ryan Arian and Alex

[@c.s.miller]

9:46 impertant porpoise 🐬 😅 Thanks nsf for the amazing coverage, content and education we get form all your hard work.

[@graham8316]

Really stoked on stoke

[@SpaceX_daboi]

Long Fairing , Best Fairing

[@jeremyfarmer2502]

More fairing more better

[@hotsaucedave2373]

Amazing to see so much going on at the Cape. Glad to call Merritt Island home.

[@sergiorosada5169]

Amazing level of details! Thanks guys

[@DemetriusTrumpClips]

"Shemical" @11:04 😅

[@gmergulhao]

cool whip

[@tmg7476]

Are Bob and Doug big enough to bring that extended fairing back?

[@thomashayden804]

I know they've come back with two pairs of normal fairings before, so one pair of extended fairings should be fine!

[@KnightRanger38]

I recall hearing that the plan was for the extended fairings would be expendable. On the other hand, SpaceX has made plans and later on changed them so who knows.

[@EMichaelBall]

The separation mechanism makes them expendable.

[@philb5593]

@@KnightRanger38 With how few extended fairings will ever fly and the very sensitive nature of the huge payloads it might not make sense to reuse them, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they are reused.

[@MarcusSHere23]

Great coverage, thanks!

[@iandennis1]

Thanks for the update

[@mikeylcr7531]

Excellent update, thanks gents!

[@michaelcox1071]

Great update, thanks guys!

[@ImperialJonez]

ULA: SpaceX, we want dibs on that tower crane, when you are done. SpaceX: Hmm, sure - if you can handle it.

[@davidlabedz2046]

Looking forward to 2025!

[@sdebeaubien]

Great - thanks for the updates guys! Of all the activity down there, I think I'm most excited about StokeSpace's Nova rocket. That aerojet design is just far superior to anything I think that's flying currently. My take is it actually could beat the pants off Starship given that you won't have to go through that painful belly flop and FLIP maneuver. I'm not sure humans can survive that flip maneuver.

[@bryanillenberg]

The forces of the flip are very small. And the liquid cooled heat shield is likely inferior to using tiles (it takes a LOT of hydrogen)

[@hawkeartist]

You've got me thinking. In a crewed version of Starship, the rotation of the flip maneuver could center on the crew area. That would reduce extra g forces due to centripetal force. Thoughts? ​@bryanillenberg

[@bryanillenberg]

@@hawkeartist It would reduce G-forces, but reducing an already low acceleration isn't worth the complexity of achieving that.

[@EpicChicken8]

7:22 is that not a space shuttle in the background???

[@worldmenders]

Just external tanks. It's one of the public displays.

[@ale131296]

Visitor complex

[@ernestgalvan9037]

@@worldmenders…external liquid fuel tank (EFT, orange) and solid-fuel rocket boosters (SRB, white). To the left can be seen other rockets on display. VERY fuzzy… it MAY be seven (?) rockets… right-most one MAY be a Gemini-Titan. A Rocket Garden.

[@IFOP23]

Great video and content once again! Can I suggest to show the images longer on screen and reduce the time the talking persons are showed?

[@crash664x4]

This is kinda fun!

[@Wrangler-fp4ei]

Thanks for the update, but wasn't this content usually setup for This Week In Spaceflight??

[@ale131296]

Nope, these flyovers have actually happened for longer than TWIS

[@alancadorette3447]

got to wonder how New Glenn can have so much being done with no income, like SpaceX

[@chrismantonuk]

Jeff Bezos.

[@PlanXV]

Now that Joe Bezos is working on the rocket himself 😊 the other day he was with the team at work 😳

[@martian195sx]

the wrapped ring section was a piece of b11 they secretly stole from spaceX lol

[@Grandwigg]

I'm always glad to hear, "work continues in the orbital launch mount." ESPECIALLY the Florida one. I can't wait to see a flight from Florida.

[@hitmewitdarock]

Blue keeps building buildings

[@gabrielgolding5380]

Adrian’s a Vox Machina fan?! Lets gooo.

[@rtzx12570]

10 GBS means Giga Bytes per second NOT Giga Bits per second. There are 8 bits in 1 Byte are therefore considerable more than you said.

[@ale131296]

It's gigabit, it's literally on the website: "Our first Community Gateway on the remote island of Unalaska, Alaska is able to provide 10 *gigabits* of symmetric uplink and downlink throughput, enough to serve thousands of new customers while operating at over 99% uptime." Also gigabyte would be GBps not Gbps, gigabit is Gb and gigabyte is GB

[@mrbaab5932]

Pretty stupid to make Bits and Bytes sound alike. Why even use Bytes now?

[@undertheradarvan]

Is the BO second stage steel?

[@rory-red]

Going be interesting to see blue origin land booster on a drone ship when they never landed any rocket on a drone ship.

[@Bqd23]

Most likely Alex is right. Its the same crane. 😂

[@Skot2Breal]

Let’s go 💯

[@johndavid1611]

Could it be possible that the roberts road facilty could just build boosters and land ships from Starbase at florida?

[@EMichaelBall]

SpaceX has released drawings for a new catch-only tower at 39A.

[@KiRiTO72987]

Definitely possible but I think eventually ships will be built at Roberts road, Boca will always have a relatively low launch rate and that might slow them down

[@jaslarja]

Can we call this “Cape update”?

[@donlindell1994]

watched this twice to get all the details! Love these episodes so much

[@BenjySparky]

Ryan, Alex, Adrian, and NSF, y'all rock! Peace 🤘

[@MagnusWissler]

Is there some kind of edge enhancement going on in some of these shots?

[@Bryn3Barn]

By far one of your best videos. And this officially vindicates me, as I predicted long ago that 39A was next. Then a full Demo of Pad A. And then expansion.

[@MyNameisRahl]

I will now pronounce "chemical" no other way except "shemical".

[@Veptis]

Great steps towards more data visualization!

[@Hykje]

Musk builds a rocket factory -Bezos builds a rocket factory. Musk builds a big rocket -Bezos builds a big rocket. Musk builds a parking garage -Bezos builds a parking garage.

[@EMichaelBall]

Sibling rivalry

[@Dalisu87]

The Shemistry between the 3 of you is great 😊

[@Jeffrey_Bezos_Amazon]

I see great potential in Elon Musk's projects, I believe in his engineering genius, in particular, I admire the FSD 13.2 autonomous driving system, which will bury Waymo as soon as it goes into mass production. Although I do not express explicit support for Elon Musk, I have always been on his side and hope that in the future we will join forces and create something that will produce a revolution that will lift humanity to unprecedented heights. Sincerely, Joe Bezos.

[@rory-red]

who heck would ever get one web internet when there is Starlink.

[@KiRiTO72987]

I know several people who refuse to buy anything from musks companies due to his political views but other than that probably people who are misinformed

[@tmikkelsen8066]

Dump trucks all day every day on columbia heading out to Canaveral.

[@matthewpeck4016]

The algorithm I'd like you to feed is long-from X videos. Please.

[@WernherVonKerman.]

im sorry 2024 "might" be over soon?

[@neclimdul]

I'm so tired of listening to updates on SpaceX internet connections and AC units for 15min to get 30sec of updates about the rest of the industry.

[@NASASpaceflight]

Do you watch our "This Week In Spaceflight" series? We publish them every Friday. - Das

[@J_3_P_O]

I wish you guys would do these with just flight hardware. I have zero interest in new car parks or any other buildings. Wasting my morning pre work coffee time watching updates on buildings and ground clearance.. 😤

[@ale131296]

You gotta build that hardware somewhere

[@chrismantonuk]

Yeah I wish they’d put chapter markers in

[@romec3435]

👾👍👾

[@Subaquaplane]

Do you have all three the same hairdresser ? 😏

[@bartvschuylenburg]

Euro space nerd hairdo

[@Parayogi]

Blue is so pathetically arrogant, more than 10 years behind SpaceX, still haven't even reached orbit once, still pretending it's going to the moon

[@Skot2Breal]

T-20 till 4:20

[@zapfanzapfan]

Does the solar farm belong to SpaceX?

[@ale131296]

nope

[@Stratos_]

@@ale131296 FPL

[@riparianlife97701]

I'm excited about switching from Starlink to OneWeb when it becomes viable.

[@lordleonusa]

Stoke Space? Who? Never heard of them

[@ekstrapolatoraproksymujacy412]

their reusable second stage design is very different from any other rocket in existence, hope it works

[@juliefizpatrick513]

👍👍👍👍