How SpaceX Caught Super Heavy | Explained

[@khanhnguyentrieu1752]

They fucking did it everyone

[@Cool-Game-Dev]

And it was crazy!

[@William43275]

They called him crazy... They didn't think it was possible! SpaceX said: Alright, hold my booster 12 and watch this sh*t

[@derekcoaker6579]

​@@William43275 They've been wrong about so many "impossible" verdicts. This was bananas.

[@alextonev3017]

yup!

[@RobClaypool]

One of the greatest things I've ever seen!!! WOW!

[@BPSspace]

This is really well done, Ryan - great job!

[@aperson-x5k]

true this is a good video for those that what to know more!

[@Etherus69]

I dare you to try and catch a model rocket

[@metalworker3]

Totally agree. I’m curious how many hours /days of design went into designing this and allowing for animation. Conversational parametric CAD tools would take months by a team of people.

[@lisaburman4469]

Wow, your video is so impressive. Well done.

[@karlmiller3236]

Great video, Ryan! Were there any deltas at all between your assumptions and the realities of the capture, such as the location over the launch platform?

[@podracer1048]

Who’s here after the successful catch?!

[@SaltyGT]

I was there I person! They're still holding the booster all the way up.

[@Charles-7]

me

[@bryanillenberg]

Wen IFT-6? (Apparantly very soon LOL)

[@TheBestOfSweden]

Me!

[@utuber221]

Same

[@StevenOBrien]

23:38 "We can assume SpaceX will target somewhere in this area if the second abort criteria triggers" - RIP NSF dune cam

[@xtuskay]

🤣

[@Chrisa210]

🤣

[@Hungary_0987]

🙏😞

[@erictheepic5019]

It'd go out giving us a once-in-a-lifetime shot. Once in a lifetime for that camera, that is.

[@testpilotian3188]

@@erictheepic5019assuming they can find it afterwards to recover the sad card lol

[@Benn25]

the level of the renderings is just incredible. This is very very good job, the models are superb and the explanations very clear, so easy to understand.

[@OldPannonian]

Models? Do you think that this was a simulation?

[@Benn25]

@@OldPannonian 🥹

[@slavenDj]

@@OldPannonianyes this video is before the event happened

[@LeesReviews69]

Subbed immediately

[@MrDrone-qt6sw]

Thats how money motivate anyone

[@Chris-kc3pt]

After the booster was caught for real... this video is more or less spot on to what actually happened! Excellent work!

[@dragoda]

Everyday astronaut send me to you, and I don t regret it. Well done Sir.

[@TomGrubbe]

Yep

[@trevorpuckett6309]

So glad he told us about this channel

[@HarelAvital]

me too

[@manojswain8143]

Me too

[@MarcusHouse]

Absolutely incredible Ryan. You are the master! 😍

[@timothyverbunt2763]

Agreed, thanks for the heads up about this video Marcus! Incredible👏

[@BipoCosmo]

Marcus is he calling in to the live stream you’re on? How is this man not on a live stream?

[@conlethbyrne4809]

I'm just having a laugh, Marcus 😅

[@U_Geek]

You are a maniac, I had to do a double take to see if that was SpaceX stacking footage or CGI.

[@SleepyGamerPR]

This man honestly deserves something for the OFT-1 animation. The reentry part really made me feel emotional, just like real cinema

[@GenoLoma]

The similarities with "Flappy" from IFT4 makes his OFT1 animation even more special when you watch it again..

[@alexw4225]

Yeah nah,

[@Overmotor]

As a 3D artist myself, the fact that you are able to model to this level of detail without any insider knowledge is honestly next level. Incredible job. If I may ask, how did you go about researching for the different sizes, thicknesses and shapes that are usually out of view when modeling and how long did this project take you?

[@dionysschub5350]

It is the culmination of information collected over the Years. For example when new parts get delivered photographers can often get some pretty good close-ups of them.

[@guppi277]

Ryan's in the design department. Sits right next to Elon's desk. 🤭😜 Humor apart, the quality of details and content, has you swear at the above.

[@dirtypure2023]

Very careful observation of the thousands of photos taken by dozens of dedicated on site photographers as parts arrive on trucks, and don't forget RGV aerial photography and all of the information that can be gleaned from a bird's eye view. It really is next level

[@cropsey7]

Calling yourself an artist is akin to a woman calling herself beautiful. Someone else has to call you an artist.

[@coltonmims8561]

@@cropsey7 L take

[@rohw0016]

This will go down as one of the single greatest days in engineering history. Holy shit. I was in tears

[@Lucas-GR]

absolutely, I don't think people are aware of how absolutely civilization-changing this event really is

[@MotoGP_Talk]

@@Lucas-GR camon it was a fake video

[@davestol3277]

@@MotoGP_Talkyou actually believe that the catch was fake😂😂😂 tell me how

[@henryford6804]

@@davestol3277 He probably didn't see the actual one yet and thought the original comment was referring to this video

[@sfguzmani]

@@henryford6804 But pointing out the it is a fake video when it's clearly an animation is still absurd.

[@revblade]

I wish KZbin had options above "Like" for what we think about a video! This was an exceptional video!

[@Wurtoz9643]

They have the superthanks. At least on some channels.

[@parthsharma2119]

they did it lads

[@farzana6676]

God bless America 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅

[@АндрейКалюжный-л7н]

Что сделали? Почему все так радуются?

[@PetesGuide]

5:40 As soon as you showed the skate guides, after explaining the play in the system, you instantly convinced me that delaying the video to remodel and re-render those parts was absolutely essential and worth it. Keep up the amazing work, please!

[@FerociousPancake888]

Dude what this guy needs like a trillion subscribers. Get it done people.

[@trevorpuckett6309]

Yes he does!!

[@bushigongzuomayi]

Please tell me how😂😂😂 I did not even find one, who was reacting when I forwarded this kind of links🎉🎉🎉

[@thejesuschrist]

I have faith they will catch the booster on Flight 5 🙏🏼

[@konkam744]

how... are you verified...

[@michael5045]

@@konkam744 It's a miracle

[@tomblaise]

Starship would have landed perfectly, if Jesus didn’t turn the supercooled methane and oxygen into wine.

[@karlkarlsson9126]

Something have gone wrong every launch so far, I would be highly impressed if they catch this booster, but it feels like it's not really supposed to work the first try.

[@lemont64]

If jesus Christ himself says so ...why doubt 🙌.... Amen my saviour

[@zgalexy83]

Came here after the launch and the accuracy of the renders and simulations in the video is crazy.

[@canaancopeland5059]

YES! its so cool to see this finally come out after hearing about all the progress while working on this video! Great job! looks amazing! cant wait to watch it in the morning when it premiers.

[@tritranpxfuyoLM]

30:47 THEY NAILED IT!!!

[@minisculeyandika]

This video aged like a fine wine.

[@BLITZAUTO]

THEY CAUGHT IT!

[@Jidn]

Catchededed*

[@Aki-OB1]

You should have the most subscribers out of all the space content creators. It’s just incredible what you do!

[@CorrieBergeron]

Amazing. They caught a 25-story building on the first try.

[@pondeify]

there is a 10 second gap in the footage, to me it seems fake.

[@GG_Gamer200]

@@pondeifyyeah then ask the hundreds of people who watched it from the launch site

[@pondeify]

@@GG_Gamer200 you mean all those people who also happen to be employees of SpaceX? sure ....

[@mattyduffield]

​@@pondeify seriously?? There's MULTIPLE videos of different viewpoints, give your conspiracy bullshit a rest...

[@GG_Gamer200]

@@pondeify i am not talking about the employees you idiot . i am talking about the normal public that went to see the launch

[@theplouf5533]

This video was amazing! Thank you! The modeling is impeccable, I can't imagine the number of hours spent on it, I hope a good part is only procedural... As for the textures, I have rarely seen such a good understanding of the subtle effects, almost invisible, but which make all the difference. Simply perfect!

[@00752]

@29:51: Ryan's prophecy(formulated with all engineering facts, logical speculations, technicalities and publicly available info), "then it should be IMPOSSIBLE for the booster to NOT BE CAUGHT" came true. What an age we are living in! Brilliantly done Ryan, hats off!

[@АнатолийАлеев-р7э]

Wow!! BRAVO!! Congratulations to the Starship team on their fifth successful test!🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂

[@brettcartwright4471]

Tremendous job, Ryan! Excellent walkthrough, superb graphics!

[@kristianhjorthfindsen6884]

you were totally right dude

[@chrusion]

I love it when 3D animation becomes reality (being an animator myself). Ryan, your informed and highly detailed "speculations," translated into these 3D visuals, are 98% of what actually happened! Congrats on a phenomenal amount of work, from highly detailed 3D modeling, to rigging, to layout, and finally to rendering. Stunning. SpaceX indeed slapped the booster, that and what you didn't realize would happen is that the booster would likewise react and bounce back and forth between the rails. Also, the initial contact didn't immediately initiate the lowering of the rails. There was a one second delay. Just a note to those watching the real footage, BOTH IFT4 and IFT5 vented copious amounts of methane OUT of the Quick Disconnect filling port, thus the reason for the huge side flames. This was SOP (standard operating procedure). What was unexpected for me, and probably everyone else, was the intensity of atmospheric heating of the aft bulkhead and inner engine shields that glowed yellow hot, then orange, then red, that started at least 55 seconds prior to catch, rather than higher up in the atmosphere. The engine bells didn't glow, because they still had cryogenics circulating through them. Looked like the entire engine bay was on fire with all the illuminated venting (and hopefully purge) gasses looking like flames.

[@utopian123]

I was a bit baffled too, any reason for the 1 second delay in lowering the rail? I thought the idea of the lowering rail was to act as shock absorber. If it doesn't immediately lower on impact then I wonder what does it achieve? It was fantastic watching in live though. I was pretty emotional when the final engines shut off, and the booster was till hanging there! OMG

[@steffenrumpel2784]

I have watched your video after the successful catch. That did help to understand the entire process a lot better. Thank you for all the effort you put into it! You also explained that they would approach the tower in stages. Still, the amount of angle they had just before the final catch looked as if it would crash into the tower. Either way, at the moment I'm just blown away at the speed it all happened.

[@Buddha_the_Pug]

Marcus House recommended this video, and now i see why. Excellent animations and explanation!

[@MyNameisRahl]

Okay, I'm not sure how you did it, but I got a little tear in my eye just watching your incredible animations! I'm probably going to be inconsolably teary eyed from happiness come Sunday the 13th!

[@texan632]

Wow Ryan! What a great job. My engineering background had me concerned about the center of mass, and the stress on the carriage. Really appreciate how you addressed that. Wonderful work, and your modeling skills are outstanding.

[@elonwong]

This is insanely accurate to a point that it’s scary

[@derricksickles4336]

wow, I mean that almost looks like actual footage! Amazing work man

[@mbaxter22]

Watching this I often couldn’t tell when he switched from real footage to his animations. Simply outstanding quality.

[@HFamilyDad]

Exactly as it happened, well done!

[@starshipupdates5217]

I dont think I've ever seen more beautiful renders, and these are close to photo realistic images in some cases. Thanks for putting so much effort into making this video, completing all the renders, and providing a super detailed and easy to understand analysis of the future starship landing attempt. I cant wait to compare these renders to the real thing in the future :)

[@Nominalnerd]

LET'S GO RYAN! THE HISTORY BEING MAKING

[@AeonExploration]

“the history being making” 😭😭

[@Neem0_Little_Astro]

THEY REALLY FUCKING DID IT GUYSS!!

[@graysonbaker9053]

youre animations are beyond me man, just insane

[@GameplayReviewUK]

How ever good I expected this video to be it was still even better! Top notch job Ryan 🤩

[@proxy3386]

You’re here??? I thought your channel died..

[@GameplayReviewUK]

@@proxy3386 Pretty hard to find time for my own channel when I spend all my time helping Marcus House with his 😅 trying to make a gruk video every 6 months or so now, about 1/3 of the way into my next one.

[@harrystofberg5794]

Your drawings show a deep understanding of all technical implications wow I am really impressed!

[@willwyatt9801]

I can’t believe content of this quality is available for free for all of us to enjoy. Thank you.

[@KionLionGuardOfficial]

Can’t wait to watch it Ryan, you put in a lot of effort in your work. Can’t wait!

[@pavels.v]

top notch visuals, instant subscribe

[@jonatan01i]

They succeeded man ! :O

[@SparkTubes]

Nice Work Ryan. Excitement is guaranteed! Sunday will be a Funday! I can't wait to see how your animation stacks up. I think you're spot-on.

[@Benn25]

you nailed it.

[@Red_sky-oj1dj]

I can't beleive they did it! Incredible! So many factors that all need to be perfect and they nailed it!

[@chadphillips9332]

Unbelievable man! As a mechanical engineer who works in 3D modeling on the daily, I am blown away. I love the details...this is absolute eye candy. What's everyone's thoughts on the booster still being caught (albeit mangled and damaged pretty good) with the grid fins in the event it misses contact with the load points?

[@DarkNightDreamer]

If it somehow misses the load points but gets caught by the grid fins, I guess that is the second best possible outcome. I mean sure the grid fins and their actuators would be damaged but its much better than it slamming into the launch mount. Even if the grid fin hardware took damage I doubt SpaceX would be flying booster 12 again anyways so no real loss there I guess. I don't think a soft landing on the grid fins would really mess them up that bad with them being made from titanium and knowing the forces that they are designed for anyways.

[@miroslavmilan]

⁠@@DarkNightDreamerAgreed, the only correction I’d make is that Superheavy grid fins are not made of titanium like on F9, they’re made of steel. So I think they’ll be fine as long as the booster lands with a reasonable margin of deceleration accuracy. Surprised that Ryan didn’t mention this as a fallback scenario if the load points are missed or fail. I would be more afraid of other booster parts or ground infrastructure in case of a hard landing, like the catch arms shearing off the tower or the bottom of the booster with heavy engines separating, since rockets are mostly designed to handle compression forces, not so much expansion forces in vertical axis. Lastly, any internal damage to the tank walls or bulkheads could easily cause a leak, leading to explosion of the remaining propellant and ullage gas, as we’ve seen after the SN8(?) landing, which was just a tiny bit harder than planned.

[@badrinair]

This is a fantstic deep deep dive into technicalities of this engineering miracle that we will all get to witness in less than 72 hours . thank you Rayan Hansen. Outstanding work

[@antoniomonteiro1203]

Now you have to change the title to "How SpaceX Catches Super Heavy..."

[@patrickunderwood5662]

Just watched the real deal. You NAILED it, Mr. Hansen. Glad I watched your video first-really a first-class explanation.

[@QED_]

13:21 *QUESTION, please:* Instead of having just 2 load points on the booster, why not 8 . . . so that rotation of the booster makes no difference (?) Does such a change maybe add too much additional drag on the booster performance (?)

[@yehudalanger]

I was wondering the same thing

[@arjunkunwar3906]

Adding 8 load points to a booster instead of 2 could reduce sensitivity to rotation, ensuring that its performance is less dependent on orientation during flight. This change would distribute forces more evenly, potentially improving load handling and redundancy in case of failure at any single point. However, the increase in load points could also introduce more drag due to the additional external components needed, which might negatively impact aerodynamic performance. the added complexity of designing, manufacturing, and maintaining a booster with 8 load points could increase its weight, potentially reducing payload capacity and overall efficiency. while the idea has merit in improving load distribution, it may lead to trade-offs in drag, weight, and design complexity that could impact the booster’s performance.

[@QED_]

@@arjunkunwar3906 Thanks. I've thought about it . . . and now believe the explanation for the current design is probably pretty simple. Failure to orient the starship correctly would mean that an awful lot more has gone wrong -- way more than it's worth having backup plans for . . .

[@pangalactictuber]

The existing two load points might be the strongest possible given how their arms attach to the internal structure of the booster.

[@arjunkunwar3906]

@@pangalactictuber for such a heavy booster multiple load points can be made. There is no such thing attaching it to the internal structure with strongest possible points . I thinking SpaceX believe in it's engineering capabilities of orienting it perfectly. And the rotation should never exist while catching it which may introduce sway or shear failure or in the joints of the arms so I think whole idea of having 8 load points is not reasonable and logical both from aerospace and structural engineering point of view.

[@angiefuentes9579]

Thank you Ryan, I'm a non scientist 61 y/o woman and this explanation is amazing and very easy to understand.. yes, I just watched the video after the catch. What a nice rendering!!! What a success!!!!!

[@jbruso123]

This takes my breath away. Nice work.

[@nightfox6738]

So many people have covered this topic but you have easily taken the crown for the best video on the topic. Fantastic quality. You've earned my sub.

[@Yelbizak]

It has just been caught. Great job SpaceX, it made history just now!!🎉🎉🎉

[@StephenBingham-kp2ld]

Great job for your video and for the booster landing! It was successful!

[@robertlinscott1551]

I am eagerly awaiting the launch. I saw John Glen in 1962, the moon landing in 1969, the challenger disaster in 1986 while in the Navy at sea coming up from Gitmo, I have seen a lot of space history and I am rooting for this to be a success also that I have been able to witness. A well done for this video and explanations. Very thorough and concise.

[@fishbikehike]

Have fun

[@gregdallstream332]

Ryan, thanks for the video and great work! One small technical issue, at about 10 min in you mention the booster "decending at a high rate of speed". This is a common mistake. Proper use is "decending at a high rate", since speed is already a rate (i.e. miles per hour). In another context this is like saying something traveled several feet of distance. This is just something engineers like me notice and I dont want you to be preceived negatively by others. Thanks again and keep up the great work.

[@adityavardhanjain]

This was instantly iconic!!

[@donjones4719]

Deliberate contact with the arms. Neat. Afaik no other analysts have made that deduction, the pads are seen as a precaution. But the multitudinous fine details you provide and illustrate quickly made a believer of me. The biggest worry I've had is the sideways bounce but you show how it can be handled.

[@donjones4719]

And now we have video of the event to show how your projections were correct - correct to a level of detail that's beyond impressive.

[@jonashasageremtkjrjensen]

Absolutely astonishing video Ryan!

[@AlessioTanzi]

This channel should have 10M subs

[@DavidGalich77]

It will be done and I think that Space X can do it. GO Space X!

[@AldenDoble]

This is an exceptionally well made video. Good job 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@davidben-avram8298]

Amazing video Ryan, beautiful animations and clear explanations.

[@neosenshi]

I would have to say that you were extremely accurate on your estimates!

[@lubbas72]

I agree!

[@mustang607]

I was a little bit late at seeing the live premier start, but was compelled to go back to very beginning in order to see that fantastic introductory animation.

[@EvanPang-w4i]

They nailed the landing and catch!! On their first attempt too

[@SEVENISTHEMAN7]

Stellar work. I am sure Space X needs excellent talent like yours. :D

[@Paul-b5i3m]

Unbelievable ‼️ 1,000 TIMES ‼️ Unbelievable ‼️ CONGRATULATIONS ON THE FIRST TIME‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ THE WHOLE SPACE-X TEAM ❤️‼️❤️‼️❤️💕‼️💕❤️‼️❤️ WOW ‼️

[@BingeWorthit]

This is just incredible work.

[@joeabad5908]

This is EXACTLY how it happened in the actual catch…!! Thank you, Ryan..

[@shadonw6180]

This is gonna be epic! Can’t wait 🫣

[@yumazster]

Along with CSI Starbase, my favourite analysis channels. And the renders, my good man, the renders! 👍

[@Tozer1]

24:32 easily one of the best shots I’ve seen of a simulated booster catch! Great job with your analysis

[@AlexandarSterling]

Ryan is the BOSS! I’m so glad you’re finally getting some more attention man, your models are easily the best we have. Thank you so much!

[@kenkirtland6757]

Amazing work!

[@rogue6]

Such an amazing analysis of a complex process. I can't wait for the first catch attempt to see how accurate this turns out to be. Great video!

[@TheHellfiremissile]

You were very accurate. Thx.

[@LODIKRAMER]

This video is the best description of the planned catch I’ve seen. Incredible detail!

[@seantiz]

Outstanding in every way. Thank you.

[@Acce533]

This is such a professional produced video!

[@colinfurze]

What ever happens it will be epic, my gut thought (especially when they started building the 2nd tower) is you have a launch tower and a catch tower. The catch tower can have different spec arms but also no OLM to smash or break, wouldn't need all the fueling pipework or be anywhere near anything to fragile so would just be a more simpler tower, but if it all goes to plan on sunday then who cares lol.

[@jojoskunk]

they used a last safe checkpoint away from the launch tower before sending it aggressively in the arm reach but manage a safe and gentle catch landing. That was amazing really aggressive but in control.

[@kennethfoster1054]

Landing look just like your renders,😮😂💪🏿 unbelievable!

[@michaelscott8226]

So, Ryan, we have to talk. You left out the lingering fire in your simulation, dude! I swear you were spot-on with your video. SpaceX had to have made alterations to their flight profile so that they would imitate what you made. That was such an amazing feat. History in the making and you showed it to us before it even happened. That's some serious skill you've got there, buddy. Great job on the presentation and the accuracy.

[@mgabrysSF]

THEY DID IT!

[@teaohar2]

This video is incredibly good! Hooray, to all your fine work. I really appreciate all that you put into this. I feel much better informed because of what you worked so hard to produce. Thank you, thank you. A master piece.

[@samcameronberko]

They nailed it 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@luiz.carvalho]

Absolutely fantastic work. The wait was totally worth it. Congratulations!

[@robertbraun7155]

Nothing but net!!!

[@dez7852]

Ryan!!!! My man! This is so great! I thought that there couldn't another viewpoint to all of this! This is fantastic! I love our insights and especially your animations! As a fellow Blender user I would to see a breakdown of your workflow. Great stuff man! Please, keep it coming!

[@SmokeCharle]

They just did it bro, they caught that ten story building easily as catching dumplings by chopsticks 😂😂😂

[@NickBittrich]

Stellar work as always! Keep it up brother!

[@tod4y]

1:06 similar to fakin 9 booster

[@rikkafe6050]

Your animation ability, attention to detail and professionalism is outstanding. SpaceX should hire you!