It's Mind-blowing! What SpaceX's President Just Did With Starship Shocked NASA...

[@jroar123]

Gwynne Shotwell is the brains behind SpaceX but don't think for a second that she could have done it without Elon Musk. He is still the cornerstone of the company.

[@randywise5241]

Musks biggest genius is in who he hires to do the work.

[@stephensfarms7165]

NASA is always shocked at whatever SpaceX does.

[@kevinbissett293]

Good Morning, Gwynne Shotwell is priceless. Maybe she can talk some sense into the stupidity of what the FAA is doing. Have a Great Sunday.

[@alphatech4966]

Thank you for your comment! She was so tired of this government agency.

[@kevinbissett293]

@@alphatech4966 I can believe it.

[@ghost307]

60? Damn she looks good for 60. 🥰

[@gameknight1789]

52 mins ahead of me

[@richardledlightguy]

Nice pair of boosters!

[@MichaelCarriger]

As a former Program Manager for a satellite company, Gwynne Shotwell is the type of senior manager that I wish I'd had in place. I think the smartest thing Elon has ever done was his hiring of her.

[@bobbylineberry146]

She a amazing person. She's a power house.

[@Ryan-mq2mi]

Hey I'm glad you covered this, I've never heard really anything about her, but I've heard her name a bunch

[@norfolkflyingboyz2404]

Fabulous woman. Thank you for lighting her amazing achievements…….

[@gregbassinger]

At what point do you talk about what she just did with Starship to shock NASA? Why does it take SOOOOO long to get to the point?

[@paulsongy8366]

So what is Gwynne doing about FAA

[@XCX237]

Gwynne Shotwell is a true superstar. She is someone who should be in charge. It firs her and she weres it well. Great video 👍

[@alphatech4966]

yeah! that's right! thank you so much!

[@Jon-jm8qn]

😊Ok, I have to admit she is a hottie for tech geeks posters!❤😊

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Excellent stuff bro

[@NOM-X]

The “Dream Team!”

[@garylester3976]

Great video, Have been curious about Gwen, being able to deal with Elon for 20 years and survive, is impressive...🤭 Sounds like she's the "Mom" at SpaceX... 🤣 She wants a ship a day? No problem! was thinking a couple days ago how to do robotic fabrication of ships... Saw a render of what looked like the set up jigs and robotic weld up of first base section of nose cone. Was a nice system, but I suspect problems with warpage due to only one weld at a time and full length continuous welds. Usually on steel hulls you have to skip weld all over the place after tacking everything up, or else you get a hull warped out of shape from weldment shrinkage. I think you could do continuous welding from the outside OK, but you would need to weld all the seams at the same time or have everything clamped up until it cooled... Not sure what they are doing now on the nose cones, or if they are running into warpage, but seeing the render made me think of robotic fabrication. and how you could combine with a jig system and longitudinal gores, And literally create ships off rolls of stainless by shape rolling long ways, doing gore edge cuts where shapes were desired, and laying in longitudinal and transvers internal structure and using enough robot welding arms, fabricate similar to extrusion. where you basically feed in metal, spliced new rolls onto the butt end of old rolls, and could create ships of any length in a matter of hours. Also if your jigs were automated and adjustable you could do several diameters. Either by cutting sheet width or by adding in new jig and gore sections and more welding arms. What I am talking about is full robotic and automated fabrication of ships, and have the hulls pop out ready to install decks and tank ends. And there, you could have already laid in and welded up strap edging plates around the interior of the hull diameter. So basically you'd have a few inches to lap over with your deck plate sections for adjustment, and then lay in with your deck supprt structure already attached, and use bridge clips in the corners. Talking a Starship a day, easy peasy... And not just one popping out per day, but start to finish in a day, and as many Starships per day as you had systems for. Anyway... another crazy idea, But Elon has liked some of my crazy ideas before... And we do want to build as many Starships as possible. And likely could keep the current welders busy building new robotic systems for increasing numbers of production lines and infrastructure for increasing numbers of ships in use. Space is like having a Wifey; You're never gonna run out of work... (😂)

[@alphatech4966]

Thank you so much!

[@williamburroughs9686]

She is 60. Wow, she doesn't look a day over 40. The way you talk about her, she sounds great. I like her better now.:) I still get a kick out of the way she answered the question about what a BFR is. Answer: BIG Falcon Rocket. 😂 She put in extra effort on the word big. It was halaus. As for her question as to why we can't make a Starship in a day or 24 hours. SpaceX can. It's just a matter of figuring it out how to do it. With the efforts going to this company, I wouldn't be surprised if one day, SpaceX surpassed that. 🙂

[@stephenskinner3851]

She is allowed to run the company without any of the dead weight of standard HR and other bureaucratic obstacles. I also doubt there is DEI training as the company is a meritocracy.

[@keepcalm7453]

❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤

[@jimmonsees9119]

SpaceX and Starlink are key in giving America the international reputation as a Space Leader! Why is there so much down-selling of SpaceX supremacy?

[@RobertHampton747]

I think it is real genius for Trump to gather all these super smart people to tackle the "swamp" in DC. It's not going to be an easy job but I believe this group of people are the real world superheroes and my prayers are with them and their safety and protection.

[@SilviaStokic]

The ant is god Theater for litle jungs thats al

[@tsclly2377]

Ya.. Shotwell is a great.. Hope she stays on for another 10 years, a tleast 4 to get her replacement well versed..

[@t.b.a.r.r.o.]

FYI... The Starlinks are engineered with a short lifetime of some three to five years; upon their decommissioning, SpaceX generally uses the satellites on-board propulsion systems to lower them down from their operational station at about 550 kilometers in altitude and kick start the natural re-entry process via atmospheric ...Jun 28, 2024

[@brucemoller7012]

She is certainly a superhuman woman. Not just smart but has the right attitude to make things work just right.

[@alphatech4966]

You’re totally correct man

[@jimmonsees9119]

Could SpaceX continue to excel WITHOUT Musk? Who are the major players besides Shotwell?

[@gottfriedheumesser1994]

I would appreciate fewer words at a lesser speed! Or were your parents machine guns?

[@nasunorahl]

just for you ima listen to it at 1.25

[@genemetz1945]

She is not doing very good getting IFT-5 Launch date from the Political FAA.

[@stephenskinner3851]

The FAA have gone all out to block SpaceX so that they don't care how blatant it looks. It's not her fault as it is apparent the FAA are not using rationality.

[@markthomas7279]

Corruption. Elon bad!!

[@genemetz1945]

@@markthomas7279 - ?

[@OdinReactor]

What is this? Sounds like a PR video for your wife or something.

[@eharris3021]

What, you didn't really think Elon was doing any of the real work at SpaceX did you?!

[@MrSmithwayne]

I cannot help but feel trying to set up a colony on Mars is going to be a pipe dream at best and a complete disaster at worst. When you look at the amount of obstacles to human health let alone all the other terrestrial problems mechanically with Mars I think many many people are going to die on that planet if we try to set up anything beyond a science station.

[@Ryan-mq2mi]

Thing is, this "pipe dream" which absolutely is almost impossible, its that difficult. It is possible in time though. Regardless, the key thing about this is its almost entirely funded by a private space company - spacex. Yes, they have some contracts with the government, ferrying things to the space station, and they have a huge business in Starlink, but beyond costs, Starlink is almost solely funding this pipe dream. So really - why not? It's up to spacex

[@tommcmicken4776]

For Gwynne, consider this, dairy cows produce copious quantities of methane gas naturally, for free-----

[@jpgolan1944]

She is the key as it seems Musk is losing it

[@alphatech4966]

That’s right!

[@jroar123]

Losing what? He seems to turn everything he touches into gold. He has the midus touch without a doubt. Please tell me what gives you the idea that he is losing it?

[@deftknight7418]

@@jroar123I think they're referring to his relation with the FAA. From what I heard he's getting VERY angry with them, as is everyone, but anger is not going to solve anything. Like they said, it's good to know that the main person behind relations is level headed. If Elon tried to negotiate, he would probably just piss them off with his signature attitude, LOL.

[@jroar123]

@@deftknight7418 possibly but believe me when I say he has his guys inside the beltway working their magic. And, he has friends in high office in Austin as well. Governor Greg Abbott wants to keep Star Base in South Texas (Brownsville) to make the place a sold space port. He’s going to do whatever it takes to keep SpaceX happy. Elon is rich enough he doesn’t worry about what others think about him. The extra time placed on the next launch just means his engineers have more time to work out technical problems. In the end, everything will come out in the wash. NASA timelines might be pushed back slightly, however, they are behind on Artimos as it is anyway. Starliner is a disaster, unless they can drop ULA and fly Starliner on top of a SpaceX rocket. If they took that approach, they could fly Starliner (after the engineering repairs) at least once a month. Blue Origin will yell foul but I don’t see them putting New Glenn up any time soon (or often). The Chinese might give Elon competition as they try to unravel what they managed to copy and incorporate in their reusable rocket system. If Elon is cool-headed (or not) really doesn’t matter too much. If Harris wins, NASA will still want them for several missions. The USSF (United States Space Force) actually want to force SpaceX to launch their missions. The other Pentagon players also want Starship access to space. And, there is also allied Countries wanting to use Starship if not Space Dragon. After the ISS de-orbits, they will want to put up another (larger) one using inflatable habitats. Space tourism will pick up as prices drop. Communication companies will want to improve their orbiting equipment. Space Junk retrieval will become its own company picking up junk in space. Science projects will see several new projects. New space telescopes will be put up along with missions to other worlds. The bottom line is that Elon already has Dragon and Dragon heavy to answer his clientele’s needs. Starship will quadruple their clients reach into space. He doesn’t need to come unhinged over anything. Our Government needs him more that he needs them but cooperative situation benefits everyone. If Trump wins, President Trump will ensure he gets full cooperation from all 3 letter departments. My prediction is that Elon gets a Starship on the moon in 2 years and on Mars (cargo) within 6 years. The space industry is about to explode with new technologies and more importantly, new jobs.

[@AmbientMorality]

@@jroar123 Starliner's problem is not ULA, what?

[@trile33]

Elon knows starship will never go to Mars. He knows what Tim Taylor knows. Once we get UAP disclosure starship will retire.

[@fionajack9160]

Gwynne Shotwell is an exceptionally accomplished woman, and critical contributor to SpaceX. Q: What she just did with Starship, that was mind blowing and shocked, NASA?

[@jimmonsees9119]

SpaceX and Starlink are key in giving America the international reputation as a Space Leader! Why is there so much down-selling of SpaceX supremacy?