STARBASE, Texas Is Becoming An Official City! - SpaceX Weekly

[@Jamie-d6g]

Starbase being a city is gonna be insane!

[@xploration1437]

@Jamie-d6g why?

[@59seank]

Thanks LabPadre team!

[@douglascantrell]

The shot-full-of-holes metal tube is part of the anti-slosh assembly. 😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@elizabethhoeppner8881]

Exactly right ✅️

[@xploration1437]

@@douglascantrell are you the Cinco man?

[@douglascantrell]

@@xploration1437 I'm sorry. I don't know the man you asked about. I do happen to know a good bit about rock engineering and SpaceX.

[@xploration1437]

@@douglascantrell You look like a guy in the video I sent. Have you been to Starbase?

[@douglascantrell]

@@xploration1437 I am just one man behind the curtain. 😎

[@whodatcatt]

Nice that they named it after Hedy Lamarr; but probably not because she was an actress. She actually invented the frequency hopping technology that is critical for WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular etc Love your reports. Thank You

[@Liberty4Ever]

I love seeing SpaceX building Starships to test while simultaneously building the Starfactory to build production Starships.

[@LabPadre]

It's exciting times for SpaceX!

[@xploration1437]

The “strainer” looks like a fuel tank baffle.

[@allenlane3345]

Agree

[@hachan5440]

Another awesome weekly update video. Thanks for the all that time and effort.

[@LabPadre]

Thanks for watching!

[@caldodge]

"That's Hedley!"

[@JayneCobbsBunk]

Iykyk!

[@starguy2718]

"Mongo just pawn, in game of life."

[@soapybacon4358]

🤣

[@charleslord2433]

Another crazy busy week!

[@LabPadre]

You can say that again!

[@Pa11en]

What a busy week, a lot has happened. I look forward to the RGV flyover.

[@jenohathazi920]

Thank You very much dear LabPadre

[@LabPadre]

You are very welcome

[@rogerboone1609]

You guys are great everything I want to know and in detail!! Thanks

[@LabPadre]

Thanks for watching!

[@allanchurm]

i do love this channel and the way everything going on is explained ..been a subscriber for a long time..

[@LabPadre]

Awesome, thank you!

[@vix3779]

Awesome! Another highly informative update! Thank you! How I missed the concrete being poured in Tower 2's base, I'll never know! 🤦‍♀

[@manythingslefttobuild]

Great update video!

[@TheCeaserG]

Great updates Lab!

[@LabPadre]

Thanks! 😁

[@vonpredator]

Wow What an update!

[@LabPadre]

Thanks!

[@olegoathiking1962]

Still lovin' the updates!

[@xploration1437]

Let’s Go!

[@lyricbread]

Thank you Louis and team! ❤

[@LabPadre]

You're most welcome!

[@R1chardLew1s]

I love the way you're spotting activities in the reflection of the glass! That's dedication for you 🙂 Have you seen the renderings on the FAA document showing hexagonal gridfins, wire hot staging ring and 35 engine booster?

[@LabPadre]

Not yet!

[@imconsequetau5275]

Tubular Hot Staging Ring - just like the original Russian invention

[@markedward4290]

Thank You!! I love your show.

[@LabPadre]

Thank you too!

[@DuckyButtRanch]

My guess is baffles for the header tanks.

[@ThatsDave]

Enjoyed the update immensely, I hope for a July trip down there-

[@UltralightMotorcycleCamping]

My current bucket list trip is riding my little adventure motorcycle down the 444 mile Natchez Trace, down the Texas Gulf Coast, camping on the beach at Boca Chica and watching a Starship launch.

[@LabPadre]

Make it happen!

[@mihairazie1]

Cant't wait for the next Fast and Furious movie gest to see how they hijack two space ships and race to the moon.

[@maryfmills3034]

Good info! thank you.

[@LabPadre]

You're welcome!

[@S1nwar]

1:26 new filter for methane transfer tube?

[@bmoore8853]

I bet those scrapped rings are from testing thinner material for v3?

[@LabPadre]

Maybe?

[@AnupomAG]

Texas StarCity

[@gmergulhao]

^lets dig in!

[@elizabethhoeppner8881]

I believe the odd large piece of metal with holes is a possible strainer in a fuel tank that prevent ice chunks from interfering or plugging fuel lines or damaging valves and fuel system during flip movement of the booster or Starship.

[@TheHandyHam73]

@1:30 Tank anti-Slosh Grate.

[@robg6202]

Thanks

[@texan-american200]

2:03 😳 DRONES? 🤯😵‍💫 Oh, and technically, it's actually the 1st annual since the first was an INAUGURAL. 😬

[@DYLAN102001]

Hopefully it won't have the same problems as Eagle Pass.

[@eddiegoodman9267]

That's for the update and views 🇺🇲🙏🇺🇦🙏

[@WiliiamNoTell]

Thanks for the content. I am sick and tired of hearing about government drones !!

[@LabPadre]

Same here!

[@bryanillenberg]

1:28 Block 2 Booster Header component. Right shape, right size

[@FrankBenlin]

It's Sunday already? I'm late for church. Thanks, Lab.

[@LabPadre]

Sorry Frank. We had some production issues.

[@FrankBenlin]

@@LabPadre Not a problem at all. Always glad to see you.

[@mikecabral1579]

Perhaps they are still working on improving slosh control in the fuel system with that oddly shaped component.

[@LabPadre]

It is a possibility.

[@KAKANSRIC]

The t-shirt 👕 👍

[@richardknapp570]

Will construction on Mobile Launcher 2 continue after Jan 20th?

[@Nightscape_]

How do you think it would be to live in Starbase, TX? How would it be logistically and personally? What is there to do in the area aside from working at Starbase?

[@LabPadre]

Fish, hike, and swim. Its desolate.

[@Nightscape_]

@@LabPadre I'm happy I live in Kentucky, with forests, rivers, lakes, tress, nature, cities, and good weather.

[@UtahBlender]

I believe this launch will prove fruitful. Something wonderful is going to happen. Trust me. 👍🏻

[@LabPadre]

That's a very optimistic outlook. I like it!

[@kokokatz6957]

I like your shirt :) It reminded me of going to Nasa Anniversary in 2009 if I am remembering correctly. It was 3 days at JSC and I attended all three.

[@LabPadre]

I got that shirt at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center.

[@clouds882]

Go, Elon Musk, Go Go!! Thank you for reviving my interest in America's space programme.

[@dennisschrock8556]

Hello everyone, need some insight when visiting SpaceX. I'll be heading down next week. Thank you

[@LabPadre]

Check Cameron County Road Closures before heading out. Bring drinking water. There are no public restrooms. www.cameroncountytx.gov/spacex/

[@chrisfurlough466]

Wouldn't a towed SPMT just be an MT? Or maybe a TMT?

[@LabPadre]

🤔

[@Repeal_22nd_Amendment]

Commemorative postage stamps and everything collectable?

[@Miss59Pat]

Does any know what are the chances of any SpaceX launches in February and March 2025 from Texas? I am going be down in the area then, and would love to see a launch!

[@jbell6642]

@@Miss59Pat I’d guess your chances are good. It’ll have been 53 days between Flights 6 and 7, so if Flight 7 happens on Jan. 10th, Flight 8 should be no later than early March. Good luck with your trip!

[@katrine-pearls]

My fascination towards Spacecraft launch, lift-off. I jst wondered if there's any "anti" the will copy oir SpaceX. I am not referring to "antigravity." I knw tht by heart. Thank U 🌟

[@user-vy7mq1hp1v]

Cool 😎

[@jcdavis5871]

So if they have people living there, but they have to evacuate for each launch, what would it look like if they ever get to multiple launches a week, let alone every day?

[@LabPadre]

I believe eventually residents wont have to evacuate.

[@jcdavis5871]

@LabPadre that's awesome! Living 2 miles from the world's largest and most powerful rocket launches

[@johnd.7792]

11 more episodes, how exciting

[@ifwemadeit]

Handsome man. Wow.

[@linyenchin6773]

Wait!! This guy is not black!! He just sounds like it... wild.

[@scrapperdudeGA]

Pretty funny y'all are still calling it the orbital launch Mount when nothing has ever been launched into orbit. Shouldn't it just be Pad A and Pad B?

[@imaginary_friend7300]

Your understanding of orbit is flawed. The only thing they haven't been doing is going into a circular orbit.

[@scrapperdudeGA]

@imaginary_friend7300 every Starship launched so far has been suborbital. Therefore, I am correct. Besides, the word orbital doesn't belong in this context anymore. It's a leftover artifact from earlier testing. There aren't any orbital launch pads at the Kennedy Space center. They're all just launch pads.

[@bendixon2898]

Goodonyah

[@pauldaflyer7879]

Anti slosh baffle, DUH!

[@Level_Up_Nation]

Funny thing is, becoming a City will be easy since the majority of the people who live there are now Space X employees 😅 But can you imagine the type of futuristic City Elon would build..

[@jetmichaela783]

🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀❤️❤️❤️

[@linyenchin6773]

Senior is gasping for breath and has too much tension in his body, as if he is clueless and anxious yet happy to have been employed for something.

[@TectonicTechnomancer]

Its just a big factory, not even big enough to be a small village.

[@imaginary_friend7300]

How do you define a small village?

[@bobroosa6123]

The white ring that we saw in your video. It was probably for the Artemis Moon lander starship 34 since Everybody seems to be skipping over to ship 35 for the 8 flight test.

[@LabPadre]

Good insight.

[@wkjeeping9053]

When the heavy cranes go to lift for the first time is to check for safety and strapped the right way. Not an aborted lift

[@Randomvid-q1s]

😮

[@mariopecina3754]

How is this going to become a city.

[@LabPadre]

SpaceX has petitioned the county for the area to be an incorporated city.

[@vmoutsop]

Mobile SLS space launcher is an oxymoron.

[@user-vy7mq1hp1v]

✌️

[@romec3435]

👾👍👾🖖👾

[@antonybastin3432]

🙏🇮🇳

[@israelitenet]

What dies Labpadre means? Why are you using this name?

[@kalimgold9268]

Padre as in south padre island and L.A.B. are his initials

[@robertoler3795]

full of trailer parks

[@thenatureofnurture6336]

How does this hosts have the same vocal intonation as the last host? Did they both grow up in the same area? It feels like a strange AI video because of it. Just tell me that the old host is coming back at some point or that he chose to leave. Tell me this is a real person... I can't live with the uncertainty!!😅😅😅

[@SaltyGT]

@@thenatureofnurture6336 pretty clear it's not an ai voice

[@LabPadre]

It's always been me... since 2019! 😆

[@thenatureofnurture6336]

I'm gonna lay off the coffee... I think I'm flaking out.

[@fridayray8891]

idk...that big strainer looks like something whizzy and Grey are using for their stills.