Unleashing the Power of SpaceX's Starship: Why is it a Big Deal!?

[@MarcusHouse]

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[@anthonylosego]

If you test an HLS in orbit, on the first one, it would make sense to keep suits on for the first run to really run it through its paces and ensure it can handle the pressurization. Just in case you get an unzip or something you have your suits on to survive.

[@anthonylosego]

One of the biggest 3D printing concepts would be to print human organs from the original host. In this way, you could replace defective organs by sending them up and 2 months later you get a functioning organ to replace your broken one. That would be gold. You might have to put them in a centrifuge to enhance their gravity tolerance, but you could dial it up over time to get it to grow stronger over a time. Then return it to Earth for implant.

[@anthonylosego]

Careful, you're starting to sound like an Isaak Aurthor. lol (Which would be a compliment. :-) )

[@alexmonroe4706]

Given the number of satellites currently in orbit, and to expand upon this by twofold, why do we need 15,000 satellites? After all, we had great internet coverage with only a hundred satellites. (What's the real reason for all of these Satellites?) There is something wrong with this picture, a story not being told to us. I love the channel Marcus, and I have been a follower for many years now, keep up the great work.

[@hughwitherington7956]

Great production Marcus ! It was good to see you exploring ongoing possibilities re Starship, the future and the Moon & Mars. The projected increase of Starship size would enable Arther C Clarke's 2001 dream of a space station with CAG, built from component parts of Starship to be realised. The fuel tanks could form spokes for the wheel structure 🤔 ? This is a futurism but entirely feasible & within grasp with Starship !

[@joshwah1427]

Aussie here, and hearing you say 'Aluminum' broke my heart

[@MarcusHouse]

😆 Awww darn... usually I say it both ways and make a joke about it. Totally slipped my mind.

[@brumbymg]

@@MarcusHouse Another Aussie here - and my reaction was the same.... Otherwise, great job, as always.

[@michellecullen8911]

Ozy ozy ozy😂

[@jasoncdebussy]

Brit here and your heart is unbelievably fragile

[@RidiculousRocketry]

Marcus has also learned how to Americanize the "correct" pronunciation of the letter R.

[@MattLowne]

Great video, the potential that Starship's mass-to-orbit will bring is going to be huge!

[@MarcusHouse]

Hey there Matt. Indeed. Once we see that first Starship catch, things are going to get wild. Hopefully SpaceX will nail this in 2025 and we'll finally be through the test flight phase.

[@TheOwenMajor]

Potential being a strong word here. Starship's only proposed payload so far has been 20mt to a suborbital trajectory. Its going to be a difficult road reducing the dry mass.

[@williamscoggin1509]

I got a good laugh out of the animation with the astronauts working out on exercise equipment while wearing their space suits. LOL 👍🏻😎

[@Meatball2022]

Yea seems one of the engineers kids made that animation.

[@darklordofbavaria6398]

Another benefit of the moon is that you can build a giant stationary telescope there which doesn't need to be refueled. We could learn so much from this about other systems.

[@gasdive]

The moon is a terrible place for a telescope. Electrostatic dust, can't see half the sky, gravity distorting the mirror, hard and expensive to get to, no power for 14 days at a time. Just keep it in space.

[@80aj]

Yeah, so glad Elon get's to own the moon too. I guess when you are allowed to own everything on Earth you have to broaden your search. Can't wait till they charge us for moonlight.

[@jay90374]

@@80aj LOL 🤣🤣🤣 🤦🤡🤡

[@justprivatelywatching0293]

@@gasdive Sounds like you're thinking optical telescope; it would more likely be something like an absolutely colossal radio telescope, or array of them.

[@gasdive]

@@justprivatelywatching0293 if I was building a radio telescope that takes advantage of the new launch capability I'd put it co-orbital with Earth. There's an orbit that causes objects to orbit a little lower and faster than Earth. When they catch Earth from behind in the orbit, Earth's gravity speeds them up into a higher, slower orbit. Then many orbits later Earth catches them from behind, slowing them down, into the lower faster orbit. We can put thousands of radio telescopes into that orbit. They can laser the information they collect between each other, and the ones close to the Earth can laser it back to us. That way we get a telescope with 2 au aperture.

[@Contortionfan11]

With regard to the question “why the moon”, the thing that stands out the most for me is the fact that it is close (compared to Mars). Because of this we could actually use the moon as a kind of staging ground for developing zero G habitats or testing mining techniques or new vehicles or literally anything that might be transferable to Mars, and do so much more quickly simply because the shorter distance will mean we can send a lot more stuff up there and sooner.

[@andrewrozario5127]

I love these deep dive / speculation videos. They are refreshing. They help us stop and think, dream big, and take a break from the relentless pace of space news.

[@ruphind8376]

Thanks

[@MarcusHouse]

Wow! Thank you very much for that.

[@richardzeitz54]

As for space stations, consider that versions of Starship may be designed not for reentry, but instead for permanent use in space much like the Starship HLS. But if one was designed remain in orbit, with provisions for removing and replacing some of it's raptors and propellant tanks with other things, like a VASMIR engine or ion propulsion. You'd have a huge, highly mobile craft with the ISP to go almost anywhere. Oops! I see I was getting ahead, now that you're suggesting the same thing. I'll leave my comment up nonetheless. Clearly, even tho' the public generally doesn't get it, at least a few of us do and we're excited for our scifi future.

[@mrdebris1217]

That huge, maybe 12 meters wide body, or so to say fairing, replacing the upper half of Starship is the most fascinating configuration in my opinion.

[@Baldorcete]

Just use Starship to lift chunks of the sation and assemble them in orbit. You have a more optimized and capable station, as big as you want.

[@robbannstrom]

" if one was designed remain in orbit, with provisions for removing and replacing some of it's raptors and propellant tanks with other things, like a VASMIR engine or ion propulsion" - you've been watching too many sci-fi and Transformer movies. Nobody is going to include "provisions" for swapping out engines or the like, and VASIMR propulsion is very inefficient compared to other plasma-type thrusters. But sure, stay excited...

[@richardzeitz54]

@@robbannstrom hey, nice job condescending to me. I will stay excited. You go ahead and stay mean and cynical! Cheers!

[@ncktbs]

honestly sierra space's inflatable station has get me the most excited imaging one of those packed in side a v3 starship has my giddy with the sheer volume possible

[@robfive2555]

Another excellent video. . That last catch still blows me away. Lol Thank you MH + Team for your continuing hard work. ..

[@billstech1715]

I enjoyed all the graphic artwork, I can't wait to see it happen! Keep up the good work. I watch every week. No clickbait, no garbage, you stick to the facts, present what is new in space for the week and inspire us all by doing your best.

[@Rafael-f2w5v]

Your hard work, makes all these weekend videos, something special to wait for. Thank you!

[@NlKo0Lais]

Thanks!

[@MarcusHouse]

Thank you very much! ❤️

[@chrisanderson7820]

Who knew we'd have a real life re-enactment of Iron Sky in our lifetimes. Amazing.

[@jespado]

I have been thinking the same!

[@acedotcom]

how are these people even able to sleep at night...these channels are just propaganda now. it's gross

[@jespado]

@@acedotcom A genuine interest of space exploration and being slightly naive. I’m pretty sure or at least hope that some of them now have a bit of cognitive dissonance.

[@acedotcom]

@jespado it's just concerning to me that so many of these channels are turning into propaganda outlets. Starship is never going to Mars. It's a lie told by a white supremacist. And all of these channels are failing to provide any critical analysis of the situation. They'll get balls deep into technical information, but do everything possible to ignore musk. It's kinda disgusting.

[@jameshayes2022]

Delusional

[@electricdawn2258]

I just love your enthusiasm and your ideas for a future use of Starship and other vehicles. Please keep it coming! We desperately need positive visions for our future in these trying times. Thank you very much for what you do, Marcus. 👍

[@itinsuranceguy]

The moon base would also be a good place to use the spin launch system, rather than chemical rockets.

[@kstaxman2]

Yes spin launch when you don't have earth's huge gravity well could finally make that a viable way to move things around in space.

[@oO0Xenos0Oo]

​@@kstaxman2 And on the moon you also don't have to go through the struggle of building a giant vacuum chamber.

[@gmfdp4852]

Damn could be a nice way to send samples back to earth!

[@guggol148]

@@kstaxman2 actually the issue with spin launch is more the thick air than gravity, but yes, much more suitable for moon launches. I would think linear mass accelerators would be better however, no moving parts + large tolerances = minimum maintenance, that is likely to be a winner for something that would be working 24/7 in a highly abrasive moon dust filled environment...

[@ljbrookens]

Electromagnetic rail gun, as in Heinlein’s The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress

[@ImogenPi]

Your hard work makes all of these weekend videos worth waiting for. Thank you.

[@Baldorcete]

Using an entire starship to go from earth surface to moon surface, and back to earth orbit seems inefficient. Use various vehicles, some assembled on orbit, instead. Use the huge lift capacity of starship to assemble a vehicle whose only purpose is to go from earth orbit to moon orbit and back. Refuel and resupply as needed. A different vehicle for the trip from moon orbit to moon surface and back. You can send it to moon orbit in advance, or use the big vehicle to ferry it the first time. You have the basic infrastructure. Now use vehicles optimized for going from earth surface to orbit and back, ferry cargo, propellant and astronauts to the big vehicle. Every part of the trip is done with vehicles optimized for it.

[@rooscow]

I can't help but think that we have to get away from Low Earth Orbit and push any space station out further to the permanently stable Lagrange Points (L4 & L5) and establish a tank farm there to refuel rockets for further missions. From there it would be much easier to link up with at least two cyclers between Earth and Mars taking advantage of the momentum spacecraft inherently have by being there (gravity boost).

[@imaginary_friend7300]

What L4 or 5? Sun/Earth or Earth/Moon? And what would a space station do there and why would a tank farm be better there? That's just more distance time and DV. How does either point make linking up with a cycler easier?

[@rooscow]

@@imaginary_friend7300 LOL!

[@imaginary_friend7300]

@@rooscow Is that you're way of saying you have no idea?

[@rooscow]

@@imaginary_friend7300 It means your trolling explains all we need to know. I had started to explain what you refuse to do and realized you weren't worth the effort. Lagrange Points are well documented and available for everyone who wants to know.

[@jaykaknes1133]

Thanks for a change of pace and a hopeful view of the future

[@Scanner9631]

Magnetic catapult even better.

[@supersonic79]

The Elephant in the room isn’t Space Debris.... It’s Elon’s mental health.

[@robert-wr9xt]

Marcus drank the block 3 payload KoolAid.

[@YANFRET2]

Fantastic video Sir! Very uplifting to think in these terms ❤

[@Chuck8541]

🤣 Elon Musk: All things in this video will likely be accomplished by late 2026.

[@tomblandford]

Wow, that was fast paced, but super inspiring!

[@Mrjaspgu]

I LOVE this stuff!!! The future of space exploration is so exciting. I wish that I was 30 years younger so that I could see all of this unfold.

[@tbix1963]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas and videos. One of my favorite types of videos. I love playing the what would I do if I were Elon game around the starship system. For example if they could make the payload section removable, undock the front and aft sections and the reconnect without the payload section to return to earth. With compatible docking sections the payload sections could be docked into sections multiple in length reducing the required technical sections for transport to various places. You could make any starship a lunar, or tanker variant just by replacing the payload section. Plus many more variations that I haven’t listed.

[@Shaft0]

Easy. Salute the starship

[@vincentpendergast2417]

​@@Shaft045 degree straight arm salute. Maybe paint a broken cross on the ship for good measure.

[@lyricbread]

14:12 Those one-wheel rovers are absolutely adorable! 🥰

[@Utahdropout]

Great video Marcus. Love the animations. Lots of imagination went into it. The future is so interesting to think about.

[@David-yo5ws]

Like a coffee in the morning to 'kick-start' your day, this was like a 'cyber-coffee' to 'kick-start' the year in space. Upbeat and uplifting. Thanks Marcus and the Marcus team.

[@keithwhite2986]

All rosy and spectacular, but it's dependence on one commercial company in a country that now has rogue administration. We need more international diversity and cooperation.

[@imaginary_friend7300]

it's dependence? What is the it?

[@timgifford390]

Always a great ride, thanks for keeping the videos coming!

[@Warchin007]

Great topics MH. 👍💫

[@guyjordan8201]

Sometimes we just need a hurrah video. Thanks, Marcus.

[@littlefallsworkshop]

Exciting stuff ... but recent events have taken a lot of the joy out it...

[@dphuntsman]

That, unfortunately, I’d have to agree with.

[@ahhmm5381]

What...... Musk being a Nazi?

[@acedotcom]

its fucked up i had to scroll this far down to find a sane person.

[@HollandseFC]

One of your best videos yet mate! Thanks!

[@MattNolanCustom]

Many of these speculative renders for longer term space travel / habitats seem to largely ignore the need for cooling radiators.

[@jarretpaul]

Good point!. That would seem Especially true for any flight going to mars with a lot of fuel.

[@kingfairytale4306]

That's a good point actually. It'll be interesting to see how they'll tackle that.

[@mattc3696]

So great to hear your view of the potential of Starship! Keep up your amazing work!

[@momofmanda]

While I am not actively involved in conservation endeavors, it would be nice if the space industry proactively began to bring its trash home and make an effort to re-use the various metals, etc. Launch with a new piece of hardware and return with some old. That would be a nice side gig for Starship while other projects take longer time to develop. I realize you'd have to plan for fuel for the return trip based on the weight of the payload returning, etc, etc. Great ideas here, Marcus!

[@dphuntsman]

Let me modify your well-intentioned comment: While I’ve been a direct participant in missions to go up, grab errant satellites, bring them back to Earth, & then relaunch them again (yeah, I’m an old guy…..), on a sustainable basis, the proper - and needed- place for errant space materials, is to collect them and REUSE THEM IN SPACE. Hi-quality aerospace materials already in orbit are intrinsically valuable as hell to building a space economy; and going in and out of Earth’s gravity well is expensive. Pick them up robotically using AI, deliver them to depots/smelters (whatever!!) on-orbit, get an industry going, while keeping space clean in the process. That’s the goal; and we need policies to incentivize that. - Dave Huntsman

[@DavidPawson-d7h]

Of course you’re not but want others to do it. I pick up trash every night along the scenic highway I bought my final resting place on as I have for the two years I’ve been here. The 40 other years since I was 12 I’ve done similar. Nobody cares. If they actually did they’d make an hour a week like I do a day. I process construction debris too and do free property cleanups like the two I’ve been doing here in New Hampshire with a broken loose hip joint replacement. Want to fill in after my next surgery? Pay sucks but the people you’ll help don’t.

[@Baldorcete]

@@dphuntsman The value of the materials is nothing compared with the damage they can do to working infrastructure. Just keep it out of the way of valuable assets, and if you can recicle it, bonus points, but is not the main objective.

[@MrJPI]

18:40: "Carry a little return vehicle as part of the payload". O yeah! I have been thinking the same for years! The return vehicle could be a lunar ascent vehicle only to be docked on lunar orbit with a Earth return vehicle. Starship (or whoever) could bring that return vehicle into lunar orbit and also fuel for the ascent vehicle, which might thus be reusable! and so on...

[@i-love-space390]

The Space Shuttle flew successfully hundreds of times before it had its first loss of vehicle and crew. So I don't care how many successful flights of Starship you have, putting humans inside the second stage of the largest space vehicle in history, directly above the ship's fuel tank bulkhead, with no means of escape is simply folly. You need a dedicated version of Starship specifically for crew, which sacrifices payload for an abort system of some kind that could get the crew back safely from all phases of flight including launch, LEO, or even reentry. Perhaps by sacrificing payload each individual could have their own escape capsule like on the B-58 bomber with its own heat shield and parachute recovery system that could float on water or land safely on land. But maybe the simplest system would be a detachable nose cone with passively stable ballistic reentry capability, parachutes and also capable of land or water recovery. That might be simpler, but bulkier and requiring a much more powerful separation system. Anyway, I would not like us to start becoming more careless due to our hubris. Gamblers are emboldened by success. The American Public has no tolerance for dead astronauts. A fatality would ground the program for an extended period and SpaceX would look as stupid as NASA did during those Congressional hearings when everyone picked them apart for their risk taking. In hindsight, everything is so "obvious", even though each decision that got you there was a trade-off of various competing requirements.

[@Jester01]

Hundreds of times? I believe it had 135 launches in total with the Challenger tragedy being flight #25. Anyway, I don't expect to see dozens of people launching or landing in a starship either. Dragon is designed for 7 people, maybe send up one or two of those on a Falcon9 and do a crew transfer in orbit. Of course if we are going to have new space stations, just take the crew from there.

[@calvinholt6364]

First time comment here Marcus. WOW. This gave me goose bumps...what a time to be alive..and how exciting for my son and future generations. Wel done

[@wagnerrp]

@15:30 Cut it with the He3 nonsense. He3 is almost non-existent on the Moon too. It's just slightly more common than here on Earth. You still have to mine massive amounts of regolith to get to it, and there's no significant concentrations anywhere on the surface. D-T fusion creates neutrons as its means of energy production, and that's bad. D-He3 fusion is much harder, but it creates protons, which can be captured electrodynamically, and is thus "clean". Except it's not. You have D-D side reactions at a significant rate, and those side reactions produce neutrons, enough that you're right back at the same hazards for your efforts. He3-He3 fusion is actually clean, but is much harder still, requiring several orders of magnitude higher temperatures to achieve the same power output. We haven't even cracked D-T fusion yet. There's a reason everyone investigating clean fusion is working towards H-B11. It's actually clean, as opposed to D-He3, it's vastly easier than He3-He3, and the fuels are actually readily available here on Earth.

[@ChrisGraham00]

interesting. The Helium3 aspect was a big part of the storyline of the show For All Mankind and I wondered how legit it was.

[@wagnerrp]

@ It’s the plot behind Moon as well. It was a big thing a couple decades ago. Then we got better sensors and discovered just how rare it is on the surface.

[@RussTillling]

Great overview thanks team. It makes a nice change from the building site activity between launches. We need to be reminded why this is all happening every so often, to keep our eyes on the goals. The most inspirational plans, stories, breakthroughs and milestones are coming along, now, near and in the far future! Hopefully they'll make the hiatus or slow crawl of the last 50 years a distant memory.

[@RtB68]

OK...not to pour cold water but when I was growing up through the 60's and 70's the dreams for space were different to today but still very visionary for the time and almost none of it made it into reality. Whilst I enjoy the excitement created by SpaceX and others about the limitless potentials, I'm sobered by the reality that a lot of this really is just pie-in-the-sky wistfulness. I really hope I'm wrong, but I'm not.

[@Chace957]

my hope is that the key difference between then and now is that , then, space exploration and such were entirely dependent on political will. Congress and their dubious motives limited NASA funding, which ended up killing all that stuff. Now, the difference is that this is private industry. (yes yes, Musk has involved himself stupidly into politics, but SpaceX isnt just him) SpaceX, Blue Origins, etc have or are figuring out how to do this without NASA. And, provided we can develop the right engineering and tech to do so, there are HUGE financial benefits to the companies that figure it out. Mining the moon and asteroids can have massive financial potential just in raw materials. so the financial motive is there, and the difference its now in the private sector's reach without NASA having to convince dumbass politicians

[@coltonmims8561]

Also important to remember that was only like 60 years ago

[@peteclegg1578]

You are of course absolutely correct. When I was a kid in the days of Jacques Cousteau's prime we were all going to be living on the seabed, growing kelp farms and mining manganese nodules. Inner-space they imaginatively called it. Well guess what - we aren't. We aren't going to be living on Mars either. Pie-in-the-sky is precisely what it is.

[@JPEight]

Space travel will likely never be something the average person can afford, but we already live in a time where anyone with enough money can take a tourist flight to space. I fully expect what is on offer in that regard to expand, and that within my lifetime a holiday to the moon will be an option for the ultrawealthy. Spacex of course is focusing not on tourism but cargo/satellites, and I expect this to become far more accessible over the next couple years.

[@jgedutis]

You are wrong

[@glennmcgurrin8397]

Much as I'm excited for reusable starship, I think I'm almost more excited now for the possibilities a disposable starship would bring, not for cost or mass to orbit, but for massive size payloads, it's a lot easier to open up and let a max volume single object payload out if you don't need to land. Imagine an inflatable space station module sized so packed up it took starship's entire payload volume, a launch or two of infrastructure like solar arrays, batteries, radiators, extra tough emergency contingency lifeboat-ish without re-entry capability module, etc. plus 2-3 launches of such massive main hab modules, and you could have a rather large space station up rather quickly.

[@sir_cheddarman8149]

What about voyager 2.0?

[@bslturtle]

Wow, I thought that there might be an update on what went wrong on the last flight.

[@dphuntsman]

Unfortunate that news is not always produced on your schedule.

[@OurAmazingSkies]

@@dphuntsman Or for that matter, a reasonable, adult reply to a legitimate question.

[@rryk]

Thanks for this nice reminder video. I have been watching Falcon / Starship development since 2015, so sometimes I forget what all of this unlocks for the future.

[@Christian-p4p6e]

Been following spacex from the beginning, been an exciting ride, but don't know about you but find it difficult to separate recent behaviour and don't feel the same.

[@iamaduckquack]

If someone doesn't fight against it the only conclusion to be made is that they support it.

[@berengerchristy6256]

@iamaduckquacklife isn’t binary

[@TheAlchemist1]

​@iamaduckquack yes comrade. Only friends and enemies in this world! No in between! /S

[@Christian-p4p6e]

@@TheAlchemist1 Not your comrade. Nor is Ketamine anybody's friend, hope he can keep it together

[@TheAlchemist1]

@@Christian-p4p6e I wasn't talking to you. But that's too bad we can't be comrades. Or at least nice to each other.

[@johncarr6959]

Excellent video. Nice to hear possibilities for the future instead of just what is happening a Starbase. Thanks!

[@MosesKabandana]

I'm glad to be alive at a time like this. LFG!!!

[@NeXes42]

Apollo 2.0 but on steroids :D Space Industry is gonna blow up within a couple of years

[@admarsandbeyond]

@@NeXes42 Apollo was like the Lewis and Clark expedition, Starship will be like the transcontinental railroad settling the US.

[@ahillmale]

It will be fascinating to revisit this clip in 2030 and see what predictions came true and what unexpected surprises emerged. Great content as always Marcus and team

[@adamadamadamadam]

Probably none of them, that's only 4 years.

[@baaldiablo8459]

@@adamadamadamadam Math is hard.

[@flufflyrabbit]

Hi Marcus, do you have any comments on Elon Musk's nazi salutes?

[@sailingonasummerbreeze7892]

Another great presentation - always look forward to my Saturday Morning with Marcus House! Off World Colonies - here we come!

[@dietersteg6384]

So, how will you address the fact that Elon Musk is now a global Nazi who openly meddles in foreign elections? (I will ask all the Spaceflight KZbinrs in my feed who cover SpaceX) Me, I'm torn. I really love space exploration, rockets and astrophysics and I have spent a lot of time following Starship. But I really hate Musk now.

[@TJ-W]

Get over yourself

[@catsup1111]

I struggle with this as well as im sure a lot of the others that cover SpaceX dol. Its an elephant in the room that's for sure! I feel like something great is being built, but I want someone else in charge! I hate nazis!

[@dietersteg6384]

Starship was one of the few things from the recent past that brought me real joy and excitement. You know, something that isn't just terrible news all the time... ... ... 😮‍💨

[@teatowel11]

​@@catsup1111 There is noone else. Jeff Bezos is the closest and he might be less abrasive but he is also much less altruistic. Elon is the reason there is any money in the space industry and he is the reason big goals are even being considered (rather than just dreamed about). Everyone is going to disagree with him about things but i've listened to hours of him and follow him closely. He means well and often has a well considered reason for what he believes that align with his principles. His prinples do not include "don't hurt peoples feelings" or "treat people that oppose you or underperform very high expectations nicely". I don't believe for a second that he subscribes to any Nazi ideology, but he is too stubborn to apologise when he made the gesture that sparked those accusations. Honestly i respect that. Most people with illinformed or negative views of him will mot be swayed by an apology.

[@fwd79]

Nice break from the news cycle there Marcus, suggest you do it once every two months👍

[@svartsalt]

Thanks for the last couple of years keeping me entertained with space progress, @MarcusHouse. With Musk coming out as a white supremacist, I can’t watch these and feel like I’m cheering him on. I wish the fine folks at SpaceX well, and hope one day they might be free of their present boss.

[@dphuntsman]

I understand completely, but, careful; don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. There’s the Good Elon, - he of planet-changing, Tesla/SpaceX- But, then starting in 2020, the Bad Elon- who was created by watching Fox- & only Fox- & who is totally & completely dis-informed on all other subjects; who wouldn’t pass a current events test if it was given to him since everything he thinks he knows is factually wrong; & who then backed a racist treasonous insurrectionist criminal felon & adjudicated rapist for president with unprecedented amounts of cash-ever-in American history (to be repaid by giving him unprecedented power in the American government; that’s called quid pro quo/corruption….) & who during all this time was in secret communication with Putin, America’s enemy. The Good Elon and the Bad Elon. Both exist in the same human body. Welcome to humanity. - Dave Huntsman

[@MoShang]

Agreed. I wish Marcus, Felix and the folks at NSF would at least bring it up. None of them strike me as fascists or fascist sympathizers. It should be possible to continue to follow SpaceX progress while clearly taking a stand against white supremacy. It's time to say something.

[@mrdebris1217]

Thanks for the update, very impressive views into the future.

[@drfirechief8958]

We're in a new industrial revolution except it's a technological revolution. The inventions and discoveries are coalescing into a totally new period. We've pushed past the steam engine and electricity into the next frontier. Exciting times! Thanks Marcus, for making us think and dream. Exciting!

[@jeffbaker123]

We’ll see. Born in 1980 and been hearing this my whole life. Seems like we’re finally pulling out of the stagnation!

[@sir_cheddarman8149]

Pre Space Industrial Revolution

[@donsmith717]

Well done Marcus! This is the best summary of our future in space that I've seen. Nice choice of graphics, excellent script, and as usual, your engaging delivery. Thankyou!

[@inyn_k]

Hasn't the payload volume shrunk a lot, is it still big enough to be a space station?

[@MarcusHouse]

Block 3 they re-stretch the payload bay back out again. Block 2 is a middle ground between the two.

[@plainText384]

I think with Starship Block 2 the payload volume has shrunk to about 600m^3, which wouldn't be able to fit a space station the size of the ISS (1000m^3 pressurized volume). But you could probably still put a space station inside the cargo bay that is significantly larger than the chinese Tiangong station (340m^3 pressurized volume).

[@Scanner9631]

@@plainText384 Block 2 could still put up large volumes with inflatable modules. It is however an interim development system and block 3 could put up even larger inflatables. Now imagine Starship block 3 used as the back bone of an "Orbital Reef" style station with inflatable modules attached.

[@kstaxman2]

​@@MarcusHouseit's not just the amount of volume or even mass of a single launch that matters. Starship will mean launches will take place in massive numbers. When you start having 25 launches a year you realize that it's more about cost and frequency than just total weight. And as we see block two turn into block three mass will both increase per launch and with more launches. Once we launch multiple starships per week we will see more mass and volume per month than we've seen in a year previously. And SpaceX will have this so much sooner than we've seen such changes in the past. Our problem will be getting the items we want in orbit ready. We are way behind having the modules ready much less the hardware. Exciting times as we see more improvements in a year than we use to see in a decade.

[@slackerdude1958]

Marcus, you provide a unique, informative, and highly entertaining view of new and note worthy space news. I do not post often, but wanted to acknowledge you and your team for what is no doubt a tremendous amount of planning, research, and production work. Thank you for your excellent videos!

[@syringistic]

Marcus - it seems like you are a fan of Robert Zubrin and his Mars Frontier theory. This is something i strongly believe in as well. People pushing themselves to survive in hostile environments will definitely create a lot of innovation!!!!

[@MarcusHouse]

Exactly right. Exploring gives us new challenges to face and invent solutions for. All this is a stepping stone to a very exciting future.

[@Tinman_56]

@@MarcusHouse "Necessity always has been the mother of invention." Although I still find it difficult to see full commitment on the part of those entities that have the resources, the tech and the engineering savvy to put these solutions in action in a reasonable time period. I.E. Apollo was a (unfortunately) geopolitical effort, and while some say we have that today with (China) other countries, the US doesn't seem to be 'putting its best foot forward' to return to the moon, or venture to Mars even if it is or isn't! I'd like to see the commitment and progress just on behalf of the commitment alone, leaving geopolitical (geography & politics) out of the equation. I've said my peace, now I'll get some sleep!

[@Scanner9631]

Add high intelligence, education and being chosen for the right psychology and innovation goes even higher.

[@syringistic]

​@@Scanner9631I don't necessarily disagree... But eventually we will get to a point where fairly regular folks are going to space, and they will be innovating as well.

[@Scanner9631]

@@syringistic That is a LONG way off and the innovation done before then is what will enable it.

[@Goddard_Is_My_Hero]

Great commentary!! Some very good ideas. Keep up the good work!!!

[@4DCResinSmoker]

While I'm very excited for the progress of Starship, I'm not so keen about its owner abusing the wealth generated to help turn the US into an Oligarchy.

[@cipedead0777]

So much information & dreams to reach. What a grate time to be alive. I love watching the Model T of the space game is the StarShip. Thank you.

[@andrewleonhardt1221]

What an absolutely fantastic episode man! I've loved everything you've done in the past but this 'what could be achieved' style is fully sick! Well done good sir

[@MarcusHouse]

Thanks Andrew. Glad you enjoyed it mate!

[@keith8346]

After watching these great videos just get a huge yearning to play Star Field

[@carlossarasty1050]

That starship got the third reich update

[@sergeystarostin3086]

Thanks a lot Marcus! Your videos are always so good to watch!

[@CyFr]

Really going to be hard watching much of any SpaceX news with someone who thinks its funny to be doing salutes to the Fuhrer.

[@quinto190]

You shouldn't believe mainstream media. They are doing everything they can to discredit Musk.

[@michaelreid2329]

And meddling in elections. He seems to have become a bit unhinged. At one stage he was able to talk about the future of and the need for interplanetary space travel and worked towards that vision with SpaceX, manufacture of a high performing electric vehicles with state of the art motor designs, and world wide communication with satellite constellations: but no EV charging infrastructure to support the vehicles, a preparedness to control the information sent through his satellites and now the Nazi salute? Maybe NASA needs to continue the work it was established to do and develop some commercial skill so it isn't in the hands of corporations like Boeing.

[@quinto190]

You shouldn't believe certain mainstream media. They are doing everything to discredit Musk.

[@johnbass66]

@@michaelreid2329 People who like SpaceX and space exploration should be calling Elon out a lot more for the crap he's doing. He will not be on the right side of history. Bunch of fascists.

[@arneluutsch3484]

Great format, signed up to Grand News to support

[@georgejackson4105]

Elon's mouth will sink this thing. There's always someone who will object sufficiently to his crass meddling in politics sufficiently to be motivated to throw a spanner in the works (literally) at some point or other.

[@unitrader403]

nothing unusual about that... basically the conditions he worked under for at least the past 20 years...

[@RainbowFish-]

There was a time when Elon was a darling of the media as well as the liberal movement. What happened? The news media ,social media along with ultra left leaning social justice warriors went bat guano crazy and tried to hijack the citizens of the United States into some Neo-Marxist ideology. I think Elon coined the phrase Woke Mind Virus. Elon seen what was happening and decided to do something about it when he purchased Twitter. The News media along with ultra left politicians turned Elon into a Bad man. The same could be said for Trump. If you look at the way both Elon and Trump speak they are old school Democrats. It is the Ultra left liberal politicians with help of the news media, tech companies that divided the country and told us to hate each other and how the other side is bad and should be canceled - PERIOD!

[@stevegilliver5104]

Elon has always been that way. The thing is, he strongly stands by his convictions. This has always earned him more respect than scorn while his enemies have faded... so far. He is a risk taker, that's for sure. In aggregate, I believe the world needs more men like him. If you are not upsetting some people or challenging some beliefs, then you aren't doing anything worthwhile

[@georgejackson4105]

@@stevegilliver5104 Glad you see it that way. But if you dabble in politics you make enemies. Real enemies. Not just internet trolls. Fuck around and find out ... I'll put good money on his next toy going 'pop' too. And the next one, and the next ...

[@zedrocky6529]

The day dreaming, the addiction, that’s what I’m here for, Marcus! And that’s why you’re my best ever! Period.

[@jonekone3769]

Would be interesting to hear what Elons opinion on Ground News is. Considering he is the biggest source of misinformation these days.

[@stevennotthe2997]

I do agree that our eventual goal is to settle the planets however we should have a lot more higher focus on the moon because simply its a great source for raw materials and a lot more practical than mars

[@trgosai]

Thank you for using 60 fps even at 4k videos Its always feels relaxing to my eyes when video switches to 60 fps from 30 fps

[@MarcusHouse]

Yep. Love 60fps.

[@TheReykjavik]

Even if they don't manage second stage re-usability, Starship represents a significant improvement in performance. I think it is pretty safe to say they will get booster landings nailed down to a similar level of reliability as Falcon 9, combine that with the performance benefits of methane and full flow staged combustion, plus the economies of scale of a larger vehicle, and Starship will be hucking mass to orbit more affordably than even Falcon 9, and it will be able to do bigger and heavier payloads than anything currently flying.

[@jordanlewis3790]

So no news...

[@jukkatakamaa7274]

...how many more spaceship launches before a manned mission ?

[@mattfgln]

Yeah it’s the same reminder of what starship is planned to do over and over and over again. Apparently no news this week

[@yonkersz]

Same three people just pumping out videos of the same shit over and over

[@trickeruniverse1979]

@@jukkatakamaa727450+

[@Argaitlam]

Sounding like politicians and mainstream news, talking about the same thing thinking they are doing a good job.

[@lazylizardpatterns4483]

The future is so exciting. Pity not too many years left for myself to see all these inventions.

[@richardharris7214]

Wow, Marcus. Can I have a glass of whatever you've been drinking! Sounds really intoxicating but looking around the UK at the moment I think your drink it is lacking a large shot of cost-benefit analysis! Keep dreaming though.

[@ahhmm5381]

Yep, it's fantasy built on fantasy

[@153SCORN]

Loved the animation of the long tether between two starships at 1:32

[@shawnlopez5777]

Could SpaceX just modify a dragon capsule to go to the moon and completely eliminate the need for SLS? This would save taxpayers billions of dollars.

[@admarsandbeyond]

They could, but no-one would be interested to pay for it and use it instead of Orion (which already cost >25Billion to develop)

[@sir_cheddarman8149]

This is an Incredible video! I think this is the best video you have ever published to date. Well done Marcus and crew!! I am of same mind that, the near future of space travel appears to be happening and in my lift time too! How Exciting! Am I right?

[@linseyyoung1772]

The whole Starship "V2" thing has a bit of a different vibe now...

[@MegaWilderness]

The reverberations of it's explosion still echo round the world. For a booster to be successful, first it must be reused and deliver something to space

[@linseyyoung1772]

@MegaWilderness Not what I was referring to...

[@JamesCairney]

@@linseyyoung1772 what are you referring to?

[@okirooju3787]

​​@@JamesCairneyreread his original comment.

[@okirooju3787]

​@@MegaWildernessare we conflating the booster and ship?

[@felixparis4932]

HI Marcus, i am following your content for years now, ever since the first high bay was completed... I absolutely love your content and have not missed a weekly update since. I usually don´t comment but there is one thing i would like to bring up. I have heard a bit of chatter in the last few weeks about the environmental impacts of the entire starship programm. "Punching holes in the ozone layer" and "fuel consumption" came up the most. I was wondering if you could dedicate one of your deep dive videos towards that topic. I myself study sustainability and renewable energies and i would love to put those conserns about starships sustainability to rest. You guys do an amazing job every week and i hope this idea finds it´s way to your video idea whiteboard. Thanks and Greetings from Germany!

[@spanke2999]

are starlink antennas now called Volksempfänger? I'm asking for a ... well friend!

[@acedotcom]

how much you wanna bet the name the next SS block "V3"?

[@Terzy1984]

8:23 I like the idea to send up stuff and then assemble it in space to make a super spaceship

[@adamtschupp9825]

if you think right wing news deserves any amount of attention, youre already lost

[@imaginary_friend7300]

Any extreme is for fools.

[@adamtschupp9825]

@imaginary_friend7300 the right is always wrong. If you had an engineer that said a bridge was unsafe, and the town idiot saying it's safe, would you say they should be heard and heeded equally? No. Centrism only amplifies the ignorant while dismissing the learned.

[@milandavid7223]

@@adamtschupp9825 "Everyone who disagrees with me is evil" - every political zealot

[@adamtschupp9825]

@milandavid7223 except when there is factual peer reviewed and historical evidence that proves one side is intentionally and maliciously aiming for fascism. Look, I'm FINE with multi view politics, but when one side is line for line following the exact playbook of 1930's rise of fascism, they should not be held in any sort of equal views to any other. It's the paradox of tolerance in action A tolerant society must never tolerate intolerance in any form, otherwise the intolerant will destroy tolerance. Therefore any political view that tolerates fascists or fascist ideology must never be tolerated. most of not all right wing news sources tolerate fascists such as trump and Elon, therefore giving them the time of day in ANY regard is admitting that fascism is valid. Which by the way is completely wrong. Several million Jews are testament to that fact.

[@davidspencer1558]

Marvelous chair leader episode. We all need to remember the objective and prize to be had. There will be some sacrifices to be made.

[@DericO-rz3be]

FIRST PERSONED STARSHIP SPACEWALK SHOULD be performed by *FIRST LADY MUSK*

[@gamegoof]

With no suit

[@AstroMaggus]

Great Video, Thanks ! I love our Spaceflight community, it gives us so much hope in these difficult times down here 👍🚀

[@simonruddy8265]

Markus your talking like a conspiracy theorist, we're still 10 to 20 years even getting to Mars, if we don't have WWIII first. Currently all resources come from one place, earth, it seems ridiculous to be fitting out other planets when we're struggling to service and keep the earth safe and fairly resourced. All this video and subjectivity is just hot air and a waste of resources.

[@dphuntsman]

Then why are you here?

[@DouglasJMark]

Great daydreaming, Marcus! So, space exes, refuelling industry might be big, really big! Thanks for all your ideas and wonderful graphics from your team as well. Lots of love from Toronto to all.❤❤❤

[@martinm1231]

And the Giant WANK continues [for at least another TWO years ]

[@scottdorfler2551]

I can't wait to see what Starship does for space telescopes. I'd love to see an 8 meter class Hubble ll Starship. An X-ray Starship Space Observatory would make a great replacement for Chandra. Starship could also deploy huge telescope constellations. When infrared or even optical interferometry becomes possible, Starship could deploy the entire constellations. And then there's orbital construction of 30, 40, even 50 meter scopes. Starship could be how we directly image an Earth-like planet around a sun-like star.

[@cryskilljoy]

that all sounds great. Too bad, we can't trust a super villain bilionair.

[@imaginary_friend7300]

So far seems the villian has things on track.

[@gamegoof]

@@imaginary_friend7300 To his evil capitalist plan? yep

[@sriramireddygangireddy8597]

Marcus, this is a very good video about the capabilities of big starship. But, we are missing this week's updates. Your Saturday videos contain all updates that happened in the week. We will be missing them this week. I suggest to release these type of additional videos in the middle of week without breaking Saturday's regular format.

[@samueldickes]

Why is nobody noticing that Starship still has a massive lack of power to lift the foreseen payload’s into orbit. We’re now in the territory of Raptor 2 and there still is a wide gap. I know that Raptor 3 will be even more powerful, but it really has to be, or Starship will not be able to fulfill it’s mission.

[@Scanner9631]

Watch the New Glenn launch and time how long it takes to clear the tower. Then do the same with Starship. Starship has a much higher thrust to weight ratio. Some of that will be lost by adding payload and STILL be greater than New Glenn which launched an absolutely minimal cargo. Starship has better than double the thrust of Saturn V NOW. 2 more Raptors and upgrade to Raptor 3 will make it more like 3 x.

[@brianrose1681]

But the payload numbers are bigger than ever and growing. Multiplied by many launches and we are in new territory, right? Are you talking about the payloads necessary for mars?

[@admarsandbeyond]

Is SpaceX lying or are their engineers complete id--ts in your opinion?

[@ShastaTodd]

@@admarsandbeyond Well, with nazi Eliana at the helm... I am sure there is a lot of BS.

[@bluesteel8376]

@@admarsandbeyond Elon is known for hyperbole.