Second Launch Tower at Starbase | SpaceX Boca Chica

[@Doomguynowaying]

Immer schön beim Frühstück ein starbase update zu gucken

[@fabianbrandtaudio]

Danke für das deutsche Kommentar, liebe Grüße!!❤

[@ohedd]

"What a delightfully awkward load" - John

[@Prasah1711x]

??

[@DMNewell]

Tale tells it went right over the camera

[@Exalerion]

@@Prasah1711x Watch the video...

[@michaelrakel4056]

Herzlichen Dank für die Kommentare in meiner Muttersprache, das entspannt das zusehen immens. Gerne mehr davon.

[@Syritis]

Yes Das, The towers are bolted together, I haven't heard of hot rivets being used for building construction for a few decades now.

[@NASASpaceflight]

That's what was going through my head but the clips move on 😅 - Das

[@bocachicacrane762]

@@NASASpaceflight whaycwas. thats a new word das 😂😂

[@NASASpaceflight]

🤦‍♂️ - Das

[@makingmusiconline2309]

Fantastic commentary! So much better than the AIs or the people trying to sound like news anchors. This is fresh and enjoyable. Huzzah (from London, England)

[@richardvandyk2482]

Haha. What a way to start the video! I was thankful that Das did the narration. Great job by everyone else too! I am really enjoying these.

[@smassky]

Thats cool! The multi-language thing. I dont switch languages so i didn't know you all were doing this. I barely understand some Spanish, but it's cool that you all are doing this now!

[@rubiksmath7938]

I really liked this. The commentary done by someone seeing some of these shots for the first time makes the atmosphere truly authentic and gives a “wow omg rockets so cool” vibe - it’s like we are all there together seeing this for the first time and it’s really awesome.

[@NASASpaceflight]

Good deal, that's what we're going for... not dry narration and boring explanations. - Das

[@_xavier2357]

Fantastic, I can train my Spanish comprehension with Alex 🙂

[@Darky.]

You had me for 1.5 sec with that impersonation 🤣 great vid though Das and team

[@NASASpaceflight]

1.5 longer than expected hah. - Das

[@alopexlagopus1488]

@Darky - definitely not a Brit then. Most Brits can't do a Yorksire accent justice, so a Texan has zero chance!

[@pidi_patrick]

Thanks Adrian for the German audio track ❤ 🎉

[@JayChristensen-x1k]

Das you are awesome. I look forward to these videos. Please thank your wife for letting you do this job that makes the rest of us informed about Starbase.

[@enriquecabrera3211]

Muchas gracias, Alejandro. Saludos desde Córdoba, España.

[@vinniep37]

we want klingon!!

[@59seank]

Me too.

[@WilboBaggins-dm7ub]

Delightfully awkward load...bubble level...brilliant narration. Laughed out loud.

[@bcrisp56]

The SPMTs sound like a giant bee hive, as they rolled by! I remember when SpaceX built the first chop sticks!

[@leprix1638]

Der Synchronsprecher macht echt ein richtig guten Job

[@elizabethhoeppner8881]

I have been watching the chopsticks construction and Flame Trench work. So cool 😎. I think they will get it done by Middle of May.

[@SAMFOpy]

Muchas gracias por las actualizaciones 🎉

[@allenlane3345]

Great review…love the commentary!

[@paamodt7170]

The bubble level looks to be 8'. That size really comes in handy at times. At the beginning it looked like tooling, roll carts for different stations. I've done Heavy Equipment and Facilities Maintenance, worked around locomotives, ships and Foundry's. My 2 tool boxes have a combined weight of 10k lbs. It still amazing how big some of the equipment, jugs and tooling are that you show in your updates

[@clydemeyer1105]

Finally something in my native tongue, Klingon.

[@pukshofer]

In 20 Jahren werden wir zurück denken, dass wir Life dabei waren, als Geschichte geschrieben wurde 🙂

[@christophlemke7884]

schon wieder auf Deutsch ... MEGA !!! Vielen Vielen Dank

[@alvermillioncranky8360]

2:46 The skeleton framework for the Eagle from Space 1999.

[@Eduardo-j1d]

Muchas gracias por la traducción al español!!

[@groggyfroggy1324]

Danke, Adrian, für Deinen deutschen Kommentar. Das macht es mir etwas komfortabler, dem höchst interessanten content zu folgen. Das wäre etwas, was ich mir von Felix auch wünsche. Im Großen und Ganzen komme ich mit Englisch klar, aber wenn schnell gesprochen wird oder zu viele "Fremd - oder Fachausdrücke" verwendet werden, verstehe ich nicht alles. Auf jeden Fall: super Sache und macht weiter so. Ihr seid großartig! Nochmals danke!

[@OhShiitakeMushrooms]

There's nothing worst then cold pizza. We all appreciate your sacrifice.

[@spitbacca]

I reckon they should have had a pizza eating while watching rockets on the road party

[@clayel1]

they should have just accepted the road closure and eat the pizza on the side of the road

[@miguelcastro908]

Gracias desde Málaga España

[@johit103067]

WTG Das! Great summary!

[@cubotrix4152]

Das deutsche Kommentar gefällt mir sehr! Großartige Arbeit geleistet :)

[@paco-oficial]

Por fin Alejandro, paisano Dh🎉 en español 👏👏👏

[@cipedead0777]

3:44 what amazing sight. Thank you NSF

[@Pe_Jota]

Gracias por ofrecerlo en español, asi es mas fácil entender como van los progresos. Es fantastico!!

[@Urufu-san]

Deutscher Kommentar bei 5:02: Die Skates sind NICHT die Gleitschienen, es sind die Rollschlitten, die AUF den Schienen fahren…

[@LuckyBastl]

Laufkatze könnte man sagen

[@Urufu-san]

@ Yup 🙂

[@AllMyHobbies]

Glad to have you back

[@pankakelovers1]

Ahhhhhh....Das has returned...Thx

[@mdjannnatansari6025]

Love from INDIA 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@damianroces2787]

Thats greatl! The multi-language

[@torstendietrich5499]

👍 Prima Einblicke. Danke!

[@rusticthumper5500]

Koala's or Drop Bears? I was thinking more along the lines of the car falling down the trunk of the tree in Jurassic Park movie

[@NASASpaceflight]

Hahaha ok that's a good one. 🤣 - Das

[@erikjohnson7002]

Those chop sticks are massive. Waaaay bigger than a Tie Fighter 😎💪

[@claudioalejandrotornatore3845]

Hola.. sé agradece mucho mucho 🙏.

[@ragaloft]

Steel dropbear skating down the Ironbark tree.😎

[@robertmestl1215]

That's too cool!!!😂🎉

[@BabyMakR]

I work from home so sometimes I'll have a livestream running on my personal PC while working. Yours mostly, but sometimes the one from the ISS, depending on my mood.

[@Naultarous]

We need a Das and a Chris audio channel. Would be interesting to see how each covers the video.

[@fabianbrandtaudio]

@@Naultarous Well they could have english (american) and english (UK) audiotracks haha

[@josejesusamayz2495]

Gracias por tus videos en español. Mas español en todos los videos por favor. Gracias.

[@bluephoenix3986]

Damage aside, the mural of a mars colony looks amazing.

[@mrdebris1217]

Danke für das deutsche Audio, Adrian. Never heard before of "Ruhrpumpen" (Ruhr is a river in Germany, Pumpen means pumps), turns out its a global company founded in the fifties in Germany. The delivery in the video probably was built in the US.

[@Exalerion]

"A steel koala roller skating down a very straight eucalyptus tree" nice

[@DesHume-l5s]

Hi from England

[@ronsdigginthemidwest5502]

Y’all cold this winter?

[@Cape_Cod_Steve]

👋👋👋

[@bno6156]

@@ronsdigginthemidwest5502yeah. Snowed a lot. It were shit

[@tonnyh.7037]

Muy buen contenido y resumen!!

[@niri2506]

Let's put a Raptor and some aero covers onto those chopsticks and make the first TIE yessssss😂😂😂

[@ceevx19]

Gracias por la traducción

[@yfarrell]

Bolts. We haven’t used rivets on structural steel in many, many years. We only use small rivets on thin sheet stock.

[@annikwok2536]

Hi from Indonesia

[@alexandergood7086]

Lol 😂 that's got to be one bloody big koala 🐨 I live in Australia God she's got to be big and we call them drop bears as they drop from the trees and try to eat you 😮

[@ShaunCoruble]

I concur and I'm from Sydney. He's right, folks.

[@alexandergood7086]

@ShaunCoruble all I can say is only in Australia

[@davidlabedz2046]

The image of the roller skating Koala bear, nope, my wife and I don't see that 😮

[@MusicalZombie]

Where is the Klingon audio commentary? You are offering it but it is always empty.

[@pidi_patrick]

It's for the ambient only. Adrian mentioned it in a past video.

[@andreas522]

Vielen lieben Dank für die deutsche Übersetzung von Adrian 😅

[@ingesacher8273]

Toller Bericht 👍👋🥰🌵

[@1dforbes]

As an Australian can confirm it's a perfect analogy "steel koala" 😂

[@johnhjic2]

Hello, I live just outside York in Yorkshire UK. It is an amazing area to be. But we do not all talk quite like that. I must say the I for one try and watch each of your videos, mustly on KZbin and X. Keep up the great work and for me add the jokes too.

[@tomasbenedictomaza]

se agradece mucho los comentarios en español europeo este es el camino

[@nikefootbag]

4:30 was there footage of this previous crushing of a parked car on roll out??

[@NASASpaceflight]

Just passed above it, didn't crush (or touch) it. - Das

[@wizamaulana6362]

The chopstick is so huge

[@robert-brydson-1]

delightful,,, delightful

[@Edubsufu]

I love how they just painted over foam...🤣

[@Papershields001]

The roller skates are where the analogy escapes me.

[@CraigfromFinley]

Dear Das, Not only aren't you an 'old chup' from Yorkshire, neither are you from Australia, although you do have our knack for sarcastic humour! Koalas aren't bears and we call bubble levels spirit levels. You should know that the chopsticks are waaaay too big to be TIE Advanced frames...and, yes...I am sitting here in the middle of the day with nothing better to do...than watch NSF! Space nerds unite! Thanks for all you do Das and thank you to Chris B for filling in last Starbase Update. Now, go and have a warm Fosters and a Yorkshire Pudding if you want to become a Pom, or wrap your laughing gear around a Chiko Roll and a VB to be in consideration for your Australian citizenship (many citizenship ceremonies held this Sunday - Australia Day!) Also, we need an Aussie commentary option - "Awww, look at this big beauty, rolling down the road. Isn't she be-ootiful. Look out! She might bite ya' in the bum if you turn ya' back on her!"

[@johnwiles4391]

I think we should start calling the towers "Spacecraft Enabling Eucalyptus Trees!"

[@Richjwade]

Danke Adrian! I'm still shocked at how much of the German commentary I understand. 😂

[@fwd79]

Klingon?! And that's just ambient 😆

[@tomassanchez376]

Aaaaa, estaba esperando a Alejandro!

[@ale131296]

Estoy ahi! Cambialo a español :)

[@VickiMiller-s2v]

Will there be a redesign of tower one?

[@therichieboy]

I'd say it's a safe bet.

[@ale131296]

Tower two is pretty much the same design than tower one, only thing would be to get the shorter chopsticks. It's the launch mount for pad A that is more likely to get completely redesigned - like, literally torn apart and replaced by a new design.

[@imaginary_friend7300]

What needs a redesign?

[@marianon6489]

super und danke

[@iplayerbeta__]

que gozada escucharlo doblado por alex al español

[@ale131296]

Más que doblado es un poco mi propia interpretación. Das lo graba por una parte y yo nunca oigo lo que dice, yo simplemente hago lo mismo que el: comentar el video y lo que hay en él pero en Español en vez de en Inglés. :)

[@markhuebner7580]

Rivets require heat, like a blowtorch or a bucket of coals, and a hammer, typically reciprocating pneumatic hammer, to actually accomplish the attachment.

[@MichaelWilliams-tv1bm]

Great review of progress at Starbase, but you need much more practice to reproduce a Yorkshire accent. It sounded more like Dick Van Dykes cockney in "Mary Poppins"!

[@spitbacca]

Haha "dick van das"

[@richardknapp570]

...so they had the same issue with pressure building inside a 'compartment' with insufficient ventilation...like S33?

[@imaginary_friend7300]

Partly. The real problem was a fire and that fire caused to much extra pressure.

[@richardknapp570]

@@imaginary_friend7300 sorry, I should have been more specific...i meant the parking garage had apparent ventilation issue

[@andymacdougall4221]

They use gum trees for electricity poles here in Oz so they're pretty straight

[@therichieboy]

Will someone please explain to me why the carriage structure is so much less beefy than the chopsticks? My intuitive sense tells me they should have much more going on to deal with whatever tensile and compressive load they're under.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

The chopsticks on Tower 1 are longer and thus heavier, but they have handled the weight of moving ships and boosters to/from the pad as well as catching the booster twice.

[@CandaceWatson-n8w]

9:18 What's with the piece of steel that's leaning? Are they replacing it, or did something happen to it, or is it supposed to be that way?

[@ericpaul4575]

It is supposed to be that way. It is the shielding on the staircase that is attached to one of the OLM legs.

[@CandaceWatson-n8w]

​​​@@ericpaul4575 I'm talking about the piece on the tower. It's crooked. Between the olm and the tower at the bottom.

[@ericpaul4575]

@ That is not on the tower, it’s on the OLM leg.

[@CandaceWatson-n8w]

@ericpaul4575 Yeah, I saw that after I replied, lol. I don't think it's a leg, though. I think it's just the stairs, but I've been wrong before. Thank you

[@ArghUdson]

9.23 I reckon it’s one of the Man lift baskets We just can’t see the basket behind the tower as it’s obscured by the OLM. Look at the one on the right hand side of OLM & you can see a similar double linkage near the basket, just like the obscured one.

[@aviaforum8999]

Ich dachte schon, dass die KI so weit wäre…😅 und würde extrem gut übersetzen

[@patgalloway2228]

Hi das 😊

[@NASASpaceflight]

Hi! - Das

[@hazelnut11022]

"mit TÜV wäre das nicht passiert!" xD

[@colinnolan3838]

Lol Hi from just outside York UK lol

[@moodyblues1365]

what is the difference in length from 1st to 2nd pair of chopsticks?

[@ale131296]

This second set is about half the length. Not exactly half, but roughly half

[@jamesstevens1972-q2v]

What is the next rocket Elon is building - the V3 - and they will be raining down on London like their predecessors soon!

[@imaginary_friend7300]

..what?

[@spitbacca]

Rude

[@kennybevan11]

Once Elon does away with the regulators they'll be raining down everywhere. Still, at least I stand a chance of getting a heat shield hexagon or 2 😂

[@matyasiadam4656]

Bolts!

[@logandrums23]

2:29 SpaceX Tie Interceptor

[@ThePoorOpinion]

Chop chop chopsticks!

[@NOM-X]

I wonder how much the black counter weights weigh?

[@TroyRubert]

Why dont they use rollers like the skates to grab the booster?

[@gaaguim]

wow , schon eine Überraschung

[@umeshy]

New arms are shorter ?

[@ale131296]

Yep

[@blackghost87]

They are not that short, okay? I'd say they are perfectly average... And the size doesn't matter anyway, as long as they work well 😁

[@umeshy]

@ 69

[@richardloewen7177]

I understand that the reduced length of the chopsticks leads to a reduced (second) moment of inertia, leading to speedier closings / openings... BUT, even with the original longer chopsticks, the exhaust of the returning booster has a few seconds of splash against the tower. Now, how much MORE SO, when the shorter chopsticks will be used?

[@ale131296]

The booster already lands where the new chopsticks will be so it'll be a similar scorch

[@VickiMiller-s2v]

How are they going to get the new OLM to the new tower?🙃

[@imaginary_friend7300]

One would think SPMT's.. I don't think they have any other option.

[@EMichaelBall]

My guess: Four SPMT’s, then both LR11000 cranes to lift it off and into the correct position.

[@ale131296]

Same way as they did with the first: SPMTs. They rule