New Tower 2 Developments and FAA Update! | Starbase Update

Welcome back, Tankwatchers! This week at Starbase, we're buzzing with excitement as we see a full stack return to the pad for testing ahead of Flight 4, the rollout of Starbase’s second launch tower sections, and near-completion of the main footprint of Starfactory. Plus, we have updates from the Federal Aviation Administration on the Flight 3 mishap investigation. Join NSF's Jack Beyer for an aerial and ground-level tour of all the developments, including new test stands, the latest on Ship 26, Ship 31's anomaly, and a closer look at the massive new Starfactory. 🚀
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[@NASASpaceflight]

Flight 4 Merch! shop.nasaspaceflight.com/collections/starship-orbital-flight-test Patches are coming out of preorder and shipping this week! 50 percent already gone (and when they are gone, they are gone) - I know that sounds like an awfully worded ad, but to avoid disappointment.

[@lyndapety2766]

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[@nirbhay_raghav]

Another wonderful update video. Hey, since starbase has developed quite a lot since 2019 and is looking like its coming to its final shape, atleast for the build site, could you guys make a timeline video? It would be so cool to see a timelapse with commentary of how things progressed from 2019 or even before and how bays and tank farm got made, demolished and new ones erected or laid down! Specially with the buildings like star factory, tower itself at launch site people would love to have one single video to refer to when they quickly want to check out how many months it took SpaceX to make it? Please consider this request and atleast keep it in the video queue. Love you guys❤

[@rjswas]

Like if for a split second you thought thought this message started with FIGHT 4 Merch and not FLIGHT 4 Merch 😂😂

[@the496elcamino3]

From your first nervous update, to now. Man you do the best updates, you’re a natural with these now.

[@MarsChroniken]

I was about to draw the same comparison. Love the development!

[@colinfurze]

Maybe the 2nd tower is for the catching of the boosters as if something goes wrong they will mess up there launch pad, makes way more sense to me to launch from the current OLM and catch at another. The catch tower then doesnt need any fueling stuff, any deluge system and less infrastructure near by to be damaged, its only going to take 1 ship to fall off the chopsticks at the current OLM and it could take out the new tank farm.Once Landed/Caught they just roll it to the bays for checks etc then back to the OLM for another flight. In fact i'm so pleased with this idea if they don't do this i thin we should tell them somehow. Btw if this has already been suggested i didn't know lol

[@faisalsvideoworld]

i agree lol

[@Pintuuuxo]

"I love the Skycrane, and so should you!" - Jack, in one of his best moments.

[@JackABeyer]

If you dont love the skycrane, I don’t love you. There, I said it 😅

[@GHOSTSTALKER90]

Yay sky crane

[@gordonstewart5774]

A firm in Arkansas pioneered precast garage construction. As an architect of a 2,700 car garage in MD. we used their panels in 1991.

[@InsouciantSoul]

RIP White Hose. Never Forget

[@iamaduckquack]

Never forgetti the white spaghetti

[@AstroNautics-Official]

But always forget the vertical tank farm

[@bobferranti5222]

I'm loving the fly-over shots with all the explanations. This is a great feature now that it has become increasingly more difficult to see things from ground level like we did in the past.

[@MrKellymcilrath]

Thank you Jack for another great Starbase Update!!!!

[@ryer8477]

"And don't forget, be excellent to each other!" It always fills me with joy to get that phrase after an incredible narration of the episode. Thank you Jack

[@phlogistanjones2722]

Thank you Jack! Thank you all the NSF crew! THANK YOU SPACEX! Peaceful Skies.

[@barneyrubble8107]

Well done JB & NSF team. Another great update episode.

[@bryanillenberg]

It's not even done yet! (but your right: it's another great starbase update)

[@MickRonald]

More premiers, more better. Especially right after a live stream. Thank you.

[@Christian-zv2em]

There is a German company called "Goldbeck" which builds parking garages from the catalog. Fun fact: They also built Giga Berlin.

[@JackABeyer]

No kidding!?

[@Lexington-Concord1775]

Thank you NSF you are the best !🙏

[@bcrisp56]

Hey Jack, love the show! Flight 4 happens when it happens! Can’t wait for NSF’s coverage! Many thanks for all at NSF

[@flippert0]

Bought a "Stroomphul" last summer at my local IKEA. It's fine and serves its purpose, but maybe a bit of an overkill for my old beetle.

[@JackABeyer]

Parking for the whole neighborhood!

[@donculver153]

Thanks, Jack for a great update. It is amazing how quickly private industry can build this massive production site on a sandy beach with all of its intricate details. NSF has been a great avenue for us to keep up with such rapid growth. I always look forward to your updates Jack.

[@hamiltpj]

I love how genuinely interested geeks like us are in news about a parking garage being built 😂

[@mrdebris1217]

Thanks for the update and glad you finally switched from „The New Highbay“ to „Megabay 2“ 😅

[@officialwildcardadventures]

That was a cool gaussian blur/ mask effect on the high bay.

[@bideford7099]

Excitement as usual with Jack. I would also like to have a Raptor to decorate my one of a kind yard. Share?

[@bryanillenberg]

Same here.

[@ouahaahmed3902]

Respect ...jack and NSF members.....for your support and humanity.. ..''if I understand you correctly 🙏''

[@schlenbea]

...because, I love the Sky-Crane and so should you. Sky-Crane for president!

[@JackABeyer]

Skycrane / Tankzilla 2024

[@KevinTheCaravanner]

Can’t be worse than the existing candidates 😂.

[@remsmith3233]

Great updates….can’t wait for #4 launch.

[@Ch33ziTzsk8R]

Waiting on sights of launch table 2 and deluge plate 2.

[@hierichwerda]

i love NSF. Thank you

[@BobSmith-eq4ib]

Great video Jack, loved how informative and observant this was!

[@alexk8729]

After WW2 the whole Soviet Union was rebuilt with prefabricated blocks produced on huge factories. I have a couple of books with typical residential buildings. Back then architectors could use only special blocks from catalogs. Like playing lego in real life. The fastest construction was finished in two weeks for a 5 stories building. It's interesting to see that these technologies are still in use. I thought they were abandonned for a more flexible design process.

[@knowledgeisgood9645]

These garages can almost be ordered on line.

[@gordonstewart5774]

I was using the Russian catalogs in 1984 to model in CADD exactly how the Russian were building the US Embassy in Moscow at the time - we were searching for bugs.

[@rubikmonat6589]

@@gordonstewart5774 Check out Machining and Microwaves, who recreated the remotely microwave powered passive bug that was concealed in the crest.

[@MarsChroniken]

Awesome update! Tank you!

[@TAdamLaird]

THE HAT!!!!!!! Yuusssss!!! 💪 Love these videos, love that hat more!!!!

[@tacampbell4819]

Thank you Jack 👍🚀🤓 Godspeed SpaceX 🚀🪐

[@john.dcollins5792]

Thank you NSF ARCE👍😎🤙

[@CooperHawkins4]

For a video idea y’all should do a compilation of the funniest encounters with SpaceX employees at Starbase

[@barrymcbride]

Great job on the update.

[@GHOSTSTALKER90]

It would be cool to have a rail from the buildsite to all of these places

[@markhuebner7580]

Looking good Jack! From the wild jungles of spacecraft development!

[@HOUHA99]

Thank you! I love you guys

[@benaminconeglon5525]

wdr test this morning was amazing

[@DebraJean196]

Great job as always!

[@PC-nf3no]

All the KZbinrs that talk about Ship 31's electrical short turning Sparky or Arcy don't seem to mention that it could have been Boomer or Boomee. With the power in those arcs greater than an arc welder or a cutting torch, even though no Methane was used, even cutting a small hole in a pressure tank could have easily popped catastrophically similar to SN1. With the thrust coming from the failure on the side, there could have been greater damage to the site.

[@IsabellaIsabella-mc1tx]

Good morning Jack wonderful vídeo ❤

[@sdebeaubien]

Wow, whole lotta stuff goin' on! Guaranteed excitement is coming again, within about 2 weeks it seems. I was going for May originally. I still think Mr. Musk may try to slip it in before the last day of May. Alternatively, June 6 would be appropriate, eh? A D-Day of a different sort? But I like the new flame trench at Massey's, looks like it should work great. Of course, you'd need about triple that for all the Booster engines. We shall see if they build one for the 2nd tower, eh? Great update Jack, entire @NSF team! You guys rock! It's so cool to watch these every week and be kept nearly totally up to date!

[@dustinlphillips5687]

Great work as always

[@glitchered]

nice. all cought up. thx jack and team. :)

[@johngarrison4228]

Oh I can feel the heat of starbase.

[@brucet4325]

A cutdown Raptor nozzle would be a great thing to put a hot tub in…

[@JackABeyer]

great minds think alike

[@paulbo52]

Let's do this thing 🔥

[@markhuebner7580]

Go Bill & Ted! Have an excellent Adventure!

[@GerardHammond]

Great sparky. analysis

[@officialwildcardadventures]

🙌 let's go SUPER HEAVY!

[@danielb5801]

Miss you as well Jack.

[@JackABeyer]

I ate double extra bacon tacos this morning and you didnt

[@jack4socal]

I love these updates!

[@stevenmckamey]

good vid thks guys and gals at NSF I think 1st week in June for launch

[@trevorpickup3820]

Great channel.

[@onwardsdown1294]

First nsf best

[@fredpryde8555]

i watched the WDR it was so cool and filled up so quickly

[@boringusername792]

Will the 2nd tower share the tank farm or will it have its own?

[@DH-sw6vg]

Hey, congrats! You've got a million subs!

[@browndogprospecting3141]

Kwel Keep up the Great Work ...!!!

[@WilboBaggins-fo1xh]

Brilliant

[@tomholroyd7519]

8:30 extremely rare one off --- but there are SO MANY OF THEM

[@asmrdestiny]

Let’s GOOOOOOOO 🚀

[@refurbansuburban]

Another outstanding, truly outstanding report by Jack! He has panache. Please sell those hats on your site.

[@cletusfordwicke7608]

Panache. Yes!!

[@marcomix17]

Vamos que vamos 🧡🚀

[@cottonball188]

Great rider & I hope to see him on bull's for many years

[@chadwynia5021]

Would rather have the booster 7 anomaly than a SN4 anomaly

[@alexlabs4858]

Arcy is a pretty good name for ship 31 I like that. Sky crane is fun, having worked with them though, I will tell you that initially grabbing the tag line on the load when it arrives can hurt a whole lot. The blades of the helicopter whipping through the air generates a ton of static electricity and you ground yourself to it when you grab the tag. Still an incredible experience though.

[@JackABeyer]

Ok thats cool though

[@MrSango123]

morning jack

[@ReinReads]

Team south OLM here

[@ColdSweet2768]

new intro looks cool

[@corycrandell2682]

Im guessing the two towers will be oriented the same way. That way if they had to launch with one tower and land on the other, the booster orientation would be the same.

[@hellfirestudios2.0]

The Jack Attack

[@KillerkoUK]

That new factory is seriously BIG... spaceX is not messing around... ;)

[@justinseans]

I don't think the parking garage thing is wrong. It's not like they design the same models over and over...

[@fisterB]

Perhaps a sky-crane would be a big help with the Stroomphul too. They are not exactly easy to assemble and the instructions are almost completely incomprehensible.

[@JackABeyer]

Hahaha

[@jacquesolivier6517]

Be excellent to each other

[@JackABeyer]

Party on dudes

[@faisalsvideoworld]

always love these jack updates but can anyone clarify the difference between a partial wdr and a full wdr.

[@anisdjerrab]

"For Jebedaya's public safety" 😂

[@connorfitzgerald9523]

Not even 2 hours after the video. Wet dress rehearsal complete 😂

[@robj5780]

My guess for the next flight: 6/9

[@JackABeyer]

Oh that’s good

[@rubikmonat6589]

Eagerly awaiting a future where Jack shaves at least once a week.

[@gabriellebenard5254]

i am hoping next flight would be before June

[@JohnBurgundy66]

I was primed and ready for a, “Two turntables and a…” joke.

[@scottramos7949]

I like Sparky for SS-31. After the Challenger explosion, NASA considered renaming the three remaining shuttles Snap, Crackle, and Pop.

[@KevinTheCaravanner]

At 1:25 Jack says a crane is not needed. But how is the ship and test mount moved off the transporters?

[@rickrack4812]

It's called the DIRTY SANCHEZ LOT

[@slateslavens]

11:08 Jack, I think the Big Question is: _will Mechazilla ][ get a flame trench?_ booster parts? Jack, I'd love to turn a non-viable Starship into a _house._ I just don't think I can swing shipping to Idaho...

[@naeemali852]

I don't see any solar panels on the Star factory. Are they intended for a letter install date? Or at all?

[@alanblasczyk1779]

Mt flight guess is June ,9

[@ironman6527]

Skycrane!

[@TheMarcusGomez]

Any chance they add solar panels on top of starfactory maybe even with an X design like hawthorne?

[@Meister1551]

I'm with you, I think flight 4 happens in early June.

[@JohanMsWorld]

With my luck IFT 4 will happen on any of the two sundays I got theatre visits, Either May 26th or June 2nd. J.

[@orwellklimt9947]

6:55 I don't know who leaked this information, but that's exactly how it is done.

[@JackABeyer]

😂

[@garypio2241]

Wont they have to fuel , fill , the booster for strength before stacking a cargo loaded ship is stacked on

[@allanrose3661]

Want the flight path of launches from orbital pad 2 be right over orbital pad 1 and its tank farm?

[@knowledgeisgood9645]

The path is very steep (almost vertical), so even if it is over the other pad it will not harm it or the tower.

[@HomerKM1914]

Early June

[@Darky.]

What happens if they need to work inside ship at Masseys? No crane stabilisation?

[@JackABeyer]

Hey that's a really good question! hmmm

[@yuma990]

Why are the 2 methane tanks at Massey vertical? I thought that was a no-no.

[@ale131296]

What was a no no were the ones SpaceX made because of how they were made and not because they were in vertical orientation. Cryogenic storage tanks come in multiple shapes and forms and these are vertical while others are horizontal. It's just how they are

[@Boxersteavee]

WDR DONE WOOT!