SpaceX Drops The BIG News: Next Starship Flight In 6 Weeks! Is This Possible?

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Fourth Starship test campaign! What to expect? Second launch site construction begins! Where are the tower sections? Rocket Lab accelerates construction of Neutron launch site! Stratolaunch is testing a hypersonic vehicle!
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[@Whataboutit]

Injured in an accident? You can start your claim with Morgan & Morgan at www.forthepeople.com/whatabout?s=86%3A4165 What do you think? When will we see the foundations for the second tower? A month from now? Maybe longer?

[@tmikkelsen8066]

You know Felix, this reminds me of the incredible books Ive read over the years about the space race. Your whole channel feels like a video version of that. You should write the book when we land on Mars.

[@Change3D]

Felix, you can't get a better advertiser than an ambulance chaser legal firm? That feels so low brow for such a good channel.

[@Noridin]

Morgan and Morgan are ambulance chasing scum. It's a shame you guys are accepting money from them.

[@Noridin]

It's a shame you guys are taking money from Morgan and Morgan. They are definitely not what people would call a respectable group.

[@douglasrobinson651]

Yes and yes. Booster + ship tested in April. Elon Time of course. And Yes, tower foundations April.

[@jonathanrichter4256]

RIP Thomas Stafford. A legend of the space program.

[@faisalsvideoworld]

Rest in peace sir thomas stafford

[@michaelcurti8114]

Thanks Felix for the tribute to Lt Gen Stafford

[@dlkramer88]

US Naval Academy, class of 1952.

[@MrAngel2U]

@@dlkramer88 Thank you for that. I was calling him "Whataboutit!? guy".

[@chrischeshire6528]

The Astronauts Astronaut.

[@trchadlv]

I met Thomas Stanford when I was very young, and have an autographed photo of him hanging in my home. A lifetime of interest in space flight and exploration started with that meeting.

[@JeffRL1956]

At least get his name correct if you're going to post a "tribute" (which sounds more like a "look at me" wank).

[@tazerface8659]

The shock waves from those 33 raptors propagating through the launch site is certainly something to behold

[@user-vp1sc7tt4m]

I agree and I also want to hear more analysis from experts from NASA and SpaceX on the shock waves and the affect on launch infrastructure and the booster/star ship as well.

[@RichardDuncan-ju1xk]

And all wasted in one go.

[@vortifyne]

Congratulations on 400k subscribers!

[@BijouBakson]

They're totally on a different timeline. I'd very much love to work for SpaceX. Really

[@ronaldwaller4221]

I watch WAI and other KZbin content providers on a regular basis and love your show. However one of the reasons I watch streaming content is that I do not want to bombarded with commercials for products and services that are not necessarily related to the content I am consuming. Sorry, but I’m not a fan of the law firm commercials in the middle of this show. I’m not trying to be negative, but just wanted to let you know my opinion. Felix, keep up the great work you do with WAI! Love the show!

[@dunker2be]

I agree that it's not ideal, but at the same time it's really easy to just skip through, and if that's what it takes to keep the quality content coming, then I'm all for it!

[@gmancolo]

Well then, become like a paid subscriber.

[@mitchellmennellhayes4094]

I use an extension called “sponsor block” on my Firefox that skips it automatically for most videos.

[@lanav9679]

Don’t want to hear your opinion Dude ! WAI is Great Dude. If you don’t like it Don’t watch it ! Go somewhere else. SEE YA

[@user-no5sb8fr4q]

Then do a monthly Subscription. Even $5 dollars.

[@LordFalconsword]

Good speed, General Stafford. One of the last Steely Eyed Missile Men.

[@johnthibodeaux1412]

Glue heat tiles to the mega tower legs. Good way to test them.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Elon would like

[@costiqueR]

This was how they made Merlin the best ICE from the WWII. They run it at maximum power until fails, dismantle, and redesign again the failure source...

[@odysseusrex5908]

Hey Felix, minor correction, Gemini 6A and 7 did not dock. Seven had no docking port. They merely rendezvoused. Too bad about Tom Stafford. RIP Tom. Will any Apollo astronauts live to see the next man walk on the Moon?

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

The person most likely to live to see it is probably Buzz Aldrin, or Jim Lovell.

[@terrysullivan1992]

There are still four alive out of the original 24: Aldrin (Apollo 11), David Scott (Apollo 15), Charles Duke (Apollo 16), and Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17).

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

@@terrysullivan1992Shit, did Lovell die?

[@michaelmicek]

​@@paulmichaelfreedman8334no, and neither has Bill Anders nor Fred Haise. The above listed four are of the twelve that actually stepped foot on the moon.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

@@michaelmicek "Out of the original 24" , it's all there, silly me.

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

Great video. You nod to Ed was lovely

[@christophermaguire9206]

Thanks for another great update Felix, you rock

[@Dcassimatis]

Insurance commercials?,... now I'm watching TV,... lol

[@pricelessppp]

Insurance commercials means a KZbinr has gone big!

[@ThatOpalGuy]

@@pricelessppp aka: sold out.

[@chazmartin8048]

​@@ThatOpalGuy no not really

[@russmartin4189]

The high bay reminded me of a cabinet in a pool hall that holds all the pool cues. Which one do you use? So many choices.

[@Wurlyscope]

I think the second launch tower will be taller in order to accommodate starship V2 and/or V3. They will also fix some flaws tower 1 still have.

[@andrewhillis9544]

ONLY SIX WEEKS FOR IFT-4 ? ? ? THIS IS GREAT NEWS ! ! !🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@johnrday2023]

Six weeks for FAA to provide their bureaucratic approval for public safety for another Spacex Starship rocket launch is far too long ! They should refrain from playing politics !

[@cboy-ou2hr]

Elon time???!!! 🧐🙏😂❤️‍🔥

[@NScherdin]

@@cboy-ou2hrSo 12 weeks?

[@stlpops01]

Thank you, Felix. This was very informative, as usual.

[@seeker4749]

I suggest installing RCS 1:49 thrusters to be added before the next launch before they launch

[@DjTonioRoffo]

i think SpaceX know what they are doing.

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Excellent stuff bro

[@ShadeDraws]

Another amazing, top-shelf video. Videos like this are why I'm happy I cut the cable 15 years ago!

[@clivemahony9827]

That's some turnaround wow and getting faster onwards and upwards 😊

[@bbbenj]

Thanks for these news.

[@captainbud3797]

Thanks!

[@user-nm2dz3bs6e]

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

[@NovaDeb]

This was a really interesting video! I watched it 3 times. Thanks for including the momentous "Space Handshake". 😊

[@jimmynilsson7031]

Thanks for a great episode and nice bit of reminder of space history!

[@helmutrohde5673]

Thank you for your vids, from Rostock

[@Kioto_Nakamura]

nice thx for the news

[@FatJesusLive]

RIP, Thomas. You are remembered.

[@chronus4421]

Thanks guys!

[@Digital-Dan]

The most complex thing about a Stage 0 is the OLM itself. The first one took many months at the build site and as I recall a near-equal amount of time after being installed on the legs. I don't know if this time can be shortened based on the earlier experience or not. There was a lot to do.

[@rumi885]

This was a very interesting episode! I know so little about space history!

[@stratolestele7611]

Great episode Felix. Thank you! Lots going on everywhere, that's for sure.

[@chyldstudios]

6 to 9 more launches this year? i'm picking up what you're putting down.

[@user-qt8pu7rs1w]

Behind the window was a reflection that only instilled fear.

[@Dallemations]

I do have pictures of Florida's Starfactory after driving pass it during a trip to kennedy, Including some tower pieces.

[@eddygun46]

Nice ...can't wait longer time

[@totobeni]

what are you waiting for exactly?

[@eddygun46]

@@totobeni for 4 flight bro ,until its can fly like falcon 9 reguraly 🤩

[@sbruce899]

Very nice tribute to Stafford.

[@robert-brydson-1]

I wonder if the OLM-2 will have any design changes with the first one being troublesome

[@schrodingerscat1863]

The only thing that would slow down the next launch is determining the problems with IFT-3 and applying fixes. The GSE seems to be in very good shape after IFT-3 launch needing minimal repairs and possible small upgrades to guard against the same damage happening again. The next ship and booster are pretty much ready to go and assuming there are no major changes required after completing analysis of IFT-3, 6 weeks sounds perfectly reasonable.

[@deanwarnock7304]

Love the updates Felix and team.

[@masklessninja]

Is it just me or does Felix talk to us like we’re both smart and ignorant at the same time 😂 Love you Felix 😉

[@user-kv5fw7xz9c]

0:22 Man, it's still incredible! It's beautiful forever!

[@user-vc1is2fk1y]

Even though he thought the world was flat he didn’t see the irony of wanting to travel around the world.

[@spirit303cz3]

very informative video. Thanks

[@otpyrcralphpierre1742]

Excellent Video! Thank you Felix and Team. Also thank you for your Tribute to Lt. Gen Stafford, one of the Pioneers of Space.

[@UBForT]

It was very good that you mentioned Thomas Stanford, good idea for the future episodes , maybe at the end to mention the Space pioneers

[@user-wx1jk6ls1z]

Fantastic news across the board...

[@saborafusion]

May the forth test flight be with us

[@pricelessppp]

I think it will be successful!

[@LivingPositive50]

​@@pricelesspppStar Wars is History ✌️

[@krashdown5814]

Still have the problem of losing tiles, wont be an easy fix.

[@thecool400]

❤ Another Great Segment Felix..

[@alanbrown397]

I am surprised that tower 2 isn't 10-20 metres taller, given plans to grow the stack Also, that the QD arm height isn't repositionable

[@Ralphie419]

I thought they'd make the tower taller too. But making the QD arm adjustable in height would be a true cryogenic engineering challenge. Accordian-fold fuel piping? no. Telescoping insulated piping that doesn't leak regardless of temperature changes? probably not. A huge elbow along the exterior of the tower with rotary joints? maybe. Spacex could probably figure it out, but hopefully, there won't be frequent changes in the booster height.

[@LordDustinDeWynd]

Howdy from Temple, Texas! Howz y'all?

[@youerny]

Re-entry dynamics and control authority (for both stages) appear to me quite challenging, at the moment

[@glenkeating7333]

Felix, I really enjoy your bloopers at the end of your videos !

[@jenohathazi920]

thx Felix

[@AbrahamKamara-fr8eu]

Thanks for the show Thanks for a job well don

[@neoanderson7]

6 week turn around?! Bloody hell!! Spacex gets faster and faster... Can't wait to see the 4th attempt!! 🙂

[@mikemarcum9563]

Excellent episode! Just a note Felix: it’s Burt Rutan, like Roo tan 😊. Cool guy.

[@lanav9679]

Love the Red Line Heli ! Wow Fantastic !

[@lanav9679]

Super Cool

[@youtube7076]

i feel like they still have major work to re-design a launch site, i feel like the current one BARELY meets expectations and would not be able to handle daily starship launches.

[@surferdude4487]

That's fair. Although things have improved a great deal since the first Starship launch, they haven't achieved rapid reusability yet.

[@relomyy]

I believe the second launch tower will fix that problem easily

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Starship and stage 0 will be radically different by the time they are in daily use.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

That can take a few years more. First prio is the ability to launch payloads safely into orbit.

[@realulli]

IMHO, the main issue for rapid reusability is the availability of fuel. One Starship launch uses about 4500 tons of propellant. Let's assume each tanker truck can carry 30 tons of propellant (I think I'm overestimating here), that would work out to 150 trucks per launch. How long does it take to unload one of these? I think the logistics for operating a fleet of Starships is going to be a challenge.

[@cgeorge6786]

99 Raptor engines in the gulf, 99 Raptor engines...

[@disorganizedorg]

While Gemini 6A and 7 did rendezvous they lacked the hardware to actually dock with each other.

[@i-love-space390]

Amazing how much Neutron looks like the Blofeld spacecraft in "You Only Live Twice". Back in those days as a kid, I thought it was stupid for a rocket to land on Earth by thrust alone. Now I find out that the propellant requirements for a "hover slam" are about the same penalty as the extra weight of a giant parachute. Who knew?

[@tim_peaky]

Won’t the second tower need to be bigger? For starship 2.0??

[@max-q7129]

Starship only has a few of this version before it gets stretched. Seems the tower will need modified to accommodate the qd and the stacking of V2.

[@johnlinglmtct8653]

Amazing presentation by Felix. This particular show I will be viewing several times . Great cntent and delivery. WAI is the best!

[@kifwoo1]

You're wrong about the tower. My brother is an operations manager with Archer, a drilling company. They provided the drawworks for the first tower and he sent me this message recently. "Mark Robertson has another Purchase Order from spacex to extend launch pad tower by an additional 400ft so away to design sheaves/drill line/engineer drawworks to take all the additional drill line for the extended tower." Looks like tower 2 (3?) is to be extended for next gen Starship. Tower 2 (3?) will be taller.

[@GoldenWrenchAndShed]

Maybe this has been said already, possible the second tower to be used for catching only?

[@richardbriansmith8562]

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[@Hedgehobbit]

Did they ever say why the Starship had an uncontrollable roll? Will that possibly be fixed in 6 weeks?

[@alfredomiranda6398]

If I were Spcex, I will do the second OLIT as basic as possible to try the catch of the ships: no table, no connector for fuelling... So, it won´t be used for launching, only for catching. The simple it is, the less can be destroyed in case of failure of the catching. Only after a good amount of successes, then it can be upgraded for regular launching.

[@vmoutsop]

So, no mention about booster engine re-ignition issues that led to losing the booster?

[@simongeard4824]

No, but then, that's not a blocker for the next flight. Much like Falcon 9 development, anything that happens to the booster after stage separation is non-critical, so while they'll want to solve it as soon as possible, they can afford to lose a few boosters in the attempt.

[@costrio]

Good coverage, as always, Felix, crew and Starman. May I suggest a video on the different SpaceX construction cranes? I think they are amazing machines. I think they could build Pyramids of the Egyptian size, with the loads they maneuver today. Just saying...also, steel instead of copper tools. ;)

[@johanhoevink4050]

The 2 point lifter can lift a empty starship, but is it sturdy enough to lift a 100-150 metric ton cargo???

[@rohanedmonson]

Exciting news!

[@audriusg1536]

6-9 launches more... amazing progress will be made during these flight tests.

[@user-dg2sl4dk3b]

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

[@flsts52]

Nice X-Files insert!

[@TracyTesson-oj6vb]

So I have been thinking that SpaceX should use their heat tiles they use on the ship and place them on the quick release. They could actually attach them to the sides of the quick release and the cladding they put the steel pieces on the launch stand at ground zero. So many uses for the heat tiles at ground zero!

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Yet i fear the heat tiles will pose a huge challenge. Im thinking they will test other means of heat protection.

[@Ralphie419]

The heat tiles on the ship experience very different forces than what you are suggesting. They do get vibrated during liftoff and experience strong, but smooth, airflow up through max Q, and then on re-entry there is compression of air ahead of them and great heat from the resulting plasma, which they are designed to take -- but any tiles on the launch pad would undergo extreme buffeting by the chaotic exhaust of the 33 raptors. They could stand the heat, but would get torn off by the turbulent "blow torch." Remember the huge pieces of concrete and the vast quantity of sand lofted by that blowtorch at less than full power!

[@garymenezes6888]

May 4th launch

[@RichardSmallwood-du9qb]

Facinating Felix! Can't wait for the 4th launch of Starship after the enormous sucess of the 3rd launch! ~ R

[@hakonhalldorsson6673]

Looks like this confirms hardware wasn't so much the issue in IFT3 as it was a control one. Booster relight should have worked if fuel wasn't being thrown around because of grid fins not providing the right inputs. Same for Starship roll likely.

[@mikesmusings5937]

there is most likely some hardward changes needed, cold gas thrusters, bigger grid fins, etc. i dont think this is just some software changes

[@Seba_World]

SN29 ready? So doesn it mean it needs only software upgrades in comparison to previouse one?

[@pierredemontigny8154]

Greetings and thank you. If the next starships and boosters are to be elongated wouldn’t the towers have to be a lot higher to accommodate their elongation?

[@garypio2241]

I still dont understand how they can call it a " mishap" when its a r&d mission thats highly likely to fail

[@simongeard4824]

Because "mishap" basically means "deviated from flight plan". According to the plan filed with the FAA, the booster was supposed to reach the water intact - instead, it exploded on the way down. Likewise, the ship was supposed to impact the ocean in one piece - again, it didn't. Two things which didn't happen in accordance with the agreed plan, and which therefore need investigation. But as Felix notes, that's not such a big deal, since SpaceX care more about the results of that investigation than the FAA do.

[@fosstera]

any time a flight or spaceflight activity under the jurisdiction of the FAA does not go exactly to plan, the FAA calls it a mishap. Per the FAA's definitions of a "mishap," Starship did suffer a mishap. They do not distinguish between experimental or operational flights in this manner

[@RiverCat999]

Gotta dodge those gators in the road ..... Hey, how about a gator in space? Another SpaceX first!!!..... Great video, Thanks

[@nischaysoni502]

12:20 Dont we require more height for tower for the V2 starships ????

[@TheBlade996]

Thanks Felix for your tribute to Thomas Stafford 😊

[@bobbiac]

Honestly I'm kind of surprised they're not going to be making a taller tower to begin with considering future plans

[@PeterTeehan]

I'm thinking that Las Vegas needs a new Bet line for SpaceX Starship launch dates.

[@crabLT]

They need a faster lauch cadance if they want to even remotely meet their deadlines. Faster launches also means faster iteration. In any case I can't wait for more!

[@mavi5477]

Thank You - YOU ROCK. The Launch Site, MUST BE ABLE to withstand launches WITHOUT having to do regular rework at every launch. The components MUST BE OVERDESIGNED /over engineered to be very robust. Just my thoughts.

[@faelanuafintan4332]

Will stage 0-Tower 2 be higher since it seems that starship and booster has grown on Tower 1?

[@robstamm60]

"Your injury could be worth millions?" - Seriously getting injured in the USA is like winning the lottery or what?

[@Bluelagoonstudios]

RIP. Mr Stafford, sure, I would take the space plane to go to work, but first an orbital flight around the world, to start the day. Isn't that a great experience? Thanks for the update, Felix.

[@jhardy0786]

Well done on the tribute to LT. general Strafford