SpaceX's Massive New Challenge! But how will they do this with Starship?

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Strap in my friends because we're about to blast off into a week packed with more terrific scenes than you would believe, every single one amazing in their own way. SpaceX alone has been off the charts in so many ways with some incredible firsts right here. Then, where on Earth did this concept come from? This is SpaceX's Massive New Challenge! But how will they do this with Starship? As is now the norm, there is marvellous engineering happening by the day. Almost impossible to keep track of it all, but as always, we blend it all together for you into a smooth digestible paste and serve it right up every weekend.
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I only watch your videos now for these updates and they are great! What about it seems to have just become super clickbaity but you never do which I respect a lot

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Who still watches "What about it"?

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Very agree! ❤ from🇪🇪! But let's all agree the logic of content-sorting of the YT overlords, or rather the emrgent algorithm, is the root cause of clickbaitiness. It's like commenting on police officers enforcing bad law.

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Pretty much everyone in the space community is doing good work, but nobody can appeal to everyone. I agree that Marcus is terrific!

[@corycrandell2682]

The first thing I do on Saturday morning is watch these videos. Thanks for the update Marcus!

[@Djfmdotcom]

Same! Love it... I hear bits and pieces of what's been going on during the week obviously, but Marcus helps me keep up with all of it!

[@tolemac21]

Same here, I look forward to the weekends because of this channel.

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Great to watch during Sunday breakfast or lunch.

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Smooth Digestible Paste?

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[@robfive2555]

Great video .. its easy to forget just how much work goes on behind the scenes .. Thank You MH + Team for your continuing hard work

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Thank you Rob!

[@mikewarbin5776]

Marcus, wife and I just got back to South Padre Island. Staying a month, hoping to see #3!!! Fingers crossed!!! I'll be sure to send you some pictures.

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Have an amazing time.

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Two videos I watch all the time and can fall asleep too, 24/7. Marcus House and pitch meetings. Ohhhhhhhhh the creativity and editing by Marcus is tight!

[@MarcusHouse]

Haha. Thanks mate. Love that channel.

[@robertanderson5092]

Not a problem, barely an inconvenience

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[@thaphreak]

Hey hey it's Marcus House's digestible space paste!

[@MarcusHouse]

Needs some Doritos to go with.

[@Togidubnus]

Makes a nice sandwich with a few rocket.leaves (the launchpad).

[@chucksmith465]

Does it come in a tube or in a tub?

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Hey hey it's Marcus

[@rickymort135]

No... not even close... It's: "Hey hey Marcus House with you here..." while doing a little jiggle I remember when he used jiggle a lot but sadly as his audience grew he grew cocky and decided he didn't care about us original subscribers anymore and kept reducing the jiggle. Now it's hardly even there

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The picture of you holding the light sabre was great!!🤣

[@henryblackburn3031]

The more competition the better in this industry. The more companies trying to achive the goal of getting to the moon ect will mean a faster rate of development which is what we need right now!

[@MarcusHouse]

Totally!

[@angrydoggy9170]

Not necessarily. Private companies are driven by funding and profit. Spreading out the resources could actually slow down progress. The last, first and only time people went to the moon was a combined effort by loads of companies massively funded with one goal in sight. Competition lowers prices, it doesn’t necessarily boost progress.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

​@angrydoggy9170 billions wasted and nothing delivered: the Boeing motto.

[@dr4d1s]

​@@angrydoggy9170I agree with you to a certain extent. It's all about choosing the right companies/people/projects and not just throwing money at anyone and everyone that has the same idea with a slightly different flavor. While developing new technology or doing something new is definitely hard, picking the wheat from the chaff can be just as hard.

[@JeromyBranch]

Yes! And here we have SpaceX doesn't really even hide anything and doesn't patent anything. Other companies are starting to take on the same business model of just charge full speed ahead, daring others to try to keep up. This era will go down in history as the great push to intra system transportation. Seeing as each company has a slightly different method of building, fuel types, etc., the competition is rooted in the healthy realm of profit and accomplishments, rather than trade secrets and lawsuits (although there are a few lawsuits, most by Bozo.)

[@Nobe_Oddy]

THANK YOU SO MUCH MARCUS!!! You are my FAVORITE 'Rocket Update' Channel BY A LONG SHOT!!! Not only do you talk about the launches, but you give a nice overview of the launch broadcast AND explain the different parts of it. Another channel I watched covered the RocketLab launch, but didn't go into detail about what was being launched But you cover the info on the re-use status of the parts, give them props on the dual stage streams and trajectory info, heck.. you even mentioned that amazing BATTERY SWAP AND DROP!!!! lol I HONESTLY get EXCITED about all this amazing progress whemn I watch you videos... no lie!!! Makes me sad that I never pursued being a part of the space industry.... I would love to even just work at the Boca Chica Gateway sweeping floor - just to be a part of something SO IMPORTANT AND COOL!!!! But I get to have a little bit of that feeling by watching your coverage of it all, and when I think about you being so lucky enough top have a successful channel covering it all :) It must be hard work, but if you love it enough it's not work at all - and you GENUINELY seem to LOVE IT!!!! THANK YOU for bringing the future down to Earth and into my mind, Marcus!!!! lol :) See ya next week!!!! ✌

[@bradhobbs6196]

Kudos to you Marcus, for saying "smooth, digestable paste" instead of scaring everyone by calling it "Vegamite. Good on ya, bloke.

[@MarcusHouse]

Love me some Vegemite.

[@everettlwilliamsii3740]

To any person not exposed to vegemite from birth, it tastes like sawdust mixed with uncooked peanuts. Of course, most people only like the brand of peanut butter they were raised on. I was in my 40's before I got over my addiction to Peter Pan peanut butter. Now, I'll eat almost any variety that doesn't have too much sugar in it, though I'm not sure there is anything that would make me eat vegemite, no matter how hungry I was...and I've tried. I finally threw out the one jar of vegemite I had after it survived three moves. It was growing mold, which proves that something will eat it.

[@johnbazaar8440]

All cranes must be periodically inspected and recertified.

[@brendonpoland2232]

Marcus, You and the team are amazing! From the quality and consistency i can tell you have good people up and down your organization making this happen. I catch myself intentionally passing any space news during the week because i know it will be summed up perfectly Saturday morning (in New York). Keep up the great work!

[@gregedmand9939]

The primary reason for adding doors to the Megabays is for welding purposes. They use a shielding gas, usually an argon-CO2 blend, to protect the arc weld quality. Any wind blows it away from the surfaces and welding wire.

[@Heathaze813]

These waits between Starship launches are torture.

[@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882]

The test itself certainly aren't, but the whole month of doing 'nothing' (& unexpected removal of S28 engines) certainly is

[@jessec3609]

I freakin love the speed up with the ships😂 just watching these giant ships moving around like a chess piece 🤙 love it!

[@McClarinJ]

I'm most eager to see how Starship holds up to reentry because I suspect that will be the most critical element in most Starship missions, lunar landers and orbital fuel depot excepted.

[@williamjohnson1908]

The door come in handy during a hurricane (an event which we on the Gulf get to experience from June 01 through November 30).

[@simongeard4824]

I saw some cool footage somewhere else showing a pod of dolphins following the Rocket Lab recovery vessel. Makes me wonder what they thought of the booster splashing down, and the humans coming along to fish it out...

[@PDLM1221]

Yeah there is a lot going on but I’m glad I have you to watch for all the most important space related items ! You are the best!

[@mpetersen6]

While l have some personal doubts about Musk and SpaceX's focus on Mars l have to admire their focus and determination. I suspect once the Starship launch vehicle becomes operational certain aspects or orbital industry to expand. One is private orbital stations providing various services. Including vehicle fueling followed by orbital hotels likely based on inflatable modules on the TransHab/Bigelow model. It won't happen overnight but in a few years it is a possibility.

[@otpyrcralphpierre1742]

WOW! What an Action-Packed video! Thank you Marcus, and your team. When Starship becomes as Reliable as the Falcon 9, the ENTIRE space industry will be changed forever!

[@goldenbear8696]

Never mind about the space industry. The whole human race will be changed forever!

[@otpyrcralphpierre1742]

@@goldenbear8696 Quite right. If we take this base to it's extent, every day changes the Human race forever.

[@GHOSTSTALKER90]

It would be cool to see a railway from the build to the launch site and the chopsticks just pick them up off the carriages

[@ReinReads]

Either that or a dedicated road parallel to Hwy 4 to run the SPMTs on.

[@jam2190]

It's amazing to hear the landing counts for each individual rocket keep going up!!!!!! Also that the only 1 lost in a few years now, wasn't a failed landing, rather rough seas toppled it over!!!

[@mpetersen6]

Expect them to loose a few Starship boosters even after its operational. Just part of the learning curve. On the Falcon and Falcon Heavy boosters they have alot of experience now and know where problems are likely to pop up on each flight and how to deal with them. One thing l wish SpaceX would do if they aren't is to de-orbit the second stages after use simply to reduce the amount of discarded equipment in orbit. Preferably over into an area of the ocean that sees little shipping or maritime activity.

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@mpetersen6 Depending on the orbital requirements of a given mission, the second stage is either quickly deorbited, or placed into an orbit that will naturally decay over time.

[@jam2190]

@@mpetersen6 oh yeah starship is a different beast all together, and yeah loosing them is expected! I mean only falcon 9 and falcon heavy! And that's kinda why it's is some amazing, it only takes 1 small problem to start a RUD!!! So yeah even F9 as routine as landings are, can still happen!!! Yeah they need to work on bringing back 2nd stages as well! The fairing halves are a start I guess??

[@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882]

​@@jam2190Falcon had stopped getting major upgrades so no 2nd stage recovery ever. All on Starship

[@simongeard4824]

@@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882 Indeed, that was one of the drivers behind Starship... the acknowledgement that they'd reached the end of what could be done with the Falcon platform, and that 100% reusability just wasn't possibly with that hardware. Since then, they've done miracles with the ever-increasing flight cadence, but they're not doing anything new with it...

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Rocket Paste to go along with the Space Jam! YUM❗

[@tiesetsomatsipa5402]

Thank you for putting a lot of work in just a weeks time to keep us updated. 🙏

[@tinkeringinthailand8147]

Thanks for the update Marcus, I always look forward to your posts. I watch all space updates from most YT space creators and your channel is way up there. Thanks mate.

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Lovely smooth digestible paste!

[@BeautifulViewPodcast]

Corrosion is a huge issue in this area. Having parked our RV at Isla Blanca 3 years in a row for several weeks at a time I can confirm that corrosion begins on all unprotected surfaces very quickly. We spray our bikes and RV frame with anti-corrosion spray every time we pull in there. I always wonder how much corrosion SpaceX hardware accumulates. We have driven through Boca Chica several times and it seems everything has some degree of rust. Keep up the great work, Marcus!

[@everettlwilliamsii3740]

Stainless steel can actually corrode, but it takes a lot of time and usually immersion, neither of which seems probable for the rockets, but may be probable for the production facilities. The other probability is that welds will rust given that they often have mixed metals in them along with the extreme heat necessary to weld Stainless steel. If they are a problem, it should show up in pictures from the rocket garden.

[@kenhazelbaker4952]

Wonderful production MH+Team. The arrows to quickly focus attention are a big +++. The LEO vs stationary is a masterpiece helping us visialize this fantastic concept and accomplishment! I'm anxious to see the common use of the starlink for cell phones. Your work is really tops, thanks.

[@everettlwilliamsii3740]

They need to stuff a copy of that LEO vs GSO animation into all these ads from companies with only GSO birds.

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Great work guys, thanks

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Hi from Berlin and thank you for all of your work!

[@MarcusHouse]

You are welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@roy5]

Marcus Day again! A breathless journey through everything space. No fluff, no messing around, just pure content! Another great job!

[@geesehoward700]

yes, i really needed to know that spacex were fitting doors to the bays

[@clyntwanser7644]

Another information masterpiece for the space community!! Keep the awesome work up my friend!!

[@johnstewart579]

Once again a beautiful recap of this weeks space activities, Thank you

[@georgeacton9106]

I am really hoping the next starship launch will feature successful separation of the booster plus starship successfully reaching orbit!

[@seth094978]

ULA didn't stop selling Atlas V because of Vulcan, they stopped selling it because they couldn't get the engines from Russia anymore. Yes Vulcan was developed to replace it, but they would absolutely still be offering it right now if they could (probably for quite a high cost).

[@andrewrozario5127]

Marcus House makes Saturday mornings great again! Always look forward to these videos.

[@erfquake1]

Those pics from inside the Megabay are phenomenal!!!

[@playshaun]

Great work Marcus and team. Thankyou 🙂

[@TheWebstaff]

I don't understand why they don't use the thrusters to try and move slim. If it's going to be a loss anyway might as well try.

[@simongeard4824]

Because it's pointless. There's no "might as well try", because it's completely obvious to them that it can't possibly work. It's like saying "pick up a car with your little finger"... reaction-control thrusters just don't have the power to lift something that size...

[@Kevin_Street]

Thanks for another wonderful space news paste - I mean, video! Starlab is a heck of a concept. Just imagine, pop up space stations deployed when needed. That's rather amazing, and a fundamental change in how we use space. If they could link them together into bigger structures the possibilities would be endless... But your question about the Big Mouth is a very good one. Just how the heck could something that big get out of Starship at all? The problem with installing a huge door (I think) is that it introduces new weaknesses into the structure that could fail under the stress of liftoff. Hooray for SLIM! Talk about a saga... That little lander has been up, then down, then metaphorically up again. I'm glad they got it to charge after all and got some science done! It would be great if it did somehow survive the Lunar night, but even if it doesn't the mission has still been a success for JAXA.

[@ghostmourn]

I am looking forward to a Starship making Orbit and of course, seeing the booster land. Let alone being caught with the tower arms, that is going to blow everyone's mind! Oh and lets hope those tiles stay attached! 😉

[@PanioloBee]

Doors for high winds sound like a good idea. What is SpaceX plans for hurricane force winds and the water surge that accompanies a hurricane?

[@everettlwilliamsii3740]

Having survived 4 hurricanes on the Gulf Coast of Texas, doors seem the least of their problems. Hanging a 300+ meter sail up in winds that vary from 75 up to 150+ mph looks extremely difficult and hazardous. So far, Boca Chica hasn't experienced anything like even the low end of that range, so I worry about that possibility. The foundations seem insufficient to such challenges and I've seen no guy wires that would make up for the insufficiencies of foundations.

[@peterkazmir]

So happy SLIM woke up!

[@Rennrogue]

Sweet opening graphics!! Thanks for the quality Marcus!

[@DavidGalich77]

Thx for bringing us up-to-date. Been a great week in space.

[@michaelgillogly3551]

Great updates, Marcus, no filler love your channel

[@MikeKisil]

Marcus house and team players guys just great putting together info for public that can learn from ty

[@kenhelmers2603]

Thanks Marcus and company!

[@vettetax06]

Nice work as always, Marcus & team!!!

[@markallan9528]

So much going on, thanks so much Marcus House team!

[@samedwards6683]

Thanks so much for creating and sharing this informative and timely video. Great job. Keep it up.

[@TamarZiri]

Thank you so much for your vids! They're a delight to watch while calmly having breakfast and I watch every single one! As for IFT 3- I'm just hoping for any progress over IFT 2. I don't care how small, just hope they can progress

[@unotechrih8040]

Starlink and SpaceX in general are incredible. Posting this on a Starlink connection from rural Montana!

[@enerjohnsavior3227]

Thank you for the space news pablum, Marcus! You have lots of happy space babies.

[@kstaxman2]

So much to see and understand.. wow this is a fun time for us space nerds to be alive.

[@Elliot_97]

Something I think would be cool is a timestamp to the bit where you talk specifically about whatever the thumbnail/title is about.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

It will be fun watching these launch attempts. Hopefully spacex can get an increased cadence in the next few years.

[@techiheed1845]

IFT 3 for me would be booster fly back and ship 28 to reach its sea splash down. That would be job done.

[@alanw1994]

I too appreciate your smooth and easily digestible content Marcus

[@JeffreyDMillerTX]

Incredible how much great info you crammed into this video! Completely awesome!

[@MarcusHouse]

Glad you liked it!

[@alexlabs4858]

Thanks again for another great update!

[@johnpendred6926]

Great stuff

[@Big_Un]

Marcus, Could ship 26 be destined as an orbital fuel depot? If it's not going to come back through the atmosphere, there wouldn't be a need for tiles or flaps. What do you think?

[@Lechugasnack]

I have come back yet again for my weekly paste. Thanks for the laugh, I loved that one!

[@TexanMiror2]

Thank you for these updates, super helpful!

[@aldunlop4622]

I like how these days we're just casually mentioning a booster landing for the 18th time, then moving on to the next item. Eighteen!!! Launches from a single booster! That's bonkers. People thought Elon was crazy when he said they'd maybe get 10. The Falcon team are phenomenal!

[@ishpreetsingh7750]

i want to see booster returning back to earth

[@natester1064]

Marcus is so Awesomely Animated. 👍

[@ghostmourn]

Omg they are building the Two towers!? Getting LOTR vibes 😁

[@jmaldo68]

@Marcushouse You're still the champion of best informing us about the space industry.

[@brettd3206]

They need to boost ISS with Cygnus. There should be tons of excess propellant since Falcon 9 out performs Atlas by a huge margin.

[@wackbirdz]

Thanks for not getting click-baity. All the other channels are getting that way and that’s why I’ve abandoned them. I’d rather get a really good video less often than filler! Keep up the good work!

[@Roadkill601]

That Starship makes it to Orbit, and both vehicles survive.

[@TheCritterWindow]

I think the new tower will be a catch tower. They cant take the chance of blowing up the only launch pad.

[@timsmith1426]

You've earned your /like as per usual. Thanks for the great video, we definitely appreciate you work. :)

[@michaelburke9153]

Thank you Marcus. This was an exciting week.

[@nickfromtipp]

Great post-taekwondo viewing as always Marcus. Greetings from Dublin Ireland.

[@roooorey8978]

Congrats rocketlab. Now we're cooking!

[@stephenhumble7627]

3 starships almost ready to go so hopefully we see over 5 starships fly this year and more important a successful landing and reuse. Anyone wondering why they building a second tower ? . I think it's because they want a separate landing tower to so that the launch tower will not risk damage during future landing attempts.

[@ReinReads]

The 2nd Texas tower is also being built to allow them to make upgrades to tower 1 for larger Starship stacks.

[@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882]

Catch-only tower only exist in fans imagination. Increased cadence will also come into play later for Artemis

[@dogman490]

Thx Marcus.

[@gordonlaplante364]

i don't know why every door these illustrators draw look like a barn door swinging out , why not a door like a minivan side door that slides?

[@dcimedic]

I wonder if the Starl labs could be used like a lifeboat in orbit around the moon for future missions

[@johngrant1628]

Love your work Marcus.

[@dbell95008]

Great coverage, as always - thanks, Marcus! Question: What are we looking at in that Rocket Lab fairing separation view? It looks like a somewhat shattered clear window or conical fairing!

[@NightCelica]

Excellent, keep up the good work

[@jgraveswcva]

You provide the absolute best space content!

[@richbl1690]

I'm thinking tower two will go in the suborbital section. Probably where pad A was.

[@joshuahwatson8408]

Thank you Marcus!

[@Luis4959]

Aplausos desde Ayacucho, cerca de Tandil, Argentina

[@yackrr]

Thank you for the Space Paste, Marcus.

[@j.m.h.144]

Awesome footage!

[@Michael-nf1ej]

Thanx man!!

[@matthewakian2]

Starship's cargo door is going to have to have a lot bigger circumference if it is going to deliver the Starlab space station to orbit.

[@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882]

Yes, the ship that's launching Starlab won't be the same variant as the one launching Starlink

[@simongeard4824]

@@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882 For now, at least. Presumably once they have a version with a large door available, they'll abandon the "pez dispenser"... it seems to just be a short term solution to get Starlink launches going while they figure out how to do larger doors.

[@nesdonbooth9726]

Amazed by this space fan community. So many channels and folks seeming to have made decent business models out of observing and documenting space tech. Any details on the size of this market and community, how much of it is hobbyists and how much viable businesses?

[@GameplayReviewUK]

Is actually a good question, we are trying to figure that out ourselves and we are in the thick of it.

[@justingrunwald4431]

Thanks Marcus, for a wonderful Space rap up of the week.

[@wk8219]

Thx Marcus 👍 Great as always. 😊

[@duanefentiman]

I'm always interested about how much fuel they use, do they fill all those tanks and empty them for every launch? its massive amounts of fuels and would love you to do something about the the process of getting incredible amounts of fuel and how much they actually need for every starship launch.

[@everettlwilliamsii3740]

That information is buried in the many posts from MH, WAI, and others. A full flight of the Heavy and Starship requires many hundreds of tons of both methane and LOX.