SpaceX’s Starship Transformation, and Finally a Starliner Decision Made!

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Well my friends this has been a bizarre week, but certainly entertaining. Among the always intriguing updates at Starbase Texas with the launch site and the next versions of vehicles. SpaceX’s Starship Transformation with Ship 33 is something we dive right into. Indeed, Many Changes are Coming for future version 2 vehicles. We had a record breaking Falcon 9 booster kind of making it. Yea, this was unusual to see. Of course a major milestone for this decade with Polaris Dawn almost ready to go, Blue Origins NS-26 Mission, Finally a Starliner Decision Made, and an almost comical budget update for NASA. To finish off, a neat update on the James Webb telescope. New evidence has been provided by Webb’s Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey!
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[@protorhinocerator142]

Blue Origin you're killing me with these suborbital flights. How are these in any way getting us closer to the New Glenn? Not even using reusable rockets, but 1960's capsules with parachutes. You proved you can land a rocket almost 10 years ago. What is this nonsense? BO needs to get serious about space flight. These tourist trips mean nothing to me. Until you can prove otherwise I'm going to assume you're not a real rocket company. Just a bunch of pretty CGI videos and a clean "factory" with no production.

[@Jenab7]

I'll stick with my Zebra Sarasa Grands for now.

[@aaaaaaaaaa5446]

możesz do swoich filmów dodać ścieżkę głosową wygenerowaną przez AI po polsku?

[@rjswas]

Hope your loving the better weather here in Tas Marcus, i know i am up here in the North East, rip my neighbours car back window, and my car door as i opened it, nearly ripped my hand off, nice little repair bill i have coming now the hinges are bent. Hope you are better off mate.. Great vid as always.

[@MarcusHouse]

@@rjswas Weather has been awful. We had one nice day mixed in between, but today is still miserable.

[@jim2lane]

Can you imagine how hot it must be, out there on that launchpad, working on top of all of that steel, in the late August Texas sun?

[@i-love-space390]

Yeah... but it's a dry heat.... /s I live in San Antonio, TX. The last two weeks have been pretty cool..... in the mid-90s with a little rain occasionally. Unfortunately, it is getting a little hotter this week and around here, and when there are no clouds or haze, it is like being broiled in a toaster oven. The construction workers on our highway renovations (thank you Biden and the infrastructure bill), all look like they are from Saudi Arabia, with those head cloths over their necks to prevent sun-burn and long sleeve clothing. Another trick is having a wet head to give evaporative cooling while you work. But you still come inside miserable and needing massive fluids and a hot shower every day. For us "civilians" our only benefit is dead grass that doesn't need mowing much.

[@erickwalker11]

​@i-love-space390 dry heat? It's right near the water.... I was just in Huston and Dallas and it was hot and humid...I'm an airline pilot I travel all over

[@russellnc]

​@@erickwalker11it's called sarcasm...

[@Iaml3j0]

They should unionize

[@paulm749]

It's amazing to observe the speed at which SpaceX modifies and refines their spacecraft designs along with all the associated support equipment and fabrication techniques.

[@hawkdsl]

Yet it's been 5 years sense the first hop test., no orbit flights, or any ship that has performed without issue yet. Just because they have 24/7 video coverage doesn't mean they are "fast". But I digress.

[@admarsandbeyond]

@@hawkdsl So, do you know of anyone else developing a fully and rapidly reusable mass produced gigantic super heavy launch system faster than them?

[@SeanHollingsworth]

​@@hawkdsl Still faster than NASA was with the Saturn 5.

[@Firebird762]

@@hawkdslok looks at Boeing starliner, or the Artemis program. Sure Elon has un realistic times, but he knows that and the fact they stacked 3 towers less then the cost for nasa contracts to build one is kinda crazy.

[@hawkdsl]

@@Firebird762 we don't have any numbers for the SpaceX towers, so that can't be compared accurately, your just assuming. SpaceX towers are stationary, and prefabricated. That should make them cheaper. The GAO report is a projection, not the actual cost. One that NASA disagrees with.

[@robfive2555]

Im sure Butch and Co are having the time of their lives. . Another excellent roundup of space goodness Thank you MH + Team for the quality upload

[@ThatOpalGuy]

I'm sure their families disagree

[@CyFr]

Except she's having adverse effects on her vision. She might not come back having any eyesight. But they're keeping up with regular observations.

[@NeedsLessWedge]

I'm sure everyone loves having extended, unplanned roommates in cramped quarters and shared living that isn't the greatest to begin with.

[@Jamie_Elizabeth192]

First I had Saturday morning cartoons. Now I have Saturday morning Marcus House. It's much more gooder, and I can pretend to have grown up. 😊

[@FrertyGD]

bro did u mean better?

[@Hoopaball]

I can't wait for Polaris Dawn! Easily mission of the year!

[@usadefcon1]

An incredible mission to be sure, but I'm most excited for "The Catch"

[@i-love-space390]

And for us 60s kids, it is amazing that we can see everything live in hi-def! Ed White's Gemini 4 spacewalk was never live for video. We could only hear audio and an animation of what he was doing. We had to wait for Time magazine and National Geographic for those amazing color pictures that the kids look at today. It was similar for Apollo. The TV coverage was really grainy and blurred. All those great, sharp color pictures were released after the flight and most of us saw them in National Geographic.

[@OreoPOL]

That’s how you start a Saturday ! Thanks for the video Marcus

[@MarcusHouse]

Haha! Thank you!

[@stephenjones-gm1828]

agreed, its one of the things i look forward to on a sat. thank you master marcus

[@gordonstewart5774]

Thought you were double-speed.

[@dougcox835]

Talking about pads reminds me of the way they handle ships. Smaller boats use tires on the dock. Bigger ships have huge rubber cylinders.

[@TexanUSMC8089]

Fenders.

[@marshallblack8944]

Another awesome entry! As one gets older time goes by ever more quickly. Eagerly anticipating Marcus’ Saturday video helps slow the march of time! 😊

[@trapjohnson]

Besides the reputational cost of preventing two astronauts from serving abord ISS, Boeing needs to be billed for all the changes required to the Crew 9 mission.

[@volkris]

At the end of the day the responsibility lies on NASA. The administration gets to set the rules for certification and reliability checks before acceptance, after all. This wasn't good for Boeing, but the bucks stops with the US government running this program.

[@haydentravis3348]

I wonder if that's covered by cost plus.

[@Scanner9631]

@@haydentravis3348 I wonder if that's covered by cost plus. Starliner was NOT a cost plus contract.

[@volkris]

@@Scanner9631 The way it works for many engineering projects, once customer accepts it based on whatever agreement the customer has made, the rest is on the customer unless they can show something like false records. Based on the large government engineering projects I've seen, NASA will have sat down specific rules for procedures and oversight, and once those requirements are met, NASA can't really go back to Boeing for these other programs that weren't included in the first place. Can't add more strings to the contract once it's signed. Now, if NASA can show that Boeing broke the contract or engaged in fraud, that's a different situation. Of course, maybe this is a different type of agreement, but I think what I'm describing here is pretty standard engineering practice.

[@Scanner9631]

@@volkris This was the demo flight FOR acceptance. It is a failure.

[@timsmith1426]

I liked the David vs. Goliath snippet. That was great. :)

[@Scanner9631]

Except that by the time Goliath fell David had become the greater giant and Goliath is killing himself with his failures.

[@flippert0]

9:16 the new header tank looks like an oversized flask in an ancient alchemy lab (where they turn lead into gold).

[@vcprado]

I see the Tin Man head from Wizard of Oz

[@Codysdab]

The idea is the Starship will turn Steel, Methane and Oxygen into gold, lots of it. 🤣

[@LeafBoye]

I saw it that definitely looks like a glass thing on a wizard table

[@AnthonyRomero-w8u]

I mean all ancient alchemic texts we have left are written in allegory and analogys so by a TECHNICAL standpoint you may be on to something 😂 Might need to call one of the next gen StarShips the SS Trismigistus😂

[@phillipthorne8363]

That particular device is called an "alembic" and is used for distillation. (Well, sometimes the alembic is just part of the apparatus, but there's enough variation in shape -- see Wikipedia -- that the header tank fits within the family.)

[@nickfosterxx]

Enjoyed those two closing news items on the mobile launcher costs and a JWST update - more quickies like this please, love your dedication, thank you again!

[@RussTillling]

Re mobile launcher costs, it sounds like the suppliers (Lockheed Martin? ULA?) just enter a conservative, winning bid, then just jump on the accelerator pedal as the year’s go by! NASA has no way out, due to the enormous, existing and committed sunk-costs of the Artemis program. Any Project Director’s out there have any ideas or is it just “too big to fail”?

[@everettputerbaugh3996]

Congress decreed that the leftover engines from the Shuttle Program be used. Now that they have all been dropped into the sea, NASA is stuck paying for the restart of the production line and all of the other costs. Because Congress holds the purse-strings, NASA must source components from as many Congressional Districts as possible to keep the program going... First it's 'design by committee, then....

[@Klaatu-ij9uz]

An analogy regarding booster 1062 ---- One can only re-use a beer bottle just so many times! 🍾

[@matthanrath497]

Awe but these “bottles” are being built better every time they breakup they reiterate so never just a fragile glass bottle!😎💯

[@LeafBoye]

​@@matthanrath497well at least your dressed the part for these comments 🤡

[@hawkdsl]

Glass is one of the few materials that are infinitely recyclable.

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@hawkdsl I mean, every piece of glass we have ever produced was recycled (mostly recycled sand).

[@snakevenom4954]

@@matthanrath497 Falcon 9's aren't being improved upon anymore. Their design is finalized

[@milol.akkaraprud8681]

Saturday wouldn't feel the same without you, Marcus. Can't even imagine it anymore

[@MarcusHouse]

Thanks for making me part of your weekends!

[@danielstahl1547]

Same😂

[@papapiers1588]

Marcus House. Simply the best in space travel updates.

[@MB-gs7pk]

Every time I hear NASA costing, I'm reminded of the guy who played Geoff Goldblum's dad in 'Independence Day'. "$10000 hammers, $30000 toilets."

[@finn1068]

How many $10000 Hammers and $30000 toilets does it take to cover the $5 billion is destroyed Starships, empty Starships, 100 tonnes to low earth orbit is what was promised I believe?!? Guess it's like the 150 mph hyperloop all over again! Wake up Marcus, Trumpers are in a cult, their Gods can gaslight them but you can't because it's a cult of personality! My fellow American sheep just blindly follow with no information

[@nickl5658]

JUst remember SpaceX is consuming 15% of annual NASA budget. Elon is playing with US taxpayer money.

[@everettputerbaugh3996]

That reference is to the cost overruns of the C-5 Galaxy. It seems that tools were a part of the build contract (We just can't go down to the local hardware store for the Special tools...) I want one of the coffee pots; they will make excellent coffee regardless of cabin temperature or pressure. Great for surviving climate change or extreme camping adventures. Don't ask the price.

[@ValkyrieRiderIPT]

That's the same way I think of people paying upwards of $1,000 for a cell phone and a $100/mo plan and then whine and cry about not able to afford even Hamburger Helper at Walmart.

[@bathman16]

Cant wait for Starship 5 Launch! So inspirational!

[@menowski]

Is there any date of when will that happen? I feel like it is constantly being postponed and i dont really know what even is current estimation xD

[@thepro2412]

@@menowski i dont think it ever gets postponed, its just that the FAA is slower than a snapping turtle

[@MarcusHouse]

@@menowski It is pretty unclear right now. We haven't heard much for a few weeks.

[@ghdwk5596]

​@@menowski Current broad estimation is NET September. Since there's still some work being done on Tower 2 and the OLM, I'd say mid to late September.

[@patrickck8185]

the future looks SpaseXy

[@PeterKocic]

I suspect those bumper stoppers removed from the chopstick actually made the chopstick bounce back and open the grip momentarily. They probably realized they had precise control enough with the hydraulic pistons so they didn't need a end-stop protection.

[@schrodingerscat1863]

Yes, could well have been there just to prevent the test tank getting damaged or crushed while they dialed everything in during testing. Now they have everything set up the stops can be removed.

[@juzeus9]

crushing is better than dropping

[@cestaron634]

​​@@juzeus9 Crushing can result in breaking of the booster making it drop on the pad. Dropping or crushing is neither an option.

[@maverick9409]

If you look at the landing speed it's higher than usual, after landing it shot up to 30km/hr as opposed to the usual 4-7km/hr range

[@ahhmm5381]

So why did it happen?

[@nickmarsh9384]

You do a great job for us all. Brief and concise... good work Marcus

[@donnaradu9398]

Thanks, Marcus, for the great variety of subject matter you cover!

[@GreatOldOne]

So glad that the Weeb telescope is doing as well as the Webb. 😝

[@tomwinston6758]

Again, thanks much for the arrows that highlight what you’re discussing in the video. Helpful!

[@scottbogfoot]

My wonder is did the drone ship have a abnormally large wave hit it at the exact worst time? They should have the information to figure of sea surface conditions as landing failure occurred

[@ErikLongLeaf]

The Starliner capsule sure looks pretty. Will look real good on stands at the museums!

[@dereks1264]

I'm old enough to remember the early days of space flight. I'm amazed at the progress that's been made and how the space business has evolved. The sheer number of launches in a month (even in a week) boggles my mind. It almost makes up for the fact that we *STILL* don't have flying cars or robots that can walk the dog.

[@everettputerbaugh3996]

I had a paper map of the Moon on my bedroom wall. We watched launches in our elementary classrooms.

[@raclemonte68]

Mark, great content as always. Looking forward to your coverage of polaris dawn & ift 5

[@wz60262]

I love my Novium pen. It really writes well!

[@ricchamen6304]

ThankU Marcus. Great show as usual. Fantastic content. You have a great feel for what your viewers need and want. Thanks Again

[@SumGuyLovesVideos]

Thanks for all the updates!

[@alancapes5644]

Outstanding work from you and the team!

[@timmovanderput6109]

i am getting addicted to this channel. Big thanks to the team and Marcus

[@Daegis88]

Thanks for your updates!

[@DigitalPetrol]

Thank you Marcus and team. You're part of my Saturday morning routine

[@danapeck5382]

Thanks, the review of past design elements and current designs is really interesting. Thanks and all the best

[@Psi105]

33 is probably just a pathfinder, i doubt they plan to ever fly it. It doesn't matter much if you rush a pathfinder, you really just want to see what issues crop up while trying to fully assemble it

[@michaelimbesi2314]

Not surprised that the barge is fine. Anything built to handle wave impact loads will of necessity be built much tougher than a rocket and be made out of steel instead of aluminum.

[@IndaloMan]

13:29 Frame by Frame. Marcus channelling King Crimson! 👍

[@robrobinette]

If you are a Moon Landing denier due to Van Allen Belt radiation you may want to pay attention to the Polaris Dawn mission. The crew will penetrate a lower altitude radiation belt.

[@mervstash3692]

Wrong delusional cult

[@johnd.7792]

Got an x-ray, that didn't kill me, just like the belt won't.

[@Jamie-d6g]

finally september, flight 5 should be this month ( im in new zealand and its been september for 1 minute lol )

[@CumulusGranitis]

Well said Marcus regarding the March 2004 Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine cover . The Tiny "David" indeed rocked Boeing and won by a large margin. How ever your report on the latest James Webb Space Telescope observations were astounding. Very intriguing and fascinating. Thank you for including that information.

[@BusstterNutt]

A great update as usual thank you very much.

[@samedwards6683]

Thanks for the video.

[@chiaricharlie6608]

Thanks man!

[@jaywilson4321]

What an iconic view!

[@vicromono4799]

Great episode buddy. I look forward to it every Saturday morning.

[@ChrisLaub-qq7cj]

Love the weekly updates.

[@NicoKars]

I was thinking, could starship survive reentry if it was slowly rolling, no tiles , just the steel heating up and cooling down like a rotisserie chicken.

[@justingood1443]

Seeing this catching system really happen and watching it being built it amazing.

[@geoffbox4455]

Your channel just gets better and better. Thank you. I love it.

[@doug3691]

RIP B1062. Thanks again, Macus. Take care.

[@XCX237]

I feel happy for butch and sunny! They don't have to fly back in the Deathtrap starliner

[@ThatOpalGuy]

It's fine

[@peters972]

Came a heck of a long way since those hopping experiments, but they seem like yesterday.

[@20thcenturyboy85]

Super video. Thank you for piping the sound balance to the right side stereo channel (allows one to work and still listen with just one ride side earphone in)

[@ChrisLaub-qq7cj]

Thanks!

[@MarcusHouse]

OMG Chris. That is freaking beyond incredible of you. Thanks so much for helping us do what we do here with the channel.

[@i-love-space390]

Looking at the debris from the failed Falcon 9 booster recovery just points out how bad a failed Super Heavy booster catch could be. I still think a separate catching tower on rails back to the launch pad (for rapid reflight) would be a safer way to do it, if the weight penalty of landing legs is deemed too great. And a propulsive landing of Starship ..... with PEOPLE.... geez... what are they smoking?

[@TheChoyamoya]

Wow Marcus! This is such a great update

[@AevnsGrandpa]

Hi Marcus, been watching you for a while and enjoy your commentary. I recently moved to Jacksonville Florida, about 2 hours north of the Cape and wondered where or how I can find out an individual launches launch trajectory to see if it something I will be able to see. I have seen a couple since last December but never know from launch to launch. Thanks for your help!

[@aldunlop4622]

And I've been following SpaceX the whole time!

[@mervstash3692]

want a medal?

[@tesorotesoro1654]

Good for you mate.

[@aldunlop4622]

@@mervstash3692 Want a fat lip?

[@mervstash3692]

@@aldunlop4622 you going to flash your sniz at me?

[@marcsteraudetster3976]

Awesome video. Keep up the great work

[@AbuPaul]

Thank you, Marcus! Always an excellent briefing I learn from and enjoy. Please keep it up :)

[@tobycarmack9618]

Thanks!

[@matthewdufty606]

Great update. Thank you

[@peter.wilson]

Thanks for the James Webb Space telescope update.

[@GeneOlson-cu8ro]

Freefall with a water weight load from a measured distance will give an exact impact force which can be easily calculated. Changing the distance gives them an easy way to test limits.

[@appliedfacts]

After that I think they should launch just the booster to only a few hundred feet and catch it. Then repeat a little higher. When all is well go for a full launch.

[@GeneOlson-cu8ro]

@@appliedfacts there is really no plus side to that. The weight of a full booster can easily be simulated by filling the tank with that much water and dropping; it can give good data. Dropping it a measured braked speed by the crane can let them experiment with the influence of arm pressure on alignment issues which will be a very fluid problem.

[@appliedfacts]

​@@GeneOlson-cu8ro The plus side would be testing and improving the booster control systems like precisely gimballing the engines and coordinating between the booster and the tower systems.

[@schrodingerscat1863]

If you check out the telemetry on booster 1062 it seems to land at twice the normal velocity so likely the legs gave way and the engine bells hit the deck causing the fire ball, one leg gives out completely and it goes over. Will be interesting to see why it happened as the hover slam is well dialed in at this point.

[@fredpryde8555]

awesome information thank you go space x

[@petecomps7260]

That new header tank reminds me of the Tin Man from Wizard of Oz.

[@Ittiz]

I bet they will be replacing those stoppers with dampers to counter balance the swing

[@raytribble8075]

SLS: Seriously Ludicrous Spending. Must be connected to Boeing… lol Thank you for the best SpaceX and industry coverage as always sir

[@teagueman100]

NASA really should become its own contractor.

[@raytribble8075]

@@teagueman100 they do not have the tooling for fabrication. Assembly is the basic limit of the VAB… they just need to rethink their vendors

[@teagueman100]

@@raytribble8075 These public-private partnerships almost always lead to overspending as the "vendor" realizes that the pocket book of the public is very large. SpaceX and Roscosmos keep costs down by having as much in-house and vertically integrated as possible. Its time NASA did the same. "they do not have the tooling for fabrication" NASA needs to set up their own tooling. SpaceX or any company didnt always have tooling, they set it up. Lack of tools isnt much of an argument. Go buy tools. The amount of money they waste on getting ripped off they could easily start there own fab.

[@mgentleman1]

Always a great addition to my Saturday, thank's Marcus, it's just a pity it ends so soon.

[@haydentravis3348]

I bet they have heavily modded KSP installed on all the computers at starbase.

[@squirrelsinjacket1804]

It must be Saturday morning again yay

[@DavidGoben]

1062 looks like it landed a little harder than usual. The speed dial is usually at 1-3kph at touchdown. This time it was at 9kph at touchdown.

[@dereksteneman9657]

always love your content Marcus!

[@dewiz9596]

14:00 In this case, “ a ShortFall of Gravity”.. . almost an apt name. . .

[@christheswiss390]

This fabulous channel is led by the master of the YT universe himself!

[@MSNet1]

Thanks for updating on the catch. The booster is not going to drop on to the arms. It will be a controlled landing.

[@MaxKito2]

Hey guys, didn’t Elon mention sometime ago Starship to be 12 meters in diameter from the current 9. Just wondering

[@GntlTch]

Yes.

[@MaxKito2]

@@GntlTch ….Thanks, 👍.

[@ghost307]

It's possible that the bumpers are being removed to keep the booster from slipping through the arms if it gets dented during the catch by letting the arms get even closer together.

[@Lu.capuchino]

Nope, and they have already installed most of them

[@ghost307]

@@Lu.capuchino I mean the big ones near the hinge point.

[@Lu.capuchino]

@@ghost307 ahhhh the stops, well, could be

[@ghost307]

@@Lu.capuchino Yeah. It would be a shame to successfully catch the booster, only to drop it.

[@Lu.capuchino]

@@ghost307 that would be quite hard to do

[@FireStormOOO_]

The safe money for that booster landing failure is probably fatigue in the metal or composite around that leg. Curious to see what it ends up being.

[@lordstramota]

Marcus you are by far, the best in space news. thank you sooooooo much

[@chenzinc]

Thanks Marcus! Always a great Saturday evening to catch your videos

[@rigomrtz]

Thanks

[@ToyManTelevision]

Always great content!!😊😊😊🚀🚀🚀

[@Ph33NIXx]

It make sense they did not change the rear flaps since they need to produce as much drag as possible

[@GHOSTSTALKER90]

Maybe the stoppers will be replaced with some kind of suspension to stop bounce. Similar to a soft closer on a door

[@robertmiranda2444]

I would think electro magnetic stoppers that lock at the exact diameter of the booster to prevent bounce of the arms.

[@chrisholley1431]

Hey hey ​@MarcusHouse. Look forward to your updates every Saturday! Id be really interested if you could do a video about the Apollo project? how they where able to overcome all the problems to design, build and succeed in send men to the moon so quickly. I know they had unlimited money, but still, 60 years of knowledge and technological advances, it still a mammoth task.

[@ilmarinen79]

It's fairly shocking or slightly disturbing how long the flawless streak has been after SpaceX got the landing working, and my (quite random) guess would be that this was merely a mechanical failure on one of the legs.

[@Hykje]

Record-breaking landing with emphasis on "breaking".

[@MarcusAgrippa390]

It's not a Saturday without my weekly dose of starship and Marcus House!

[@markzambelli]

21:53 Ahh, Webb has a sister-telescope joining in the surveys I see... long live the _Weeb_ 😂😈

[@jameshamilton2480]

Butch and Sunny's next government paycheck will be huge! Get that hazard pay!

[@petercozzaglio6070]

Suni. Not Sonny. And have you never heard of direct deposit?

[@jameshamilton2480]

@@petercozzaglio6070 You are the best kind of correct.

[@zebo-the-fat]

They were supposed to be in space for a week not months... do they get paid extra??

[@petercozzaglio6070]

@@zebo-the-fat They should get hazard pay. That’s for sure.

[@jameshamilton2480]

@@zebo-the-fat yeah

[@mushmouth]

They already launched two starlink missions this morning

[@krishanmalinga6504]

can tiny SpaceX rock Boeing... Famous last words..😂😂😂

[@davidgermain]

ML2 is a scandel. cutting other almost ready moon trips, and xray telescopes for ML2 no words...

[@Roderick-i5f]

INSTEAD OF CUSHIONS ON THE CATCHING ARMS, PUT TWO HORIZONTAL ARMS AT THE ENDS OF THE CATCHING ARMS THAT SNAP TOGETHER GIVING A QUICK SOLID STOP AND LEAVING A SPACE OF APPROX 1" ( 25 MM) CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE CATCHING ARMS IN THE CLOSED POSITION. NO PRESSURE REQUIRED ON THE VESSEL FROM THE CATCHING ARMS.

[@TThoMusic]

Insane visuals as usual, these videos are breathtaking and mindboggling... so cool!

[@MarcusHouse]

❤

[@russellcline8713]

I am just busting! I want launch 5 .....like right now!