SpaceX Unexpectedly Reveals New Plans! Flight 5 Ready For Launch!

SpaceX is racing towards flight 5 as pressure builds on the FAA to pick up the pace. Ship 34 has completed its first stack, but something is different! Musk gives an updated timeline and plan for Mars, is it realistic? and Blue Origin finally static fires New Glenn's upper stage in preparation for its Maiden flight.
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[@Whataboutit]

Will SpaceX be able to launch Starships to Mars by 2026? What do you think?

[@mahbubhossainsamm]

I am optimistic.

[@theastronomer5800]

At this rate, they might have to do it without FAA's approval and pay a fine!

[@Gigalisk]

Will the FAA be reformed by then? Improved? Will they out the current head?

[@Sean-vh8pm]

No chance!

[@JimmyRussell-c2s]

I think they should start sending equipment in September. If the FAA don't approve it NOW,then they have a month to ship everything to Europe to launch before the window of opportunity closes. That's the FAA PLAN,To Sabatoge this rare window of opportunity. If nothing else,place as many Artamus Starships in the moon's orbit as possible.

[@caibelo8143]

Never clicked a notification so fast

[@doofer13ok]

fr

[@laurynai]

😂

[@Whataboutit]

Enjoy!!! ❤️

[@Beaverdawigs]

Guilty

[@jeffreydavis1846]

Why answer the question sir

[@tater2017]

They didn't fine Boeing over starliner!!

[@layton3503]

No - they fined US taxpayers by subsidizing Boeing's incompetence, and punished Musk for political revenge.

[@jgarris0577]

Stop noticing.

[@GlennSteffy]

the fine papers went with the Pres when he used the facilities..ran out of t.p....

[@MaladjustedPlatypus]

Because Starliner is a payload, not the launch vehicle. The vehicle that starliner launched on (Atlas V) had no issues, so there is no basis for a fine or investigation on that.

[@Dangg1589]

Heard somewhere that the starliner is not fined bcuz they didnt operate under the faa but nasa so the faa cant fine them

[@budmanzoom4441]

Starships to Mars? Not if the FAA has anything to say about it. ☹

[@cmd123fax]

Yeah Faa is shit at doing paper work

[@KrustyKlown]

@@cmd123fax SpaceX could pay for more FAA employees and extra paper.

[@sysbofh]

@@KrustyKlown Couldn't: it's a conflict of interest.

[@LordDustinDeWynd]

Contact the FAA through their website, let them know how you feel!

[@TheOfficial007]

I feel they are moving them right to the suggestion box. 🗑

[@LordDustinDeWynd]

@@TheOfficial007 Aka, the rotary file?

[@TheOfficial007]

@@LordDustinDeWynd 🙂

[@ryanm7263]

Imagine being Mr. Whitaker, the guy standing between humanity and the stars. Get out of the way, FAA.

[@schrodingerscat1863]

The launch licence process is fine, the problem is the FAA dropped the ball and failed to ramp up their launch licence department in line with needs of the industry. Typical government, always reactive and even then super slow to react.

[@livingthejourney8833]

@@schrodingerscat1863 The launch license process is not fine! The FAA insists on using arbitrary reasons for delaying a prototype vehicle as the FAA's director's testimony showed. He claimed that part of the problem was SpaceX's constant changing of technical parameters. Of course, changes will happen on a regular basis as the vehicle is still in the experimental stage. Or, FAA's complaint that the tank farm was placed closer to population centers when in fact it was placed two miles farther. All of these so-called safety concerns sound hollow, but do ring of politics. This particular administration does not like Elon Musk for his stance against government censorship. it's that simple.

[@schrodingerscat1863]

@@livingthejourney8833 The reasons for delay aren't arbitrary, they have to follow the law so if some of it seams arbitrary change the laws that make it necessary. EPA and all the red tape it generates is one of the things that desperately needs reform.

[@Verrisin]

They just need to add more *flamethrowers.* To make sure all the water is evaporated. EZ - No more scary splash of rain water.

[@JonnoPlays]

Last time I was this early Musk and FAA got along 🤝

[@perpetualpunster]

I'm curious if the decision to recover the booster parts was made before or after they were told about the FAA 2 month delay. I wonder if it was something they wanted to do but just didn't have enough time to do it, but the delay allowed them to do it. If SpaceX isn't tempted to just say "F it! Send it!" then they aren't passionate about doing what they're doing. If they actually do "Send it!" without FAA approval then they're not smart enough to be doing what they're doing.

[@tomholroyd7519]

Please don't say "double check if you pushed the like button" :-(

[@Codysdab]

Let's up the stakes, go for "triple-check"

[@MrGoesBoom]

One thing that got me about the FAA's response on the Flight 5 license, is how they point out that the license for Flight 4 was good for multiple launches and that it was SpaceX's own fault for wanting to change that causing the delays....and while yes that's true....on the other hand the FAA has known from the start that SpaceX is doing rapid iterative prototyping and the launches are by that nature going to be different. Yet offer no way to license for that. Supposedly the 2 month delay is because any changes that could affect the environment need a 60 day review. They've reviewed this same area something like half a dozen or more times now. How many times do they need to go over the same information and why do they need 60 days to do it? I'm all for safety and protecting the environment but what we're seeing right here is why it's taken over 50 years to get back to the moon. Nothing significant will ever get done while moving at the pace of bureaucracy.

[@GrigoriZhukov]

Look at how long and the tragedies that happened while the auto was becoming a thing. Laws and other rules came about after fact. Some times said laws were clueless.

[@iamanisland]

If the booster is so important for the analysis of what went wrong with the engines that failed, why wait so long to retrieve them in the first place ?

[@sysbofh]

I think getting them is a "plan B", to get around FAA delays. The original plan would be to launch as fast as possible, meaning it would be pointless to get the wreckage from the sea.

[@jordanhodgkins8164]

Flight 5 Letsssss Go!!! 🚀

[@crashtestrc7213]

As much Ada dislike China. Those were some awesome fpv drone shots on the failed rocket.

[@Whataboutit]

Yep! That drone pilot did an amazing job keeping it centered while doing aerobatics around a launching and landing rocket. Epic!

[@lunkystraydog6572]

Looney toons

[@slotvalleyracing]

Blue Who?

[@7heGrandTourist]

Have I subscribed? Nope sorry. Reason is that you clog up my feed list with the number of videos and shorts that you do. It really is that simple. Sometimes less equals more subscribers. Just look at Scott Manley.

[@GTMcNabb]

@7heGrandTourist don't listen to this guy. This is exactly the type of stuff that should be clogging up feeds. I want all the information and you're the most entertaining one to provide it

[@marcelobrito2762]

I imagine how cool if they used Starship to return Perseverance samples, just free thinking...

[@KrustyKlown]

If SpaceX can solve LEO refueling of Starship.. they can then crash a Starship into Mars in 2-3 years.

[@LordDustinDeWynd]

SpaceX should buy a couple of Panama-canal sized ships to transport from Texas to Australia.

[@priteshpatil5363]

Going to mars with starship is very risky ...we need an orbital launch vehicle (nuclear propulsion) so we can stay there at least for 2 years

[@Stylofo4m]

Maybe SpaceX just doesn't want Bezos or China to go fishing for those engines. Bezos did fish out an F1 engine.

[@ingridhohmann3523]

SpaceX location has expanded a lot ,great things are happening 👍

[@phantomcookies9753]

They probably set ground 0 when it was on the launch pad lol

[@Starship29andB11]

@What about it what flight do you think will use the first raptor 3?

[@Oscars_rockets]

Why is no one talking about what space x are going to do if they catch the booster

[@ruthlemler2726]

Please show me where they would put all of those starships.

[@aboucard93]

I hope they catch the booster on flight 5

[@mohitexperiment1694]

Hurry ! Yeh

[@theastronomer5800]

The issue with safety is that the FAA could do all their paperwork and deem everything safe, approve the launch, and the rocket could still explode at the worst possible time causing exactly what the FAA wanted to avoid. There is no 100% guarantee with rockets.

[@onlyviralvibes8386]

Yeah so they had no problem approve launch 2 when launch 1 literally destroyed the pad, launched rocks all over the place, and the rocket exploded mid air with the explosifs not working when they ment to. But they cant give a licence for launch 5 when launch 4 literally was an absolute success 😂😂 faa are clowns

[@Lu.capuchino]

@@onlyviralvibes8386 LMAO you think they just gave them the flight 2 license for free?

[@80aj]

And just like Ocean Gate, when the thing fails, and people die, who gets the heat? The Government regulatory commissions who are asked, "how could you allow this to happen". So fucking tired of Billionaires thinking the Earth is their sandbox.

[@emp_661]

This is nuts! Do you really think that Elon Musk is going to send (or be allowed to send) people on that ship to Mars with no ticket to return? Starship was never ment to make the trip back! If they do it, when they get to Mars there will be a bunch of people stuck in the surface of Mars, a place where there is no oxigen to breathe... What do you think would happen there if many of these ships manage to arrive and land with people on board? What can you expect but a struggle for survival like never seen before? They would fight each other for the scarce reasorces that arrive from Earth, they would die by accidents individualy and collectively, there would be executions and kill each other and make war with each other, no law of Earth would mean anything, the law of the jungle would prevail.

[@80aj]

Tired of Billionaires pretending the Earth, and now the entire solar system is their personal and private sand box. Elon feels that his money allows him to send pollution to MARS. I guess when billionaires fucked up this planet enough, they think they can destroy other worlds. And all these Elon fanboys will continue to cry about how horribly Space X is being treated. Seeing as they have a 95% monopoly on all NASA launches to the ISS. Never mind that Elon was granted permission to flood the sky with tens of thousands of satellites. Boy they sure hate him.

[@thedarkside13]

For those who don't know, Booster 11 exploded in the sea after landing.

[@Zengotim]

Starship isn't designed to fall over after landing, so that's completely outside of test parameters.

[@justinweatherford8129]

What happens when superheated metal is subjected to rapid cooling?

[@Rotem_Golan22]

first

[@Whataboutit]

🏆

[@7249xxl]

Hopper flight computer: "we've landed" Landing gear: *Ayo what*

[@jorgesolis7891]

Are they going somewhere any time soon....? At least behond upper orbit....? 🎉

[@rogerrussell9544]

Space X will never make it if the FAA isn't neutered.

[@80aj]

Thank Ocean Gate and stop blaming the FAA. Billionaires running around ignoring regulations and safety rules is what is causing this. You think this delay just accidentally happening right as the Coast Guard and US Navy is up to it's ass in hearings right now?

[@JohnPowell6]

I wouldn't want to live in a world without an effective FAA. The FAA just needs to hire new folks to handle the additional workload of a robust commercial space launch industry, not "neutered."

[@Nobi1205]

SpaceX sending starship to mars means 4k footage of mars?

[@dangrcat]

I still don’t understand how you get the Starship off of Mars.

[@mrfrosty3]

Another quality episode.

[@WilboBaggins-dm7ub]

Interesting...can't see SpaceX failing in 2 years on Mars trip

[@victorkrawchuk9141]

Is there any word on when ULA will test the SMART Reuse system to recover the BE-4 engines on Vulcan Centaur? I love rocket re-usability, but it might be a lot harder to fully reuse the first stage of rockets with side boosters. BECO on Vulcan Centuar typically occurs at about 5 minutes after launch, while MECO on Falcon 9 is typically at about 2 minutes and 45 seconds after launch. So, a Vulcan Centuar 1st stage will be going a lot faster than a Falcon 9 1st stage at this point, meaning a bigger fuel reserve would be necessary for a re-entry burn and/or more heat shielding will be necessary to survive re-entry. The worst case is SLS, which has the 1st stage go most of the way around the Earth before it re-enters the atmosphere at close to orbital speed.

[@michaelcaragio8521]

So with the Optimus project, I would think by 2026 we could add them to the launch to Mars. I could see them doing research on Mars and starting a Mars base.

[@disorganizedorg]

I wonder if the mass-to-Mars of a single Starship might not exceed the TOTAL that was launched toward the Moon, including all the Apollo landings, Apollo 8 & 13, and various probes, landing, flyby and orbital. I would exclude S-IVB stages from that tally.

[@khukri_wielderxxx1962]

The best thing is, once we get to Mars, we don't have to worry about Earth governments any more 😉

[@rreiter]

Is it a mistake for Musk to just ignore the FAA and accept fines when they are lower cost than the cumulative daily cost of waiting, and launch on his own schedule?

[@tbyte007]

Why do you measure the Chinese heights in caveman measurements?

[@jeffreydavis1846]

The flame 🔥 trench is a much better design 🧐🧐🧐

[@stevenlewis7669]

5 Starships to Mars. I wonder if they will each be different in some way to see which works best.

[@AdvantestInc]

The sheer pace at which SpaceX is moving with Flight 5 is fascinating! Analyzing the booster recovery seems like a critical step in unlocking valuable data for future missions. What do you think the biggest learning opportunity from this recovery might be?

[@BAGALUTT]

love your videos and I am watching them from time to time since years. Following the current stuff from a more broad PoV, I think it would be cool if you could also share some opinions you have regarding Elons development and the effects on spaceX. Would probably differ from what you are doing right now mainly but also very interesting

[@jenohathazi920]

Thank you very much dear Felix

[@nobodyhome2318]

Prolly calculated the landing touchdown a little higher.

[@whiplash8011]

Why why isn’t the dream chaser ready? There’s no excuses get dream chaser on that damn rocket.

[@patmiller7045]

Never wated 3 hours and clicked so slow.

[@jeffreydavis1846]

Elon Musk now with will pay the way to Mars and beyond 🤗🤗

[@jorgesolis7891]

When are we going to see 3 starships a week going up....?

[@patrickd9551]

Seriously, why does blue origin think they can have it all? I salute Bezos for trying, but doing so much in just a single launch is simply unrealistic. He really is the epitome of throwing money at a problem and hoping it sticks. SpaceX has reached it's current point based on actual merit and learning valuable lessons each step of the way. I really do hope BO does reach some stage of competitiveness, but it also posed another risk of a billionaire money fight which doesn't necessarily benefits humanity. It mainly poses a risk of risk based business practices by developing technology at a higher pace and not learning the lesson you need to learn. Space is not only hard, it's also very dangerous.

[@williameasterwood8984]

Move to another place like a private island

[@CandaceWatson-n8w]

What about star hopper? What are they doing with it?

[@Mentaculus42]

19:35 And sx had issues with their early attempts and they weren’t just “fix it with a software update” type of things. Funny that “hypocrisy” is not a thing.

[@tim_peaky]

I think the arms won’t reach high enough to lift a block 3 ship onto the booster 😅

[@whiplash8011]

You not go thinner I don’t wanna fly on anything that’s got really thin little steel can haul enough mass. It doesn’t need to be thinner. Saftey is job one.

[@benjaminblair3619]

Smash the fire ball buttion

[@ruthlemler2726]

All the teams at Starbase are so smart. Add Gwen and they are unbeatable.

[@benjaminblair3619]

Lets go fierball for ula and new glen all must bow to space x

[@unicorncracker1641]

AS for "one of falcon 9's landing legs🤣🤣"

[@dlsg23]

Move SpaceX to Mexico!!!!!

[@sunritghosh6444]

yayy! 33 minute and 112nd view :)

[@brucecampbell3616]

BLUE ran out of fuel.

[@Mattguyverr]

We'll do it live!

[@cmd123fax]

Damm spaceX nice

[@matthew_kendama_uk9251]

First :)

[@Aerospace777]

Cool

[@onlyit4708]

wow

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Just launch anyway. If FAA gets away with this, they're just gonna do it again and again.

[@qwerty112311]

3:40 “why this booster had so many engine failures.” 2/~56 isn’t “many” in my book. Flight 1 was many.

[@nickl5658]

Given these are reusable engines. 2 failures is plenty.

[@Randomvid-q1s]

😮

[@antonybastin3432]

🙏🇮🇳

[@davidhuber6251]

My guess is that the Deep Blue vehicle's mass dropped below the minimum thrust, therefore was unable to descend, requiring them to cutoff the engines. If I'm right, they would have to work on the "suicide burn" like Falcon 9 does.

[@Lu.capuchino]

no, that was not it, it would have started going up if that were to be the case

[@johnsampaio2106]

How do u get more subs? what has always worked B4 a hot blonde reporter doing live interviews and podcasts ❤😂 everyone knows this 😂

[@justinweatherford8129]

I feel that they should at least avoid looking for subs from Ocean Gate. Lol

[@west8436]

What about FAA 🤮

[@PedroHenriquePS00000]

i wonder what the world would look like if there were no taxes and regulation set by governments, instead set by people

[@user-rr9lv9ll4x]

Same, if not worse. The government is a bunch of people making decisions. We work with people.. you know that none of us are all that bright, be we billionaires or paupers. But we all have our moments... where we are brilliant or lucky, and the human race moves on.

[@JohnPowell6]

Um, governments are people, and in a representative democracy the people vote for the people who make tax laws and regulations.

[@ericf5978]

The FAA delays are political. Don't expect a launch till a new administration that is friendlier to Elon.

[@user-rr9lv9ll4x]

I hope it's (FAA) not political, and it's for safety requirement concerns. I am not a fan of elon and mistrust anything he's involved with, but HOLDS should not be political (or because one does not like someone). But, somehow, I just don't think if elon had the political controls, he'd have my ethical convictions... (e.g. he'd hold up all competitors.. just because...).

[@mattd9255]

You looked into your channel metrics so there's 2 million people that watch and don't subscribe why do you keep pushing... If they haven't subscribed by now they probably don't want to

[@SDZ420]

Elon in legal troubles, trying to flee the planet!

[@chubbyboo2218]

lol sure what every .. faa did lie and when they get sued faa will get F

[@lucaslerch404]

😂😂😂😂😂 "I hate salad" Wie geil!! Ey, wer macht bei euch die Grafiken???

[@Whataboutit]

Das war Pennypacker, einer unserer editor! 😂

[@LbLedesma-zp6pm]

Nuke the FAA 😅

[@bigwhiskey83]

Sorry can't do that!

[@aggregor95]

so nothing new today aswell, just a new part on a trucl 🤔

[@HavardStreAndresen]

The Donald will sort out the FAA.😁 At least I hope so🙏

[@JayKay-d5p]

The donald will need to learn how to "make his own bed" in prison.

[@brucemcglasson]

@JayKay-d5p Go take your TDS meds.😁

[@JimmyRussell-c2s]

The best plan Space X can have is to launch Starships on a ONE WAY TRIP to the Moon's Orbit until we get rid of the FAA. No Re-entry's unless their entering into Mars atmosphere.

[@jdubruyn]

100 Starships per year is one every four days... it excludes weekends and holidays🤣 Unless the components are pre-manufactured and ready for a phenomenally efficient assembly process there is not a snoballs chance - that that is going to happen.

[@Jim-br549]

Musk ought to move all his businesses to Rissia

[@user-rr9lv9ll4x]

..just please follow the rules here. It's a pain.. we all have to do it .

[@Jim-br549]

@@user-rr9lv9ll4x rules are meant to be broken.

[@nulled7888]

Mars just doesn't have any longterm value for us that the moon couldn't give us. Smh.

[@Eddy525_violin]

Same for most other bodies in the solar system. But how do we become an interstellar species and find a new earth before we even become an interplanetary species and explore our own solar system?

[@JohnLange-ip6er]

im one of the few actually hoping FAA restricts spacex out of..pretty much common sense lmao this whole "get to mars" trend is kinda becoming annoying as it'll never be viable. lets get down to real and doable business already; mining the moon & ocean floor for new/continuous mineral supply to create & sustain new technology that actually helps us humans in our current timeline, like using those minerals on the moon and ocean floor for the production of more impervious armor & new electronics for detection of enemy assets. War is the only viable future for the next 100 years minimum. We need to always be on top over any other nation. Can't do that wasting literal billions a year on some rich, pathological liars wet dreams.

[@ronaldanderson7111]

Please stop crying about the FAA let them do their job......

[@bigwhiskey83]

Right!

[@sysbofh]

The problem is exactly this: they aren't doing it. Not in a timely manner.

[@brucemcglasson]

FAA is politically compromised.😂😂

[@Lu.capuchino]

@@sysbofh SpaceX doesnt help by giving them info 2 months later

[@sysbofh]

@@Lu.capuchino which info? Everytime SpaceX change the brand of pencils FAA ask for 2 more months. Even the sonic boom (that was approved already). Or the wrong report, with a wrong comma on the value of mercury. That one took more than one month for the FAA to get working. No. It was said before, and I agree. The processes and regulations were made for an era where the launch was set years in advance, and every change on the color of a single nut was decided weeks before. We don't work like this any more. Of course safety must be kept - but we need a complete system overhaul, in order to work with current speeds.

[@mellowman8695]

It is like a case of monkey see monkey do. Elon has got everyone making rockets and electric cars. I believe the world is better off now because of it.