Starship Flight Test 7 Info Revealed and Approval Came Early!?

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0:13 This shot... From SpaceX to PaceX. Really fitting :p

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Another great installment of space goodness Looking forward to flight 7 Thank you MH +Team for all your brilliant work this year

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Great job by the team. Quite a busy week

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Be back in 20 years when it's ready

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You must be confusing Boeing with spacex. How late and over budget is SLS using nearly 50yr old space shuttle technology 😂

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Good to see the US NRO using refurbished boosters to launch their precious payloads! Not used, well tested! LOL!

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2:50 Holy shit! 🤣That was a good one

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So dumb....

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13:59 Congratulations, you win the CKOB Radio Max-Q Prize, tell him what he's won Johnny, "Well Kev, he's won exactly nothing at all but this prize is auspicious because it's only ever given once and this is it!" (BIG CROWD CHEER goes up) "And so, Marcus House, today you are being presented the Max-Q Award of Excellence for being the first human in all of history with an audience more than a dozen people to ever say the word 'Max-Q' and just leave it there. You, Marcus, have shown us the way, you beknighted Sir have proven to the world that one must NOT NECESSARILY ***ALWAYS*** follow that word with, 'that point when the ship is under maximum dynamic stress', congratulations once again Sir!" How the holy-f do people think "max-q" needs an explanation when no one ever says what the *dynamic* in "maximum dynamic pressure" means (which is a far more tricky concept than the meaning of a cute word). Anyway, seriously there Mr. House, I've never heard anyone just use it and move on. I am fonching for the day when I watch a launch and someone says "that was max-q" and just keeps on with telling us something we might not already know...

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Nah Scott Manley also uses the word naked quite often, doesn’t assume his audience needs an explanation everytime. But nothing is as bad as watching a fusion video that feel the need to explain fusion and fission from scratch….. every…. Single ….. time.

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Ha ha.....new entry in the space "jargon" file......hilarious ! Thanx Marcus....Saturday mirth as always

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Why does a ground--based air separation system need FAA approval?

[@MtnXplorr]

Because it’s being built at the launch site. Same thing happens when an airport wants to install a new fuel depot. They could build it offsite and pipe or truck it in. But that would add cost & complexity. Plus they would still need to work with state and local governments to meet their building codes and environmental impact requirements.

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Good question, good answer. Thanks you two.

[@FerociousPancake888]

I used to work on towers. I would assume that the air separator will be pretty tall. Generally if you install structures tall enough, the FAA gets involved and requires marking lights at certain heights and also a beacon light at the top. This is so low flying aircraft can see the hazard at night. The requirements are way tighter if you’re close to or on airport grounds and perhaps they do the same for spaceports like starbase.

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I can't unsee toes as engines. Ugh. Great video Marcus!

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You and me both!

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Look I’m an Aussie and it’s kind of an embarrassment that thing tbh

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Great update Marcus. Have a wonderful Christmas.

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thanks, sawasdee, from SW Thailand !

[@MarkWoodrow00]

I'm guessing they can't catch the ship until they can put the ship in orbit long enough to clear the booster from the arms and ensure they are fit to catch again. Or until tower 2 is ready to catch. Thoughts?

[@michaelsmithers4900]

Yeah that all makes sense to me

[@Lu.capuchino]

except the tower 2 part yes, and they also need catch hardware on the ship

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I was one of the Skylab flight controllers in Mission Control in Houston who, er, ‘landed’ those pieces in Australia. You’re welcome! - Dave Huntsman

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I think part of the reason we no longer see starlink deployments is because starshield is being mixed into the consolation.

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What was that odd shaped object in the lower left that was spinning fairly quickly at 14:08?

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Nice one Marcus

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The launches from Vandenberg are always beautiful!

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Merry Christmas, Marcus! Have a wonderful week and a happy Christmas Day!

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Thanks again for the update Marcus. Have a great Christmas!

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Merry Christmas, Marcus. Love your content.

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Merry Christmas Marcus and team. Thanks for the videos throughout the year and for remaining professional with your delivery. I'm looking forward to a full-on 2025 in this space industry. Peace unto you mate. ✌🏾👍🏾

[@leonardomanes6713]

What is going on at 3.59m? What are all those cars following the ship?

[@shaungisler6604]

They do a temporary rolling closure. Which means if you are going to Starbase and you get stuck behind it you are slow crawling all the way to Starbase. Look at it as a rolling traffic jam. I have been stuck in a few of those

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Marcus, as always a Fantastic episode. Thank you and Merry Christmas/

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Cheers Marcus 🍻

[@scottymoondogjakubin4766]

Glad to see spacex is going to build an onsight air/gas refinery ! I live near a few refinery's and they are like small cities within themselves ! This should save spacex millions $ and cut down on alot traffic !

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Merry Christmas Marcus

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Way to go Marcus 👍 Merry Xmas 🎄 😊

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Hey hey. Do we have an idea when flight 7 will be or has it just been approved?

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January 11th was the estimated date SpaceX had published but they may move it forward.

[@MarcusHouse]

@@MtnXplorr Yea, that was the last hint that we had seen based on plans off Western Australia. Was very rough idea though, so awaiting more info.

[@maxleyba8350]

3:40 Wait so is Starship incapable of burning only the vacuum engines?

[@Cosmo_Sim]

No, it can light all of them, but cant light just 1 or 2 because the center of thrust is offset from the center of mass, so it will spin out of control. But if all 3 were lit, it would stay stable

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Great coverage as always!

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The pace of progress with SpaceX is just amazing. Any other big aerospace company could have taken this journey....but they did not.

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OMG I saw a drone over StarBase! They are here, too! 👽👽

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Great information Thanks.

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Why have they not tested any dummy payloads to demonstrate, at least in principle, it will be able to lift 100 tons minimum to LEO? Realistically how much will this system be able to bring up to LEO? Not the aspirational numbers, the actual ones estimated based on the physics.

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hehe, banana 🍌😁

[@goneforabeer]

I now want a "Landman" type show called Spaceman about some Starbase worker

[@mennol3885]

Common knowledge: "You can't test fire vacuum level engines at sea level. The bell will get unstable and rip apart." Raptors: "I didn't know that" (Note that the sea level raptors have mach diamonds with a smaller diameter than the engine bell itself, so they are already overexpanding. The vacuum level raptors must be expanding a lot!)

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Are they using the raptor three engines on this flight?

[@Jeffrey_Bezos_Amazon]

No

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This day 9 years ago Falcon 9 landed for the first time ever, December 21, 2015. Happy Anniversary Space X and Falcon Family 🎉

[@Mrbfgray]

A little surprising that the tube splice welds on chopsticks have been determined less than 100% strength, requiring reinforcement. Something didn't go quite right there. Apparently they rolled those tubes out of something like A514 steel to reduce mass, no good reason I can think of why butt welds wouldn't do the job without those reinforcements which appear not part of original plan.

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[@wolfiewolfman]

The early approval may indicate that regulators have confidence in SpaceX’s ability to conduct a safe test flight, but it does not guarantee success, as technical and environmental factors remain significant challenges.

[@mattfgln]

No orbital flight yet?

[@R33F3RMONSTER]

Can you touch on the supposed metallic heatshield for starship?

[@FerociousPancake888]

Kairos had a kerbal moment. It’s ok, starship did it too on F1!

[@David-yo5ws]

😵‍💫 Thanks Marcus, I stayed up for your video and then Rocket Lab went live, so I watched their successful Owl deployment too. At 4:35am, I think I will go to bed. This rocket news is getting on top of me!

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I think the big mistake SpaceX made was, not going was not going with a flame trench instead of the water deluge right out of the chute.

[@JohnMcDonald-sv3wo]

new heat shield?

[@adammarshall9444]

Where did you get your Starship stack from? (To the right behind you where you present) I want to get a friend a Starship model for a pressie but notice what they offer on SpaceX isn’t a tall model like you have .. I would love to send what you have to them .. they are an avid fan of Elon Musk and Tesla and SpaceX

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Hey hey

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Yay! It’s Saturday!

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Hey Marcus . How much trouble will Blue Origins project Keyper be in if they do not get the minimum amount of satellites up this year.? Holiday wishes tonall

[@rixster2227]

New years eve launch anyone?

[@Barthhhelona]

Why does the water cooled plate have giant I beams welded on. Doesn't that get in the way of the water spray?

[@interpl6089]

I still doubt the whole water deluge system working on a large scale. It will be needed to be replaced eventually by some large blast trench-type structure with the orbital launch mount on top of it.

[@macjonte]

I sure wish spaceX workers get the holidays off.

[@speedhump231]

Just wait till president musk abolishes the US labour departments. Time off will be a dream of the past. I love the work Marcus does for these videos, just wish musk would STFU and stopp running the government as if he so king. His link to space x is leaving a fecal taste in my mouth.

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@@speedhump231 Elon has saved the US from becoming a one-party state. You’re clueless.

[@sam_c95]

Does Block 2 use the next generation of raptors yet, or are those still waiting further down the line?

[@bernventer5949]

It is strange to me that the "State of the art" engineers need to get approval from a bunch of backyard experts in the FAA.

[@Williamkuan-j9b]

yeah I imagine the faa would not have the balls to stall anymore

[@everettputerbaugh3996]

So. Is Space-X going to part-out the ISS as they de-orbit the thing? Some parts left behind might be useful on their own station. I doubt the technology is ready to actually scrap it like a surface ship, but I see that capability becoming useful in the near future.

[@MrRockydee07]

Yes, we need to collect all these unused good hardware and move it to a space salvage yard orbit .....

[@mwatkins6480]

I have to say I’ve been watching your vids on starship base since almost the beginning!!!🎉 thankyou Marcus 😊sooo much for doing this ! You are the best when it comes to space news

[@318Arnie]

It may seem like a stupid question, but what's the best way not to miss any of the spacex launches?