Starship Mission to Mars

[@captainkep2252]

Imagine being one of the people riding that rocket and looking back as Earth slowly gets further. I can’t even imagine how heartbreaking and terrifying it would be to leave that behind, possibly for the rest of their lives. Anyone with the boldness and guts to do something like that deserves recognition

[@imalex82]

Absolutely. I read a good deal on the secret wars in Cambodia and Laos during Vietnam, in which about 50% of the SOG special forces guys sent never returned, and were always outnumbered at least 1000 to 1. Those guys thought the Apollo 11 astronauts were way more nuts for this very reason and wondered if they’d have the guts to get on a giant bomb and face almost certain death alone in the void. And you know that mission came incredibly close to making another crater on the moon. But instead we got that incredible picture of earth, much as you describe. Awe, or terror, is truly the word, must be-the primitive feeling that you are in the presence of something much, much greater, and your hair stands on end.

[@vendo1]

the first people will be very few, mostly tesla bots will be used

[@DmytroBogdan]

There is no "possibly" - its a one way trip

[@aryanjangra6192]

Don't watch too much Hollywood movies 🙂

[@ignisdeus6172]

The scariest thing is unlike normal travel where youre point to where you wanna go, thats not the case for months and months neither mars will be near nor earth, just the vast emptyness of space look back and earth isnt where it was and look forward mars isnt where youre currently going you have no source and no destination you gotta have faith in the math, that when you reach to your destination mars will be there

[@MrHichammohsen1]

Can't be more excited! What a time to be alive.

[@mangto0701]

Lol

[@mangto0701]

Two minute SpaceX

[@mixedpickles9201]

ok

[@Tacticalmayhem1]

Potato

[@Readyandaction_media]

I know right it’s the time to live in where tech is developing

[@thegood9]

I can only cry everytime spacex does something amazing. My dad passed away in 2018, and didn't get a chance to see all the amazing things that have happened. He nurtured my love for space and space exploration, and we watched nearly every launch together. When seemingly all my friends in the rural south didn't care about shuttle launches, he watched and amazed with me for every one. We cried for Challenger together on that horrible day. He was a pipefitter by trade, but an engineer at heart---he LOVED these machines that do great things. I can only imagine that he's getting the best views now---I wish we could watch together again. I'm sure he is loving it somewhere, though!

[@mikecounsell]

RIP Sir

[@TubaTones]

@Huckjustaif there truly was a better place, why don’t we all kill ourselves immediately when finding out about it?

[@shubhamkumar6689]

Your father was amazing, sorry for your loss my friend.

[@richardhunt4576]

He's got a seat next to my Dad, who got me out of bed to see a dot passing by overhead, Yuri. Then we grew close through Apollo and Shuttle. Hope to join them AFTER we get to Mars. Thank you Elon.

[@humbughumbughumbug]

Your father raised you well! NASA ran in the South, sad that your friends didn't appreciate it back then! Your dad now has front row seats, cheering with you!

[@AdventureGirl0224]

Here after Starship’s 5th flight test!

[@De-epSpace]

Same

[@peter1987P]

Same same, nice to revisit

[@aarondsouza1842]

Same

[@AL-xw1md]

Same

[@enderwarestudioofficial1330]

Same lol

[@RVR2835]

I may just be a highschooler, but just the idea of being able to witness our kind becoming a multi-planetary species and achieving things my parents and the generations before them could only imagine brings so much excitement to me. I am so lucky that some of our most staggering achivements as a civilization are going to happen in my lifetime, and I'll be able to witness it first hand.

[@willbaliskit6485]

Same, I am also in high school it is incredible to witness this.

[@I-AAAGaming]

You're not scared at all? Of all the different implications/uses of some of the technologies coming out? Do we need to focus on other worlds when ours is already a mess... I've only got about ten years on you in age, however I'm more frightened than excited for what's coming down the pipeline. AI, nano machines leading to near immortality for humans, climate change destroying the planet possibly before we see any "exciting" new tech, or landing on other worlds. I don't know man. I'm very unsure about our future.

[@itspersonnal6883]

I’m fresh out of highschool but this is incredible indeed, we’re lucky to be born at the start of something so great

[@KairosDCC]

Not just witness; help create

[@themightybrick2264]

That is, unless we all get wiped out by AI in the next 30 years. Sign the “Pause Giant AI Experiments” open letter if you haven’t already. Elon Musk was one of the first people to sign.

[@dylanwebster2656]

When this finally happens, it’ll be the one of the greatest feats of engineering mankind has seen

[@ok1lad159]

Maybe even THE greatest.

[@kennethreese2193]

Definitely the greatest

[@ThatOpalGuy]

lol...hows that musk taste

[@dylanwebster2656]

@@ThatOpalGuy Liking SpaceX ≠ Elon Musk dickeating. Grow up.

[@Niothe0]

​@@ThatOpalGuy Guess you don't understand how revolutionary this is as literally no ones ever been to this planet besides robots we've sent.

[@Brandon-sc1fz]

The falcon 9 first landing on the platform was great. The first falcon heavy launch with the double boosters landing was awe inspiring. The starship launch and landing will be something everyone on the planet will remember.

[@danielmillangarzon6079]

...everyone on both planets...

[@cherpsy3770]

@@danielmillangarzon6079 i was gonna say that lol

[@NimbleBard48]

We'll certainly remember the first Starship to launch and then get back in a variable state :D

[@Vvopat96]

It will be very epic, that thing is massive, small high-rise just coming down smoothly 🤣

[@tony-pc4kd]

​@@cherpsy3770 it was animation

[@mohitjaisingh8482]

With the starship and its booster achieving sucess today, I truly believe I'll be able to witness humans becoming an interplanetary species. What a time to be alive! truly blessed.

[@mbintang5831]

In our life time i believe

[@Lord_Samael_de_Monasteriis]

If we unite the stars are the limit.

[@Chicano_pistolero]

Maybe thats the great barrier. What stops life from being detected or interacted wth by other life in this universe. Maybe once we become interplanetary weve passed that hurdle and aliens will talk to us.

[@HeydaCarreras]

HUMANS? are you really know what a HUMAN is? You better find out before saying the next stupidity. -- Have you ever thought what we will bring with us to those places? Don't you see the news? are you under a rock?

[@hollyjaw3303]

@@Chicano_pistolero maybe we'll be the first to do that at all. We'll become the precursors of interplanetary life.

[@anggisuwandi2404]

My grandma passed away last month, I remember when she's super excited seeing SpaceX achievement for the first time in 76 years of her life. Even in her last moment she's still believe that we human would reach to the star above and wonder among the night skies. Thank you for all the engineer's who'd make my grandma excited for her life even when she knew she wouldn't ever seeing it with her own eyes.

[@skillzset1066]

Beautiful, may she rest in utter peace and tranquillity 🙏 She's already returned back to the inception point, the origin. So she, in a sense, is one with the universe now. And I'm sure she has uncovered all of the universal truths.

[@Blind-Ghost-1980]

You nearly made me cry on public transport.

[@KCM25NJL]

We are all star dust ... in the end we all go home.

[@tracy419]

​@@Gittana-ip2msand yet you commented. Crazy just how many people feel the need to show their ignorance and inability to be decent human beings.

[@PGMP2007]

@Gittana wow find a forest and get lost.

[@MarkoLogic83]

I just can't describe the incredible mesmerizing feeling I get when I see a trip to the planet Mars becoming a reality. Incredible emotions woke up in me.

[@WindRipples-]

You mean the planet where you can't ever touch, feel, breathe on, has no oceans, no sky, microscopic dust that will kill you in no time??? In an artificial pod infested by fungus, bacteria, and microbes? No thanks I'll pass. I kind of like earth. I do encourage people like Elon to move and stay there forever though :)

[@ScorpioBuu]

well i hate to tell ya but it most likely will not be possible in your or my life time

[@user-tt3xu2hf5b]

@@ScorpioBuu If you're young enough like me then yes more than likely

[@ScorpioBuu]

@@user-tt3xu2hf5b your crazy if you think a "trip to mars" will be a normal thing like going Hawaii, if you think thats happening within 50+ years your out your mind

[@MikkelSV]

@@ScorpioBuu spitting facts

[@scottkidder9046]

I’m living for stuff like this. I’m so excited for the orbital launch attempt and everything after that! I’m rooting for SpaceX and all of humanity!

[@chaospale44_hd4]

YES

[@brant9871]

SpaceX!!! SpaceX!!! SpaceX!!!

[@Seussenshmirtz]

You won't be invited. Only the 1% will go with their robot slaves while the rest of us rot on Earth.

[@SuperGeronimo999]

Oh, i can't wait for the landing. This time in color and with 4K HD.

[@Mr.Who3]

many people say that being born in the 21st century is sort of a curse. Born too late to explore the earth, too early to explore space. We were born just in time to get humans to space, we will be the generation that brought humanity to the stars and beyond.

[@RichMiniön-r2m]

thanks elon

[@blucomet5248]

This video is beautiful. Almost made me tear up just thinking about the first spaceship with people, leaving Earth and flying to Mars for a a landing. 😢

[@husaimendoza7189]

Maybe we will only see sending parts and how they build it , but not know who is gonna get hands on Mars , our grand children will only see

[@kacpi1600]

this video is cgi

[@AdelxGD]

@@kacpi1600 omg this is elon musk

[@martinschemmel84]

@@kacpi1600 really? are you certain? it didnt happen yet? did you look out your window? havent noticed the flying cars yet? I think nobody suggested that it wasnt XD

[@AlexeiLjanej]

@@kacpi1600 Dont ruin the fun for these 6 year olds who prolly think that this is REAL LIFE FOOTAGE!! 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

I’m 30 years old. I’ve lived through the end of the shuttle era and seen the Ares program metamorphosed into SLS and Orion. The technology driving SLS was just the way things were done back then. True rapid reuse of an orbital rocket was seen as an impossible pipe dream, SpaceX was just a glint in the eye of a co-founder of an upstart payment company. Now we have everyone still scrambling to catch up to what Falcon 9 considers to be fairly trivial, with boosters flying 15 times or more without major overhaul, fairings being fished out of the ocean to fly again, and the prospect of a fully reusable super heavy orbital launch platform agonizingly close to reality. Nobody can truly say what the next 30 years will hold for us, but I do know that SpaceX will play an important role.

[@ethangaines2658]

I'm 30 years old as well and I couldn't have said it better myself.

[@BaldHeadedManc]

​@@ethangaines2658 I'm 12 years old and got diddled on ol' Epstein's island! Can't wait to get to Mars so I can suckle on whatever politicians we put in place there!

[@FrostyBud777]

Just goes to show you the government has destroyed earth, science, medicine, and adventure by crushing all hopes and making most things illegal for private citizens. I am so glad private companies step up to help the world, instead of suck and profit and cause destruction in it.

[@HonestJunkie]

I'm 56 years old and recall snippets of the final Apollo moon landings .... I'd nearly given up on humans reaching Mars in any capacity beyond autonomous landers and rovers (as amazing such feats are). We live in exciting times and with renewed hope ..... what a time to be alive :)

[@independentunityreacts]

I believe we most definitely will be on Mars by 2030... AI is about to revolutionize everything again... these are interesting times we live in.

[@Zainirain]

When door open ... First sight of the Mars... And can u feel what type of feeling will be? for those who see it and land for the first time in history... what a feelings bro!!❤

[@nofilter2091]

Personally, this is a very exciting moment for me. My father was once an engineer working at Cape Canaveral on the Redstone project, and was one of the lead designers of the engines that propelled the Gemini missions. I live in his honor and certainly feel the anticipation of forging a new frontier into space travel, like he did long ago. GO SPACEX!

[@BeefGoulashJosh]

Are you for real about your Dad working on the Gemini missions? I'd love to know more!

[@gio7633]

Please send my regards to your father..l am surely glad that the 50 year hiatus is finally over, we are going back to the final frontier that called him, and continues to call the best amongst us.

[@nofilter2091]

@@BeefGoulashJosh I actually have a few pics of the Gemini 7 on the pad my dad took, they were literally tin cans thrown together. I can't imagine how scared those astronauts must have been. Most calculations were done on a slide rule, no real computers back then at all.

[@alvinayo1371]

Big respect to the cameraman who roams from space and took this amazing clips

[@tylerbaggett5058]

N O joke

[@snaper0218]

cameraman never dies

[@galaxy-cq7qm]

eventually the cameraman stopped thinking...

[@jamezxh]

This comment is Literally on every god damn U Tube Video.

[@kayladrian]

Dude. Come on, This jokes are everywhere.

[@shaunhansard8211]

Can’t wait, this launch is going to be epic. Well done SpaceX!

[@FlyingandGames]

Yessir

[@tarasbee]

Am I the one who expect to see a Doge?

[@FlyingandGames]

@@tarasbee Dogecoin goes to Mars

[@Mrosal92]

What's the launch date?

[@stab74]

@@Mrosal92 According to Next Spaceflight, Monday 17 APR

[@jasonissertell]

As an engineer, a father, and a space enthusiast I just find this so incredibly inspiring!! Mars here we come!

[@misusatriyo]

I feel an uncanny feeling of a limbo between reality and fiction. Can't believe that this is much closer into reality now. It was pure science fiction back in the day. The SpaceX team is just incredible.

[@millicas05]

I thought that too, seems like it can happen in the next 10 -20 years if there is no interference

[@demonhunter2121]

It's still science fiction

[@UsuallyTrolling]

@@demonhunter2121 bruh just having a rapidly reusable rocket was science fiction 15 years ago

[@railboat1105]

the rockets should be real, but the settlements in mars seem sci fi.

[@Arnoldshivajinagarr]

It still is. This just another CGI video they and Tesla drop to spark interest and pump stock

[@alpharocketry]

I am now 15 years old and will never forget the day I saw the first Falcon Heavy start in the evening with my parents. This was the start for my interest in the space flight. Meanwhile, I am building my own model rockets and can hardly wait to study aerospace engineering in a few years. Thank you for interested and inspiring me and many other people for Space Flight, Elon.

[@fish-champ]

Eh I wouldn’t bet on this stuff. The elongated muskrat that runs this should be taken with a grain of salt large enough to kill an elephant

[@SonicImmersion_]

Definitely, go for it! We will need many bright minds such as yourself who are also inspired by exploring the cosmos. One of the many complex areas of engineering that new generations of engineers such as yourself will have to solve to make human life on Mars possible at larger scales is the following: The design of the systems of mechanisms that will be necessary to very-safely handle the extreme pressure gradients between Mars' extremely thin atmosphere and the much higher pressures required inside each of the dwellings we build there. TL;DR (long description follows; but maybe you or some of your classmates, or other readers of this post, would find the area of research & design below interesting to work on): For the safety of human lives, redundancy will be key. For example, each individual dwelling would have to be designed to maintain the full atmospheric pressure required for human survival, but at the same time without risk of any part of the structure ever exploding outward. That is hard to do, and gets harder for the larger the structure, more and bigger windows, and even the seals around where plumbing pipes and electrical conduit enter the building structure need to be able to not leak air pressure from the inside of the building. To reduce the probability of leaks occurring and explosions of the building envelope, redundancy of air-pressure control would help. Such redundancy of air-pressure control & safety could come in the form of an outer, secondary, larger area, that is also pressurized itself and encompasses multiple individually-pressurized buildings. Such an outer pressurized area wouldn't necessarily need to have quite as high of a pressure level as that inside of the smaller individual buildings, instead just enough that if humans went into that outer redundant-pressurized area without a suit, or if any one of the individual dwellings did form a leak, the outer pressure--though less comfortable--would be high enough that suitless humans wouldn't be harmed, and also high enough that any building leaks wouldn't lead to explosions. The smaller individual dwellings would be pressurized for human comfort (i.e. for less light-headedness, less headaches, more energy, etc.), and the larger, outer, redundantly-pressurized area could be pressurized slightly less (kind of like comparing the higher cabin pressure (more comfortable) of the more-modern airliners compared to the slightly-lower (yet still safe to human health) cabin pressure of older aircraft (less comfortable)). And for even more safety, three layers of structural air-pressure redundancy could be used instead of just the above-mentioned two. For example, within a very large excavated space underground, it could be pressurized to just above the Armstrong Limit (so that at least anyone caught in that outer area with a compromised suit wouldn't have to worry that their blood would boil). Second, a series of large, individually-pressurized domes could be built within the larger pressurized area. And each of their pressures could be at a higher pressure level than the outermost pressurized level. Third, the smaller, individual dwellings could be built inside of the domes, with each individual building interior pressurized to a full 1 bar for human comfort. Such a system of multiple layers of air-pressure control would lessen the strain constantly acting outward against the exterior walls of the individual dwellings. Building code should of course be set so that each individual dwelling must be designed to withstand a minimum of the full pressure gradient between 1 bar inside and 0.006 bar of Mars' exterior surface pressure. But then the addition of the additional layers of tapered pressures lessens the actual constant stresses on each building. I think it would be really cool to start to see visual renderings of proposed designs of such systems for air-pressure control, redundancy, & safety for human dwellings on Mars.

[@PGMP2007]

keep on dreaming - keep on learning

[@keithallver2450]

You may in the years to come be among the first people to walk on the surface of Mars.

[@guyruff571]

You’re already on the right path if you’re making your own rockets. Keep at it and go for your dreams. You’re already an aerospace engineer.

[@Juangontiz]

Each day we are a step closer. Hope a lot of success to SpaceX and their team

[@WHOWEARE85]

Closer to death, yeah.

[@replica1052]

@@WHOWEARE85 where consciousness is an echo of our senses, echoes of our senses may echo for all of eternity (rockets are eternal )

[@matthewdilks2677]

@@WHOWEARE85 how is this closer to death? With the success of a mars city human extinction has a much lower chance of happening

[@weschilton]

@@matthewdilks2677 Everyone dies. Entropy cannot be beaten, even by Musk.

[@zhchbob]

death is inevitable, that's why there are legends.

[@icelander123]

Took part in the history, people will always come back to this post, the Mars mission begins here.

[@torgeb6238]

Exactly :) "One day" just turned into Day One. The future is going to be amazing.

[@catchableorphan]

That morning/evening view of the city lights on Mars is really something. Nice to live in a world where it's a non-zero chance I might see the real thing someday.

[@Carl_Aznable]

Your grandchildren might live to see a colony. We might see the very first visitors to Mars in this century, but a colony is a long way off, if ever

[@ToninFightsEntropy]

Thats more like midday there tbf lol

[@FrostbitexP]

Technically, anyone living today could live thousands of years from now. Funny things can happen now that were having the technology to tweak genetics and rid cells of problems. And who knows where that science will be 50 years from now.

[@marsgizmo]

All hats off to the amazing SpaceX team! 👏😎 You guys rock! Pretty excited about the launch 🚀🚀🚀

[@jasonjones2979]

same!!

[@WhiteArtsMagic]

if it ever happens

[@adrianohenrique7639]

​@@WhiteArtsMagic a pergunta não é se, e sim quando irá acontecer

[@nirbhayprasad2086]

when is the launch??

[@Astos605BATG]

D

[@NeonVisual]

If Bezos asks nicely, you must allow him to put his rocket inside Starship's payload bay so he can finally reach orbit.

[@BurnsRubber]

Ouch!

[@Engineer9736]

😂

[@terraformars59]

😆

[@LeonardoNicolasNiqqo258]

💀💀

[@isthatatesla]

NO!

[@SebastianWellsTL]

Man, this video never gets old! Looking forward to see the first crew rated ship!!!

[@andrewdvorsky]

I’m a 55 year old man and I cannot wait to see this stunning masterpiece of engineering, hundreds of thousands of hours of hard work, obstacles, failures and triumphs, complex engineering and sheer determination of the whole team at SpaceX team soar into the heavens to discover new things unknown to mankind and to someday in the future put human beings of the Red Planets surface! Thank you to everyone at SpaceX from the person cleaning the bathrooms to the engineering team that is solving all of the complex engineering to make this all happen! I still watch in amazement watching Falcon 9 launches and seeing the first stage land back either at the Space Complex and or on the unmanned drone ships! It seems to some as commonplace to launch and recover the first stage but I still try and watch them all live and someday soon will get down to the cape to see a launch in person!

[@jeremycox2983]

Like wise mate

[@sandrajones1609]

I would gladly be the woman who is the first human to land on the moon... whenever we develop THAT technology I will be there if invited💪💫😁

[@Pppppplayer001]

​@@sandrajones1609 first human landed on the moon already, And Neil Armstrong is a Human too...

[@SaifKhan-wu4jt]

@@Pppppplayer001 what hes a human u sure??

[@Pppppplayer001]

@@SaifKhan-wu4jt uh... Idk man, wait a second could be an Alien, Oh no😨

[@IsMaski]

Bit by bit, we are inching ever closer to making this a reality. Absolutely stoked for the upcoming orbital launch attempt of starship!

[@patrickmcdermott06]

how about actually surviving on the surface of mars when we haven't actually settled on another planet for over a couple hours?

[@fubar12345]

@@patrickmcdermott06 The moon isn't a planet, and the longest spent was several days by Apollo 17.

[@HobiVibe]

Wow! The feeling of being so close in time to watch it, is overwhelming! I wish the best luck for the pioneers who are brave enough to go there knowing the risks, and have the strength to bear the pain for all that they'll leave behind on earth...

[@davidforget6906]

Yeah so true. Why only 3 likes, now 4. I'm 57 and impatient for this orbital test flight. No day is the real one until official FAA license.

[@davidforget6906]

Thanks for liking the reply. So far only one. Maybe everyone is sleeping now. Whatever, even going back to the Moon first will take bravery again like Apollo days. On that note thank God we have Space X pushing boundaries and breaking records. I wish the best for others too. Sad about Virgin Orbit.

[@maryphxaz6432]

I wish I could go.

[@davidforget6906]

@@maryphxaz6432 Hi, Mary. I would like to go too. But absolutely NOT in a vehicle that Boeing built or helped build. Starship!!!

[@joeslowy]

@@davidforget6906 40k likes now

[@ocbeast6038]

More than anything in my life..I want to be in this program...an essential part of the expansion ❤ Even if I become dust on touchdown...I would say nothing more than....Thank You ❤❤❤❤

[@marcuscarana9240]

You'd be bored on Mars in a week. Tell me something that would be fun to do there. It's gonna be boring, mundane and depressing as f.

[@AT4Engineer]

I love it SpaceX! Keep up the good work with Falcon and Starship!! ❤ can’t wait for the launch!

[@bshaun2740]

Beautiful. The prospect of Martian habitats is incredible and the SpaceX teams deserves respect from everyone for this noble pursuit.

[@blackmarketyardsale]

Humans can’t even live in harmony with earth. Unless greed and our mindset changes, humans will just exploit mars for resources and leave it in ashes as well.

[@1nt1c4t10n]

We all have the dream to go to another planet and this is just another animation that says absolutely nothing. I'm a hugh fan of space exploration, but I'll always base my hopes on reality, not such fancy videos like they have been for years now.

[@brunob.7792]

How is it possible to let mechanical parts deactivated for several months on extremely low temperatures and expect it to work correctly at mars reentry? i refer to rocket mechanical parts, the engine...is it completely shutted down during the travel?

[@Epilogue_04]

​@@1nt1c4t10n this kind of animation came from some people's minds and that is the beginning of scientific progress. Many people wondered about going to the moon, of course they didn't get the chance to make animation, but we achieved that.

[@WilisL]

​​@@brunob.7792 Except it's 100% possible? Parts on earth, maybe not, moisture and such will often cause mechanisms to fail after prolonged idling. How did you think voyager 2 fired its thrusters after decades? You have to at least do some basic research first before commenting things like this.

[@ravitejagovindaraju5900]

Kudos to the cameraman who went all the way to Mars to capture this great footage for us!

[@warnpassion]

What an idiot! This is an animated concept video. No man has ever gone to Mars. It were the Martian aliens over there who live streamed all of this for us.

[@arpitpandey7797]

Animation hai bhai

[@Arpit_Maurya]

For Mars's sake stop using cameraman jokes everywhere they are too old

[@Arpit_Maurya]

@Tricklet bruh

[@PlayerCarter.]

Watching this after IFT4, incredible how close this dream has gotten to be realized

[@freeamericanthinker558]

Still pretty far tho.

[@sonicspeed3757]

Elon said that he will maybe try to catch the booster in the next flight (flight 5)

[@sonicspeed3757]

I think that they will get on Mars in 2030

[@cinadrue]

i bet 15 years+, they have a delta v problem if they expect a non one way trip.

[@pomegranaat]

@@cinadrue considering that they are approaching for the mass production and rapid reusability i think its no longer a problem since they can launch a large amount of tankers into LEO and LMO alike

[@darthjump]

I have closely watched the progress in Boca Chica, the growing tower and test flights. I have to say the tower standing there reminds me of the vista of the Starship Enterprise being built in the Desert in Star Trek. Godspeed for the first orbital test. I will come to the US to the cape all the way from germany in a few years to watch the first crewed Starship lift off.

[@stevebellmann1224]

oh yes lets do this! I'm with you, from Germany, Stuttgart :)

[@MikeNapoli1989]

Watching the development of Starbase is very cool. Remember back in 2019, there was only a tent. Now it’s like a mini city. In a few years, it will look even cooler.

[@SamSwanner]

I'm just happy that Starhopper is still there in the renders. I hope it finds itself in a visitor center with a plaque, "Starhopper: The Water Tower That Could Fly"

[@mepeck316]

Came here to say this!

[@harpomarx7777]

As a toddler in Alaska I saw the Sputnik booster in the night sky passing noiselessly between the stars. All the neighbors were outside waiting to see it .. and earlier we had heard the chirp of the world's first satellite as it approached. I've seen everything from Project Mercury to SpaceX ... and I marvel at what the future holds for our people ... if we don't destroy that dream with war or worse.

[@PazyPlayz]

😂😂😂

[@prashantmishra9985]

Wow

[@Alexttfrfr]

noticeable differences between this animation and reality as of December 2024: 1) no water deluge system 2) vertical tanks are present 3) no hot staging ring on the booster 4) old v1 ship design (different forward flaps and shorter propellant tank + shorter height overall) 5) during meco all engines on the booster shut down instead of the center 3 being left ignited 6) no hot staging maneuver: the ship first destacks and then ignites its engines compared to reality where it ignites its engines while still attached to the booster 7) all engines relight at the same time on boostback burn compared to reality where they gradually ignite 8) landing burn manuever is completely different. Booster relights only 3 engines instead of relighting 13 and then shutting down 10. Also it approaches the tower at a much less steaper angle compared to reality.

[@blackbird_4693]

Also, instead of MECO(Most Engines Cutoff), this Super Heavy does MECO(Main Engines Cutoff).

[@blackbird_4693]

But obviously the biggest difference is that it doesn’t have a banana for scale.

[@blackbird_4693]

It also uses the six-legged monster (old launch mount).

[@Thugshaker_thequaker]

Got me excited like I was a little kid again, this is truly impressive that we are taking such significant strides towards making space travel more attainable in our lifetime. I’m excited to see what the future will bring. This mission is shaping up to be very exciting and full of intrigue for many.

[@Otingocni89]

There is no such thing as space travel. There is nothing on Mars and there never will be. More lies and more CGI images is all you'll get...

[@adamc5057]

Attainable for rich people. Elon Musk has no intent to share space with anyone. He'll let some poor people come to clean the toilets but that's about it.

[@SineEyed]

@@Buck_T earth will survive. There's nothing we could do that would destroy the planet. If we caused the global temps to rise to catastrophic levels... it would only be catastrophic for _us._ The earth would survive..

[@jadenreimer4753]

If I worked at SpaceX I would be tempted to watch this every morning

[@gpip92]

I just wish in my lifetime we could achieve something great like this

[@koralite3953]

me too!

[@cupofsadge8359]

Elon did an interview 1-2 years ago, it might've been a panel, he said in 5-10 years we'll either have established an initial colony on Mars or possess the capability to start colonizing Mars. A part of Trumps 2024 agenda is supporting space exploration so Elon will likely have immensely more regulatory and governing support for his endeavors. So just hang on a little while longer, we're almost there!

[@aleddon]

I think no one wishes this more than Elon himself, which is awesome since he will continue doing everything in his power to make this happen as soon as possible

[@TheJusticeLeague]

@@cupofsadge8359 let’s go trump!😊

[@alanduncan1980]

Well, that ain't happening in this lifetime, so you might as well just put that silly notion out of your head.

[@jamesclark7248]

I'm 73 and grew up with NASA and the space program. It's my great hope that I'll live to see a Mars colony established.

[@adalberto222]

Que tudo ocorra conforme planejado e o lançamento futuro da star ship seja um sucesso absoluto..

[@Marllon_333]

*Que Deus o queira que seja assim!*

[@junioralves9981]

Sim meu caro amém !

[@Sb-ty7xo]

Its like our sci fi dreams are becoming a reality. Its literally incredible!!

[@Human_patriot2008]

The best part is, it will

[@alphamineron]

It’s CGI lol, they can’t even make it fly into orbit 😂 don’t be so easily manipulated by a worthless billionaire who has achieved nothing in life

[@carlsmith5545]

The United States of America put a man on the moon to jump around and pick up rocks at a cost of billions and now wants to put some fool on mars at a cost of 5 to 6 hundred billion dollars. Wow!!! And still can't build highspeed bullet train technology to improve infrastructure and economic growth right here at home. Talk about stupidity, ignorance and blindness. Highspeed bullet train technology which is also fully electric, something the United States should of had decades ago. But america is under the musk trans. Go to mars, you die...

[@rorycarter6948]

Bro spaceX has to be one of my favourite animation companies out there, they put out so much great content...

[@rialivhuwatshisikule7239]

I don't know if this is a joke or not😂😂

[@waitingforacentury]

@@rialivhuwatshisikule7239 I think he's serious. But not in a good way.

[@waitingforacentury]

This still isn't making it any clearer

[@voyager14]

Space futurism is cope. Earth is flat God is real and judgement will come before any extraterrestrial base

[@damijoseph]

​@@rialivhuwatshisikule7239 He probably is😂

[@lannes2068]

Just to let you know, from 0 to 2:17, what is pictured in 3D in this video is now a reality. So we just have a little more than half the video to go. So exciting.

[@agustdofficial8945]

Why they didnt go to moon first? I mean whats wrong with that?

[@saadusmani78]

SpaceX Is going to the moon first with the Artemis program. This video is about a hypothical mission to Mars in the future.

[@spikesandcurles961]

they do have the landing burn for the actual starship

[@coolcrazyguyer]

​@@agustdofficial8945 I think when it comes to colonization the moon should be first but we have been to the moon already

[@RichMiniön-r2m]

yea but thats only for v1, v2 is getting us orbital refueling, v3 is getting us to moon/mars

[@JayVavo]

Why can’t we live like 500 years to see all this happening? I don’t wanna die 😢

[@RadialSeeker113]

Upload your consciousness to the cloud

[@nesiv1]

This is getting crazy

[@n9ne]

simply don't die

[@sarpuppy5415]

Noah did it why not you😅

[@0maeWaMou]

500? Nah just live for the next 50 years and you'll get to see this happening, at least live on television lol.

[@Chris-ji4iu]

Anyone else get chills listening to this music? (The visuals are awe inspiring as well!)

[@jamezxh]

very blade runnerish

[@KorditeAU]

Journey to Mars - Heaxy

[@ilmarinen79]

Goosebumps!

[@p_serdiuk]

@@pikharov Yeah I can hear that

[@crocodile2006]

Should have used the song Final Countdown by Europe

[@materialburst983]

Anyone here after the booster catch? 1:51

[@Floatingtwig]

Yeah 🎉

[@mariandragan4564]

@@Floatingtwig Yeah

[@EvanPang-w4i]

1:54 entirely realistic depiction of the booster reentry with the engine section glowing white hot

[@MichaelJones-lm6mx]

Hell yes!

[@davidsaesthetics2280]

Yes Brother 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

[@스시스시-q9l]

I will never die before this becomes a reality

[@mrbojangles9841]

That is what the cavemen said and they've been dead for thousands of years. Even cavemen dreamed of flying into the heavens and visiting other worlds. They would lie in bed at night under their cozy fur blankets and dream of making wings like an eagle and becoming the first astronaut to fly to the moon. These dreams never came true for them. Likewise, you most likely will never see such things.

[@coolman3074]

@@mrbojangles9841Why do you people have to be so negative all the time?

[@oneoverboard]

@@mrbojangles9841 well it’s a good thing that we are not caveman. Yes there is a high chance we will not see it in our lifetime, but we have a greater probability than caveman did.

[@bogiman1265]

​@@mrbojangles9841good attempt at sounding smart. Sadly, it failed

[@GauravGupta001]

@@oneoverboard I strongly believe we will in our lifetime. AI is improving at an exponential rate and the third starship testflight is weeks away. I strongly believe that in the next 20-25 years we can expect humans on mars, and I will be one of them.

[@Evelyn_Janeidy]

So Inspiring, made me tear up! It feels surreal to see Starship under development in my hometown's Boca Chica Beach, Texas.

[@SonicImmersion_]

@Evelyn Janeidy Thank you Evelyn for all of the great articles you've written over at Tesmanian regarding spaceflight. I've checked in daily on that site for news related to developments like this regarding Starship for multiple years now. I appreciate your journalism, and also that you are from the local area where all of this phenomenal engineering and construction has been taking place!

[@gabedarrett1301]

Sometimes I'll finish my homework at 2 am and ask myself, "Why am I doing this again?!". Then I stumble upon a video like this that instantly reminds me of why I chose aerospace engineering to begin with. Thank you, SpaceX, for allowing me to dream again!

[@AdrianHconnection]

What a time to be alive! Tears in my eyes!

[@shuacliff_7029]

37 years old, I remember the first time I even thought about Mars was a third grade teacher telling us our generation would see humans on Mars. I've been eagerly anticipating seeing just that ever since. I'm so excited to witness this next step with my sons.

[@reinsalkas]

I'm also 37 and can't even remember how long I've been waiting for something like this. Glad to be alive to see it.

[@johndoepker7126]

There's not enough words, in all the languages of the world, to describe how Inspiring this is !!!

[@mijjaing5548]

Thank you very much for everything you do, SpaceX❤

[@lemagreengreen]

The first crewed mission to Mars is going to be an insane event for the entire planet to witness and given the tech available we're going to see every second of it. I just hope I'm alive for it.

[@karlcarloshuderz]

As a Martian born and raised here, I am excited to welcome the entire SpaceX team!

[@C0R3894]

@Lucas_Simoni You too? I lived in the same region

[@LuKiSCraft]

Lol

[@readyredpanda127]

I made an mtb trail that goes down the entirety of Olympus mons

[@sfguzmani]

pics or it didn't happen.

[@teenb302]

I thought ppl only lived on Earth…

[@BradleyG01]

Thanks to all of the people working tirelessly to make this a reality. We may not know your names, but thank you

[@Kirky64]

Just watching this animated video of the booster coming back and being caught by the chopsticks has me grinning like crazy. The first time I get to see it happen for real, I feel I'm just going to break. Just plain break and not know how to process something so immensely insane. Just watching all the Falcon boosters coming back and landing on a barge in the ocean that isn't still is a level in insanity that still has me getting emotional every landing even though it is such a regular occurrence now. Things that SpaceX is doing now is stuff that I would have only dreamed about or seen in sci-fi movies and tv shows, but they are happening now.

[@shuki1]

Despite them being so regular now, I try to catch each launch and never miss a replay and the landing. Truly incredible,

[@spectraphonic]

you do get this is CGI right? its a gross display of ego selling this fantasy to humanity like this is going to be some magical thing . how bout we stop spending trillions of dollars and destroying the planet first? just blech

[@simonhenry7867]

I flip between meh and mind blown, they've made it seem so easy, so boring! That catching a rocket.....the engineering is going to be so precise.l

[@mikakettunen7939]

AMEN to your words!

[@JohnR31415]

The accuracy they need here compared with the accuracy they achieve with the F9 boosters though… I know these guys can hover, but even so.

[@SummertimeDebo]

I'm only 26, however I just hope I live long enough to see a man walk on mars.

[@HistoscienceAI]

If everything goes well, we will live

[@MarsFlame1024]

this will happen in 2028. im from 2032

[@Nay-iy6wu]

@@MarsFlame1024😂

[@shyamsunder3358]

If world war 3 happens then we will be destroyed and will get extinct

[@na1067]

This is going to break some records :) Cant wait :) Thank you SpaceX and Tesla :) For bringing so much innovation no matter what some people say :) You guys are incredible :) Record this in Highest Resolutions possible so Generations can watch this again and again this is history in the making :)

[@nathancommissariat3518]

Love the updated booster reentry animation. Also shots through the clouds are super cool

[@davros_adl8155]

wasnt this from last year?

[@nathancommissariat3518]

@@davros_adl8155most of it yes, there’s a few minor changes, but mostly a copy

[@racingmhf9157]

@@davros_adl8155 I was asking myself the same question, they just removed the old animation and repost an updated one with minor changes. Still don't think they needed to remove the other one.

[@ipp_tutor]

This is soooo Homeworld (anyone here ever play that one?). I used to daydream about what it must have been like living through the excitement of the Apollo program and always wondered why we never went back to the Moon or beyond. But now... seeing this unfold right before our eyes... it's just so hard to put into words. It just makes me feel so fortunate to be alive right now. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart!

[@morecowbell2611]

The Keeper is aware. The Keeper understands. The Keeper has seen the enemy.

[@straighttalk2069]

Homeworld had a lot of potential, I really enjoyed the atmospheric music and this video is indeed reminiscence of it, minus the female computer voice.

[@ipp_tutor]

@@rogerwilco99 Totally agree!! BTW did you ever play Escape Velocity?? It’s one of my favorite games. I just love the story lines

[@ipp_tutor]

@@straighttalk2069 yeah, exactly. I feel EVE is somehow inspired by Homeworld, though I never really read around the web to see if it was the case

[@ipp_tutor]

@@morecowbell2611 love it!

[@fabiofboful]

10-13-2024, a remarkable day for the mankind. Thank you Spacex.

[@nikitaunni]

This launch is going to be insane! We believe in you SpaceX!

[@asadullah2418]

We believe only one god (Allah)

[@DingoTheDog]

@@asadullah2418 They believe in one god - Money

[@asadullah2418]

Only one Allah ☝️

[@sasukeuchiha-lp6df]

@@asadullah2418 ped file god

[@Persason]

@@asadullah2418 There is no god.

[@CMBphotography]

Simply incredible animation and the feat of engineering behind this is awe inspiring. I hope live to the day to see this become a reality.

[@otpyrcralphpierre1742]

I cannot say enough about my Hopes and Dreams for StarShip!

[@dinoorb]

same! (highschool class of 2027)

[@panduarjunniam]

😅

[@space.kraft09]

vai trabalhar com as mãos não tem foguetiii

[@10nicolem]

I’m 46 and I hope I make it long enough to see this happen.

[@elffan6844]

Im 43 and i hope it too 😉

[@Darkmattermonkey77]

48 here, even if it’s just for a single day. If they can get humans to mars, we’ll have lived long enough to see humanity become an interplanetary species.

[@leinadoderep1760]

"One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind." - Neil Armstrong Idk why, but this video made me think of this quote. It is truly amazing what humanity is capable of doing. If only our differences were set aside...

[@patelmuhammad8897]

one small step for A man....

[@gustavsjokvist2668]

Hm wow i can't imagine why

[@i3ootmanLIVE]

cannot be said better

[@Wanderer515]

@@patelmuhammad8897 man applies to the whole species that’s why it’s not A man or Men

[@leinadoderep1760]

@@gustavsjokvist2668 😅

[@cliff4ever]

My father and I watched the first manned flight on SpaceX a few years back, returning America to the top again. He passed away last year but I know he’ll be watching this from above. Thank you Elon for those memories with my father, who was a welder of jet engines at GE his whole life.

[@archerwjd]

❤

[@sirius_solaris]

I swear that one day, even if it's only for a minute, I will go to space as an aspiring cosmic explorer and dedicating my life to something that I probably will not even reach. Even if I don't reach my goal by the time I leave this world, I'll die happy knowing that I was able to witness the first launch.

[@jacksdad734]

Work hard. Get there.

[@FartInYourFace234]

you swear huh lol ok guy

[@AnthonyDoesYouTube]

Do you study engineering? Now is the time my friend

[@flowmastaflam]

meh, in not too long you can just buy space travel. even if it's only an orbit or two for a fun ride.

[@laghi7519]

we wish you luck ^^

[@pluto_awu]

Great Missions , and i really want to go to Mars !

[@orenz8772]

Um dia a Starship terá seu devido reconhecimento Espero mostrar isso aos meus filhos com orgulho de vivenciar um passado de busca humana por um futuro multiplanetário Por ora só resta esperar o lendário voo orbital

[@kunaikat2232]

im crying, if this happens in my lifetime i will freak the heck out

[@arjundureja]

Based on the progress so far it seems possible

[@milkmilkmilkmilkmilkmilk]

Its *already* happening.

[@Skye-Was-Taken]

I mean, as of feb 2024 I’ve heard it’s scheduled for 2027/28

[@awerief]

It will.. It will!

[@dinoorb]

recent advances in technology has made this kind of thing a real possibility. It's likely to happen in the next decade. You know our technology is advancing faster than you think, and at an exponential rate? so we're advancing faster and faster as time passes. especially with AI and AGI coming soon too, it will help us develop even more advanced tech.

[@Zhdan54]

До мурашек ... Удачи Илон и SpaceX team !

[@ОльгаАлексеева-г3э]

Красивая космическая музыка. Болшое спасибо.

[@therocinante3443]

There are no words for this.. I pray I'll be able to go live on Mars in a few decades.

[@jackjolly789]

The soundtrack to this video is awe-inspiring

[@christianmcallister2829]

Literally made me cry… this is the biggest step ever taken by a species and I might get to witness it in my lifetime. Even among being one of the smallest things in this universe we are willing to take it on. We are apart of this universe and we’re making it our home no matter how small the steps are.

[@Twenty_jewan22]

Where there’s life there’s a way

[@MikkelSV]

a render of a rocket = we are going to mars? huh

[@christianmcallister2829]

@@MikkelSV yes it’s a representation of what we’ll see. Why do you have to downplay everything? Did your ex wife do that to you in the bedroom or something?

[@LesterOnce]

This is the way

[@jacobdewey2053]

@@MikkelSV go touch some grass

[@OlavoNeves-iw8pp]

Wait a lot to first step on Mars, will be a immense experience and will be from earth to watch all steps...from portugal

[@ianbowie8121]

This gave me goose bumps !! I am blown away by the achievements spacex has already done

[@Beanrt]

I got inspired by the falcon heavy launch to go into aerospace engineering and seeing stuff like this keeps encouraging me to continue in my major. Hope the orbital launch goes well! I'll be watching that stream!

[@GalopaWXY]

I'll be looking for your name in future launches!

[@paranaenselol]

Since I will be at school when it lanches, I will be watching at the class TV an I may say something in the chat!

[@rokpepeshogun]

@@paranaenselol hopefully it will ignite the fire of space in you young guys again

[@PomegranateJuiceSmoothie]

I’m thinking of doing it. What are you leaning about right now? I’m really curious to what they actually learn about in aerospace engineering majors

[@Beanrt]

@@PomegranateJuiceSmoothie There's two main paths, aeronautics and astronautics depending on airplanes or rockets pretty much. Rn as a third year I'm taking high speed aerodynamics and wind tunnel testing and Vibrations. Most third years also take thermodynamics and space control systems. etc.

[@peteralliaguilera]

This gave me goosebumps, my god, this is so surreal, and beyond amazingness. This would be one of the most important and incredible steps in humanity history, of not the one. Hopefully someday we could become a interplanetary beings.

[@LaughRep]

The Sumerians and Egyptians and all preceding people will be proud of this generation and how far we have push the frontiers of knowledge. God bless humanity.

[@gothe4735]

Dios mio, Brutal!!!!! SpaceX mi empresa aeroespacial favorita, bendiciones a todos y nos vemos en el lanzamiento del Starship

[@MrBrightSide784]

What a time to be alive.

[@emilromano]

One day we'll look back at this animation, like the Falcon Heavy and Crew Dragon ones, and be able to compare it to the actual event... And I can't wait for that future to arrive!

[@Zacharysharkhazard]

one day really soon hopefully!

[@andrums93]

the ending scene gave me chills .... I dont think we as humans Will ever see this happen ...

[@voraz.]

The last test launch IFT4 shows how close spaceX is on making this a reality. ❤

[@ronymanuel507]

I do not get tired of listening to the soundtrack!!!! Amazing! ❤👏🏽

[@smokedoak5464]

Finally someone else who has ears and a heart 😅👍. This soundtrack is insanely beautiful, I need to find out who made this piece of art. I can't stop listening too 😮

[@MoniemJr]

@@smokedoak5464 Journey to Mars, by Heaxy

[@smokedoak5464]

​@@MoniemJr Thank you so much! 👍😊🎉

[@tenzinpassang4812]

To Mars and beyond. 4:26 gives me goosebumps every time when multiple Starships are making their way to the Mars city.

[@BuckMulligan72]

It's dumb. It'll never happen. It's a fantasy.

[@otal0721]

@@BuckMulligan72 it will happen

[@BuckMulligan72]

@@otal0721 No it won't.

[@otal0721]

@@BuckMulligan72 only time will tell then

[@BuckMulligan72]

@@otal0721 Time will tell that it won't happen.

[@Readd1]

2:10 the fact we are going from first stage being jettisoned and dumped, to returning to Earth and being captured by the gantry as shown in the video is just mind-blowing to me.

[@ВальдемарЕнотов]

2:15 - I've already seen this in reality. Now I'm waiting for the documentary to finish.🙄

[@foxscenes3283]

Too majestic and beautiful, literally cried at this 😮😮😱🥲🥲

[@developerlayton]

I am so proud that I am part of this generation to make this happen! So pumped and hype for the launch!

[@jacob4259]

Sadly there are still sooooo many people that disagree with you Man i want to live forever to witness a year where we have to stars because of super nova damn

[@TaeSunWoo]

1:09 It’s going to be so lovely to see multiple starships on the launch pad in real life

[@benjamingerst8107]

Who's back to celebrate the catch of the Super Heavy booster?!?!?! LETS GO TO MARS!!

[@RyanKingArt]

Such an awesome 3d animation! Looking forward to seeing this happen in real life!!

[@Xzigma]

Huge respect for those future brave humans that will have this (maybe) one way trip to such inhospitable and far land.