Tower Two Breaks Ground! Starbase Flyover Update 41

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Thanks for Watching!

[@cowtheslice]

10:33 how nice of SpaceX to add flora next to the launch pad 👍

[@herrjohnssen]

Starfactory is gigantic. Thank you for the update!

[@rigomrtz]

Struggling to believe there are only 62k subscribers to the channel with the best updates. I watch all the channels 😮

[@demeurecorentin]

It's the only Starship update channel I watch, and that way I don't waste time.

[@morecowbell20]

Nobody does updates like these! You are awesome, thanks!!!

[@janhofmann3499]

I guess trashing these Raptors must look somewhat surreal to the people who try to build BE-4s as fast as possible.

[@menotyou1234]

SpaceX should build a CF-5 engine and sell for 1/3'rd the price of a BE-4.

[@PrograError]

@@menotyou1234 INB4 they are the ones selling the derated engine to the US government...

[@greytrunk5905]

View from the air gives the best perspective.... very informative.... Thanks for your efforts

[@vantadaga]

Great work team RGV! 🎉

[@MrKellymcilrath]

Another great Starbase Flyover Update, Thank you so very much RGV!!!

[@perrymaskell3508]

The side by side comparison at Massey's was nice.

[@johnrday2023]

Wow, so good to see yr regular flyover that provides so much info ! Thanx.

[@djidroneskathrinstudt1893]

Super ! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 for RGV 👏🏼😊

[@Tellitasitis72Joe]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video update.

[@KalystiaLee]

Awesome updates, as always!

[@StephanieB67]

Tnx KalystiaLee.

[@CumulusGranitis]

As always, 100 % informative and well presented. Thank you for the effort put in.

[@bill_ruppert]

Great video, super informative. Thanks a bunch!

[@MarsChroniken]

As always! Awesome!

[@Krell666]

Thanks, great update.

[@Scott_C]

Thank you so much for the video!

[@AbrahamKamara-fr8eu]

Good work bro

[@WilboBaggins-fo1xh]

Brilliant

[@ThexBorg]

3:54 The black tubing on the right of the actuators looks like tubing to construct more chopstick catching arms.

[@b.j.schnettler5080]

That is insulated cryo pipe more than likely. The 3rd chopsticks assembly is also built in Florida already and will be transported here so no need to build another at the moment.

[@ThexBorg]

@@b.j.schnettler5080 Maybe, but it looks like the same painted pipe in two sizes as used in the chopsticks.

[@b.j.schnettler5080]

@@ThexBorg If you look closely you can see the ends are silver and thinner than the black part which would suggest they are insulated pipes. Just to the east of them is 2 bundles of uninsulated pipes of the same diameter of the smaller ones.

[@ThexBorg]

@@b.j.schnettler5080 Thanks for your opinion.

[@michellebekker2324]

Nice

[@petewangen-groovedrummer8083]

at 8:22 where they show footings between the two buildings: Maybe they should stand an old ship there and use it as an elevator for reaching different floors on either building.

[@MikeGentry]

It seems like a lot has happened since this flyover

[@eddjordan2399]

need to cover those roofs in solar panels Elon!

[@Lion_McLionhead]

Big question is how many legs the new tower will have.

[@SjMk1.]

I think newer footage features on the weekly update on Sunday.

[@GerardHammond]

Which is fine if you ask me. Photos, show, Patreon release and then this nice weekly summmary

[@DeadManWalking2]

👍

[@johnrday2023]

Is interesting to see the length of the rebar cages for the concrete piles for OLT-2. Anyone know/guess depth of the piles ?

[@therealjamespickering]

I see that the patch of private land next to Starfactory is no longer labelled as such. Has that issue now been resolved?

[@rogerhalt3991]

Will the horizontal OTF and water be able to feed both OLIT’s? Or will there be a second farm (and water)

[@antonybastin3432]

👍👍👍🇮🇳

[@GerardHammond]

These photos don’t appear to have been released to Patreon supporters

[@RGVAerialPhotography]

Hi Gerard, could you check Patreon please, the images were posted on May 10th. Thanks for your support.

[@b.j.schnettler5080]

I would recommend checking your Patreon dashboard for May 10. I received email notification for YT and Patreon libraries that day.

[@GerardHammond]

@@b.j.schnettler5080 Okies. Thanks

[@GerardHammond]

@@b.j.schnettler5080 it appears at my Patreon levels I didn’t get these images. I know sucks to be me 🤪

[@natcat1804]

@@RGVAerialPhotography hi dad :D

[@Ergzay]

Hovercraft launch ramp??

[@geoffallan]

Yep, they use a hovercraft to ferry employees to and from South Padre Island. You can see it @8:32 on the right hand side. The hovercraft is sitting on the SpaceX sign.

[@pertwee9376]

NASA estimates that 16 launches in short succession would be needed to partially refuel Starship for one lunar landing. Even Elon Musk has stated that it would take about 8 Starship and Super Heavy booster launches to fill up one lunar variant for a trip to the Moon, and we know how ridiculously optimistic his predictions are. Anyone who thinks this is all going to be viable is living in cloud cuckoo land.

[@johnrday2023]

Thanx for another great update - but 3 to 5 weeks delay until Lanch IFT-4 ? Is Spacex not ready ? OR, is delay due to political FAA slow-walking launch approval? At this rate, FAA approval for flight -5 will be multi-months away !!! Is this political delays ???

[@ReinReads]

How long of a wait for flight 5 will be determined by how flight 4 performs. If booster soft lands and ship survives re-entry to a hard splashdown in designated zone; then it could be a few weeks. If they one or both need mishap reports then it will take longer. SpaceX leads the mishap investigation and is constantly communicating with various government agencies about what went wrong and what is being done to correct it. At this point once SpaceX submits the final reports they are rubber stamped.

[@morecowbell20]

FAA just greenlighted launches. Nothing political going on except in your mind.

[@toddincabo]

👍That's probably more likely waterproofing (impermeabilizante) being applied to that tent, not paint.

[@menotyou1234]

It's Tower 3 ok..., tower 2 is in Florida.

[@danielcarlson8386]

Listen to the end sorry no comment I need to eat more beans for some more farts

[@jefferyschuller3637]

stop saying Procki, sounds stupid when you say it...really

[@TheProky]

:(