SpaceX Starship Test Frenzy Ends In HUGE Success!

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Flight four Starship testing! Was it supposed to look like this?
Exact location of the second tower confirmed! Another section on the move! SpaceX breaks another record! ULA gets slapped with a fine, and Starliner… is delayed.
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[@Whataboutit]

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[@CeeJayDK]

I'm sad that it's a War Thunder bonus that does not apply to existing players.

[@captainAlex258]

perfection is the key let them fix the bugs and hopfully falcon one day will be used for commercial flights

[@user-hf5eh1xm9b]

This is a russian game about a war. What a shame.

[@cestaron634]

The best locations for 2 or 3 mega bays would be at the end of starfactory. That way all parts can immediately be placed in the bays and stacked. Reducing outside maneuvering and exposure to the elements.

[@billcape9405]

SpaceX has made the Falcon9 launches so routine, it's like driving to work. Good thing we're not relying on NASA and Boeing. They would still be trying to figure out how to launch a rocket.

[@bnaivar]

NEWS FROM THE FUTURE: Boeing Starliner successfully launched carrying two astronauts! The Presidents of both the Martian Colonies and the new colony on Titan sent their congratulations.

[@peterevenhuis2663]

Hahaha 🤣😂🤣😂, yeah in the year 2121 😊😊😊

[@Hungary_0987]

OH MY FUCKING GOD YES!

[@AronowitzIORT]

Haha

[@armoredsaint6639]

Nice!

[@Wurtoz9643]

Ok this one is funny

[@peterevenhuis2663]

It's just mind-blowing to think they already reused a falcon 21 times and other companies are still talking/dreaming about the 1st take off

[@snakevenom4954]

It's honestly disappointing how far ahead SpaceX is. Competition is good yet their best competition is the rest of the world Edit: Forgot to mention they still out launch the rest of the world combined

[@djw7141]

@@snakevenom4954that’s crazy

[@GimbleOnDew]

Too many cooks in the kitchen. SpaceX is a small (relatively) company that must meet customer timeliness and operate within budget. On the other hand we have Artemis where 100 senators and 400+ congressman think they can better manage a moon landing than NASA.

[@Danstaafl]

Just another reminder how much better private enterprise is than the government in getting stuff done. I'm not surprised at all. NASA Sucks.

[@LaurentDubus-vy9rb]

SpaceX is the most efficient, outperforms Chinoi, India, Japan, Europe, and Russia combined, go figure lol, go hard or go home lol

[@adamstywall7]

I will always wait till you post starships updates before watching anyone else. You always have the best information and you present it so well like there is no other I would want to watch you are the best. YOU ROCK!

[@eddiet7473]

You missed the perfect opportunity to say, "You rock!"

[@Whataboutit]

Thank you so much, Adam! I'd say that the others have their own way of presenting things which is important! But... the team will gladly take your compliment! I'd say that the biggest difference between us and everyone else except for NSF is that we produce our own content. That goes a loooong way and is 80% of the fun! I can't wait to go down for IFT4!!! Let's do this!!!

[@jswebbproductions9785]

@@Whataboutit I agree totally with @Adam... You guys/gals ROCK!!!

[@stephanreyes4901]

Same I always skip all the other update videos until I see WAI.

[@Hungary_0987]

@@WhataboutitWAI forever!

[@earth2006]

Heard from within ULA's shielded board room. "What, a fine.?" No, we don't get a fine. We get paid, only paid. Fines can cause issues. Those issues can include bonus checks. Nothing, absolutely nothing can interfere with bonus checks.

[@dcavanau1021]

I love Felix’s enthusiasm! Who else could build such excitement over stacking sections of a launch tower? Felix makes nearly everything sound and feel epic (in a good way)! Keep it up, Dude. You rock! 😃

[@bradlovin1]

ULA will be lucky to be ready to do 20% of those launches.

[@shockers12512]

you know someone is kicking themselves in the head for choosing ULA. makes me wanna go back and read why they choose them over spacex

[@astro_clark]

20% is way too high

[@madmaxfzz]

Blue Origins balls

[@Scanner9631]

@@shockers12512 you know someone is kicking themselves in the head for choosing ULA. makes me wanna go back and read why they choose them over spacex Someone at ULA is kicking themselves (or being kicked) for choosing Blue Origin as the engine supplier.

[@jislordayomide6638]

Cant wait for flight 4🚀🚀🚀

[@Whataboutit]

Same, my friend!!!

[@matthiasgrunwald895]

@@Whataboutit Bin gespannt wie ein Flitzebogen!

[@Scanner9631]

June 1st - Saturday after next.

[@bennaylor3658]

We Need to call that Rocket Delayliner😂😂

[@michaelotoole1807]

daydreamer

[@MrGoesBoom]

Competition is good and having a backup option to Dragon is just smart even if Dragon continues to be flawless....but going with the Starliner has seemed like a horrible idea for years now and it still has problems ( nevermind that Boeing plans to charge several million more per seat than Dragon...that's nuts! )

[@richardpark3054]

As a licensed pilot for almost 35 years, I like redundancy. But when your primary plan performs as reliably as Falcon 9 and redundancy costs as much and performs as poorly as Starliner, maybe it's best to redirect those resources elsewhere.

[@radiofreemongoliaofficial]

The only thing Boeing is good at nowadays is lobbying politicians lol

[@gary-pietz4147]

That's where dream chaser will come in that's who they should have started with from they began instead of start liner good thing private money kept that going government seems to fail at making good decisions except they hit it right with SpaceX, one of the smartest thing they've ever done

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

​​@@richardpark3054 Redundancy is great but with spacecraft it's different because there's so much inherent risk. The risk is just so much lower with falcon than with starliner because falcon is a proven system that is built well, even though starliner is arguably more high tech with more redundancy. the era of bespoke one off tin can spaceships is kind of over.

[@richardpark3054]

@@bilbo_gamers6417 High tech is not always better tech...after a year or two of maintaining a shopping list on a PDA (that's how long ago that was!) I went back to paper: works fine!

[@olegoathiking1962]

GROUNDLINER...not launching anytime soon at a theater near you!

[@thomasboese3793]

Boeing misread the contract, they built Starliner as a playground toy for kids to dream of going to space.

[@acemax1124]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Chris.Davies]

StarShip: going nowhere, even faster. Blue Orgin will beat SpaceX to the moon. Count on it. I'd be happy to have a high-stakes bet with you. With both our bets held in escrow.

[@radiofreemongoliaofficial]

@@Chris.Daviesbro what are you smoking

[@gary-pietz4147]

Sounds very exciting yawn

[@MrRaleighman123]

I find myself speeding through some of your content so i can skip the ever growing amount of commercials. Never the less, thanks for keeping us updated.

[@regolith1350]

By now, Starliner must have a serious case of blue balls.

[@michaeldemarco9950]

This makes sense. Since they half-way expected a disintegration during the mission, there really was no mishap. As long as they can keep the Starship “between the buoys”, it doesn’t matter if it completed the mission. As long as they managed the risk.

[@kstricl]

Absolutely. This is one time where hitting the expected LZ should be considered a success for FAA investigation purposes. Once they are going for the human rating, the investigation should be completed before next launch, but not for a development ship that stayed in flight parameters.

[@simongeard4824]

@@kstricl Don't get too fixated on the FAA here... that's just a little bit of paperwork on top of work that would be happening anyway, not a punitive witchhunt. IFT3 flew, it didn't fly exactly as documented in the plan, so SpaceX need to tell the FAA why - but that doesn't mean it's a big deal... it's not forcing SpaceX to carry out an investigation that they weren't already doing for their own purposes. It's just paperwork.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Both parts of the vehicle made it in to their Notice to Mariners zones, so there was no danger to anyone on or above the surface. Should pretty much be a paperwork shuffle and stamping, then off to the next launch.

[@Recovering_Californian]

SpaceX can handle the national security sat launches RIGHT NOW. No waiting. The issue is ULA has many hands in the government cookie jar hence the reason they got the bulk of the contract(s).

[@737smartin]

More like ULA IS the cookie jar the government has ITS hands in, but your point stands. 😉

[@simongeard4824]

Not all of them. They still can't do vertical integration for Falcon, and as far as I know, they still haven't developed the larger fairing... both of which are needed for some of those launches. They're contracted to provide those capabilities, but I suspect they have a quiet understanding with the government... they'll draw up the necessary plans as contingency, but would be happier if the government just gave those missions to ULA, because they don't really fit the SpaceX roadmap.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

​@@simongeard4824Or the payloads will quietly be re-rated for horizontal intergration. Brain Goes 'hey, what about,..',.. Building a platform that allows an F9 to launch from a Starship tower, and using the mechazilla arms to put the payload on top.

[@chiaricharlie6608]

They are going to need taller mega bay with the updates to the rocket.

[@MichaelJCaboose013]

Gigabay??

[@chiaricharlie6608]

@@MichaelJCaboose013 could it be?

[@gary-pietz4147]

No doubt

[@Scanner9631]

They'll just dig a basement. 😇

[@philippecoupe1415]

Only wait to see a full successful end to end starship flight.... Let's hope this will happen finally on this fourth test flight

[@Whataboutit]

I wouldn't bet on it. Starship is so much bigger and so different, it might just take a bit longer! Goal for this flight: Starship needs to survive peak heat during reentry.

[@paulholmes672]

@@Whataboutit Is anybody else concerned that they keep stacking Starships with obvious tiles missing? When they do ground test campaigns, tiles fall off at will, what will change in spaceflight?. Also, Elon is a smart man, kudos to him, but he seems to have momentary blind spots as in, what part of the Shuttle was ALWAYS problematic, tiles falling off. There HAS to be a better solution.

[@just_archan]

​@@paulholmes672 there is better solution: heat tiles second generation. We saw test rigs few months ago. Much smaller with different attachments system (one large plate instead 3 small stripes). Probably we will see that installed on starship V2. Rn they are gluing and fixing all what is necessary just to pass re-entry to get more data. Simply changing old ones to new ones would require too much work, while there is still lot of things to learn/test on existing prototypes before finalising design of V2.

[@MrPenguinLife]

Since when is Starliner being delayed News?

[@mgordon1713]

I would be more surprised if it was on schedule-.

[@Whataboutit]

Yeah... I know. I still should report about it.

[@MomedicsChannel]

It’s a new type of delay.

[@yt45204]

It's like Farva's suspension. It continues.

[@kneekoo]

19:56 _Task failed successfully._

[@allanchurm]

do hope they build a flame trench for the 2nd tower..or deflectors to split the booster blast . i hope they realise the blast going down and straight up ..will shake the booster and make tiles fall off..

[@Whataboutit]

It doesn't look like it right now. We'll see!

[@janjaheschoe4747]

I'm already 2.3k hours into War Thunder. Also hope the launch will go smooth when it happens.

[@Whataboutit]

It's an EPIC game! So happy to have them as a sponsor! Same here for IFT4!

[@janjaheschoe4747]

​@@Whataboutitalso i love your videos. I have been viewer for a long time and hope you keep up the good work!

[@guss77]

The ULA Vulcan is definitely the best rocket booster ULA had ever flown. Unfortunately, it is up to compete against the 14 years old SpaceX Falcon 9 and it is not it's better in any category (except maybe fairing width) - it is more expensive, and less capable and at this point isn't even partly reusable so they still trash a $110M vehicle every time.

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

So damn true.

[@guss77]

BTW - the $110M cost is almost for sure a loss leader for ULA - the actual cost (including amortized development cost that was estimated by ULA CEO as $2B) is almost for sure non-competitive and ULA likely relies on their own public estimates that the booster cost can be reduced by 65% to 90%, to make some profit in the future.

[@de-bodgery]

I don't know how many times Felix rehearsed that bit about "tighten the bolts? Are you kidding me?", but he nailed it! The look of astonishment and disappointment on his face is perfect! The dismay in his voice is perfect. Felix really reminds me of a hyper poodle, but good job on this bit of expressing what we are all thinking and feeling!!!

[@gary-pietz4147]

How incompetent can Boeing be just plain in complacency Like smoking that green stuff

[@johanren316]

Oh yeah. I was like whats funny? Ohhhh cold😂

[@de-bodgery]

@@gary-pietz4147 Apparently a lot...and shameless about it too! Do you suppose they want everyone to lose confidence in them on purpose?

[@Scanner9631]

Outside the aerospace industry the bolts not being tightened or the gaskets being left out is in fact the source of a lot of leaks and non performance of equipment. Based on my own experiences they would be the first things to check.

[@LindaMadlala]

Felix, I can't believe you just said "another routine launch" of a starlink mission . Wow, we are living in exciting times. No other rocket in world history could be described as routine

[@calvinjohnson2985]

Tbf, he's not wrong. F9 launches so often that it actually IS routine nowadays.

[@jackbrown3689]

Soyuz

[@jackbrown3689]

the shuttle

[@jackbrown3689]

long march

[@jackbrown3689]

titan

[@markyoung4226]

I think a new Megabay will replace the current High bay.

[@Deetech1970]

I was very apprehensive Why tank were placed Vertical initially. Now......horizontal arrangement is the best..provides 75% more safety in case of mishap..❤❤❤❤❤

[@CATDRL2]

It seems tight to fit in a tank farm, pumps, and a water deluge into the area of the second tower. I suspect the water deluge gets constructed in that newly paved area on the Highway side of the Gateway wall, and the tank farm where the old suborbital farm is. The OLM you have placed is appropriate to allow the tower to protect the tanks.

[@Whataboutit]

One posible outcome is that we might be looking at a combined tank farm and water deluge reservoir. It should be possible to hook the second tower up to the existing infrastructure.

[@CATDRL2]

@@Whataboutit Combined GSE I can see (with minimal value and underground pipes. But the water deluge will require extensive re-fit of the large lines and that may compromise the launch scheduling.

[@landonluebke7627]

Did you just spell highway with a “y”??

[@CATDRL2]

@@landonluebke7627 I had too, my I key doens't work.

[@tekelupharsin4426]

Felix: ".... And Starliner is ... Delayed" Me: Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit! I never would have imagined!

[@Hungary_0987]

I sure will! 😏

[@AronowitzIORT]

Haha

[@Constant_Instant_Distant]

Okay, butter butt, I pronounce you biscuit.😂😂😂

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

😂😂😂 That is a hilarious phrase! When I read it, it was in the accent of a female southern accent.

[@tekelupharsin4426]

@@Nathan-vt1jz that's likely how it originated. But now us guys have adopted the phrase as well. It sounds best when you put a strong southern accent to it

[@steelefarmllc142]

I love the additional outtakes at the end.

[@1vovina]

I think connecting the two megabays together in a 'L' shape is the best option. It gives more internal space, it will allow Spacex to use the connection between star factory and the megabays thus allowing a starship/booster to be fully built without it ever going outside. The highbay could then be used for the flight testing campaigns/inspections.

[@matthewakian2]

Thanks for the update. You rock!

[@joefunk1611]

Love the idea of opening up the launch party to all. Wish I could make it. It will be a blast, pun intended.

[@ghostworxx]

Great video! Thanks for all the exciting updates!

[@B2C2007]

Great episode. Well done

[@Klaus293]

Gosh, Spacex doesn’t waste any time. So impressive!

[@davidlee8551]

Excellent report! Thank you.

[@NeonVisual]

The best indicator of imminent launch is the repainting of the launch table.

[@faisalsvideoworld]

wow starfactory is looking amazing now with the glass panels

[@TheRealJPAdventures]

Great update! Hopefully the Starliner makes it, sad, just crazy on the engineering delays and more.

[@justinseans]

The only thing I know is that the Starbase sign isn't a concern for them. They'll mow that thing down in a heartbeat without a second thought.

[@nathanmays7926]

They would even mow down a megabay if it made sense. The “no sacred cow” philosophy is why SpaceX is lightyears ahead of the competition.

[@johnpooky84]

@@nathanmays7926 "No sacred cow...except for Hoppy. Hoppy is forever."

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

​@@johnpooky84 lol that's because in a hundred years it will be a priceless artifact. like a million other things spacex has made lol

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Excellent stuff bro

[@christophermaguire9206]

Great update, Felix, you rock😊

[@sethchyna]

keeping that glass clean will be a full time job

[@calvinjohnson2985]

How often does it rain at Boca Chica?

[@patrickunderwood5662]

Yet another economic benefit for the Brownsville area, courtesy of SpaceX!

[@Scanner9631]

Teslabot window cleaners.

[@jbanannas]

Luv it, great show.keep on rocking !

[@stevemak8620]

Excellent episode!

[@AdamJ03]

It's always exciting to see another update! Keep up the amazing work sir! YOU ROCK! ❤

[@Whataboutit]

Thanks, Adam!

[@nischaysoni502]

Hi felix, always excited to see your updates 😁

[@Whataboutit]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@Hungary_0987]

Starhooper is eternal.

[@johnpooky84]

"Starhooper"? I can't really see it playing basketball.

[@Scanner9631]

@@johnpooky84 With a raptor engine it has one hell of a jump shot.

[@friendlycommentwolf]

fun. Starliner section was fun!

[@smavtmb2196]

I can't wait for Flight test 4 and to see the second launch tower start going up. Just like you showed in the rendering of the second launch tower and OLM. It makes complete sense for SpaceX to build the new launch tower and OLM facing out into empty land for added protection for infrastructure against damage during launches. I really hope thats the actual plan.

[@pilotdawn1661]

Fabulous report, as usual! Informative and fun =)

[@KevinT3141]

Thanks Felix and team. I appreciate the mix of humour and information.

[@rzero21]

20:52 well...to be fair, in most commercial airplanes certificated around the world, Leak Check procedures mandate re-torquing bolts or lines first before considering a replacement of a part or line. And considering spacecraft development share quite a bit of know how from airplane manufacturing, it is okay to correct leaks with torquing bolts or nuts, etc.

[@roberterickson6331]

Great episode

[@sdt1sdt]

Felix and WAI team, great channel and amazing show as always. You mentioned that one of the boosters in this episode is number B1062. Not sure if you are a fan of the Matrix, but in one of the ancillary animated Matrix movies that came out after the first movie, appropriately called Animatrix, one of the robots rises up and kills its owner. The model number of the robot was B1-66ER. I doubt I can reach Elon, because I don't have the juice, but maybe you do. Please plead with him to change the name of the upcoming booster to B1-66ER. How epic would that be considering it has to do with The Matrix, robots, AI and everything else we are going through right now... Keep up the epic work!

[@rocroc]

You've got to admit it is a whirlwind of work! Hard to imagine many other companies who are capable of putting all of this together so quickly. As to the helium leak, they knew about the leak before the valve issue and decided to look into again only after they removed the rocket from the launch tower. In other words, they were going to fly this craft already knowing they had a problem leak. I presume the astronauts were aware of the leak and were prepared to put their lives on the line in spite of it. You think?

[@mrfrosty3]

Another quality episode.

[@otpyrcralphpierre1742]

Always enjoy your videos. Something caught my eye here about @9:12 where the booster was above the ocean....I had to slow it down to .25 to see. it, but you can see parts of the lower ring of the booster breaking up and flying through the frames (I stop-motioned it, too). From about @9:12 to @9:14 parts of the lower section of the booster were breaking off and crossing the screen. Interesting.

[@kstricl]

Huh... Confirmed. I see it too. It almost looks like a pair of tanks braced together in the one frame. I'm sure SpaceX has likely seen that as well during there own analysis, but I'd love to know what it was.

[@0katmandude0]

Oh, felix, and the tanks also had another benefit: the actually stoppes some of the shockwaves. So no tanks😅= perhaps more stuff blow about??

[@markknister6272]

I have photos when there were only 3 vertical tanks. July 11, 2021. Great visit. Only 2 upper stages in the rocket garden.

[@jedisdad2265]

I have photos of chain link fence with signs saying “SpaceX Future Launch Site”. Circa 2017

[@medienvirus-wordpress]

You are getting better and better from episode to episode. i wish i could be there and get to know you and your great team, while watching a starship launch. but what isn't possible now, will be possible in the hopefully near feature. greetings from germany, berlin from a huge fan of you work! i don't miss any episode!

[@thegreenpenguin5080]

Yes not only another mega bay is needed but some sort of an ULTRA BAY since V3 boosters wont fit inside the megabays anymore.... SpaceX should have made megabays higher when they first build them

[@abacue1976]

Directly from Brazil following this great channel and its excellent shows!❤

[@Whataboutit]

Hello Brazil!!!!

[@scottbaker9066]

I was at the Starbase on Sunday!! What a moment of advancement!

[@michaelreid2329]

Suggestions for use of the cleared pad B is the Starbase Supermarket.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

7:58 - Right Oh, Landing Zone for Starship looks to be in range of observers from Diego Garcia. That'd be a good place to put another tower.

[@ricchamen6304]

Thanks Felix

[@Ssupdawg]

I think we need to consider that the factory is as much of a prototype as the rocket itself…wait until spacex gigafactory

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

the world isn't ready to see what will happen once spacex really starts to tool up for bulk rocket launches. this isn't a tech demo or a scientific project, it's the gateway to a trillion-dollar foothold in space. i genuinely wouldn't be surprised if they got starship launches down to a million dollars. spacex's capacity for tooling up once starship has been perfected and all of the technical data has been worked out will be unbelievable. The space force definitely won't just be desk jockeys any more, that's for sure...

[@Scanner9631]

On Mars.

[@Gunter_Custom]

You first line made me snort out milk from my nose... 😂😂

[@kennethread5637]

Great job

[@SpiritWolf1966]

I enjoy all of What about It!? Videos

[@simongeard4824]

Regarding additional megabays... stack 'em. Ground space is scarce, so build a double height super-mega-bay, with a big cargo elevator to move them around. If you do it right, you can knock the floor out later, and use it to build a 20mm super-starship. ;)

[@arthulu61_yt84]

Felix! We have got a June 1 flight closure!!

[@616CC]

Woah didn’t know they had a stargate there too

[@craigjohnson5024]

I'm inclined to watch your episodes at half speed, highly recommend, for many reasons but the best is listening to your commentary. It sounds like you are wasted drunk 😂😂😂 I've now convinced myself that all your episodes are created while wasted drunken and correctly hilarious then doubled to a regular speed You Rockon!?! ~ hic*up Thanks Amigo

[@DanaOredson]

I love Felix updates!

[@Whataboutit]

Thank you, Dana!

[@lanav9679]

D-Ultimate Super Cool Felix ! Love Your Videos Dude !

[@acemax1124]

Star Ship launch is so close to breaking history and i am excited to see the next launch hopefully soon 🤔🚀👨‍🚀🤘

[@user-rm6vd2dz5l]

At least they don’t have to worry about a wheel falling off!

[@jswebbproductions9785]

Oh man, what a super great update! You are the absolute best in the business! I always enjoy when you do the updates! great job Felix, you rock!

[@wrightwillingham4462]

Star Base is looking better and better. I've always admired Elon for his passion in using the best materials AND making everything look stunning. And I don't think he does that for recognition from the public, but rather for his employees. He really takes pride in his employees AND he treats them very well. And his employees know this. In return, they do the same for him by their dedication to quality. It's a win-win-win situation. Just look at how beautiful the Tesla Giga Factory is, inside and out.

[@Tony766Mac]

Thanks

[@williambinkley8879]

I’m really looking forward to the views of the next launch with the removal of the vertical tanks

[@bruceyoung1343]

I am soo freaking excited. What ever SpaceX decides with landing the booste, in the water ( hope they have video). Or catch with chopsticks. Gonna be EXCITING 😂. THANK YOU FELIX

[@mattgaming8717]

SpaceX is the Sonic of space companys

[@Milsar774]

As always, what about it brings spaceflight information forward and keeps the hype at sky high levels! Thank you for your hard work.

[@balazsszabo1317]

Tighten the bolts.... 😅

[@petermcguire8260]

On the starliner you say tighten the bolts like that's crazy. What's actually happening is they're increasing the torque so that you get less flexibility and if they strip it out then they have to come back and replace the other end of the bolt. The falcon 9 already knows what the tolerances are because they've done it so many times they're already zuwed in with a fixed number unlike ULA that's just getting started.

[@robmayofficial]

Hey tank, you’re a starship, you’re going to space! Jokes, you’re just getting scrapped.😢😅

[@dillonahrens8112]

Spacex feels like the only company and geoup aiming for us to become a multiplanetary species and I am so glad that we have them but i am infuriated that no other company comes even kinda close or has the same end goals. Our #1 goal across the world should be becoming a multiplanetary species, we have the tech, the ability, and resources, we just need the will...

[@mrspirus5735]

My theory is when the office building is finished SpaceX will tear town the stargate building and highbay and build 2 megabays. The parking garage will also remove the need for parking in that area providing more space for the megabays to be built.

[@MattSitton]

Yeah that makes a ton of sense tbh

[@simongeard4824]

They do love iterative design. Sooner or later, they'll probably consolidate multiple megabays into something the size of the VAB...

[@mac_uk5464]

Maybe the structure beside the office block (which looks different from the office block) is the new Starbase place & a new Megga bay is to be built where Starbase stands now?.

[@digger450r]

Also, I work with cryogenics, and its pretty common for bolts to loosen up when you first chill them. I would think they would do a full cryo test and retorque as standard operating procedure?

[@Raku235]

i hope you do a compilation of all the fails or mishaps and breakthroughs and wins in a video one day

[@biodieseler1]

Surely, with the increasing launch cadence, leading to multiple per day they'd need more bays eventually?

[@michaeldemarco9950]

But with the construction of the brand new office building, do they need that original office building anymore?

[@johnpooky84]

The Falcon 9 first stage is essentially the DC-3 of rocket stages now.

[@jimhanty8149]

Ya mean it’s runnin out of Columbia with loads… Time to call Sonny and Rico…

[@FjongClips]

Lets gooooo!!! Can not wait anymore 😀

[@peteregan3862]

looks like 1250 ft/381 metres between launch platform centres - this corresponts with the radius of the dust plume from a launch

[@revy1063]

Boeing being worried about people onboard haha thats a good one xD