[2024] Go up to Starship before it launches with Elon Musk! 

Elon Musk is pure Hope ❤️ 🚀

We need an "insane" counter for these videos, or a super cut. I think we're pushing 50.

News media is dead. We are in the era of the speciality journalist. It changes everything for people truly interested in a subject.

Why is your cameraman always behind you two? He should be either in front of you two, or behind you and in front of Elon. Coming from an ex long time cameraman :)

Replace the Hotstage ring with the grid fins!! Mount them vertical to support the starship on ascent, and when it blasts away from the booster, the grid fins fall into their horizontal landing position. The fins can be bigger to drag going down, and can be reduced to 2 or three fins. This will save drag on the ascent and weight from the Hotstage rings being integral to doubling as the grid fins!! Tell Musk to think about it.

I know, right? It's almost as though EA has redefined the industry and can't really be called an amateur anymore

Because he is a SpaceX fanboy

@@andybreuhan He sure is a fanboy of Space...

@@andybreuhan why would he not be? look at what they let him do, anyone who does that or gives u that much access you're gonna be a fan of

@@andybreuhan What else is there to be a fan boy of? Blue Origin?

like a render or something

Exactly what I was thinking, it’s just so clean!

like a set from "Interstellar"

looks like a Star Wars base

it does.. I love how clean and minimal it looks, with the purple sunset colors.

Same. It looks surreal.

That tune that Elon was whistling was part of the 1812 Overture that usually involves carrillion and cannons. A Russian composer wrote it...I am not stating his name because I honestly do not remember how to spell it.

lmao dont see much do you

that column of fire of the thrust was reality altering to watch. can you imagine the sound in the area?

yup same perspective i had too!!

If mainstream media was not out to get him he might talk to them, otherwise I think it is more "Go get f...ed".

Because Elon has a cosmic mindset.

na thats 2010 mindset... everyone is on youtube nowadays, main aim is to get to as much viewers as you can and Everyday Astronaut has most subscribers on the space launch updates front.. ULA CEO done it with smartereveryday

@@Soulzzzzz - Both Tory Bruno and Elon Musk are hardcore rocket enthusiasts.

I’m in my mid 50’s, I grew up with the 3 channels and a couple on UHF, this is SO much better than some reporter trying to cover it. Few people have the knowledge and passion like Tim. He’s the PERFECT platform and Elon sees that.

lolll

lol....

Yes. And the distance to those old vertical tanks in the tank farm looks FAR AWAY when seen here, from a normal lens and ground angle, compared to the long telephoto lens views we usually get, where the tank farm has always appeared dangerously close to the pad. It defies logic. Even to an experienced photographer, who KNOWS how much telephoto lenses compress the perception of distance between objects, it is still surprising somehow. The huge size of those objects really play tricks on the mind.

Version 2 will have summon.

@@PristineTX wait till that's a common sight everywhere else… that's the real mindfuckery

Saturn V in 1967 was only 30 feet shorter...

@@joannewilson6577 only?

​@@joannewilson6577 And?

@@joannewilson6577 and the saturn V is not reusable? puts 100 less tonnes into orbit? orders of magnitude more expensive to design, build and operate? soooo, your point is?

@@joannewilson6577good point! Achieved nothing but showing your ignorance

This sentiment x10000000000....

@@Kabab💯

Elon is a fan of Tim and has praised his knowledge and the quality of videos on this channel. You can see him multiple times wearing Everyday Astronaut merch too. This is all due to Tim's effort and passion

this gatta be way more enjoyable then lemon

Tim one interview changed the whole course of the rocket. I recommend go watching it

Elon knows the value of marketing

Much better to talk to someone who loves learning Rocket science than a TV reporter doing their job

MechaT-rex?

MechaX

ReX

MX

Not X again 💀

Absolutely. Love hearing Elon think while speaking.

Outer Space is the work of The Devil to make Us forget about our true origin - The Garden Of Eden!

Do Not Believe These People! They Are Deceivers!

more like the f15 lol, like that one time it landed without wing

​@@linecraftman3907good reference. The fact the pilot didn't even know the wing was missing is the crazy part of that story.

@@matthewconnor5483 They knew it was bad, but that they felt they could still land the plane instead of punching out. Pilot gets to make the call as there is no way to force them.

Who cares that the thermal protection system failed? Not the fanboys -- they're transfixed by "the little flap that could".

@@linecraftman3907 i heard a interview the pilot said he knew something was wrong and the landing was hard but i no idea he was missing a wing because how can you fly with only one wing

I thought the same thing 😂

6:43

6:45?

​@@crowlsyong I was 30 sec late 😅

Us regular Earth-dwellers don't need to establish the frame of reference when we describe a coasting or gliding vehicle. But space nerds can't shake the habit. In orbital mechanics, "down" and "forward" are much less obvious than we are used to.

Yes, drastically different mood from the day before.

Must have been a massive relief the entire flight being so successful. Re-entry was probably the biggest challenge they faced on the whole project and to see that concept proved is really the last major challenge. From now on it will be all about finessing and reliability of what has already been achieved.

Yeah his kids dont want to be around him so he was happy someone did.

​@@Paultimate7inside information or you just a bot

@@Paultimate7 Funny how his kids always seem to be around if that is the case. If you had ever actually achieved anything really difficult you would understand the feeling that comes with success.

I’d whistle that too if I were walking around my spaceship factory

i saw it preformed live too

Music for the royal fireworks would had been more appropiate :)

It's the song they chose for the SpaceX compilation video of Falcon 9 development mishaps.

Thanks for the correction.

China will have one sooner than later and anyone who want to rent it will have it because that is one of the way to pay part of the $10 billion that will cost the R&D of first optimized one in 2026.

​@@joannewilson6577What?

​@joannewilson6577 first optimized what? Ship, engine, rocket, landing gears, im so confused 😂

I'm sure Elon dosen't see him as a friend. No offense to Joe n all, but elon sees him like he sees every person that wants to talk space x. "Oh boy I gotta explain rocketry to more people" I'm sure this is what he thinks just said in simpler terms.

@@joannewilson6577 China is still not landing any operational rockets after all these years of SpaceX making it mundane. Kinda hard to put faith in them surpassing SpaceX at this point. 🤷🏼‍♂

Yep, because Elon talks as though his audience actually can understand something complex. Everyone else talks down to you like you are a 5th grader

@@MrShikaga😊😅

@@MrShikaga That's why Elon likes talking to Tim. Tim and his viewers understand the stuff while just about every other interviewer need extreme dumbing down.

@@realulli yep. It’s why independent journalism is so important. There is no way each need outlet can have a dedicated reporter who is as informed about their field as Tim is, so they all need to assign novices, and it is all just a bit pointless.

This is also before the launch... Edit: Tim just mentionned doing a post-flight quick interview. I didn't see it😊

@@ChaineYTXF The second half of this clip is the post flight interview.

NASA does, what politicians ask or allow them to do. That's the main issue.

Aww - you missed the golden opportunity to say how they LAUNCHED their way into history instead of just LEAP 😂

@@CATinBOOTS81the issue with NASA boils down to the fact that it gets funding via appropriation rather than just an upfront budget that they get to actually chose where and how to spend - since it requires an act of Congress - literally - to approve funding for a rocket or rover or satellite or whatever - all the politicians then get involved cause they all want their piece of the pie for their state - and rather than giving as many companies in as many states contracts for x piece or part but requiring they all go to one or a few central location(s) - limiting EXTREMELY expensive and time consuming and difficult transportation from this city to that and that airport to that facility and that facility back to that port or airport etc - would make SOOO much more sense to have the companies take their part abd fly out to the launch site where they assemble the rocket cooperatively in a big VAB like building rather than the insanity we have today - look at the path the James Webb telescope too around the country - like this way and that way and back over to where it just came from clear to the other side of the country where it moves around some before going back to the other side only to go right back again…. - it’s INSANE and makes no sense - would be so much more cost effective and efficient to give for sake of argument in an ideal world - every state gets one or a couple companies headquarter there that get contracts for the engine or the guidance unit or the heat shield or this valve or that pipe or whatever but part of the contract is they and their part or parts have to go TO where the rocket is being built and tested and ultimately launched so we’re not having to move MASSIVE chunks of rockets around for no reason just so a new part can be put in before sending it to someone else - but that’s not how we do it - politics are definitely a part, but like I said - the funds being from appropriation and thus locked in stone - short of another act of Congress to amend or add or change something - so if we could encourage giving as many companies and thus states tax/income as possible but centralizing where things get put together or at least limiting, and allowing for changing of plans - if someone gets a contract for a valve say and they win saying it’ll take 2 years and cost $5 million bucks - but then 3-5 years late and 8-10+ mil in the hole they’re asking for more time and money and someone else comes along, I can get you one in a month and it’ll cost 250k - they should be able to dump the first company that’s not met their contract and move to someone who can - AND demand their money back too - or at least a portion - that’s why there’s been so many delays with the SLS - Boeing keeps having issues and blah blah blah but because we’ve signed a low giving them money and the contract for some asinine reason it makes more sense to keep giving them time and money and delaying the entire project rather than yanking their contract and going to a competition- in this case, SpaceX - who’s clearly showing they’re FAR more capable because they don’t have the red tape and stupid levels of bureaucracy and all NASA has to put up with - and they don’t have to spend half a year shipping crap around for millions of dollars all to get five new bits put in and still be years out - and they’re VASTLY cheaper too because they’re not bloating their bids and all like the majority of these military contractors do - I LOVE the interview from a good couple years back now with like a vp or ceo - someone high up - with ULA where he was basically whining that they can’t keep up and compete with SpaceX’s prices - like yeah that’s what happens when you get complacent, greedy, and lazy for 40 years and think you won’t ever have to worry about not being able yo win contracts cause you’ve been doing it so long Uncle Sam will keep overpaying you cause there isn’t anyone else they can go with besides Boeing and a few others - but then SpaceX comes along and in less than 25 years has fully certified and built and developed 3 orbital rockets, a crewed variant of two of them, and are quickly nearing certifying the fourth one - which is literally the biggest rocket in history - and they’ve got plans to make it and go even bigger smh - if nasa was given a budget and could cut underperforming companies that aren’t delivering for others who will and hold them to their bids and timelines, it would be amazing to see what NASA would do - least that's my opinion

Having a tangible goal is the difference. When NASA had the "land a man on the moon in this decade" goal, they made tremendous progress. Elon & SpaceX have the "man to Mars in my life time" goal, and that's broken into the steps necessary both before and after reaching Mars. A clearly defined goal, within a time frame, & access to financing are the necessary ingredients for rapid progress.

@@davidkottman3440 NASA had goals.. but politician changed/cancel them all the time, with a lot of ressources lost... Constellation project cost 230B$ and got canceled by politics....

The Saturn V was only 30 feet shorter. As of 2024, the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle to have carried humans beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). The Saturn V holds the record for the largest payload capacity to low Earth orbit, 311,152 lb (141,136 kg),

@@joannewilson6577Why are you spamming this comment all over this video?

@@Syclone0044 Right? Some script kiddie gone crazy with the simplicity of sending more garbage to the internet automatically. I guess this one is better than the usual "jesus saves" messages.

@@Syclone0044 Because peoples enjoy knowing that NASA is AWESOME!: NASA has made eight successful landings on Mars and that NASA did six crewed landings on the Moon between 1969 and 1972, and numerous uncrewed landings, And as of 2024, the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle to have carried humans beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). The Saturn V holds the record for the largest payload capacity to low Earth orbit, 311,152 lb (141,136 kg),. At a height of 363 feet (111 m), the Saturn V stood 58 feet (18 m) taller than the Statue of Liberty. NASA had four robotic spacecraft have visited Saturn. NASA's Pioneer 11 provided the first close look in September 1979. Pioneer 10. NASA's first spacecraft to visit the outer planets, Pioneer 10 was designed as a 21-month mission to Jupiter, yet lasted more than 30 years. After its Jupiter encounter in 1973, it continued beyond the solar system, sending its last signal to Earth in January 2003 from a distance of 7.6 billion miles. Juno completed a five-year cruise to Jupiter, arriving on July 5, 2016. Voyager 1 and 2 are twin spacecraft launched in 1977 to visit the outer planets of our solar system. Voyager 2 continued on alone to Uranus and Neptune - still the only spacecraft to visit those two distant giants.

@@joannewilson6577 Now we just need to find who asked

Yeah. But considering those shockwaves it's not surprising. Any trash could be like bullet.

yeah its weird seeing that "just before launch" view after being used to seeing it as a work site on the live streams

Well everything would get toasted if it was left there! haha

@@freedomforall2486 not just toasted, probably accelerated to Mach 2+ as well.

FACTS

Yes, you had to be there in the 1960s to see this from the mainstream media. All networks had dedicated science correspondents for spaceflights.

Todays journalism really just is, what you get when people have to ditch their compassion for clicks, quota and mediocre edication requirements. One more reason for a Basic Income. We need more people like Tim, saying No to mass media mechanisms.

@@john_in_phoenix In the '60s people were paying for journalism....today many are not, expect to be all free. Well, nobody works for free. That's why the hunt for clicks from the mainstream media. They have to survie somehow because people are not paying much anymore. And thus the quality decreases.

I love this so much!!! Thank you Elon for gifting Tim Dodd and all of us with this gift of a dream we all had. To have a walking tour with you!!! Tim we are all so happy and grateful to you for being you and sharing your passion interest and optimism and coureousity with us! You are awesowe!!!! Thanknyou!!! See you next launch!!!!

NASA visited the Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, a comet, and several asteroids Several Soviet and U.S. robotic spacecraft have landed on Venus and the Moon, and the United States has landed spacecraft on the surface of Mars EIGHT TIME!

@@joannewilson6577 NASA is a national-level agency with a mandate to explore the Solar System. SpaceX is a private company which was founded with a hope to energize public opinion to provide greater support for NASA. of course, as a business they develop and launch rockets, and have also created a vast satellite internet system. They are the best thing that has happened to NASA in a long, long time.

They will hear about him being one of the biggest scammer on this planet who had to serve half his life in prison..

​@@joannewilson6577 and??? Space x is a private company that's 22 years old. With more flights than nasa has even flown with one of their rockets. Space x doesn't develop rovers or probes, that's what nasa is for.

@@georgwagner4438 are you mentally ill?

The little giggle he gives is hilarious too, it's like he still finds it funny that he's allowed to do this. That he has enough money for such scale.

It's only 30 feet taller than the Saturn V in 1967. As of 2024, the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle to have carried humans beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). The Saturn V holds the record for the largest payload capacity to low Earth orbit, 311,152 lb (141,136 kg). The first Saturn V launch lifted off from Kennedy Space Center and performed flawlessly on November 9, 1967.

Mars mission is pointless IMO. Nobody wants to live there

NASA visited the Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, a comet, and several asteroids Several Soviet and U.S. robotic spacecraft have landed on Venus and the Moon, and the United States has landed spacecraft on the surface of Mars EIGHT TIME!

@@vaels5682it’s not about want at all. It’s about using the window we currently have to ensure the survival of consciousness. If 200 years from now we are under prepared for some calamity-human caused or otherwise-we will have no one to blame of ourselves

We are truly blessed to have both Tim and Elon!

Has like 40+ kids, spends time with none of them and instead hangs on w/ RU-vidrs

Yet-to-be-announced latest version of Optimus.

But did you see the security woman?

​@@Jimmy_Jones pretty sure that's one of the kids nannies

I think all of his security team is retired Special Forces

@@drizmans No that's the female terminator, you know the one with claws.

Potential is definitely there for a long-term mutually beneficial relationship, I would think.

@@Sam_Saraguy Tim is not out to get Elon, it makes a huge difference.

@@babbagebrassworks4278 No, he's just a space geek that's just as excited as Elon about the whole thing. What makes it special is that he's knowledgeable enough to understand most of what he's saying (I spotted one occasion, when Elon mentioned adjacent flow during the factory tour).

I was thinking the same thing 😆

Yes, well... the current tower is version 1 hardware - it works, but if they break it, it just means they'll need version 2 a little sooner. And they've done enough launches with it now that they probably have a long list of improvements to be incorporated.

@@simongeard4824 It's took short to accommodate the later versions... biggest change. ;-)

Its more of if booster crashes and takes out the tower then they are half way done with replacing it.

New drinking game incoming! 🥴

@@samrobinson9110 So, Tim is supposed to alert emergency rooms about upcoming videos for the wave of ethanol poisonings? ;-)

6:44 🫡

That prove he is actually from Mars and is trying to get back home

He’s just confirming it is in-fact Earth. Guy gets around.

I imagine Elon with the top engineers as something like King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

​@@Martinit0 I'm a huge fan of musk's accomplishments but he's a dictator who demands every ounce of capability and then more.

One time he did was when he ordered a faster production of raptor engines, but yeah he's right it is pretty rare.

When you employ the best team it is hard to argue with their points of view. Elon does take a very long term view so he is looking far ahead.

@@Kennerad0 Another one was when he decided to go with steel instead of carbon fibre composites.

elon promissed it and he kept it, elon basically promissed if ift4 goes very well and succesfful he will do a follow up

They lifted Starship up with them

@@0topon Well there you go. It just doesn't *feel* right, y'know? The physics is almost unbelievable.

Yes. There are several clips with large water bags hanging off of the arms. Not sure to what degree of overload they tested.

I'm just waiting for mad media to just push it under some stupid "bus derailed in Peru" headline to follow their idiotic agenda. I really hate mass media by now. It maxed out on stupidity and nonsense.

Elon is not worried about breaking them as they need to be replaced with smaller, faster ones anyway.

Yess, very clever. I hope he has a special VIP pass for next episodes. It's like to be literally inside of all this historic adventure.

True, they're both perfect for their jobs!

Also Tim doesn't have a hidden agenda like the *ahem* journalists of the mass media. The Lefties at CNN hate his guts and want to make him look stupid, Tim just wants to talk rockets.

Kinda seemed to me like Elan was annoyed by some of the ridiculous "what if" style questions being asked, not to mention his annoyance with the word "insane" being used every 30 seconds.

Not his creation. It's his half baked idea he told his underpaid engineers to make for him

@@Coyote6745 Can we see your rocket? 🙄

@@wethepeopleofghana8441 can we see something Elon HIMSELF has designed or engineered in any way?

@@wethepeopleofghana8441 or how about any other company elon owns with a positive stock rn

@@Coyote6745 why hate? this is something for all mankind, our future..

"This is a matter of much debate" as he's trying to not laugh.

Thats just a channel made by some 12 yo thats only purpose is to hate.

​@@jankokuu If it were actually run by a 12 year old it'd be less cringe

Skeptics are going to be a lot mad in the future, especially when they slowly start seeing the true state of progress at SpaceX.

@@jankokuu And yet so far he is right in his predictions. You might not like the guy, you might not like what he says, but he is right in a lot of stuff. SpaceXs success with Starship is underwhelming when you strip away the theatrics, there’s serious and credible doubts that the ship will perform as intended for Artemis, much less for a mission to Mars, and we’re still waiting for answers to most expert questions regarding the program.

@@theondono Well that’s one way to frame it. However, they’re building a vehicle able to function to the same extent the space shuttle could and flying it several times a year early in its career, with potential for dozens of upper stages and boosters to be produced annually. Only five full functioning space shuttles were ever built, and there was a hard limit on cadence for each one.

from rafts to boats, starship cant go anywhere (yet) that other rockets couldn't go before either.

​@@BartJBolsfirst totally reusable rocket though if he gets it working

At this point, im 99% sure he will get it fully reusable unless a black swan type of event. happens ​@Iroquois_Pliskin

maybe a raft to row boats is the better analogy

Buzz bombs to Vimanas.

Side eye glance, smile

Not pre-rehearsed, pat response. Elon has said his brain is difficult to live with, it’s too busy, there’s no rest.

​@@iandavies4853 symphonies are his white noise 😅

I wonder if his thoughts were completely occupied with the launch. Seemed like the after launch interview he was able to communicate his thoughts a lot quicker.

@@JTube571 He just isnt a great speaker and that makes it even more impressive that he can inspire everyone around him.

@@panzrok8701 what's even more impressive is all the rubbish he posts on twitter

Yeah 😰 I need a thesaurus. I get speechless in these moments and fluttered and fill it with “crazy” and “insane” 🤦‍♂️ MY B!

@@EverydayAstronaut love you and your work anyway! I would be awestruck too

​@EverydayAstronaut just saying insane over and over honestly might be the best way to convey the sheer scale and what it's like to be standing at the base of starship.

@@EverydayAstronaut My tip would to remember that you don't have to fill in all gaps. It is OK to give the guy 5 seconds, he may fill in something interesting, himself.

@@geirmyrvagnes8718 Tim knows that - i personally would tend towards beflusterment around Elon

Engineering is so fun. Math and science coexist and are interesting. An indispensable being on this earth

Magic is magnetic science you don't understand.

Too bad he doesn't know Jack about engineering or he'd actually be working on the project with the engineers

All hail the machine god

​@@Coyote6745 you can see the intellectual limitations Tim has when discussing starship. Thankfully musk can make the information more accessible.

I don't get why people think like that, he is just a man. He will talk to people he believes are worthy. just like any of us. Great Interview!

He finds professional interviews repetitive & boring. This is two guys who love spaceflight enthusing over a favorite subject! Which one would YOU rather do?

@@monesco Don´t get me wrong. Yes indeed he´s just a normal person, but not that available to most of us.

I mean, Tim’s channel is all about rockets and probably the one with the largest viewership of all, so not really surprising to see Elon do an interview with him.

Tim isn't just any RU-vidr. But yeah it's cool that Elon understands how to market himself