I wonder what the constructive/destructive interference between the engines would look like on a graph. The way they interact here is truly fascinating.
@Wonkabar007 he named it X because he always has something named X in his companies. Hell, his rocket company is literally Space X. As in X but in space. There's just a flimsy excuse to have it stand for Space eXploration technologies, but it is SpaceX because he wanted it with X.
This is far from real rocketry let alone a successful. Cutting-edge I have no words. The entire Artemis program is jeopardized because Musk made a toy, not a real spaceship. They have problems in areas where the endeavour can't be resolved and they talk about "a new design" 3 years behind the schedule. Musk paid for it with taxpayers' money.
@@tonywood3660 of the first fully methane powered heavy lift vehicle in history, with top of the line engines using a cycle type never before seen in orbit... If NASA developed Artemis the same way SpaceX develops Starship, we would've seen just as many explosions, if not more. NASA has governmental funding so they can spend billions on simulations, while SpaceX just fucks around and finds out for a fraction of the price and with faster turnaround between versions
@@tonywood3660 Cutting edge rocketry doesnt mean it doesnt fail. If anything, they go hand in hand. Theyre pushing boundaries, meaning things are going to break and malfunction
Only just got here from Curious Droid's shoutout video so haven't done too much research, but he explained that they _were_ hired by SpaceX for this launch and this was only meant for engineering to feast their eyes on. They have also been hired by NASA for 30+ years.
They were hired by SpaceX for footage like this for years, and by NASA for decades. These footage were just being released now as they were originally meant for internal inspection by engineers only.
This is by far the best tracking footage of highest quality ive ever seen for sure. Just astonishing and epic all the way seeing those raptors in such detail. The hotstaging was just phenomenal!
@@skyshowtv its just incredible!! You deserve more visibility, this is the best tracking of IFT-2 that I've see so far!!! Looking foward to the IFT-3 one!!! 😍😍😍
@@ErnestCF Thank you. We have TONS of great historical and future stuff coming. Tell your friends about us, please subscribe, and hit that like button 😁
This is the undisputed, most amazing engineering cam footage I've ever seen on a single rocket launch. Absolutely well done to whoever set this rig up and caught this legendary gem of a video. This is my opinion only, not meant to start a war with anyone over "best video of a launch". I'm just giving someone well deserved props.
Dude... what is this masterpiece out of the blue?? Clicked the video specting nothing new, since there are a lot of amazing Starship launch videos out there, but MAN!!! Is this the BEST shot I´ve ever seen?? I say yes. Fantastic tracking and imagery, thank you for sharing it.
There's at least one other spectacular video of a returning Falcon 9 booster relighting its engines and flying through its own exhaust plume, deploying its legs and landing. I believe it was shot by the same company using the same technique. I read on the comments section of another forum that this company does these tracking shots for Nasa for 30+ years and that Space X hired them to do the same for them. I suppose the footage showing a piece of insulating foam hitting the leading edge of Columbia's left wing in 2003 was shot by these guys as well. Sorry, I'm too busy and lazy to check.
Earlier in life I was a Senior Photographer at the MoD’s Royal Aerospace Establishment, Farnborough working in the High-speed section. I’ve always been in awe of your images, and budgets ;), and I’m so excited to see the launch of your channel. Congratulations.
@@1967AJB I did not work there, just a lifelong fascination with R&D that was going on in this country with regard to jet turbines and high speed flight done at pyestock. My father was involved in the MRCA project, and built the hydraulic and pneumatic control systems for simulators, so as a child I was infected by aviation, and went to many airshows all over the country. Thank you for your valuable work.
Jaw dropping visuals and a fire track to go along... absolutely stunning. Its great to see something I have spent so much time looking at in excruciating detail come to life in 4K!
That engine shutdown sequence you could see in this amazing footage was amazing. I am really happy a wide range of nerds through curious droid made you aware of how much we love to see this sort of footage!
I had never seen several engines merge to create a single mach cone like that before IFT-2. I knew SpaceX were masters at large engine numbers but to have 33 working together so perfectly is astonishing.
Another here after seeing Paul's video, THANK YOU for sharing this amazing footage, nerds, scientists, engineers and Film Makers are going to be grateful to have this as a reference resource.
here from marcus house; WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, SKYSHOW? this is incredible. VERY excited to see what you get to share with us coming in the future :) absolutely stunning; as if a launch couldnt get any more beautiful.
As a historian, I have been watching rockets fly since John Glenn launched. This is absolutely the best I have seen of the Superheavy Starship combo. The close up of the vehicle slowly rolling during climb out is stunning. Referred to you by Marcus House. Subscribed!!!
And youse guys thought nobody wanted to see engineering videos? Ah you kidden meee?? Folks, I'm a space geek since the '60s. I remember watching Gemini launches on a black and white TV....I was 9 watching Neil take his first steps....and a few minutes later Buzz take his famous first pee. My fave RU-vid channels include the great cleaned up films by Retro Space HD and the grossly unappreciated long format content posted by luinarmodule5. I have never seen any launch video like this. The detail....the clarity....the BOOM! Not that I was happy with #2 booming; but, what a spectacular ending. And now I have three more videos to watch. Only three???? Really? More, please. :)
Wow, what an incredible photographic feat. I mean you really captured a great visualization of how fast this rocket is going. And to see each individual engine soo clearly. I'm going to be watching this more than a few more times. That was excellent to say the least. Thank you.
Insane footage showing the awesome power of those Raptor engines, must be such a buzz playing back the recorded footage for the first time and seeing the great results, after all the effort setting up the camera equipment.
