First Look Inside SpaceX's Starfactory w/ Elon Musk 

You can tell Elon really enjoys his time with Tim, their interaction is so natural. I love the pause after he listens to Tim’s questions and “crazy” ideas, you can virtually see his brain processing. Very entertaining, well done to Tim and his whole team.

It's funny how Tim tries to coax Elon along to get further into the building and be able to get nice shots, while Elon wants to stop every meter and just talk about rockets 😂

the scale of this factory is insane, it's also hard to judge the size of the BFR aka starship, but seeing Elon walk past a segment really opens your eyes to how big this rocket really is

Great job with not interrupting Elon. Too many people would try to talk over the person they're interviewing, but you always stopped and allowed Elon to talk.

Elon Musk's Kids: "Dad we want Kerbal Space Program!" Elon Musk: "We have Kerbal Space Program at home".

I know Elon’s always “very” optimistic about timelines but at least he and his team is always moving forward and not hiding behind closed doors. This type of access is unheard of and we have no idea how lucky we are specially to the future engineers out there.

Tim is the perfect interviewer for this complex subject matter

I'm curious if the Boeing CEO could also walk through production and have this amount of knowledge like Elon

Crazy hearing the chat about the flap hinge in advance, shows just how much they know about the potential issues!

I genuinely believe that Elon enjoys having Tim around. Someone who truly understands the magnitude of what he is doing and achieving and Tim is so good in breaking it down for us.

Now I know why SpaceX is so successful, the CEO is actually the chief technical officer. Knows his stuff to the latter

Can't say I am a big Elon's fan, but this is impressive at a scale that's hard to ignore

48:37 paraphrasing “no one in human history has ever built a fully reusable rocket system, not even SpaceX, but give us a year.” lol. Love the confidence.

I always suspected Elon must have a nanny brigade hanging around whenever he has his kids. Finally got to see it.

Best Elon interviews: Tim and Joe. Both these men know how to get info out of brains! I love these series. Thanks Tim and Elon!!

someone hire a nutritionist for Elon or we're doomed

“It used to be intense in tents. Now it’s in a building” lol

Flat earthers must think Elon deserves an Oscar I mean... the dedication to the bit!! 😂

You know what I really REALLY love about this Is you can clearly see that the questions being asked are actually intelligent enough and related to the subject enough That you can actually see Elon really thinking about the question and what the proper answer is

Just in the first minutes,.. you can see Elon is far more relaxed and open with Tim then with 'mainstream' media. It's good to see Tim say when he's having difficulty wrapping his head around some of the engineering and sciences, those are the things that regular people might not even realize exist at all. There also doesn't appear to be energy wasted on unnecessary formalities, when the worker need to talk to the boss, they appear direct and succinct.

26:00 Man, watching this part KNOWING that less than 24h after this recording everything went almost perfectly is nuts

Elon - “I don’t know if anyone is going to copy us. It’s a hard thing to copy.” China - “write that down! Write that down!”

As someone who worked there during the 4/20 stack: WOW things have gotten nice!

That tour was like right out of a Sci-Fi movie.!

Insane to get this level of access... Bravo!!

Can we appreciate that Elon took more than one hour of his time to sightsee Tim, his cameraman, and us around!

The kids running around and the ladies chasing them is crazy! 😂😂

Is it me or is actually the case: i never heard Elon Musk say a hard "No". Whenever he wants to negate the answer he kind of dodge the answer with "Yeah" and then follows the opposite of what the question stated.

Over the years a chemistry has developed between Elon and Tim comprised of love for rocketry, mutual respect and desire to share the dream with the world.

We think the seal will work but it may not. Narrator: it did not

It must feel great to ask Elon questions that make him pause, unannoyed, because it's a good one that requires thought. A real credit to you, Tim

I have no idea what he's explaining through most of the video, but it looks impressive.

China probably has a roomful of engineers listening to this with note pads in hand.

There have been many buildings where rockets have been assembled before, and factories that built components for those rockets, but never a factory that builds the entire rocket just as there are factories that build cars. So getting a tour of Starfactory under construction is kind of like getting a tour of the very first Ford factory.

The fact that Elon actually dedicated his time to this video is amazing!

Its crazy how rich he is and still stands around talking. You can tell he loves what he does.

Other journalists would kill to get an interview like this with Musk. Meanwhile, Tim is calm, cool and collected and doesn't ambush Elon with off topic questions. Plus, Tim knows exactly what Elon talking about, as well. Why would Elon talk to anyone else? Seriously.

When has the public been ever able to follow the development of a rocket like today with SpaceX? Simply amazing.

how did nobody notices Elon's badass shoes

Can something else in the world be more inspiring than being a part of civilization's future?

From this interview, IFT-4 is far more successful than Elon's expectation.

Listening to Elon say that the challenge is to get something to work regarding how the thermal times are attached, then optimize it reminds me of the saying "First be effective, then be efficient." Trying to optimize too early in a process can impede getting the process to actually work.

I can not believe a guy as busy as Mr Musk makes himself so accessible to give a tour to a youtbe channel. Wow. He never ceases to amaze me!

Hello 2500! I was alive when this interview happened

Love the kids just running around and playing at the rocket factory. So cool

Let's appreciate Tim Dodd for doing this every year and giving us great insights on what's going on at Starbase!

I think this is the most incredible thing a "RU-vidr" has EVER done. Its monumental !

31:55 The sound reduction tools you used to clean up the roaring sounds... you did great at getting that noise out.

13:00 "So you know one of the key questions is, does that seal work? We think it'll work, but it may not work." Well that aged well

"we have a design where success is one of the possible outcomes" is one of the gloriously nerdy things I've ever heard. Wonderful insight into this world!

To spend over an hour of Elon’s time is a huge feat in itself. The dude must be an alien, he’s truly the definition of a workaholic 😂

Thank you so much for posting this for free. You're a legend mate.

As I watch this, It brings me back to those old Walt Disney episodes where Werner Von Braun would come on and explain space travel and how they think it will work. Long after we are all gone, footage like this will be watched by people who cant beleive the access and transparency to one of humanity's most impactful person we once had. Top shelf archival material is what this is.

Elon/Spacex's work from turning a small, neglected hamlet in South Texas into one of the most large-scale and ambitious posts of rocketry and spaceflight in 5 years is truly remarkable. I mean say what you want about the man (I have some personal gripes myself) but the dedication, efficiency, and ambition towards advancing spaceflight and becoming a spacefaring civilization is something to be lauded for.

Tim Dodd is a great teacher teaching us about a great innovator

American English teachers must be so proud to hear guys use insane & crazy to describe literally anything that is amazing or fantastic. Great vid apart from the American teenage language. Looking forward to seeing what it’s like in 5 years time.

These videos will go down in history. We never saw Edison or Ford or Tesla how they did what they did. Luckily we have Tim for Elon. Cannot thank Tim enough for these videos

That red OBS Ford at the beginning is mint.

57:33 Industrial chiller spotted. Just in case LTT need another one...

A CEO that actually owns his product knowledge 💯%. Boeing could be better if the management were half as dedicated to understand their products. Great interview 👍

I`m 74 and what`s insane to me is watching these two young men in tee shirts who look like the next door neighbors just walking around in this huge rocket factory. Inside Elon`s mind is where impossible becomes possible.....

12:36 the hing gap & hot gas passing through the gap. How accurate Elon was. This is insane 😮😮😮. Thank you both for the precious interview.

In 100 years people are going to be watching this video. Trying to see how brilliant this guy was pioneering some space travel for somebody or for some world that never did

Space travel is the best project Elon has ever got involved in IMO. And what he and the team have achieved is stunning. But obviously they have a looong way to go.

Elon casually walking though his starship factory and whistling Tchaikovsky is the best part about this whole thing

What I truly love about Elon, is that he doesn't act like a know it all. When Tim gives a thought or an idea, Elon listens and even considers the idea, even used one of Tim's ideas. Thanks to Tim and Elon for the tours they bring us by video. Truly love the approach SpaceX uses to better space flight.

I don't know a dam thing they are discussing but I love every minute of listening to Elon talk.

I have been waiting for a second visit. I waited to watch this for both parts. And go!

49:06 "No bicycles inside building" That was the most Kerbal warning in a spacecraft factory. lol It must have went out of control they needed to put up that sign. Like, imagine engineers doing wheelie and drifting bicycle in there. Or someone crashed their bicycle into a Raptor engine and got its wheel stuck in the nozzle.

The biggest lesson I gather from this interview is that Elon is hyperfocused on putting all the team's brain cycles on the limiting factors of getting Starship to RRR state. The responses to all Tim's suggestions were "well we could do it that way, but it doesn't matter as much at this point until we can achieve RRR"

I'm impressed that Elon allows a tour with video. I've been to many factories in the decades I what I did for a living (retired now). One thing that always impressed me at a location was how clean, or not, a site was. Seeing how white a predominant color is indoors impresses upon me how much cleanliness is followed. Given that contaminants don't go well with sophisticated mechanicals, and it is Texas where wind also carries dust cleanliness is critical. I can definitely see how the plant is being set up for production with the size that it is. I'm old enough to remember seeing Gemini's being sent into space and then the Apollo program. Those were special times. But the Shuttle lost that as it seemed to become routine. The thing I like about Space X and Starship is it's once again has a special feeling about it. It's not just for going up and around the Earth, it's for going beyond. It's for exploring. What if 100's of years ago they build grand sailing ships only to put around the harbor? That's kind of what the Shuttle became. What I like about Starship is it's built to go out there and explore. To the moon, and best of all to Mars. During Apollo I remember talk of going to Mars by 1999, they kind of missed that. I just want to live long enough to see a manned mission back to the Moon and then on to Mars!

"We've had that discussion many times... [cut]" 😂

Take a drink every time Tim says "crazy" or "insane". I would be so sloshed. Or so over-hydrated.

Musk is by far the strongest case for not letting unstable people have power

im less than a minute in and I love how there is a old F250 in the parking lot. Something about that just makes it seem so down to earth.

WE ARE SO BACK

Last time Elon had Marvin the dog following him around and now he has the whole Starbase daycare with him

One thing I would be interested in is knowing how the SpaceX team dealt with the immense vibration of having 33 Raptors fire at the same time

I really appreciated the childhood footage of the future rullers of Mars 😂

25:41 "I thought it would be kinda cool if the tower mimiced it out here" 🤷‍♂ "I mean" What did we see the next day???

Hyped for another Starbase Tour! This one was certainly fun to watch with the hindsight of knowing how successful flight 4 ended up being 😀

"This pretty good looking rocket factory" Me drooling over the red Ford parked out front 🤤 😂

Crazy how this is all possible because of the dream of one man.

If I was the PEZ candy CEO, I would be making a starship dispenser with starlink satellite shaped candy. ASAP.

"Idk if anyone is going to copy us... it's a hard thing to copy..." The badassery in that statement...

So nice of you to give us a tour of the place where you created our Model USO.

"this is all still a giant test" You realize that SpaceX committed to having this all done years ago to secure government funding.

It’s awesome how comfortable Elon has gotten with Tim, so it’s 2 friends discussing things.

working at starbase in any capacity would be absolutely incredible

H.... SMOKES! These factories are HUGE!!

I don't know when his birthday, but a coupon to a chiropractor wouldn't be a bad gift, I believe

In NORMAL rocket language that would be heavy lift. Best line ever.

What amazes me is how focused all the workers are. They are not too concerned seeing Elon there. Focused on a job

Tiling seems easy to fix, just have 2-3 layers offset so each one can cover the gaps in the others

I'm so back here. Thank you. Love this channel.

The thing that surprised me the most was definetely how clean the starfactory is

What a class act. He treats this interviewer with so much respect. Musk also listens almost as if he knows he can learn something from this young man.

“Shuttle coming in for a landing…” Freudian slip. 😂

Didn't even acknowledge that beauty of an OBS 7.3 Powerstroke

2:30 the kid dropped the cheeto puff and still eats it, Hilarious! I love the children being around able to see the world changing from a young age