Prepping Chopsticks for First Catch? | SpaceX Starbase Update

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This week on Starbase Update, we catch up with Jack and look into the intense preparations for Flight 4 at SpaceX's Starbase, including major updates to the "Chopsticks" for their upcoming first catch attempt. Join us as we explore the rapid construction at the Starfactory, and get a sneak peek at the future of Starship with the new office building taking shape. Plus, we’ll take a closer look at Booster 11 and Ship 29 gearing up for the next big test flight. Don’t miss any updates on these incredible developments - subscribe and hit the bell to stay notified!
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@bideford7099 Месяц назад

Jack, Jack, Jack... You're actually getting us all hyped that IFT4 is not too far off, hopefully. Now we just need SpaceX NOT to impede NSF's cameras from catching all the history in the making. Love your enthusiasm!!!

@bryanillenberg Месяц назад

"catching all the history in the making" Well done.

@bigdogben Месяц назад

Remember IFT-4 won't be caught, this catch hype has made us so excited we forgot its 2 flights away.

@MickRonald Месяц назад

The slow motion video of the Raptor engine shutdown is awesome 8:47. Thank you NSF for the latest Starbase update.

@jull1234 Месяц назад

who's gonna stabilize it for all us lazy people?

@vergil-__ Месяц назад

8:08 kool spin!

@dylantrimaldi936 Месяц назад

😆

@GumbootZone Месяц назад

It's the old classic "untangle-myself-from-my-safety-rope" manoeuvre.

@Westythe3rd Месяц назад

It's so crazy to see how much Starbase has changed over the years! I will always be thankful for NSF for making it all accessible to see! Thanks as always guys

@brucecampuzano5601 Месяц назад

Minor correction, concrete doesn't dry (thru evaporation), it cures (chemically binding the water to the cement).

@bryanyoung8404 Месяц назад

Aka. It dries lol....

@thethirdeve5089 Месяц назад

Thanks for giving all this epic content earlier for members, you are an awesome channel please never stop doing what we all love.

@ganymede6535 Месяц назад

Space X one of the leading engineers in spaceflight: proceeds to use rock to separate starship rings

@robyn051 Месяц назад

If it works it works right?

@Jermine1269 Месяц назад

Thanks heaps for the update y'all!! Always appreciated to get those parts identified

@MrKellymcilrath Месяц назад

Great Starbase update Jack and great video footage Mary, Sean, & SBL, Thank you!!!

@strykker666 Месяц назад

Thank you for yet another incredible update. The entire NSF crew is top notch, and deserves high praise.

@phlogistanjones2722 Месяц назад

Thank you for the update Jack. I ALWAYS look forward to YOUR content. Thank you for all that you do. Thanks to all the NSF crew. Peaceful Skies.

@DebraJean196 Месяц назад

Great update Jack. Really appreciate a video that ties together all the random bits and pieces we see throughout the week into a cohesive whole so we can see the overall progress being made’

@jeffrowe6004 Месяц назад

Another excellent video, Thanks NSF!

@sdebeaubien Месяц назад

thanks Jack for the great report. We're eagerly anticipating the full WDR on B11/S29! Sounds like it may be not this week, but more likely the next, but we'll be watching. It is pretty amazing to see history as it's actually happening. Thanks to all @NSF staff for being part of this great reporting!

@Astra2 Месяц назад

congrats on 1 million

@eddiewhite1 Месяц назад

Thanks for the update, keep up the good work NSF

@tracy2928 Месяц назад

Excellent video, as usual!

@cratecruncher4974 Месяц назад

It's crazy to attempt a booster catch without a backup launch mount in my opinion. The OLM has been the most lead time piece to construct in the entire complex. It would be right underneath if the attempt fails. Time is THE limited resource for SpaceX. A safer approach would be to stack the tower sections for the second tower with priority to complete the catch system and use it on the first attempt(s).

@droiddoctor2447 Месяц назад

Maybe the launch tower sections from the cape are there to rebuild the tower if a recovery attempt fails and crashes into the tower. Remove and replace would be a quicker turn around than having to wait for new sections to be fabricated. Foundation work for the second tower cannot be rushed for the time needed to stabilize the ground around it. I do agree a catch attempt on itv5 is pretty aggressive. A failure would definitely be a setback to rest of the program.

@cratecruncher4974 Месяц назад

@@droiddoctor2447 Tower sections can be assembled fairly quickly. It's the Orbital Launch Mount that has taken YEARS to develop. While the second could be fabricated faster than the first I recall thousands and thousands of hydraulic pipes and controllers inside that ring. I just think it could take many months to repair/replace the OLM if a booster stage blew it up. Perhaps retrieving the booster with the existing chopsticks swung as far away from the OLM as possible could mitigate some of the risk.

@THEFORBIDDENMAN-lk7of Месяц назад

THANKS FOR THE UPDATE

@queeg6473 Месяц назад

When the new office building is finished I think they will get rid of the old office building and replace it with a taller mega-mega bay. If they are gonna ramp up production of ring parts and make the ships and boosters longer they will need more space to stack them.

@hillbillysceptic1982 Месяц назад

I hope they give that rock a spot in the tool room

@oldmanstumpie1061 Месяц назад

8:31 That's interesting. It would be great to see a comparison of the chopstick closing speed once we get more data.

@NovelIdeaIndeed Месяц назад

Excellent update! Great detail! Thank you.

@Noahraptor905 Месяц назад

Another awesome video

@grahamrustay3744 Месяц назад

Been waiting for this video!

@williamhastie5056 Месяц назад

Great update. Thanks! 😬🚀

@corrinastanley125 Месяц назад

Thanks Jack and the NSF team, lots of great information.

@paulkatz8250 Месяц назад

Great info!!!!!

@fredpryde8555 Месяц назад

thank you for keeping us informed and your hard work sharing it with us all

@captntorthenaer-do-wellcad3191 Месяц назад

Great update mates!

@SebastianWellsTL Месяц назад

Comment for the algorithm. Love these great updates guys!

@jimgraves4197 Месяц назад

Thanks Jack 😎

@Pintuuuxo Месяц назад

Wonderful update, guys! Things are changing so fast that thanks to you we can keep the pace. 🚂 Those chopsticks they will have to have some proximity sensors and a much faster action to grab the booster. If SpaceX can get it right, it will be worth seeing!!!

@TenorDad Месяц назад

I'm praying for a May 4th IFT4 launch date.

@TenorDad Месяц назад

May the 4th be with SpaceX!

@paultaylor765 Месяц назад

Thanks. It would be nice if you could get Chris back on for an interview if Spacex permits 😊

@viraginjankar4968 Месяц назад

It's crazy to think that starship will be just fly regularly as falcon9 next year with reflown boosters

@jamescobban857 Месяц назад

SpaceX must move to deploying full size V2 Starlink satellites ASAP because each such satellite will generate five times the revenue, and support significant quantities of 5G mobile devices at higher bandwidth, implying broader applications. Only customers who are willing to accept a higher risk will pay for deliveries using Starship in 2025, especially considering that Vulcan-Centaur, New Glenn, Ariane6, and Neutron will be operational. However it is very likely that Starship will launch more than 100 times before 4Q2026. I suspect that SpaceX may even send one to orbit, but not land, on Mars in the late 2026 window.

@chris55top Месяц назад

Awesome! You guys hit million subscribers.

@beanzandcheese Месяц назад

And here we go!

@joshm3008 Месяц назад

Jack is back the jack attack the jack attack is back

@smassky Месяц назад

Maybe I'm late, but congrats on hitting 1million+ subs! That's so awesome!

@TheCritterWindow Месяц назад

I am sticking to my prediction that the first catch attempts will be at the new tower. Cant damage the only launch tower. Still lots of proof of concept before a real catch try.

@SarahKchannel Месяц назад

Are you guys allowed to have taller camera towers, so you can possibly peak over the walls being built ? Or are there rules how tall you can go ?

@DUKE_of_RAMBLE Месяц назад

I was JUST thinking that! Like getting three 1ft-diameter triangular antenna masts to make a very robust tripod, standing maybe 15-20ft high. _(would easily be able to have a large platform on top that multiple other channel's camera hardware could be mounted to; not that this would be that expensive)_ Since it'd be in a tripod configuration, it wouldn't need guy wires or any concrete mounting pads, meaning it could be relatively easy to disassembled and relocated if needed.

@therealjamespickering Месяц назад

I hope that, like the first launch attempt, they don't attempt to catch the booster prematurely. It would be a massive setback if the launch mount or the tower were damaged. I still think that a dedicated catch tower would be a far safer option. It would not require significant infrastructure surrounding it and so a failed catch would not put progress back by a year or more.

@bryanillenberg Месяц назад

Not really. The booster doesn't have enough energy to cause much damage to the OLM or tower in a realistic failed catch.

@srinivasr.9976 Месяц назад

@bryan But won't the computers autonomously trigger the flight termination system should something go wrong just before it being caught? It will destroy the OLM if something like that happens right? I may be wrong in my assumption about FTS though

@bryanillenberg Месяц назад

@@srinivasr.9976 FTS is dearmed before landing burn, but Super Heavy cannot destroy the OLM in a failed catch. It might require a new set of chopsticks, but everything will be fine.

@srinivasr.9976 Месяц назад

@@bryanillenberg Oh, that's interesting! I thought FTS activation was the reason for the booster exploding some 400m above the sea (as was reported by SpaceX) in flight 3. I guess the landing burn had just started then but not all engines relight as expected. Am I missing something here?

@bryanillenberg Месяц назад

@@srinivasr.9976 no, you aren't missing anything: the booster exploded for unknown reasons at 462 meters, with only 3/13 engines relighting and only 1 remaining lit.

@photogeNK Месяц назад

4:46 😂 Thank you.

@ryer8477 Месяц назад

Alex Alcantarilla, Ryan Weber... Missed you on this one. Also the hectic behaviour of Jack when he's out in the wild!

@ryer8477 Месяц назад

But don't get me wrong, incredible piece of informative content anyway! Thank you all!

@DG-rp4xn Месяц назад

I'm surprised they aren't building a separate catch tower, independent of the launch tower. An offshore catch tower would be very nice for future launches for that extra delta V.

@lyricbread Месяц назад

8:27 THANK YOU for referring to it as an “actuator” and not “piston!” That drives me nuts.

@LindaMadlala Месяц назад

It looks like the moment SpaceX nails a successful test flight _ we could see another flight within weeks _ no shortage of vehicles 🚀

@ingoos Месяц назад

Here's another (ingoos) crazy idea (or two): instead of always having to make repairs on the OLM... how about just building a taller tower, use the chopsticks to raise Starship / Falcon, say, 50 meters (or higher)... 10, 9, 8, 7, 6... engines ignition! quick disconnect chopsticks... clear the tower

@alexlabs4858 Месяц назад

“If it works it works”………*hucks rock*

@brendasawyers Месяц назад

Onward and Upward 🚀

@canaancopeland5059 Месяц назад

we are go for IFT-4!

@wojecire Месяц назад

Happy Chris Bergun noises, I'm dead

@timw6596 Месяц назад

SpaceX should go to the Acme Company and get a large floating "X" and place it out in the water to see if they can hit it with the next booster landing !

@woodentuliphoek Месяц назад

I'm not so sure about the live capture (chopsticks) on Descent. The flame diverter/flame trench makes more sense with the massive 4-point structure that is being looked at. This may mean for RTLS for Heavy Booster may possibly be an accurate land-pad at Massey's since that location is surrounded by the moat. The shorter chopsticks at Kennedy was a bit of a clue to this from ages ago.

@slevinshafel9395 Месяц назад

9:05 +1 thumb up

@HelloKittyFanMan Месяц назад

"...On Tuesday -- that's tomorrow as you watch this..." No it's not -- for some of us. It was the "tomorrow" of when you _posted_ this.

@MacKayver Месяц назад

2:30 some Sci-Fi-High -Technologie-Spaceship-Engineering is going on there :D

@jull1234 Месяц назад

ONE MILLION SUBS!!!!!

@CanisoGaming Месяц назад

Na, no way. I for one think they'll need to land the starship and booster ALONE successfully enough times before they start resting it landing on the sticks. I mean imagine if that test goes wrong how much time and resource that tower will take to rebuild lol, will def need some more testing before that.

@jasonboard572 Месяц назад

Hi Jack, I was just wondering if they are going to catch the boster or Starship they must at least have stick out catching mounts of some sort, as there is no way you can catch just, on what looks like a ball joint off a trailor lifting points? Enjoy your updates by the way !

@rickrack4812 Месяц назад

Instead of scrapping those rings, they could have donated them to make them as observation platforms away from the launch site for people such as NSF. With living area with cots inside so they could new rest while you're waiting for any delays... Or to be ready for early morning setups

@MrSango123 Месяц назад

morning jack

@faisalsvideoworld Месяц назад

seems it will take a while for them to fix heatsheild yet

@ragaloft Месяц назад

Howdy Jack✋

@HelloKittyFanMan Месяц назад

"Lower down" as opposed to "lower up"? "Adhesive glue" as opposed to some sort of "nonstick glue"?

@HelloKittyFanMan Месяц назад

"...And then retracted back." * "And then retracted." (Retraction already includes a "back.")

@taddinraleigh Месяц назад

How heavy is one ring segment?

@Wild-Eye Месяц назад

Hey Jack 🤚🏻😎✌🏻

@TroyRubert Месяц назад

LFG!!!

@chronablitz Месяц назад

Anybody get Star Wars Episode 1 vibes seeing a worker cut a whole in the side of it?

@nenadkatic3081 Месяц назад

Security good works

@JoeDaManTheHC Месяц назад

👀🐔👀🐔 Chicken man was here.

@Future2024 Месяц назад

Starship needs wings like the shuttle

@DAlexander35 Месяц назад

Why wouldn’t they build just a catch tower so if the booster fails it wont risk taking out the OLM and surrounding tank farm? As they perfect the catch then they could move to catching it on the launchpad.

@mostevil1082 Месяц назад

I imagine they'll be cautious releasing raptor startup footage as that's the riskiest part of the cycle that they'll be putting the most effort into improving. Showing issues there might attract attention that'll slow everything down.

@PeteSty Месяц назад

Does NSF use its own videos, or are they provided by SpaceX?

@corrinastanley125 Месяц назад

NSF has their own camera team taking footage and photo's .

@corrinastanley125 Месяц назад

But they will show parts of footage that Space X releases to the public to explain or point something out to us.

@jesseturner9865 Месяц назад

Is stage 0 big enough for starship v2? v3?

@ItsEverythingElse Месяц назад

I predict chopstick landing attempt no sooner than IFT-6.

@thomascharlton8545 Месяц назад

Something to discuss: The “Achilles heel” of Starship that no-one is talking about: The Human Factors element of riding Starship to a retro-rocket landing. Going to be a terrifying ride every time. Even when everything goes right.

@Barthhhelona Месяц назад

Technically, no humans have to experience starships crazy landing on earth. For Artemis, they would be going up and coming back on the SLS rocket and capsule anyway

@bryanillenberg Месяц назад

Is it any scarier than using parachutes?

@thomascharlton8545 Месяц назад

@@BarthhhelonaYou’ve heard of using Starships for 100 passenger point to point transportation around earth right?

@thomascharlton8545 Месяц назад

@@bryanillenbergConsiderably scarier! I’m sure you’ve seen video from onboard a Falcon 9 first stage landing on a drone ship? Plunging toward earth supersonic then start a rocket engine in the last few seconds to save the day. Very Scary!

@bryanillenberg Месяц назад

@@thomascharlton8545 except, Starship won't be supersonic at engine ignition. And there will be a hover period, with a huge margin.

@rayoverstreet9254 Месяц назад

Jack, I have asked this question in the live streams before and I never have heard anyone answer. Since the chopsticks ride up and down on the tower and are lifted by the cable, how do they power the hydraulics and items on the chopstick arms?

@JackABeyer Месяц назад

That's a really good question! I have no idea, sorry

@davidsheriff8989 Месяц назад

What will be the main purpose of Flight 4 if not a catch of the booster ?

@it-o9910 Месяц назад

shuttle tanker is incredibly cool! I want to go to orbit, see Earth... Where are point2point plans, Elon?

@GumbootZone Месяц назад

7:14 "Barely any activity at all." That's because he's playing on his cellphone instead of working!

@atharvavashishtha5451 Месяц назад

i bet we will see another starship saor the skies by the end of this month...What do u guys think?

@stevewright201 Месяц назад

Just ?when space x gets to Mars the atmosphere is alot thinner than here so would this interfere with entry with Star ship heat shield

@phil1657 Месяц назад

They got raptors that spit hot lightning?

@IceCreams62 Месяц назад

It is time to buy long poles to place the ''spy'' cameras 🙂

@marh122 Месяц назад

as I see those trucks coming with methane and oxygen etc. Is spacex planning to make their own propelants in a near future ? I dont think its feasible to always wait for the trucks to come and refill those tanks

@cipedead0777 Месяц назад

You think IFT is in about 2 weeks ?

@romec3435 Месяц назад

👀🔎🚀👍

@ra7502 Месяц назад

I don't think we will see a catch attempt until the 2nd launch tower is up. To much risk of putting the test campaign behind should a catch attempt damage the launch tower.

@davidlittlejohn6636 Месяц назад

🙂👍

@vinoheart Месяц назад

am lead engineer for raptor new version and also catch engineering algo written by me.

@RXTRUX1 Месяц назад

If they haven't fixed attitude control and restart that's premature.

@tjmoore1084 Месяц назад

why so much of jack’s face shown? not enuf spacex film? lol

@MatsukawaZaraki Месяц назад

All the hate you gave Ship 26 and now come to find out it's probably going to be the first to attempt landing on the moon..... Eating those "BOOO Ship 26, BOO" chants now lol Think about what he said in the last talk.....Moon landers will not have flaps, and will need feet for landing. So the reason all of the extra stringers have been added is because it needs to withstand the "touchdown" forces exerted on the body when it lands. I'm so excited for that!!

@bryanillenberg Месяц назад

S26 is almost certainly going to be scrap. And the touchdown forces are going to be very small when compared to 4+ G acceleration during launch!

@MatsukawaZaraki Месяц назад

@@bryanillenberg Sounds like you have no idea what's going on lol

@bryanillenberg Месяц назад

@@MatsukawaZaraki Find one piece of evidence that S26 will fly. And no, lack of tiles doesn't count.

@MatsukawaZaraki Месяц назад

@bryanillenberg already stated....extra stringers is just one example which you conveniently forgot I mentioned

@bryanillenberg Месяц назад

@@MatsukawaZaraki Extra stringers, which are covering the lifting points, thus making stacking impossible. Thanks for making my point for me.