SpaceX Tests Ship 29 in Preparation for the Fourth Starship Flight 

especially when its not your money blowing up a billion dollars is no big deal

i bet they send one and to find a hard rock to land on lol

Found the autism.

and the companies manufacturing the sacks printed colourful images or patterns on the sacks to make them pretty and appropriate for such use. They were not just plain.

A good HisStorical lesson in reusability and sustainability and hooman ingenuity. Very good. And I bet they had some F.U.N. with it, 2!!! ✌️😎🏖️

Cuz spacex

Basically Space X believes in testing before advancing the development of Starship. SLS and Vulcan were both built with some similarity with past rocket designs and sometimes even the same equipment such as the RS-25 engines and SRB's on the SLS. Starship is an entirely new design as it is the biggest most powerful rocket ever.

I thought of the very thing. Need better purging of the plumbing and GSE, tanks, and the vehicles tanks, etc. Maybe even at a temperature that doesn't freeze the H2O and CO2. Best step is no step, but this one may be necessary. Too, the purity of all commodities coming in, needs better monitoring. Just my 2 cents worth. Or $2 million worth. 😅😂

Nothing official has been released about what blocked it. We could speculate but it would be that, speculation

@@sraMoTyawetaG The ices are a byproduct of the autogenous pressurization system that bleeds off gas from the Raptor oxygen pre-burners. It's not accidental but intentionally permitted contamination.

@@imconsequetau5275 Thank you very much for your answer. I appreciate it a LOT. If it's a byproduct, I can see the molecular links to cause the creation of H2O and CO2, then, what can be done about it? Does the 2 new molecules, condense to each other and form larger pieces? And then, do they contaminate the props, getting into the pre burners? Or the filters are designed to stop that? Pardon me for coming from a relatively uninformed point of view, however, sometimes a fresh look at stuffs, and First Principles thinKING, getting back to the basics, so to speak, helps find solutions. We are maKING huge advancements in material sciences, right NOW, and maybe, there's some coatings or finishes that may help, somewhere along the systems? It doesn't matter if nothing offiCIAl has been reported, these are valid concerns and questions, looKING for solutions. If the OP had to do with why the IFT-2 booster didn't relight, properly and stay lit, I watched it over and over, and believe it was fuel slosh, and just adjusting the flight control software, relight a little bit later, to allow fuel to settle and baffles. I like to think of baffling to be in the shape of, like a snail shell, or Nautilus 🐚. 🤔 Too, my chainsaw and weed eaters work pretty good upside down for a few. It should all be basic, to figure it out. But rethinking stuffs, at times, can come up with solutions, that might even apply to another project or situation. Sorry for the longgg comment. And thank you for taking time with it and any further comments. Goooo SpaceX and NSF/SBL. 🤠

Agree 💯. But IF the FAA allows it. They seem to be distracted in all that they do! Today was another airliner mishap. A wheel fell off landing gear at San Fransisco airport today, and damaged cars. It could have killed someone! Along with the door plug that popped out! For crying out loud!!! Those are maintenance programs that FAA is supposed to be monitoring!!! I'm calling for a complete reboot of the Agency. Peace ✌️😎🏖️🚀

Look into Stoke Aerospaces Hopper, which has a ring of engines but no physical spike. It gets benefit from the Aerospace effect even without the spike... -Das

@@NASASpaceflight AFAIK the ring of engines on stokes vehicle is to provide a way to use propellant flow thru the base to conduct away heat from kenetic heating during re-entry it does not provide any extra thrust during launch. Whether it's actually feasible to help re-enter that way is something they plan to find out the hard way. The downside of a wide base is that it increases aerodynamic drag. SpaceX's approach is to keep the vehicle quite narrow to reduce drag force.

​@@NASASpaceflight I looked into the claims about stoke space the only place claiming it's an aerospike is everyday astronaut who i think is confused about this. The arrangement with the ring of nozzles around a central core is reminiscent of a coaxial aerospike engine but it is missing the spike - so it is not actually an aerospike - but i can understand why people could get confused about that. The aerospike efficiency gain is a result of exhaust gas pushing against the spike and further collimating the exhaust stream - without the spike the exhaust gas plumes just collide with each other causing additional heating and no additional thrust.

We spoke with the CEO of Stoke about this on an NSF live. - Das

​@@NASASpaceflight Was he really serious did you ask him the right question and is he really qualified to answer. A CEO is not necessarily a CTO he may be was probably parroting unqualified opinion as marketing hype not really understanding the design. Without a physical spike it can't be an aerospike. !

Since the second launch pad and tower won't be ready for at least 18 months I think they may be well beyond the 8th and 9th flights by then. It takes time to drill the 30 m deep piles for the foundation, build the tower, the launch pad and connect the GSE.The launch pad may be most time consuming. And who knows what upgrades are coming for the 2nd complex. If Space X has a decent 3rd launch they could get into a flight every two months there after which could mean 4-5 more flights this year. It's a huge challenge the next couple years will bring to be sure, but I think they'll get up to speed.

​@@michaeldeierhoi4096 IF FAA allows, they're going to launch IFT4, within a month. IMSO

@@sraMoTyawetaG I suppose it's possible, but that will require a nominal flight for ITF-3 with no RUD's or debris falls into populated areas.

Yes. Ship 29 is scheduled for the fourth flight, Ship 28 for the third (which hasn't happened yet)

@@Ogopogo313 ah I see. stepping up the launches

they mean 4th.

Ship 28 is on the upcoming third flight, ship 29 is for the one after that.

i know whats real the drugs your on

Classic troll comment

It is such backward thinking to not research a subject at all so then they claim nothing has come from space exploration! People often ridicule what they don't understand!

what a waste of time to write such a senseless comment.

That's your opinion squirt.@@hamzahkhan8952

So anyone who doesn't believe like you is a troll? Classic fascist comment.@@fox_3591