Wow thanks Mary 🌺 for braving the weather to get the great pics of the horizontal tank. Thanks for the updates NSF team.

Okay the horizontal tank rolling by next to that tank truck gave a perfect size reference. Holy cow that's unexpectedly big

@Viviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

6 күн бұрын

They look half that size from aerial shots!

@Canoga_Knuckles

5 күн бұрын

That water truck tanker holds 6200 gals the tank is 40’ long and approx 6’ diameter

@AenesidemusOZ

4 күн бұрын

Yeah, that kinda took me aback, too.

2:45 good to see the crew at Starbase are staying hydrated.

Love these videos. They show that, while people who understand rocket science are vital to getting mankind into space, so are people who understand concrete, steel, and how to put it all together. We're all in this together.

1:10 All hail to Mary for tank watching for us in a torrential downpour. I do hope she has a mega umbrella, and if not @Chris B should donate her one on my tab! And a thermos of Irish coffee.

Beautiful nature shots again.

Thanks for the awesome video footage Mary, Sean, & SBL! Mary awesome videos of S 30's TPS install! As always Thank you NSF for another great SpaceX Boca Chica Update your awesome!!!

Wow, nice a Sarens CC8800-1 with powerboom. Just going to be a mega heavy lift!!! Love it.

@MarkNShorts

6 күн бұрын

Oops I mean Boom Booster

@joechamberland886

5 күн бұрын

Can’t wait to see it in action!

I really hope that new inner shield works. Especially on the nosecone. Fingers crossed. Thanks for the footage!

Hard workers doing their best for Space X. Thanks for the video. So interesting.👍

many thanks mary sean and the team

With all the heavy machinery, tanks,heavy trucks rolling everywhere, concrete mixers, lots of people in different teams working on all kinds of things, I am astonished that we haven't seen any tragedy or accidents happen on camera. Its a wonder in itself. Even in much smaller construction sites there are always some mishaps. Props to the skill of the crews out there and the entire site managers. Great work❤

@HouseGurke

6 күн бұрын

SpaceX Boca Chica had an incident rate of 4.8 per 100 workers. That's six times higher than the space industry average. Source: Taylor, M. "At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars" Reuters, 2023 We saw many accidents happen on camera. There was the OLIT elevator crashing down, leaving behind a path of destruction. There was at least one crane load that fell after the rigging snapped. These are just two examples that immediately came to my mind. In the past SpaceX workers have lost limbs, eyes, and even their life. This is still extremely dangerous work, unfortunately.

@nirbhay_raghav

5 күн бұрын

@@HouseGurke ohh. I was unaware of this. Thats shocking. Its unfortunate that everyone is caught up in the race to mars hype. Because I haven't seen one single channel report this issue even when it was caught on camera. Thank you for sharing this.

@free_spirit1

5 күн бұрын

​@@HouseGurke source: Reuters lol Bet they counted the entirety of office jobs at boeing and ULA and not just the construction jobs, to justify that title. Given reuters' track record i would not be surprised in the least.

@HouseGurke

5 күн бұрын

@@free_spirit1 I did you a little favor and looked up the data in more detail: SpaceX Boca Chica reported 5.9 injuries per 100 workers in 2023. 4.8 was the value of 2022. Source: Injury Tracking Application (ITA) "2023 Summary Data" Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 2024 You can look up all the data there and do your own math. Have fun.

@ReinReads

4 күн бұрын

Apple to oranges comparison. Construction work has a higher injury rate than working in a clean room environment. Shocking, simply shocking.

Thank you for sharing 🎉

The contrast between nasa and space x couldn't be more extreme. Nasa is like, everyone wears lab coats even for fitting heat tiles. Space x use "red necks". But, it gets the job done.

Woot woot!

Nice

Driverless high-speed rail and drone transportation systems need to be established here to facilitate logistics transportation.

That tower base will take A LOT of welding... how thick are these plates?

I am no engineer but, Add water under high pressure to the hinge area, the water will instantly converted to steam by the plasma upon reentry. The steam will create great amount of pressure to fill the hinge area. Steam will blow apart a steam train with out a problem so there is a great deal of pressure to fill the void to the excess required. The compressed steam will shield the hinge area acting as a barrier to the plasma. the compressed steam will then move down the flap acting as an ablative material. water released at a rate calculated for heating from the plasma. Have the ship ward side of the hinge as tight as possible and the plasma side slightly more open so majority of the steam is released toward the plasma side of the flap. the high pressure barrier would leak away down the flap also ablating heat away from the wing as well as the hinge area. the steam would be compressed on the wing as it traveled over the surface ablating heat away. you may not need tiles in the hinge area anymore. the steam under high pressure from the plasma heating but would move away ablating heat away. Like i say, i am no engineer but, The needed water to produce the needed steam might be small enough to not be a weight issue. Steam creates a great deal of pressure to fill the hinge area, and the steam will ablate the heat away possibly keeping the plasma far enough away from the metal at the hinge now being cooled to a level that the stainless steel might survive unharmed. you may not even need tiles in the hinge anymore only release water to generate the steam in the area of the hinge to conserve the amount needed for re-entry. :) . the plasma itself will create pressure against the wall of steam in the hinge area. keeping it somewhat contained in that area with excess traveling down the flap. The thicker the atmosphere the more pressure and more heat and also more steam pressure for cooling . always excess released.

Please do 4K videos

Are those big black pads visible at 4:53 at the right side the new ablative head shields under the tiles?

@knowledgeisgood9645

6 күн бұрын

Yes, those black sheets are ablative.

@nirbhay_raghav

6 күн бұрын

If they are goin with sheets, I assume it would become really difficult to refurbish if there is a tile loss. Because a larger of the sheet would have to removed to ensure proper seal and hence the tiles from that area too. All this would eat through the turn around time.

@knowledgeisgood9645

6 күн бұрын

@@nirbhay_raghav I would assume that they can fit in a small patch if needed.

@imconsequetau5275

6 күн бұрын

The patch does not have to coincide with a tile hexagon perimeter. Rectangular ablative sheets have a somewhat similar problem with seams that patching -under- around a single tile loss would have. The high pressure of reentry would push ionized hot air in between the seams and it would escape out the dorsal side. (Just like we saw on IFT-4.) The important point is that metal erosion would still be greatly slowed by the ablative cover, as it is not porous. Also, when patching is needed, the ablative repair patches can have adhesive applied around the perimeter cut. We don't even know yet if adhesive will be applied at the rectangular seams during installation.

@knowledgeisgood9645

6 күн бұрын

@@imconsequetau5275 We can clearly see that they did not use adhesives under the ablative layer. That does not mean they will never do so.

Would an asbestos blanket underneath the shield tiles be a viable option? Mesothelioma effects aside?

Looks a little moist over there.

I think that's the same crane that built the Sphere in Las Vegas

The new crane should be called “the fat crane”

NO T I M E S T A M P S 🧐🧐

@RobertBardwell

6 күн бұрын

But... There are timestamps....

@Spacenoodlesisgreat

6 күн бұрын

Now

!cranes

Wow cool?

But wait…doesn’t ablative material kind of go against the whole rapid reuse goal?

@Spectator1959

5 күн бұрын

If it were put on the outside and ablated every time, yes. But it’s installed under the tiles where it will be protected unless a tile fails. If a tile(s) comes off they will only have to replace the tile(s) and fix a small portion of the ablative layer.

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Question for y’all: Why hasn’t there been a name given for the crane at Massey’s yet? You all remember that in the early days of Starbase, Roll-Lifts LR 1600, affectionately known as Tankzilla helped build most of the early infrastructure? And now the same very crane, another LR 1600fitted with a luffing jib and all, is there and goes unmentioned? Not only do I love rockets and everything Space-X, but I have a love for cranes too. Come on NSF, let’s get onto naming them. How often is there ever an 8800 put in action for all to see? Not often. I say we call it the Eric Lindros! Lol. And maybe resurrect the Frankencrane name again for the 1600 due to all the colours on the boom? I don’t know. 🤷‍♂️ Let me know what ya’ll think! GO NSF and GO SPACE-X!

@David-yo5ws

3 күн бұрын

Yes, I remember those days. It seems like some time ago, that NSF decided to adopt the SpaceX standard for the names of the buildings and cranes. Only in NSF light-hearted chat, do we seem to hear their 'affectionate names' for some of the machines or buildings. I guess they had to think about keeping some form of professionalism or have it work against them. Glad I was there in the early days for Frankencrane, Snate, Eileen and Birb.

Wait, no timestamps?

@runtringo

6 күн бұрын

noticed this too

@thomashayden804

6 күн бұрын

Huh, they're in the description like usual so youtube must be slow loading them or something

@Spacenoodlesisgreat

6 күн бұрын

Oh it’s been fixed

@jessemiller4939

5 күн бұрын

2hy need timestamps, when u can use it over and over and over again

Why cant the starship flaps be filleted at the corner where the tiles failed?

@imconsequetau5275

6 күн бұрын

What bones are filleted?

@user-dc1dr9kr8x

6 күн бұрын

​@@imconsequetau5275worm bones?

New material - and starts with concrete? Is it a construction concrete?! 🤣

It would be great if we could get more than 5 seconds per scene and not have the speed so cranked up. I know it's all about the algorithm and view rates but please slow it down a bit. Your content from 2 or three years ago was much more enjoyable to watch

Ablative material is installed under the new tiles…😂

@Mothball_man

5 күн бұрын

Yeah I’m confused too. This seems desperate and not conducive to rapid reusability.

@AenesidemusOZ

4 күн бұрын

... in case a tile comes off. You don't want structural steel exposed during reentry.

@Mothball_man

4 күн бұрын

@@AenesidemusOZ I would think (but I’m not sure really) that the ablative material might make for a slightly less stable base on which to adhere the tiles. I guess that’s why they redesigned the tiles?

@AenesidemusOZ

3 күн бұрын

@@Mothball_man way beyond my paygrade, I'm afraid.

Just a bit wet!

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First!

@rogerthomas169

6 күн бұрын

What would you like? a participation trophy?

I have seen the Gulf of Mexico. Don't waste my time. Only show SpaceX.

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