The SpaceX Starship: Elon Musk's Gateway to Mars

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[ArathirCz]

If you are interested in the Starship, there are 24/7 streams from NasaSpaceflight and LabPadre keeping an eye on the progress in Boca Chica.

[SparkBerry]

Mponeng Gold Mine in South Africa, the deepest mine in the world and the deepest man has been underground. That and the whole Witwatersrand gold rush is worthy of a Megaprojects episode!

[benweakley]

As someone who is well versed in both Simons body of work and starship I would rate this 5-stars. Very well done.
Also loved the quip about "BFR".

[adamloverin]

Love all the space geek comments. It is a disappointingly rare occasion to run into one us out in the real world. As Scott would say, fly safe!

[brantwedel]

A scripting issue at 6:19 started talking about the engine before finishing the bit about stainless steel structure (cut from stainless steel temperature to engine pressure haha) "They can reach internal temperatures of up to 300 bar" 😂

[joshuaf]

YESSSS!!! Starship on Megaprojects! The whole endeavor, building, testing, flying, and operating the whole Starship/Starbase system easily qualifies as a megaproject.

[MawngSoulSong]

Need a follow up in this as soon as the starship reach orbit

[b-lt]

I was pleasantly surprised by the references to coking in keralox engines, closed cycle, mention of Soviet era oxygen rich staged combustion engines and largely use of the correct puctures for the vehicles, which easily overshadow a few minor things such as the hull being made of 304L stainless, while the Raptors are internally made of copper and SpaceX's inconel (SX500) in the high pressure oxygen rich side of the engine as you mentioned. Someone clearly watched Tim's video on Raptor and Soviet rocket engines. :) (BTW that's why a dying Raptor spits out green flames. It's eating itself up and copper burns green, a cycle ofteb referred to as engine rich combustion :P )

[adriank]

Calling it a megaproject only begins to scratch the surface. Imagine what's going to be possible once Starship comes online. It itself will serve as a launch platform for other megaprojects of the future

[terp]

UPDATE: FAA decision to allow launch of Super Heavy/Starship combo has been delayed until Mar. 28. Possible outcomes are 1) OK to launch as is, 2) Make some changes to mitigate eco harm then OK to launch, and 3) May not launch at this site. If FAA decides 2 or 3, launch will be moved to the Cape LC 39B which already has approval but won't have the infrastructure to launch until near the end of the year. If they approve launch as is we could see the first launch as early as April if enough fuel and oxidizer can be delivered that fast.

[JamVar]

They just stacked this beast yesterday (15 March 2022) using their chopstick-like lift arms attached to the launch tower. It's really amazing. Still waiting on that FAA approval...

[thunderforthrc]

I was hoping for something like this I'm a big fan of spacex

[lachlanthomaslangmead]

Been into space stuff my whole life and I’m very glad things are starting to pick up now, hopefully we’ll have a decent foothold in our little neck of the cosmos within our lifetimes.

[goodisgoog]

Hey Simon, thanks for finally covering Starship! Been waiting for you to do a video on it

[Bozewani]

I love how Simeon makes rocket science seem easy

[pcicy]

I just wanted to correct you on one thing, I don’t think the raptor engine are made from 304 stainless steel, but the ring segments that make up the body of the rocket are, no worries tho

[ZetaInfinite]

Perfect choice, been waiting for this for a very long time

[michalsnaiberg]

You may dislike Elon Musk, you may even hate him or doubt his true intentions, but you can't deny that his contribution to space exploration and rocket developement is incredible.

[Skippers.]

Did I hear correctly... Simon said "they can reach internal temperatures of up to 300 bar nearly 4400psi at 06:15

Awesome video though. Quite interesting to learn about the rockets

[rossh]

You did it you mad fact boy. You really did it ❤