Flight 5 Starship Rolled Out and Ready to Test | SpaceX Boca Chica

Ship 30 was rolled out to Pad B for engine testing, Booster 13 returned from Massey's after completing proof testing there, and work around the launch site to prepare for flight 4 continued.

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L2 Boca Chica (more clips and photos) from BC's very early days to today.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Two Point Lifter Moved to Ship 30
0:17 Parking Garage Construction
0:25 Tile Work on Ship 29
0:51 Ship 30 Lifted
1:09 Ship 30 Unhooked From Crane
1:17 Ship 30 Rolls to the Launch Site
2:14 Ship 30 Hooked to Crane
2:21 Ship 30 Lifted Onto Pad B
2:38 Ship 30 on Pad B
2:51 Ship 30’s FTS Box
3:04 Rebar Installed in New Pad Area
3:24 The OLM and Chopsticks
3:32 Work Continues on the Chopsticks
3:47 Ship 30 on Pad B
3:54 The New Office Building
4:07 The Production Site
4:16 Parking Garage Construction
4:28 Ship Quick Disconnect at Massey’s
4:42 Booster 13
5:13 Booster 13 Returns From Massey’s
6:03 Tower Sections Eight and Nine
6:11 The Rocket Garden
6:19 Ship 29 in the High Bay
6:27 Glass Installed on Starfactory
6:54 Edome and Nosecone Header Tank
7:02 Falcon Doing Tricks?
8:06 The OLM and Chopsticks
8:13 Bumpers Installed
8:22 Work on the Tank Farm
8:42 Cut Line on GSEC-7 Shell
8:51 Ground Work for the Second Pad
8:59 “Gateway to Mars” Wall Demolition
9:06 Ship QD Arm Retraction Test
9:14 Booster 13 in the Mega Bay
9:22 Ship Aft Dome Moved
9:44 Scrap Barrel Moved
10:09 Parking Garage Parts Delivered
10:16 Parking Garage Construction
10:36 Starfactory Construction
10:44 Ship 30 on Pad B
10:58 Groundwork for the Second Pad
11:32 Plate Installed on Starhopper’s Leg

[cipedead]

7:22 this amazing bird is used to help stop other birds nesting. A lot of airports use them.

[anthonylosego]

7:30 Bird mitigation. This is common practice at functioning airports. Predators will make the local bird population avoid your construction zone and landing/launching sites. Good for the birds and good for the function of your airspace. One falcon won't put a dent in the population but it will keep them away by a zone around the space.

[MrKellymcilrath]

Another great SpaceX Starbase Update, Thank you NSF. Thank you Mary, Jack, Sean, & NSF for the great videos!!!

[CelikDeluXe]

They really working an and possible thing you can think off!!thats crazy🤯nice Job Nsf

[silentlisten]

That is a busy place! Thanks for the video teamwork to keep us informed ❤️🚀🚀

[LeandroDaRosaMarques]

Beautiful. Sounds like something we haven't heard before. Launch sounds next: starts at gnition and goes on and on

[RaptorJim]

Jack, love the Starship chase down hwy4

[johnrday]

Must be v satisying working at Starbase with so much bldg and development taking place as well as part of the team testing/launching new rockets into Space !

[kenkahn]

That's the coolest stuff ever watching a massive spacecraft roll down the highway heading to work 😁

[rad]

Falcon doing tricks?! Never seen that before, love it!

[corrinastanley]

Very cool update thanks NSF team and especially Mary🌻 Jack and Sean .
Trained birds have been used in the past to deter other birds from area's like airports and sports stadiums. Just having them fly in the area regularly seems to work.

[oldmanstumpie]

I hope Starhopper is going to be OK. Thanks for your work NSF.

[Starsoon]

Starbase looks a lot different than it did a few years ago. New Megabays, Starfactory, parking garage, new office building, and the second launch pad all being built so quickly

[jonathanryan]

That look of total concentration in those eyes. The slightest movement on the controls, but still had time to turn on smoke.

[paultimmins]

Flying Falcons in an area like that helps stop birds nesting nearby, this can be a concern if they are a protected species as you then have to stop work until the chicks have fledged. Far easier to persuade them not to nest nearby in the first place as well as there being less debris / mess to clear up.

[NeilABliss]

Cool, it's bring your Raptor to work day!

[dhuxley]

Starship catching.
My suggestion is, would it be a good idea to pick up the starship loaded with the landing fuels lifted to the tower's maximum height? Then start the landing engines while held by the arms, then when the hover has stabilised, release the arms, hover around a little and recatch with the arms and recovery?

[igorvoloshin]

0:42 Так і хочеться гукнути цьому мужику: "Густіше! Густіше клей намазуй! Щоб не відпадало як минулого разу!"

Вітання з України! ✌🇺🇦

[NNegatives]

Is the falcon for keeping the high bays clear of birds? Plastic owls probably not doing their job right.

[basbekjenl]

I think it would be great to hop a booster from the launchpad into the catching arms. If the booster can hop, not even clearing the tower, and maneuver itself to the catching arms and have the catching arms grab it and put it back on the olm I imagine that such a test would give a lot of valuable data on catching the booster. Whereas if it would go wrong there is valuable lessons to be learned there too. If they can successfully hop the booster multiple times catching it after a full flight would mostly be an exercise of avionics or balistics which is by no means easy but it would make the odds of success a whole lot better if you already knew the hover and the arms would work.