Finally! Starship's Second Starbase Launch Tower Rises! - SpaceX Weekly #119

Wasting no time following last week's launch, SpaceX is back in "Full Send" mode and working around the clock. With a new crane arriving and the pile cap getting placed for the next launch tower, crews are pushing forward with construction of the next launch complex. Meanwhile, with stacking of Booster 15 in full swing, crews begin stripping Ship 30 of its TPS tiles following an engine swap.

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[NonSensewithnosense]

Your one weekly episode is enough to get so much about starbase .

[Anmeteor]

I much prefer Louis's style and accent to any of the others even after seven years of watching his channels. He sticks to the facts with no added fluff or self aggrandisement like the other channels.

[seank]

Thanks LabPadre team. I look forward to your videos every week!

[trevorpickup]

Good job, no bull just very factual.
Great channel.

[LibertyEver]

I love the launches and flight test videos but the impressive construction of new infrastructure is the unsung hero of SpaceX that LabPadre covers so well. These are great behind-the-scenes views of SpaceX development that will be valuable to future aerospace historians.

[uuzds]

No word salad here trying to sell rehashed SpaceX news. Always informative, always setting the bar for other channels covering Boca Chica. Thanks to Mr. Padre and Crew for their diligence ! 😊

[craneman]

great recap! especially the cc8800 and towerparts

[joegrcar]

From what. you say that mystery item must be some kind of fancy bathroom fixture. LOL.

[charleslord]

(Whew!) Just when you thought that SpaceX could speed up any faster...😲

[tjkaz]

Patio umbrella on the lift . Brilliant . Why wait for design, fabrication, dellivery.

[petitpoucet]

Incredible work! Thanks a lot for sharing those videos!

[DiamondPaintWithDiamondDave]

What I love about SpaceX is that they waste zero time getting things done...They formulate an idea, and put it into practice...no bureaucracy and endless meetings. Its mainly why they've been able to advance the technology as much and as quickly as they have. NASA would still be having 10 meetings a day about various aspects of the new launch tower, and then putting forth proposals for bidding, waiting for bids, picking a winner, holding a press conference to announce the winning bidder, then more meetings with the contractor to put forth more ideas and changes to the design, and it would be 2040 before the first piling was driven into the ground...

[markschroter]

I would be willing to bet that the next tower is almost exclusively used as a catch tower for the near to mid term.

[erickdanielsson]

Thank You for The Weekly updates!!! I need to visit Boca Chica again...

[MrKellymcilrath]

Thanks for another great SpaceX Weekly Update Lab Padre. Also thank you and all your staff for all the hard work you all do to make this happen every week! You allways seam to catch something the others don't, thank you again!

[skunkworks]

Thanks Lab team these updates are priceless

[DIYDumpRat]

That black mystery thing is an Arcade machine 👍

[DanielRichards]

Mystery Object, maybe a Ship QD Hood?

[wkjeeping]

Launch base will be cool to see if it was redesigned

[mdbboyd]

Items moving along Highway 4 look big. Then they arrive at the launch site and suddenly look tiny. It's all relative! It took my breath away seeing the size of the launch tower when I visited from 🇬🇧 last year about a month after IFT-1.