What Elon Musk’s SpaceX Just Did is Mind-blowing!!!

What Elon Musk’s SpaceX Just Did is Mind-blowing!!!
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0:00-0:36:Intro
0:37-5:21:The Tower B was mind-blowing
5:22-7:47:Its design
7:48-9:40: Upgrades Mechazilla Arm system
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What Elon Musk’s SpaceX Just Did is Mind-blowing!!!
Thousands of Starship launches each year! This is the extremely ambitious goal that Elon Musk has always mentioned. If it becomes a reality, it will be an unprecedented achievement. And to realize this unimaginable goal, SpaceX must also do things that no one has ever done before: Revolutionizing rocket launch infrastructure.
SpaceX is even rapidly constructing a new launch tower, more flexible and efficient than ever at Starbase.
This is a structure built at breakneck speed, breaking all records in the aerospace industry.
Let’s find out on today’s episode of Alpha Tech:
What Elon Musk’s SpaceX Just Did is Mind-blowing!!!
In the past few weeks, SpaceX has been intensely focused on constructing the second launch tower at Starbase, providing us with a realistic view of the crazy speed and latest improvements of the construction. As of July 19, SpaceX has completed stacking the third module of the tower. The first module was installed on July 11, followed by the second module on July 15.
Although most of the pipes and internal equipment have not yet been connected, this installation process is expected to proceed quickly thanks to the pre-preparation of components.
What Elon Musk’s SpaceX Just Did is Mind-blowing!!!
A simple calculation shows that, on average, SpaceX can complete stacking one tower segment every 4 days, including the activities related to connecting two segments and preparing the next segment.
If this progress continues, by July 27, SpaceX will have installed six tower segments, thus completing Configuration 1 as outlined in the FAA documents released at the end of June.
The entire construction process of the second launch tower will be divided into three configurations. As the configuration approaches completion, we can observe an extremely rapid pace. This might not be comparable to previous tower assembly processes, but at this point, SpaceX is concurrently operating space development programs while addressing issues with Falcon 9 and Starship. Therefore, even if SpaceX completes Configuration 1 in just about a month, it would be a rare achievement.
After completing this phase, Configuration 2 will follow immediately, starting from July 27, 2024, to August 15, 2024, almost three weeks. The FAA described: "Towards the end of July, we will reconfigure the boom, which will put it to the elevations noted in the evaluation."
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[teeevaxx]

I hope he will reinforce the security of his companies

[JasmineSinclair-in]

You have an error in your video. He is moving his headquarters from California to Texas, not Florida to Texas.

[michaelweir]

Not moving from Florida to TX. but from CA to TX.

[JamieR]

@7:35 theyre moving hw from california to TX, not from FL to TX.

Video was correct audio wrong

[charlesmaurer]

After the second taller towers and at the launch sites expect a triple tower and base to combine triple side by side starship boosters prior to a major increase in diameter and scale. The tall tower might even be the center unit for the triple side by side. Towers could even be used with added crane and cable hardware to help build more towers.

[wingssoon]

So awesome 👏🏼
Great Shots and
good summary ❤

[michaelweir]

We need better videos of expected looks. All the Vertical tanks are Besides I though they were doing a flame trench for Tower 2.

[amblinoverlanders]

Why not use this second tower initially to catch the booster and Starship thus not risking the first tower and infrastructure. Wouldn’t need the launch mount and tank farm until catching is perfected.

[buddyadelsberger]

thinking they should not put the 2nd town so close to tower 1, in-case of a mishap in landing or launch. U can always add sections

[djohannsson]

They need multiple Megazilla towers because of Starships refueling requirements. They need to quickly launch multiple refueling flights for each Starship that's planned to go to the Moon or Mars.

I could see even the possibility of combining Starlink launches and refueling the orbital tanker within the same mission. Once Starship build 3 goes in service, it becomes the Space X orbital workhorse.

[garylester]

I'm not a big tower fan, but any progress is good. And the towers are likely a limited land based infrastructure, the will be superceded by a water based system.

When so, I hope they bring some expertise on board in the design phase, as theres alot to know about the dynamics, and rocket enginerds arent gonna know alot of it, and likely miss important points. Having some Marine engineers and Naval architects on staff might be a good idea, and I'd wanna be carefull about those, as the Navy has had some real flops in the last few years. Literally had ships designed with office building like superstructure on shallow draft hulls, and then wondered why they werent stabile...

I suspect its the same reason SpaceX has problems, that wall hangers dont insure competance, and modern academics results seems to be at a low ebb.

Also, when it comes to forces, Hurricanes dont care about your stinkin' numbers...

Personally if designing such a system, I would focus on stability, and find a different system than tall heavy towers. Like maybe medium heavy towers at most, and grip the ships as low as possible.

Also I would try to insure positive buoyancy no matter what, Like the WW2 stealth Q ships that had guns disquised as deck cargo, and the hold full of ping pong balls to make them unsinkable. Use to fight surfaced U-boats.

Modern version would be urethane foam filled voids.

That way, if you rip some welds, you dont have to raise it from the bottom after the storm.

Also I might mention that the waterline is a mechanical fulcrum leverage point, and the more you put above that line in relationship to below that line, gives you a reverse leverage effect with the sea as an energy/force input... its why ships will crack across the deck and break up.
If the deck is 4x from the water line as the keel is below it, its 4X more stressed...

Also creates unnecessary windage... which is no joke. Like the old square riggers and their acre of canvas, the calculated thrust from wind force on the sails equaled a pretty good jet turbine engine. And with hull speed limits ratio for displacement hulls, ships were lost by sailing the hull under water because they couldnt reduce sail area fast enough when winds came up.

Now think about your barge sides, tower sides, and the side area of the mega Starships Elon wants to scale up to.... And those wind thrust numbers were in a good sailing wind, not a storm.

You might want to shorten everything possible. Maybe even sit the ships down in a well some.. And maybe think up a better gripper system than paralelle crab pinchers

If you sat the ships in a well, you could use sea water for you water drench system for launch just via valves, and pumping the sump dry again after launch.
Have a pool in the bottom.

I think I'd wanna avoid thinking in terms of transferring the tower system as a design concept to the sea launch system.

I spent a couple months plus at sea single handed, out of sight of land, and it was often a traumatic experience... way beyond anything imaginable in an office.

You realize very quickly that what is supposedly a good blue water boat, was designed by idiots for idiots.

I've been to sea on large ships too... It can get impressive even for them.

Ships are still lost regularly...

Its no place to think arrogantly on the engineering. Much better to make every effort to minimize every risk...

Just wanted to plant a little fear factor ahead of the curve. Maybe get some better thinking going on concepts, that could be transferred from land to water based. I dont think the renders of towers on barges really portray the required engineering... I think we could see towers that looked like up rooted trees... The sea is not like anchoring into the earth for your foundation.. Everything moves constantly, and wave energy is way way big F'ing numbers on a calm day... Those waves can build energy for thousands of nautical miles, and arrive where its nice-nice...

I'd say SpaceX needs some next level engineering already working on the sea based designs. And not rely on Quickie designing...

Just sayin'

[GroupCaptain-LionelMandrake]

Click bait titles will force people who follow your channel to unlike the channel.

[justicewatch]

We can't even invest in SpaceX. Thanks for the vid, but can't make money from it.

[raystevens]

Is SpaceX going to have enough fuel tanks for 2 rockets 🚀. I was just wondering.

[nelsonlanglois]

Flight # 5 end of August - mid September
Flight # 6 Mid December - Beginning of January 2025...!

[robinrutschman]

Rare, fast, noteworthy are useless terms. How does it compare to NASA building A new tower would be a much better measure.

[burlfannin]

this is old news. still impressive achievements but this video is hardly mind-blowing

[mattski]

Whoa…… slow down there buddy. Keep the facts straight. Elon has chosen to move SpaceX headquarters from California not because of some “gender related laws”…… but because of what that law has done to parental rights and the protection of youth.