SpaceX Starship Update, Starlink 3 launch and NASA International Space Station Commercial Module

Topics this week include SpaceX Starship Update news, the Starlink 3 launch and NASA International Space Station Commercial Module selection. SpaceX has pushed the second Starship test tank to the limit with an incredible eruption of liquid nitrogen. The test pressure obtained here was exactly what was needed so we are going to check that out in more detail along with other developments going on at BocaChica Texas. NASA made an incredible announcement saying they have finally selected a commercial partner to provide hab modules which will actually become a temporary component to the International Space Station and kick off a whole new commercial space industry. And then just days ago, SpaceX launched Starlink 3, another incredible mission there with amazing footage. An incredible week of news.

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[heyedddie]

Probably my favorite channel right now to get a good quick summary of current events, development status and so on.
(There are almost always some interesting details I haven't heard or read about before)

Good presentation, perfect length 👍

[index]

Anyone else imagining the healthy competition between the two fairing capture ships?
We need a running score card haha.

[GregWilson]

Good to see there are actually other Aussies interested in space flight. I wear my SpaceX T-shirt around Adelaide and you can tell people have no idea what it's all about.

[odw]

$20k sounds like a lot for a "vacation", but it's something any middle-class citizen of a moderately wealthy country could easily save up for. I think a lot of people underestimate the space tourism market -- especially once enough real estate is floating around in space, and once launch cadence ramps up and people feel like they can trust launches to be relatively safe. If it would be $30-40k total for launch + "hotel costs", I personally might take a chunk out of my pension fund when I'm in my 60s-70s and spend a week in low earth orbit, as an alternative to some luxury old people cruise. And If I die in a fireball... I'd prefer that to slowly going senile or suffering through cancer or heart disease anyway.

[myfavoritemartian]

Hey Marcus: Great update! Touched on the most important things. Plus that animation of the ISS putting together a baby ISS is breaking new ground.
That addition module is even mentioned in the House bill to delay Artimus. They want a station placed at one of the LaGrange points, which is much farther out and used as a departure point for a Mars bound craft. (This gives it a chance to be built and not cancelled) The US Congress has a long history of authorizing a NASA project, then later de-funding it.

[adolfodef]

I like how it looks like if the ISS is going to perform a "mitosis" reproduction process, where it grows first before "splitting" into two independent space stations.
You could say the "Axiom Space Station" will be the "daughter" of the I.S.S. [with the "Zvezda Service Module" (aka: Salyut DOS-8) as the "Root" ( Zarya was more like a "seed")].

[Whataboutit]

Love the update! Thank you, Markus! ❤️🚀

[LEDewey_MD]

Always get that rush of adrenaline thinking about what is going to come next! Great coverage! On another note, even if in the beginning, only the super rich can afford to be a "tourist", that may not be a bad thing. Every single person, so far, that has gone to space, has come back a transformed and different person after seeing the bright blue Earth beneath them.

[peter]

Does that mean that the ISS will technically become the first space shipyard

[CCGR-]

Great video, I loved watching the satellites deploy more than the explosion! Thanks!

[ВалентинРазумнов-цк]

The sight of all these reflecting crushed tanks reminds me of a tournament of knights in the armors.

[hasantheboker]

If its 20 thousands I'll go with Elon musk as long as he is on that flight

[coreys]

I find it funny that this is the "first" commercial module when Bigelow's BEAM module has been attached to ISS for the last four or five years.

[jameshogue]

Another great report Marcus! Always enjoy the
quality and interest you and the team bring to the table !!👍👍

[rubenkaiser]

Thanks for the valuable update. Have a great weekend, cheers!

[mikoske]

Thanks for the great update, Marcus! Especially hearing about Starlink orbits is interesting. Just seeing the pictures from the returning booster, looks like engines are fine, but it was that hard of a landing that the roomba didn't have enough space to secure the booster, so manpower was needed.

[JosephSuchta]

I think the timing of landing engine cutoff is to take advantage of the inherent dampening in the hydraulics if the landing legs; making for a more stable and positive landing, rather than running with a touch.

[spadkins]

Does anyone know the differences between Starlink 0.9 satellites (the first 60) and Starlink 1.0 satellites (the more recent 180)?
I seem to remember that the Starlink 0.9 satellites could communicate with the ground but not with each other, and that the 1.0 satellites could do both. Is this correct? What are the other differences?

[TechNed]

Good to hear and happy to subscribe, especially now that we have the ASA umbrella organisation.

[sirexilon]

Awesome material Marcus, the add-ons of information about satélites getting into orbit how and why, and and tips on old twits brings all together into perspective. The community needs your videos thank you too you and your team for the efforts