SpaceX Boca Chica - Starships SN5 and SN6 in the High Bay - SN7 Sleeved

Three Starships! SN5 waiting in the High Bay. SN6 being stacked alongside. SN7 dome/bulkhead sleeving. All waiting for the launch site to be cleared of its deceased mount as the immortal Hopper looks on.

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

[fhmconsulting]

13:08 I messaged a structural engineer about the bolt failures here and he had actually done some calculations for defence munitions structures when he was a young engineer. His theoretical prediction was the then used bolts would strip like this in a blast. Congrats SpaceX you confirmed theory with reality!

[SaurabhVerma-ckxd]

What a speedy progress, at this speed we can SN8 SN9 SN10 in july.

[justinthehedgehog]

At around 6 mins, that has to be the tidiest-looking bulkhead they've yet made. This one is smooth and symmetrical, and doesn't look like the lid of a trash can that someone threw a firecracker in.

[royallclark]

Oh, the lost art of "gentle persuasion" and if that don't work, get a BFH!! LOL Was it just me or did Hopper look more like R2D2 today with that big flat piece on top??? Also, thank you mary for all your time and effort for us all over the world!!

[kentnebergall]

Starhopper looks a bit sad being the only one in the club house with his flying wings. He wants company.

[peterbarratt]

@ 3:15 Rustic space art. Thanks BCGal & team for another great chapter of space history ! Be safe.

[Xenos_Zeta]

I love these 15+ minute long videos. So much activity!

[JustinRK]

Looking better every time I love progressnever before have we seen the unbelievable amount of work it takes to get something like this off the ground and there's so so much more to do to get it off the ground literally

[aaronlogan]

MK1 is starting to look like a joke when compared to what they’re crafting now. Clean clean clean!

[bentstraight]

There’s that little red dot I’ve been waiting for !!
Damn.. they grow up so quickly ;)

Thanks BCG/NSF !!

[robertgebbie]

Another great video, the bulkhead dome looks great, very impressive, a few minor lumps and bumps and a little bit of peaking on the butt joins at the ends, as would be expected with stainless steel.
The assembly jig is awesome definitely saving a lot of time and improving fit up, i could see an assembly line with something similar, pneumatic rams all round holding a perfect circle while it is welded in place... good stuff

[MSNet]

The crews out in Boca are working like professionals since I have watched, they need to be commended on their tireless job working on the future.

[FEBC]

Thanks for the field coverage. Big fan of starship myself, hope to see it flying soon.

[borisstephens]

@12:22 The sound of multiple engineers building an Age of Wonder

[acpt]

Damn.... we really are going to Mars and nothing stops Space X!

NEXT!

[stephanjunk]

Wanted to say thanks for the sound of the persuaders on the sleeving. That was extremely funny to hear. Would think there should be a better way, but it obviously works. Just wonder, can they damage the dome enough to be a problem by beating on it?

[montipython]

Amazing LOL.. Thanks for all you do.. :)

[MrRaph]

It doesn't fit properly ? Well, it's hammer time ! Love it

[V-xn]

Thanks for staying focused on what’s going on in Boca, guys. Much appreciated.
SpaceX will cone out even stronger out of this, I am sure.
I wonder if they’ll move the new test pad farther away from the tank farm to give it move protection in case of another Big Bada Boom, aka RUD....

[larryjohnson]

10:15 - In addition to Starships, SpaceX is experimenting with Jet-powered birds