How A Header Tank Solves Starships Big Booster Problem!

I explain why SpaceX's Super Heavy Starship Booster uses header tanks!

#SpaceX #starship #elonmusk #starbase

Editing: John Young, Alex Potvin, Stefanie Schlang
Photography: John Cargile, John Winkopp & Stefanie Schlang
3D Animation: Voop3D
Script & Research: Nathan, Soren, Oskar Wrobel, Felix Schlang
LIVE Production: Astro Roadie, Jonahan Heuer
Host: Felix Schlang
Production: Stefanie & Felix Schlang
Graphics & Media Processing: Jonathan Heuer, Felix Schlang

Credit:

⭐SpaceX
⭐NASA
⭐VirtualSpace_3D on X: @Lolomatico3d
⭐The Ring Watchers on X: @RingWatchers
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[systematic-rljfozv]

"Sir, it's time for war, what are the devices we need"
"Fans for the infantry, Starship for the tanks"
"Jesus"

[paulbrunton]

Does the header tanks make the Starship top heavy when it is starting re entry back to earth. 🤔😯

[WilliamRWarrenJr]

Felix, you might consider a 'primer' episode to explain the importance of ullage thrusters, and how SpaceX is approaching ullage in a different manner (vis-a-vis "disposable" v. "reusable") than monumental historic heavy lift machines like the Saturn V.

[bernardengelsen]

Why are there no retro rickets for orbital control?

[imconsequetau]

Felix, It's not just because the main tank's ullage gas has cooled greatly and lost pressure. The LOX landing tank is also necessary because the main LOX tank becomes [increasingly] heavily contaminated with CO2 and H2O ices. The landing burn would be unreliable with so much ice near the engine LOX inlet filters.

The separate landing tank has pristine LOX as well as clean pressurant gas.

[Harsh-wjwf]

There could be fluid or other thing that is transferred from one part to other shifting Mass

[senioravocado]

A little correction, most rockets today dont implode under pressure anymore since they have a rigid outer layer to keep it's shape

Unlike old rockets that lacked this

[chadgdry]

So, with cryogenic Liquid propellants, how would it get back from the moon?

[BlahBlah-sn]

Hey Felix, you dropped a pin can I pick it up ?

[karenpowell]

Why fuel? Can't you use nuclear energy for some sort of propulsion??

[sorrenblitz]

Don't give Elon free marketing. He doesn't deserve it.

[halcon]

Here in Europe we don't have that, Europe is so boring.

[devm]

This content is hard to watch for people with actual aerospace engineering degrees or just people in the aerospace field generally.

[alish]

Dont show us 15% percent of what ur saying, shows 50% live image and 10% vocal description, and i will tell you why the tank is unde the capsule

[JOULIUSCASTRO]

Very simple. To furnish fire..
Don't be too complicated. Your a very smart guy turning to an wannabe. People doesn't need your scientific explanation. No offense..

[karsten]

Langsam wird’s peinlich. Komm hör besser auf.