Final Preparations Underway For The First Catch Of Superheavy! - SpaceX Weekly #130

This week, teams at Starbase were seen cutting, welding and replacing components on Mechazilla's arms in preparation for the anticipated Flight 5 catch attempt. Crews were also hard at work in Mega Bays 1 and 2, pushing forward with the assembly of the first Block 2 Starship, and keeping the Super Heavy booster assembly line moving. Unfortunately, over at Cape Canaveral, with SpaceX preparing for the much anticipated Polaris Dawn mission, operations have been brought to a grinding halt following a failed booster landing during their latest Starship mission.

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[MrKellymcilrath]

Thanks again for another awesome SpaceX Weekly Update Lab Padre! I really enjoy your updates! Also thank you and everyone who work so hard each week to bring us these awesome updates!!!!

[toddmoore]

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[Unrealpatch]

Thanks Nate. I really appreciate your team’s hard work.

[bgdxmas]

Not just informative, but sweetly narrated, like around a bonfire!

[vix]

😀 Dunno how you do it Lab, but your updates are always better than I expect them to be! Great job!

[MichaelCarriger]

Thanks for another great weekly update/overview of SpaceX activities.

[pidjones]

It will be very interesting to see how the hot testing of Block 2 goes with the new down comer arrangement.

[jamesanderson]

Busy week, and without your help we would miss it all.

[LibertyEver]

These weekly SpaceX updates are my favorite YouTube videos. I look forward to them and watch each with childlike wonder. I can't wait for integrated flight test 5! Thank you LabPadre and go SpaceX!

[DanielRichards]

4:25 "Ship Flap Storage Rack", try saying that 5 times fast.

[allen]

Thank you Lab and team, Another on point update ..! Instead of replacing the pads on the catcharms they should really do would I did for my pier to protect my boat from dings and scratches use old tires as bumpers .. 🤗 Sure they may not hold up to the heat but they'd be a whole lot cheaper to replace .. 💲💰👍

[frankcsinos]

Wondering if orientation of tower 2 different than tower 1

[joefunk]

Off topic but….Has anyone else noticed he sounds a lot like Patton Oswalt? Great comedian btw!

[TurinTurambar]

Here from that post on twitter you liked my comment

[ArtofModeling]

DEVELOPING! Strange Sounds Coming From Boeing Starliner

[merlepatterson]

I'm surprised they didn't think of installing mass dampeners at the ends of the chopsticks which can use servo motors to move a massive weight quickly side to side to dampen out oscillations of the arms?

[Wrangler-fpei]

Thanks for another report, Team Lab! Question; will we see footage of the what left of B1062 return? I was surprised we didn't see it in the Cape footage.

[RebeccaLarson-vn]

🤔how much weight will the ‘chopsticks’ have to catch? What is the weight capacity for the arm catch?

[aviralsinghal]

When can be approximately expect the launch of starship ?

[mongolloyd]

Stops removed for plate reinforcement installation. Stops will be reinstalled after upgrades.