SpaceX's Frantic Push to Move Forward with Starship! Big Changes Are Coming!

Well, unless you have been living under a rock for the past week it will be no surprise that SpaceX used Mechazilla to flawlessly catch Booster 12 out of the air. We already now see SpaceX's Frantic Push to Move Forward with Starship! The Booster is back at the production site, while new Version 2 vehicles appear. Indeed Big Changes Are Coming with Version 2, and we’ve learned and seen so much more around this epic catch event. It has been an absolutely epic week for SpaceX in many ways such as the incredible spectacle breaking a new SpaceX record with Falcon Heavy and Europa Clipper. Then we also have some great new information from VAST and their mini Space Station. So let's jump right into it.

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[Tinman_]

That catch was nothing short of surgical precision by the SpaceX teams.

[youtubeconnollyfamily]

My 10 yr old son wants to work for SpaceX. When we were watching this live. My son said “now we know what it felt like to see humans land on the moon” watching this, I bet you it was the same feelings People had back then.

[StillAliveAndKicking_]

A remarkable fact about the Europa Clipper mission is that SpaceX charged $178 million for the launch. I’ve seen estimates for the originally planned SLS launch of up to two billion USD. Even a Delta would be significantly more than Falcon Heavy,

[johnwick]

After being destroyed on the 4 previous launches, seen super heavy being brought back in one piece must have been an incredibly emotional sight for the space x team, like seeing a mate come back home.

[adigaw]

SpaceX out here parallel parking a 70m tall Boosters and some people couldn't park their car if they tried 😂😂😂😂

[FlyNorthrop]

6:08 I appreciate that they put a little pie graphic on engine 314

[judahlopez]

It’s crazy how fast the booster slowed down right before it approached the tower

[johnabbottphotography]

The degree of precision of that Landing cannot be possibly overstated. The avionics team has to be out of their mind happy, but the real credit has to go to whoever created the gimbal system, and the software control that takes in so many variables and keep the rocket upright while slowing it down. That's just insane.
It's like balancing a 40 story building on your finger.

[markmurphy]

I think that the catch was so much slicker than I was expecting. Certainly for a first attempt.
But the whole process was more like a choreographed dance than the launch of a new space launch system.
A fantastic job from the team.
And well done to all the people involved in providing coverage for us.
Excellent work 👏

[HelloTosho]

I scoffed when it was said heavy booster splashed down on flight 4 with "half a centimeter accuracy". After flight 5 I believe them.

[FusionSource]

What an incredible week and that catch was absolutely amazing. Besides getting the ship to hit the spot accurately, one thing not being talked about was the orientation of the pins and how unbelievably accurate that was, just incredible. Thanks for your videos Marcus, I wait for your videos and literally ignore the other videos until I see yours because you always give the best coverage.

[RealAndySkibba]

It'll be interesting to see what changes are made to booster. Having one intact is great for engineering teams.

[steviepotato]

To Quote a wise and strong man from a galaxy, far far away.... "Another happy landing"

[RichTheNoun]

You all realize, what we basically just saw was a 20 story tall ROBOT push a space ship into the sky, then return exactly where it came from and park itself on the charging cradle :) Haven't seen anything like that since... Voltron?

[johngrimble]

I can't wait for starship orbital refueling

[ganjahiwalker]

The catch was absolutely incredible, my 2 year old daughter loves waking up early and watching launches with me and we had a blast. The information they’ll be able to get off of this test is massive

[TheOirishhhAmerican]

Son and I watched starship launch and catch live, awe and shock of what we were seeing is real wow. He was pretty into it too!

[ericviele]

I got goosebumps when all of the workers were cheering as the booster rolled past. Good stuff!

[BnORailFan]

Of all the videos and reviews I have seen of the Starship launch, not one mentioned that all the Raptor engines worked as expected on both the booster and Starship. This is also a first for SpaceX.

[StillAliveAndKicking_]

It’s hard to believe what they are achieving. Catching a Starship, and reusing it will be unbelievable. Once they can do this routinely, the cost to orbit per kg will plummet, and off planet exploration will be transformed.