Awesome New Designs! Will Starship's Heat Shield Improvements Work? - SpaceX Weekly #125

As construction continues on the new Launch Tower, SpaceX pushes ahead with assembly of the first Block 2 Starship. Crews continue their preparations for a possible booster catch the first launch tower, and testing also gets underway at the Massey Outpost, where Ship 30 joins Test Tank 16 this week. Meanwhile, in Florida, SpaceX prepares for a return to flight, Blue Origin rolls out a New Glenn interstage section, and the core stage arrives for NASA's 2025 Artemis II mission.

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[InterstateTechno]

I love both this channel and RGV so much; both very articulate, having an understanding of construction dynamics, project management and process flow. The views from land and air are just incredible. You have my gratitude.

[LibertyEver]

Next best thing to being there! Thanks for documenting and sharing these historical developments.

[MrKellymcilrath]

Another awesome SpaceX Weekly, Thank you So much Lab Padre! Keep up the great work!!!

[craneman]

This shure was a PACKED episode, awesome work keeping us up to date with the changes every week!!

[CumulusGranitis]

Excellent summation of the past week at Boca Chica. Well done Lab Padre team.

[HammerOn-bugx]

You have the engine designations backwards. 391 is most definitely a vacuum engine, not a sea level one.

[gabrielgolding]

Man, watching construction has never been so fun.

[RazzUK]

I look forward to these videos every week, thank you

[Anamnesia]

*_There’s NEVER a Dull Moment at Space-X_*

[Philippe-qslg]

Very hard and big work, SpaceX workers are really very strong !😮

[clytle]

Glad to see that Amazon is delivering more engines, and got their almost space trampoline working again.

[ThatsDave]

My gosh. My brain gained terabytes of information from this! Thank you!!

[FrankBenlin]

One grid fin for my backyard, please.
Thanks, Lab.

[WilboBaggins-dmub]

I'll catch up shortly...Olympics too

[dominikhradil]

To fix the problem SpaceX is simply deleting pressure sense line from the engine :D :D :D :D :D

[georgeworthington]

Will the new Starship tiles work???? Maybe. Will they ever be as good as Stokes active cooled stainless steel heat shield solution???? No!!! Starship tiles will always be fire hot when Starship lands. Stokes heat will be àlmost cool enough touch. Starship will need a careful inspection of tiles before next flight. Stokes Nova will be ready to restack immediately after landing. Face it. Stokes 2nd stage is a superior idea over Starship!