The first orbital SpaceX Starship booster and its INCREDIBLE changes!

The old SpaceX Starship wasn’t capable of an orbital flight. How did SpaceX make the new Starship booster capable of flying to orbit? What secrets can we find? Let’s dive right in!

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Editing: Stefanie Schlang
Photography: Kevin Randolph, aka Chief

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[Whataboutit]

What is the insulation made of? What do you think?

By the way, in that Tim Dodd interview from last year where Elon Musk practically re-designed the Starship RCS system in his head live on camera, Elon Musk also mentioned that they already use ullage gas on the Falcon 9 in some sense: in the interview he says that when they vent the tanks before reentry, they deliberately orient the stage in such a way that the ullage gas gives them additional attitude control.

So, in some small sense, F9 already does what Starship will do.

[HugoCatarino]

the insulation material looks like cork. often used in aerospace and often used as ablative shield in some of the the gridfins.

[saintuk]

They built the biggest candle....we just need them to keep their promise an dlight it.

[octaviolaveran]

Your forgot to mention that booster 7 have header tanks for landing burns

[b-lt]

The insulation looks like cork. A proven spaceflight material. Extremely light and an extremely good insulator (ask any tree that survived a forest fire).

Heat shields have been made of cork and even oak, it acts as an ablator in that situation, but it has been used for LH2 tanks. Yes the orange of the Space Shuttle ET os roughly 250 kg of cork.

China's equivalent to the Corona program, analog spy satellites that dropped film canisters in reentry modules (used into the 2000s) had a white oak heat shield.

[GrigoriZhukov]

American broomstick, bigger, better and reusable so a smarter design.

[hj-redravenheng]

Great update Felix! Thanks mate for keeping us all up to date with Starship!

[itsokaytobenormal]

I'm glad at least one person with money is working on something genuinely worthwhile. I hope all anti-space travel folks stay right here on Earth.

[donsmith]

I smiled throughout this presentation. Your adaptation to your new home and our strange language has been magnificent. I wish that I could convey humor as subtly as you do. People like you and your family are why immigration is so important to our success as a country. Please never stop and never leave.

[Zeyervv]

I think the isolation material is made or cork, its light and super insulator! It look about right

[ghimmy]

An ullage burn directs thrust to place weightless fuel floating about the tank down where it can enter the engines. The four top vents are simply vents, but may be used to flip the first stage. Look below the grid fins and top vents and you'll see other vents with cone shaped covers. These will provide ullage thrust.

[fieldtrippin]

Love your channel Felix, been watching you for years now!

[victorlopera]

Can you tell us what happened with the stabilization ball joit? It seems to have been removed for B7.Excelente video felix comparing the boosters. Thanks

[mr.d]

Best SpX video channel (by far). I look anxiously forward to it every week!

[ProfessorJayTee]

Amazing that you now have to specify the TEXAS Mechazilla!

[Klaatu-ijuz]

FELIX: Being an engineer, I have always been concerned about the soil stability of the Boca Chica complex. It has been no mystery that the surrounding sand/water conditions in the vicinity have noticeably changed (squeezed water levels, ponding, etc.). I'm fearing, too, of the upcoming Starship launches creating tremendous vibrations that will further agitate the sand/water composition into a slurry, as such. Beyond this is anyone's guess.

[MjuMeli]

the mystery material looks a bit like cork. It's also sometimes used in small heatshields due to it ablating a bit like purpose made ablative material.

Edit: Also a very good insulator

[dunichtich]

The material around the ullage gas thrusters is definitely cork. This natural material is cheap, sustainable, easy to replace and has already been used in the space industry since the beginning of human space exploration in the 1950s. The soviets used it to create the heatshields for their first capsules.

[dansiegel]

I was surprised at how much I understood about this technical rocket stuff because you explained it so well!