SpaceX Just Redesigned Starship! Never seen it before...

SpaceX Just Redesigned Starship! Never seen it before...
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0:00-1:00:Intro
1:01-3:34: Nosecones
3:35-4:16: Flaps
4:17-5:35: Heat Shields
5:36-7:14: Height
7:15-10:43: Engine
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SpaceX Just Redesigned Starship! Never seen it before...
Starting with the first Starship launch in early 2023 and having conducted three launches since then, SpaceX has made incredible changes and upgrades to its Starship program. One has to ask if any other rocket company could accomplish in just over a year what SpaceX has done. I can confidently say that no one could, not even the leading aerospace agencies of the world's superpowers with decades of experience.
So, in today's episode of Alpha Tech, we will summarize all the latest changes that have made the Starship better than ever before.
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SpaceX Just Redesigned Starship! Never seen it before...
When it comes to Starship changes, the first thing we need to talk about is the modifications to the nosecones and the oxygen and methane fuel tanks of the Starship's second stage.
Recently, we got a firsthand look at the new nosecones that SpaceX has decided to replace across the entire new variant of Starship. I'm not sure if they'll make further changes to the nosecones in the future, but what we're discussing here is the latest hardware that SpaceX is currently manufacturing.
Zoom in closer to the new nose cone design. In terms of shape, when compared to the previous nosecones used on Starships up to Starship 32, these new nosecones are slimmer and more elongated. Of course, the base diameter still has to be 9 meters.
SpaceX Just Redesigned Starship! Never seen it before...
The lifting points at the nose have also been streamlined. This is where the lifting mechanism connects to stack the nose onto the lower sections. In the current version, each ship has six lifting points, but V2 has only four. This potentially reduces attack surfaces, and the four-point design could create more balance when lifting compared to the six-point design.
Work is progressing on these hardware components as their heat shield attachment points are gradually being completed. We'll have to wait a bit longer to fully understand all the new features on these nosecones.
In addition, both the liquid oxygen and liquid methane tanks have been redesigned by SpaceX. The new slanted design includes an integrated funnel inside. The old design essentially had a single pipe sticking into the side, so this change could be related to managing fluids both horizontally and vertically, ensuring stable fuel flow at all stages of the flight as the spacecraft changes orientation or experiences various accelerations.
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[XCX]

Good morning. Great video. Everything about starship is new and they have to explore designs to truly know the ship

[jameskearney]

By the looks of that new tank, at least they can make moonshine in case of an emergency!

[andrewking]

Every time I see the different versions of Starship I cant help thinking "When are they going to finish it properly and make it look like Fireball XL5?" Every iteration seems to bring it closer, Have a look at that wonderful old tv show and you will see what I mean.

[davidboyle]

With the size of those header tanks, you have to wonder where those 100 colonists will go.

[eeman]

I think a total rethink of heat shielding is needed for Starship to have regular multi-day flights like an airplane. What I would do is work on some form of heat transfer method, where heat is instantly moved away from the hot areas and moved to cool areas where it can be dissipated safely via conduction or convection. Like some form of liquid transfer at the hot point and that liquid (or gas) circulated to carry away heat to a cooler area for thermal venting on a portion of the vehicle that is not experience high heat during re-entry.

[tombambauer]

I think if the used a mold of the ship they can create just 1 large piece of the body heat shield. Have other large pieces for the flaps. Take time with smaller tiles around the flap joints. Makes things a lot faster. What a job putting the on 1 by 1. People doing that probably see black hexagons in their sleep.

[richb]

Why, at certain angles, is Starship starting to look like Flash Gordon’s spaceship?

[garylester]

Yeah, remember the Rat's Nest engines?
All the sensor wiring?

In the parts count writs trove it was one of the issues pointed out, that they needed to get all that krapp off the engines, and that the engines should just work, i.e. be well designed and tested.

That all got down voted into oblivion too...

I was watching launch aborts over sensor failures... And eyeing the number of sensors, and it was obvious launches would be few...

Those writs have probably scored about 80% correct... Not bad for a Dunning-Kruger....

And I love how they try to save face on the new hot staging vent structure... has nothing to do with Soviet N1, and looks exceedingly familiar to whats described in several writs here on Alpha Tech.. Which were posted not long after they started using the jail bars design, which had to be warned about, and a fix cobbled in.

You gotta watch these Rocket Nerd guys..

Luckily Elon makes them pay attention to feed back or else...

Also due to iterations, the public gets to analyze more than the NASA Shuttle version where its take it or leave it, and loses crews.

I suspect if NASA had been more open about their designs, I might have been able to warn of the first disaster before it happened, and the second disaster was even more obvious.

At least SpaceX is experimenting first, and trying improvements on the tile system before they put people's family members in it.

You can't test every reality effect in a lab.

Now, the biggest hold up is bureaucracy...
But the tide is turning on that blob monster.

Got a chuckle out of me about Elon's "Efficiency Comission",
Yeah we know where the foot dragging and extortion takes place...

Elon is quite experienced with regulation, fees, and bureaucrats.

Surely an AI could automate all that...

Imagine an FFA license response at Chat GPT speeds...

We could use that at DMV too...

On the V-2 model, the flappers are nicer, but still pretty agricultural.
I dont think that concept or the current re-entry profile will stand the test of time, but it is interesting engineering, somewhat Steam Punk.
And I'm glad Elon talks about thousands more improvements, thats the correct attitude!

Starship is only getting better...
And people are noticing that Raptor 3 makes Jeff's BE-4 look really bad... thats mentioned constantly now in comments across the Space Channels...

Hopefully BO will decide they have to fix that.

Also starting to see Stoke's experimental capsule mentioned more... I think thats one to watch.

I think we have several companies now on different aspects of the right track. From Sierra Space's Dream Chaser, to Rocket Lab...

And that the future will be a morphing together of many concepts produced by individual companies.

SpaceX is doing well, best engine, and stainless fabrication is a game changer too.
Also they are doing well on tankage and fuel systems designs now, looking professional and well done.

I could see SpaceX marketing Boosters and ship aft ends as for sale componants, for other companies to graft their ships onto.

Dream Chaser's big brother on a Starship Sub Unit.

And NASA & Boeing could too, if they started getting rid of MBA management, and went back to Corn Fed Engineers who grew up doing things instead of watching TV for a childhood.

I remember as a kid, being considered free slave farm labor, and thinking about the town kids watching TV all weekend...

it wasnt pleasant thoughts...

but now I realize it was an advantage for me....

I know how to build things, grow food, and eliminate varmints...

While everybody else about the price of green peppers.

Can you imagine the screaming if MIT started filtering for rural kids in admissions?
Kids that would at least know something about green pepper growing that could be applied to Space, and if there was a problem could MacGyver up a fix from stuff in a junk box...
And who could analyze a drawing and point out potential problems....

Other planets being colonized is gonna require GENERALISTs...

Nerds wouldnt last long.

Just sayin'

[JerryLJackson]

This new flaps design change is a bit closer the Blue Origin flaps design, it will be interesting to see how this next test maneuvers and dissipates heat.

[SteveBueche]

At some point it would seem cost effective to make large curved heat shields to wrap the StarShip

[Al-kcvm]

I don't see why the heat shielding on the flat flaps need to be made up of multiple hex tiles. Couldn't there be one single tile covering the entire flat surface? It would make installation quicker, wouldn't it?

[kevinmccarthy]

I was just blown away by the nose cone FINS/ Allerions. Why you say, the shear size of these things. There was a guy standing by the port Alleron and he look pretty dam small next to it. All you saw was his shoulders and head but that was enough, to give you a good perspective of its size. Amazing.

[clarencehopkins]

Excellent work bro, go Elon, get er done

[kevinbissett]

Good Morning. I think the positioning of the flaps stabilizes the ship better. Better belly flop in short. Doesn't look like they are to interested in slowing it down to much. Do we have any new information on the heat shield? For example what is the composite structure. I was wondering if the launch tower was going to be tall enough. Every time I see SpaceX come out with a new engine. I can't wait to see what they have next. You read my mind. I was going to ask about the Vac-engine. Great Episode. Love your channel. I'm on the road right now. But I hate to miss anything you've got to say. Thanks for all you do. Have a Great Day.

[chrisintoronto]

So who's training to be a rocket surgeon?
Thank you, Elon!

[ruthlemler]

Starship will change many times. That’s what this time is for.

[greggwilliamson]

Moving the pipe to the side could also make it easier to install a "bladder" to facilitate easier in-space, ship-to-ship refueling. Just sayin'.

[robertbrander]

It seems ... the Only two Stories you cover are Boeing and Raptor 3 ... Then you Repeat them for Weeks ... What's going on with Boca Chica and Starbase ?

[m.c.]

What if the flaps are smaller, because the ship is getting more longer, therefore more air resistant and thus they don't need such a large flap .

[caryccharlson]

Musk is Smart. American hero. And he supports Trump