Something Weird After Starship 31 Recovery Made SpaceX End CERAMIC Tiles...REPLAY#18

Something Weird After Starship 31 Recovery Made SpaceX End CERAMIC Tiles...REPLAY#18
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Something Weird After Starship 31 Recovery Made SpaceX End CERAMIC Tiles...REPLAY#18
Surprisingly, contrary to expectations, new revelations indicate that parts of S31 on the other side of the world are the first Starship components to be recovered.
What’s next?
Meanwhile, SpaceX has achieved an incredible milestone with Falcon 9.
Next, we’ll dive into the details of China’s ambitious plan for its first crewed mission to the Moon.
Let’s explore all of this on today’s episode of Great SpaceX!
It’s been two weeks since Flight 6, and while anticipation builds for the next mission, there’s also significant interest in the recovery efforts for Flight 6’s key components: Booster 13 (B13) and Ship 31 (S31). Both achieved what are considered successful landings, sparking curiosity about their current statuses.
Something Weird After Starship 31 Recovery Made SpaceX End CERAMIC Tiles...REPLAY#18
For B13, we’ve shared numerous updates in previous episodes, and it seemed logical to assume it would be recovered first. However, that assumption was mistaken. While updates on B13’s recovery have been scarce, significant progress has been made with S31. Thanks to my partner, Interstellar Gateway, we now have a wealth of images and videos providing insight into S31’s recovery. I’d like to take a moment to thank their team for their dedication and exceptional work. Their efforts have allowed us—and the broader SpaceX community—to gain a better understanding of this complex process. If you’re watching this, consider giving their team a follow on X and subscribing to their YouTube channel to encourage them to continue producing high-quality content.
Something Weird After Starship 31 Recovery Made SpaceX End CERAMIC Tiles...REPLAY#18
The recently published images reveal key components of S31, including its COPV tanks and heat shield tiles. This evidence suggests that, while S31 achieved a remarkable landing, it was not entirely intact. These parts were recovered by the Limitless ship, which returned to port in Australia on November 23, just four days after Flight 6.
Before the mission, Limitless and its companion ship, Bagwan Renegade, were deployed from Australia to the planned landing site. Their initial role was to record S31’s landing in daylight conditions. After the landing, the vessels monitored the Ship for approximately 27 hours before commencing the recovery process.
Analyzing the hardware, the images show between four to eight COPV tanks in excellent condition, demonstrating their potential for reuse in future missions. Additionally, a bag containing heat shield tiles was recovered. Observations indicate that these tiles, particularly those from the nose cone, remained remarkably intact, highlighting the effectiveness of SpaceX’s recent upgrades. Based on footage of workers inspecting the tiles, it appears they were glued rather than pinned, a design choice that may have contributed to their resilience.

[nighttow]

I remember when this concept transitioned from the BFR to starship, transitioning from carbon fiber to stainless steel, Elon Musk exclaiming that we may get away without any heat shield at all.

Today, we are discussing the the addition of significant increase in heat tile coverage, almost the entire ship will be covered in heat tiles. I estimate just over 75% coverage

[petepefley]

What about the Poor Banana? Oh the humanity😢😢😢😢😢 😂

[thomasmaiden]

This video is mostly about Falcon 9 - Where is the info about starship metal TPS tiles?

[katrine-pearls]

Hoo hoo the honeycomb. I come across once during my med residency in regards to Higgs boson, which is the fundamental particles associated with Higgs.

Have u not mentioned tht SpaceX dc'd the use of ceramic tiles❓️ is this a repeated tiles u've previously recited?
Anyways, thank you

[PyroRob]

Without Musk, the Chinese would still be using black powder rockets.

[mahbriggs]

They may well attempt to tow one to port, but no way would they attempt to reuse it!
That is just a silly comment!

[SDJ]

Capillary tubes running throughout the surface of the spacecraft to carry water to keep it cool. Is that what we are talking about here?

[katrine-pearls]

I think Jeff Bozo went back with his Amazon after 3yrs retired in question 🤔 😅

[matthews]

Big wow iterative design of super heavy and starship 6 missions
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bear in mind NASA had managed to go around the moon with a crew in their first 5 missions
Apollo test flights 4, 5, 6, manned missions 7 & 8

[EVChargers-dz]

This was WAAYYYyyy too long. The narration content is so wordy.... Can you say things with fewer words?

[terrydavis]

20:31 Bro's kid must be sleeping you can tell he is trying to be quiet while doing the voice over.

[acegear]

just my guess why not using metalic heat shield that sheds it self long enough for its purpose and easy enough to mass produce and retrofit any design vs add more payload to add gas or liquid heat shield systems, simple is better we dont know when those systems goes wrong during reentry

[TimRoach-hhnf]

It would be much better to show the power of the new engines if you would tell the thrust of the first, second and the third instead of just telling us the power of the third version. Compare and contrast. Yeah that sounds powerful but irrelevant when we don’t know the power of the first and second.

[matthews]

SpaceX dragon 400 launch
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just imagine there are 400 second stages at the bottom of the ocean, , , all polluting atmosphere as they burn up

[deanminer]

Okay after thirty five years in the aerospace and defense industry they are not building a raptor engine in one day, They are completing an engine a day.

[DrDiff]

A splashdown After a catch IS NOT SUCCESSFUL..ITS A FAILURE!

[peterallan]

Not really a listening to voice for an hour, sounds like your commenting on a horse race, sorry.

[ShieldWolf-ypcr]

I just unsubscribed due to the numbers of times you begged me to subscribe. I hear you the first time.

[NOM-X]

What do u think will happen if New Glen’s maiden flight is completely successful?

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