SpaceX Starship Flight 4: Has the FAA REALLY Just Cleared the Way!?

Welcome back my friends to another frantic week of SpaceX’s Starship Development adventure as we watch the final rundown for SpaceX Starship Flight 4. Has the FAA REALLY Just Cleared the Way!? Exciting times, all around a quite bizarre mishap that threw a spanner in the works. Along with that, some more trouble causing further delays with Starliner, frustration showing from the Pentagon for the delivery of their future security missions with Vulcan Centaur, Starlink Group 6–58, Group 8-7 & Group 6–59, the G5 Solar Storm was epic, and a whole bunch more.

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[cseblivestreaming]

I love how nowadays we gloss over the fact that a booster has landed 21 times! Incredible stuff when you think about how 10 years ago this was absolutely unthinkable!

I also managed to capture the Swiss mountains glow in the aurora with the iss in frame as well! Wont forget that one

[ramonmacias]

Marcus, i believe you have the best coverage of the matters related to spaceflight on YouTube. Clear, concise, entertaining, and informative. Thank you for the quality of your content.

[frhyuhy]

ULA won 60% of the national security launches without even having a certified rocket to launch them!!! We all remember how hard it was for Space X to get certified, ULA only needs 2 launches. It is great to have friends in Congress.

[TomiLoveless]

Marcus, I want to thank you for your complete coverage on the malfunction of ship 31. All the other SpaceX coverage was incomplete and didn't show the damage. Really Nice job. Thanks again.

[simonrmerton]

I really appreciate these weekly updates. You’ve found the perfect balance for me. All info and no waffle. Thank you, Marcus.

[aldunlop]

SpaceX's launch cadence has become bonkers. I never thought I'd see rockets launch as often as Falcon 9, what a workhorse!

[simonowen]

Marcus. I admire intelligent discourse. Your representative efforts are second to none. The way your able to make intelligent response to the sometimes seeming madness of starship development is awesome. Your a very intelligent man. Thankyou

[drpercussion]

Marcus, it is always such a pleasure to watch your take on this subject. You are concise and straight to the point, in a 20 minute video there is very little chaff, 20 minutes of info— no bull $hit, you the man!!

[slateslavens]

Yeah Marcus, we had a spectacular aurora show last Saturday. The display lit up the entire sky to every horizon here in northern Idaho. We first noticed it literally as the last sliver of the sun dropped below the mountains. They were bright enough that even after the moon set several hours later, everything was still twilight lit.

[otpyrcralphpierre]

My Saturdays always start with a Refresher in the House!

[admarsandbeyond]

After years and years of problems and troubleshooting Starliner was going to carry people on that flight and they only found out that the pressurant of their propulsion system was leaking out (of a single thruster flange) by accident after the flight was scrubbed. That's not a minor issue that can be dismissed so easily like "so doesn't seem like an issue that will hold things up long". Boeing is infamous for its safety record and coverups, we can't just take their word for it.

[olegoathiking]

I saw the Northern lights for my first time on May 11th. The ISS also did a flyby right through the lights. It was great!

[mglenadel]

SpaceX was testing a new, electric arc powered plasma RCS thruster. :D

[animal]

Pressure containment breach of tank detached wiring causing the fire. The fire is relatively inconsequential, it's the breach of the tank that is the issue. Ship 31 is going to be scrapped after thorough investigation; no repairs. Will possibly cause some delay as SpaceX revalidates welding on other test articles. Not to worry, this is part of the process and why testing is done. Better to be safe than sorry.

[dyoovdb]

Thank you Mr. Marcus House! Your videos have become part of my saturday morning zen ritual - if I've been too busy or tired to keep up with space news, I can count on you to bring me back up to speed. THANK YOU!!

[bog]

ULA and Vulcan. Are they even capable of that kind of launch cadence? The wake-up call to those guys has to be lost business. I feel they are still running in “good old boy” mode while spacex is running in full tilt boogie mode!

[bitpmp]

Hey @MarcusHouse. Great show. Be great to have realtime clocks in the sped up footage, get a better feel for stacking, just a suggestion, love ya work. etc :)

[justinseans]

Besides the fact that SpaceX is putting everyone else to shame; The Dream Chaser thing does look cool. I would love to see that thing in action.

[ilyabrookwell]

I saw the dream chaser being transported down the freeway. Drove right past it.

Freaking epic!

[AndrewBoyd-dplr]

What a week it has been @MarcusHouse! I hope you and the family got out to capture some live shots of the Aurora, I really do want to get out to the Nile next time but I was really happy with what I captured out the back of Burnie and south of Ridgley. The number of first timers I was able to assist before hand and during the first couple of hours was so rewarding!