SpaceX Boca Chica - Serial Number 6 Post Hop Closeups - SN7.1 Gets Its Vents

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L2 Boca Chica (more clips and photos) from BC's very early days to today.

0:00 - SN7.1 Test Tank
0:45 - Build Site Looking Southwest
1:13 - Starship Nosecones
1:30 - High Bay Construction
3:02 - SN7.1 Dual Vent Lift
3:41 - Dual Vent Closeup
3:50 - SN7.1 Dual Vent Lift
4:29 - SN7.1 Dual Vent Installation
4:50 - Crane Weights Moved to Launch Site
5:20 - Starship Mount Moved to Launch Site
6:12 - SN6 on the Landing Pad
6:58 - SN6 Leg Closeups

[NASASpaceflight]

0:00 - SN7.1 Test Tank
0:45 - Build Site Looking Southwest
1:13 - Starship Nosecones
1:30 - High Bay Construction
3:02 - SN7.1 Dual Vent Lift
3:41 - Dual Vent Closeup
3:50 - SN7.1 Dual Vent Lift
4:29 - SN7.1 Dual Vent Installation
4:50 - Crane Weights Moved to Launch Site
5:20 - Starship Mount Moved to Launch Site
6:12 - SN6 on the Landing Pad
6:58 - SN6 Leg Closeups

[techman]

2 of the legs - "Have we landed yet ?"
2 of the legs - "Great job everyone, we did it !!"
2 of the legs - "A LITTLE HELP PLEASE

[framryk]

I’ve never had so much fun watching a tank being built before. Thanks for the awesome footage Mary and expert editing Jack!

[donjones]

*Neither snow,  nor rain,  nor heat,  nor gloom of night stays our Mary from the swift completion of her appointed rounds.* 
Thank you Mary, I've been on the edge of my seat waiting to see how the landing legs looked. Thanks for going out in the wet weather.

[fhmconsulting]

Whoever designed those legs take a bow, it looks like 70% of the landing load (approx 140t) went through one leg. Mind you, they do have some experience with Falcon9

[NASASpaceflight]

PS The roll-lift guy in timelapse and face blur looks like he's rather animated, but I've watched the raw clip and he's smiling and saying where they were going or something (hard to hear him, but grin on face confirmed) :D

[KoryDaoust]

Crush core legs working perfectly.
Most excellent.

[JSkulkingBushwack]

Thank you for the close look at the crush on those new legs. They will be stronger and perhaps longer for the next test. Bless you Mary. You're the best.

[egregg]

This is just amazing to watch. My hats off to you guys, Labpadre, Everyday Astronaut, WAI and Boca Chica Gal for the tremendous coverage of the work going on with Starship it is exciting to watch! Everyday I am looking at new videos and information. Friends in my shop (I am a Nuclear Instrumentation and Controls technician) follow you guys as well! Keep up the great work! Love this!

[johnevans]

As a child of Apollo, being able to see these amazing developments is a revelation.🇬🇧🔭

[JackABeyer]

0:00 - SN7.1 Test Tank
0:45 - Build Site Looking Southwest
1:13 - Starship Nosecones
1:30 - High Bay Construction
3:02 - SN7.1 Dual Vent Lift
3:41 - Dual Vent Closeup
3:50 - SN7.1 Dual Vent Lift
4:29 - SN7.1 Dual Vent Installation
4:50 - Crane Weights Moved to Launch Site
5:20 - Starship Mount Moved to Launch Site
6:12 - SN6 on the Landing Pad
6:58 - SN6 Leg Closeups

[foobarrel]

7:23 - the first leg to touchdown took a pretty heavy (sideways) crumpling!

Great work catching such details!

[kambizshahri]

Quality of this one was SUPERB! Its the best one I have seen from your channel. Please think of this as your SN6 moment and extrapolate to SN7 and beyond ;=)

[brianevolved]

Thank you again for all your hard work, and the sunrises make my day Brian in London

[Etaukan]

Well the crush cores successfully crushed--good work, guys.

[danielwhyatt]

Thanks for including the video date at the beginning.
Yeeep, that one leg bucketed under the weight and the one next to it had to pick up the slack.

[MrIndependency]

Waiting for more amazing footage, guys. Unbelieavably cool!

[jamespierson]

At 6:59 of clip note two legs failed structurally. Designers probably assumed starship weight would be shared equally but due to off-axis thrust and flight attitude, those two legs contacted mother earth first on landing. As thrust ramped down, one leg, then the second bore the weight of the entire vehicle. Landing, load sharing and Auto-leveling on Mars will be tricky!

[gator]

Great video as always Mary, thanks again @bocachicagal

[MonsterSound.Bradley]

Thanks again. 😎👍 And I mean it every time... from 🟥🍁🟥
(righty-tighty LOL)