First Look Inside SpaceX's Starfactory w/ Elon Musk

Join Elon Musk for a tour inside SpaceX's Starbase and the brand new Starfactory. This video was shot the day before Flight 4, on June 5th, 2024.

00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Interview Starts
10:12 - Starships in Highbay
21:24 - Manufacturing talk
23:50 - Reusability
27:00 - Ice / Thruster talk
31:30 - Megabay
41:15 - Raptors
49:07 - Inside Starfactory
1:03:03 - Outro

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[Kelnx]

Elon Musk's Kids: "Dad we want Kerbal Space Program!"

Elon Musk: "We have Kerbal Space Program at home".

[lemoneleven]

that old ford truck sitting in a parking lot of teslas, at space x is priceless

[Md.MohiuddinMoin-ucrx]

The engagement with the audience makes it feel like a community.

[Jawwwn]

“It used to be intense in tents. Now it’s in a building”

lol

[grummler]

It's funny how Tim tries to coax Elon along to get further into the building and be able to get nice shots, while Elon wants to stop every meter and just talk about rockets 😂

[dannymartial]

Is that all of his baby mommas in the back, chasing after the kids? 😂 6:22

[rossmurdoch]

In years to come our children will watch this and say that was the guy who believed anything was possible, if you think big enough and work long enough at it, you can achieve anything.
Well done getting this footage. History about to be created by one man's genius and drive.
Watch this space

[jefffhaynes]

We think the seal will work but it may not.

Narrator: it did not

[TheBullockFamily]

I know Elon’s always “very” optimistic about timelines but at least he and his team is always moving forward and not hiding behind closed doors. This type of access is unheard of and we have no idea how lucky we are specially to the future engineers out there.

[sublimechimp]

This shifted my perspective on SpaceX. I see them doing research now, not just shooting for the stars, but researching rocket technology. Researching how to get up there

[adamcolon]

One of the qualities that makes me really like Elon Musk... is that when he's talking to you he's really thinking... and he's not thinking about how to present to you, how to say it, or the optics of his words... he's actually thinking about.... the topic and question that you're discussing like it's the most important thing in the world at that moment.

I can listen to this man all day.

[Pug]

China probably has a roomful of engineers listening to this with note pads in hand.

[walker]

48:37 paraphrasing “no one in human history has ever built a fully reusable rocket system, not even SpaceX, but give us a year.” lol. Love the confidence.

[MrGrey-nosn]

I know 0 about rockets and yet I can listen to elon talk all day and night. I'm completely fascinated with how he gets the unthinkable things accomplished

[Eleilianedacostapereira]

Genuine and authentic content makes these videos so relatable.

[Kentuckyhunter]

Elon - “I don’t know if anyone is going to copy us. It’s a hard thing to copy.”

China - “write that down! Write that down!”

[sacresula]

26:00 Man, watching this part KNOWING that less than 24h after this recording everything went almost perfectly is nuts

[I-Dophler]

🎯 Key points for quick navigation:

00:00 *Tour Starbase factory*
00:57 *Thousand ships yearly*
01:58 *Starship payload capacity*
03:35 *Iterative design process*
05:05 *Reusability is crucial*
06:35 *Faster turnaround time*
08:02 *Rapid launch capability*
09:33 *Ship-to-booster ratio*
10:55 *Starlink satellite deployment*
11:57 *Heatshield design challenges*
14:02 *Tile expansion issues*
15:36 *Missing tiles test*
17:04 *Passenger safety priority*
18:43 *Alternative cooling methods*
20:49 *Flight 3 failure*
21:56 *Linear adjacent flow*
23:27 *Reusable heat shield*
25:04 *Booster landing simulation*
27:33 *Thruster ice blockage*
29:41 *Autogenous pressurization explained*
32:43 *Multiple booster display*
34:54 *Cold gas thrusters*
36:29 *Thousands of changes*
37:58 *Design refinement process*
39:24 *New engineering challenges*
41:58 *Next-gen Raptor engine*
43:36 *Next-gen engine servicing*
45:08 *Raptor cooling improvements*
47:41 *Increased Raptor thrust*
49:14 *Full reusability goal*
50:45 *Moon landing challenges*
52:54 *Factory production flow*
55:09 *Heat tile attachment*
57:42 *Starlink deployment method*
59:53 *Expanding factory layout*
01:00:56 *Electric actuation system*

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[spgvideo]

Elons tiny kiddos running around eating Funyuns while he interviews is the cutest

[Nagelix]

I genuinely believe that Elon enjoys having Tim around. Someone who truly understands the magnitude of what he is doing and achieving and Tim is so good in breaking it down for us.